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2021-07-03: News Headlines

Juan Cole (2021-07-03). United Nations Accuses Israel of 'Grave Violations' against Palestinian Children. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — This week, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres presented a report to the 75th General Assembly on the "Promotion and protection of the rights of children: promotion and protection of the rights of children: Children and Armed Conflict" It had a damning section on the situation in Israel …

Allan Fisher (2021-07-03). Saturday 7/3: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

Angela (2021-07-03). Thursday 7/1: Tell Pelosi: Take Action for Palestine. indybay.org 90 7th St, San Francisco…

_____ (2021-07-03). PalAction: Shutting Down The British Arms Trade To Israel. popularresistance.org Palestine Action Has Made Headlines For Its Forceful Commitment To Shutting Down The Arms Trade Between Israel And The U.K., Trying To Do With Direct Action What Anti-War Organizations Have Long Been Calling For.

Susana Khalil (2021-07-03). European Monotheism is Arab Monotheism — Crusades, Zionism and Saudism are Burdens of the Imperial West. orinocotribune.com

| By Susana Khalil — Jun 30, 2021 | Europe is not the originator of its own monotheism, that is, its Christianity, nor is it an obligation to practise a monotheism stemming from its own ancestral heritage. This does not make Christians more or less European, but neither does it make them Arabs or Semites. However, this does happen fraudulently in the case of Europeans who have adopted that same Arab monotheism, Jewish religious doctrine, and now call themselves Semites and have thus imposed in Historic Palestine a colonial regime through Zionism since 1948. The one who dominates denominates. How…

Michael F. Brown (2021-07-03). Democrats compound "mistakes" by arming Israel. electronicintifada.net Blinken helps Lapid whitewash abuses and double down on new ones.

Labor Video Project (2021-07-03). ILWU & Fight Against Zionist Shipping Line ZIM In Oakland & West Coast. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 retired member Jack Heyman is interviewed about the struggle against the Israeli shipping line ZIM and the action by ILWU longshore workers in Oakland and the West Coast to abide by picket lines.

Anonymous103 (2021-07-03). New Wave Of Israeli Airstrikes Targeted Hamas Facilities In Gaza (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size | The Israel Defense Forces bombed Gaza for the second time in the last two days. Late at night, Israeli Air Force fighter jets carried out airstrikes on what is reported to be Hamas' 'weapons manufacturing sites'. | The previous strikes According to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the strikes tar…

Human Rights Watch (2021-07-03). Gaza Disability Rights Defender recounts harrowing Flight from Israeli Airstrikes at U.N. juancole.com By Abier Almasri | Research Assistant, Middle East and North Africa Division | @abier_i | — ( ) — Abeer al-Harakli, a 28-year-old disability rights defender from Gaza, addressed the United Nations earlier this month at the 14th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. …

Anonymous669 (2021-07-03). Israeli Cargo Ship Came Under Attack In Northern Indian Ocean — Report. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On July 3, an Israeli-owned cargo ship came under attack while sailing in the northern Indian ocean, according to the al-Mayadin TV. | A source with knowledge on the incident told the Beirut-based channel that a "fire broke out at the ship," adding that the vessel was targeted with an "unidentified weapon." | "The Israeli ship was anchored in the [Saudi] port of Jeddah, before moving towards the coast of the Emirates," the source said. | Israeli officials confirmed al-Maya…

Rosa Astra (2021-07-02). San Francisco rally demands top Democrats stop funding genocide of Palestinians. liberationnews.org The rally called attention to the U.S. funding that makes ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Jerusalem and across occupied Palestine possible, and demanded that leading Democrat politicians Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer stop enabling Israeli state-backed terror.

