Journalist Abby Martin Sues State of Georgia Over Law Requiring Pledge of Allegiance to Israel
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-10
"This censorship of my talk based on forced compliance to anti-BDS laws in Georgia is just one level of a nationwide campaign to protect Israel from grassroots pressure."

Israeli Warplanes Launch Several Airstrikes in Gaza
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-10
Israeli war jets bombed the Gaza Strip on Monday as an Egyptian security delegation arrived in the Palestinian enclave for its ceasefire with Israel, security sources said. | RELATED: | US Warns Israel Against 'Unilateral' West Bank Annexation | Israeli war jets struck several sites belonging to the al-Qassam Brigades, armed wing of Hamas, in southern Gaza, said Palestinian security sources. | No injuries were reported. | Meanwhile, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee also sai…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Warplanes-Launch-Several-Airstrikes-in-Gaza–20200210-0003.html

Israel's opposition co-leader says Netanyahu is twisting Trump Mideast plan into a 'campaign stunt'
rt.com | 2020-02-10
A leading Israeli opposition figure said on Monday that PM Benjamin Netanyahu has turned a US initiative for ending conflict with the Palestinians into a campaign "stunt" by pushing for the immediate annexation of West Bank settlements. | The co-leader of the Blue and White party Yair Lapid insisted he was against unilateral steps endangering what he sees as President Donald Trump's "promising Mideast plan." He expressed hope that the Palestinians would come around to negotiating, based on the US blueprint. | Lapid is slated to become Israel's next foreign minister if his party prevails in the March 2 election…
rt.com/newsline/480499-israel-opposition-netanyahu-annexation/

Israel Charged with War Crimes and Genocide. Complete 2013 Judgment of the Kuala Lumpur Tribunal
Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
The Tribunal deplores the failure of international institutions to punish the State of Israel for its crimes and its total lack of respect of International Law and the institutions of the United Nations.
globalresearch.ca/israel-charged-with-war-crimes-and-genocide-complete-judgment-of-kl-tribunal/5359433

It's No Big Deal that There Are Some Limits to Russia-Israel "Cooperation" in Syria
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Russia's condemnation of the "Israeli Air Force's" recklessness in once again hiding behind a civilian aircraft to deter anti-air fire by the Syrian Arab Army during their latest bombing operation against Damascus isn't contradictory to the principles of the unofficial …
globalresearch.ca/no-big-deal-some-limits-russian-israeli-co-op-syria/5703255

Activists oppose Trump's 'deal' on Palestine
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-10
justice Jim McIlroyIssue 1253 Australia Palestine & Israel Trump deal SydneyFebruary 10, 2020Supporters of justice for Palestine made their v…
greenleft.org.au/content/activists-oppose-trump-deal-palestine

"Our Very Existence Is the Resistance": An Hour With the Squad
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
On Friday, Democracy Now! co-host Nermeen Shaikh sat down for a rare joint interview with the Squad, the group of four freshmen Democratic congresswomen who have taken Capitol Hill by storm: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Omar and Tlaib are the first Muslim women elected to Congress. Omar is a former refugee from Somalia, and Tlaib is the first female Palestinian-American member of Congress. Ayanna Pressley is the fir…
truthout.org/video/our-very-existence-is-the-resistance-an-hour-with-the-squad/

"Our Very Existence Is the Resistance": An Hour w/ AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib & Ilhan Omar
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-10
On Friday, Democracy Now! co-host Nermeen Shaikh sat down for a rare joint interview with the Squad, the group of four freshmen Democratic congresswomen who have taken Capitol Hill by storm: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Omar and Tlaib are the first Muslim women elected to Congress. Omar is a former refugee from Somalia, and Tlaib is the first female Palestinian-American member of Congress. Ayanna Pressley is the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Ocasio-Cortez was just 29 years old w…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/10/democracy_now_the_squad_sotu

Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Including A Child, Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-09
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, four Palestinians, including one child, after several army jeeps invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and ransacked many homes. The soldiers also assaulted a woman while abducting her husband. Nonviolent activist Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers invaded the …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-four-palestinians-including-a-child-near-hebron/

Bahraini Activists Call for Disobedience on Revolt Anniversary
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-09
A Bahraini protest movement has called Monday for dissidence across the kingdom to mark the ninth anniversary of the popular uprising against the autocratic regime in place since around 1783. | RELATED: | Palestinian Gov't: US-led Bahrain Conference 'Stunning Failure' | The opposition movement demanded the action to start on the evening of Feb. 12, until the evening of Feb. 14. | The February 14 Youth Coalition, named after the date of the beginning of the popular revolt against…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bahraini-Activists-Call-for-Disobedience-on-Revolt-Anniversary–20200209-0013.html

Thousands protest in Morocco against Donald Trump's plans for the Middle East
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-09
Thousands of people have marched in Morocco's capital to protest against US President Donald Trump's so-called peace plan for the Middle East.Demonstrators also oppose what they see as the Moroccan Government's lenient position toward it.Political leaders from Islamists to left-wing figures took part in the march through Rabat alongside union members, activists and members of civil society groups.Women chant slogans during the demonstration in Rabat (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)Palestinian flags and chants animated the scene as protesters criticised the Trump-led initiative.The marchers also expressed frustration with Mor…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/02/09/thousands-protest-in-morocco-against-donald-trumps-plans-for-the-middle-east/

Thousands protest in Morocco against Donald Trump's plans for the Middle East
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-09
Thousands of people have marched in Morocco's capital to protest against US President Donald Trump's so-called peace plan for the Middle East.Demonstrators also oppose what they see as the Moroccan Government's lenient position toward it.Political leaders from Islamists to left-wing figures took part in the march through Rabat alongside union members, activists and members of civil society groups.Women chant slogans during the demonstration in Rabat (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)Palestinian flags and chants animated the scene as protesters criticised the Trump-led initiative.The marchers also expressed frustration with Mor…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/02/09/thousands-protest-in-morocco-against-donald-trumps-plans-for-the-middle-east/

US Warns Israel Against 'Unilateral' West Bank Annexation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-09
United States Ambassador David Friedman to Israel warned the country Sunday not to declare sovereignty over the occupied West Bank without Washington's consent, opposing calls for immediate action by ultra-nationalists within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition. | RELATED: | Draft UN Resolution Condemns Trump Middle East 'Peace' Plan | With Defence Minister Naftali Bennett and other ultra-nationalists urging an immediate cabinet vote on sovereignty in the occupied West Bank…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Warns-Israel-Against-Unilateral-West-Bank-Annexation-20200209-0017.html

Israel's "Peace Camp" Flirts with Oblivion
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-09
For Israel's so-called peace camp, the past 12 months of general elections

Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians Near Tulkarem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-09
Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, many Palestinians near the illegal Annexation Wall, west of Qaffin Palestinian town, north of Tulkarem, in northern West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers attacked many Palestinian protesters on their lands, near the wall and fired a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-near-tulkarem/

South Africa's Government's Firm Stance against "Israeli Apartheid"
BDS South Africa | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
South African civil society will be holding a pre State of the Nation (SONA) Palestine solidarity picket in support of the South African government's firm stance against Israeli Apartheid and in protest against US President Donald Trump's recent Apartheid …
globalresearch.ca/south-african-civil-society-protest-ahead-ramaphosas-upcoming-state-nation-address-sona/5703124

'We will not leave our land, we will fight til the end' say Palestinians of the Jordan Valley
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2020-02-09
Palestinians in the Jordan Valley have been demonstrating against US President Donald Trump's so-called ' Deal of the Century' for Israel/Palestine. | Trump's deal, announced in January, gives US approval to Israel's plans to annex the Jordan…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/02/09/we-will-not-leave-our-land-we-will-fight-til-the-end-say-palestinians-of-the-jordan-valley/

