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Trump's fake 'peace plan' is permanent apartheid for Palestine
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Attorney, professor, and author Noura Erakat on Trump's "deal of the century": a call for permanent apartheid in Palestine. President…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/29/trumps-fake-peace-plan-is-permanent-apartheid-for-palestine/

Trump's Israel-Palestine "Peace" Plan Violates International Law
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-29
Donald Trump's long-awaited "deal of the century" between Israel and Palestine essentially gives Israel's far right coalition government everything it wanted. This Middle East "peace" deal allows Israel to annex vast stretches of the Palestinian West Bank (which has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967) into Israel, including all of the illegal Jewish-only settlements in areas colonized by Israeli settlers as well as Arab East Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley. Palestinians would be granted limit…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-israel-palestine-peace-plan-violates-international-law/

Done Deal: How the Peace Process Sold Out the Palestinians
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
In November 2016, fresh off his electoral win, US President-elect Donald Trump boasted of his intention to end the Israel-Palestine conflict by striking what he called the "ultimate deal". | Calling it "the war that never ends," Trump told the Wall …
globalresearch.ca/how-peace-process-sold-out-palestinians/5702222

Trump's Farcical Mideast "Peace Deal" Ignores International Law. Green Light to Israeli Annexation of Palestine?
CJPME | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is highly critical of the Mideast Peace Plan announced by US President Donald Trump today

'Deal of the century': What's in Trump's peace plan for Israel and Palestine
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The proposal for peace in the Middle East unveiled by US President Donald Trump envisions the conditions under which a Palestinian state might be recognized. RT delves into the 180-page 'deal of the century' to see what's inside. | The "Vision for Peace, Prosperity and a Brighter Future" bills itself as "the best, most realistic and most achievable outcome for the parties" right from the start. It says that the 700 or so UN General Assembly resolutions and 100-plus Security Council resolutions have failed to bring peace, while the 1993 Oslo Accords left too many key issues unresolved, "including, among other i…
rt.com/news/479434-deal-middle-east-peace-trump/

Israeli Defense Minister Wants Annexation of Occupied West Bank
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex over a third of the occupied West Bank shorlty after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his so-called "Deal of the Century" plan on Middle East peace. | RELATED: | Iran Slams Trump's Middle East Peace Plan as 'Disgraceful' | "Yesterday evening, history knocked on our door and granted us a one-time opportunity to apply Israel law on all of the settlements in Judea and Samaria and the Jordan…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Defense-Minister-Wants-Annexation-of-Occupied-West-Bank-20200129-0007.html

Palestinian anger over Trump's 'deal of the century' met with Israeli tear gas & rubber bullets in West Bank
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Injuries have been reported as Palestinian protesters face Israeli security troops in the West Bank in non-stop protests after Donald Trump announced his peace plan for the region. | Scores of protesters flooded the streets in different parts of the West Bank, demonstrating against a US-proposed plan that they expect to lead to annexation of much of Palestinian land. | | A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. ©REUTERS / Mussa Qawasma | In Bethlehem, protesters have been throwing stones at Israeli fo…
rt.com/news/479478-palestinians-protest-trump-deal/

Trump Regime's Criminal "Deal of the Century": Breaking Palestine, Endorsing "Greater Israel"?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
US/Israeli policy is hardwired against regional peace and stability. | From what's known about Trump's deal of the century ahead of its reported Tuesday unveiling at the White House, it fulfills an Israeli wish list at the expense of fundamental Palestinian …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-deal-century-unrelated-equity-peace/5702055

Trump unveils farcical Mideast "peace plan" as Netanyahu is indicted
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
Timed to meet the immediate needs of both Trump and Netanyahu, the plan sanctions all of the policies of the Israeli right and is guaranteed to be rejected by the Palestinians.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/isra-j29.html

Jeremy Corbyn slams Donald Trump's so-called 'peace plan' for Palestine
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-29
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan would "lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation" and deny Palestinian people their fundamental rights. He added that Britain must tell the US they are "wrong" on the issue.Boris Johnson, meanwhile, provided encouragement to the proposal which would leave sizeable areas of the occupied West Bank in Israeli hands.Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has dismissed Trump's plan as a "conspiracy deal".Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Corbyn said of the US president's idea: It will annex Palestinian territory, lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/01/29/jeremy-corbyn-slams-donald-trumps-so-called-peace-plan-for-palestine/

"Yet Another Declaration of War on Palestinians": Rashid Khalidi on Trump's Middle East "Peace" Plan
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to annex about 30% of the occupied West Bank, after Israel was given the green light to do so by the United States. On Tuesday, President Trump