Anonymous (2021-07-02). Palestine in Pictures: June 2021. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Ramzy Baroud (2021-07-02). Bennett's political theatre: The decisive Israeli-Palestinian fight ahead. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Many Palestinians believe that the 10-21 May military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove them wrong. Palestinians are justified to hold this viewpoint; after all, their minuscule military …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-07-02). Bennett's Political Theater: The Decisive Israeli-Palestinian Fight Ahead. zcomm.org Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer…

Allan Fisher (2021-07-02). Saturday 7/3: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

Angela (2021-07-02). Thursday 7/1: Tell Pelosi: Take Action for Palestine. indybay.org 90 7th St, San Francisco…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-02). Israel Bombs Gaza In Response To Incendiary Balloons Lighting Open Fields On Fire. southfront.org Illustrative image, click to see full-size. A fireball lights up the night sky above buildings near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, as IDF planes hit a Hamas site in the Palestinian enclave, on June 17, 2021. | In the early hours of July 2nd, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck an alleged Hamas 'weapons manufacturing site' in Gaza, in response to alleged incendiary balloons being launched toward Israeli territory. | In response to the arson balloons launched from Gaza toward…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-07-02). Bennett's Political Theater: the Decisive Israeli-Palestinian Fight Ahead. counterpunch.org Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove them wrong. Palestinians are justified to hold this viewpoint; after all, their minuscule military capabilities in a besieged and impoverished

Sonia Qadir (2021-07-02). Revolutionizing the narrative: Building a principled Pakistani solidarity movement for Palestine. mronline.org As part of the ongoing Nakba, Israel has once again unleashed its latest reign of terror on Palestine, in response to resistance by Palestinians against ethnic cleansing of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem (meant to eviscerate both Palestinian social and cultural life from the city). | July 2, 2021…

David Cronin (2021-07-02). "Sad" EU officials happy to boost cooperation with Israel. electronicintifada.net Nuclear research among topics being explored.

Jonathan Cook (2021-07-02). Israel: Racist, Violent Policing Is at the Heart of Apartheid. globalresearch.ca

Labor Video Project (2021-07-02). ILWU & Fight Against Zionist Shipping Line ZIM In Oakland & West Coast. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 retired member Jack Heyman is interviewed about the struggle against the Israeli shipping line ZIM and the action by ILWU longshore workers in Oakland and the West Coast to abide by picket lines.

Mel Gurtov (2021-07-02). Saving the US-Iran Nuclear Agreement. counterpunch.org Despite the best efforts of the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu to disrupt the nuclear talks with Iran by attacking Iran's nuclear computer network, the news out of Geneva is that a new agreement is close to being signed. It has been a very rough road to get there—a road worth recalling because among that

STEVE O'KEEFE (2021-07-02). Will Donald J. Trump Be America's Last President? counterpunch.org An amazing thing happened in Israel recently. The hard right and the hard left aligned to kick Benjamin NetanYahoo to the curb. Similarly, the pro-corporate right and anti-corporate left came together in the United States to kick Donald J. Trump to the curb. When these aligned enemies realize they hate each other, they will open

teleSUR (2021-07-02). Israeli Air Raids Target Gaza for 3rd Time Since May Ceasefire. telesurenglish.net Hamas security sources said the raids targeted training sites yet no casualties were reported. | The Israeli army spokesperson claims the air raid responded to the launching of incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip towards surrounding Israeli settlements. | RELATED: | Israel's statement said: "In response to the arson balloons fired towards Israeli territory today, [military] fighter jets struck … a weapons manufacturing site b…

Christopher Brauchli (2021-07-02). The Return of Stephen Miller. counterpunch.org Happily the government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction . . . requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. George Washington, Letter to the Jewish congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, 1790 It's just a

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2021-07-02: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2021-07-02). Bennett's Political Theater: the Decisive Israeli-Palestinian Fight Ahead. counterpunch.org Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove them wrong. Palestinians are justified to hold this viewpoint; after all, their minuscule military capabilities in a besieged and impoverished

