The Emperor's New Rules: America's "Rules-Based Order" has Blind Spots
Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J.S. Davies | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
( Code Pink) — The world is reeling in horror at the latest Israeli massacre of hundreds of men, women and children in Gaza. Much of the world is also shocked by the role of the United States in this crisis, as it keeps providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinian civilians, in violation of …
juancole.com/2021/05/emperors-rules-americas.html
Colombia: Broad general strike challenges 'narc-oligarchy'
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2021-05-26
May 23 — The general strike against anti-poor "reforms" in Colombia is finishing its fourth week. So far, every test of strength has shown popular support has grown in defiance of police and fascist murders and beatings of protesters and the threat of COVID-19, which has already killed 85,000 people. . . . | Continue reading Colombia: Broad general strike challenges 'narc-oligarchy' at Workers.org…
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US-funded Belarusian regime-change activist arrested on plane joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government's media apparatus. A high-profile Belarusian regime-change activist whose detention on a forcibly grounded airplane caused an international scandal has extensive links to neo-fascist groups, which his political sponsors in Western capitals have conveniently overlooked. Right-wing activist Roman Protasevich was traveling on the Irish airliner Ryanair on May 23 when the plane crossed into …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/belarus-roman-protasevich-plane-nazis-ukraine/
US-funded Belarusian regime-change activist arrested on plane served with neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government's media apparatus. A high-profile Belarusian regime-change activist whose detention on a forcibly grounded airplane caused an international scandal has extensive links to neo-fascist groups, which his political sponsors in Western capitals have conveniently overlooked. Right-wing activist Roman Protasevich was traveling on the Irish airliner Ryanair on May 23 when the plane crossed into …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/belarus-roman-protasevich-plane-nazis-ukraine/
Rashida Tlaib Demands That Social Media Companies Stop Censoring Palestinians
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-26
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has written a letter to social media companies asking that they stop removing and suspending posts and users from their platforms for spreading information about Israeli violence against Palestinians. | The letter to Facebook, Twitter and ByteDance, which owns TikTok, asks the companies to answer a series of questions on their methodologies for removing certain posts and highlights a double standard in censorship of Palestinians online. | "I write with urgent…
truthout.org/articles/rashida-tlaib-demands-that-social-media-companies-stop-censoring-palestinians/
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! SF Rally Against Attacks On Palestinian People
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
Over 1,000 Palestinians and opponents of the attacks on Palestinians in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank rallied and spoke out in San Francisco on 5/22/21…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842724.php
Loosening the Tie to Israel
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
After bombing over a thousand targets in Gaza, where genuine strategic targets are few and far between, even Israeli leaders decided that the backlash from killing Palestinian children was too much to bear. Nevertheless, the mainstream media is giving credit to President Joe Biden for arranging a cease fire between Israel and Gaza that was determined by conditions on the ground and not humanitarian concerns.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/loosening-the-tie-to-israel/
Israel to carry out more mass arrests of Palestinians in pursuit of ethnic cleansing
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
On Sunday night, Israel's police force announced a programme of mass arrests of Israel's Palestinian citizens for participating in recent demonstrations opposing the bombing of Gaza and evictions in East Jerusalem, as well as against Israeli security forces' raids on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
popularresistance.org/israel-to-carry-out-more-mass-arrests-of-palestinians-in-pursuit-of-ethnic-cleansing/
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A primer on the long-standing dispute over Gaza (Video: U-Michigan Interviews Juan Cole)
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
juancole.com/2021/05/palestinian-conflict-standing.html
Israeli bombardment of Gaza builds support for U.S. aid restrictions
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-26
WASHINGTON–Even though its bombardment was stopped by an Egyptian-brokered and U.S.-pressured ceasefire, the Israeli government-ordered 11-day offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza has built momentum for restrictions on U.S. foreign aid to Israel. But though a mainstream lawmaker, Rep. Betty McCollum, DFL-Minn., has lined up 22 cosponsors for her legislation, HR2590, it still faces an …
peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-bombardment-of-gaza-builds-support-for-u-s-aid-restrictions/
Tampa's Palestinian community continues to protest for freedom and justice after ceasefire
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-26
Tampa, Fl – After weeks of protests all over the world, the large Palestinian American community and activists within Tampa continued to protest on Saturday, May 22, in downtown Tampa. Approximately 300 supporters and community members rallied to demand freedom for those living in Gaza and an end to the Israeli occupation over all of Palestine. | After the ceasefire of last week, many protesters and organizers demanded that the fight for Palestine has to continue. | "The ceasefire does not mean that we stop fighting. The only thing that has changed is that Gaza isn't being bombed daily, but we should not settle…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/25/tampa-s-…
AP Firing Shows Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Illusion of 'Objectivity'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
Several right-wing organizations, including the Federalist and Washington Free Beacon outlets, attacked the news service over Wilder's previous affiliation with Students for Justice in Palestine, when she was an undergraduate at Stanford University. AP, which recently had its office in Gaza destroyed by Israeli missile fire, bowed to the pressure.
