(2020-05-19). The Soviet Victory Over Nazism 75 Years Ago, China and COVID-19. globalresearch.ca How could the Great Patriotic War in which the Soviet people (including many members of my own family) lost at least 25 million lives, have anything in common with the latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus? | You think this is …
(2020-05-19). The Soviet Victory over Nazism 75 Years Ago and Covid-19. dissidentvoice.org How could the Great Patriotic War in which the Soviet people (including many members of my own family) lost at least 25 million lives, have anything in common with the latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus? You think this is an absolutely insane question? However, before you dismiss it, think twice. There are similarities how …
(2020-05-19). Israel strikes Syria to keep the USA in the Levant. 20 years after the unconditional Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, what has been achieved? (2). thealtworld.com 
Following its defeat in the second war on Lebanon, Israel discovered that its only way to suppress Hezbollah would …
(2020-05-19). Israà´l frappe la Syrie pour maintenir les États-Unis au Levant. Vingt ans après le retrait inconditionnel d'Israà´l du Liban, où en sommes-nous? 2/3. thealtworld.com 
Après avoir perdu sa deuxième guerre au Liban, Israà´l a découvert que le seul moyen de réprimer le Hezbollah …
(2020-05-19). US courts revoke emergency protections in coronavirus pandemic. wsws.org Over the past week, the US Supreme Court and the Texas Supreme Court have issued a series of antidemocratic decisions that place countless lives at risk and increase the hardships faced by workers in the coronavirus pandemic.
(2020-05-19). What You Need to Know about the ICC Investigation of War Crimes in Occupied Palestine. counterpunch.org Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has, once and for all, settled the doubts on the Court's jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in occupied Palestine. On April 30, Bensouda released a 60-page document diligently laying down the legal bases for that decision, concluding that "the Prosecution has carefully considered the
(2020-05-19). ICC Investigation of War Crimes in Occupied Palestine. zcomm.org Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has, once and for all, settled the doubts on the Court's jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in occupied Palestine.
(2020-05-19). News Stories Avoid Naming Israel. globalresearch.ca There are two stories that seem to have been under-reported in the past couple of weeks. The first involves Michael Flynn's dealings with the Russian United Nations Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. And the second describes yet another bit of …
(2020-05-19). Zionists Should Return Entire Occupied Lands to Palestinians: Rabbi Weiss. globalresearch.ca In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Rabbi Weiss said the Israeli regime was established in Palestine by committing all kinds of crimes against its people, which is a violation of Jewish religious laws towards fellow human beings, adding that …
(2020-05-19). Israel's Annexation Plan Is "The Nakba Revisited" globalresearch.ca Anniversaries commemorate past events. And you could be forgiven for thinking that an event which happened 72 years ago is indeed in the past. | This is true of most anniversaries, except when it comes to
(2020-05-19). Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence? thenation.com Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?
(2020-05-19). Trump official blames high US coronavirus death toll on the diversity that "unfortunately" exists in the population. wsws.org The fascistic comment is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to find an excuse for its catastrophic performance in the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2020-05-19). Read some Ho Chi Minh for his birthday. fightbacknews.org To mark the birthday of Ho Chi Minh, May, 19, 1890, Fight Back is circulating his 1960 article The path which led me to Leninism. | After World War I, I made my living in Paris, now as a retoucher at a photographer's, now as painter of "Chinese antiquities" (made in France!). I would distribute leaflets denouncing the crimes committed by the French colonialists in Viet Nam. | At that time, I supported the October Revolution only instinctively, not yet grasping all its historic importance. I loved and admired Lenin because he was a great patriot who liberated his compatriots; until then, I had read none of his boo…
(2020-05-19). Israeli Operatives Behind 'Highly Accurate' Cyberattack on Iranian Port Facility — Report. iranian.com On 10 May, the managing director of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization, Mohammad Rastad, confirmed in a televised statement that the county's port of Shahid Rajaee, in the coastal city of Bandar Abbas, was the victim of a cyberattack by an unknown foreign hacker on 9 May, bringing to a halt all shipping traffic in …
(2020-05-18). The 'Clean Break' Doctrine: A Modern-Day Sykes-Picot Waging War and Havoc in the Middle East. strategic-culture.org 
In 1996 a task force, led by Richard Perle, produced a policy document titled "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" for Benjamin Netanyahu, who was then in his first term as Prime Minister of Israel, as a how-to manual on approaching regime change in the Middle East and for the destruction of the Oslo Accords. | The "Clean Break" policy document outlined these goals: 1) Ending Yasser Arafat's and the Palestinian Authority's political influence, by blaming them for acts of Palestinian terrorism 2) Inducing the United States to overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. 3) Launching war against Syr…
(2020-05-19). Defend DACA: A Supreme Court Briefing w/ Rep. Jayapal & others. indybay.org Online…
(2020-05-19). Halting Bigotry in Its Tracks: History of Prejudice & Racism Against Asians (webinar). indybay.org Online via livestream…
(2020-05-19). Trump's HHS Secretary Accidentally Admits Racism Is Driving COVID Policy. truthout.org Donald Trump's administration is truly a one-trick pony. Whatever narratives Trump's minions roll out, white supremacy and racism are always the baseline.. | During an appearance last Sunday on
(2020-05-19). 'Going to hell for laughing': British man's TikTok video about Holocaust victims' tattoos makes jaws drop. rt.com 
A controversy is mounting as a TikTok video apparently poking fun at how Nazis marked their victims at death camps with tattooed numbers received more than 600,000 views. | The video was uploaded on April 28 and has now found its way into headlines, with the Jewish Chronicle
(2020-05-19). Only Palestinians can, should decide for Palestine: Foreign Ministry. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its twitter account on Tuesday wrote that only Palestinians whether Muslim, Christian, or Jew with a national referendum can and should decide for Palestine.
