Daily Archives: December 8, 2019

2019-12-08: News Headlines

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-08). Israel Bombs Gaza, Israeli Bot Group Caught Spreading Hate & US Admits Houthis Not "Iran Proxy" thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (12/7/19). 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 …

Stephen Lendman (2019-12-08). Nuclear Armed and Dangerous Israel. Is Israel Preparing to Attack Iran? globalresearch.ca Israel is nuclear-armed and dangerous, developing these weapons since the mid-1950s, its well-known open secret the official narrative conceals. | Its ruling authorities refused to sign the NPT or abide by its provisions. Nor do they permit IAEA inspections of …

Stephen Lendman (2019-12-08). Anglo-Zionist Plot Against Britain's Jeremy Corbyn. globalresearch.ca Anglo-Zionists and UK religious leaders in cahoots with Israeli hardliners are going all-out to prevent Jeremy Corbyn from becoming UK prime minister in December 12 elections — because of his anti-war, progressive agenda. | He advocates a peace and stability foreign …

South Front (2019-12-08). Video: Israeli Air Force Bombed 'Iranian Targets' Near Syria-Iraq Border. globalresearch.ca The Israeli Air Force has carried out a new round of strikes on Iranian-linked targets near the Syrian-Iraqi border. The airstrikes reportedly hit at the al-Hamadan airport north of the town of al-Bukamal. | Pro-Israeli sources claimed that the strike destroyed …

Sandra Rambler (2019-12-08). 'Apaches Standing Strong to Defend Sacred Oak Flat from Mining' by Sandra Rambler. indybay.org Apaches arise to defend their sacred Oak Flat, as the racism and greed of Arizona Congressmen and Resolution Copper target their water and ceremonial place for mining.

The Canary (2019-12-08). John McDonnell challenges accuracy of Sunday Times claims about antisemitism in the Labour Party. thecanary.co John McDonnell has spoken out on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show after a Sunday Times report claimed Labour is still overwhelmed with complaints about anti-Jewish racism that have been left unresolved for months or years. | Rebutting claims in the Sunday Times that more than 130 cases remain outstanding, McDonnell said there were only ever "a small number" of antisemites in his party. | He said his party has "done everything we can possibly do", but "want to learn more lessons". | The shadow chancellor also stressed that following investigations, Labour has "started kicking" anyone found to be antisemitic "out in numb…

William Camacaro (2019-12-08). Fascists, with Help from the US, Are Trying to Take Control of Latin America. globalresearch.ca Clearing the FOG hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese interviewed William Camacaro, a Venezuelan activist living in New York City who is active with the Solidarity Committee with Venezuela NYC and organizes food sovereignty tours to Venezuela, on the eve …

James Wright (2019-12-08). The Tories were just so antisemitic, they forced the BBC to cover it. thecanary.co The Conservative Party's ongoing antisemitism crisis has become so bad even the BBC and some sections of the corporate media have covered it. | Pro-Nazi activity?: | In the final week of the election, another three Conservative parliamentary candidates are facing c…

Larry Romanoff (2019-12-08). The Planned 1933 Fascist Coup in America. globalresearch.ca The secret US government and the European bankers have cherished this plan of an American fascist dictatorship for many decades, a plan that almost succeeded when a group of American financiers (including George H. W. Bush's father Prescott Bush) …

RT (2019-12-08). Trump accused of 'Jewsplaining' after blaming some American Jews of 'not loving Israel enough'. rt.com President Donald Trump has been accused of talking down to American Jews, after urging them to give more support to Israel. | More must be done in the United States to promote solidarity with Israel, Trump told nearly 4,000 Israelis and American Jews at the Israeli-American Council conference in Florida. | We have to get the people of our country, of this country, to love Israel more, I have to tell you that. We have to do it. We have to get them to love Israel more. Because you have people that are Jewish people that are great people — they don't love Israel enough. | While his grievance was well receive…

RT (2019-12-08). Social justice or bullying a child? American ballerina rounds up Instagram mob to lecture 14yo Russian dancer on blackface. rt.com The US may be cannibalizing itself with social justice dogma, but some places remain untouched by the long arm of the woke. Not anymore, as a prominent ballerina took to hounding Russian children on the internet for 'racism.' | Ballerina Misty Copeland made history in 2015 by becoming the American Ballet Theater's first black principal dancer. She's since appeared in productions of 'Swan Lake,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'The Nutcracker,' among others. Lately, however, she's also found time to publicly shame Russian children for not measuring up to American standards of political correctness. | In an Instagram pos…

Ed Sykes (2019-12-08). Football is standing up to right-wing racism at the best possible time. thecanary.co As the billionaire media's longstanding anti-Labour propaganda continues, football institutions are standing up to racism from the Conservative Party and its supporters. And with the 2019 election just days away, this could hardly come at a more important time. | Boris Johnson and co are 'fuelling racism':…

