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The "Final Solution" for Palestine?
Jerome Irwin | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-06
President Trump and PM Benjamin Netanyahu's so-called "Peace Plan" for Palestine and Palestinians won't remotely bring about peace in the Middle East. This latest lunatical American Fundamentalist Christian & Orthodox Jewish Kamikaze plan can only but bring about another world war; because the sought after conclusion of such a war, in some key power circles…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/06/the-final-solution-for-palestine/

Draft UN Resolution Condemns Trump Middle East 'Peace' Plan
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
A draft United Nations Security Council resolution rebuked Tuesday President Donald Trump's pro-Israel peace proposal and condemned Israeli plan to annex its illegal settlements in Palestinian territories. | Tunisia and Indonesia circulated the draft text to council members. Though it …
globalresearch.ca/draft-un-resolution-condemns-trump-middle-east-peace-plan/5702925

The 'Deal of the Century' Challenge for Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-02-06
The Palestinian leadership cannot be absolved from its responsibility towards the Palestinian people, and its unmitigated failure to develop a comprehensive national strategy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-deal-of-the-century-challenge-for-palestinians/

Video: Syrian Army Advance in Idlib Province. Netanyahu and Erdogan to the Rescue of Al Qaeda
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
In Greater Idlib the defences of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other favorites of the foreign powers supporting 'Syrian democracy' are collapsing. | On February 5, the Syrian Army, supported by Russian airpower, took control of a number of villages in southeastern …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-captured-saraqib-netanyahu-n-erdogan-rescue/5702958

Suspect in car ramming attack that left 12 Israeli soldiers injured detained after massive manhunt
rt.com | 2020-02-06
Israeli security forces have detained the suspected terrorist who drove his car through a group of IDF recruits, injuring a dozen of them. He is reportedly a Palestinain man from East Jerusalem. | The car ramming attack, that occurred overnight in Jerusalem, left 12 Israeli soldiers injured. While one of them received wounds described as "critical," nine others have already been discharged from hospital. | The attack prompted a massive manhunt, involving various Israeli military and law enforcement units, that ultimately resulted in the arrest of a suspect. The attacker managed to flee the scene of the ramming…
rt.com/news/480255-car-ramming-suspect-detained/

Israeli forces kill Palestinians amid growing opposition to Trump's land-grab plan
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-06
Israeli forces have killed at least two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and a third person in Jerusalem. | This comes as tensions have soared following last week's release of Donald Trump's highly controversial deal with Israel, which backs the Israeli government's position on nearly all of the most contentious issues in its decades-old occupation of Palestine. Palestinians were quick to reject the plan. | Trump-Israel pl…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/02/06/israeli-forces-kill-palestinians-amid-growing-opposition-to-trumps-land-grab-plan/

IDF pounds Gaza for 2nd night in retaliation for rocket & mortar fire
rt.com | 2020-02-06
The Israeli Defense Forces have launched a counter-attack on Gaza after a pair of mortars were fired into Israel, the second night in a row of tit-for-tat strikes. | Though the mortar attack late on Wednesday triggered no emergency sirens and reportedly landed in an unpopulated area, resulting in no damage or injuries, the IDF responded with air strikes on a number of targets near Rafah, according to Palestinian media. It is unclear whether there were any casualties in the reprisal. | The strikes come on the heels of over a dozen similar rocket and mortar attacks from southern Gaza over the last week, which Te…
rt.com/newsline/480188-israel-strikes-gaza-missiles/

The 'Deal of the Century': Revealed and Reviled
Hasan Abu Nimah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
Last week, on January 28, US President Donald Trump officially revealed his long-awaited '"Deal of the Century": The plan for resolving the century-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Except for some additional details, the lengthy document did not add much to what …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-revealed-reviled/5702940

Newish and Jewish: An Interview With 'Currents' Editor Arielle Angel
Sarah Seltzer | thenation.com | 2020-02-06
Newish and Jewish: An Interview With 'Currents' Editor Arielle Angel…
thenation.com/article/culture/jewish-currents-arielle-angel/