Iran Slams Trump's Middle East Peace Plan as 'Disgraceful'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday strongly rejected the U.S. Middle East peace plan as "disgraceful." | RELATED: | Iran: Alternative Solution to the So-Called Century's Deal | In a statement released hours after U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of the so-called Deal of the Century, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said it is the "betrayal of the century" and is "doomed to failure." | "Palestine belongs to the Palestinians," he said. "The Zionist regime (of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Slams-Trumps-Middle-East-Peace-Plan-as-Disgraceful-20200129-0001.html

Pipeline or a Pipedream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-29
Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is certain, however, is that the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/pipeline-or-a-pipedream-israel-turkey-hydrocarbon-conflict-is-brewing-in-the-mediterranean/

Trump's Plan for Palestinians Is a Crime Against Humanity
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2020-01-29
This piece originally appeared on Informed Comment. | On Tuesday, an American president being impeached for abuse of power announced a historic plan for Israel-Palestine alongside an Israeli prime minister who was just indicted for bribery and corruption. (The Israeli parliament declined to grant Netanyahu immunity, and he w…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-plan-for-palestinians-is-a-crime-against-humanity/

Don't be Surprised if Russia Tacitly Supports the Trump-Netanyahu "Deal of the Century"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Russia's relations with "Israel" in recent years are much deeper and more strategic than its historic ones with Palestine so it's unthinkable that Moscow won't tacitly support the so-called "deal of the century" despite expectedly voicing mild reservations about it …
globalresearch.ca/dont-be-surprised-russia-tacitly-supports-deal-century/5702231

Putin pardons drug-trafficking Israeli woman ahead of Netanyahu's visit to Moscow
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned Naama Issachar, an Israeli woman convicted on drug trafficking charges in Russia, citing "humanitarian reasons." Issachar is expected to return to Israel shortly. | The decision to pardon Issachar came ahead of a visit by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is set to meet Putin in Moscow on Thursday. According to media reports, Netanyahu is expected to bring the woman back home on his plane after his visit to Russia concludes. | Issachar, a 26-year-old Israeli-American citizen, was nabbed by Russian law enforcement in April 2019 in the transit zone of Moscow's Shere…
rt.com/news/479512-putin-pardon-israeli-woman/

Putin Pardons US-Israeli Woman Jailed in Russia on Drug Charges
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned the U.S.-Israeli woman that was jailed in Russia for drug-related charges, the Kremlin announced on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Israeli Defense Minister Wants Annexation of Occupied West Bank | According to the Kremlin, Putin signed the presidential decree to pardon the woman, Naama Issachar of New Jersey, a move that received acknowledgement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of their bilateral meeting. | The U…
telesurenglish.net/news/Putin-Pardons-US-Israeli-Woman-Jailed-in-Russia-on-Drug-Charges-20200129-0009.html

Trump, Pence & Pompeo, the Gang of Three, Claim Criminal Theft of Palestinian Land to be Lawful!
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
As the jumped-up, self-proclaimed, blonde new ruler of the world gives away half the Palestinian West Bank to the current Israeli military occupier, the world watches in amazement at the idea that this unbalanced popinjay

Macron's Macro-hypocrisy on Palestine
Dr. Vacy Vlazna | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
"President Emmanuel Macron made a scene in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday when he angrily told Israeli security officers to get out of the Church of Saint Anne, which is traditionally under France's control: | "Everybody knows the rules. I | …
globalresearch.ca/macron-macro-hypocrisy-palestine/5702190

Mehdi Hasan: Trump's Middle East Plan Is a Policy of Apartheid & Settler Colonialism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
We continue our discussion of President Trump's long-awaited Middle East plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he has described as the "deal of the century." The plan was drafted by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner without any input from Palestinians and would give Israel sovereignty over large areas of the occupied West Bank, control over all of Jerusalem, and keep all illegal settlements built in the occupied West Bank. We speak with Mehdi Hasan, senior columnist at The Intercept, and Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University. Khalidi's latest book is…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/29/trump_middle_east_plan_apartheid

India calls for 2-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian issue as Trump unveils his plan
rt.com | 2020-01-29
India on Wednesday called for a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian issue after US President Donald Trump unveiled his plan. | "India has been consistently supportive of the Palestinian cause," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. | "We reiterate our view that final status issues should be resolved through direct negotiations between the two parties and be acceptable to both," ANI quoted him as saying. | "We urge the parties to engage with each other, including on the recent proposals put forward by the US, and find an acceptable two-state solution for peac…
rt.com/newsline/479468-india-israel-palestinian-trump/

Pro-Israel Group Behind Latest Attack Ads on Sanders
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-29
A right-wing AIPAC-affiliated group is airing ads targeting Sen. Bernie Sanders in Iowa in an attempt to stop the increasing success of his presidential campaign days before the state's voters caucus to kick off the 2020 Democratic primary. | The Democratic Majority for Israel, a group tied to AIPAC, sponsored the ad. | "This is dishonest, disgusting, and discrediting," said Sanders surrogate James Zogby, founder of the Arab-American Institute. | This is dishonest, disgusting, & discrediting of ‚Ŷ @DemMaj4Israel‚Å&co…
truthdig.com/articles/pro-israel-group-behind-latest-attack-ads-on-sanders/