Mehdi Hasan (2019-12-07). Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Is an Engine of Anti-Muslim Hate the World Over. Don't You Care? theintercept.com What happened to the guy who told his Muslim employees in 2015 that he would "fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment"?

teleSUR (2019-12-07). US: Four Dead in a Shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Base. telesurenglish.net A Saudi Air Force second lieutenant Friday killed three people and wounded eight others in a shooting rampage at the U.S. Navy base at Pensacola, Florida. | RELATED: | US House Passes Resolution Breaking with Trump on Israel Policy | Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan informed the attacker was shot down by officers who were at the base, which is currently closed. | The shooting occurred in a two-story classroom. Among the hurt are two agents from the Escambia County Sheriff…

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-07). Palestinian President Commends US Congress for Support. imemc.org The Palestinian Presidency applauded the US Congress, on Friday, for supporting the two-state solution and rejecting the annexation of occupied Palestinian land, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. President Abbas praised congress for their solidarity against Israel's settlement policy, the fait accompli, and for recognizing the aspirations of the …

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-07). US Claims "Fresh Intelligence" Of Iran Attacks Yet Provides Zero Evidence — MSM Blindly Regurgitates. thelastamericanvagabond.com Here we go again with "fresh intelligence" to justify the continued sanctions and destabilization of Iran. It's a plan that has been well documented even by their own writings (See Which Path to Persia? — 2009). Of course, complicating U.S. foreign policy is the involvement of Israel. The Last American Vagabond covers the latest political posturing, distortion, and general …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-07). Belgian Trade Delegation to Israel Cancelled. imemc.org The trade mission would have taken place from the 8th to the 11th of December, will not go forward, due to criticism from the political opposition and several activist organizations, leading to its discontinuation, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported. The delegation would have consisted of representatives from the Walloon …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-07). Body of Palestinian Teen 'Arrested' by Israel Returned Home After 355 Days. imemc.org Tareq Hajjaj for Middle East Eye Mystery surrounds the death of Emad Khalil Ibrahim Shahin, 17, who was arrested on November 4, 2018, for breaching the Israeli fence between Gaza and Israel. Having slipped through Israel's security fence, Emad Khalil Ibrahim Shahin and his friends sneaked into an abandoned barracks …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-07). Islamic Organization Criticizes Israel's Settlement Plans in Hebron. imemc.org The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned a controversial plan by Israel to build a new settlement in the heart of the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestine News Network reported. Naftali Bennett, right-wing Israeli minister of military affairs, said on Sunday, that the new settlement, to …

WSWS (2019-12-07). SEP (UK) candidate Chris Marsden speaks on Kashmir and Palestine at Sheffield mosque hustings. wsws.org Marsden told the attentive audience, "Kashmir has been a terrible victim of the partition of India on religious and communal lines."

WSWS (2019-12-07). Former head of German Secret Service publishes fascist manifesto. wsws.org Maassen's article contains a thinly-veiled call for building a fascist movement to crush working class opposition to social inequality and militarism.

Tracy Keeling (2019-12-07). The BBC is under fire for one 'disgraceful' screw-up it made in the leaders' debate. thecanary.co The BBC held the last leadership debate of the election on 6 December. Titled "The Prime Ministerial Debate", it featured audience members putting a series of questions to Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson, allowing them to make the case for being Britain's next leader. | The party leaders answered questions on the NHS, Brexit, racism, trust, and other things. But arguably the most pressing issue facing the UK and, indeed, the world was almost entirely missing from the debate.

RT (2019-12-07). Satanic Temple members say 'HELL NO' to discrimination after American Airlines forces woman to change 'HAIL SATAN' shirt. rt.com Backers of the Satanic Temple are raising hell after American Airlines forced a Florida woman to change out of a shirt proclaiming "Hail Satan," threatening to remove her from the flight over its "offensive" message. | Key West resident Swati Runi Goyal was awaiting takeoff aboard a flight headed for Las Vegas on the day before Halloween — known in some regions as "Devil's Night" — when an American Airlines crew member approached her demanding an immediate wardrobe change. | "The gentleman asked me if I understood what 'offensive' meant," Goyal told the New York Post. "I said, 'I'm a foreign-born min…

Andrew Coates (2019-12-06). French parliament decides anti-Zionism is antisemitism. mronline.org New Law Faced Critics Alleging it "Stigmatises and Silences " Critics of Israel, and even those in Favour of 2 State Solution. | Source

teleSUR (2019-12-06). US House Passes Resolution Breaking with Trump on Israel Policy. telesurenglish.net The U.S. House of Representatives passed a symbolic resolution on Friday backing a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, following initiatives from President Donald Trump heavily favoring the Jewish state. | RELATED: | Israeli Occupation Cost Palestine $48b Between 2000-2017: UN | The resolution, introduced by Democra…

