progressive.international (2023-05-30). BDS: Resisting Israeli Settler-Colonialism. progressive.international Omar Barghouti reflects on the situation in Palestine and calls on progressives to challenge Israel's apartheid regime.

Staff (2023-05-30). 31 May, Online Event: The Battle of Life and Freedom — The Case of Walid Daqqah. samidoun.net Join us on Wednesday, May 31 for an online event to Free Walid Daqqah! Walid Daqqah is a Palestinian political prisoner, intellectual and freedom fighter suffering from a rare cancer who requires freedom to receive proper treatment after years of medical neglect in Zionist prisons. Hear from: Sanaa Salameh, the wife of Walid Daqqah with Charlotte …

Staff (2023-05-30). Mass demonstration in Vancouver commemorates 75 years of Nakba and resistance. samidoun.net Samidoun Vancouver joined with the Palestinian Youth Movement, Canada Palestine Association, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights UBC and the International League of People's Struggle to commemorate the ongoing Nakba since 1948 on Sunday, 14 May 2023. Hundreds participated in a mass popular march from the Vancouver Art Gallery in the center of downtown to the …

Staff (2023-05-30). MI5 officer and the conspiracy to kill the Queen of England. youtube.com "They did intend to at least seriously injure or kill her [Princess Diana]…she was about to go into campaigning on behalf of the Palestinians." Former MI5 officer Annie Machon on the alleged conspiracy to have the future Queen of England killed. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

Staff (2023-05-30). Israelis demolishes immobile elderly Palestinian's home. youtube.com "Can you see this house, this house? It's going to be blown up and collapse. I'm telling you now." The most moral army in the world commanding an immobile elderly Palestinian woman to leave her soon to be demolished home. -Credit: MiddleEastMonitor Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

Staff (2023-05-30). Fuerzas de ocupación israelí demuelen viviendas en Cisjordania. cubadebate.cu Este lunes, medios locales palestinos informaron que fuerzas de ocupación israelí demolieron varias viviendas en dos territorios: al este de la ciudad de Jericó y en la aldea de Belén en Cisjordania. El 27 de mayo, los consulados de un grupo de países europeos emitieron un comunicado en el que instaron a Israel a detener las demoliciones.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-05-30). Fuerzas de Israel demuelen viviendas palestinas en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Entre tanto, en una aldea en Belén también en Cisjordania el ejército demolió otra vivienda.

Nora Barrows-Friedman, The Electronic Intifada. (2023-05-29). NY Bill Would Stop Charities From Funding Israeli Crimes. popularresistance.org A new bill would prevent New York state-based registered charities from funding illegal Israeli settlement activities in the occupied West Bank. | Introduced by state Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, the bill is the first of its kind in targeting US-based not-for-profit organizations involved in the violent dispossession and expulsion of Palestinians from their land. | Mamdani told The Electronic Intifada that representatives of human rights groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace, the Adalah Justice Project, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, came to his office "and…

Staff (2023-05-29). Over 700 celebrate Palestinian struggle at Resistance Festival organized by Samidoun Brussels. samidoun.net On the afternoon of Saturday, 27 May, in Bethlehem Square in Brussels, Belgium, Samidoun Brussels organized its first Resistance Festival, part of the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the ongoing Nakba. This cultural, social and political event celebrated Palestinian resistance in all forms, reaffirming the anti-colonialist, anti-racist nature of the struggle for Palestinian return …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-29). WFP expected to cut food aid to Palestine due to lack of funding. peoplesdispatch.org The UN agency estimates that US$ 51 million is needed to continue its operations in Palestine until the end of this year…

Miko Peled (2023-05-30). The Cultural Looting of Gaza. mintpressnews.com There needs to be a particularly high standard of cynicism and cruelty to rob destitute people. In many ways, this is what capitalism is all about. But to use the fact that people are near ruin to exploit them is as cold as it gets. | People in Gaza are confined to living with few resources in what amounts to a prison. They are permitted levels of nutrition and medicine that are just enough to prevent total starvation and disease. This is only because Israel, which controls the piece of land known as the Gaza Strip, does not want disease to spread into its own borders. | Exploiting Gazans: | Israel exploi…