Jerusalem shooter who injured 1 police officer identified as Arab Israeli citizen
rt.com | 2020-02-06
An assailant who opened fire on a group of police officers in Jerusalem's Old City, injuring one, has been identified by police as an Arab Israeli citizen. The attacker was shot and killed on the spot by law enforcement. | The shooting occurred right outside the Temple Mount on Thursday afternoon. The attacker approached a group of Israeli police stationed near the Lions Gate, abruptly pulling a gun on them and opening fire. | One border police officer was "lightly" injured during the shooting, while the attacker was killed on the spot as multiple officers returned fire. | "The officers responded with determin…
rt.com/news/480251-jerusalem-shooting-israeli-arab/

Israeli Police Shoot Gunman Dead After He Opens Fire at Officer in Jerusalem – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-06
According to Israeli media, the attacker was identified as an Arab Israeli man from Haifa in his forties. The police officer targeted by the assailant sustained light injuries.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002061078245269-israeli-police-shoot-gunman-dead-after-he-opens-fire-at-officer-in-jerusalem—reports/

Disarming Gaza: Outdated, inapplicable
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-06
Imposed yet again in the latest so-called Middle East peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the demand to disarm Gazan resistance groups is an unlikely prospect, experts say.Palestinian observers and political analysts say it is all but impossible to apply such demands in the so-called "Deal of the Century" rolled out on Jan. 28 by U.S. President Donald Trump.According to the proposed plan, groups based in Gaza must relinquish their weapons and make the enclave a demilitarized zone before Israel would be held to fulfill its own obligations

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas dead at 103
rt.com | 2020-02-05
Kirk Douglas, a legendary actor from the golden age of Hollywood, has passed away at the age of 103, his son and fellow actor Michael has announced. | "To the world, he was a legend," the younger Douglas said in a statement on Wednesday. "But to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad." | Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky to impoverished Jewish immigrants from Russia, Douglas worked a variety of odd jobs before making it big in Hollywood. He is perhaps best known to modern audiences for his titular role in Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus' (1960), but film connoisseurs remember him for a range of roles, f…
rt.com/newsline/480183-actor-kirk-douglas-dead/

The Trump Plan is Just a Cover for Israel's Final Land Grab
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-05
The Trump "Vision for Peace" will never be implemented

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen as Tension Rise Over US Plan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during clashes Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. | RELATED: | Iran's Supreme Leader Says Trump's Peace Plan Will 'Die Soon' | "Mohammed al-Haddad, 17, was killed by a bullet that penetrated his heart," the ministry said in a statement. | According to Israel's military spokesman's office, soldiers "identified a Palestinian who hurled a Molotov cocktail at them [and] responded…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Forces-Kill-Palestinian-Teen-as-Tension-Rise-Over-US-Plan-20200205-0014.html

The Israel-Palestine "Peace Deal" Is an Apartheid Proposal
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-05
Janine Jackson: The lead in the New York Times' January 28 report was "President Trump on Tuesday unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan with a flourish, releasing a proposal that would give Israel most of what it has sought over decades of conflict while offering the Palestinians the possibility of a state with limited sovereignty." | There are a number of problems in that sentence, one of them being the paper's uncritical…
truthout.org/audio/the-israel-palestine-peace-deal-is-an-apartheid-proposal/

Trump and Balfour Compared
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-05
Much has already been written about the Trump administration's release of its long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. I will not repeat the criticisms. Instead, I will focus on what I found to be the striking and disturbing parallels between this …
globalresearch.ca/trump-balfour-compared/5702877

EU Rejects Trump Middle East Peace Plan, Annexation
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-05
The European Union rejected Tuesday some of the proposals outlined by U.S. President Donald Trump for the Middle East, prompting an angry response from Israel, which has actively supported the U.S. plan. | Following deliberations of the 27 members, the European …
globalresearch.ca/eu-rejects-trump-middle-east-peace-plan-annexation/5702862

Iran's Supreme Leader Says Trump's Peace Plan Will 'Die Soon'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for Middle East will "die soon." | RELATED: | Iran Keeps Ukraine's Plane Crash Investigation International | Using his official Twitter account, the Iranian Supreme Leader tweeted on Tuesday, "Trump's 'Deal of the Century' will die earlier than Trump himself." | Trump recently unveiled his plan promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital, and proposes an indepen…
telesurenglish.net/news/Irans-Supreme-Leader-Says-Trumps-Peace-Plan-Will-Die-Soon-20200205-0001.html

