Daily Archives: May 27, 2023

2023-05-27: News Headlines

WUFJEP (2023-05-27). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-27). Global solidarity event in Lebanon: Palestine is the cause of all. plenglish.com The participants of the event discussed the confrontation with the ambitions of the West and the United States, the centrality of the Palestinian cause and the urgency of moving towards a multipolar order. | The positions of solidarity towards Palestine on the part of intellectuals, popular communicators, academics and journalists focused on strengthening unity, rejecting normalization of relations with Israel, and demanding greater condemnation from the international community. | Lisandro Brusco, militant of the Movimiento Amplio de Izquierda-Rosario of Argentina, stressed the need to strengthen the resistance…

ecsorinoco (2023-05-26). Palestinian Resistance's Tactical Triumph: Missiles Multiply Despite Losses. orinocotribune.com In its These targeted killings sought to weaken the PIJ's leadership structure and disrupt the organization's command and control. However, despite these setbacks, the PI…

Fight Back (2023-05-26). Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela visits San Francisco as part of Nakba 75 Tour. fightbacknews.org San Francisco, CA — On May 19, around 100 people gathered in San Francisco State University's Knuth Hall for the San Francisco leg of the Mandela Nakba 75 Tour. It featured the Honorable Chief Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela and member of the Parliament of South Africa. | The tour was co-hosted by the US Palestinian Community Network and the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, and had already visited Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Orange County. | San Francisco State University Assistant Professor in Race and Resistance Studies Rama Ali Kased emceed the eve…

Gideon Polya (2023-05-26). Censorship of Indigenous Australians and Palestinians, Stan Grant, Julian Assange, and Truth Tellers. dissidentvoice.org Eminent Australian and Indigenous journalist, Stan Grant, was recently driven to resign from the ABC (the tax-payer-funded Australian equivalent of the UK BBC) as compere of the high-rating Q+A TV program by a flood of devastating racist abuse after he participated in a frank and truthful ABC discussion of the British Crown and genocidal colonialism on …

Palestine Action. (2023-05-26). Palestine Action Blockade Leicester's Israeli Weapons Factory. popularresistance.org On the 24th day of Palestine Action's siege against Leicester's Israeli Elbit factory — UAV Tactical Systems, another blockade has successfully locked down the company's only entrance gates in the early hours of this morning. | An immovable vehicle and two Palestine Actionists have locked-on in the road outside the perimeter fence, evading their paramilitary-style security workforce, the site's surveillance cameras, and inhibiting the company's ability to open by blocking staff entry. | In Leicester, and in Elbit's 7 other remaining sites in Britain, weaponry is being manufactured and exported to Israel.

Editor (2023-05-26). 'There Is No Safe Place in Gaza': Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault. scheerpost.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-26). Several US Congress members sign letter criticizing Paypal for discriminating against Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org The letter addressed to Paypal CEO Dan Schulman claimed that the company was discriminating against Palestinians by banning them from using its services, while allowing illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank to use their digital payments platform…

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-05-26). ONU denuncia violencia israelí contra asentamientos palestinos. telesurtv.net Los palestinos se ven forzados, en muchas ocasiones, a abandonar su tierra debido a las condiciones adversas de vida bajo el régimen de ocupación israelí.

Maddi Johnson (2023-05-26). Nakba in Portland Solidarity with Palestine. workers.org Portland, Oregon U.S. imperialism was in the crosshairs of the Nakba event in Portland on May 21. Speeches and signs alike identified U.S. weapons and money as the critical factor that allows Israel to perpetrate genocide and apartheid on the Palestinian people. Credit: Sarah Kowaleski Speakers, including those from organizers . . . |

MEE staff (2023-05-26). West Bank: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers and torch vehicles. middleeasteye.net

MEE staff (2023-05-26). West Bank: Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in Hebron settlement. middleeasteye.net

Shir Hever (2023-05-26). Hostile ideologies: Hindutva and Zionism march hand in hand. electronicintifada.net Azad Essa's new book, Hostile Homelands, examines why the Indian government shifted its views on Palestine in favor of an alliance with Israel.

Staff (2023-05-26). "Are you an anti-Palestinian racist?" youtube.com "Why can't you answer the question: are you an anti-Palestinian racist?" Canadian activist Yves Engler confronts Justin Trudeau's close adviser Stephen Bronfman on Thursday, challenging his support for Israel. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews

Kit Klarenberg (2023-05-26). Spotify odds stacked against Lowkey. electronicintifada.net Looby pressure and board links to Israeli military portents of censorship but rapper not intimidated.

PACBI (2023-05-26). Activists Put Focus on PUMA's Complicity in Israeli Apartheid at 75th Anniversary Shareholders Meeting. bdsmovement.net

Shir Hever (2023-05-26). Israeli protests expose divisions in the military. electronicintifada.net Netanyahu exploits army split to weaken protests against him.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-26). Hezbollah Secretary-General Threatens Israel With 'Grand War'. southfront.org Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah during his annual Resistance and Liberation Day speech. Via Al-Manar TV. | On May 25, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah threatened Israel with a "grand war," in response to recent warnings to Lebanon from officials in Tel Aviv. | In his annual Resistance and Liberation Day speech, which marks the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon 23 years ago, Nasrallah said Israeli leaders should "be careful and not make wrong calculations." | Israel…

Ali Abunimah (2023-05-26). Biden launches new plan to censor criticism of Israel. electronicintifada.net Federal government's "anti-Semitism" strategy receives warm welcome from Israel lobby.

Aseel Mousa (2023-05-26). Women with breast cancer denied treatment by Israel. electronicintifada.net Blockade causes nightmares for medical patients.

MEE staff (2023-05-26). US: White House reveals plan to combat antisemitism amid criticism. middleeasteye.net US: White House reveals plan to combat antisemitism amid criticism | While plan was made in response to rise in antisemitism, it includes various references to US commitment to Israel | Fri, 05/26/2023 – 17: 25 | US President Joe Biden speaking at event in the Rose Garden of the White House, on 25 May 2023 (AFP) | The White House released a new plan to combat antisemitism, which it said reaffirmed "the Unit…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-05-26). NY bill would stop charities from funding Israeli crimes. electronicintifada.net State-registered groups send at least $60 million a year to Israeli settler organizations.

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