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2020-04-18: Social Media Postees

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"Gangster in the White House"
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-04-18
Interview on COVID-19, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/gangster-in-the-white-house/

Intl. Conf. on Intifada urges freedom of Palestinian prisoners
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)

Gaza siege, sanctions show anti-human nature of Israeli regime, US: Larijani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA)

Lebanon marks 24th anniv. of Qana massacre
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)

Israel to reopen some businesses, allow more movement for citizens in Covid-19 lockdown easing
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Tel Aviv will gradually lift certain coronavirus measures starting from Sunday, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said. Easing the lockdown includes allowing some businesses to reopen, as well as relaxing control over movement of citizens. | "Our good results enable us today to start taking steps in the opposite direction

Palestinian compares virus lockdown to Israel's occupation
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-18
A Palestinian immigrant living in Malaysia has said the latest stay-at-home order to curb the spread of coronavirus reminds him of life under Israeli occupation.Muslim Imran, chairman of the Palestinian Cultural Organization of Malaysia (PCOM), said restrictions on movement and living under curfew were part of his and thousands of other Palestinians' daily life back home."This is nothing new for us. Many of us live under Israeli occupation and curfews," said Imran.He said that for Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza uninterrupted electric supply is a far-fetched dream due to Israel's sanctions on fuel.The man, who…
yenisafak.com/en/world/palestinian-compares-virus-lockdown-to-israels-occupation-3517291

Arab Parliaments Call for Immediate Release of Palestinian Prisoners
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-17
On the eve of Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Cairo-based Arab States' Parliaments Forum, on Thursday, called for the immediate release of all Palestinian prisoners from various Israeli prisons and detention centers, as well as halt of all Israeli violations against the Palestinian people. In a statement, issued by the forum …
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Palestinian President: "No Peace Deal with Israel, unless Prisoners Released"
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-17
On the occasion of Palestinian Prisoners' Day, on Friday, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, asserted that Palestinians will not sign a final peace deal with Israel, unless Israel clears all it's prisons of Palestinian prisoners, which he called heroes and fighters for freedom. In a statement he …
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"Gangster in the White House": Noam Chomsky on COVID-19, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-17
We continue our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky. He responds to President Trump's cuts to U.S. support for the World Health Organization and the surge in deaths in the United States to another record high, and discusses conditions in Gaza, the rise of authoritarianism around the world, and the progressive response. "This is typical behavior of autocrats and dictators. When you make colossal errors which are killing thousands of people, find somebody else to blame," say Chomsky. "In the United States, it's unfortunately the case, for well over a century, centu…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/17/noam_chomsky_coronavirus_trump_gaza_palestine

Noam Chomsky: Trump Blaming WHO for COVID-19 Deaths Is Dictator-Like Behavior
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-17
We continue our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky. He responds to President Trump's cuts to U.S. support for the World Health Organization and the surge in deaths in the United States to another record high, and discusses conditions in Gaza, the rise of authoritarianism around the world, and the progressive response. "This is typical behavior of autocrats and dictators. When you make colossal errors which are killing thousands of people, find…
truthout.org/video/chomsky-trump-blaming-who-for-coronavirus-deaths-is-behavior-of-dictators/

Noam Chomsky: Trump Blaming WHO for COVID-19 Deaths Is Dictator-Like Behavior
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-17
We continue our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky. He responds to President Trump's cuts to U.S. support for the World Health Organization and the surge in deaths in the United States to another record high, and discusses conditions in Gaza, the rise of authoritarianism around the world, and the progressive response. "This is typical behavior of autocrats and dictators. When you make colossal errors which are killing thousands of people, find…
truthout.org/video/chomsky-trump-blaming-who-for-coronavirus-deaths-is-behavior-of-dictators/

Spreading the Virus of Occupation: Spitting as a Weapon in the Hand of Colonial Israel
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
Spitting at someone is a universal insult. In Israel, however, spitting at Palestinians is an entirely different story. Now that we know that the deadly coronavirus can be transmitted through saliva droplets, Israeli soldiers and illegal Jewish settlers are working extra hard to spit at as many Palestinians, their cars, doorknobs, and so on, as…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/17/spreading-the-virus-of-occupation-spitting-as-a-weapon-in-the-hand-of-colonial-israel/

Video: US-trained Militants Surrender to Syrian Army. Israel Tries to Assassinate Hezbollah Commanders
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
On April 15th, 27 members of Maghawir al-Thawra, a militant group in the Al-Tanf zone, which is both funded and trained by the US-led coalition, surrendered to the Syrian Army with all of their weapons and equipment. These …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-trained-militants-surrender-syrian-army-israel-tries-assassinate-hezbollah-commanders/5709915