Netanyahu-Burhan Meeting Blasted in Sudan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
News of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Monday meeting with the head of Sudan's sovereign council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, prompted protests in Khartoum, as even the country's ministers said they were unaware of the meeting and heard about it through media. | RELATED: | Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen as Tension Rise Over US Plan | I…
telesurenglish.net/news/Netanyahu-Burhan-Meeting-Blasted-in-Sudan–20200205-0017.html

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/

Crisis and Opportunity: The 'Deal of the Century' Challenge for Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-05
After several postponements, US President, Donald Trump, has finally revealed the details of his Middle East plan, dubbed 'Deal of the Century', in a press conference in Washington on January 28. Standing triumphantly beside Trump, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must have surely understood that the timing of the announcement, only a few weeks before …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/crisis-and-opportunity-the-deal-of-the-century-challenge-for-palestinians/

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-05
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man at a military roadblock, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank. The soldiers also injured several Palestinians in Hebron, in southern West Bank. The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Jamil Zeidan, 24, …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-a-palestinian-near-nablus/

Palestinian Teen Shot Dead by Israeli Forces in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-05
A Palestinian boy identified as Mohammad Salman al-Haddad, 17, was shot and killed, on Wednesday, during confrontations between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Witnesses said clashes broke out in Bab al-Zawiyeh, where the heavily-barricaded Israeli-controlled …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-teen-shot-dead-by-israeli-forces-in-hebron/

Soldiers Attack Schoolchildren Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-05
Israeli soldiers attacked, Wednesday, many Palestinian schoolchildren in Teqoua' town, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media source said the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the student while heading to school. Taiseer Abu Mfarreh, a teacher of Teqoua' Secondary School, said …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-attack-schoolchildren-near-bethlehem/

Including A Mayor And Two Children, Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-05
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has confirmed that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, fifteen Palestinians, including two children and the mayor of Beit Kahil town, in the occupied West Bank. The PPS said the soldiers stormed and violently searched dozens of homes across the West Bank, and interrogated …
imemc.org/article/including-a-mayor-and-two-children-israeli-soldiers-abduct-fifteen-palestinians-in-west-bank/

The Holocaust, the BBC and Antisemitism Smears
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-05
Senior BBC news reporter Orla Guerin has found herself in hot water of an increasingly familiar kind. During a report on preparations for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, she made a brief reference to Israel and an even briefer reference to the Palestinians. Her reporting coincided with Israel hosting world leaders last week at Yad Vashem, its Holocaust remembrance centre in Jerusalem.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/05/the-holocaust-the-bbc-and-antisemitism-smears/

Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-05
Israeli navy ships attacked, Wednesday, Palestinian fishermen in Gaza territorial waters, near Gaza city, by firing live rounds, and using water cannons against them and their bots. Media sources said the navy attacked the fishing boats only three nautical miles from the shore, by firing many live rounds, in addition …
imemc.org/article/israeli-navy-attacks-palestinian-fishermen-in-gaza/

Mesa and Camacho vs. Añez: Feud Between Coup Leaders Begins
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
An internal feud between coup leaders keeps growing in Bolivia, as both Carlos Mesa and Luis Fernando Camacho accused, interim President Jeanine Añez, for abusing her position to benefit her political ambitions, ahead of May 3 presidential elections. | RELATED: | Bolivia De Facto Govt Reestablishes Diplomatic Ties With Israel | On the one hand, the presidential candidate for Community Citizen, Carlos Mesa, complained about the unequal standings of the contestants, "inevitably,…
telesurenglish.net/news/mesa-and-camacho-vs-anez-feud-between-coup-leaders-begins-20200205-0016.html

Israeli Army Fires Missiles Into An Area In Khan Younis
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-05
The Israeli army fired, on Wednesday at dawn, at least four missiles into a site, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the missiles struck a building, causing property damage, without leading to civilian casualties. They added that the targeted site is …
imemc.org/article/israeli-army-fires-missiles-into-an-area-in-khan-younis/

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/

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…
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".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1056722

'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/

Palestinians Choke on Tear-Gas Near Jenin
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-04
According to Shehab News Agency, a number of Palestinian civilians were suffocated on tear-gas, Tuesday evening, when the Israeli occupation army erected a military roadblock on Jenin Street, at the Nablus/Jaba junction. When Palestinians protested, Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets, and concussion grenades towards the civilians. Also, …
imemc.org/article/palestinians-choke-on-tear-gas-near-jenin/

