Israel's deepening poverty, social inequality ignored in election campaign
wsws.org | 2020-02-29
According to Israel's National Insurance Institute, some 26 percent of households were in poverty or near poverty in 2018.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/29/isra…
Free the Freeway 9
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-02-29
RefuseFascism.org defendants face three years in jail for peaceful political protest in the face of LAPD & prosecutorial harassment. We demand charges be dropped.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/27/18831107.php
Supreme Court ruling hands U.S. Border Patrol a license to kill with impunity
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-02-29
The Supreme Court set a dangerous precedent yesterday when it ruled in favor of the U.S. Border Patrol in the cross-border murder of a young teenage boy who was shot in the face by an overzealous agent. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/29/supreme-court-ruling-hands-u-s-border-patrol-a-license-to-kill-with-impunity/
US Museum Covered With Life Jackets Worn by Refugees
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-29
The neoclassical columns at the entrance to the Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minnesota, United States, are covered by 2,400 life jackets, which were worn by refugees who crossed the Mediterranean, traveling from Turkey to Greece. | RELATED: | US: Washington Sees Unveiling of First Palestinian Art Museum | It is an art installation called "Safe Passage" by the renowned Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei. Those life jackets were once discarded, worn by refugees making the journey from Tu…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Museum-Covered-With-Life-Jackets-Worn-by-Refugees-20200228-0020.html
Political legacy of Hosni Mubarak: Oppression, corruption
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-29
Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak died on Feb. 25 at the age of 92.Born in 1928 to a poor family in Monufia province, Mubarak graduated from the military academy in 1949. Afterwards, he started to get recognized after joining the Egyptian Air Forces.The young officer closely monitored the coup d'état carried out by Gamal Abdel Nasser with nationalist officers known as the "Free Officers" in 1952 and the immediate transformation.The defeat against Israel at the end of the 1967 Six-Day Wars threw the nationalist policies into crisis in Egypt, which greatly weakened Egypt's leadership role and influence in the re…
yenisafak.com/en/news/political-legacy-of-hosni-mubarak-oppression-corruption-3513008
Killer Whale Spotted Off Israel's Coast For the First Time – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-29
The marine mammal was seen by divers on Friday morning and was reported to the Nature and Parks Authority.
sputniknews.com/viral/202002291078437406-killer-whale-spotted-off-israels-coast-for-the-first-time—video/
'You're Either Pro-Bibi or You're Against Bibi, There's Nothing in the Middle' – Likud Official
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-29
On 2 March, Israel is going to hold its third general election in less than a year after no party managed to win a majority or form a coalition government in the two previous votes.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002291078438372-youre-either-pro-bibi-or-youre-against-bibi-theres-nothing-in-the-middle—likud-official–/
War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-28
The issue of sovereignty over Gaza's gas fields is crucial…
globalresearch.ca/war-and-natural-gas-the-israeli-invasion-and-gaza-s-offshore-gas-fields/11680
Israel Forces A Palestinian To Demolish His Home In Jerusalem
Saed Bannoura | imemc.org | 2020-02-28
Israeli soldiers forced, Friday, a young Palestinian man to demolish his own home in Shu'fat town, in occupied Jerusalem, reportedly for being built without a permit. The Palestinian, Mohammad Abdul-Salam al-Bashti, 26, from Shu'fat town in Jerusalem, said that an Israeli court ordered him to demolish his home for being …
imemc.org/article/israel-forces-a-palestinian-to-demolish-his-home-in-jerusalem/
Israel Re-Opens Gaza Crossings, Fishing Zones
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-28
Israeli occupation authorities, on Wednesday, reopened the two main crossings with Gaza after days of closure following the latest escalation of tensions at the beginning of this week, Arab48 reported. In a statement, the unit of the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Occupied Territories (COGAT) said that the …
imemc.org/article/israel-re-opens-gaza-crossings-fishing-zones/
Athletes Take a Knee Against Israel's Occupation
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-02-28
Athletes Take a Knee Against Israel's Occupation…
thenation.com/article/society/brooklyn-college-volleyball-players-kneel/
Israel at the Cusp of a Bleak Era
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must be channeling the spirit of Houdini as he continues to plot his escape from one of the most convoluted political dilemmas in Israel's history. It is no secret that Netanyahu's political behavior is almost entirely shaped by his desire to survive in office for as long as possible in…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/israel-at-the-cusp-of-a-bleak-era/
Israeli Soldiers Injure 70 Palestinians Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-28
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, at least seventy Palestinians, including a child who was shot with a live round in his back, in Jabal al-'Arma Mountain, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that dozens of residents went to the mountain to protest the …
imemc.org/article/113014/
Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Homes Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-28
