2022-02-18: News Headlines

Middle East Monitor (2022-02-18). How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict is Lose-Lose for Israel. juancole.com By Adnan Abu Amer | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — It is almost 3,000 kilometres from Tel Aviv to Kyiv, and yet the crisis between Ukraine and Russia is having a huge impact on Israel. Why does it seem to be a party to the crisis when it shares no border with either …

Tamara Nassar (2022-02-18). Sheikh Jarrah family fights state-backed expulsion. electronicintifada.net Settlers, soldiers injure dozens of Palestinians in flashpoint neighborhood.

Angela (2022-02-18). Saturday 2/19: Virtual screening of "Stitching Palestine" indybay.org

Tamara Nassar (2022-02-18). Israel kills two teens in West Bank. electronicintifada.net Sniper shoots 16-year-old in the eye.

Jason Ditz (2022-02-18). Khamenei: Iran Wants Nuclear Energy, Not Nuclear Arms. news.antiwar.com Its far from the first time he's said so, but Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, said Thursday that Iranian leadership has been saying this for years, but factions hostile to Iran in the region, notably Israel, continue to push the myth of Iran seeking nuclear arms, and have been doing it so much that the reality of Iran's intentions…

Jennifer Loewenstein (2022-02-18). How Glib charges of "Anti-Semitism" at every Human Rights Report on Israel undermines Jewish Civil Rights. juancole.com Madison, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment) — The unqualified branding of people, organizations, reports, and movements as "anti-Semitic" for their criticism of Israel is having a boomerang effect. Labeling every condemnation of Israel as "anti-Semitism" silences those whose voices are most needed. The repeated charge of anti-Semitism debases its actual meaning—and provides cover for those …

Global Research News (2022-02-18). Selected Articles: Justin Trudeau Accuses Jewish Member of Parliament for Supporting Nazis. globalresearch.ca By Instead of answering questions, he resorted to accusing Melissa Lantsman, a Jewish Member of Parliament and a d…

Staff (2022-02-17). Jewish MP demands apology from Canada's prime minister. rt.com Trudeau's remarks about the Freedom Convoy protesters prompted an MP to accuse the prime minister of 'driving division' | A Canadian MP who is Jewish has demanded a full apology from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after he apparently suggested she supports "people who wave swastikas." | Commenting on the ongoing Freedom Convoy protests, Trudeau said in parliament on Wednesday that while Conservative party members were standing "with people who wave swastikas," he and his supporters prefer to stay with Canadians "who deserve to be able to get to their jobs, to be able to get their lives back." | His words angere…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-02-17). Africa Must Not Abandon Palestine by Granting Israel Observer Status. dissidentvoice.org The current split in the African Union (AU) over Israel's Observer membership status is emblematic of a larger conflict that could potentially split the African continent's largest political institutions. Africa is currently facing one of its most crucial decisions regarding Palestine and Israel. The repercussions of this decision could be as significant as the 1975 …

Tony Seed (2022-02-17). Criminal Cold-blooded Assassination of Palestinian Resistance Fighters. dissidentvoice.org Funeral Procession in Nablus for assassinated resistance fighters. Israel Defence Forces (IDF) assassinated three resistance fighters in the Occupied West Bank on February 8. The targeted military operation took place in the heart of Nablus in broad daylight. Israeli soldiers used two private vehicles with Palestinian plates to enter the al-Makhfiya neighbourhood of the northern …

Editor2 (2022-02-17). IOF Assault Steadfast Sheikh Jarrah Residents. orinocotribune.com Al Mayadeen correspondent confirms that the occupation is trying to isolate the home of the Salem family, which is threatened with eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, and points out that the Israeli occupation is preventing journalists from moving freely in that area. | Al Mayadeen correspondent reported Sunday afternoon that extreme tension is still dominating in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Al-Quds following continued aggression from the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians living there. | Our correspondent from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood added that "the occupation forces are fir…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-17). Outsourced Facebook content moderators face trauma, exploitation and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at an investigation by TIME into the condition of workers at Facebook's outsourced content moderation office in Nairobi, Kenya; the UN's urgent funding appeal to address the severe crisis in Yemen as fighting escalates; the imprisonment of activist and head of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, Khitam Sa'afan, by an Israeli military court; and the arrest of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez in an extradition appeal filed by the U.S. on charges related to drug trafficking.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-17). Palestinian women's rights activist Khitam Saafin sentenced to 16 months in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Khitam Saafin, who was arrested in November 2020 and kept in administrative detention for the last 15 months, was sentenced on charges of being the director of a banned organization as well as other related accusations…

sputniknews (2022-02-17). Untapped Talent Pool: Can Gaza Help Its Professional Footballers Develop Their Craft? sputniknews.com Aside from the total blockade, in place in the region since 2007, hampering their movement, football clubs lack the necessary funds to stay afloat. So, they often rely on donations from the Palestinian Authority, as well as regional and international grants.

Sarah Algherbawi (2022-02-17). Why Gaza must be vaccinated. electronicintifada.net I am devastated after my uncle died from COVID.

teleSUR, yart, JDO (2022-02-17). Siria denuncia ataque de Israel al sur de Damasco. telesurtv.net La agresión israelí ocasionó daños materiales en esa zona de la capital.

Jason Ditz (2022-02-17). Israel Attacks Syrian Army Base Near Damascus. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday night, Speculatively, Israeli media are saying Iranian troops might sometimes use that base. Israel, as usual, isn't commenting on why they're attacking Syria, however. | Indications are that the base sustained damage, and some damage was done in the town of Zakiya. There have been no reports of any casualties. | Interestingly, there was no…

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