Israel to Demolish Palestinian Home in Jenin for Second Time
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-04
A Palestinian resident of Jenin, northern occupied West Bank, was informed by the Israeli army, on Tuesday, that the house he rebuilt after it was demolished in 2018, will be demolished once again, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Homeowner Jamal Qumba told WAFA that he received a …
imemc.org/article/wafa-israel-delivers-demolition-notice-to-palestinian-in-jenin/

Soldiers Demolish A Home In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-04
Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian home in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without a permit. The owner of the demolished property, Nidal Shawamra, said the soldiers and personnel of the City Council, broke into his home and forced him, long …
imemc.org/article/111384/

Israeli Army Deliver Demolition Notices to Palestinians in Jordan Valley
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-04
The Israeli army, on Tuesday, notified a number of Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley village of Fasayil of its intention to demolish their under–construction houses and animal barns, under the pretext that they were built without Israeli permission. WAFA correspondent stated that the Israeli military has been intensifying its …
imemc.org/article/israeli-army-deliver-demolition-notices-to-palestinians-in-jordan-valley/

Anti-Colonialism and anti-Semitism in Harlem
Yoav Litvin | mronline.org | 2020-02-04
The strong anti-colonial, anti-Zionist sentiment within the African-American community renders it impossible for organizations such as the Anti-Defamation-League (ADL) to assess its anti-Semitism accurately, as they conflate Judaism with Zionism and Israel, and anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Jews and African-Americans can be natural allies who combat all forms of racism if and only if Jews also […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/04/anti-colonialism-and-anti-semitism-in-harlem/

Anti-Colonialism and anti-Semitism in Harlem
Yoav Litvin | mronline.org | 2020-02-04
The strong anti-colonial, anti-Zionist sentiment within the African-American community renders it impossible for organizations such as the Anti-Defamation-League (ADL) to assess its anti-Semitism accurately, as they conflate Judaism with Zionism and Israel, and anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Jews and African-Americans can be natural allies who combat all forms of racism if and only if Jews also […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/04/anti-colonialism-and-anti-semitism-in-harlem/

Selected Articles: The Future of Palestine
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-04
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-sanders-headed-victory-iowa-democratic-party-blocks-release-caucus-results/5702803

Minneapolis protests anti Palestine "Deal of Century," racist travel bans
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-02
Minneapolis, MN – On January 31, 40 people protested at the Minneapolis Federal Building to stand in solidarity with Palestine. The MN Anti-War Committee and Women Against Military Madness called this emergency response protest after President Trump's announcement of his 'peace' plan which he wants to impose on Palestine. The protest's message was clear: the "Deal of the Century" proposed by Trump and Netanyahu is a sham and part of an expanding apartheid against the Palestinian people. There can be no deal without the Palestinian right to return, the Palestinian right to exist, and the return of Jerusalem to Pal…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/1/minneapolis-protests-anti-palestine-deal-century-racist-travel-bans

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/

Palestinian Authority Cuts All Ties With US, Israel
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-02
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that "that there will be no relations at all" with Israel and the United States.

Palestinian Authority Cuts All Ties With US, Israel

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/

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/

Trump's 'win-win' plan hands everything to Israel
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-30
Palestinian resistance Omar KarmiIssue 1251 Palestine apartheid IsraelJanuary 30, 2020After much anticipation and with great ceremony, on January 28 United States President Donald Trump presented…
greenleft.org.au/content/trump-peace-plan-hands-everything-israel

Gaza Surf Project makes waves
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-30
international solidarity Jim McIlroyIssue 1251 Australia Palestine SydneyJanuary 30, 2020The Gaza Surf Project aims to establish a surf life saving club in Gaza to teach lifesaving and run a Nipper…
greenleft.org.au/content/gaza-surf-project-makes-waves

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2020-02-05: News Headlines

RT (2020-02-05). 'Deal of the Century' will die before Trump does, Iran's Khamenei tweets, dubbing the arrangement an 'American plot'. rt.com US President Donald Trump's much-touted peace plan for Israel and Palestine will not outlive him, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said, after the deal was widely rejected throughout the Muslim world. | "The American plot of the 'Deal of the Century' will die before Trump dies," Khamenei wrote on his official Twitter account on Wednesday. | The American plot of the 'Deal of the Century' will die before Trump dies.— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) Khamenei vowed that Iran will continue "standing…