Staff (2023-05-30). Headlines for May 30, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Ceiling Deal Would Cap Nonmilitary Spending, Add Welfare Work Requirements, Slash IRS Funds, Sudan's Rival Military Factions Extend Shaky Truce, Drone Attacks on Moscow Follow Russian Airstrikes on Kyiv, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wins Reelection in Presidential Runoff, Israeli Settlers Move to Reestablish Illegal Outpost in Occupied West Bank, Libyan Court Sentences 23 Men to Death over ISIS Takeover of Sirte, Ugandan President Signs Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill That Includes Death Penalty, Lula Welcomes Venezuelan President Maduro to Brazil, Blasts U.S. Sanctions, 16 Killed Across U.

Staff (2023-05-30). Why Is Corporate Media Reporting Israel's Crimes? leecamp.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-29). Israel Launches Airstrikes Targeting Syrian Capital of Damascus. news.antiwar.com Israel launched airstrikes in Syria on Sunday night, hitting targets near the capital Damascus that caused material damage, Syria's SANA news agency reported. A military source told SANA that the airstrikes were launched from the direction of the Golan Heights and that Syria's air defenses intercepted some of the missiles. No casualties were reported in …

Fight Back (2023-05-29). Grand Rapids, MI: Rally for Patrick Lyoya demands end to trial delays. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – On Saturday, May 27, 60-plus community members gathered in Martin Luther King Park for a march to demand justice for Patrick Lyoya. Lyoya was a 26-year-old Congolese refugee murdered by Grand Rapids Police Department Officer Christopher Schurr last year. Peter Lyoya, Patrick's father, is determined to keep public focus on the case to stop the city and Schurr's defense team from further delaying a trial. | The march was organized by the Lyoya family, in cooperation with the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Kent County Commissioner Robert Womack. Israel Siku, a tr…

Staff (2023-05-27). Resistance Festival today, Saturday 27 May, in Brussels, Belgium, welcomes Lowkey, Osloob, Raj'een, Achille and more! samidoun.net On Saturday, 27 May, Brussels, Belgium will be home to the Resistance Festival, a political, cultural and artistic festival in support of the Palestinian resistance and confronting 75 years of Nakba, occupation and racism. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, together with many Palestinian, Arab and international associations, is organizing the Resistance Festival in Bethlehem Square …

Staff (2023-05-27). Palestinian prisoners announce struggle steps to defend Ahmad Sa'adat, Walid Daqqah. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Sa'adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was ordered returned to isolation for an additional week by the Zionist prison administration, in retaliation for writing a political article. This came after Sa'adat, along with fellow leaders Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh and Walid Hanatsheh, were to be released …

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-27). Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault. popularresistance.org

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-27). Global solidarity event in Lebanon: Palestine is the cause of all. plenglish.com The participants of the event discussed the confrontation with the ambitions of the West and the United States, the centrality of the Palestinian cause and the urgency of moving towards a multipolar order. | The positions of solidarity towards Palestine on the part of intellectuals, popular communicators, academics and journalists focused on strengthening unity, rejecting normalization of relations with Israel, and demanding greater condemnation from the international community. | Lisandro Brusco, militant of the Movimiento Amplio de Izquierda-Rosario of Argentina, stressed the need to strengthen the resistance…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-05-27). Settlers burn Palestinian village, deliver Israel's arsonist agenda. electronicintifada.net Netanyahu's extreme-right government passes pro-settlement budget.