popularresistance.org/ap-firing-shows-right-wing-hypocrisy-illusion-of-objectivity/
The Emperor's New Rules
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-26
Credit: pinterest.com The world is reeling in horror at the latest Israeli massacre of hundreds of men, women and children in Gaza. Much of the world is also shocked by the role of the United States in this crisis, as it keeps providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinian civilians, in violation of U.S. and …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/the-emperors-new-rules/
Hamas Reported Loss Of 61 Fighters, Commanders In Gaza Battle
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-26
Hamas rocket unit. Illustrative image. | Between March 22 and 26, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, revealed the names of 61 of its fighters and commanders who were killed during the recent battle in the Gaza Strip. | The heated battle started on May 10 with a rocket attack on Jerusalem. The rocket attack, which was launched from Gaza, was a response to Israeli plans to evict a number of Arab families from the Sheik Jarrah neighborhood in the city. The battle ended with an Egypt-bro…
southfront.org/hamas-reported-loss-of-61-fighters-commanders-in-gaza-battle/
Hamas Leader Unveiled Coordination With Lebanese Resistance To Attack Israel In Recent Gaza Battle
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-26
Hamas rocket unit. Illustrative image. | The rockets launched from Lebanon and Syria at Israel during the last battle in the Gaza Strip were the result of coordination between Palestinian factions and the "resistance in Lebanon," Yahya al-Sinwar, leader of the Hamas Movement in Gaza, revealed on May 26. | Sinwar, who was reportedly on Israel's "kill list" during the last battle, made his remarks during a public press conference in Gaza city. By saying the "resistance in Lebanon", the Palestinian leader was referring to Hezb…
southfront.org/hamas-leader-unveiled-coordination-with-lebanese-resistance-to-attack-israel-in-recent-gaza-battle/
Headlines for May 26, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
George Floyd's Family Calls for Passage of Policing Act as Nation Marks One Year Since His Killing, Blinken Says U.S. Will Reopen Jerusalem Consulate, Pledges Aid for Gaza as U.S. OKs New Arms Sales to Israel, Israel Arrests Hundreds of Palestinians; UNRWA Head Apologizes for Remarks on Israeli Assault, U.S. Joins Calls to Further Probe Origins of COVID-19, 50% of U.S. Adults Fully Vaccinated; Moderna's Vaccine Is 100% Effective in 12- to 17-Year-Olds, Kristen Clarke Sworn In as First Black Woman to Lead the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Iraqi Security Forces Kill Protester at Rally Demanding Accountability for Mu…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/26/headlines
Biden State Department Quietly Grants Boeing License for $735 Million Bomb Sale
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-26
The Biden administration has reportedly granted Boeing an export license for the sale of $735 million in advanced weaponry to the Israeli government, news that came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged $5.5 million in emergency aid to help Gaza recover from the latest Israeli bombing campaign. | Citing an un…
truthout.org/articles/biden-state-department-quietly-grants-boeing-license-for-735-million-bomb-sale/
How a fascist party brought into Israel's parliament by Netanyahu helped him start the war he wanted
David Sheen | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
After Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu paved its way into Israel's parliament, the fascist Jewish Power party sparked anti-Palestinian pogroms, giving him a pretext to attack Gaza. The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect, ending 11 days of mutual bombardment that resulted in the deaths of some 250 Palestinians, 10 Israelis, and three Asian workers, mainstream Israeli commentators piled on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of launching the war for his own personal benefit. The …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/fascist-party-netanyahu-israels-parliament-war/
How a fascist party brought into Israel's parliament by Netanyahu helped him start the war he wanted
David Sheen | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
After Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu paved its way into Israel's parliament, the fascist Jewish Power party sparked anti-Palestinian pogroms, giving him a pretext to attack Gaza The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect, ending eleven days of mutual bombardment that resulted in the deaths of some two hundred and fifty Palestinians, ten Israelis and three Asian workers, mainstream Israeli commentators piled on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of launching the war for his own …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/fascist-party-netanyahu-israels-parliament-war/
Despite loss of life & destruction, Gaza resists, hits Israel hard
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2021-05-26
A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas began May 21. It followed 11 days of the U.S.-armed and backed Israeli Air Force's vicious airstrikes on occupied Gaza. The bombs and rockets massacred more than 250 Palestinians, including over 60 children. Some 2,000 people were injured out of a population of 2 . . . | Continue reading Despite loss of life & destruction, Gaza resists, hits Israel hard at Workers.org…