IMEMC News (2019-12-06). Palestinian Detainees In Asqalan Suspend Hunger Strike. imemc.org Three days after starting a hunger strike in Asqalan Israeli prison, Palestinian detainees suspended their strike after reaching an agreement with the Prison Administration to move them to a section that has better living conditions. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the detainees will be resuming the hunger strike if …

IMEMC News (2019-12-06). Soldiers Seriously Injure A Palestinian Teen Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, Friday, a Palestinian teen in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after the army invaded the town, and attacked Palestinians protesting the invasion. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics provided the essential treatment to the …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-06). Body of Palestinian Prisoner Sami Abu Diak Released to Jordan. imemc.org Israel, on Friday, released to Jordan, the body of a the Palestinian prisoner who recently died in Israeli custody, due to deliberate medical negligence custody, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Chairman of the Prisoners' Affairs Commission, Qadri Abu Baker announced that the Israeli occupation authorities handed over the …

IMEMC News (2019-12-06). Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Bethlehem And Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank governorates on Bethlehem and Tulkarem, and summoned a young man for interrogation, after the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that several army jeeps invaded 'Aida refugee …

IMEMC News (2019-12-06). Israeli Soldiers Injure 37 Palestinians In Gaza. imemc.org The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 37 Palestinians, including 10 children, during the Great Return March processions along the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. 0The Health Ministry said the four of the injured Palestinians were shot with live rounds, and ten with rubber-coated …

WSWS (2019-12-06). Ukraine: Three-year-old boy killed in attempted political assassination by the far right. wsws.org The killing of a three-year-old demonstrates that far-right forces in Ukraine are being given free rein to carry out targeted political assassinations.

Robert Fantina (2019-12-06). Is Kashmir India's Palestine? counterpunch.org In August of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India suspended Article 370 of the constitution, the provision that granted some level of autonomy to Kashmir. Already heavily policed by Indian soldiers, nearly 40,000 additional troops were deployed to 'calm' (read: further oppress) the population following Modi's repressive and illegal decision. Travel in and More

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-06). Foreign Minister Denounces World Forum Art Exhibition Sabotage. imemc.org The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned, on Friday, the removal of the art exhibition hosted by the State of Palestine and Palestinian Human Rights Organization Al-Haq from the hallways of the World Forum, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Late on the evening of December 04, …

Jon Schwarz (2019-12-06). The Supreme Court Case That Made Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Possible — and Doomed Kamala Harris. theintercept.com Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California suspended her presidential campaign on Tuesday. Why? Because, she said, she did not "have the financial resources we need to continue. I'm not a billionaire. I can't fund my own campaign." | Meanwhile, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who definitely is a billionaire, has spent at least $57 million of his own money since he jumped into the race on Novem…

commondreams (2019-12-06). Common Cause Lauds Passage of Voting Rights Advancement Act, Urges Senate to Follow Suit. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2019-12-06). House Delivers on Restoring the Voting Rights Act; Now Senate Must Act. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2019-12-06). House Vote to Restore Voting Rights Will Send Strong Message to U.S. Senators. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Peter Maass (2019-12-06). Nobel Winner Peter Handke Compared My Questions About Genocide in Bosnia to a "Calligraphy of Shit" theintercept.com At a press conference, Peter Handke refused to answer my questions about the Bosnian genocide, saying they were "empty" and "ignorant."

Ellen Isaacs (2019-12-06). The Audacity of Hypocrisy. counterpunch.org It is the era of disavowal of Trump. Long despised by anti-racists and humanists of many stripes, his foreign policy has now even offended US empire builders, leaving us with an overlap of interests between those who wish to scuttle Trump's overt policies of hate and those who hate to see US power decrease in More

splcenter (2019-12-06). Lawyer Behind Suit Against Trayvon Martin's Family Has Ties to Conspiracy Theorists. splcenter.org Larry Klayman made his name as an ultra-litigious, political gadfly who filed numerous cases against President Bill Clinton in the 1990s and then pursued debunked conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama's birthplace.

Hatewatch Staff and Rachel Janik (2019-12-06). Trump Officials Address Event Featuring Anti-LGBTQ Activists. splcenter.org A conference ostensibly meant to showcase "family policy" reveals how anti-LGBTQ groups have embraced strong-family rhetoric to push their agenda of intolerance.

