30 Parties Finalise Their Lists as Israel Prepares for Third General Vote in Less Than a Year
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
With the third round of elections less than two months away, Israel's political map has remained largely unchanged. While the right-wing camp is still struggling to remain in power, the left is determined to launch an overhaul and remove PM Netanyahu from office.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001161078051446-israel-readies-itself-for-a-third-general-vote-under-one-year/

New Zealand fascist group targets Chinese-born MP
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
Action Zealandia, whose website resembles the Christchurch terrorist's manifesto, placed racist posters on National Party MP Jian Yang's office.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/yang…

The Suleimani assassination, imperialist strategy and the crisis of the Iranian regime
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
The killing of the military leader, widely viewed as second only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran's power structure, constitutes a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration's campaign of "maximum pressure" on Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/pers…

Twitter apologises for allowing adverts targeted at hate groups
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-16
Twitter has apologised for letting adverts on the platform target hate groups including neo-Nazis and homophobes. | The firm allows advertisers to target people using specific keywords based on what they share in tweets, like, or what they search for. | An investigation by the BBC found terms such as "transphobic", "white supremacists" and "anti-gay" were not being excluded during the ad set-up process. | "Neo-Nazi", which also slipped through the net, could reach an estimated audience of between 67,000 and 81,000 people in the UK, the report claims. | Meanwhile, 92,900 to 114,000 accounts were predicted for the…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/01/16/twitter-apologises-for-allowing-adverts-targeted-at-hate-groups/

Pakistan's ex-president Musharraf appeals to Supreme Court over special tribunal's guilty verdict in treason case
rt.com | 2020-01-16
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has petitioned Pakistan's highest judiciary body to overturn his guilty verdict in a treason case conducted by a special court. | In his legal filing to the Supreme Court, Musharraf argued that his absence from the special tribunal was due to health reasons and that he had been granted permission to travel abroad to receive medical assistance. He is currently undergoing treatment in Dubai. | He also denied running from the law and insisted that the prosecution had failed to prove the treason charges against him. The petition further states that the Pakistani government ha…
rt.com/news/478405-musharraf-court-challenge-sentence-pakistan/

Decolonize Your Food! From Turtle Island to Palestine
Middle East Children's Alliance | indybay.org | 2020-01-16
Museum of the African Diaspora | 685 Mission Street | San Francisco, CA 94105…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/15/18829769.php

Relatives demand answers after Yorta Yorta woman dies in custody
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-16
First Nations Chloe de SilvaIssue 1249 Australia Racism death in custody MelbourneJanuary 16, 2020Disgracefully, Victorian authorities t…
greenleft.org.au/content/relatives-demand-answers-after-yorta-yorta-woman-dies-custody

Catastrophic fires and the far-right's denialism
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-16
Climate Jeff SparrowIssue 1249 Australia far-rightJanuary 16, 2020For most people, "ecofascism" sounds nonsensical, a portmanteau made up of irreconcilable opposites. | Environmentalists adhere, for the most part, to progressive politics, with fascists glorifying everything th…
greenleft.org.au/content/catastrophic-fires-and-far-right-denialism

Army Abducts Two Siblings In Bil'in
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-15
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Bil'in Palestinian village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted two siblings. Abdullah Abu Rahma, a former political prisoner and the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Bil'in, said the soldiers …
imemc.org/article/army-abducts-two-siblings-in-bilin/

Israel Carries Out Fresh Airstrikes Over Gaza
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
The Israeli Defense Forces launched fresh airstrikes over the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as their warplanes targeted sites belonging to the Hamas Movement. | RELATED: | NGOs Urge UN to Disclose Firms Involved in Israel's Settlements | Palestinian activists reported that Israeli warplanes targeted the northern part of the Gaza Strip, which resulted in a number of explosions. In turn, the Jerusalem Post reported that the IDF was pounding alleged Hamas targets in northern Gaza.
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Carries-Out-Fresh-Airstrikes-Over-Gaza-20200115-0008.html

Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian, Summon Two Others For Interrogation, In Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-15
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, a young Palestinian man, and summoned two others, including a journalist, for interrogation, in Bethlehem Governorate, south of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded 'Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched and ransacked several homes, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-a-palestinian-summon-two-others-for-interrogation-in-bethlehem/

