2022-02-22: News Headlines

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-22). Ukraine crisis highlights West's hypocrisy over Israeli land theft. electronicintifada.net New European Citizens Initiative would halt trade with colonial settlements.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-02-22). Gaza pays the price for Jewish state in Palestine. electronicintifada.net The racist logic behind Israel's terrible violence.

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Nothing to Lose? Gazans Vent Anger Against Hamas in Rare Twitter Campaign. sputniknews.com In 2021, the poverty rate in the Gaza Strip saw a dramatic spike, reaching 59 percent, compared to 43 percent five years earlier. Unemployment is also high and Gazans have been pinning the blame not only on Israel, but also on the Islamist group that has been running the enclave since 2007.

Editor2 (2022-02-22). Israeli Aggression on the Southern Countryside of Damascus. orinocotribune.com The Israeli occupation targeted several points in the vicinity of the town of Zakiya in the southern countryside of Damascus, leading to strictly material damage. | The Syrian Ministry of Defense reported that the Israeli forces targeted the vicinity of the town of Zakiya, south of Damascus, with several missiles. | Citing a military source in the ministry, the Syrian news agency SANA confirmed that "the Israeli enemy carried out a strike with several surface-to-surface missiles" from the occupied Golan, targeting the town of Zakiya at around 11: 35 pm (21: 35 GMT) on Wednesday night. | The source added that the ag…

Tamara Nassar (2022-02-22). Sponsors boycott Jordan rally over Israeli participation. electronicintifada.net Popular rejection of Amman's close ties with Tel Aviv remains firm.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). On Israel as an Apartheid State: An Interview with Richard Falk. transcend.org 19 Feb 2022 – An interview David Falcone originally published in CounterPunch on 11 Feb prompted by the Amnesty Report but extending beyond it.

_____ (2022-02-21). Africa Must Not Abandon Palestine By Granting Israel Observer Status. popularresistance.org 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 Resolution 77 (XII) by the Organization of African Unity — the precursor to the African Union — which recognized Zionism, Israel's founding ideology, as a form of racism. This time around, however, it is Palestine, not Israel, that stands to lose. | Israel's attempt to gain observer status at the AU began years ago. For many years, most African countries have severed all ties with Israel in solidarity with Palestine and other Arab countries…

Miko Peled (2022-02-21). My Day in Palestine: The Stunning Beauty and Cruel Reality of an Occupied Land. mintpressnews.com Walking through the low hills of the Naqab as the sun sets and the moon comes up is an experience that allows us to imagine what Palestine was like before it was torn apart by Zionists and what can still be saved if we act fast.

teleSUR (2022-02-21). 500 000 Vaccines Donated to Palestine by China, Egypt. telesurenglish.net According to Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, Egypt's acting health minister and Minister of Higher Education, the vaccines are of local production through a partnership between Egypt's Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) and Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac. | RELATED: | Ghaffar noted the valuable work that Egypt has carried out to produce more than 30 million doses of the vaccine up unti…

rqorinoco (2022-02-21). Striking for Freedom: Why Palestinian Detainees are Boycotting Israeli Courts. orinocotribune.com Following hunger strike victories last year, Palestinians hope collective action will force Israel to abolish its practice of indefinite detention without trial. | By Yuval Abraham — Feb 17, 2022 | For the past six weeks, hundreds of Palestinian administrative detainees have been boycotting Israeli military courts over their indefinite imprisonment with no trial or indictment. Since January 1, the prisoners have announced that they will not arrive for hearings at courts, and that they are refusing to allow attorneys to represent them in absentia until Israel ceases its use of administrative detention. | Isra…

_____ (2022-02-21). European Citizens Initiative To Stop Trade With Illegal Settlements. popularresistance.org Brussels – Marking the World Day of Social Justice on February 20 a coalition of more than 100 civil society organizations, has launched a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) to stop trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories. | An ECI is an official instrument for democratic participation of citizens in EU policy making. If an ECI garners one million signatures from EU citizens over 12 months the European Commission must consider and debate the petition's demands. This ECI demands EU legislation that will outlaw trade with illegal settlements, anywhere and at all times, including trade with Israel's i…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-02-21). Canadian teacher sues Israel lobby group. electronicintifada.net Javier Davila fights back against B'nai Brith's false accusations of anti-Semitism.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-21). Israel's Lapid Calls on US Not to Delist Iran's IRGC as Terrorists. news.antiwar.com On Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said that the Biden administration might be open to "Everyone in his right mind should talk to the administration about this and tell them, 'This is just wrong, don't do that,'" Lapid said at a conference in Jerusalem. | At the same conference, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Tehran was asking for…

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Israeli Politicians Aren't Corrupt Overall, Says Researcher, But What Does the Public Think? sputniknews.com Transparency International has ranked Israel the 36th least corrupt country out of 180 listed. Although the situation is not that bad, a local expert believes that changes are still needed.

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