Dozens of extremist illegal Israeli colonists attacked, earlier Friday, the town of Huwwara, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before attacking homes and cars, causing damage. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that many colonists, illegally squatting on private Palestinian lands, stormed the village, and fired …
imemc.org/article/israeli-colonists-attack-palestinian-homes-near-nablus/
Israel's Moral Culpability
Alon Ben-Meir | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-28
Four ethical theories
I Was Meant to Talk About Palestinian Kids at the UN. Israel Forced Me Out
Brad Parker | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-28
Belgium caved into Israeli pressure to disinvite me from the Security Council. In doing so, they helped undermine human rights work for Palestinian children. | *** | Last week, the government of Belgium caved in to intense Israeli government pressure and effectively …
globalresearch.ca/i-was-meant-talk-about-palestinian-kids-un-israel-forced-me-out/5704980
Robert Reich: Bernie Sanders Is Not George McGovern
Robert Reich | truthdig.com | 2020-02-28
The day after Bernie Sanders's big win in Nevada, Joe Lockhart, Bill Clinton's former press secretary, expressed the fear gripping the Democratic establishment: "I don't believe the country is prepared to support a Democratic socialist, and I agree with the theory that Sanders would lose in a matchup against Trump." | Lockart, like the rest of the Democratic establishment, is viewing American politics through obsolete lenses of left versus right, with Bernie on the extreme left and Trump on the far right. "Moderates" like Bloomberg and Buttigieg supposedly occupy the center, appealing to a broader swath of the…
truthdig.com/articles/robert-reich-bernie-sanders-is-not-george-mcgovern/
URNWA: Could Cancel Programs due to Financial Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-28
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (URNWA) stands before an unprecedented financial crisis, according to a report issued on Friday. | RELATED: | Palestinians Sue Trump, Netanyahu, Kushner in US Court | The spokesperson for the agency, Adnan Abu Hasna, confirmed that given such lack of resources, they would soon cancel programs and operations, as well as services by May. | Furthermore, he explained that there was a commitment of donations worth 299 million, of which they only received 125 million, as part of a total budget of over 1.4 billion needed by 2020. | Thus,…
telesurenglish.net/news/could-cancel-programs-and-services-for-financial-crisis-20200228-0013.html
Pete Buttigieg: The Energizer Bunny of Hegemony
Scott Tucker | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
Pete Buttigieg's father, Joseph Anthony Buttigieg II, who died in early 2019, was a prominent scholar of the works of Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist who opposed Mussolini's fascist regime. In 1926, the prosecutor at Gramsci's trial declared, "For twenty years, we must stop this brain from functioning." Yet Gramsci continued thinking and writing in…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/pete-buttigieg-the-energizer-bunny-of-hegemony/
If We Don't Reform the Supreme Court, Nothing Else Will Matter
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-02-28
If We Don't Reform the Supreme Court, Nothing Else Will Matter…
thenation.com/article/politics/reform-supreme-court/
Punishing the Free Speech of Julian Assange
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-28
"Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech."
Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-02-28
Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court…
thenation.com/article/politics/sotomayor-court-bias/
Immunity for Killings by Immigration Police
Jacob Hornberger | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
The American immigration police state continues to grow more tyrannical with each passing day. The latest example involves the U.S. Supreme Court, which has just issued a ruling in a case that effectively gives the Border Patrol a license to kill Mexican citizens. And guess which two magic words the Court used to justify its…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/immunity-for-killings-by-immigration-police/
The So-Called Party of the People: From Nevada to South Carolina
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
My thesis on the Democratic Party's corporate-imperialist establishment had been consistent for years: it would rather lose to the right-wing party, even to an increasingly apocalyptic and fascistic right, than to the progressive, moderately social-democratic and environmentalist left wing of its own party. That was the basic story of 2016
US Losing Its Naval Supremacy
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-28
The science of geopolitics commonly makes use of the geographical dualism "land and sea". The great world powers are thus classified as land-based powers or sea-base powers, according to their attitudes. A country that chooses to develop on land has | …
globalresearch.ca/us-losing-naval-supremacy/5705028
Civil Rights Advocates Reject Trump's Denaturalization Office
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-28
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)and other NGOs defending the rights of migrants criticized the creation of a special office responsible for withdrawing citizenship because President Donald Trump administration could use it as a tool for his "xenophobic and racist" agenda. | RELATED: | Federal Judge Finds US in Contempt for Deporting Minors | "The Trump Administration creates an office to try to abuse, frighten, and intimidate Latinos and all immigrants or refugees…
telesurenglish.net/news/Civil-Rights-Advocates-Reject-Trumps-Denaturalization-Office-20200228-0007.html
'Hunters' review: Amazon's violent anti-Nazi drama has potential but needs sharper direction
Chauncey K. Robinson | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-28
"Only the dead know the end of war."