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Biden's Eloquence About George Floyd Will Ring Hollow If Rahm Emanuel Gets Ambassador Nomination
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"His record of running interference for racist police violence while mayor of Chicago underscores what a terrible mistake it would be for the Senate to confirm him as ambassador." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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The Fascism Construction Manual
Naomi Wolf | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
Immediately after the proclamation of this pandemic, many elements of absolute all-around totalitarianism were put into effect in most countries of the West, even in countries that had previously been robust democracies. All of this happened very quickly and comprehensively.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842722.php
BLM: American Revolution Spreads Around the Globe
WillOfMany | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
The world changed not only because of COVID-19 pandemic beyond 2020. Political and economic crisis has led to growing of various protest movements. The widest and most active emerged in the USA. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement gained the largest extent. It demands from the American government not even reforms but revolutionary changes in the national social political course concerning people of color.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842753.php
Selected Articles: The Zionists on the Defensive
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
The Zionists on the Defensive | By Philip Giraldi, May 25, 2021 | Yes folks, there is an international conspiracy and it is all about "protecting" Israel. It operates through front and lobbying groups that uniquely promote the interests of a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-zionists-defensive/5746251
Why the Overton window has suddenly shifted on Israel-Palestine
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2021-05-26
There is little doubt that the Overton window on Israel-Palestine is rapidly shifting. To understand why, MintPress spoke to academics, experts, and rights groups familiar with the subject. | May 26, 2021…
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Palestine's Moment: Despite Massive Losses, Palestinians Have Altered the Course of History
Ramzy Baroud | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"This is the first time that Israel is forced to accept that the rules of the game have changed, likely forever." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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A Year Later: Are Palestinians like George Floyd?
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — May 26 was the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police, and President Biden had the victim's family to the White House, where they lobbied the president on police reform. George Floyd could not have imagined how he would become an international symbol of the victimization …
juancole.com/2021/05/later-palestinians-george.html
A Year Later: Are Palestinians like George Floyd?
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2021-05-26
The Palestinians have this in common with George Floyd. Neither of them was treated as a citizen would be. Palestinians do not have the right to have rights…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-year-later-are-palestinians-like-george-floyd/
Anger and Dismay
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
It's no great surprise that most German media, reporting on the Israel-Palestine war, was one-sided, bigoted and misleading! There were samples of fairer treatment at first, showing the demolition of Palestinian homes, the shutdown of a meeting place for young people, the far-rightist gangs marching in East Jerusalem chanting "Death to Arabs," the invasion of…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/anger-and-dismay/
Michigan Marches Unite Palestine Solidarity And BLM
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
On Tuesday, May 18, roughly 200 people gathered to march in front of the Ford Motor Company plant in Dearborn, Michigan where Joe Biden was speaking. Dearborn is home to the largest Arab American and Palestinian populations in the United States. Speaker Jae Bass, a Black Detroiter and a leader of Detroit Will Breathe (DWB) — a militant, politically independent organization created last year in the midst of the uprising against police brutality — connected the experiences of the daily fight against police brutality here with the brutality of the Israeli military in Palestine. Noting that both struggles are lin…
popularresistance.org/michigan-marches-unite-palestine-solidarity-and-blm-pointing-the-way-forward/
Podcast Ep 37: How the corporate media suppresses Palestine
Nora Barrows-Friedman | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-26
Journalist Greg Shupak analyzes mainstream news and its routine defense of Israeli violence.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-37-how-corporate-media-suppresses-palestine
The Meaning of Solidarity with Palestine
Rebecca Ruth Gould | progressive.org | 2021-05-26
As global solidarity with Palestinians continues to grow, how can the lessons of this movement benefit other colonized and oppressed peoples?
