Justice at Last? Panic in Israel as the ICC Takes Momentous Step in the Right Direction
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-08
The high level of these ICC investigations places the legal push against Israel at a whole new level. This is uncharted territory for Israel, the United States, Palestine, the ICC and the international community as a whole.
mintpressnews.com/justice-at-last-panic-in-israel-as-the-icc-takes-momentous-step-in-the-right-direction/263973/

"Panic" in Israel as the ICC Takes "Momentous Step" in the Right Direction
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-08
At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that "all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met". Bensouda's verdict has been in the making for a …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/panic-in-israel-as-the-icc-takes-momentous-step-in-the-right-direction/

Bit by bit Israel aims to squeeze out the Palestinian Christians
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-08
Gaza's minuscule community of Christians will spend this Christmas feeling even more under siege than normal. The Israeli military authorities have denied the vast majority of the enclave's 1,100 Christians a permit to exit the Palestinian territory for the holiday season. Unlike previous years, none will be allowed to join relatives in Bethlehem, Jerusalem or …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/bit-by-bit-israel-aims-to-squeeze-out-the-palestinian-christians/

Israel will shoot down rockets with space-age 'LASER SWORD'
rt.com | 2020-01-08
Israel announced an upcoming addition to its aerial defense systems: a laser weapon that the country's defense minister says will be able to intercept rockets, guided missiles, and other projectiles lobbed at the Jewish state. | Israel has been developing laser weapons since the mid-1990s, yet the most promising such weapon — the US-Israeli-developed Nautilus Tactical High Energy Laser — was shelved in 2006 in favor of continued reliance on the Iron Dome missile batteries. | However, research has continued in the meantime, and Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that a fun…
rt.com/news/477761-israel-laser-missile-defense/

Netanyahu threatens Iran with 'crushing blow' if Israel comes under attack
rt.com | 2020-01-08
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed a deadly retaliation if Iran attacks Israel as part of its response to the US assassination of commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad last week. | "We're standing steadfast against those who seek to kill us. We're standing with determination and with force. Whoever tries to attack us will suffer a most crushing blow," the Israeli leader declared at a conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday. | Netanyahu alleged that Soleimani was personally responsible for the deaths of "countless innocent people," destabilizing "many" countries and spreading "fear and misery and anguish.
rt.com/news/477714-israel-crushing-blow-iran-netanyahu/

Netanyahu Pledges ICC Investigation Won't Impede Settlements
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-08
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Wednesday the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by the Israeli state in the occupied Palestinian territories, including the settlements, saying it will not restrain Israel from further expanding them. | RELATED:…
telesurenglish.net/news/Netanyahu-Pledges-ICC-Investigation-Wont-Impede-Settlements-20200108-0008.html

Antisemitism has been used to smear the Left, while the Right targets Jews
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-08
The year ended with two terrible setbacks for those seeking justice for the Palestinian people. One was the defeat in the British election of Jeremy Corbyn — a European leader with a unique record of solidarity with Palestinians. He had suffered four years of constant media abuse, recasting his activism as evidence of antisemitism. The …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/antisemitism-has-been-used-to-smear-the-left-while-the-right-targets-jews/

Ecuador Buys $4m Worth of Non-Lethal Weapons for Armed Forces
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-08
Ecuador's Ministry of Defense announced Monday it will purchase US$3.6 million worth of non-lethal weapons and riot gear for the Armed Forces, ahead of new strikes called by various social and Indigenous groups for the first quarter of 2020. | RELATED: | UN: Unnecessary and Disproportionate Repression in Ecuador | "Following NATO's criteria, we have bought gear to Israel, France, and the United States," Minister of Defense Oswaldo Jarrin told the press, adding that the gear will be…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-Buys-4m-Worth-of-Non-Lethal-Weapons-for-Armed-Forces-20200108-0010.html

Israeli Experts: Iran's Strikes Predictable, Main Goal to Force Americans Out of Iraq
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-08
Iran has promised to avenge the death of Qasem Soleimani, the top commander of the Quds Force and one of Iran's most prominent military leaders, who was killed in a US strike on 3 January in Iraq.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202001081077977213-israeli-experts-irans-strikes-predictable-main-goal-to-force-americans-out-of-iraq/