RT (2020-02-05). IDF strikes Hamas targets in response to 3 rockets fired from Gaza. rt.com Israel's air force launched a series of airstrikes on what it said were Hamas positions — including an arms manufacturing site — following a string of rocket fire from southern Gaza on Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement. | While the three rockets inflicted no damage or injuries, landing in fields outside the town of Netivot, the Israeli retaliation sorties come on the heels of some 13 rocket launches in the past week, the military said. Two were injured in the Israeli strikes, which hit targets near Khan Younis, according to the Jerusalem Post. | No group has taken responsibility…

Jonathan Cook (2020-02-05). The Trump Plan is Just a Cover for Israel's Final Land Grab. dissidentvoice.org The Trump "Vision for Peace" will never be implemented — and not because the Palestinians reject it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's enthusiastic public embrace of the plan belies the fact that the Israeli right detest it too. The headlines are that, with US blessing, Israel's dream is about to be realised: it will be able …

Telesur (2020-02-05). EU Rejects Trump Middle East Peace Plan, Annexation. globalresearch.ca The European Union rejected Tuesday some of the proposals outlined by U.S. President Donald Trump for the Middle East, prompting an angry response from Israel, which has actively supported the U.S. plan. | Following deliberations of the 27 members, the European …

teleSUR (2020-02-05). Iran's Supreme Leader Says Trump's Peace Plan Will 'Die Soon'. telesurenglish.net Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for Middle East will "die soon." | RELATED: | Using his official Twitter account, the Iranian Supreme Leader tweeted on Tuesday, "Trump's 'Deal of the Century' will die earlier than Trump himself." | Trump recently unveiled his plan promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital, and proposes an indepen…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-02-05). Trump's 'Deal of the Century': Old Israeli Demands in a New Package. mintpressnews.com 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.

Jonathan Cook (2020-02-05). The Holocaust, the BBC and Antisemitism Smears. counterpunch.org Senior BBC news reporter Orla Guerin has found herself in hot water of an increasingly familiar kind. During a report on preparations for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, she made a brief reference to Israel and an even briefer reference to the Palestinians. Her reporting coincided with Israel hosting world leaders last week at Yad Vashem, its Holocaust remembrance centre in Jerusalem.

Juan Cole (2020-02-05). Arab League and Palestine Slap Down Kushner Plan. zcomm.org Palestine severs all Relations with US and Israel…

Staff (2020-02-05). Headlines for February 5, 2020. democracynow.org Partial Results from Iowa Caucus Show Buttigieg Leading in Delegate Count, Democrats Boycott & Walk Out of Trump's State of the Union Address, Death Toll of Coronavirus Approaches 500, Report: Israel Pushes U.S. to Recognize Moroccan Sovereignty over Occupied Western Sahara, Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Rattles Puerto Rico, Canadian Court Dismisses Indigenous Challenge to Trans Mountain Pipeline, Homelessness Among School-Age Children Hits Decade-Long High, HBO Max Picks Up Documentary "On the Record", Judge Reverses Convictions of No More Deaths Volunteers…

sputniknews (2020-02-05). Former Obama Official Reportedly Quits Israeli Spyware Firm Accused of Targeting Journos, Activists. sputniknews.com Juliette Kayyem previously came under fire after she was hired by The Washington Post where late Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi also worked. She eventually resigned from the newspaper after she was criticised on Twitter over her relationship with an Israeli spyware company.

sputniknews (2020-02-05). Iran's President Rouhani Brands Trump's Israeli-Palestinian Deal 'Crime of the Century'. sputniknews.com US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled the so-called 'deal of the century' in late January. The plan was harshly criticised by a number of states and human rights groups which said it was biased towards Israel.

sputniknews (2020-02-05). India, Israel to Jointly Build Drones for Maritime, Land Based Military Operations. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): India's military is seeking to extend its use of drones for intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance .

RT (2020-02-04). Netanyahu discusses 'normalization' with Sudan's leader after Uganda talks. rt.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met Sudan's leader to discuss normalizing ties, his office said. The talks are seen as a potentially landmark step that was denounced by the Palestinians, AFP reports. The PM's office said he met Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's ruling sovereign council, in the Ugandan city of Entebbe on Monday. | Israel remains technically at war with Sudan, which for years supported hardline Islamist forces. The sovereign council is a transitional body of Sudan's military officials and civilians that is headed by Burhan, an army general. | Israel has improved ties with…

RT (2020-02-04). EU rejects Trump's plan for Mideast, says it 'departs from intl parameters'. rt.com The European Union on Tuesday rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal for the Middle East and expressed concern about Israel's plans to annex more Palestinian land. | EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell underlined the bloc's commitment to a two-state solution, based along the 1967 lines, with the possibility of mutually agreed land-swaps, made up of Israel and "an independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign and viable state of Palestine." | Borrell also said that the US initiative "departs from these internationally agreed parameters." The EU was especially concerned by statements "on the prospect o…

Janine Jackson (2020-02-04). 'This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It's a Nonstarter' – CounterSpin interview with Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'peace deal'. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed the Arab American Institute's Omar Baddar about the Trump/Kushner "peace deal" for Israel/Palestine for the Media…

RT (2020-02-04). Twitter cites 'Iran & Israel state actors' after suspending researcher who exposed new user-data flaw. rt.com Twitter, in a post so reassuring it's alarming, says it stopped possible state-backed actors in Iran and Israel from exploiting its features. But the only clear 'actor' may be a lone researcher who reported the bug six weeks ago. | "Iran, Israel and Malaysia suspected of exploiting Twitter phone number security flaw," read a headline on Sky News. "Twitter: Israel, Iran may have accessed users' phone numbers," warned the Jerusalem Post. | So what did those bad privacy-violating ayatollahs in Tehran and intrepid privacy-defying IDF hackers do this time? They exploited Twitter's "contact upload" feature to match…

RT (2020-02-04). Twitter cites 'Iran & Israel state actors' after suspending researcher who exposed new user-data flaw. rt.com Twitter, in a post so reassuring it's alarming, says it stopped possible state-backed actors in Iran and Israel from exploiting its features. But the only clear 'actor' may be a lone researcher who reported the bug six weeks ago. | "Iran, Israel and Malaysia suspected of exploiting Twitter phone number security flaw," read a headline on Sky News. "Twitter: Israel, Iran may have accessed users' phone numbers," warned the Jerusalem Post. | So what did those bad privacy-violating ayatollahs in Tehran and intrepid privacy-defying IDF hackers do this time? They exploited Twitter's "contact upload" feature to match…

RT (2020-02-04). 'We're going to kill Mesut Ozil and kill you': Security guards claim CHILLING threats made against Arsenal midfielder and mother. rt.com Two men said they would kill Mesut Ozil and his security guard and threatened to "f*** Mesut's mother" in an after-dark murder threat made as part of three repeat visits to the World Cup winner's home in August, a court has heard.

RT (2020-02-04). Hardcore jihadist resurfaces in France using… EU-paid student exchange program. rt.com A man who represented one of the most brutal jihadist groups in Syria has been arrested in France. Bizarrely enough, the suspected war criminal apparently freely enjoyed the benefits of the EU student exchange program. | Last week, several human rights groups celebrated the arrest of a man named Majdi Mustafa Nameh, a humble 30-something student. He is better known under his nom-de-guerre, Islam Alloush, which he used while serving as the spokesman for the jihadist group Jaysh al-Islam. He resigned in August 2016, after giving an interview to an Israeli researcher. | Following his arrest in Marsaille, the man…

Max Blumenthal (2020-02-04). Pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman is top funder of group behind Iowa's disastrous voting app. thegrayzone.com Behind the app that delayed Iowa's voting results is a dark money operation funded by anti-Sanders billionaires. Its top donor,…

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

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2020-02-04). Forum – Eyewitness Venezuela Report & Analysis of Palestine "Peace Plan" indybay.org 2969 Mission St. near 26th…

Peter Koenig (2020-02-04). Palestine — "Deal of the Century" — or Fraud of the Century? globalresearch.ca Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas demolished President Trump's "Peace Plan" or, as the Donald called it, "The Deal of the Century", calling out "Jerusalem is not for sale", warning that the "conspiracy deal will not pass. The Palestinian people will reject …

news.un (2020-02-04). Resolving Israel-Palestinian conflict, 'key to sustainable peace' in the Middle East: Guterres. news.un.org 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".