Colombian Movement Defends UN Report Against Govt's Attacks
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-28
Human rights group Defendamos la Paz movement on Friday defended a UN report on the human rights situation in Colombia during 2019 that was recently refected by the conservative government as interference in domestic affairs. | RELATED: | Pot-Banging in Colombia Against Government's Political Genocide | The movement, which includes high-profile politicians such as Humb…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-Movement-Defends-UN-Report-Against-Govts-Attacks–20200228-0011.html
New Murder of Ex-Guerrilla Fighter Denounced in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-28
The president of the Colombian party Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC) Rodrigo Londoño denounced Friday, the murder of a former guerrilla; the fourteenth ex-combatant killed so far this year. | RELATED: | Pot-Banging in Colombia Against Government's Political Genocide | "Holman Fabio Montes Sánchez, 38, was shot dead in the municipality of San Vicente del Caguán, in the southern department of Caquetá," FARC President Rodrigo Londoño, known as "Timochenko" because of…
telesurenglish.net/news/new-murder-of-exguerrilla-fighter-denounced-in-Colombia-20200228-0008.html
'Good News for Democracy': Wisconsin Appeals Court Rejects Voter Purge Targeting More Than 200,000 People
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-28
Voting rights advocates applauded a Wisconsin appeals court ruling Friday which is set to stop a voter purge from going forward—sparing more than 200,000 people from having their names removed from voter lists. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/28/good-news-democracy-wisconsin-appeals-court-rejects-voter-purge-targeting-more?cd-origin=rss
Israeli Settlers Uproot Olive Trees on Palestinian Lands
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-27
Israeli settlers on Thursday uprooted hundreds of olive trees and vine trees in the town of al-Khader, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to a local activist. Emad Dadoo told WAFA that settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Eliazar uprooted approximately 200 olive trees and …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-uproot-olive-trees-on-palestinian-lands/
Israeli Settlers Vandalize Palestinian Vehicles Near Salfit
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-27
The latest in a string of attacks by illegal Israeli settlers, against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, on Wednesday overnight, Israeli settlers vandalized at least eight Palestinian vehicles in Yasuf village, located east of Salfit city, central occupied West Bank. Local sources told WAFA, that a group of Israeli …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-vandalize-palestinian-vehicles/
Beyond Israeli Elections: Israel at the Cusp of a Bleak Era
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-27
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must be channeling the spirit of Houdini as he continues to plot his escape from one of the most convoluted political dilemmas in Israel's history. It is no secret that Netanyahu's political behavior is almost entirely shaped by his desire to survive in office for as long as possible in …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/beyond-israeli-elections-israel-at-the-cusp-of-a-bleak-era/
In Israel, Corruption and Political Turmoil Mark Netanyahu's Desperate Bid to Stay in Power
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-27
In Israel, corruption and political turmoil mark Netanyahu's bid to keep power as he weaponizes everything from settlements to the media to stay in power.
mintpressnews.com/israel-corruption-netanyahu-power/265278/
Canada says Palestine not a state, ICC can't investigate Israeli war crimes
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-27
peoplesworld.org/article/canada-says-palestine-not-a-state-icc-cant-investigate-israeli-war-crimes/
Israel Demolishes a Palestinian Home, Another's Workshop, Near Bethlehem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-27
Israeli occupation forces, at dawn Thursday, demolished a Palestinian home, as well as a garage owned by another Palestinian citizen, in the village of Al-Walajah, northwest of Bethlehem, according to local sources. Sources told PNN that Israeli soldiers and bulldozers approached the village early in the morning, stormed it, surrounded …
imemc.org/article/israel-demolishes-a-palestinian-home-anothers-workshop-near-bethlehem/
Israeli Army Demolishes Two Palestinian Homes, Two Barns South of Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-27
Israeli forces, on Thursday, demolished two Palestinian homes and two animal barns in Masafer Yatta, southern Hebron hills, under the pretext they were built without a permit, according to local sources. Coordinator of the Popular Committees Against the Wall and Settlements in the southern West Bank, Rateb Jabour, told WAFA …
imemc.org/article/israeli-army-demolishes-two-palestinian-homes-two-barns-south-of-hebron/
UN Official Concerned Over Israel's Settlement Expansion Plans
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-27
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, Wednesday, voiced his concern over Israeli settlement announcements, saying the E1 plan (E1 is the area between Ma'ale Adumim colony and occupied Jerusalem) if implemented, would sever the West Bank in half. "I am very concerned about Israel's …
imemc.org/article/un-official-concerned-over-israels-settlement-expansion-plans/
