(2020-03-09). Israel announces 14-day 'isolation' for anyone entering the country in attempt to fight coronavirus spread. rt.com 
Anyone arriving in Israel will need to go through a 14-day quarantine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced as part of an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus. | The measure will apply immediately for all Israeli citizens returning to the country, and it will take effect for non-citizens on Thursday. Foreign nationals who cannot prove to officials they have the resources to self-quarantine for two weeks will not be allowed to enter the country. The measure will last for two weeks. | "This is a tough decision, but it is essential to maintain public health – and public health precedes everything…
(2020-03-09). Don't Expect a Democratic President to Roll Back Trump's Policies. counterpunch.org America's health care, its poor, its black and Hispanic minorities and the contest between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders don't amount to a hill of beans in the Middle East. And many American voters — save for pro-Israeli lobbyists, liberal Jewish groups and disparate Muslim organisations — don't care a hill of beans about the fears
(2020-03-09). German government incites racism with commemoration of right-wing terrorist attack in Hanau, refugee policy. wsws.org The state has not "underestimated" the danger posed by the far-right, but rather systematically incited and encouraged it.
(2020-03-09). Guyana: Voting Results Postponed Again Amid Political Crisis. telesurenglish.net While in Guyana the two political parties continue to claim victory in the March 2 presidential elections, voting results were again postponed indefinitely on Sunday, according to local sources. | RELATED: | Guyana's Supreme Court on Sunday approved an order preventing the country's Electoral Commission from declaring a winner in this month's presidential election. | This decision postpones the results of the vote…
(2020-03-09). Patterns of Occupied Palestine and Kashmir: Part 4 of Uncountable. counterpunch.org Aaj Woh Kashmir Hai Mehkoom-O-Faqeer Kal Jise Ahl-E-Nazar Kehte Thay Iran-E-Sagheer (Today that land of Kashmir, under the heels of the enemy, has become weak, helpless and poor/Once known among the wise as Little Iran) — Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher of Kashmiri origin, "The Poet who Introduced Language of Resistance in Kashmir," New
(2020-03-09). The Trevor Phillips suspension is exposing the British media for the shyster it is. thecanary.co The Labour Party has Islamophobia: | The Times first reported on Phillips's suspension,
(2020-03-09). Joe Biden is Demented Racist Shark Food. counterpunch.org Biden helped author and worked to pass the racist federal mass incarceration Three Strikes crime bill of 1994. He has boasted of his ability to work with segregationists as a U.S. senator in the 1970s, when he opposed federal desegregation busing orders and worried about sending his children to desegregated schools. He boasts about his ability to work with racist Republicans today. He offered creepy racialized praise for presidential candidate Barack Obama by calling him "articulate" and "clean."
(2020-03-09). Barham Salih: Iraq Doesn't Need Foreign Presence on Its Soil. telesurenglish.net The Iraqi people do not need foreign countries on their territory to preserve their sovereignty, the president of this Middle Eastern nation Barham Salih said on Sunday. | RELATED: | "The best way for Iraq to overcome the current crisis is through national unity," the leader said Sunday during a meeting with the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamjani. | In the meeting between the two officials…
(2020-03-09). Super Tuesday and Standing up to Racists. indybay.org Sanders said you can't beat Trump with yesterday's recipes and figures. That would be Biden's strategy to evoke the nostalgia of the Obama years. It would work for a lot of black people and some of the "urban" upper class. In fact, however, these forces, then personified in Hillary Clinton, have already lost at the first showdown with Trump.
(2020-03-09). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government sends police to Greece to attack migrants. wsws.org The pseudo-left is complicit in the dispatching of police to Greece, where far right thugs are attacking refugees with the complicity of the government.
(2020-03-09). US Election; Israeli Vote; Syria; Coronavirus. sputniknews.com Join George Galloway on the new home for the Mother of All Talk Shows – this week we talk about US election, Israeli election, Syria, and the spread of coronavirus.