Marc Lamont Hill, Ahed Tamimi, Mariame Kaba and Others Lead Virtual Rally to Free All Prisoners from Rikers Island to Palestine
commondreams.org | 2020-04-17
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Sanders and Palestine: a Post Mortem
Steven Salaita | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
Let me start with a story about the Democratic primary. Now, I'm no operative, so this story has nothing to do with voting choices or electability. It's about how Palestine disappears in US electoral discourses, even when people who identify as Palestinian purport to make it visible.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/17/sanders-and-palestine-a-post-mortem/

Sanders and Palestine: a Post Mortem
Steven Salaita | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
Let me start with a story about the Democratic primary. Now, I'm no operative, so this story has nothing to do with voting choices or electability. It's about how Palestine disappears in US electoral discourses, even when people who identify as Palestinian purport to make it visible.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/17/sanders-and-palestine-a-post-mortem/

US to Provide $5 Million in Aid to Palestine
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-17
United States of America reportedly announced it would grant Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza a sum of five million US Dollars, or 3.6 million New Israeli Shekels (NIS) to help deal with the Covid-19 paramedic. In a tweet he posted on Thursday, the US Ambassador to Israel, David …
imemc.org/article/us-to-provide-5-million-in-aid-to-palestine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-to-provide-5-million-in-aid-to-palestine

Arab League's Secretary General Urges Donor Countries to Fill in UNRWA's Deficit
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-17
Secretary General of the Arab States' League, Mr. Ahmad Abuelgheit, urged on Thursday, all donor countries that contribute to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), to promptly fill in current deficit of UNRWA's budget. Abuelgheit's appeal came during a meeting at the latter's Cairo-based office, …
imemc.org/article/arab-leagues-secretary-general-urges-donor-countries-to-fill-in-unrwas-deficit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arab-leagues-secretary-general-urges-donor-countries-to-fill-in-unrwas-deficit

If Coronavirus Overwhelms Gaza, Israel Alone is to Blame
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
The Palestinians of Gaza know all about lockdowns. For the past 13 years, some two million of them have endured a closure by Israel more extreme than anything experienced by almost any other society

Palestinian prisoners are on the frontlines of the struggle for liberation
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-17
Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network discusses the challenges facing Palestinian prisoners on the occasion of the Palestinian prisoners' Day.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/17/palestinian-prisoners-are-on-the-frontlines-of-the-struggle-for-liberation/

If Coronavirus Overwhelms Gaza, Israel Alone is to Blame
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
The Palestinians of Gaza know all about lockdowns. For the past 13 years, some two million of them have endured a closure by Israel more extreme than anything experienced by almost any other society

Israeli Settlers Escape Quarantine, Attack Palestinians, Injure One
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-17
Israeli media reports said on Thursday that around 20 Israeli settlers, who represent an extremist Jewish organization, called Hilltop Youth, reportedly escaped from quarantine, in the Jordan Valley, near the Dead Sea, and attacked several local Palestinians. Israel Today Arabic online paper, reported that the 20 settlers, who are Coronavirus …
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Concerns of COVID-19 loom large on International Day of Palestinian Prisoners
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-17
The International Day of Palestinian Prisoners on April 17 is marked annually to remember and express solidarity with the thousands of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails and detention and interrogation centers…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/17/concerns-of-covid-19-loom-large-on-international-day-of-palestinian-prisoners/

'The US Knew': Report Says American Intel on Threat of Coronavirus Was Shared With Israel and NATO in November, Dismissed by Trump
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-17
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PCHR Fears Coronavirus Spread in Israeli Prisons and Detention Centers
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-04-16
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Palestinian Prisoners' Day is celebrated every year on the 17th of April, which was endorsed by the Palestinian National Council in 1974 as a national day to pay tribute to Palestinian prisoners and their sacrifices, and to support, advocate and promote their right to …
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Norwegian Refugee Council: Israel's Destruction of Palestinian Property Undermines Efforts to Curb Covid-19
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-16
By the Norwegian Refugee Council Israel's recent targeting of homes and even water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in the occupied West Bank violates international law and undermines efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Ongoing demolitions and threats of forcible transfer, amid plans for Israel's next government to unilaterally annex large …
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The FBI Is Still Hunting For Ways To Call US Activists Terrorists
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-15
The FBI wants you to believe they stopped spying on anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist activists. They haven't.
therealnews.com/stories/fbi-activists-investigation-terrorism-palestine

Spitting as a Weapon in the Hand of Colonial Israel
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-15
Spitting at someone is a universal insult. In Israel, however, spitting at Palestinians is an entirely different story. Now that we know that the deadly coronavirus can be transmitted through saliva droplets, Israeli soldiers and illegal Jewish settlers are working extra hard to spit at as many Palestinians, their cars, doorknobs, and so on, as …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/spitting-as-a-weapon-in-the-hand-of-colonial-israel/

Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm?
Martin Sieff | iranian.com | 2020-04-15
Across the Middle East, the coronavirus is stirring up both upheavals and more subtle changes from Tel Aviv to Riyadh, little reported and when covered little understood in the Western media. In Israel, the virus has enabled that master political magician Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull off yet another spectacular escape as improbable as …
iranian.com/2020/04/15/will-quiet-middle-east-last-or-is-it-lull-before-next-storm/

Israeli Settlers set up Mobile Home near Nablus, Attempt Invasion of Youth Center in Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-04-15
Several Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, set up a mobile home in the northern occupied West Bank village of Qaryout, south of Nablus, according to a local official. Palestinian official, Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the area, said settlers from the illegal Shilo colony placed a mobile home …
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US Gov Gives 1M Masks To Israel During Shortage, Coronavirus Censorship & Trump 'Holds' WHO Funding
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-08
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/7/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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2020-04-17: News Headlines

Staff (2020-04-17). "Gangster in the White House": Noam Chomsky on COVID-19, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism. democracynow.org We continue our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky. He responds to President Trump's cuts to U.S. support for the World Health Organization and the surge in deaths in the United States to another record high, and discusses conditions in Gaza, the rise of authoritarianism around the world, and the progressive response. "This is typical behavior of autocrats and dictators. When you make colossal errors which are killing thousands of people, find somebody else to blame," say Chomsky. "In the United States, it's unfortunately the case, for well over a century, centu…

Steven Salaita (2020-04-17). Sanders and Palestine: a Post Mortem. counterpunch.org Let me start with a story about the Democratic primary. Now, I'm no operative, so this story has nothing to do with voting choices or electability. It's about how Palestine disappears in US electoral discourses, even when people who identify as Palestinian purport to make it visible. Sometime ago, I was added to an online

Ramzy Baroud (2020-04-17). Spreading the Virus of Occupation: Spitting as a Weapon in the Hand of Colonial Israel. counterpunch.org Spitting at someone is a universal insult. In Israel, however, spitting at Palestinians is an entirely different story. Now that we know that the deadly coronavirus can be transmitted through saliva droplets, Israeli soldiers and illegal Jewish settlers are working extra hard to spit at as many Palestinians, their cars, doorknobs, and so on, as

South Front (2020-04-17). Video: US-trained Militants Surrender to Syrian Army. Israel Tries to Assassinate Hezbollah Commanders. globalresearch.ca On April 15th, 27 members of Maghawir al-Thawra, a militant group in the Al-Tanf zone, which is both funded and trained by the US-led coalition, surrendered to the Syrian Army with all of their weapons and equipment. These …

Juan Cole (2020-04-17). Israeli Squatters with Covid-19 break Quarantine, assault Palestinians. zcomm.org Palestinian authorities say that a low intensity war is being waged by the illegal squatters on Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank, as the world's attention has turned toward the coronavirus pandemic…

RT (2020-04-17). Israeli TV says US intel warned IDF & NATO of coronavirus threat in NOVEMBER 2019, doubling down on claims dismissed by… US intel. rt.com American intelligence passed an early warning about the coronavirus to Tel Aviv and NATO as far back as November, Israel's Channel 12 claims, even after a top US medical intel officer dismissed a similar report just last week. | The broadcaster aired a story on Thursday alleging that the US intelligence community shared classified information about a new viral outbreak in China with the Israeli military and senior NATO officials. With nobody willing to go on record to confirm the report, however, the story is based on murky anonymous sourcing, leaving it a mystery where the claim originated. | "Still in Novemb…

Jonathan Cook (2020-04-17). If Coronavirus Overwhelms Gaza, Israel Alone is to Blame. counterpunch.org The Palestinians of Gaza know all about lockdowns. For the past 13 years, some two million of them have endured a closure by Israel more extreme than anything experienced by almost any other society — including even now, as the world hunkers down to try to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Israel has been carrying out

sputniknews (2020-04-17). 'Chariots Running Among The Clouds': UFOs Were Spotted in First Century, Historical Account Suggests. sputniknews.com The First Jewish-Roman War is considered to have been one of the most remarkable events in ancient history ,and the developments which led to it, as recorded by historians of that time, including Titus Flavius Josephus, are still being closely analysed by contemporary scholars, with some new interpretations uncovering shocking details.