teleSUR (2020-02-04). Draft UN Resolution Condemns Trump Middle East 'Peace' Plan. telesurenglish.net A draft United Nations Security Council resolution rebuked Tuesday President Donald Trump's pro-Israel RELATED: | Tunisia and Indonesia circulated the draft text to council members. Though it will in a…

Philip Giraldi (2020-02-04). Trump Green Lights Greater Israel. globalresearch.ca Many interested parties have already weighed in on President Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century." Even though it sounds like a phrase that a used car dealer would use, the "Deal" is dead serious in that it effectively denies …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-02-04). Pressure Campaign Launched by US against Palestinian Administration, EU Responds. imemc.org The US government has begun a campaign to pressure the Palestinian National Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas to accept the "Deal of the Century" launched by US President Donald Trump, in the form of criticism made by his adviser, Jared Kushner, adviser during an interview with CNN. In the interview, …

WSWS (2020-02-04). Advocate (2019): "An angry, optimistic woman" in pursuit of justice for the Palestinians. wsws.org Advocate exposes the bankruptcy of the pursuit of justice for the Palestinians through the Israeli courts.

Saed Bannoura (2020-02-04). Soldiers Demolish A Home In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian home in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without a permit. The owner of the demolished property, Nidal Shawamra, said the soldiers and personnel of the City Council, broke into his home and forced him, long …

Askiah Adam (2020-02-04). The Future of Palestine: Trump Attempting to Consolidate the Balfour Declaration. globalresearch.ca There are two schools of thought as to whither the fate of the newly revealed proposed settlement to the protracted Palestine problem. One espoused by Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Inspector, that it is an …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-04). PPS: Twelve Palestinians Detained From West Bank, Including a Mother of Four. imemc.org According to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), the Israeli occupation forces arrested 12 Palestinian civilians from the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday night, including a mother of four. The PPS said that six Palestinian citizens were arrested from several towns in the Hebron governorate, including a woman. 1.

Karin Brothers (2020-02-04). Trump's "Deal of the Century": Turning West Bank "Cantons" into Mini Gaza Extermination Zones? globalresearch.ca The Trump proposal, based on Israel's wish list, appears to be designed to slowly exterminate most of the Palestinians living under Israeli control by creating "cantons" — reservations — that will mimic Gaza's isolation and lack of access to necessities …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-02-04). Soldiers Destroy Water Pipes in Jordan Valley. imemc.org Israeli forces, today, destroyed pipelines that were supplying the northern Jordan Valley village of Bardala with irrigation water, according to Ziad Sawafta, deputy mayor of Bardala village council. Mayor Sawafta told WAFA correspondence that Israeli forces regularly destroy the pipes supplying water for irrigation in Bardala, noting that the village …

Israel Shahak (2020-02-04). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

teleSUR (2020-02-04). Bolivia De Facto Govt Reestablishes Diplomatic Ties With Israel. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's de facto government announced Tuesday it will re-establish diplomatic relations with Israel after 11 years. | RELATED: | "Israel returns to Bolivia and Bolivia returns to Israel," Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced Monday, yet the confirmation was made after coup leader Jeanine Añez met in La Paz with Israel's Ambassador to Peru Asaf Ichilevich. | Exiled President Evo Morales, currently a…

yenisafak (2020-02-04). Sudan casts doubt on early normalisation of ties with Israel. yenisafak.com Sudan cast doubt on Tuesday on an early normalisation of historically hostile ties with Israel, a day after Israeli officials said the two countries' leaders had met and were working towards that goal.Sudan's cabinet on Tuesday discussed that meeting, which it said it had not yet been informed about. It also summoned leaders of the Forces for Freedom and Change, an alliance that fronted protests that toppled Omar al-Bashir last year, for consultations, FFC sources said.Bilateral relations have never been normalised, and doing so would likely raise hackles in Sudan and the wider Arab world, especially at a time wh…

yenisafak (2020-02-04). In Uganda, Netanyahu urges stronger ties, embassy move. yenisafak.com Israel is coming back to Africa, and Africa is coming back to Israel in a big way, the country's prime minister said on an official visit to Uganda lasting for a few hours late Monday, urging the country to controversially move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. On his fifth visit to the East African country, Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president, for supporting Israel's efforts, saying: "Increasing our cooperation with African countries, that is something that is of great value to Israel."He said Israel and Uganda are cooperating in many fields such as agriculture, education, and in…

sputniknews (2020-02-04). US Tried to Contact PNA Before Peace Plan Release, Abbas Refused – Palestinian Ambassador. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US administration tried to contact the Palestinian National Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, prior to the announcement of US President Donald Trump's plan for the Israeli-Palestinian settlement, but Abbas refused to talk before the plan was unveiled, Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal said on Tuesday.