PLO Official Slams Israel's Settlement Plans, Calls on EU to Intervene
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-27
Saeb Erekat, the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), on Wednesday, urged the European Union (EU) to intervene to prevent Israel from building a settlement in E1 area, east of occupied Jerusalem, as announced by Israeli Premier, Benjamin Netanyahu. During a meeting at his office, …
imemc.org/article/plo-official-slams-israels-settlement-plans-calls-on-eu-to-intervene/
Defending Immigrants' Rights and Reproductive Freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court
Eva Lopez | aclu.org | 2020-02-27
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a number of cases this term that will have a crucial impact on civil rights and civil liberties
US Marine Corps orders removal of all Confederate paraphernalia from bases around the world
rt.com | 2020-02-27
The push to erase US civil war history from all walks of American life has reached the military, with the Marine Corps ordering that all materials relating to the Confederacy be removed from its bases around the world. | The order was issued by the head of the Marines, Commandant General David Berger, in a memo to top staff that included a list of initiatives that he is "prioritizing for immediate execution," Military.com reports. | Also on rt.com | |
rt.com/usa/481845-marines-confedarate-symbols-remove/
'Defund racist border wall!' Warren's 'solution' to coronavirus crisis causes mass eye-rolling on Twitter
rt.com | 2020-02-27
Senator Elizabeth Warren announced a bill that would use funding for President Donald Trump's "racist border wall" to combat the coronavirus outbreak
Jim Benvie, Former Militia Spokesman, Violated Conditions of Bond
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-02-27
Former United Constitutional Patriots (UCP) militia spokesman James (Jim) Christopher Benvie has violated the terms of his bond as he awaits trial in New Mexico.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/02/27/jim-benvie-former-militia-spokesman-violated-conditions-bond
With Head Lowered And Eyes Averted: Israeli Racism And The "Honourable" Robert Peston
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-26
Robert Peston is one of the UK's most high-profile broadcast journalists, renowned for his theatricality and… curious… halting… delivery. As political editor of ITV News he has enormous influence, including 1 million followers on Twitter, just behind the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, with 1.1 million. He also hosts a weekly ITV political discussion show, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/with-head-lowered-and-eyes-averted-israeli-racism-and-the-honourable-robert-peston/
Impunity persists for alleged violations in Occupied Palestinian Territories, UN Human Rights Council hears
news.un.org | 2020-02-26
Justice is still absent for Palestinian demonstrators shot by Israeli soldiers during weekly protests in Gaza, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1058191
USF students rally against racist administration
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-26
Tampa, FL – On February 25, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a Black Students Matter rally on campus to bring attention to the racist admissions practices that the administration at the University of South Florida (USF) engages in. | Enrollment of Black students at USF has been declining for years and the percent of Black students at USF was the lowest it's been in the past decade last semester (fall 2019), at 9.4%. This is especially alarming considering that in the Tampa Bay area, where USF is located, Black people comprise 24% of the population. | "We understand how schools like USF parta…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/26/usf-stud…
Philippine Patriots Say "No" to WWIII and "Yes" to the New Silk Road
Matthew J. L. Ehret | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-26
The Philippines President Duterte's recent announcement that the 1998 U.S.-Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) would be cancelled has renewed hope that not only would this former U.S. colony finally attain freedom from imperial manipulation, but also that a new emerging age of infrastructure development can usher in an end of poverty and war in the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/philippine-patriots-say-no-to-wwiii-and-yes-to-the-new-silk-road/
As Alabama primary nears, voter suppression is alive and well
splcenter.org | 2020-02-26
All across this country, the right to vote is under attack. But with your support, we're fighting back in Southern courts and state legislatures with a newly formed team of legal, policy, and grassroots advocates.
splcenter.org/news/2020/02/25/alabama-primary-nears-voter-suppression-alive-and-well
Patriot Front Member Joffre Cross Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Charge
splcenter.org | 2020-02-25
A member of the white nationalist group Patriot Front has pleaded guilty in Texas to federal charges of illegally possessing guns and ammunition.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/02/26/patriot-front-member-joffre-cross-pleads-guilty-federal-gun-charge
Capitalism, patriarchy and racism threaten to destroy this world
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-25
Climate Laurie AdkinIssue 1255 Canada just transition degrowthFebruary 25, 2020At this point in human history, the limits of capitalism and the limits of our species' life on Earth have converged. We have never b…
greenleft.org.au/content/capitalism-patriarchy-and-racism-threaten-destroy-world