PCHR (2020-04-16). PCHR Fears Coronavirus Spread in Israeli Prisons and Detention Centers. imemc.org The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Palestinian Prisoners' Day is celebrated every year on the 17th of April, which was endorsed by the Palestinian National Council in 1974 as a national day to pay tribute to Palestinian prisoners and their sacrifices, and to support, advocate and promote their right to …

Yara Hawari (2020-04-16). In Palestine, COVID-19 Meets the Israeli Occupation. globalresearch.ca The first measures taken against COVID-19 in the West Bank occurred in early March after the confirmation of seven cases in Bethlehem that were linked to a Greek tourist group. The Palestinian Authority (PA) declared a state of emergency and …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-16). Norwegian Refugee Council: Israel's Destruction of Palestinian Property Undermines Efforts to Curb Covid-19. imemc.org By the Norwegian Refugee Council Israel's recent targeting of homes and even water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in the occupied West Bank violates international law and undermines efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Ongoing demolitions and threats of forcible transfer, amid plans for Israel's next government to unilaterally annex large …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-15). Israeli Settlers Unleash Cattle on Palestinian-owned Farm Lands. imemc.org Israeli colonial settlers unleashed their cattle, on Wednesday, onto Palestinian-owned farm lands in the northern Alghour area of the Jordan Valley, in the West Bank. Local legal activist, Aref Daraghma, told Palestinian Wafa News Agency that tens of cows were released onto farm lands of wheat and barely, in the …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-15). UNRWA: Israel Restricts Fight Against Covid-19 in East Jerusalem. imemc.org Spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Mr. Sami Mosha'sha, said on Wednesday, that Israeli occupation authorities in the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem, have imposed restrictions on the work of UNRWA-affiliated medical crews serving refugee populations there. In a phone interview with the Palestinian …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-04-15). Spitting as a Weapon in the Hand of Colonial Israel. dissidentvoice.org Spitting at someone is a universal insult. In Israel, however, spitting at Palestinians is an entirely different story. Now that we know that the deadly coronavirus can be transmitted through saliva droplets, Israeli soldiers and illegal Jewish settlers are working extra hard to spit at as many Palestinians, their cars, doorknobs, and so on, as …

Martin Sieff (2020-04-15). Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm? iranian.com Across the Middle East, the coronavirus is stirring up both upheavals and more subtle changes from Tel Aviv to Riyadh, little reported and when covered little understood in the Western media. In Israel, the virus has enabled that master political magician Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull off yet another spectacular escape as improbable as …

PCHR (2020-04-15). 2nd Appeal in COVID-19 Crisis: PCHR Calls for Immediate Release of Minors, Women, Patients and Elderlies among Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails. imemc.org At a time where the whole world is combating the coronavirus pandemic and States have adopted precautionary and preventive measures to defy the virus, Israeli authorities maintain the imprisonment of more than 5,000 Palestinians, including 180 children, 43 women and more than 700 patients in harsh and unsanitary conditions that …

Ali Salam (2020-04-15). Palestinian FM Denounces Latest Settler Attack on Palestinians. imemc.org The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned, on Tuesday, the latest attack by Israeli settlers who were isolated for the coronavirus, the Palestinian WAFA news Agency reported. The illegal colonists suspected of contracting the virus, were quarantined on an Israeli army base. The settlers reportedly escaped and proceeded …

Ali Salam (2020-04-15). Israeli Settlers set up Mobile Home near Nablus, Attempt Invasion of Youth Center in Hebron. imemc.org Several Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, set up a mobile home in the northern occupied West Bank village of Qaryout, south of Nablus, according to a local official. Palestinian official, Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the area, said settlers from the illegal Shilo colony placed a mobile home …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-14). Israeli Troops Abduct Three Palestinians in Jenin and Al-Bireh. imemc.org Israeli troops reportedly abducted, on Tuesday, three Palestinians, including 2 minors, in both Al-Bireh and Jenin towns, in the West Bank. Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, announced that both Loui Alsho'la and Omar Abu Alrob from Al-Bireh town, in the central occupied West Bank, …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-14). Israeli Settlers Assault Palestinians, Set Fire to Vehicles, Near Dead Sea. imemc.org Dozens of Israeli colonial settlers reportedly, on Tuesday, fired tear-gas canisters and threw rocks towards Palestinian residents of the Al-Aghwar area, in the West Bank. According to Israeli media outlets, dozens of Israeli settlers belonging to a known terrorist organization called Hilltops' Youth, attacked Palestinian residents, near the Dead Sea, …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-13). Arab League Secretary Concerned Over Israel's Annexation Plans. imemc.org Secretary of the Arab States' League, Mr. Ahmad Abuelgheit, expressed his concern, on Monday, over what he described as Israeli schemes to annex more Palestinian lands to Israeli boundaries, for the purpose of illegal settlement construction. The high-ranking Arab official sent out letters to a number of key international players, …

Middle East Eye (2020-02-07). Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes. theantimedia.com Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."