Sonia Qadir (2021-07-02). Revolutionizing the narrative: Building a principled Pakistani solidarity movement for Palestine. mronline.org As part of the ongoing Nakba, Israel has once again unleashed its latest reign of terror on Palestine, in response to resistance by Palestinians against ethnic cleansing of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem (meant to eviscerate both Palestinian social and cultural life from the city). | July 2, 2021…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-07-02). Bennett's political theatre: The decisive Israeli-Palestinian fight ahead. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Many Palestinians believe that the 10-21 May military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove them wrong. Palestinians are justified to hold this viewpoint; after all, their minuscule military …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-07-02). Bennett's Political Theater: The Decisive Israeli-Palestinian Fight Ahead. zcomm.org Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-02). Israel Bombs Gaza In Response To Incendiary Balloons Lighting Open Fields On Fire. southfront.org Illustrative image, click to see full-size. A fireball lights up the night sky above buildings near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, as IDF planes hit a Hamas site in the Palestinian enclave, on June 17, 2021. | In the early hours of July 2nd, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck an alleged Hamas 'weapons manufacturing site' in Gaza, in response to alleged incendiary balloons being launched toward Israeli territory. | In response to the arson balloons launched from Gaza toward…

Allan Fisher (2021-07-02). Saturday 7/3: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

Angela (2021-07-02). Thursday 7/1: Tell Pelosi: Take Action for Palestine. indybay.org 90 7th St, San Francisco…

David Cronin (2021-07-02). "Sad" EU officials happy to boost cooperation with Israel. electronicintifada.net Nuclear research among topics being explored.

STEVE O'KEEFE (2021-07-02). Will Donald J. Trump Be America's Last President? counterpunch.org An amazing thing happened in Israel recently. The hard right and the hard left aligned to kick Benjamin NetanYahoo to the curb. Similarly, the pro-corporate right and anti-corporate left came together in the United States to kick Donald J. Trump to the curb. When these aligned enemies realize they hate each other, they will open

Mel Gurtov (2021-07-02). Saving the US-Iran Nuclear Agreement. counterpunch.org Despite the best efforts of the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu to disrupt the nuclear talks with Iran by attacking Iran's nuclear computer network, the news out of Geneva is that a new agreement is close to being signed. It has been a very rough road to get there—a road worth recalling because among that

Labor Video Project (2021-07-02). ILWU & Fight Against Zionist Shipping Line ZIM In Oakland & West Coast. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 retired member Jack Heyman is interviewed about the struggle against the Israeli shipping line ZIM and the action by ILWU longshore workers in Oakland and the West Coast to abide by picket lines.

Christopher Brauchli (2021-07-02). The Return of Stephen Miller. counterpunch.org Happily the government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction . . . requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. George Washington, Letter to the Jewish congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, 1790 It's just a

Ramzy Baroud (2021-07-01). Bennett's Political Theater: The Decisive Israeli-Palestinian Fight Ahead. dissidentvoice.org Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove them wrong. Palestinians are justified to hold this viewpoint; after all, their minuscule military capabilities in a besieged and impoverished …

Daniel Lopez (2021-07-01). Arizona doctor fired for pro-Palestine statement in Zionist smear campaign. liberationnews.org A central goal of these smear campaigns is to strike fear into all activists.

Staff (2021-07-01). Global Calendar of Resistance: Join these events to defend Palestine! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all Palestinian, Arab and international supporters of Palestine to escalate their organizing and struggle to confront massacres and ethnic cleansing and support Palestinian resistance throughout the entire land of Palestine. (The list below will be constantly updated — our Global Calendar — please share the link with your friends and comrades!) These events are organized by many groups around the world — wherever possible, we link to the original organizers so that you can be in direct contact! Please note: this list is for action-oriented/out…

Staff (2021-07-01). 3 July, Vancouver: Save Silwan, Defend Palestine. samidoun.net Saturday, 3 July 1: 00 pm Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby Street Vancouver Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/515066043074118/ VANCOUVER, WE WILL NOT STOP. After the assassination of Nizar Banat by the PA, the destruction of the Rajbi shop in Silwan and the ongoing attempts to ethnically cleanse Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, Beita, Gaza, Sbeih mountain, our voices need to be louder than ever. The PA and the Zionist regime are roadblocks to Palestinian liberation and are funded with your taxpayer dollars via arms sales & military police training. We're demanding an end to Canadian complicity in Palestinian genocid…