Iran warns 'Great Satan' America that any new attack will result in 'painful and crushing' response, including against Israel
rt.com | 2020-01-08
If the US and its allies launch any more attacks on Iran, they will incur "more painful and crushing responses," the Islamic Revolutionary Guards of Iran warned, noting that the 'Zionist regime' of Israel would not be spared. | The IRGC issued a statement in the early hours of Wednesday local time, after launching a volley of missiles against two bases used by US forces inside Iraq, in retaliation for last week's drone assassination of IRGC Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani outside Baghdad. | We warn the Great Satan, the bloodthirsty and arrogant regime of the US, that any new wicked act or more moves and agg…
rt.com/news/477684-iran-great-satan-warning/

Khamenei says our military action against US 'not enough'
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-08
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that his country's attack was "a slap in the face of the U.S.," and said the military action is still "not enough."Khamenei made these statements in a televised interview, hours after the Iranian missile strike on two Iraqi military bases that host U.S. forces.Khamenei described the attack on the military bases as "successful", and that "our enemy is the U.S. and the Zionist entity [Israel], and last night we slapped the U.S.".He also reiterated his country's refusal to renew nuclear talks with the U.S.Earlier Wednesday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary…
yenisafak.com/en/world/khamenei-says-our-military-action-against-us-not-enough-3509128

Justice at Last?
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-01-08
'Panic' in Israel as the ICC Takes 'Momentous Step' in the Right Direction…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/justice-at-last/

Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Man While Demolishing his Home
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-07
Ras Al Auja, a community, located in 'area C' of the occupied West Bank, North of Jericho City, and home to 700-800 Palestinians, was stormed, on Monday, by Israeli soldiers and teams of 'Civil Administration' staff, Quds News Network reported. Activist, Hamzah Zbeidan, said that over two hundred Israeli soldiers …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-injure-palestinian-man-while-demolishing-his-home/

Peace Now: 1,936 Israeli Settlement Units Approved for Occupied West Bank
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-07
In a statement, on Monday, settlement watchdog Peace Now, said that the Israeli planning authority advanced the plans for the building of 1,936 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine News Network reported. A total of 786 housing units received the final approval needed before the building …
imemc.org/article/peace-now-1936-israeli-settlement-units-approved-for-occupied-west-bank/

Jordanians protest import of Israeli gas
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-07
The import of gas from Israel by Jordan has been staunchly opposed by several political and civil society sections in the country as a betrayal of the people of Palestine in an attempt to normalize relations with the Zionist state…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/07/jordanians-protest-import-of-israeli-gas/

Israeli Military Court Rejects Appeal of Palestinian Prisoner on Hunger Strike for 107 Days
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-07
The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said that the Israeli military court of Ofer rejected an appeal submitted for the release of prisoner Ahmad, Zahran, who has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 107 consecutive days in protest of his detention without charge or trial, the Palestinian News and …
imemc.org/article/israeli-military-court-rejects-appeal-of-palestinian-prisoner-on-hunger-strike-for-107-days/

Killing Soleimani Reflects US Desperation in the Middle East
Ramzy Baroud — Romana Rubeo | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-07
By killing top Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani, American and Israeli leaders demonstrated the idiom 'out of the frying pan into the fire.' US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are both politically and legally embattled — the former has just been impeached and the latter is dogged by an Attorney General…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/07/killing-soleimani-reflects-us-desperation-in-the-middle-east/

Palestinian Family Homeless After Israel Ordered Home Demolished
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-07
Palestinian civilian, Maher Nasser emptied the contents of his home, following an order by the Israeli occupation municipality to self-demolish his home, Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwan) reported. In the village of Jabal al-Mokabber, occupied East Jerusalem, southern West Bank, Nasser said that he spent years trying to obtain an …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-family-homeless-after-israel-ordered-home-demolished/

Longest Serving Palestinian Prisoners Have Spent 38 Years in Israeli Prison
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-07
The two longest-serving Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, cousins Karim and Maher Younis, have been behind bars for 38 years, on Monday, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the two, along with 24 other prisoners, were supposed to have been released in 2014 …
imemc.org/article/longest-serving-palestinian-prisoners-have-spent-38-years-in-israeli-prison/

Why Did Hamas Mourn Qassem Soleimani?
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-07
by Motasem Ahmed Dalloul, Days of Palestine As soon as the assassination of Iran's General Qassem Soleimani was confirmed by the Pentagon, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement was among those mourning him and blaming the US for causing chaos in the region through its violations against the "resistance axis" in …
imemc.org/article/why-did-hamas-mourn-qassem-soleimani/