(2020-05-19). EU urges Israeli regime to refrain from its illegal annexation plan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) — EU Foreign Policy Chief has urged the regime in Tel Aviv to refrain from its announced annexation plan, noting that such measures are against international law.
(2020-05-19). Resistance, unity key to defeat Zionist regime. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) — Bahrain's leading Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahmed Qassim said continuing the resistance and avoiding division in the Muslim World are the key moves to overcome the occupying regime of Israel's atrocities.
(2020-05-19). Al-Nakhalah deplores Zionists' plan for West Bank annexation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) — The Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement said the plan for the annexation of West Bank is at the center of the Zionists' project for occupying the Palestinian lands.
(2020-05-19). Iranian border guards not having a role in killing Afghan nationals: Shamkhani. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) — The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said that Iranian border guards have not played a role in killing of Afghan citizens in a joint border.
(2020-05-19). World doesn't tolerate bullying: Shamkhani to US. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) — Referring to US officials' remarks to extend Iran's arms embargo, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said that the world does not tolerate bullying, based on free and resilient nations.
(2020-05-19). Palestinians Withdraw From All Agreements With Israel, US – Mahmoud Abbas. sputniknews.com The head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has repeatedly warned Israel that he will tear up any bilateral agreements with the Jewish state if Tel Aviv attempts to further extend its sovereignty over parts of the West Bank, a possibility left open by Israel's new unity government.
(2020-05-19). 'Enmity Towards God and Corruption on Earth': Iran MPs Ban Work with Israel. sputniknews.com Previously, the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission had prepared and approved a bill on "confronting the hostile acts of the Zionist regime against peace and security".
(2020-05-19). Israel's Prosecution Asks Court to Deny Netanyahu's Request to Skip Trial Hearing. sputniknews.com TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Israeli State Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday asked the court to deny Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to skip the opening hearing in the graft trial scheduled for 24 May.
(2020-05-19). Killed By Mistake: Lebanese Teenager Who Moved to UK is Gunned Down Outside Supermarket. sputniknews.com The family of Aya Hachem moved to England from the Lebanese village of Qlaileh – only five miles from the Israeli border – in 2011, looking for security and peace. But on Sunday the 19-year-old law student was shot dead outside a supermarket.
(2020-05-19). Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque to reopen after Eid holiday. yenisafak.com Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque will reopen to worshippers after Eid al-Fitr holiday, the authority responsible for overseeing the city's holy sites said on Tuesday. | In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department said steps to reopen the site will be announced soon. | Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, will start on Sunday. | The mosque was shut to worshippers late March amid the spread of the novel coronavirus in Palestinian territories. | Palestinian authorities confirmed 576 coronavirus infections, including 67 cases in East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located. | Al-A…
(2020-05-18). Opening Up for Demonstrations? zcomm.org Stop racist killings! Act together to end the pandemic! Living wages or income now! A Green New Deal and Medicare for All! Trump must go!
(2020-05-18). COVID-19 Exposes The Generational Injustices That Demand Reparations. therealnews.com 
Generations of racism created the conditions that made African Americans more susceptible to COVID-19, and reparations are the way to address that injustice.
(2020-05-18). The Nakba: 72 years of ongoing catastrophe. workers.org 
May 15 is the day commemorating Youm al-Nakba, the Day of Catastrophe, when white European settlers declared war on the people of Palestine in 1948. In the violence that immediately followed the settlers' so-called "independence" declaration, at least 700,000 Palestinians were forced out of their homes, and hundreds of towns . . . |
(2020-05-18). Denis Goldberg, comrade of Nelson Mandela and enemy of apartheid everywhere, dies. peoplesworld.org 
Denis Goldberg, hero of the South African freedom struggle, died on April 29, 2020. The following remembrance is by Ronnie Kasrils, a former minister in African National Congress governments and veteran of the struggle. It was originally published in Portside. Integrity and defense of the truth, whatever the personal cost, was a choice Denis Goldberg …
(2020-05-18). How Democracy Falls In East Europe And The Balkans. therealnews.com 
Freedom House says Eastern European and Balkans democracies are in danger. COVID-19 has opened the door to surveillance, and threatens democracies from Hungary to India to Israel.