Mehdi Hasan: Trump's Middle East Plan Is a Policy of Apartheid & Settler Colonialism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
We continue our discussion of President Trump's long-awaited Middle East plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he has described as the "deal of the century." The plan was drafted by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner without any input from Palestinians and would give Israel sovereignty over large areas of the occupied West Bank, control over all of Jerusalem, and keep all illegal settlements built in the occupied West Bank. We speak with Mehdi Hasan, senior columnist at The Intercept, and Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University. Khalidi's latest book is…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/29/trump_middle_east_plan_apartheid

India, Pakistan Back US Middle East Peace Plan For Resolution of Israel-Palestine Conflict
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-29
New Delhi (Sputnik): India has stated that the two-state solution for the territorial dispute between Israel and Palestine is an integral part of its foreign policy, while Pakistan has consistently supported the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.
sputniknews.com/india/202001291078170990-india-pakistan-back-us-middle-east-peace-plan-for-resolution-of-israel-palestine-conflict/

Trump's Mideast Plan Has Merit of Providing Two-State Solution – UK PM Johnson
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-29
On 28 January, US President Donald Trump unveiled his Middle East peace plan during a joint press statement with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.
sputniknews.com/world/202001291078171374-trumps-mideast-plan-has-merit-of-providing-two-state-solution—uk-pm-johnson/

Turkey says Trump's plan tries to legitimize Israeli occupation
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-29
Turkey's communications director on Wednesday criticized the U.S.' so-called Middle East peace plan, saying it "tries to give Jerusalem to Israel.""This so-called 'peace plan' is simply a declaration attempting to legitimize the Israeli occupation and settlements," Fahrettin Altun wrote on Twitter."It is neither an implementable plan nor a fair assessment of the situation on the ground. It seeks to satisfy Israel while squashing Palestinian aspirations."On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump released his much-hyped plan to end the Israel-Palestine dispute at the White House with Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu b…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-says-trumps-plan-tries-to-legitimize-israeli-occupation-3510774

Iran's Khamenei says Trump's Middle East peace plan is doomed to fail
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-29
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Israel-Palestinian conflict was doomed to fail and all Muslim nations should oppose it."The devilish and vicious policy of America towards Palestine called the 'deal of the century' will never materialize…all Muslim nations will confront them and will not let it materialize," Khamenei said a tweet written in Farsi.Trump on Tuesday announced a U.S. peace plan which would set up a Palestinian state with strict conditions but allow Israel to take over long-contested Jewish settlements in the occupie…
yenisafak.com/en/world/irans-khamenei-says-trumps-middle-east-peace-plan-is-doomed-to-fail-3510773

Trump plan is moment to re-launch Middle East talks for 'viable solution,' EU says
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-29
U.S. President Donald Trump's proposals to create a Palestinian state for Middle East peace are a chance to re-launch talks towards "a viable solution" for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the European Union said in a statement.The initiative "provides an occasion to re-launch the urgently needed efforts towards a negotiated and viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on behalf of the bloc, adding that the EU would need to study and assess Trump's proposals.However, the EU cautioned that Israel and the Palestinians needed to show "a genuine commitment to the…
yenisafak.com/en/world/trump-plan-is-moment-to-re-launch-middle-east-talks-for-viable-solution-eu-says-3510768

President Erdogan slams Trump's so-called deal on Mideast
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-29
U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called Middle East peace plan ignores Palestinians' rights and attempts to legitimize Israel's occupation, said Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday.Answering the questions of reporters on a return flight from his Africa tour, Erdogan said the plan will not serve peace and solution in the region. It ignores Palestinians' rights and attempts to legitimize Israel's occupation, he stressed."Jerusalem is sacred for Muslims and Trump's so-called peace plan proposing to leave Jerusalem to Israel is never acceptable," Erdogan added.On Tuesday, Trump released his oft-delay…
yenisafak.com/en/news/president-erdogan-slams-trumps-so-called-deal-on-mideast-3510776

Palestinian protesters, Israeli army clash in West Bank
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-29
Clashes erupted on Wednesday between Palestinians denouncing the so-called "deal of the century" and the Israeli army.Palestinian demonstrators marched from the northern entrance of Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, amid chants condemning the plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.The Israeli army used rubber bullets and tear gas canisters to break up the march, with protesters responding with stones and torching rubber tires.Similar clashes erupted near Hebron, according to eyewitnesses.On Tuesday, Trump released his oft-delayed plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian dispute during a press conference at the Whit…
yenisafak.com/en/world/palestinian-protesters-israeli-army-clash-in-west-bank-3510779