Israeli Prosecution Indicts Five Jerusalemite Palestinian Political Prisoners
Saed Bannoura | imemc.org | 2020-01-07
The Israeli Prosecutors' office in occupied East Jerusalem filed, Monday, an indictment against five young Palestinian men from the al-Isawiya town, accusing them of violating the "nighty house arrest orders" which were issued against them previously. Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud said the Israeli prosecutor filed the indictment against the five detained …
imemc.org/article/israeli-prosecution-indicts-five-jerusalemite-palestinian-political-prisoners/

Fateh Official: Israel's Settlement Colonization is an Illegal Presence That Must Be Removed
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-07
Fateh spokesman and member of its Revolutionary Council, Osama al-Qawasmi, said that Israel's settlement colonization of Palestinian occupied land is the illegal presence that must be removed, and not the Palestinian buildings and properties. He said, in response to statements made by Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, in which he […]
| | On Monday morning, Christmas…
imemc.org/article/fateh-official-israels-settlement-colonization-is-an-illegal-presence-that-must-be-removed/

Putin Should Take Control of the Iranian Situation Out of Israel's Hands
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
At this time, it is up to Israel whether or not war occurs between the US and Iran. Israel very much wants this war as a means of putting Iran and Syria into chaos, thus leaving Hezbollah isolated and unsupplied….
globalresearch.ca/putin-should-take-control-iranian-situation-out-israel-hands/5699882

Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Beit Ummar
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-06
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and injured many Palestinians protesting the invasion. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the ath-Thaher area, close to the illegal Karmie Tzur colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands, south …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-in-beit-ummar-2/

The "Great Game" is Afoot: Killing Soleimani Reflects US Desperation in the Middle East
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-06
By killing top Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani, American and Israeli leaders demonstrated the idiom 'out of the frying pan into the fire.' US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are both politically and legally embattled — the former has just been impeached and the latter is dogged by an Attorney General …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/the-great-game-is-afoot-killing-soleimani-reflects-us-desperation-in-the-middle-east/

Israel's Fingerprint Are All Over the Assassination of Qasem Soleimani
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-06
The fingerprints of Israeli intelligence, the Mossad, are unmistakably present in the assassination. It is plausible that the attack at Soleimani's convoy was a joint CIA-Mossad operation.
mintpressnews.com/israel-mossad-fingerprints-assassination-qasem-soleimani/263923/

Putin's Hour Is at Hand
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
Vladimir Putin is the most impressive leader on the world stage. He survived and arose from a Russia corrupted by Washington and Israel during the Yeltsin years and reestablished Russia as a world power. He dealt successfully with American/Israeli aggression …
globalresearch.ca/putin-hour/5699822

An Act of Cowardice: US Assassination of Soleimani Puts US-Israeli Fear of Iran on Full Display
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-06
Neither Israel or the US is prepared for an all out war with Iran, "hit and run" seems to be the tactic of choice. Hit Iranian targets in Syria or Iraq, and then run.
mintpressnews.com/us-assassination-qasem-soleimani-us-israel-fear-iran/263914/

An Act of Cowardice: US Assassination of Soleimani Puts US-Israeli Fear of Iran on Full Display
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-06
Neither Israel or the US is prepared for an all out war with Iran, "hit and run" seems to be the tactic of choice. Hit Iranian targets in Syria or Iraq, and then run.
mintpressnews.com/us-assassination-qasem-soleimani-us-israel-fear-iran/263914/

Why a Shadowy Tech Firm With Ties to Israeli Intelligence Is Running Doomsday Election Simulations
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-04
A shadowy tech firm with deep ties to Israeli intelligence and newly inked contracts to protect Pentagon computers is partnering with Lockheed Martin to gain unprecedented access to the heart of America's democracy.
mintpressnews.com/cybereason-israel-tech-firm-doomsday-election-simulations/263886/

Why a Shadowy Tech Firm With Ties to Israeli Intelligence Is Running Doomsday Election Simulations
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-04
A shadowy tech firm with deep ties to Israeli intelligence and newly inked contracts to protect Pentagon computers is partnering with Lockheed Martin to gain unprecedented access to the heart of America's democracy.
mintpressnews.com/cybereason-israel-tech-firm-doomsday-election-simulations/263886/

