2022-03-06: News Headlines

Staff (2022-03-06). Hundreds rally in Toulouse against the dissolution of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra. samidoun.net In a joint rally called for by many local organizations, over 200 people mobilized at the Jean Jaurès metro station in Toulouse, France, to denounce the French interior minister's threat to dissolve the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and another pro-Palestine association, the Comite Action Palestine. Collectif Palestine Vaincra is a member of the Samidoun network and …

Samidoun Deutschland (2022-03-06). Our Guide Towards Homeland: Bassel Al-Araj. samidoun.net From Birth until Martyrdom Bassel Al-Araj was born on January 27, 1984, in the village of Al-Walaja, overlooking the Palestinian coast, where earth meets the heavens with a "sea that is too big to be besieged" as he once chanted in an angry demonstration against the blockade on Gaza. Bassel grew up curious and constantly …

Staff (2022-03-06). Video: Mohammed Khatib of Samidoun on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" samidoun.net Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, joined the International League of Peoples' Struggle for an international online event on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" on Saturday, 5 March 2022. "Fascism is on the rise. To fight this, we must link all the peoples' struggles against fascism all over the world." Speakers: …

Editor2 (2022-03-06). Egyptian Football Player Aboutrika Slams FIFA for Applying 'Double Standards'. orinocotribune.com Former Egyptian football player Mohamed Aboutrika on Monday slammed the Federation of International Football (FIFA) for their failure to punish Israel, after the decision to ban Russia from all football competitions. | In an interview with Quds News Network, the three-time Africa Cup of Nations winner slammed the politics of double standards, since similar sanctions should have been meted out against Israel after their army was involved in the "killing of children and women in Palestine". | Mohamed Aboutrika addressing FIFA: "The decision to suspend Russian clubs and teams from all competitions must be accompanie…

sputniknews (2022-03-06). As Bennett Meets Putin, Will Israel Mediate Between Russia and Ukraine? sputniknews.com Shortly after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, the Israeli prime minister rushed to Germany where he met Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The premier has also spoken with French leader Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

Ira Glunts (2022-03-05). Jewish Pro-Israel Group Attacks Pro-Palestinian Activists. dissidentvoice.org The following is an email I wrote on February 20 to a group of progressive political activists from Syracuse, NY, a city less than one hour's drive east from where I live. For the last three years the Jewish Federation of Central New York (JFCNY) has sent a series of letters to the Syracuse Peace …

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-03-05). Israelí hiere a cuatro palestinos en Hebrón, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Uno joven de 13 años de edad, Mohammad Iyad Jaabari, fue identificado como uno de los heridos.

TASS (2022-03-05). Ural Airlines cancels flights to UAE, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel by end of March. tass.com Earlier, the air carrier announced cancellation of flights to some European countries…

_____ (2022-03-05). How Ukraine's Jewish President Made Peace With Neo-Nazi Paramilitaries. popularresistance.org Back in October 2019, as the war in eastern Ukraine dragged on, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Zolote, a town situated firmly in the "gray zone" of Donbas, where over 14,000 had been killed, mostly on the pro-Russian side. There, the president encountered the hardened veterans of extreme right paramilitary units keeping up the fight against separatists just a few miles away. | Elected on a platform of de-escalation of hostilities with Russia, Zelensky was determined to enforce the so-called Steinmeier Formula conceived by then-German Foreign Minister Walter Steinmeier which called for election…

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