(2020-05-18). 'Anti-lockdown protesters' are nothing but strikebreakers. peoplesworld.org 
In the middle of this deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which has already cost our nation over 90,000 lives, we've seen the spectacle of crowds of heavily armed racist white men demanding the economy be reopened. They project an image of regular working folks pressed to speak out against government "tyranny" that has unreasonably forced them to …
(2020-05-18). Wisconsin Defeats COVID-19 Tyranny as the State Supreme Court Tosses Out Lockdown Order. strategic-culture.org On May 13th the Wisconsin
(2020-05-18). Ottawa's Ties with Far Right Colombian President Undermines Human Rights Rhetoric Regarding Venezuela. globalresearch.ca A week ago a former Canadian soldier instigated a harebrained bid to kidnap or kill Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Launched from Colombia, the plot failed spectacularly with most of the men captured or killed. | Still, the leader of the …
(2020-05-18). Intl. professors, figures to discuss Palestine via webinars. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) — International Association of Muslim University Professors (IAOMUP) is organizing three webinars on the issue of Palestine from Monday to Wednesday.
(2020-05-18). Over 250 Artists, Writers Urge Israel to Stop Siege of Gaza. globalresearch.ca More than 250 global artists and writers including rocker Peter Gabriel, director Ken Loach and actor Viggo Mortensen have appealed to Israel to stop the "siege" of Gaza. | The coronavirus epidemic could have a devastating effect in "the world's largest …
(2020-05-18). Soldiers Assault A Palestinian Before Abducting Him In Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Monday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Misilyah town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted him after searching and ransacking his home. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked the home of …
(2020-05-18). Artists across the world call for an end to Israel's siege of Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org On the second anniversary of the massacre of Palestinians during the Great March of Return, over 400 artists, musicians, writers and cultural practitioners backed Amnesty International's call for an arms embargo on Israel…
(2020-05-18). Israeli Colonists Chop Down 80 Olive Trees In Nablus, Bethlehem. imemc.org Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, a Palestinian olive orchard, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and cut more than 40 olive trees. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists stormed an olive orchard …
(2020-05-18). Israeli Military Court Extends Detention of a Palestinian Teen Boy. imemc.org The Israeli military court of Salem, near Jenin city in the West Bank, ordered on Monday, the extension of the detention of Palestinian teenager, Qasem Abu Baker, 17, from the Palestinian village of Y'abad, south of Jenin city. The mother of Qasem, told media outlets that Monday's extension is the …
(2020-05-18). Jerusalem Charity Closed for "Violating Israeli Sovereignty" imemc.org Israeli police invaded the "Volunteer for Hope" charitable organization in Jerusalem, on Sunday, ordering it's closure for a total of six months, Quds News Network reported. The charity, located in Beit Hanina village, in occupied East Jerusalem is said to be associated with the Palestinian Authority (PA). The order included …
(2020-05-18). Israeli Colonist Stabs A Palestinian Teen In The Neck, In Jerusalem. imemc.org An Israeli colonialist settler stabbed, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy in the neck, in occupied East Jerusalem, causing a mild-to-moderate injury. Eyewitnesses said the colonist assaulted the teen, Mohammad Natsha, 17, and stabbed him with a sharp object in his neck. They added that the Israeli assailant is …
(2020-05-18). Israeli Army Bulldozers Raze Palestinian Farm Land in Tulkarem. imemc.org In the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli troops reportedly attacked Palestinian farm land, earlier on Monday, and army bulldozers began razing olive trees in an area estimated at four acres in size. Local Palestinian sources said that the farm land razed is located between the Kafa and Shoufa villages, …
(2020-05-18). Twenty Years After the Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon, What Has Been Achieved? globalresearch.ca "We were Hezbollah trainers. It is an organisation that learns quickly. The Hezbollah we met at the beginning (1982) is different from the one we left behind in 2000". This is what the former Chief of Staff and former Minister …
(2020-05-18). Israeli Colonists Hurl Stones At Teqoua' Town Council. imemc.org Several Israeli colonists hurled stones, Sunday, at the building of the Local Municipal Council of Teqoua' town, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Salem Abu Mfarreh, the mayor of Teqoua', said the colonists stopped their car in front of the Local Council's building, before jumping …
(2020-05-18). Israeli youth convicted for murdering 3 members of a Palestinian family in 2015 terrorist attack. peoplesdispatch.org The convicted Israeli is part of an extremist settler terror group called hilltop youth. Members of this group are followers of Meir Kahane, who called for the expulsion of all non-Jewish people from Israel…