2022-02-19: News Headlines

Staff (2022-02-19). Over 1000 people already support #Palestine2022 campaign in France. samidoun.net In just a few weeks after its launch, the #Palestine2022 campaign, highlighting Palestine in the French presidential elections, has already received the support of more than 1000 people for its demands and its objectives. The campaign aims to denounce the collaboration of French governments with Israeli apartheid and introduce the subject of the Palestinian cause …

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

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 …

Anonymous669 (2022-02-18). Israel Struck Syrian Army Depots With EXTRA Precision-Guided Rockets. southfront.org IMI SYSTEMS, A ground-launched EXTRA system. | The Israeli military used EXTRA [Extended Range Artillery] precision-guided rockets to attack depots of the Syrian Arab Army 7th Division near the town of Zakyah to the south of the capital, Damascus, on February 16, Syrian and Russian sources revealed. | A photo showing the debris from one of the Israeli EXTRA rockets which were used in the attack surfaced online on February 17. | Last night, the Israeli army again attacked targets…

Editor2 (2022-02-18). Israel Pumps $30M Into "Concert," a Revamped Propaganda Campaign to Fight Apartheid Label. orinocotribune.com By Jessica Buxbaum — Feb 9, 2022 | Israel's cabinet recently approved 100 million shekels (about $30 million) in funding to revive "Cabinet," a defunct government propaganda program targeting Western countries. | OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Losing the battle for hearts and minds abroad, Israel hopes injecting millions into a revamped government project will counter a changing global narrative. | Last month, the Israeli cabinet

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

Anonymous669 (2022-02-18). Israel Says It Lost Track Of Drone That Penetrated Its Airspace, Dodged Its Interceptors & Fighter Jets. southfront.org Update: IDF says a preliminary investigation shows that the Iron Dome failed to intercept the drone that entered Israeli airspace…

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 It's 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…

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