2020-03-21: Social Media Postees

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The Coronavirus and Vulnerable Gaza
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-03-21
California releasing inmates for fear of Coronavirus, but Israelis Keep Vulnerable Gaza as Largest Open Air Prison…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-coronavirus-and-vulnerable-gaza/

Netanyahu exploits coronavirus pandemic to build up dictatorial regime in Israel
wsws.org | 2020-03-21
Netanyahu has exploited the coronavirus to cast himself as the only figure capable of responding to a national emergency.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/21/isra…

'US wasted precious time China has bought!' Beijing shreds Washington over 'racist' coronavirus rhetoric
rt.com | 2020-03-21
Washington has passed off blame to Beijing for its own failures in addressing the Covid-19 outbreak, China's Foreign Ministry said, hitting back at the 'Chinese virus' rhetoric with the ironic term 'Trumpandemic.' | "Some people in the United States attempt to stigmatize China's fight against the epidemic and shirk its responsibility to China," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang told reporters on Friday, referring to the finger-pointing adopted by President Trump and other top officials (after weeks of US media outlets calling it the 'Chinese' and 'Wuhan' virus). | This practice ignores the huge sacrifi…
rt.com/news/483691-china-us-coronavirus-trumpandemic/

Israel's coronavirus cases climb to 883
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-21
Israel reported 178 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, taking the country's total infections to 883, according to the country's health ministry.A ministry statement said 15 patients are in critical condition, while 36 have recovered from the virus.On Friday, Israel confirmed its first death from the disease.The virus, which emerged in Wuhan, China last December, has spread to at least 166 countries and regions around the globe, while the tally of confirmed cases topped 275,000, according to data compiled by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.The global death toll has exceeded 11,000, causing a chain…
yenisafak.com/en/world/israels-coronavirus-cases-climb-to-883-3514578

Two Arab states confirm new coronavirus cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-21
Health authorities in Palestine and Oman reported fresh cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday.In statements, Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said four new cases were recorded in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Hebron, taking the total infections in the occupied territory to 52, including 17 recoveries.Notably, the Gaza Strip has not reported any infection until Saturday.In Oman, the Health Ministry reported four new infections, taking the total cases in the Gulf state to 52.A ministry statement said 13 people have recovered from the virus.The virus, which emerged in Wuhan, China last December,…
yenisafak.com/en/news/two-arab-states-confirm-new-coronavirus-cases-3514579

Movement Restrictions in Bethlehem and Surrounding Areas Ordered by Palestinian PM
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-20
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, on Wednesday night, ordered movement restriction between the Palestinian governorates and called on thousands of Palestinians who work in the illegal Israeli settlements not to go to their places of work, in order to control the spread of coronavirus, Palestine News Network reported. In a …
imemc.org/article/movement-restrictions-in-bethlehem-and-surrounding-areas-ordered-by-palestinian-pm/

Analysis: A Terrifying Scenario; Coronavirus in 'Quarantined' Gaza
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-03-20
By Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle What if the Coronavirus reaches the besieged Gaza Strip? While the question carries great urgency for all Palestinians living under Israel's military occupation, the Gaza situation is particularly complex and extremely worrying. Nearly 50 countries have already reported cases of COVID-19 disease, one …
imemc.org/article/analysis-a-terrifying-scenario-coronavirus-in-quarantined-gaza/

Israeli Court Sentences Father of Deceased Palestinian to 18 Months in Prison
Rami Almeghari | imemc.org | 2020-03-20
The Palestinian Committee for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs, said on Thursday that the Salem Israeli court sentenced prisoner, Waleed Na'alwa, father of late Ashraf Na'alwa, who was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, for 18 months of imprisonment and 12 other months of suspended sentence …
imemc.org/article/israeli-court-sentences-father-of-deceased-palestinian-to-18-months-in-prison/

Israeli Police Arrest Three Palestinian Youths in Occupied East Jerusalem
Rami Almeghari | imemc.org | 2020-03-20
An Israeli police force abducted on Thursday three Palestinian youths in the occupied West Bank city of East Jerusalem, local sources reported. Witnesses in the Altour neighborhood of East Jerusalem told media outlets that an Israeli police force chased a Palestinian-owned vehicle, until they stopped it. A few moments later, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-police-arrest-three-palestinian-youths-in-occupied-east-jerusalem/

PLO Official Applauds US Congress Efforts Against Israeli Policy of Home Demolitions
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-20
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) welcomed, on Friday, the letter signed by 64 US lawmakers concerning the Israeli crime of home demolition, systematically perpetrated against Palestinian families, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Dr.
imemc.org/article/plo-official-applauds-us-congress-efforts-against-israeli-policy-of-home-demolitions/

Four Palestinian Prisoners Suspected to be Corona Virus Infected
Rami Almeghari | imemc.org | 2020-03-20
Palestinian Committee for Prisoners Affairs said on Thursday that Israeli media reports, suggesting that four Palestinian prisoners have been infected by the widely-spread Coronavirus, are inaccurate. The committee said in a statement, that four Palestinian prisoners have been isolated under quarantine by the Israeli authorities, however, none of them show …
imemc.org/article/four-palestinian-prisoners-suspected-to-be-corona-virus-infected/