Yara Hawari (2021-07-01). Palestinians are Mobilized in the face of Israeli Ethnic Cleansing. juancole.com (Al-Shabaka ) — The ongoing Palestinian uprising against the Israeli settler-colonial regime in colonized Palestine did not begin in Sheikh Jarrah, the Palestinian neighborhood of Jerusalem whose residents face imminent ethnic cleansing. While the threat of the expulsion of these eight families certainly catalyzed this mass popular mobilization, the ongoing uprising is ultimately an articulation …

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2021-07-01). Podcast Ep 41: The village of Lifta and the expulsion of the Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Forced out of his village by Zionist militias as a child, Yacoub Odeh fights to return.

Ali Abunimah (2021-07-01). Anti-imperialism and the liberation of Palestine. electronicintifada.net US efforts to foment sectarianism have failed to weaken resistance.

Asa Winstanley (2021-07-01). The World's Gaze is turning away from the Palestinians, but their Oppression hasn't Changed. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — If there was only one tiny sliver of hope that emerged after the horrors that Israel inflicted on the Palestinians last month, it was a new sense of unity among the people of Palestine themselves. And the global solidarity movement for Palestinian rights received a major boost too. On …

Allan Fisher (2021-07-01). Saturday 7/3: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

Angela (2021-07-01). Thursday 7/1: Tell Pelosi: Take Action for Palestine. indybay.org 90 7th St, San Francisco…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-01). Dozens killed in crackdown on Swaziland's pro-democracy protests and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the escalating crackdown on pro-democracy protestors amid an internet blackout in Swaziland, the killings of 15 people in Haiti amid a surge in gang violence, protests in Sudan against worsening economic conditions and the approval of a new IMF debt relief loan, and the destruction of Palestinian properties by Israeli authorities in Occupied East Jerusalem's Silwan area.

_____ (2021-07-01). Judge Tosses Frivolous Lawsuit By Heiress Seeking To Destroy The Grayzone. popularresistance.org The District of Columbia Superior Court has rejected a frivolous, million-dollar lawsuit claiming libel, defamation, and tortious conspiracy filed by writer Sulome Anderson against The Grayzone's editor Max Blumenthal and assistant editor Ben Norton. | Judge William M. Jackson's June 16, 2021 decision put an end to the entitled heiress' three-year-long campaign to smear and bankrupt The Grayzone with the help of a powerful DC lawyer closely linked to the Israel lobby. | It was a humiliating resolution to a legal assault that threatened to impose a serious chilling effect on independent media and press freedom had…

_____ (2021-07-01). Judge Tosses Frivolous Lawsuit By Heiress Sulome Anderson Seeking To Destroy The Grayzone. popularresistance.org Judge William M. Jackson's June 16, 2021 decision put an end to the entitled heiress' three-year-long campaign to smear and bankrupt The Grayzone with the help of a powerful DC lawyer closely linked to the Israel lobby. It was a humiliating resolution to a legal assault that threatened to impose a serious chilling effect on independent media and press freedom had it been successful.

Anonymous669 (2021-07-01). Israeli Military Warned Syrian Soldiers Against Using Equipment Supplied By Hezbollah. southfront.org An old military vehicle can be seen positioned near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. IMAGE: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS | On July 1, the Israeli military dropped leaflets over the western countryside of Daraa in southern Syria warning Syrian Arab Army (SAA) service members against using devices and equipment which were recently supplied to them by Lebanon's Hezbollah. | The leaflets were dropped over an army base located a few kilometers away from the separation line with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. | &yuml…

Labor Video Project (2021-07-01). ILWU & Fight Against Zionist Shipping Line ZIM In Oakland & West Coast. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 retired member Jack Heyman is interviewed about the struggle against the Israeli shipping line ZIM and the action by ILWU longshore workers in Oakland and the West Coast to abide by picket lines.

Mousa Tawfiq (2021-07-01). Gaza's Sol Band determined to chase dreams in Turkey. electronicintifada.net Musicians have struggled to find gigs during the pandemic.

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