(2020-03-08). Israeli Forces Seize Excavators South of Hebron, Deliver Demolition Notice in Jordan Valley. imemc.org Israeli forces, on Sunday, seized construction equipment in Birin area, south of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Fuad al-'Amour, the coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Committee in Masafer Yatta, told WAFA correspondent that the soldiers seized two excavators belonging to local Palestinian …
(2020-03-08). Four Palestinians Abducted by Israeli Police in Jerusalem. imemc.org The Israeli occupation forces, Saturday night, detained four Palestinians from the old city of Jerusalem, according to local sources. Israeli police invaded several homes in the Sa'diya quarter in the occupied old city before detaining four Palestinians, two of whom are brothers from the al-Haddad family, Palestinian WAFA News Agency …
(2020-03-08). Israeli Soldiers, Settlers Storm Village in Nablus, One Palestinian Arrested. imemc.org Israeli settlers and Israeli soldiers, on Saturday, stormed the village of Madama in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Quds News Network (QNN) reports. The indigenous Palestinians confronted the illegal Israeli settlers, to which Israeli forces responded by firing tear-gas canisters, arresting one Palestinian young man, and causing …
(2020-03-08). PCHR: On International Women's Day — Renewed Calls for Justice, Protection and Equality for Palestinian Women. imemc.org The 8th of March marks International Women's Day (IWD) which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1977. This day symbolizes women's ongoing fight and struggle for their rights, justice and equality and to ensure women exercise their rights, codified in all international laws and standards. This year …
(2020-03-08). Mexico Vows to End Violence Against Indigenous Women. telesurenglish.net In recent years, the violence against women in Mexico has reached alarming figures, and the wave of femicides has soared to a record 1,010 victims in 2019. | RELATED: | Statistics reflect the potential danger of being a woman in Mexico, something that gets worse when women belong to an Indigenous community. | Violence against Indigenous women has increased on a daily basis, while discrimination based on gender, et…
(2020-03-07). Absolutely sickening—and scary': Man unfurls Nazi flag at Bernie Sanders rally, heightening security concerns. mronline.org 
"All people of conscience must condemn this anti-Semitism against the most visible Jewish politician in the country." |
(2020-03-07). AIPAC confirms two coronavirus cases at Israeli lobby gathering attended by US elites & veteran politicians. rt.com 
Two people from New York who attended the AIPAC conference in the US capital have tested positive for Covid-19, raising the possibility that lawmakers in Washington DC were exposed to the potentially lethal contagion. | "At least" two conference-goers who came from Westchester County, New York have tested positive for the virus, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee said on Friday evening, adding that they've sent notice of this to the attendees, participants, speakers, administration staff and congressional offices. | Important Update: Coronavirus | As emailed to Policy Conference attendees, participan…
(2020-03-07). Unemployment Among Gaza Women Hits Record High of 90%. imemc.org In new remarks by the Gaza-based head of the Popular Committee for Breaking the Israel-imposed Blockade of Gaza, Dr. Jamal Alkhodary said that Palestinian women in Gaza have been badly affected by the Israeli blockade, in terms of labor. The statement, released Saturday by Alkhudary to local media outlets, suggested …
(2020-03-07). 15-Year Old Boy Hit by Israeli Rubber Bullet While in School. imemc.org In the al-Isawiyya area of Jerusalem on Tuesday, Israeli forces fired a rubber-coated steel bullet into a schoolyard, injuring 15-year-old student Mohammad Awni Atiya in his hand. The incident took place at the "Boys Secondary School", in the village of Al-'Isawiya. The Silwan Information Center reported that the Israeli Special …
(2020-03-07). Video: Turkish Drones Falling in Idlib. 'Moderate Rebels' Gas Themselves by Mistake. globalresearch.ca Early on March 5, the Israeli Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes on targets in the Syrian provinces of Homs and Quneitra. According to the Syrian military, the attack was conducted from Lebanese airspace at 00: 30 local time. …
(2020-03-07). Israeli Troops Invade Birzeit University Dorms; Abduct 5 Students. imemc.org Early Friday morning, Israeli forces raided student dormitories at Birzeit University in Ramallah, in the central West Bank, and abducted five students. According to local sources, Israeli troops kidnapped five students affiliated with the Islamic Bloc, the student branch of the Hamas movement, at Birzeit University in Ramallah. The sources …
(2020-03-07). Will the US Supreme Court Protect the Right to Protest? commondreams.org "The one thing we know with certainty—and based on the officer's own allegations—is that the individual the officer sued is not the person who threw the object, but our client, DeRay Mckesson—an activist who was there to add his voice and to amplify others." (Photo: Jay Godwin/LBJ Library) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-03-07). Students in Brazil Make Nazi Salute Inside a Classroom. telesurenglish.net A prestigious school in Brazil got dragged into a scandal after one of its students ran an election campaign styled after Adolf Hitler, recruiting a dozen supporters eager to have him as their 'Fàºhrer' ("leader" or "guide," associated with the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler). | RELATED: | The scandal occurred at the Colegio Santa Maria, a private Christian school in the city of Recife in north…
(2020-03-07). 75 Years Ago: Nazi Germany's Launch Final Major Attacks of the Second World War. globalresearch.ca Seventy-five years ago, on 6 March 1945, the Third Reich launched what was to be its final great offensive of World War II, called Operation Spring Awakening (Unternehmen Fràºhlingserwachen). This attack, not well known today, was directed eastwards through the …
