2021-08-24: News Headlines

Eva Barlett (2021-08-24). Israel's Airstrikes in Syria are not Newsworthy for Western Media, as a Result Status quo Continues & Civilians Suffer. orinocotribune.com By Eva Bartlett — Aug 22, 2021 | Israel again illegally bombed Syria last week, violating Lebanese airspace to do so and putting at risk the lives of untold numbers of civilians. And following this, crickets in the media, again. | On Thursday, just after 11pm, Israeli missiles targeted the vicinities of Damascus and Homs, according to a

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-24). Israel violates ceasefire agreement yet again, bombs Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org Monday's Israeli bombing on the occupied Palestinian territory was the second in less than a week and a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement in May, which ended the 11-day Israeli offensive on Gaza…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-24). Israeli forces attack Palestinians in Gaza marking the 1969 Al-Aqsa arson. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli security forces injured 42 Palestinians during demonstrations held on Saturday, August 21 at the Gaza-Israel border to mark the 1969 arson attack on the Al-Aqsa mosque. Two people were critically injured, including a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the head. The same night, Israeli air force fighter jets conducted airstrikes on Gaza, targeting multiple locations. | According to Palestinian health ministry sources, of those injured, 27 were shot by security forces with live ammunition, the majority of them on the lower halves of their bodies. Among the protesters injured, 10 were children. Several others s…

Jim Miles (2021-08-24). Except for Palestine — The Limits of Progressive Politics. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-24). Palestinian Authority suppresses protests demanding justice for Nizar Banat. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian security forces arrested several well-known Palestinian political activists and civil society figures in protests demanding justice for an activist slain while in custody of the PA…

Allan Fisher (2021-08-24). Saturday 8/21: Free Palestine. indybay.org corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-24). Israeli Air Strikes Hit Hamas Facilities In Gaza. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Israel Defense Forces carried out airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip late at night on August 23. The attack was a response to the launching of arson balloons that set off fires in Israeli border region. | According to the IDF report, the strikes hit a Hamas weapons factory in the southern town of Khan Younis, the entrance to a terror tunnel in Jabaliya and an underground rocket launcher that was located near a school in the Shejaiya region. | No casualties were reported, but the strik…

Ceren Sagir (2021-08-24). Israel's Air Strikes on Gaza Could Amount to War Crimes, Report Finds. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-23). Afghan civilians face uncertainty as G7 to discuss evacuations and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the latest in Afghanistan, Israeli attacks on Gaza, workers strikes in Denmark and Seoul, and the situation of women amid the pandemic…

Eva Bartlett (2021-08-23). Israel's Airstrikes in Syria are Not Newsworthy for Western Media. dissidentvoice.org FILE PHOTO: Damaged buildings are shown after what Syrian authorities said was an Israeli air strike in the western suburbs of Damascus © SANA/Handout via REUTERS Israel again illegally bombed Syria last week, violating Lebanese airspace to do so and putting at risk the lives of untold numbers of civilians. And following this, crickets in the …

teleSUR (2021-08-23). Egypt Closes the Border With Gaza Indefinitely. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Egypt indefinitely closed the Rafah border crossing, which had been reopened to provide humanitarian assistance during Israel's attacks on the Palestinian people in May. | RELATED: | The closure decision comes after the violent incidents in Gaza on Saturday, when Israeli troops fired at the civilian population, injuring 41 people. The Palestinian protests occurred in response to the Israeli bombing of al…

Editor2 (2021-08-23). The Murder of the 'Menacing' Water Technician: On the Shadow Wars in the West Bank. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Aug 11, 2021 | There is an ongoing, but hidden, Israeli war on the Palestinians which is rarely highlighted or even known. It is a water war, which has been in the making for decades. | On July 26 and 27, two separate but intrinsically linked events took place in the Ein al-Hilweh area in the occupied Jordan Valley, and near the town of Beita, south of Nablus. | In the first incident, Jewish settlers from the illegal settlement of Maskiyot

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