PLO Official: Israeli Annexation Plan Presented as a US Peace Initiative
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-20
Israel's intensified settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories is part and parcel of its annexation plan, Saeb Erekat said on Thursday, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Erekat, the secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) stated "This is not an isolated event, but …
imemc.org/article/plo-official-israeli-annexation-plan-presented-as-a-us-peace-initiative/

The Media Is Helping Spread Trump's Coronavirus Racism
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-03-20
The Media Is Helping Spread Trump's Coronavirus Racism…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-trump-racism/

Weekend Read: Amid the pandemic, SPLC continues fight against injustice
splcenter.org | 2020-03-20
We are only beginning to feel the impacts of the coronavirus, but we know that the communities we serve

The Federal Reserve Dictatorship Runs Amok Against Savers
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
If you are a saver in a money market account or in a bank, you've already noticed your dwindling interest income as interest rates have been at their lowest in modern American history. Well, brace yourself. Your saving account has just become little more than a lock box, thanks to the supreme dictatorship of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/the-federal-reserve-dictatorship-runs-amok-against-savers/

Expert: US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela during pandemic could be genocidal
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-20
Intensified US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela during the COVID-19 pandemic could amount to genocide, a former UN expert warns. Iran…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/20/expert-us-sanctions-on-iran-venezuela-during-pandemic-could-be-genocidal/

It's Been Open Season on Voting Rights Since SCOTUS Gutted Voting Rights Act
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-20
Election protection is increasingly seen as a critical issue in the US. Since the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court, there have been problems with voter purging, voter ID laws, what some call modern-day 'poll taxes', precinct closures, and difficulties with voting machines. Congress has noted serious attempts to hack into voting systems in the US based in partisan politics. Women Rising Radio joins two election protection activists to talk about threats to the U.S. electoral p…
truthout.org/audio/its-been-open-season-on-voting-rights-since-scotus-gutted-voting-rights-act/

Survive and Revolt
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
"I Don't Take Responsibility at All" Millions of U.S. -Americans are no doubt aghast over the Supremely Dangerous Asshole (SDA) Donald Trump's statement about the coronavirus crisis in the country: "Yeah, no, I don't take responsibility at all…" None. Zero. Nada. No accountability. At all. Remember Harry Truman's little much beloved line,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/survive-and-revolt/

SPLC responds to Trump's Racist and Xenophobic Attacks on Asians
splcenter.org | 2020-03-20
President Trump continued to use racist and xenophobic language today during a news conference about the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. by calling it the "Chinese virus."
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/20/splc-responds-trumps-racist-and-xenophobic-attacks-asians

Washington Post Photographer Spots Crossed-Out 'Coronavirus' in Favor of 'Chinese Virus' in Trump Notes
Eoin Higgins | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
President Donald Trump's use of the racist term "Chinese virus" when describing the global coronavirus outbreak is apparently counter to how his aides are presenting information to him to read to the public according to a photo taken Thursday by …
globalresearch.ca/washington-post-photographer-spots-crossed-out-coronavirus-favor-chinese-virus-trump-notes/5706905

The Great 5G Hype
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson share much in common

How the ACLU Organized to end Racial Profiling on Greyhound Buses
Andrea Flores | aclu.org | 2020-03-20
Two years ago, the ACLU set a clear goal: push Greyhound to refuse Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers access to their buses to conduct warrantless searches. As part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, CBP officers were targeting bus passengers around the country, boarding their buses to racially profile, harass, and too often, detain people who they suspected of being undocumented. Of course, you can't tell someone's immigration status by how they look or sound

Grassroots effort sponsored by SPLC protects voting rights for hundreds across South Florida
splcenter.org | 2020-03-20
Clutching a clipboard full of voter registration forms under his arm, Marq Mitchell knocked on the front door of a small, beige, stucco house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/20/grassroots-effort-sponsored-splc-protects-voting-rights-hundreds-across-south-florida

Palestinian Structures Destroyed by Israeli Forces near Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-19
Israeli authorities, on Thursday, demolished two residential structures and an animal barn in the village of al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiya, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, according to WAFA correspondent. Israeli forces reportedly stormed the village and demolished a residential structure and a barn belonging to one Palestinian resident, and then proceeded to demolish …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-structures-destroyed-by-israeli-forces-near-jerusalem/

Trump Continues Calling the Coronavirus "Chinese" Despite Reports of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-19
"I would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against the Chinese virus. I will be invoking the Defense Production Act just in case we need it." That was the opening line of President Trump's news conference Wednesday afternoon. Later in the news conference, Trump was questioned by ABC News reporter Cecilia Vega on continuously referring to the coronavirus as the "Chinese virus." A member of the administration also reportedly referred to the coronavirus as the "kung-flu." Meanwhile, racist incidents and threats of hate crimes against Asian Americans have emerged across the United Sta…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/19/trump_ant…

