2020-02-07: Social Media Postees

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Israeli Attack Endangers Civilian Aircraft in Damascus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-07
A civilian aircraft flying from Tehran to Damascus narrowly avoided fire from Syria's air defense systems, which were activated in response to an Israeli missile attack on Friday. | RELATED: | Palestinian Killed, Two Wounded in Israel Strikes on Gaza | Due to the Israeli strike, the aircraft, an Airbus A320, was unable to land at Damascus Airport and had to divert to Russia's Khmeimim airbase, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. | The surprise attack, which was made by four Isra…
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'Plans for annexation & apartheid': Palestine blames unrest in West Bank on US 'deal of the century'
rt.com | 2020-02-07
A senior Palestinian official blamed US President Donald Trump's Middle East plan for the recent turmoil, after the US leader's son-in-law said local leaders were inciting violence. | "Those who introduce plans for annexation and apartheid and the legalization of occupation and settlements are the ones who bear full responsibility for deepening the cycle of violence and extremism," Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said in a statement. | His remarks came a day after Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and mastermind behind the so-called 'deal of the century', accused…
rt.com/news/480328-palestine-incitement-israel-trump-plan/

Video: "The Deal of the Century", Palestine and International Law: UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk
Michael Lynk | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Michael Welch's GRTV feature interview with UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in occupied Palestine, Prof. Michael Lynk. | The plan will take us backward. It violates international law. | It is an unilateral arrangement between Israel and the …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-palestine-international-law-un-special-rapporteur-michael-lynk/5703057

Crisis and Opportunity: The 'Deal of the Century' Challenge for Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
After several postponements, US President, Donald Trump, has finally revealed the details of his Middle East plan, dubbed 'Deal of the Century', in a press conference in Washington on January 28. Standing triumphantly beside Trump, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must have surely understood that the timing of the announcement, only a few weeks before…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/07/crisis-and-opportunity-the-deal-of-the-century-challenge-for-palestinians/

Canada, Palestine and the 'Deal of the Century': Four Statements
Canada Palestine Association | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Reject Trump's Plan: Exist, Resist, Return | by Canada Palestine Association | The Trump Administration has just unveiled the details of its "Deal Of The Century." This plan includes, but is not limited to: | Giving legitimacy to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. | …
globalresearch.ca/canada-palestine-deal-century-four-statements/5702985

WATCH aftermath of Israeli strikes on Damascus that endangered civilian jet with 172 passengers on board
rt.com | 2020-02-07
An Israeli attack on a Damascus suburb has left numerous cars damaged beyond repair and caused piles of debris that local residents have now started to clear out. The aftermath of the attack has been caught on film. | Footage provided by Ruptly shows locals clearing the rubble from the streets in the western suburbs of Damascus, where the Israeli missiles landed overnight. Broken glass and pieces of concrete are seen scattered all over the place, along with several vehicles that have apparently burned out overnight. | "As you can see, yesterday the area was targeted by Israel, this area has a lot of car rental…
rt.com/news/480316-israeli-airstrike-damascus-aftermath/

Syria: With an Eye on Energy Dominance, Russia is Aligning with Israel Against Iran
Agha Hussain | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-07
In the second of a three-part series, Agha Hussein investigates Russia's financial motivation for teaming up with Israel and wealthy Gulf Arab states to curb Iran's influence in post-war Syria.
mintpressnews.com/syria-energy-dominance-russia-aligning-with-israel-against-iran/264661/

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-07
Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes

Trump sinks to racist panic as China mobilizes against disease
Joel Wendland-Liu | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-07
Even though a tiny number of cases of coronavirus have surfaced in the U.S., widespread panic about the disease has surfaced in the form of hostility and racism toward Chinese people and even people who seem to be of Asian descent who are not Chinese. Many Americans, often self-identified as fans of Trump and living …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-sinks-to-racist-panic-as-china-mobilizes-against-disease/

Trump Is a Would-Be Dictator
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
Trump Is a Would-Be Dictator…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-impeachment-fascism-dictator/