RT (2019-12-06). Free pass for Israel? Ilhan Omar notes silence after Israeli group linked to fake news operation targeting Muslim US congresswomen. rt.com An Israeli group uses social media to vilify the first two Muslim women to serve in US Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. But will the revelation spark accusations of foreign meddling? Omar doesn't seem to think so. | An investigation by the Guardian has uncovered an Israeli-based operation that uses 21 Facebook pages to pump out thousands of fake news posts per week. The paper said that the social media posts "inflame Islamophobia for profit" and have directly mentioned Omar more than 1,400 times, and Tlaib nearly 1,200 times, since the operation began two years ago.The Israeli group is accused of sharin…

patrick (2019-12-06). UK Labour Party votes to stop arms trade with Israel, apply international law to trade, and support refugee return. bdsmovement.net UK Labour Party votes to stop arms trade with Israel, apply international law to trade, and support refugee return: In the NewsAt the UK Labour party's annual conference, the party voted overwhelmingly for refugees right to return, to stop "any arms trade with Israel that is used in violation of the human rights of Palestinians" and to apply international law to UK trade wi…

patrick (2019-12-06). Brown University corporate responsibility committee votes to divest from companies connected to Israeli occupation. bdsmovement.net Brown University corporate responsibility committee votes to divest from companies connected to Israeli occupation: In the NewsMichael Arria Economic Boycott Student solidarityDecember 6, 2019 | By: | | Mondoweiss

patrick (2019-12-06). Fordham University Students Win Landmark Legal Fight to Establish Palestine Club. bdsmovement.net Fordham University Students Win Landmark Legal Fight to Establish Palestine Club: In the News | Contact: Right To Boycott Student solidarityAugust 6, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Legal

patrick (2019-12-06). Success: Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Texas Anti-BDS Law To Proceed. bdsmovement.net Success: Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Texas Anti-BDS Law To Proceed: In the News A federal district court rejected efforts by the state of Texas to evade judicial review of a law that punishes boycott advocates, and allowed a lawsuit against the anti-BDS law to proceed. | Right To BoycottJuly 25, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Legal

Janine Jackson (2019-12-05). 'Giuliani Did All the Wrong Things on That Day' – CounterSpin interview with Wayne Barrett on Rudy Giuliani and 9/11. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed the Village Voice's Wayne Barrett about Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 for the August 17, 2007, episode of CounterSpin; that conversation was rebroadcast for the November 29, 2019, show. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…

Janine Jackson (2019-12-05). 'It's This Culture of Secrecy That's Pervading the Courts' – CounterSpin interview with Melissa Goodman on the PATRIOT Act. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU's Melissa Goodman about the PATRIOT Act for the September 30, 2005, episode of CounterSpin—a conversation that was reaired on the November 29, 2019, show. This is a lightly edited transcript of the rebroadcast. | Media…

Alex Anfruns (2019-12-05). Bethlehem, Palestine: "Tourists often come to see the sacred stones, not their inhabitants". dissidentvoice.org From the terrace of Wi'am, also known as the "Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre", you can see a horizon interrupted by the Israeli wall and a cloud of tear gas. At the foot of it, a narrow path leads the visitor off the tourist circuit to the refugee camp of Aida, jealously guarded by soldiers. At …

Ben Chacko (2019-12-05). Indian Communists fighting against Modi government's racist citizenship bill. peoplesworld.org The Narendra Modi government's approval of a racist citizenship law shows that it has "no idea about the history and the sacrifices of our freedom struggle," leading Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politician Brinda Karat has charged. Karat denounced the ruling BJP's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which the cabinet approved on Wednesday, and warned the …

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Video: Israeli Air Force Bombed 'Iranian Targets' Near Syria-Iraq Border
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
The Israeli Air Force has carried out a new round of strikes on Iranian-linked targets near the Syrian-Iraqi border. The airstrikes reportedly hit at the al-Hamadan airport north of the town of al-Bukamal. | Pro-Israeli sources claimed that the strike destroyed …
globalresearch.ca/video-israeli-air-force-bombed-iranian-targets-near-syria-iraq-border/5696975

Nuclear Armed and Dangerous Israel. Is Israel Preparing to Attack Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Israel is nuclear-armed and dangerous, developing these weapons since the mid-1950s, its well-known open secret the official narrative conceals. | Its ruling authorities refused to sign the NPT or abide by its provisions. Nor do they permit IAEA inspections of …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-armed-and-dangerous-israel-is-israel-preparing-to-attack-iran/5696985

Israel Bombs Gaza, Israeli Bot Group Caught Spreading Hate & US Admits Houthis Not "Iran Proxy"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-08
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 (12/7/19). 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-israeli-bot-group-caught-spreading-hate-us-admits-houthis-not-iran-proxy/