(2020-03-07). Screening of Palestinian film Naila and the Uprising as part of International Women's Day celebrations in Derry, Ireland. imemc.org Friday, 6 March, 2020, Museum of Free Derry, Derry, Ireland — for IMEMC News, Niall àì Brolcháin A free screening of the highly acclaimed Palestinian documentary film Naila and the Uprising took place at the Museum of Free Derry in the Bogside, Derry, Ireland in advance of International Women's Day. …
(2020-03-06). Democrat outrage forces Facebook to remove Team Trump's 'misleading' Census ads. rt.com 
Social media giant Facebook said it will remove certain ads by President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, after Democrats and media activists complained they would confuse Americans about the upcoming population census. | The ads were titled "Official 2020 Congressional District Census," but they directed respondents to a website used by the president's re-election campaign. The text of the ads, however, made it clear they were requesting data so the campaign could better formulate the election strategy in November: | "This survey is ESSENTIAL to our team's 2020 campaign strategy. We need Patriotic Americans like…
(2020-03-06). "Supreme Inequality": Author Adam Cohen on the Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle Against Justice. democracynow.org 
The makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court has come under intense criticism in recent years after two Trump-nominated justices joined the bench. Senate Republicans confirmed Neil Gorsuch in 2017 after having refused to consider President Barack Obama's nominee in his final year in office, and they confirmed Brett Kavanaugh a year later despite multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the judge. During the 2020 Democratic presidential contest, several candidates floated the idea of "packing the court" — appointing more than nine justices — in order to counter the court's rightward drift. But while t…
(2020-03-06). 'Something is Going On': A white worker wakes up to racist police violence. peoplesworld.org 
The author explains that this poem was part of the program at the New York CPUSA African-American History Celebration, Feb. 29. (Video of the event available here.) At the celebration, Gwen Carr (mother of Eric Garner) spoke eloquently about her long-time leadership of Mothers of the Movement, the organization of African-American mothers whose sons and …
(2020-03-06). Headlines for March 6, 2020. democracynow.org 3,500 Cruise Ship Passengers Quarantined Off California Coast over Coronavirus Fears, Seattle Area Residents Urged to Work from Home as Coronavirus Spreads Across U.S., World Health Organization's Coronavirus Warning: "This Is Not a Drill", Stocks Tumble as Coronavirus Rattles Global Economy, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Suspends 2020 Presidential Bid, Bernie Sanders Campaign Rally Disrupted by Protester with Nazi Flag, Russia and Turkey Agree to a Ceasefire in Syria's War-Torn Idlib, Israel Accused of Collective Punishment After Demolishing Palestinian Homes, Israeli Opposition Parties Bidding to Unseat Netanyahu After…
(2020-03-06). Netanyahu may yet prove himself the Houdini of Israeli Politics. dissidentvoice.org It may have taken him a year and three elections to achieve it, but on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu started to look like the Great Houdini of Israeli politics — escape artist extraordinaire. With almost all of the ballots counted, Netanyahu's bloc of settler and extreme religious parties was set to win 58 seats in the …
(2020-03-06). What is the Big Deal? Why Palestinians reject "the Deal of the Century" imemc.org By Rev. Dr. Jack Sara | As a Palestinian Christian living and serving on both sides of the Separation Wall, I live with the people on the ground.
(2020-03-06). 'This Is Unacceptable': Sanders Calls On Biden to Disavow Surrogate's Racist Attack on Nina Turner. commondreams.org "Joe must apologize to Nina and all the people of color supporting our campaign." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-03-06). As a literal Nazi supporter targets Sanders rally, the Jewish politician's message to the world is crystal clear. thecanary.co 
On 5 March, a Nazi waved a swastika flag in the middle of a Bernie Sanders Sanders under attack: | During the Holocaust, Nazis murdered
(2020-03-06). Coronavirus Alarm Blends Yellow Peril and Red Scare. fair.org 
As an Asian-American, I'm not surprised that there are numerous reports surfacing of racist and xenophobic responses arising in the US (and elsewhere) as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, where "coughing while Asian" is being compared to "driving while black." In case there are any doubts that media coverage is being racialized, reports …
(2020-03-05). The New Poll Tax? Long Lines, Closed Polling Stations Hurt Black, Latinx & Student Voters in TX, CA. democracynow.org 
Long wait times plagued polling places in Texas throughout Super Tuesday, especially in districts with high numbers of black and Latinx voters and college students. Many voters reported waiting in line for more than three hours to cast a ballot. At least 750 Texas polling sites have been shuttered since 2013, when the Supreme Court slashed federal oversight of Texas and other Southern states under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. There were long lines, too, in Los Angeles, where many polling places reported problems with a brand-new $300 million voting system. The Sanders campaign sued to keep polling places open a…
(2020-03-05). A Terrifying Scenario: Coronavirus in "Quarantined" Gaza. dissidentvoice.org 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 of several epidemics that are caused by the Coronavirus. If developed countries, …
(2020-03-05). Women and girls still vulnerable to HIV due to gender inequality: UNAIDS. news.un.org Gender discrimination and violence, as well as "huge" gaps in education, are among the factors why women and girls remain vulnerable to HIV, according to the UN agency working to end the AIDS epidemic.