The Game is Rigged
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
Let's not beat around the bush. The game is rigged. The fix is in. | I'm not just talking about the neofascistic Donald Trump, the Republican Party, the Republican-controlled United States Senate and the fake-impeachment trial that body just concluded. I'm talking about their neoliberal enablers, the Democrats too.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/07/the-game-is-rigged/

'Take Hitler & Napoleon, who failed to conquer Russia': Imran Khan invokes world history to fend off Modi's 'bite the dust' remark
rt.com | 2020-02-07
Pakistani premier Imran Khan has rebuffed his Indian counterpart's claims that it would take 10 days at most to take down Pakistan, citing the past failures of French general Napoleon Bonaparte and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. | "Narendra Modi, you need to brush up on your history. It seems your degree was fake," Imran Khan said on Thursday, before showing off his own knowledge on the subject. | Leaders who have shown such pride have always been defeated in the past … [take]…
rt.com/news/480289-khan-modi-hitler-napoleon/

A Fascist Coup Attempt in Germany
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
While millions this week stared at Iowa and Washington with worried amazement, confusion or anger, Germany, too, had its own messy confusion

Laurie Garrett: World Can't Let Racist Attitudes Impact Handling of Coronavirus Outbreak
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-07
The Chinese doctor who warned the government about a possible coronavirus outbreak has died after contracting the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital. Thirty-four-year-old ophthalmologist Li Wenliang warned his fellow medical workers about coronavirus on December 30. He was then investigated by police and accused of "making false comments." His death has sparked a wave of anger and outrage in China, where the hashtag "We want freedom of speech" went viral on Chinese social media site Weibo this week. The death toll from the coronavirus has now topped 630 people in China, with more than 31,000 confirmed…
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Discrimination Isn't Helping to Contain the Coronavirus
JN Chien | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
Discrimination Isn't Helping to Contain the Coronavirus…
thenation.com/article/world/coronavirus-xenophobia-hong-kong/

Far-right AfD plays role of kingmaker in German state election
wsws.org | 2020-02-07
For the first time since the end of the Third Reich, a state premier was elected on Wednesday with the votes of a far-right, fascist party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/07/thur…

In Thuringia, Germany, a fascist coup
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-07
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The Census Is Not Safe From Donald Trump
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-07
When the Supreme Court ruled in June that the Trump administration could not place a citizenship question on the 2020 census, civil rights advocates breathed a sigh of relief. | Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, called the outcome "a victory for democracy." | "The administration deliberately sought to increase the political power of whites at the expense of already underrepresented communities," Johnson said in a statement. | Trump administration officials h…
truthdig.com/articles/the-census-is-not-safe-from-donald-trump/

Targeting Gender Nonconforming Youth
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
The U.S. has been a battlefield over cultural values for nearly 50 years. In states throughout the country, the religious right

Genetically Modified Bt Cotton: Cultivating Farmer Distress in India
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Later this month, India's Supreme Court will hold a lengthy hearing on the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) mustard, which would be the country's first GM food crop. The court has asked the chair of the Technical Expert Committee to …
globalresearch.ca/genetically-modified-bt-cotton-cultivating-farmer-distress-india/5703000

From Souring Ties With Egypt to Fomenting Civil War: Journo Recalls Story of Mossad's Ops in Sudan
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-07
On Monday, in an unprecedented move, Sudanese head of state Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Uganda, calling the get-together an attempt to establish "a relationship of goodwill" and form a "consensus…to halt all mutually hostile actions and positions".
sputniknews.com/world/202002071078254838-from-souring-ties-with-egypt-to-fomenting-civil-war-journo-recalls-story-of-mossads-ops-in-sudan/

Palestinian Shot by Israeli Police in Old City Jerusalem
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
Israeli police, today, shot a Palestinian who allegedly opened fire at them at the Lion's Gate, in Jerusalem's Old City, eyewitnesses reported to WAFA. Witnesses said that police fired several bullets at the man, whom they suspected was killed, even though there was no official confirmation of this from any …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-shot-by-israeli-police-in-old-city-jerusalem/