Soldiers abduct A Palestinian, Confiscate A Bulldozer, Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-15
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a young Palestinian man, and confiscated a bulldozer in the towns of Askar al-Balad and Salem, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Askar al-Balad, and abducted a young man, identified as Bakr Ramzi Dweikat, after storming …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-a-palestinian-confiscate-a-bulldozer-near-nablus/

Sealed Off and Forgotten: What You Should Know About Israel's West Bank "Firing Zones"
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-15
Throughout the 1970s, the Israeli military declared roughly 18% of the West Bank as "firing zones," effectively wresting control from the local Palestinian population.
mintpressnews.com/sealed-off-and-forgotten-israel-west-bank-firing-zones/264132/

Israel Approves Construction of Four New Prison Complexes
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-15
Israeli 'housing council' has approved a plan to build four new prisons in the occupied territories as the occupation accelerates its arrest campaign against Palestinians, the Palestine News Network reported. Israeli media sources announced, on Tuesday, that the council authorized construction of the prison complexes, south of the Israeli city …
imemc.org/article/israel-approves-construction-of-four-new-prisons/

Al-Haq: Release UN Database on Businesses Profiting from Israel's Settlement Enterprise
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-15
Ramallah-based Al-Haq Human Rights organization, on Tuesday, called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to release the long-overdue database of businesses engaged in Israel's illegal settlement enterprise, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. In a Call for Action press release, Al-Haq said, On …
imemc.org/article/al-haq-release-un-database-on-israels-settlement-enterprise/

European Union Mission Heads Visit Occupied East Jerusalem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-15
European Union (EU) Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah, on Monday, visited Al-'Isawiya, a neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestine News Network reported. The European diplomats met with Palestinian residents and representatives of civil society organisations, and they were briefed about the unprecedented number of Israeli police and …
imemc.org/article/european-union-mission-heads-visit-occupied-east-jerusalem/

Dozens Of Palestinians Injured As Soldiers Fire Gas Bombs At Homes, Mosque, Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-15
Medical sources have reported that dozens of Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, on Tuesday evening, after Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and fired gas bombs at homes and a mosque. Media activist Mohmmad Awad said several army …
imemc.org/article/dozens-of-palestinians-injured-as-soldiers-fire-gas-bombs-at-homes-mosque-near-hebron/

Two Palestinians Forced to Demolish Their Own Homes, South of Jerusalem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-15
Two Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank were forced, on Wednesday, to demolish their own homes to avoid paying exorbitant costs if the Israeli West Jerusalem municipality demolishes them, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Local sources said that Mousa Bashir and Ammar Nassar, from Jabal al-Mokabber …
imemc.org/article/two-palestinians-forced-to-demolish-their-own-homes-south-of-jerusalem/

Why Israel's So-Called "Occupation" of "Palestinian Territories" is a Farce
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-15
The root cause of oppression and violence that Palestinians experience is not "the occupation" of 1967 as many people claim it to be. It is something much older and seemingly more benign.
mintpressnews.com/israel-called-occupation-palestinian-territories-farce/264114/

British activist among those arrested for attempting to cut Gaza border fence
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2020-01-15
An international group of activists from Gaza 2020: Breaking the Siege were arrested in southern Israel on 13 January after they attempted to cut the military fence separating Israel from the Gaza Strip. | British citizen Julia Lister, 25, was one of those arrested. | Two activists were also arrested on 9 January at the Gaza fence. | "Time has already run out": | According to a press release received by The Canary: | In both cases the activists had intended to cut the fortified border fence and enter Gaza in a forceful but symbolic action to demand an im…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/01/15/british-activist-among-those-arrested-for-attempting-to-cut-gaza-border-fence/

A Truly Antiwar Agenda Must Include Free College and Medicare for All
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-15
Last night's debate brought home a reality for me: A truly antiwar agenda is not confined to priorities traditionally seen as "foreign policy." It must include bold plans to address climate change, education, institutional racism and sexism, health care and immigration justice. And our movements must reflect that broad-based vision. | The recent assassination of Iran's top Gen. Qassim Suleimani was a frightening reminder of the undemocratic and reckless approach of those who currently rule the U.S.
truthout.org/articles/a-truly-antiwar-agenda-must-include-free-college-and-medicare-for-all/