Anglo-Zionist Plot Against Britain's Jeremy Corbyn
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Anglo-Zionists and UK religious leaders in cahoots with Israeli hardliners are going all-out to prevent Jeremy Corbyn from becoming UK prime minister in December 12 elections — because of his anti-war, progressive agenda. | He advocates a peace and stability foreign …
globalresearch.ca/anglo-zionist-plot-against-britain-jeremy-corbyn/5696981

Football is standing up to right-wing racism at the best possible time
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-12-08
As the billionaire media's longstanding anti-Labour propaganda continues, football institutions are standing up to racism from the Conservative Party and its supporters. And with the 2019 election just days away, this could hardly come at a more important time. | Boris Johnson and co are 'fuelling racism':…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/12/08/football-is-standing-up-to-right-wing-racism-at-the-best-possible-time/

John McDonnell challenges accuracy of Sunday Times claims about antisemitism in the Labour Party
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-12-08
John McDonnell has spoken out on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show after a Sunday Times report claimed Labour is still overwhelmed with complaints about anti-Jewish racism that have been left unresolved for months or years. | Rebutting claims in the Sunday Times that more than 130 cases remain outstanding, McDonnell said there were only ever "a small number" of antisemites in his party. | He said his party has "done everything we can possibly do", but "want to learn more lessons". | The shadow chancellor also stressed that following investigations, Labour has "started kicking" anyone found to be antisemitic "out in numb…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/12/08/john-mcdonnell-challenges-accuracy-of-sunday-times-claims-about-antisemitism-in-the-labour-party/

'Apaches Standing Strong to Defend Sacred Oak Flat from Mining' by Sandra Rambler
Sandra Rambler | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
Apaches arise to defend their sacred Oak Flat, as the racism and greed of Arizona Congressmen and Resolution Copper target their water and ceremonial place for mining.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/06/18828681.php

Fascists, with Help from the US, Are Trying to Take Control of Latin America
William Camacaro | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Clearing the FOG hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese interviewed William Camacaro, a Venezuelan activist living in New York City who is active with the Solidarity Committee with Venezuela NYC and organizes food sovereignty tours to Venezuela, on the eve …
globalresearch.ca/fascists-help-us-trying-take-control-latin-america/5696989

The Tories were just so antisemitic, they forced the BBC to cover it
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-12-08
The Conservative Party's ongoing antisemitism crisis has become so bad even the BBC and some sections of the corporate media have covered it. | Pro-Nazi activity?: | In the final week of the election, another three Conservative parliamentary candidates are facing c…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/12/08/the-tories-were-just-so-antisemitic-they-forced-the-bbc-to-cover-it/

The Planned 1933 Fascist Coup in America
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
The secret US government and the European bankers have cherished this plan of an American fascist dictatorship for many decades, a plan that almost succeeded when a group of American financiers (including George H. W. Bush's father Prescott Bush) …
globalresearch.ca/fascist-coup-america/5693708

Trump accused of 'Jewsplaining' after blaming some American Jews of 'not loving Israel enough'
rt.com | 2019-12-08
President Donald Trump has been accused of talking down to American Jews, after urging them to give more support to Israel. | More must be done in the United States to promote solidarity with Israel, Trump told nearly 4,000 Israelis and American Jews at the Israeli-American Council conference in Florida. | We have to get the people of our country, of this country, to love Israel more, I have to tell you that. We have to do it. We have to get them to love Israel more. Because you have people that are Jewish people that are great people — they don't love Israel enough. | While his grievance was well receive…
rt.com/usa/475319-trump-american-jews-love-israel/

Social justice or bullying a child? American ballerina rounds up Instagram mob to lecture 14yo Russian dancer on blackface
rt.com | 2019-12-08
The US may be cannibalizing itself with social justice dogma, but some places remain untouched by the long arm of the woke. Not anymore, as a prominent ballerina took to hounding Russian children on the internet for 'racism.' | Ballerina Misty Copeland made history in 2015 by becoming the American Ballet Theater's first black principal dancer. She's since appeared in productions of 'Swan Lake,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'The Nutcracker,' among others. Lately, however, she's also found time to publicly shame Russian children for not measuring up to American standards of political correctness. | In an Instagram pos…
rt.com/news/475338-bolshoi-ballet-blackface-racism/

US: Four Dead in a Shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Base
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-07
A Saudi Air Force second lieutenant Friday killed three people and wounded eight others in a shooting rampage at the U.S. Navy base at Pensacola, Florida. | RELATED: | US House Passes Resolution Breaking with Trump on Israel Policy | Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan informed the attacker was shot down by officers who were at the base, which is currently closed. | The shooting occurred in a two-story classroom. Among the hurt are two agents from the Escambia County Sheriff…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-four-dead-in-a-shooting-at-pensacola-naval-air-base-20191206-0013.html