Israeli forces kill Palestinians amid growing opposition to Trump's land-grab plan
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-06
Israeli forces have killed at least two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and a third person in Jerusalem. | This comes as tensions have soared following last week's release of Donald Trump's highly controversial deal with Israel, which backs the Israeli government's position on nearly all of the most contentious issues in its decades-old occupation of Palestine. Palestinians were quick to reject the plan. | Trump-Israel pl…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/02/06/israeli-forces-kill-palestinians-amid-growing-opposition-to-trumps-land-grab-plan/

The 'Deal of the Century': Revealed and Reviled
Hasan Abu Nimah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
Last week, on January 28, US President Donald Trump officially revealed his long-awaited '"Deal of the Century": The plan for resolving the century-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Except for some additional details, the lengthy document did not add much to what …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-revealed-reviled/5702940

Presidential Spokesman Blames 'Deal of the Century' for Recent Escalations
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Thursday, condemned what he described as the dangerous Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people which has led to the killing of at least three young men and the injury of dozens of others, in the last 24 hours, the Palestinian News …
imemc.org/article/presidential-spokesman-blames-deal-of-the-century-for-recent-escalations/

Draft UN Resolution Condemns Trump Middle East 'Peace' Plan
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
A draft United Nations Security Council resolution rebuked Tuesday President Donald Trump's pro-Israel peace proposal and condemned Israeli plan to annex its illegal settlements in Palestinian territories. | Tunisia and Indonesia circulated the draft text to council members. Though it …
globalresearch.ca/draft-un-resolution-condemns-trump-middle-east-peace-plan/5702925

Proposed United Nations Resolution Condemns Trump's "Peace Deal"
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
A draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemns Israel's plan to annex the settlements it has built illegally on occupied Palestinian territories, in a rebuke of a US-devised "peace plan" that endorses the Israeli land theft of Palestinian-owned property. The draft, which was reported on by Reuters, on Tuesday, has …
imemc.org/article/pnn-unsc-resolution-condemns-us-scheme/

Israeli Soldiers Injure A Journalist In Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
Israeli soldiers shot, Thursday, a Palestinian cameraman working for Reuters, identified as Mohammad Abu Ghneima, and caused dozens of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to confiscating surveillance recordings, in Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Abdul-Halim Ja'afra, the head of the Emergency …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-a-journalist-in-bethlehem/

PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, nine Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, after the army invaded and violently searched many homes, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office in Bethlehem, south of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, said the soldiers abducted …
imemc.org/article/pps-israeli-soldiers-abduct-nine-palestinians-in-west-bank-3/

Trump's Peace Plan Is a 'Galvanizing Shock' for Palestinians
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
Donald Trump says his "Deal of the Century" is a new basis for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But, ironically, he's driving hopelessly divided factions in the Arab world to unite against the plan, says Arab Studies professor Rashid Khalidi. | TRNN Video & Transcript:…
imemc.org/article/trumps-peace-plan-is-a-galvanizing-shock-for-palestinians/

First Lieutenant Badwan Succumbs to Wounds Sustained in Jenin
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
First Lieutenant Tariq Lu'ay Badwan, aged 24, succumbed to injuries sustained by Israeli fire during confrontations that erupted in Jenin, on Thursday. Lt. Badwan, from Qalqilia, died after he was shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces while working at the special police headquarters in Jenin, Al Ray reports.
imemc.org/article/sergeant-badwan-succumbs-to-wounds-sustained-in-jenin/

Army Shrinks Fishing Zone in Gaza
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
The Israeli occupation army, on Wednesday, announced it was reducing the size of the Gaza fishing zone by a third, in light of the continued launch of projectiles and flaming balloons toward Israeli territory. "Following security consultations, it has been decided today (Wednesday), to restrict the fishing zone of the …
imemc.org/article/army-shrinks-fishing-zone-in-gaza/

Car Plows Through A Group of Israeli Soldiers in Jerusalem, Injuring 12
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
A car driven by an unknown assailant plowed through a group of soldiers on a sidewalk in Jerusalem just before 2 am Thursday morning, injuring 12 of the soldiers, one critically. The driver fled the scene, and Israeli police later located what they say was the car responsible for the …
imemc.org/article/car-plows-through-a-group-of-israeli-soldiers-in-jerusalem-injuring-12/

