Whither Coronavirus? When Will It End and What Will Happen Along the Way
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-27
The coronavirus story has generated a number of major subplots. | First is the origin of the virus. Did it occur naturally or was it created in a Chinese, American or Israeli weapons lab? If bioengineered, did it somehow escape or …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-when-end-what-happen-along-way/5707717

BJP and Israel: Hindu Nationalism is Ravaging India's Democracy
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-27
It was only a matter of time before the anti-Muslim sentiment in India turned violent. A country that has historically prided itself on its diversity and tolerance, and for being 'the largest democracy in the world' has, in recent years, exhibited the exact opposite qualities

Coronavirus in Gaza: Just 40 ICU Beds for Two Million People Under Siege
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-27
Hospitals all over the western world are bracing for a tsunami of intensely ill patients suffering from breathing difficulties due to the Coronavirus. | In Britain, car companies are scrambling to produce ventilators. Plans are being laid for the army …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-gaza-40-icu-beds-two-million-people-under-siege/5707771

From Electoral Politics to Coronavirus Response: In Israel, Apartheid Mentality Reigns
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-27
Israel's longstanding political crisis didn't end due to some altruistic desire to pull together in a time of crisis, it ended because Israelis were faced with a choice, work with Arabs or throw it all away, writes Miko Peled.
mintpressnews.com/electoral-politics-coronavirus-response-israel-apartheid-mentality/266093/

ÔªøÔªøIsrael to deploy army to help enforce Covid-19 lockdown
rt.com | 2020-03-27
Israel will deploy its army to help police enforce the coronavirus lockdown in the country, as people are told to stay at home and businesses are closed down. | A partial lockdown that was already in place was made even stricter earlier this week, with people being required to stay within 100 meters of their homes and to stay at home as much as possible, with the threat of fines or prosecution for violating the rules. | In line with many other countries, gatherings have also been banned and schools shut down. | Now the army will come in to help enforce the rules. | We are preparing to allocate 500 soldiers to…
rt.com/news/484236-israel-troops-covid-lockdown/

ANALYSIS: Technology of Death: The Not-so-Shocking Report on Israeli Weapons Exports
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-03-26
By Ramzy Baroud for Palestine Chronicle The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security, and reconstruction. Thanks to the US, Russian, French, Israeli and other weapons manufacturers, however, it is …
imemc.org/article/analysis-technology-of-death-the-not-so-shocking-report-on-israeli-weapons-exports/

Israel, Palestine See Coronavirus Cases Increase Significantly
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-26
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Israel has risen to 2,495, the Israeli Ministry of Health said Thursday. The number has surged almost tenfold since March 16 when the confirmed cases were only 250. | RELATED: | Palestine Demands Israel Release Prisoners Amid Virus Outbreak | According to the ministry, 41 coronavirus patients are in serious condition and 68 in moderate condition. | In addition, 1,265 of the patients are treated in home quarantine, 327 in hotels converted…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Palestine-See-Coronavirus-Cases-Increase-Significantly-20200326-0002.html

Israel, Palestine See Coronavirus Cases Increase Significantly
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-26
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Israel has risen to 2,495, the Israeli Ministry of Health said Thursday. The number has surged almost tenfold since March 16 when the confirmed cases were only 250. | RELATED: | Palestine Demands Israel Release Prisoners Amid Virus Outbreak | According to the ministry, 41 coronavirus patients are in serious condition and 68 in moderate condition. | In addition, 1,265 of the patients are treated in home quarantine, 327 in hotels converted…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Palestine-See-Coronavirus-Cases-Increase-Significantly-20200326-0002.html

PHOTOS: As Coronavirus Reaches Gaza, the Besieged Strip on High Alert
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-03-26
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Sunday the first two cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in the besieged Gaza Strip. Deputy Health Minister, Youssef Abulreesh said that the two Palestinian patients had returned from Pakistan via Gaza's Rafah border …
imemc.org/article/photos-as-coronavirus-reaches-gaza-the-besieged-strip-on-high-alert/

Settlers Invade Al-Aqsa under Police Protection
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-26
Several illegal Israeli settlers, on Wednesday morning, invaded the sacred al-Aqsa Mosque, under police guard, despite the closure due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to Days of Palestine. Local sources said that dozens of extremist settlers, escorted by police officers, forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals …
imemc.org/article/settlers-invade-al-aqsa-under-police-protection/