Indian Students Refuse to Give an Inch to the Far Right
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
A youth movement is rising across the country to confront the dangerous rhetoric and racist policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
truthdig.com/articles/indian-students-refuse-to-give-an-inch-to-the-far-right/

Ten poetry books that illuminate a decade's struggles
Chris Butters | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-15
Occupy Wall Street. The Peoples Climate March. The Women's March. Black Lives Matter. The ongoing mobilizations to defeat Trump and the extreme right that supports him. As we marched and organized against injustice, poets, often marching right alongside us, were creating enduring works of literary art that spoke to the struggle and the times we …
peoplesworld.org/article/ten-poetry-books-that-illuminate-a-decades-struggles/

Bolsonaro backs Trump in war on Iran, while Workers' Party appeals to Brazilian military
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
Brazil's fascistic President Jair Bolsonaro was one of the first to defend Washington's assassination of Iranian general Qassem Suleiman.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/braz…

Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand?
MintPress News Desk | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-15
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Big data, big oil and white supremacy: Unveiling the dark forces behind Trump's 2020 re-election campaign with Josh Fox
Reynard Loki | nationofchange.org | 2020-01-15
In his new solo performance piece "The Truth Has Changed," the "Gasland" director raises an alarm: The Democrats are ill-prepared for Trump's oncoming misinformation campaign.
nationofchange.org/2020/01/15/big-data-big-oil-and-white-supremacy-unveiling-the-dark-forces-behind-trumps-2020-re-election-campaign-with-josh-fox/

Palestinian administrative detainee ends 116-day long hunger strike
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-15
Palestinian detainee Ahmad Zahran has agreed to go through a security interrogation, following which his long standing demand for an end to his illegal administrative detention will be considered by the court…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/15/palestinian-administrative-detainee-ends-116-day-long-hunger-strike/

Abigail Disney, Patriotic Millionaires of California, and California Voices for Progress: "It Is Time for the State of California to Intervene" on CEO Pay
commondreams.org | 2020-01-15
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/15/abigail-disney-patriotic-millionaires-california-and-california-voices-progress?cd-origin=rss

Commentary: What justice looks like in Chicago
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-15
Chicago, IL – In a pair of upcoming cases, Associate Judge Thomas Hennelly will have the fate of three wrongfully convicted men in his hands. Given who put them behind bars, his rulings could send a signal that Chicago has firmly turned its back on the legacy of police torture and wrongful convictions that hangs over the city. But, given Hennelly's direct involvement in prosecuting police torture victims and his attempt to hide racist constitutional violations, Chicagoans would be remiss to expect impartiality from the bench. | In one of the cases, that of Gerald Reed, Hennelly is deciding whether a man tortured…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/15/commenta…

Extremist Groups Plan to Attend Lee-Jackson Day Rally in Virginia
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-01-15
Members of the League of the South will join with a new "heritage" group, United Confederates of the Carolinas and Virginia, for an armed protest in Lexington, Virginia, this Friday to inflame the ongoing debate over the removal of Confederate symbols from the public square.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/15/extremist-groups-plan-attend-lee-jackson-day-rally-virginia

NGOs Urge UN to Disclose Firms Involved in Israel's Settlements
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-14
Ramallah-based human rights group Al-Haq released Tuesday a statement urging the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and its chief Michelle Bachelet to publish a database listing companies that "directly and indirectly, enabled, facilitated and profited from the construction and growth of the settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." | RELATED: | Netanyahu Pledges ICC Investigation Won't Impede Settlements | The d…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Disclosure-of-Companies-Involved-in-Israels-Settlements-Urged-20200114-0020.html

Israel Extends Detention of Two Palestinian Prisoners, Days Before Release
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the Israeli government renewed the administrative detention of Shorouq al-Badan, 25, for six more months, on Monday, only two days before her scheduled release, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Badan, from Bethlehem, was arrested July 2019, and was supposed to be …
imemc.org/article/israel-extends-detention-of-two-palestinian-prisoners-days-before-release/