Body of Palestinian Teen 'Arrested' by Israel Returned Home After 355 Days
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-07
Tareq Hajjaj for Middle East Eye Mystery surrounds the death of Emad Khalil Ibrahim Shahin, 17, who was arrested on November 4, 2018, for breaching the Israeli fence between Gaza and Israel. Having slipped through Israel's security fence, Emad Khalil Ibrahim Shahin and his friends sneaked into an abandoned barracks …
imemc.org/article/body-of-palestinian-teen-arrested-by-israel-returned-home-after-355-days/

Belgian Trade Delegation to Israel Cancelled
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-07
The trade mission would have taken place from the 8th to the 11th of December, will not go forward, due to criticism from the political opposition and several activist organizations, leading to its discontinuation, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported. The delegation would have consisted of representatives from the Walloon …
imemc.org/article/belgian-trade-delegation-to-israel-cancelled/

US Claims "Fresh Intelligence" Of Iran Attacks Yet Provides Zero Evidence — MSM Blindly Regurgitates
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-07
Here we go again with "fresh intelligence" to justify the continued sanctions and destabilization of Iran. It's a plan that has been well documented even by their own writings (See Which Path to Persia? — 2009). Of course, complicating U.S. foreign policy is the involvement of Israel. The Last American Vagabond covers the latest political posturing, distortion, and general …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/tdwu-clips/us-claims-fresh-intelligence-iran-attacks-yet-provides-zero-evidence-msm-blindly-regurgitates/

Palestinian President Commends US Congress for Support
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-07
The Palestinian Presidency applauded the US Congress, on Friday, for supporting the two-state solution and rejecting the annexation of occupied Palestinian land, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. President Abbas praised congress for their solidarity against Israel's settlement policy, the fait accompli, and for recognizing the aspirations of the …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-president-commends-us-congress-for-support/

Islamic Organization Criticizes Israel's Settlement Plans in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-07
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned a controversial plan by Israel to build a new settlement in the heart of the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestine News Network reported. Naftali Bennett, right-wing Israeli minister of military affairs, said on Sunday, that the new settlement, to …
imemc.org/article/islamic-organization-criticizes-israels-settlement-plans-in-hebron/

SEP (UK) candidate Chris Marsden speaks on Kashmir and Palestine at Sheffield mosque hustings
wsws.org | 2019-12-07
Marsden told the attentive audience, "Kashmir has been a terrible victim of the partition of India on religious and communal lines."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/07/kash…

Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Is an Engine of Anti-Muslim Hate the World Over. Don't You Care?
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2019-12-07
What happened to the guy who told his Muslim employees in 2015 that he would "fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment"?
theintercept.com/2019/12/07/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-muslims-islamophobia/

Former head of German Secret Service publishes fascist manifesto
wsws.org | 2019-12-07
Maassen's article contains a thinly-veiled call for building a fascist movement to crush working class opposition to social inequality and militarism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/07/maas…

The BBC is under fire for one 'disgraceful' screw-up it made in the leaders' debate
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-12-07
The BBC held the last leadership debate of the election on 6 December. Titled "The Prime Ministerial Debate", it featured audience members putting a series of questions to Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson, allowing them to make the case for being Britain's next leader. | The party leaders answered questions on the NHS, Brexit, racism, trust, and other things. But arguably the most pressing issue facing the UK and, indeed, the world was almost entirely missing from the debate.
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/12/07/the-bbc-is-under-fire-for-one-disgraceful-screw-up-it-made-in-the-leaders-debate/

Satanic Temple members say 'HELL NO' to discrimination after American Airlines forces woman to change 'HAIL SATAN' shirt
rt.com | 2019-12-07
Backers of the Satanic Temple are raising hell after American Airlines forced a Florida woman to change out of a shirt proclaiming "Hail Satan," threatening to remove her from the flight over its "offensive" message. | Key West resident Swati Runi Goyal was awaiting takeoff aboard a flight headed for Las Vegas on the day before Halloween — known in some regions as "Devil's Night" — when an American Airlines crew member approached her demanding an immediate wardrobe change. | "The gentleman asked me if I understood what 'offensive' meant," Goyal told the New York Post. "I said, 'I'm a foreign-born min…
rt.com/usa/475253-hail-satan-shirt-airline/

Soldiers Seriously Injure A Palestinian Teen Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-06
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, Friday, a Palestinian teen in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after the army invaded the town, and attacked Palestinians protesting the invasion. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics provided the essential treatment to the …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-seriously-injure-a-palestinian-teen-near-hebron/