Trump, Racism, and Fascism: More than Just Personality Disorders
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-06
After the supposedly post-racial presidency of Barack Obama, what passes for the liberal punditry discovered racism had arisen in the homeland. They never felt so good feeling bad about racism, denouncing what they identified as its primal cause

A Neoliberal Legacy: America's Fascism Problem Runs Much Deeper Than Trump
Roger D. Harris | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-06
In recent years, the press reports of racist young whites attracted to far-right persuasions including flirting with fascism. But are they the cause or the consequence?
mintpressnews.com/neoliberal-legacy-america-fascism-problem-runs-deeper-trump/264692/

Does Capitalism Invariably Breed Fascism?
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-06
What follows is a conversation between professor As`ad AbuKhalil and Sharmini Peries of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…
truthdig.com/articles/does-capitalism-invariably-breed-fascism/

Fascists align with conservatives to kick out Die Linke in eastern Germany
Morning Star | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-06
Protests were sparked in Germany's eastern state of Thuringia Wednesday after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party–which has ties to neo-Nazis–joined forces with two conservative parties in the state parliament to oust incumbent Die Linke (Left Party) President Bodo Ramelow. State elections were held in October, but the left-wing premier was unable to form …
peoplesworld.org/article/fascists-align-with-conservatives-to-kick-out-die-linke-in-eastern-germany/

SPLC sues Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School safety commission for not allowing students to voice concerns
splcenter.org | 2020-02-06
Kinsey Akers had to take the PSAT but was determined to make her voice heard at a public meeting on school safety that same day.
splcenter.org/news/2020/02/06/splc-sues-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-safety-commission-not-allowing-students

Crucial action is taking place to stop the Tories' planned Jamaican deportation flight
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-02-06
The government is about to run a deportation flight to Jamaica. Up to 50 people may be on it. It claims they're not British citizens. But given the Tories' history of racist and classist policies, people a…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/02/06/crucial-action-is-taking-place-to-stop-the-tories-planned-jamaican-deportation-flight/

Coronavirus: China Unveils Tax Policies to Aid Epidemic Control
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-06
The Chinese government has proclaimed a new set of tax policies to reduce financial burdens on some sectors and support the country's fight against the coronavirus epidemic, Xinhua News Agency reported. | RELATED: | Chinese Slams "Racist" Reports by German Media over Coronavirus | The National finance ministry and taxation watchdog released a statement declaring that firms in the transportation, catering, accommodation and tourism sectors, their losses logged in 2020, can be car…
telesurenglish.net/news/coronavirus-china-unveils-tax-policies-to-aid-epidemic-control-20200206-0019.html

Chinese Slams "Racist" Reports by German Media over Coronavirus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-06
The Chinese embassy in Germany on Wednesday slammed reports by a German magazine over the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, saying they are racist and xenophobic. | RELATED: | Chinese Doctors Are Using Cuban Antivirals Against Coronavirus | The Chinese embassy in Germany denounced in a statement media outlets in Germany "that are self-claimed to objectivity an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chinese-Slams-Racist-Reports-by-German-Media-over-Coronavirus-20200206-0012.html

MADA: 27 Violations against Media Freedoms in January
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-06
The first month of 2020 witnessed a total of 27 violations against media freedoms in Palestine, 23 of which were committed by the occupation forces and authorities, while various Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip committed only 4 violations, MADA said in a report, according to the …
imemc.org/article/mada-27-violations-against-media-freedoms-in-january/

Montana state representative calls for socialists to be shot
wsws.org | 2020-02-06
The diatribe by Rodney Garcia mirrors the fascistic appeals of President Trump.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/06/mont…

A fascist coup
Victor Grossman | mronline.org | 2020-02-06
While millions this week stared at Iowa and Washington with worried amazement, confusion or anger, Germany, too, had its own messy confusion–which turned into a frightening alarm signal! | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/06/a-fascist-coup/

Trump's 'Deal of the Century': Old Israeli Demands in a New Package
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-05
Consisting of 80 pages, 50 of which are entirely dedicated to the plan's economic component, Trump's Deal of the Century is little more than a rehash of previous Israeli proposals that have already been rejected by Palestinians, writes Ramzy Baroud.
mintpressnews.com/trump-deal-of-the-century-palestinian-rights/264627/

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