Trump Order Aimed at Palestine Solidarity, Not Antisemitism
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2020-01-04
Antisemitism is a very real problem–which Donald Trump is exploiting to advance an anti-Palestinian agenda. | President Donald Trump issued an executive order last month to deny funding to post-secondary schools that violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by discriminating against Jewish people. The order notes that such bigotry is rooted in antisemitism, and says that it will determine whether discrimination has occurred by using the non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism adopted by the…
fair.org/home/trump-order-aimed-at-palestine-solidarity-not-antisemitism/

Trump Order Aimed at Palestine Solidarity, Not Antisemitism
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2020-01-04
Antisemitism is a very real problem–which Donald Trump is exploiting to advance an anti-Palestinian agenda. | President Donald Trump issued an executive order last month to deny funding to post-secondary schools that violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by discriminating against Jewish people. The order notes that such bigotry is rooted in antisemitism, and says that it will determine whether discrimination has occurred by using the non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism adopted by the…
fair.org/home/trump-order-aimed-at-palestine-solidarity-not-antisemitism/

Soleimani's Assassination: An Act of Psychological Warfare
Mostafa Afzalzadeh | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-04
Douglas Valentine believes that assassination of Iran's General Qassem Soleimani is an act of psychological warfare which allows Trump to deflect attention from the impeachment scandal and appease his American and Israeli followers. Douglas Valentine is the author of The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. His rare access …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/soleimanis-assassination-an-act-of-psychological-warfare/

The Year in Palestine and Israel: Part Two
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-02
The Real News Network's Marc Steiner and Shir Hever discuss corruption charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the far right, and…
therealnews.com/stories/the-year-in-palestine-and-israel-part-two

The Year in Palestine and Israel: Part One
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-01
The Real News Network's Marc Steiner and Shir Hever discuss the upcoming election, corruption charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and…
therealnews.com/stories/the-year-in-palestine-and-israel-part-one

Headlines for December 30, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-30
Man Stabs 5 Jewish Worshipers Celebrating Hanukkah at Rabbi's Home in New York, Gunman Shoots and Kills 2 Worshipers During Church Service in Texas, U.S. Launches Airstrikes in Iraq & Syria After U.S. Contractor Killed in Iraq, 250,000 People Flee Syrian Government Offensive in Idlib, Bombing Kills 79 in Mogadishu, Somalia, Taliban Agrees to Temporary Ceasefire in Afghanistan, 10 Killed in Strike on Military Parade in Southern Yemen, Politico: Democratic Party Insiders Now Think Sanders Could Win Nomination, WaPo: Giuliani Held Back-Channel Call with Maduro, France: Strikes Against Pension Overhaul Enter 25th Day…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/30/headlines

Israel Bombs Gaza For Xmas, Israel Threatens To Attack All Helping Iran & Saudis Bomb Yemen Market
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-27
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/26/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-bombs-gaza-for-xmas-israel-threatens-attack-all-helping-iran-saudis-bomb-yemen-market/

Israel AGAIN Attacks Syria Over Christmas, Khashoggi Trial Theater & MSM N Korea Xmas Fear-Mongering
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-24
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/24/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-again-attacks-syria-over-christmas-khashoggi-trial-theater-msm-n-korea-xmas-fear-mongering/

ICC To Investigate Israeli Government War Crimes & UN Again Contradicts US Claims Of Iran "Proof"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-21
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/20/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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International Criminal Court to Launch Full Investigation Into Israeli War Crimes
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-12-20
"In brief, I am satisfied that war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip."

International Criminal Court to Launch Full Investigation Into Israeli War Crimes

Israel Bombs Gaza, 2020 NDAA's Israel Focus, Iran Excuse Now In Afghanistan & West Bank Take Over
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-20
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/19/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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UN Counters US Claims Of "Proof" Iran Attacked Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu Impunity & Turkey Sanctions
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-13
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/12/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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Suspects in Jersey City Attack 'Expressed Interest' in Black Hebrew Israelites, Authorities Say
Hatewatch Staff and Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2019-12-12
The two suspects in this week's deadly attack in a Hasidic neighborhood in Jersey City, New Jersey, held views that reflected a hatred of Jewish people and law enforcement, New Jersey's attorney general said Thursday.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/12/12/suspects-jersey-city-attack-expressed-interest-black-hebrew-israelites-authorities-say