PCHR Calls upon Palestinian Government to Find Mechanisms to Protect and Support the Poor and Low-Income Families in light of the State of Emergency in the Gaza Strip
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-03-26
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip in light of the state of emergency announced to limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). PCHR warns of catastrophic deterioration in the living conditions of the Gaza Strip population if the state of …
imemc.org/article/pchr-calls-upon-palestinian-government-to-find-mechanisms-to-protect-and-support-the-poor-and-low-income-families-in-light-of-the-state-of-emergency-in-the-gaza-strip/

Israeli Troops Abduct Nine Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem
Rami Almeghari | imemc.org | 2020-03-26
Israeli troops in occupied east Jerusalem, abducted, late on Wednesday night, nine Palestinian residents, according to local sources. Palestinian sources said that the Israeli abduction operations occurred in several parts of the old city of occupied east Jerusalem, mainly in the al-'Isawiya neighborhood, adding that the soldiers invaded a number …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-abduct-nine-palestinians-in-occupied-east-jerusalem/

Israel Releases Post Packages for Palestinian Territories
Rami Almeghari | imemc.org | 2020-03-26
Israeli authorities released on Thursday a large shipment of postal packages sent to the occupied Palestinian territories, from abroad. A statement, released by the Palestinian Authority's (PA) Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology, said that the released shipment includes posts, delivered directly by three new countries to the Palestinian Authority's …
imemc.org/article/israel-releases-post-packages-for-palestinian-territories/

As the World Turns Its Attention to the Pandemic, Israel Is Moving Forward with Military Raids
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-26
The West Bank situation is becoming increasingly complicated amid the coronavirus pandemic and territorial disputes between Palestinians and Israelis. At first, the Palestinian Authority and Israel showed signs of cooperation in combating the pandemic. A few weeks ago, joint measures …
globalresearch.ca/world-turns-attention-pandemic-israel-moving-forward-military-raids/5707617

Olive Trees, Grapevines Damaged by Israeli Settlers near Bethlehem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-26
Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, damaged 50 olive trees and grapevines in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem city, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to a local source. Hisham Mohammad Sbeih, the landowner, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that upon entering his grove, near the Gush Etzion colonial settlement bloc, …
imemc.org/article/olive-trees-grapevines-damaged-by-israeli-settlers-near-bethlehem/

Shock in Israel as Benny Gantz Is Elected Speaker of Parliament
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-26
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief rival, Benny Gantz, was elected Thursday speaker of the Knesset (parliament) in a surprise move that suggests a unity government paving the way for Netanyahu to remain in power. | RELATED: | Amid COVID-19, India Buys $116M Worth Of Weapons to Israel | The shift plunged Gantz's Blue and White Party into disarray just a year after its creation as a coalition of centrist opponents to the 70-year-old right-winger who is Israel's lon…
telesurenglish.net/news/Shock-in-Israel-as-Benny-Gantz-Is-Elected-Speaker-of-Parliament-20200326-0017.html

Malaysian socialist calls out dangerous myth of COVID-19 'mitigation'
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-26
Asia & the Pacific Healthcare Jeyakumar DevarajIssue 1258 Malaysia COVID-19March 26, 2020I received a video on March 22 featuring an Israeli minister making an argument supporting "mitigation" as a strat…
greenleft.org.au/content/malaysian-socialist-calls-out-dangerous-myth-covid-19-mitigation

MN shows solidarity with Palestine during COVID-19 pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-25
Minneapolis, MN – The MN Anti-War Committee (AWC) wanted to be a part of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network's global week of action for Palestinian Land Day but they couldn't do it as a protest the way they had originally planned. Instead on March 24 the MN AWC reorganized their protest as a call-in day, and then did a five-person social distancing bannering protest. | In 1976, Land Day marked a turning point as the first mass mobilization by Palestinians within Israel against colonialism and land theft. Israeli police shot and killed six Palestinian citizens of Israel for protesting the Israeli go…
fightbacknews.org/2020/3/25/mn-shows-solidarity-palestine-during-covid-19-pandemic

MN shows solidarity with Palestine during COVID-19 pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-25
Minneapolis, MN – The MN Anti-War Committee (AWC) wanted to be a part of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network's global week of action for Palestinian Land Day but they couldn't do it as a protest the way they had originally planned. Instead on March 24 the MN AWC reorganized their protest as a call-in day, and then did a five-person social distancing bannering protest. | In 1976, Land Day marked a turning point as the first mass mobilization by Palestinians within Israel against colonialism and land theft. Israeli police shot and killed six Palestinian citizens of Israel for protesting the Israeli go…
fightbacknews.org/2020/3/25/mn-shows-solidarity-palestine-during-covid-19-pandemic