Kremlin 'analyzing' Trump's so-called 'Deal of Century'
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-29
The Kremlin continues analyzing U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called plan on Palestine-Israel settlement, known as "deal of the century", Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow on Wednesday.The Russian leadership expects to get more details from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will visit Moscow on Thursday, said Peskov."We continue analyzing this information and study the plan that was prepared in the White House. There will also be a meeting with Netanyahu tomorrow, and more firsthand information will be received," he said. So far, the only thing that can be said…
yenisafak.com/en/world/kremlin-analyzing-trumps-so-called-deal-of-century-3510775

Selected Articles: Trump's Mideast "Steal of the Century". Breaking Palestine
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Done Deal: How the "Peace Process" Sold Out the Palestinians | By David Hearst, January 29, 2020 | In November 2016, fresh off his electoral win, US President-elect Donald Trump boasted of his intention to end the Israel-Palestine conflict by striking …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-deal-century-transgresses-international-law/5702243

On the Eve of the Release of Trump's 'Deal of the Century
Richard Falk | zcomm.org | 2020-01-28
The peace plan is substantially an imposed Israeli victory, not in any reasonable way the basis for reaching a political compromise…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/on-the-eve-of-the-release-of-trumps-deal-of-the-century/

Trump Unveils New Middle East Peace Plan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-28
U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his so-called "Deal of the Century" on Tuesday, which proposed the possible creation of a Palestinian state with a capital in east Jerusalem. | RELATED: | Trump to Unveil Middle East Peace Plan on Tuesday | The peace plan, which was supposed to be unveiled last Summer, also calls for Palestinians to recognize the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, many of which are considered illegal due to the fact they were built after the expulsion of Palestinian f…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Unveils-New-Middle-East-Peace-Plan-20200128-0008.html

Trump Unveils Controversial Peace Plan for the Middle East
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-28
The president, with Netanyahu at his side, details the proposal to create a state of Palestine while ceding major West Bank blocs to Israel.
truthdig.com/articles/trump-unveils-controversial-peace-plan-for-the-middle-east/

Israel: Netanyahu Formally Charged With Corruption
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-28
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was officially indicted Tuesday in court on charges of corruption. | RELATED: | Trump Unveils New Middle East Peace Plan | The indictment came after Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution, which had impeded the filing of the indictment from the Knesset (Israel's parliament). | The Israeli PM was in the United…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Netanyahu-Formally-Charged-With-Corruption-20200128-0012.html

Palestinians Call on World to Reject Trump 'Peace' Deal
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-28
Opponents decry the plan as little more than a distraction from the domestic scandals of the U.S. president and Israeli prime minister.
truthdig.com/articles/palestinians-call-on-world-to-reject-trump-peace-deal/

Palestinian Rejection: End of Oslo Peace Process and the Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid "Steal of the Century"
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
The Palestinian leadership has entirely rejected what is known of the Trump plan for Israel and Palestine, and warned that they see it as destroying the Oslo Peace accords. The Trump administration did not consult the Palestinians in drawing up …
globalresearch.ca/price-trolling-impeachment-end-oslo-peace-process-trump-netanyahu-apartheid-steal-century/5702085

Dismal 'Peace Deal' Would Exacerbate Violations, Enshrine Impunity Between Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
commondreams.org | 2020-01-28
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/28/dismal-peace-deal-would-exacerbate-violations-enshrine-impunity-between-israel?cd-origin=rss

Haniyeh Calls for Cairo Meeting to Confront US "Peace Plan"
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-28
The head of Hamas's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has reiterated his movement's rejection of the US "Deal of the Century" which Washington intends to announce soon, describing it as "a new battle which the Palestinian people must fight." "Palestine is our homeland and the nation's precious jewel that cannot be …
imemc.org/article/haniyeh-calls-for-cairo-meeting-to-confront-us-peace-plan/

Killing Free Speech in America
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
No group in the United States has labored so hard as the friends of Israel to destroy the First Amendment to the Constitution, which commits the government to prohibit any "abridging the freedom of speech…or the right of the …
globalresearch.ca/killing-free-speech-america/5702090

Pipeline or a Pipedream: A Conflict is Brewing Between Israel and Turkey over Natural Gas
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-28
Considering the massive deposits of natural gas needed to fuel struggling European markets, it is almost certain that Mediterranean natural gas will eventually become a major source of political disputes, if not all out war.
mintpressnews.com/conflict-brewing-israel-turkey-natural-gas/264410/

Pipeline or a Pipedream: A Conflict is Brewing Between Israel and Turkey over Natural Gas
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-28
Considering the massive deposits of natural gas needed to fuel struggling European markets, it is almost certain that Mediterranean natural gas will eventually become a major source of political disputes, if not all out war.
mintpressnews.com/conflict-brewing-israel-turkey-natural-gas/264410/