Detainee Zahran Suspends Hunger Strike
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees Affairs has reported that detainee Ahmad Zahran, 42, has suspended the hunger strike, which lasted for 113 days, after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authority regarding his continued Administrative Detention without charges or trial. Lawyer Jawad Bulus, the head of the …
imemc.org/article/detainee-zahran-suspends-hunger-strike/

Israel Provided The Intel To Kill Soleimani & A Cyberattack May Have Been Behind Iran's 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-14
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 (1/13/19). 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-provided-the-intel-to-kill-soleimani-a-cyberattack-may-have-been-behind-irans-737-downing/

How an Israeli Spy-Linked Tech Firm Gained Access to the US Gov't's Most Classified Networks
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-14
Through its main investors, SoftBank and Lockheed Martin, Cybereason not only has ties to the Trump administration but has its software running on some of the U.S. government's most classified and secretive networks.
mintpressnews.com/cybereason-investors-offer-israeli-spy-classified-intelligence/264095/

The real crisis isn't Meghan and her husband ditching the royals, it's our racist media
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-01-14
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's decision to step back from royal duties has reportedly caused a 'crisis'. Certainly, it's dominated media headlines. In truth, I don't give a toss about the outdated, elitist UK monarchy at all. But this time, nice one royalz. Because this drew attention to a far bigger crisis

SPLC Testifies Before Congress on Financing of Domestic Terrorism
splcenter.org | 2020-01-14
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/15/splc-testifies-congress-financing-domestic-terrorism

Calling Bernie Sanders Anti-Semitic Is Islamophobic
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Sahar Aziz discusses her article from The New Arab, "Accusing Bernie Sanders of anti-Semitism is nothing but thinly veiled Islamophobia." The accusation of anti-Semitism has been weaponized to attack people who promote solidarity with Muslim Americans and who demand sustainable foreign policy towards the Middle East.
therealnews.com/stories/calling-bernie-sanders-anti-semitic-is-islamophobic

Turkey's Bounty on Ex-Palestinian Security Chief Reveals Web of Intrigue
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan was involved in mercenary operations in Palestine and Yemen, and was expelled from Palestine's Fatah party. Evidence of his involvement in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey reveals his operations are more extensive than previously thought.
therealnews.com/stories/turkey-bounty-dahlan-security-chief-web-intrigue

League of the South Officer Convicted of Gun Possession at Demonstration
splcenter.org | 2020-01-13
An officer in the neo-Confederate group League of the South has been convicted of illegally carrying a gun during a demonstration over the removal of a Confederate monument in North Carolina.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/14/league-south-officer-convicted-gun-possession-demonstration

Miller Dismisses DACA in Emails, Mirroring Anti-Immigrant Extremists' Views
splcenter.org | 2020-01-13
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller went against many Republicans when siding with white nationalists and other extremists on the issue of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, more commonly known as DACA, emails show.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/14/miller-dismisses-daca-emails-mirroring-anti-immigrant-extremists-views

Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-10
While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/combat-israels-misuse-antisemitism/264055/

Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-10
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 (1/9/19). 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-bombs-the-pmu-rockets-fired-in-iraq-737-misinfo-congress-warned-not-to-discuss-iran/

Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/once-political-force-richard-spencer-and-national-policy-institute-go-quiet

White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/white-nationalists-and-neo-nazis-applaud-recent-spate-antisemitic-attacks

Weekend Read: SPLC sues Trump administration over family separation policy
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
The SPLC and its allies have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant families.
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/11/weekend-read-splc-sues-trump-administration-over-family-separation-policy

International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-09
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.
therealnews.com/stories/international-criminal-court-prepares-israel-war-crimes

Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2020-01-09
"Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/09/augustus-invictus-charged-kidnapping-domestic-violence-south-carolina

Despite horrific prison stay, a mother comes to understand her addiction
splcenter.org | 2020-01-09
When Shanna Rainey was a mother to two young children, she began using methamphetamine.
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/15/despite-horrific-prison-stay-mother-comes-understand-her-addiction

After a String of Antisemitic Attacks, a Choice Confronts all Jews
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2020-01-08
A surge of antisemitism has left us wondering where we can turn, to induce the feeling that rather than exercising solidarity, we should turn inward.
progressive.org/dispatches/after-a-string-of-antisemitic-attacks-a-choice-confronts-all-jews-jaffe-200107/