(2020-03-04). Weekend Read: Parents sue Tennessee over voucher program that would drain resources from underfunded public schools. splcenter.org Tracy O'Connor drives her son to another school each day — just for geometry class — because his school does not offer it.
(2020-03-04). Minnesota to protest Vice President Pence appearance. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – The Anti-War Committee is joining with the Climate Justice Committee to unwelcome Vice President Mike Pence when he comes to Saint Paul, 5 p.m., March 5, at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront, 11 E Kellogg Boulevard. | The Anti-War Committee has consistently organized against the Trump administration's repeated attempts to use bigotry. The Anti-War Committee's call for the protest includes, among other demands: "Muslims are welcome here! Racist, sexist, anti-gay – Mike Pence go away! No ban, no wall! Amnesty for all!" | CJ McCormick, a member of the Anti-War Committee said, "Wherever Trump…
(2020-03-03). The Brooklyn Yeshiva Anthem Protest and Why It Is Not Antisemitic. dissidentvoice.org An anti-Semite used to be a person who disliked Jews. Now it is a person who Jews dislike. — Hajo Meyer, Jewish German-born Dutch physicist and Auschwitz survivor. Antisemitism is a trick we always use. — Shulamit Aloni, Jewish Israeli, former Israeli Minister of Education, longtime member of the Israeli parliament. On Sunday, February 23 …
(2020-03-03). TRAP Laws are the Threat to Abortion Rights You Don't Know About. aclu.org This week, the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case | that will have wide-reaching consequences for reproductive freedom and abortion | rights in America. It's the first time the Court has weighed those rights since | gaining a new conservative majority with the appointments of Justices Neil | Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. And the stakes are high. | The case that the court will | hear, June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, | is being argued by the Center for Reproductive Rights (CCR), and it involves a | law in Louisiana known as a "TRAP" — Targeted Restriction on Abortion | Providers. The detai…
(2020-03-03). SPLC mourns loss of former board member Andrew Fredman. splcenter.org The Southern Poverty Law Center is deeply saddened today by the loss of longtime donor and board member Andrew Fredman, 58, who recently died.
(2020-03-03). Deportation is a death sentence, and our government's hands are bloody. splcenter.org Deadly violence is inescapable for hundreds of returned Salvadoran migrants. This small, Central American country is the murder capital of the world.
(2020-03-03). Iran reports increasing number of deaths. iranian.com Ali Reza Raisi, a Health Ministry official, said 77 people have died and 2,336 have been infected by the coronavirus in Iran. Raisi spoke at a news conference in the Iranain capital, Tehran. Iran's supreme leader orders armed focrs to combat coronavirus Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the Islamic Republic's armed forces to assist its …
(2020-03-03). Free doco makes case for Palestine solidarity. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-03-02). Headlines for March 2, 2020. democracynow.org U.S. Sees First 2 Coronavirus Deaths in Washington as Cases Worldwide Mount, U.S. and Taliban Sign Deal Aimed at Ending 18-Year War, Joe Biden Claims Decisive South Carolina Victory, Buttigieg & Steyer Drop Out Ahead of Super Tuesday, North Korea Fires Projectiles as It Carries Out Military Drill, Study Reveals No Fraud in 2019 Bolivian Election That Ousted Evo Morales, Voters in Israel Go to Polls for 3rd Time in Under a Year, Greece Attacks Refugees After Turkey Loosens Restrictions on Border, Assange Extradition Hearings Suspended Until May, Wet'suwet'en Chiefs in Talks with Canadian Ministers as Fight Against…
(2020-03-02). My 12-year-old twins' nonprofit provides free period products to girls in need. splcenter.org I didn't know what to expect when my daughters decided last summer to give away sanitary pads and tampons to girls in need.
(2020-03-02). Canadians Furious At Trudeau As Government Refuses To Stop Travelers From Iran. iranian.com Furious Canadians slammed the government for failing to cancel flights from Iran, presently the country with the worst outbreak outside China, and other policies that suggest a dangerously blithe response from the government, perhaps as a consequence of PM Trudeau's commitment to 'woke' policies (many have slammed travel bans as racist). twitter.com/DrJacobsRad/status/123413982… One critic even accused …
(2020-02-28). Emails Reveal Identity of Longtime White Nationalist Propagandist as Onetime Conservative Insider. splcenter.org Months before the "alt-right" became a household name, the nebulous band of white power activists seized upon their digital prowess to popularize a slur that would soon become a mainstay in the Republican infighting that defined the 2016 presidential election.