How Government and Media Are Prepping America for a Failed 2020 Election
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-28
Russia, China and Iran are already being blamed for using tech to undermine the 2020 election. Yet, the very technologies they are allegedly using were created by a web of companies with deep ties to Israeli intelligence.
mintpressnews.com/media-israel-intelligence-2020-elections-cyber-security/264361/

To rig primary against Bernie, DNC chair Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-28
With Senator Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of foreign policy hacks and corporate lobbyists to sabotage his nomination. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/28/to-rig-primary-against-bernie-dnc-chair-tom-perez-nominates-regime-change-agents-israel-lobbyists-and-wall-street-consultants/

Iran: Alternative Solution to the So-Called Century's Deal
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-28
In response to Trump's Middle East Plan, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif presented the proposal of the Islamic Revolution's leader Ali Jamenei for a solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict instead of the so-called century's deal offered by the U.S. | RELATED: | Trump's Middle East Plan: The World Reacts | The best solution, according to the Iranian religious leader, is to hold a referendum in which all residents in the territory of Palestine, including those occupied by Israel, decide…
telesurenglish.net/news/iran-alternative-solution-to-the-so-called-century-deal-20200128-0018.html

Israeli Settlers Torch Classroom in the South of Nablus
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-28
Settlers burned, at dawn on Tuesday, a classroom in the Ainabus Elementary School, to the south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. According to the PNN. a group of people from the illegal Yitzhar settlement stormed the village of Ainabus, at dawn, burning a classroom in the basic school …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-torch-classroom-in-the-south-of-nablus/

Military Seals Main West Bank Junction
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-28
Israeli forces, Tuesday, sealed off the Jeet junction, which connects the Nablus district to the Qalqilia district, according to local sources. Witnesses told WAFA that Israeli soldiers closed the junction, restricting Palestinian movement and causing traffic jam. Palestinians traveling from the southern and central West Bank to the northern West …
imemc.org/article/military-seals-main-west-bank-junction/

Saudi Foreign Minister: Israeli Residents Not Permitted to Visit Arab Kingdom
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-28
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister says that residents of the Israeli regime are not welcome to visit the Arab country, a day after Tel Aviv announced that it would, for the first time, allow Israelis to travel to the kingdom under certain circumstances. On Sunday, Israel announced that Interior Minister …
imemc.org/article/saudi-foreign-minister-israeli-residents-not-permitted-to-visit-arab-kingdom/

Trump's Middle East Plan: The World Reacts
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-28
Donald Trump unveiling his Middle East plan, which seeks to negotiate the political relationship between Palestine and Israel, on Tuesday at the White House, has provoked the rejection of the Palestinians and an immediate international reaction. | RELATED: | Israel: Netanyahu Formally Charged With Corruption | Trump himself has qualified it as "a win-win solution for both sides," while adding that Israeli leaders have said they will endorse the proposal. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin N…
telesurenglish.net/news/trump-middle-east-plan-the-world-reacts-20200128-0015.html

2020-01-28: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-28). Europe keeps Trump's Israel-Palestine 'peace plan' at arms' length, but other US allies rush to embrace – except Turkey & Jordan. rt.com Reactions to US President Donald Trump's 'deal of the century' Israel-Palestine peace plan fell mostly along the lines of existing alliances, with close US allies backing the plan and rivals denouncing it – barring some surprises. | Europe hedged its bets on supporting the deal, weighing the importance of upholding international law against the need to appear loyal to Washington. Germany "welcomed" anything "aiming to inject new momentum" into the "stalled" peace process, but only went so far as to promise to "carefully examine the proposal" and discuss the resulting questions with other EU members. Foreign Mi…

RT (2020-01-28). US didn't discuss 'deal of century' with Moscow, Russia's UN envoy says. rt.com The US did not hold consultations with Moscow on a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia has said. | "We were not consulted, we don't know what this plan consists of," he said in response to a question from a reporter. | Israeli envoy to the UN Danny Danon, meanwhile, said that his country was looking forward to the unveiling of the plan, TASS reported on Tuesday. | US President Donald Trump previously announced that the White House would unveil a plan for peace in the Middle East on Tuesday.