Global Research News (2020-02-04). Selected Articles: The Future of Palestine. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under

Jim Miles (2020-02-03). These Chains Will be Broken — Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons. globalresearch.ca These Chains Will be Broken, there is a series of references from five distinguished activists praising, in different ways, the short anecdotes from those who have been or are imprisoned within the …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-03). Former US President Carter: "US Plan Undercuts Prospects for a Just Peace" imemc.org Former US president Jimmy Carter, on CNN, said the country's current President Donald Trump's initiative for resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict serves instead to compromise any prospect of "peace" and violates international law, Palestine News Network reported. "The new US plan undercuts prospects for a just peace between Israelis and …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-03). Report: Netanyahu Plans to Extend Israeli Sovereignty Over Jordan Valley and Settlements. imemc.org By: Madeeha Araj for PNN The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements stated in its latest report, that over the last decade, Arabs and international community have done their utmost to reach a just and lasting peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis under UN resolutions, international law …

IMEMC News (2020-02-03). Army Injures Two Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Monday, two Palestinians, and caused several others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, during protests in Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Medical sources said the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel …

Staff (2020-02-03). Headlines for February 3, 2020. democracynow.org GOP Refuses to Call Witnesses in Impeachment Trial, Paving Way for Trump's Acquittal, Iowa Caucuses Kick Off 2020 Elections as DNC Loosens Rules to Let Bloomberg into Debates, Trump Expands Racist, Anti-Muslim Travel Ban, Coronavirus Claims First Victim Outside of China as Death Toll Tops 360, Hospitals in Syria Targeted as 100,000s of Civilians Forced to Flee, Palestinian Authority Cuts Ties with U.S. and Israel over Trump Middle East Plan, Iraqi Protesters Slam Appointment of Establishment Prime Minister-Designate, Dept. of Defense: U.S. Dropped 7,500 Bombs on Afghanistan in 2019, 6 Indigenous Leaders Killed in…

IMEMC News (2020-02-03). Israeli Navy Abducts Three Fishermen, Confiscates Their Boats, In Gaza. imemc.org Israeli navy boats attacked, on Monday evening, Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza sea, before abducting three, and confiscated one boat. Zakariya Bakr, the head of the Palestinian Fishermen's Syndicate, said the navy abducted Ramadan Ali Salah, Ali Wa'el Salah, and Majed Mahmoud al-Miqdad. Bakr added that the navy also confiscated …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-02-03). Entry of Cement to Gaza Suspended. imemc.org Israeli War Minister Naftali Bennett decided, last night, to freeze entry of cement shipments to the besieged Gaza Strip, in response to what he called daily Palestinian attacks on Israeli areas. According to Maariv newspaper, the Israeli army gave instructions, at the behest of Bennett, to suspend cement exports to …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-03). Israeli Settlers Attack Child, Harass Family in Hebron. imemc.org Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family, on Monday, while they were at their home in Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron city, southern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. The head of the family, Ibrahim Ramadan, said that illegal settlers attacked his children while they …

IMEMC News (2020-02-03). Army Abducts Thirteen Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, and interrogated the residents …

Sarah Abed (2020-02-03). "Deal of the Century" Greenlights Israeli Annexation, Apartheid, and Subjugation of Palestinians. globalresearch.ca On Sunday, ahead of the big Tuesday reveal in the White House, US President Donald J. Trump delivered to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the so-called "Deal of the Century" also known as the "

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-03). Israeli Forces Invade West Bank Village, Seal Entrances. imemc.org According to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA), Israeli forces sealed off all entrances to the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, southern occupied West Bank, as a prelude to take over a piece of land there. Ahmad Ghazal, Kisan deputy head of village council, said Israeli military forces …

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