Preventing discrimination against people with disabilities in COVID-19 response
news.un.org | 2020-03-19
Unless Governments and communities take action, discrimination against people with disabilities could increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert with the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1059762

Who are we, America?
Eric K. Ward | splcenter.org | 2020-03-19
Just as the authoritarian-tinged tenure of Donald Trump underscores the question, the coronavirus and near shut-down of public life in response highlight this defining time in our democracy.
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/21/who-are-we-america

California Anti-Immigrant Activist Robin Hvidston Seeking State Assembly Seat
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-03-19
Robin Hvidston, a longtime anti-immigrant activist, is running as a Republican for a California Assembly seat in District 41.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/03/19/california-anti-immigrant-activist-robin-hvidston-seeking-state-assembly-seat

West Virginia Tourist Hub Rejects VDARE's 'Negative' Message‚Äã
splcenter.org | 2020-03-19
A vacation hub known for its placid spas and lush hiking trails, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia has hardly been defined by Trump-era political strife in recent years.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/03/19/west-virginia-tourist-hub-rejects-vdares-negative-message

Iranian Doctors Urge Neighbours to Liquidate Any US Biological Labs Amid Coronavirus Fears
Sputnik News | iranian.com | 2020-03-19
With over 17,300 cases and 1,135 deaths to date, Iran has been one of the countries hit hardest by COVID-19, with the virus affecting not only the population at large, but a big portion of the political elite as well. Last week, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said there was evidence that the pandemic may have …
iranian.com/2020/03/19/iranian-doctors-urge-neighbours-to-liquidate-any-us-biological-labs-amid-coronavirus-fears/

Delay or Hold Primaries: Can the 2020 Election Be Safeguarded Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-18
Tuesday night's primary election for the Democratic presidential nomination was marred by chaos, confusion and fears over the spread of coronavirus at polling places as former Vice President Joe Biden consolidated his lead as he won Florida and Illinois by a wide margin and scored a victory in Arizona. We are joined by Vanita Gupta, former head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in the Obama administration, now president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights coalition. They issued a call with 100 voting rights groups for states to proce…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/18/democrati…

The Federal Reserve Dictatorship Runs Amok Against Savers
Ralph Nader | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-18
If you are a saver in a money market account or in a bank, you've already noticed your dwindling interest income as interest rates have been at their lowest in modern American history. Well, brace yourself. Your saving account has just become little more than a lock box, thanks to the supreme dictatorship of the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/the-federal-reserve-dictatorship-runs-amok-against-savers/

2019 Year in Hate and Extremism Report Release
splcenter.org | 2020-03-18
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/18/2019-year-hate-and-extremism-report-release

SPLC's Three Strikes Project helps nonviolent offenders move from prison to parole
splcenter.org | 2020-03-17
Drugs were a way of life in the economically struggling "Brickyard" neighborhood of Clarksdale, Mississippi, where Nicky Patterson grew up.
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/17/splcs-three-strikes-project-helps-nonviolent-offenders-move-prison-parole

Khamenei finally grasps severity of Coronavirus: Issues fatwa banning 'unnecessary travel'
RT | iranian.com | 2020-03-17
The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has made a religious ruling that prohibits "unnecessary travel" in the country in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19. Iran's death toll from the outbreak is nearing 1,000. The fatwa urges citizens to respect the orders of the health authorities and to refrain from traveling …
iranian.com/2020/03/17/khamenei-coronavirus-fatwa-travel/

SPLC offices, Civil Rights Memorial Center close
splcenter.org | 2020-03-14
Our work continues with fervor and is needed more now than ever.
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/20/splc-offices-civil-rights-memorial-center-close

Weekend Read: 2020 Census safe and easy, helps communities
splcenter.org | 2020-03-13
This month kicks off a major

Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group Presents "Make the Family Great Again" Petition to U.S. State Department Commission
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-03-13
Anti-LGBTQ hate group Ruth Institute presented a "Make the Family Great Again" petition to the State Department at its Commission on Unalienable Rights meeting Feb. 21.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/03/16/anti-lgbtq-hate-group-presents-make-family-great-again-petition-us-state-department

Executive Summary: 2019 Year in Hate
splcenter.org | 2020-03-11
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/18/executive-summary-2019-year-hate

Notable extremist attacks and plots in 2019
splcenter.org | 2020-03-11
Extremists across the United States and the world continued to launch attacks during 2019. But the worst carnage came in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15, when a white nationalist gunman attacked two mosques, killing 51 people and injuring 49.
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/18/notable-extremist-attacks-and-plots-2019

Spotlight on tactics: A flurry of flyering in 2019
splcenter.org | 2020-03-11
The distribution of flyers remained a common tactic employed by groups on the radical right in 2019. The SPLC recorded more than 1,500 flyering incidents during the year.
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/18/spotlight-tactics-flurry-flyering-2019

Methodology: ‚Ä®How hate groups are identified and categorized
splcenter.org | 2020-03-11
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/18/methodology-how-hate-groups-are-identified-and-categorized

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