RT (2020-01-28). Netanyahu says Israel is offering Palestinians 'conditional' & 'limited' sovereignty, new capital will be at Abu Dis. rt.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is willing to offer the Palestinian people the chance of "conditional, limited sovereignty" under the peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump. | Trump announced earlier Tuesday that the deal would see a Palestinian capital formed in East Jerusalem, while simultaneously calling the holy city Israel's "undivided" capital. | Speaking to reporters after Trump's comments, Netanyahu said the US recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, "by which I mean, within its fences." | Netanyahu clarified that the proposed Palestinian capital under the peace plan w…

RT (2020-01-28). 'Mix of tragedy & farce': Trump's 'deal of the century' is set to cause outrage, but won't change anything — George Galloway. rt.com While Donald Trump's 'peace plan' from Israel and Palestine violates international law in every possible way, its only result will be a widespread outrage among the Muslims since it's impossible to implement, George Galloway says. | The pompous unveiling of the peace plan by US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu looked like a true "mixture of tragedy and farce," former Labour MP told RT on Tuesday. | The two embattled politicians — one facing impeachment and the other entangled in a bribery case — did not miss the opportunity to have a joint PR stunt, but only managed to stomp o…

RT (2020-01-28). Trump proposes a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine in 'win-win opportunity' for both sides. rt.com Donald Trump has proposed a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine which would see the Palestinian capital located in east Jerusalem, in a move the US president called a "big step towards peace." | Trump said that Israel had agreed to negotiate on the basis of a conceptual and detailed proposed map for the first time. If Israel agrees to the proposed map, the US will recognize it, he said. | The

RT (2020-01-28). US will 'proudly' open a new embassy in proposed 'Palestinian capital' in east Jerusalem — Trump. rt.com US President Donald Trump has said that Washington will open a new embassy in East Jerusalem, where a proposed new Palestinian capital will exist, under his freshly unveiled Middle East peace plan. | Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said that he will "proudly open an embassy" in the capital if the plan is accepted. | At the same time, however, Trump said that his plan envisions Jerusalem as an "undivided capital" of Israel. | "Under this vision, Jerusalem will remain Israel's undivided capital," Trump said, scoring a lengthy applause from the…

RT (2020-01-28). Netanyahu withdraws hopeless bid for immunity hours before parliament session, leaving Gantz hanging in mid-air. rt.com In an 11th-hour decision, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn his request to parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution. The move apparently undermines his rival Benny Gantz's US visit. | Netanyahu, who is facing prosecution on several corruption charges, sought immunity from the parliament, but the bid didn't have the necessary support to pass. The motion was expected to be defeated on Tuesday, but hours before the session the PM announced he was withdrawing his petition. | The statement was published as Netanyahu visited the United States, where President Donald Trump is scheduled…

RT (2020-01-28). Motion to withdraw from Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons treaty filed in Iran's parliament. rt.com The Iranian threat to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT, moved forward on Tuesday after a motion to do so was filed in the Iranian parliament. | The motion reported by the parliament's official website brings Iran closer to breaking away from the 1968 treaty which laid the foundation for the nuclear deterrence architecture of the Cold War. The NPT allows only five nations — the US, Russia, China, Britain, and France — to have nuclear weapons. Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, as well as Israel, which has maintained ambiguity, neither confirming nor denying possession of a nuc…

RT (2020-01-28). Israeli PM Netanyahu officially indicted over corruption charges after he withdraws immunity bid. rt.com Israel's attorney general has submitted an indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over three corruption cases after he withdrew his request to be granted immunity against prosecution. | The indictment was filed by Avichai Mandelblit to the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday, paving the way for Netanyahu's trial. | The move became possible after the PM officially stopped seeking parliamentary immunity from prosecution earlier that day. The parliament was due to convene on Tuesday to vote on the formation of a committee to discuss Netanyahu's request. | The PM was in Washington for the release of…

Whitney Webb (2020-01-28). How Government and Media Are Prepping America for a Failed 2020 Election. mintpressnews.com Russia, China and Iran are already being blamed for using tech to undermine the 2020 election. Yet, the very technologies they are allegedly using were created by a web of companies with deep ties to Israeli intelligence.

Eds. (2020-01-28). To rig primary against Bernie, DNC chair Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants. mronline.org With Senator Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of foreign policy hacks and corporate lobbyists to sabotage his nomination. |

Alan MacLeod (2020-01-28). It's Media—Not Bernie Sanders—That Have an Antisemitism Problem. fair.org Have you heard the news? Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders is antisemitic. Yes, yes, he's Jewish, and has a So goes the story in several prominent media outlets, who accuse him of leading "the most antisemitic [campaign] in decades" (Washington Examiner,

Staff (2020-01-28). Headlines for January 28, 2020. democracynow.org Trump Lawyers Says He Did No Wrong as Calls Mount for Bolton and Other Witnesses to Testify | , Trump to Unveil Middle East "Peace Plan" as Netanyahu Indicted over Corruption, SCOTUS Allows Trump's "Public Charge" Rule Targeting Low-Income Immigrants to Take Effect, State Dept. Bars NPR Reporter from Upcoming Pompeo Trip, Washington Post Suspends Reporter for Tweet About Kobe Bryant Rape Allegation, Mixed Accounts After U.S. Military Plane Crashes in Afghanistan, Torrential Rains and Landslides Kill At Least 46 People in Brazil, Nigerian Journalist Maxwell Nashan Killed, 2nd Accuser Testifies in Weinstein Trial a…

Staff (2020-01-28). Palestinians Call on World to Reject Trump 'Peace' Deal. truthdig.com Opponents decry the plan as little more than a distraction from the domestic scandals of the U.S. president and Israeli prime minister.