UK Labour Party votes to stop arms trade with Israel, apply international law to trade, and support refugee return
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-12-06
UK Labour Party votes to stop arms trade with Israel, apply international law to trade, and support refugee return: In the NewsAt the UK Labour party's annual conference, the party voted overwhelmingly for refugees right to return, to stop "any arms trade with Israel that is used in violation of the human rights of Palestinians" and to apply international law to UK trade wi…
bdsmovement.net/news/uk-labour-party-votes-stop-arms-trade-israel-apply-international-law-trade-and-support-refugee

French parliament decides anti-Zionism is antisemitism
Andrew Coates | mronline.org | 2019-12-06
New Law Faced Critics Alleging it "Stigmatises and Silences " Critics of Israel, and even those in Favour of 2 State Solution. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/12/06/french-parliament-decides-anti-zionism-is-antisemitism/

Israeli Soldiers Injure 37 Palestinians In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-06
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 37 Palestinians, including 10 children, during the Great Return March processions along the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. 0The Health Ministry said the four of the injured Palestinians were shot with live rounds, and ten with rubber-coated …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-37-palestinians-in-gaza/

Palestinian Detainees In Asqalan Suspend Hunger Strike
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-06
Three days after starting a hunger strike in Asqalan Israeli prison, Palestinian detainees suspended their strike after reaching an agreement with the Prison Administration to move them to a section that has better living conditions. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the detainees will be resuming the hunger strike if …
imemc.org/article/108213/

US House Passes Resolution Breaking with Trump on Israel Policy
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-06
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a symbolic resolution on Friday backing a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, following initiatives from President Donald Trump heavily favoring the Jewish state. | RELATED: | Israeli Occupation Cost Palestine $48b Between 2000-2017: UN | The resolution, introduced by Democra…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-House-Passes-Resolution-Breaking-with-Trump-on-Israel-Policy-20191206-0004.html

Body of Palestinian Prisoner Sami Abu Diak Released to Jordan
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-06
Israel, on Friday, released to Jordan, the body of a the Palestinian prisoner who recently died in Israeli custody, due to deliberate medical negligence custody, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Chairman of the Prisoners' Affairs Commission, Qadri Abu Baker announced that the Israeli occupation authorities handed over the …
imemc.org/article/body-of-palestinian-prisoner-sami-abu-diak-released-to-jordan/

Brown University corporate responsibility committee votes to divest from companies connected to Israeli occupation
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-12-06
Brown University corporate responsibility committee votes to divest from companies connected to Israeli occupation: In the NewsMichael Arria Economic Boycott Student solidarityDecember 6, 2019 | By: | | Mondoweiss …
bdsmovement.net/news/brown-university-corporate-responsibility-committee-votes-divest-companies-connected-israeli

Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Bethlehem And Tulkarem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-06
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank governorates on Bethlehem and Tulkarem, and summoned a young man for interrogation, after the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that several army jeeps invaded 'Aida refugee …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-four-palestinians-in-bethlehem-and-tulkarem/

Ukraine: Three-year-old boy killed in attempted political assassination by the far right
wsws.org | 2019-12-06
The killing of a three-year-old demonstrates that far-right forces in Ukraine are being given free rein to carry out targeted political assassinations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/07/ukra…

Success: Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Texas Anti-BDS Law To Proceed
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-12-06
Success: Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Texas Anti-BDS Law To Proceed: In the News A federal district court rejected efforts by the state of Texas to evade judicial review of a law that punishes boycott advocates, and allowed a lawsuit against the anti-BDS law to proceed. | Right To BoycottJuly 25, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Legal …
bdsmovement.net/news/success-judge-allows-lawsuit-against-texas-anti-bds-law-proceed

Foreign Minister Denounces World Forum Art Exhibition Sabotage
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-06
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned, on Friday, the removal of the art exhibition hosted by the State of Palestine and Palestinian Human Rights Organization Al-Haq from the hallways of the World Forum, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Late on the evening of December 04, …
imemc.org/article/foreign-minister-denounces-world-forum-art-exhibition-sabotage/

Fordham University Students Win Landmark Legal Fight to Establish Palestine Club
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-12-06
Fordham University Students Win Landmark Legal Fight to Establish Palestine Club: In the News | Contact: Right To Boycott Student solidarityAugust 6, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Legal …
bdsmovement.net/news/fordham-university-students-win-landmark-legal-fight-establish-palestine-club

Is Kashmir India's Palestine?
Robert Fantina | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-06
In August of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India suspended Article 370 of the constitution, the provision that granted some level of autonomy to Kashmir. Already heavily policed by Indian soldiers, nearly 40,000 additional troops were deployed to 'calm' (read: further oppress) the population following Modi's repressive and illegal decision. Travel in and…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/06/is-kashmir-indias-palestine/