Human Rights Council Appeals to Red Cross: Protect Palestinian Prisoners
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-25
On 24 March 2020, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) letters to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and to the Palestinian diplomatic community, Palestine News Network reported. The letters were urgent appeals with regards to the deteriorating conditions of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails, …
imemc.org/article/human-rights-council-appeal-to-red-cross-protect-palestinian-prisoners/

BJP and Israel: Hindu Nationalism is Ravaging India's Democracy
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-25
It was only a matter of time before the anti-Muslim sentiment in India turned violent. A country that has historically prided itself on its diversity and tolerance, and for being 'the largest democracy in the world' has, in recent years, exhibited the exact opposite qualities

The Gaza Strip Has Been Under Siege for Years. Covid-19 Could Be Catastrophic
Neve Gordon | thenation.com | 2020-03-25
The Gaza Strip Has Been Under Siege for Years. Covid-19 Could Be Catastrophic.
thenation.com/article/world/coronavirus-gaza-strip-disaster/

First COVID-19 Death in West Bank, Gaza Prepares for the Worst
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-25
The Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health has recorded Wednesday the first death due to the COVID-19 disease in the Palestinian occupied territories. | RELATED: | 'Dear World, How Is the Lockdown?' Gaza Takes To Twitter | A woman in her 60s from a village north of Jerusalem died in the Hugo Chavez hospital in the West Bank town of Turmsayya after testing positive in the morning. Her daughter and son-in-law also contracted the virus. | The Ministry of Health spokesperson, Ibrahi…
telesurenglish.net/news/First-COVID-19-Death-in-West-Bank-Gaza-Prepares-for-the-Worst-20200325-0022.html

Israeli Authorities Deny Solar Panels, Greenhouses to Palestinian Farmers in West Bank
Rami Almeghari | imemc.org | 2020-03-25
Israeli authorities banned, on Wednesday, installation of Palestinian-owned solar panels and a green house in the northern occupied West Bank area of Al-Aghwar. Local Palestinian media sources said that an Israeli troop obstructed installation works in the Kherbet Aldeir village, within the Tubas governorate. Palestinian chief for the Al-Aghwar rural …
imemc.org/article/israeli-authorities-deny-solar-panels-greenhouses-to-palestinian-farmers-in-west-bank/

Palestinians Prisoners in Israeli Jails Appeal for Their Safety
Rami Almeghari | imemc.org | 2020-03-25
Around 5,000 Palestinian prisoners appealed, on Wednesday, to concerned local and international bodies to ensure their own safety, inside Israeli jails. The prisoners' appeal came in response to the widely-spread Coronavirus, worldwide and in Israel, where the prisoners are jailed. A statement released by the prisoners read; "Increasingly, we feel …
imemc.org/article/palestinians-prisoners-in-israeli-jails-appeal-for-their-safety/

The Not-So-Shocking Report on Israeli Weapons Exports
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-24
The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security and reconstruction. Thanks to the US, Russian, French, Israeli and other weapons manufacturers, however, it is now the dumping ground for military hardware, an ominous sign for …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/the-not-so-shocking-report-on-israeli-weapons-exports/

Technology of Death: The Not-So-Shocking Report on Israeli Weapons Exports
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-24
SIPRI and Amnesty International are right in exposing Israel's thriving weapons exports market while emphasizing the fact that much of these weapons proliferate freely among human rights violators.
mintpressnews.com/technology-of-death-shocking-report-israeli-weapons-exports/265971/

King David's Ancient Road: How Israeli Archaeologists Are Aiding the Theft of Silwan
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-24
Claiming "science" as their reason and in total disregard for the wellbeing of the population, tunnels are dug under Palestinian homes in Silwan, destroying foundations and forcing residents to flee.
mintpressnews.com/how-israel-archeologists-aiding-theft-silwan/266005/

Pompeo and Netanyahu paved a path to war with Iran, and they're pushing Trump again
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-20
Though it narrowly averted war with Iran this January, the Trump administration is still pushing for all-out military conflict. The…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/20/pompeo-netanyahu-war-iran-trump/

Pipeline or a Pipedream
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-03-02
Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/pipeline-or-a-pipedream/