Staff (2020-01-28). Trump Unveils Controversial Peace Plan for the Middle East. truthdig.com The president, with Netanyahu at his side, details the proposal to create a state of Palestine while ceding major West Bank blocs to Israel.

Juan Cole (2020-01-28). Palestinian Rejection: End of Oslo Peace Process and the Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid "Steal of the Century" globalresearch.ca The

Richard Falk (2020-01-28). On the Eve of the Release of Trump's 'Deal of the Century. zcomm.org The peace plan is substantially an imposed Israeli victory, not in any reasonable way the basis for reaching a political compromise…

Juan Cole (2020-01-28). Price of Trolling Impeachment. zcomm.org End of Oslo Peace Process and Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid "Steal of the Century"

Philip Giraldi (2020-01-28). Killing Free Speech in America. globalresearch.ca No group in the United States has labored so hard as the friends of Israel

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-28). Pipeline or a Pipedream: A Conflict is Brewing Between Israel and Turkey over Natural Gas. mintpressnews.com Considering the massive deposits of natural gas needed to fuel struggling European markets, it is almost certain that Mediterranean natural gas will eventually become a major source of political disputes, if not all out war.

sputniknews (2020-01-28). Finnish President Says Concerned Over 2 Recent Anti-Semitic Incidents in Country. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On 27 January, the synagogue in the Finnish southwestern city of Turku — one of just two in the country — was targeted by vandals. The same day, neo-Nazi group Towards Freedom burned the Israeli flag in Tampere during a demonstration in the city centre unrelated to the Holocaust Remembrance Day.

RT (2020-01-28). Trump unveils long-hyped Middle East peace plan which Palestinians have already rejected (WATCH LIVE). rt.com US President Donald Trump is unveiling his 'Deal of the Century', a long-awaited plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinians have already said they are not accepting whatever Trump is going to offer. | Trump is presenting his plan alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a ceremony in the White House in Washington, DC. The Israeli leader said his proposal is "the opportunity of a century." Trump believes that while the Palestinians will reject it initially, "in the end they will" because "in fact it's good for them." | The rosy expectations are not shared by the Palesti…

Miko Peled (2020-01-27). Israel's Auschwitz Commemoration: A Kidnapping of Jewish history. mintpressnews.com As world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, Zochrot, an

teleSUR (2020-01-27). Trump to Unveil Middle East Peace Plan on Tuesday. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that his administration would unveil his long-delayed peace plan at noon local time on Tuesday. Trump made the remark to reporters as he greeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. | RELATED: | The peace plan, which Trump claims will be beneficial for both the Palestinians and Israelis, was rejected by the President of the Palest…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-27). Shu'fat Revealed as Capital of Future Palestinian State under US Plan. imemc.org The forthcoming US Middle East peace plan, known as the "Deal of the Century," includes a transition period of four years, as the US administration believes that Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president will refuse the plan but his successor may accept it, Hebrew media reported, according to Al Ray. The "deal" …

IMEMC News (2020-01-27). Israeli Army Abducts Seventeen Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least seventeen Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank; twelve of the abducted Palestinians are from Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank. Two other Palestinians were abducted on Sunday at night. The …

Staff (2020-01-27). Santa Fe Denies Permit for Mural Art Depicting Plight of Palestinian Children. truthout.org The stucco wall on Santa Fe's Old Pecos Trail is now papered with images of Israeli soldiers terrorizing Palestinian women and children. This art was created by Navajo artist Remy at the request of Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine (SFJP), of which I am a member. For the past six years, we have been creating art depicting the conditions of Palestinians under the Israeli occupation. Guthrie Miller, the owner of the wall where the art has been located since 2014, has supported this effort.

IMEMC News (2020-01-27). Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians, Confiscate Agricultural Equipment And Uproot Olive Trees in Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Sunday at night and on Monday at dawn, Hebron city, in addition to Doura town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, in southern West Bank, abducted two Palestinians and confiscated agricultural equipment, in addition to uprooting olive trees. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded, on …