The Supreme Court Case That Made Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Possible — and Doomed Kamala Harris
Jon Schwarz | theintercept.com | 2019-12-06
Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California suspended her presidential campaign on Tuesday. Why? Because, she said, she did not "have the financial resources we need to continue. I'm not a billionaire. I can't fund my own campaign." | Meanwhile, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who definitely is a billionaire, has spent at least $57 million of his own money since he jumped into the race on Novem…
theintercept.com/2019/12/06/kamala-harris-bloomberg-billionaire-buckley-valeo-supreme-court/

House Delivers on Restoring the Voting Rights Act; Now Senate Must Act
commondreams.org | 2019-12-06
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Common Cause Lauds Passage of Voting Rights Advancement Act, Urges Senate to Follow Suit
commondreams.org | 2019-12-06
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House Vote to Restore Voting Rights Will Send Strong Message to U.S. Senators
commondreams.org | 2019-12-06
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Nobel Winner Peter Handke Compared My Questions About Genocide in Bosnia to a "Calligraphy of Shit"
Peter Maass | theintercept.com | 2019-12-06
At a press conference, Peter Handke refused to answer my questions about the Bosnian genocide, saying they were "empty" and "ignorant."
theintercept.com/2019/12/06/peter-handke-nobel-prize-genocide-questions/

The Audacity of Hypocrisy
Ellen Isaacs | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-06
It is the era of disavowal of Trump. Long despised by anti-racists and humanists of many stripes, his foreign policy has now even offended US empire builders, leaving us with an overlap of interests between those who wish to scuttle Trump's overt policies of hate and those who hate to see US power decrease in…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/06/the-audacity-of-hypocrisy-2/

Lawyer Behind Suit Against Trayvon Martin's Family Has Ties to Conspiracy Theorists
splcenter.org | 2019-12-06
Larry Klayman made his name as an ultra-litigious, political gadfly who filed numerous cases against President Bill Clinton in the 1990s and then pursued debunked conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama's birthplace.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/12/06/lawyer-behind-suit-against-trayvon-martins-family-has-ties-conspiracy-theorists

Trump Officials Address Event Featuring Anti-LGBTQ Activists
Hatewatch Staff and Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2019-12-06
A conference ostensibly meant to showcase "family policy" reveals how anti-LGBTQ groups have embraced strong-family rhetoric to push their agenda of intolerance.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/12/06/trump-officials-address-event-featuring-anti-lgbtq-activists

Free pass for Israel? Ilhan Omar notes silence after Israeli group linked to fake news operation targeting Muslim US congresswomen
rt.com | 2019-12-06
An Israeli group uses social media to vilify the first two Muslim women to serve in US Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. But will the revelation spark accusations of foreign meddling? Omar doesn't seem to think so. | An investigation by the Guardian has uncovered an Israeli-based operation that uses 21 Facebook pages to pump out thousands of fake news posts per week. The paper said that the social media posts "inflame Islamophobia for profit" and have directly mentioned Omar more than 1,400 times, and Tlaib nearly 1,200 times, since the operation began two years ago.The Israeli group is accused of sharin…
rt.com/usa/475183-israel-meddling-omar-muslims-facebook/

Bethlehem, Palestine: "Tourists often come to see the sacred stones, not their inhabitants"
Alex Anfruns | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-05
From the terrace of Wi'am, also known as the "Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre", you can see a horizon interrupted by the Israeli wall and a cloud of tear gas. At the foot of it, a narrow path leads the visitor off the tourist circuit to the refugee camp of Aida, jealously guarded by soldiers. At …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/bethlehem-palestine-tourists-often-come-to-see-the-sacred-stones-not-their-inhabitants/

'It's This Culture of Secrecy That's Pervading the Courts' – CounterSpin interview with Melissa Goodman on the PATRIOT Act
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-12-05
Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU's Melissa Goodman about the PATRIOT Act for the September 30, 2005, episode of CounterSpin–a conversation that was reaired on the November 29, 2019, show. This is a lightly edited transcript of the rebroadcast. | Media…
fair.org/home/its-this-culture-of-secrecy-thats-pervading-the-courts/

Indian Communists fighting against Modi government's racist citizenship bill
Ben Chacko | peoplesworld.org | 2019-12-05
The Narendra Modi government's approval of a racist citizenship law shows that it has "no idea about the history and the sacrifices of our freedom struggle," leading Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politician Brinda Karat has charged. Karat denounced the ruling BJP's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which the cabinet approved on Wednesday, and warned the …
peoplesworld.org/article/indian-communists-fighting-against-modi-governments-racist-citizenship-bill/

Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for Quillette
Donna Minkowitz | thenation.com | 2019-12-05
Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for Quillette…
thenation.com/article/quillette-fascist-creep/