Israel Forces Palestinian Family To Demolish Its Home In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-09
A Palestinian family from Jabal al–Mokabber village, in occupied East Jerusalem, was forced to demolish its own home in, Sunday, after the City Council claimed that the land where the property is built is "state land" where constructions are prohibited. The owner of the property, Maha ad-Dibis, said she and …
imemc.org/article/israel-forces-palestinian-family-to-demolish-its-home-in-jerusalem/

Israel Bans Palestinian Exports to Outside World Markets
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-09
Assistant undersecretary for the economic sector of the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture, Tareq Abu Laban, on Sunday, stated that that Israel's Defense Minister, Naftali Bennett's decision to ban all Palestinian agricultural exports to the world markets via Jordan came into effect today. Abu Laban told the Palestinian News and Info …
imemc.org/article/israel-bans-palestinian-exports-to-outside-world-markets/

Israel Blocks Palestinian Exports via Jordan Amid Trade Dispute
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-09
Israel has banned the Palestinians from exporting their products abroad via Jordan, official Palestinian Authority (PA) news agency Wafa reported Saturday. | RELATED: | Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen as Tension Rise Over US Plan | "The director of Israeli crossings informed all exporters and all relevant parties that all Palestinian agriculture products, including fruits, vegetables, dates, and olive oil, would be banned from export to world markets through the Jordan…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Escalates-Sanctions-Against-PA-Blocks-Exports-via-Jordan-20200209-0011.html

Israel's Palestinian Minority has Good Reason to Fear Trump's Plan
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-08
The Trump administration's decision to green-light Israel's annexation of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank grabbed headlines last week. But US support for a related proposal

Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians During Funeral Procession Of Slain Officer In Qalqilia
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-08
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians at the northern entrance of Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, during the funeral procession of a Palestinian Lieutenant, identified as Tareq Badwan, 24, who was shot dead by Israeli army fire at a police headquarters in Jenin, …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-during-funeral-procession-of-slain-officer-in-qalqilia/

Israeli Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-08
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, five young Palestinian men and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in the al-'Arqa village, southwest of Jenin, in northern West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Jenin said the soldiers shot five young men with rubber-coated steel bullets, in their …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-five-palestinians-near-jenin-2/

Palestinian Rights and Western Duplicity
Ron Forthofer | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-08
President Trump's fraudulent Middle East deal runs roughshod over Palestinian rights, harms long-term Israeli interests, and is only the latest example of the US arrogance and disdain for international law. Essentially Trump's offer, negotiated without any Palestinian input, requires the Palestinians to sell out their hopes for justice and a decent life free of occupation …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/palestinian-rights-and-western-duplicity/

Media Urge Palestinians to Take Crumbs–Because Democracy Is Not on Offer
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2020-02-07
by Gregory Shupak The Trump administration's "Vision for Peace" | The Trump administration's " Deal of the Century" is supposedly a plan to solve the question of Palestine. But as Michael Lynk, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, points out, the deal doesn't offer Palestinians…
fair.org/home/media-urge-palestinians-to-take-crumbs-because-democracy-is-not-on-offer/

Israeli Forces Kill a Palestinian Teen Near Tulkarem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
A Palestinian teenager was pronounced dead, Friday, shortly after he was shot and critically injured by Israeli occupation forces, north of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, said the Ministry of Health. Bader Nidal Nafla Harha, 19, was fatally wounded by Israeli soldiers during protests near the village of Qaffin, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-kill-a-palestinian-youth-near-tulkarem/

Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians, Abduct Two, In Jericho
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the southern area of Jericho city, in the occupied West Bank, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters with gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding many, in addition to abducting two. Media sources said dozens of residents held a nonviolent procession at the southern …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-abduct-two-in-jericho/

Israeli troops kill anti-Trump protester
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-07
17-year-old Mohamed Sulaiman Alhddad was shot and killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, February 5, during a protest responding to President Trump's "Deal of the Century." Other protesters have been killed or injured in recent days. | Trump's plan would strengthen Israeli apartheid and has no support among Palestinians. Resistance groups, such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, vow to oppose it.
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/7/israeli-troops-kill-anti-trump-protester

Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians, Abduct One, In Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing many injuries, and abducted a Palestinian man. The Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the army initiated the attack against the Palestinians, Israeli …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-abduct-one-in-kufur-qaddoum/

Detainee Tareq Qa'dan, Who Held Extended Hunger Strike In 2019, Released
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society has reported that Israeli soldiers released, Thursday, a Palestinian detainee, who held an extended hunger strike last year, before he was welcomed by hundreds of Palestinians in Jenin, in northern West Bank. The PPS stated that the detainee, Tareq Qa'dan, held an extended hunger strike, lasting …
imemc.org/article/detainee-tareq-qadan-who-held-extended-hunger-strike-in-2019-released/

Russia and Iran's Clashing Visions for Syria's future
Agha Hussain | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-07
Rivals of the West in their own right, Iran and Russia today are major power players in the Syrian imbroglio. Their convergence of interests in helping eradicate extremist terrorist proxies utilized by an array of rival states against their mutual Syrian ally has allowed them both a significant degree of say in Syrian affairs and how that country's future will pan out | However, their cooperation against the terrorist threat has often been the pivot of inaccurate portrayals of Russia-Iran ties and the extent of their shared interests versus their many highly divergent objectives in Syria, many of which are rooted…
mintpressnews.com/syria-energy-dominance-russia-aligning-with-israel-against-iran/264661/

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

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes

Trump's 'Deal of the Century': Old Israeli Demands in a New Package
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-05
Consisting of 80 pages, 50 of which are entirely dedicated to the plan's economic component, Trump's Deal of the Century is little more than a rehash of previous Israeli proposals that have already been rejected by Palestinians, writes Ramzy Baroud.
mintpressnews.com/trump-deal-of-the-century-palestinian-rights/264627/

Billionaire pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman funds group behind Iowa's disastrous voting app
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-04
Behind the app that delayed Iowa's voting results is a dark money operation funded by anti-Bernie Sanders billionaires. Its top…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/04/pro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app/

'This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It's a Nonstarter' – CounterSpin interview with Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'peace deal'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-02-04
Janine Jackson interviewed the Arab American Institute's Omar Baddar about the Trump/Kushner "peace deal" for Israel/Palestine for the January 31, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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'This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It's a Nonstarter' – CounterSpin interview with Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'peace deal'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-02-04
Janine Jackson interviewed the Arab American Institute's Omar Baddar about the Trump/Kushner "peace deal" for Israel/Palestine for the January 31, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/this-is-an-apartheid-proposal-and-its-a-nonstarter/

Resolving Israel-Palestinian conflict, 'key to sustainable peace' in the Middle East: Guterres
news.un.org | 2020-02-04
Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "key to sustainable peace in the Middle East", the UN chief said on Tuesday, maintaining that the lack of any progress only "furthers radicalization across the region".
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On the Road to Gaza: The Freedom Flotilla Will Sail Again
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-02-02
True solidarity should aim at forcing Israel to end the protracted occupation and siege on the Palestinian people…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/on-the-road-to-gaza-the-freedom-flotilla-will-sail-again/

Israel has played a key role in US aggression towards Iran
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-01
Before the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Israel played a key and overlooked role in the Trump administration's aggression campaign against…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/01/israel-has-played-a-key-role-in-us-aggression-towards-iran/

Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'Peace' Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-01-31
MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a "win-win," but also say to the unconsulted party, "You better take it, or else." Yet …
fair.org/home/omar-baddar-on-israel-palestine-peace-plan-rainey-reitman-on-greenwald-persecution/

The Miracle of Kindness
Chris Hedges | zcomm.org | 2020-01-19
Take a brief journey through the eyes of American, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges to Jerusalem, Gaza, and Iraq, and discover the sacred bonds that make us human…
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