GISHA (2020-01-27). Israel Resumes Aerial Herbicide Spraying Along Gaza's Perimeter Fence, Deliberate Destruction of Palestinian Farming. globalresearch.ca On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, Israeli crop-duster planes flew along the perimeter fence separating Gaza and Israel, spraying chemicals assumed to be herbicides into the Strip. Israel continued to conduct aerial herbicide spraying along additional sections of the perimeter fence …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-27). Israeli Court Orders Palestinians to Leave Jerusalem Building and Turn It Over to Israeli Settlers. imemc.org An Israeli court, yesterday, ruled in favor of evicting a Palestinian-owned building in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem and turn it over to an Israeli settler organization, according to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center. It said that the Israeli court rejected all objections by the Dweik family, which owns …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-27). Commission Calls for National Resistance to "Deal of the Century" imemc.org On Monday, the Commission of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege in Gaza, called for Palestinians to participate in national events rejecting the "Deal of the Century", Shehab News Agency reported. In a press statement, the commission encouraged all Palestinians to unite in total rejection of the …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-27). PA Threatens to Give up Oslo Accords over US "Deal of Century" imemc.org A high-ranking Palestinian official has threatened that the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority would withdraw from key provisions of the Oslo Accords in the case that US President Donald Trump unveils his so-called "Deal of the Century" to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat said, …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-26). Two Palestinian Youth Shot by Israeli Forces North of Hebron. imemc.org Two Palestinian minors were shot and injured by Israeli forces, on Sunday, with rubber-coated steel bullets in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. Local activist, Mohammed Awad, told WAFA that Israeli forces stormed the southern occupied West Bank lands close to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kermi Tsur, …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-26). Israeli Forces Destroy Palestinian Water Well. imemc.org Israeli forces destroyed a water collection well, on Sunday, in the Palestinian al—Zawiya village, west of Salfit, central occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Head of al-Zawiyah village council, Mohmoud Muqdadi, said Israeli forces and bulldozers stormed the village and demolished the well, owned by a …

IMEMC News (2020-01-26). Israel To Demolish Four Under-Construction Palestinian Homes Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, the village of Rommana, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and delivered demolition orders targeting four under-construction Palestinian homes. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the village from various directions and handed the military orders to the Palestinians. The …

teleSUR (2020-01-26). Israel Authorizes Religious, Business Trips to Saudi Arabia. telesurenglish.net In the latest sign of rapprochement between the two nations, the Israeli government announced Sunday that it would authorize its citizens to travel under certain circumstances to Saudi Arabia, according to Haaretz. | RELATED: | After having held discussions with the country's security and diplomatic services, Israel's Minister of the Interior Aryeh Deri released a statement saying Israelis would be permitted to travel to th…

Staff (2020-01-24). Headlines for January 24, 2020. democracynow.org Impeachment Managers Continue Opening Arguments in Trump's Senate Trial, 33 Million on Lockdown in Chinese Cities as Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads, Hundreds of Thousands of Iraqis March to Demand U.S. Troop Withdrawal, Trump Invites Israeli Leaders to White House for "Peace Plan" Unveiling, Mexican Soldiers Attack Central American Migrant Caravan, Arresting 800, U.S. to Send Ambassador to Bolivia After Coup That Ousted Evo Morales, Puerto Rican Protesters Demand Ouster of Gov. Wanda Vázquez, SC Official Switches Presidential Endorsement from Biden to Sanders, National Archives Replaces Doctored Women's March Photo…

Middle East Eye (2020-01-24). Families in Disbelief After Israeli Army Kills Three Gaza Teens. theantimedia.com Israel says Mohammed, Salem and Mahmoud snuck into Israel and attacked the army – but their relatives reject this version of events.

RT (2020-01-23). White House pours cold water on 'Prince Charles snubs Pence' claims (VIDEOS). rt.com A video showing the UK's Prince Charles appearing to dodge a handshake with US Vice President Mike Pence doesn't tell the whole story, the White House has insisted, claiming the two men greeted each other warmly earlier. | Prince Charles appears to snub Pence as he shakes the hands of a row of international leaders and VIPs at the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, sparing the American a brief glance and moving on to greet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu instead. The British royal seems to mutter something under his breath as he conspicuously avoids engaging with Pence. | The vice president's staff entered d…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-22). In the Name of "Israel's Security": Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding. dissidentvoice.org Billions of US tax-payers' money will continue to be funneled into Israel in the next fiscal year, and for many years in the foreseeable future. Republican and Democratic Senators have recently achieved just that, passing a bill aimed at providing Israel with $3.3 billion in annual aid. The Bill, co-sponsored by Democratic Senator, Chris Coons …

Middle East Eye (2020-01-22). Saudi Crown Prince Likely Used Israeli Spyware to Hack Bezos' Phone: UN Experts. theantimedia.com (MEE) — An examination of Jeff Bezos' mobile revealed "an anomalous and extreme change in phone behaviour" after the Amazon CEO received a file from a WhatsApp account associated with the Saudi crown prince, two UN special rapporteurs said on Wednesday. There is "reasonable belief" that the behaviour on Bezos' phone was the result of Pegasus spyware sold to the …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-12-02). The War on Truth: How Israel's Social Media Trolls Conquered Facebook. zcomm.org Israel may have found a way to circumvent the influence of Facebook on the discussions pertaining to Palestinian rights and the Israeli occupation…