Michael Arria (2023-05-27). PayPal Upholds Its Discriminatory Ban on Palestinians Amid Pressure Campaign. truthout.org PayPal has upheld its ban on Palestinians living in the occupied territories. While Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are prohibited from using the service, Israeli settlers are allowed to use the digital payment platform. The company's decision comes days after eleven Democratic House members called on PayPal to expand its services to Palestinians. The letter was delivered at the company's… |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-27). Around 200 Palestinians forcefully displaced from West Bank village by Israel. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian inhabitants of the Ein Samiya village in the Jordan Valley were forced to leave their homes due to sustained violence by Israeli forces and settlers. Many have termed this an act of ethnic cleansing…

Rania Khalek (2023-05-27). How China's Rise Has the Middle East Declaring Independence from US, w/ Ali Abunimah. thealtworld.com It's a new era of global power dynamics where countries sometimes have the option to say no to the U.S. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Middle East. | Almost 12 years after being kicked out of the Arab League, Syria has been welcomed back into the fold by many of the U.S.-allied countries that tried to destroy it. | All this time Israel was banking on normalization with Saudi Arabia and the opposite happened, with China overseeing a Saudi peace deal with Iran. | Why? What does this multipolarity mean for the region? And how might it impact Palestine and the broader resistance axis? | To discuss this and…

scorinoco (2023-05-27). Uruguay: It Is Time for Self-Criticism. orinocotribune.com By María Landi — May 19, 2023 | On May 15, the 75th anniversary of Nakba, the ethnic cleansing that destroyed Palestine and established the State of Israel on its ruins was commemorated with events, marches and activities around the world, including in Latin America. In Uruguay, however, the date went unnoticed in institutions and civil society [1]. It is a paradox that in Uruguay, May is the Month of Memory, and that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the civic-military coup, and at the same time, in Uruguay the Nakba continues to be, three-quarters of a century later, a memory denied, silenced, ignore…

Staff (2023-05-27). Around 200 Palestinians leave their homes in Jordan Valley due to violence by Israeli forces and settlers. peoplesdispatch.org Around 200 Palestinians, including 78 children, who were living in the village of Ein Samiya packed their belongings and left for good earlier this week to avoid the constant violence unleashed by illegal Israeli settlers and occupation forces. Activists have termed it yet another instance of ethnic cleansing. The Palestinians have been living in the …

Unicorn Riot (2023-05-27). Palestinian Khader Adnan Dies on Hunger Strike in Israeli Prison. unicornriot.ninja

WUFJEP (2023-05-27). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Editor (2023-05-28). 'Not on Our Dime': Why Democrats are Finally Challenging Israel. scheerpost.com By Ramzy Baroud / MintPressNews Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. Following the provocative 'Flag March' on May 18, which is carried out annually by Israeli Jewish extremists in the …

electronicintifada.net (2023-05-27). How Israel helped bring down Jeremy Corbyn. electronicintifada.net The story of how a hostile foreign government helped stop a socialist becoming Britain's prime minister.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-27). After Inviting Syrian President, UAE Invites Israeli Prime Minister To UN Climate Summit. southfront.org Public domain brand logo for COP28 UAE. | On May 23, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) invited Israel to the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP28. | Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE's ambassador to Israel, delivered letters of invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog on behalf of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | COP28 will be held at Dubai's Expo City from November 30 through December 12. According to t…

Fight Back (2023-05-27). Minnesotans testify to State Board of Investment to urge divestment from Israel. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – The Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) meets quarterly to review investment reports and to hear from the public. Normally the meetings start around 10 a.m., but on May 25 the SBI started their meeting over three hours late. The Executive Board, which includes Governor Tim Walz, Secretary of State Steve Simon, Attorney General Keith Ellison and State Auditor Julie Blaha, heard testimony concerning taconite mining leases until after 1 p.m. | By the time the governor acknowledged the SBI meeting, most of the people who had come for the public meeting had been turned away due to the meeting bein…

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-27). These Israeli Youth Are Burning Their Draft Orders. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-27). U.S. Government Hopes Netanyahu Will Broker Ukraine War's Settlement. theduran.com