progressive.org/dispatches/meaning-of-solidarity-with-palestine-gould-210526/
Students demand U of MN divest from companies aiding Israeli apartheid
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-26
Minneapolis, MN – On Friday, May 21, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Minnesota held a protest calling for university divestment from companies funding the Israeli apartheid. | Over 150 students and community members rallied at the Memorial Union, where speakers voiced their anger with the university administration for complicity with the genocide against Palestinians and its giving support to Zionist student groups. Additionally, students condemned the administration's lack of action following the passage of two separate referendums in campus elections: one in 2018 calling for divestment f…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/25/students…
Sunday 5/23: Protest for Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
39707 Paseo Padre Pkwy | Fremont, CA…
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Saturday 5/29: National March for Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
Lincoln Memorial | Washington, DC…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/25/18842743.php
'We Don't Want What Happened in 1948 To Happen to Us Again'
Mahmood Jrere, Tamer Nafar, Udi Aloni | thenation.com | 2021-05-26
Mahmood Jrere, Tamer Nafar, Udi Aloni 'We Don't Want What Happened in 1948 To Happen to Us Again'…
thenation.com/article/activism/dam-palestine-protest/
47 Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Explain, Cease Censorship of Israel Critics
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram are often Palestinian protestors' and residents' only tools to share information to keep each other safe in the face of repression by the Israeli government and police, and during attacks on civilians." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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What Solidarity With Palestine Means
Rebecca Ruth Gould | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"The struggle for justice in Palestine can teach the left how to pressure our leaders on a wider scale, on matters beyond Israel-Palestine. This is why justice for Palestinians means justice for everyone." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Ireland Supports Landmark Motion to Condemn Israeli 'De Facto Annexation' of Palestine
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"The scale, pace, and strategic nature of Israel's actions on settlement expansion and the intent behind it have brought us to a point where we need to be honest about what is actually happening," said Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Annexation of Palestine or "Uneventful Occurrence"‚Ää–‚ÄäWhat Do You See?
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
This incisive article first published by Global Research in June 2020 addresses the issue of Annexation Israeli soldier executing the kidnapping of several Nahalin villagers southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank, including Mohammad Afif Fannoun, on June 12, …
globalresearch.ca/annexation-uneventful-occurrence%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8awhat-do-you-see/5716065
What is Joe Biden's Israel Policy, Exactly?
Phyllis Bennis | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/22/18842688.php
"America on Fire": Historian Elizabeth Hinton on George Floyd, Policing & Black Rebellion
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
Protests and vigils were held across the U.S. to mark one year since the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd's death sparked a national uprising and global movement against systemic racism and police brutality. Elizabeth Hinton, an associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University and a professor of law at Yale Law School, connects the Black Lives Matter protests to a long history of Black rebellion against police violence in her new book "America on Fire" and notes that the U.S. has had previous opportunities to address systemic racism and state violence, but change r…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/26/elizabeth…
Blinken pledges Washington's full support to Israel and peanuts for the Palestinians
wsws.org | 2021-05-26
Israel's aerial bombardment killed at least 253 Palestinians, including 66 children and 39 women, while injuring 2,000 more, contradicting its claims to have solely targeted Hamas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/26/isra…
After the Ceasefire: Peace or War?
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to go "beyond the restoration of calm to start a serious dialogue to address the root causes of the conflict." Noble idea, but don't expect anything of the sort. Both sides claimed victory, and both sides are far more likely to pick up where they…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/after-the-ceasefire-peace-or-war/
Minneapolis: Voices from the George Floyd uprising, one year later
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-26
The lynching of George Floyd sparked an uprising that transformed the Black-led movement against police terror in this country. Fight Back! interviewed several activists who found their places in this movement in the past year – four newer members of Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar (TCC4J) and the Executive Assistant for Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence (FSFAPV). TCC4J is a chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. FSFAPV is a group of Minnesota families who have lost loved ones to police violence. | Fight Back!: What did you see and do during the upri…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/25/minneapo…
Prominent Grassroots Palestinian Activist Met With Blinken in Ramallah; Called For Ending Arms Sales To Israel
CounterPunch News Service | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank Prominent Grassroots Palestinian activist Issa Amro met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Deputy Assistance Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr Tuesday in Ramallah. In the meeting, which was with members of Palestinian civil society, Amro asked the Secretary of State to end unquestioned U.S. financial…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/prominent-grassroots-palestinian-activist-met-with-blinken-in-ramallah-called-for-ending-arms-sales-to-israel/
I'm a Former Jewish Federation CEO–and I Oppose Israel's Actions Against Palestinians
Joe Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
The last ten …
globalresearch.ca/former-jewish-federation-ceo-oppose-israel-actions-against-palestinians/5746241
The Nazi Past of US Geopolitics
Thomas Klikauer — Norman Simms | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
Geopolitics is the linking of political power to geographic space. Perhaps Zbigniew Brzezinski's Grand Chessboard remains one of its best abstract representations. It's not only the USA that has geopolitical goals; many other countries, like the UK, France, Russia and Germany, also developed distinct geopolitical ideas. In nineteenth century Germany, geopolitics included imperialist expansion based…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/the-nazi-past-of-us-geopolitics/
Blinken pledges Washington's full support to Israel and pittance for Palestinians
wsws.org | 2021-05-26
Israel's aerial bombardment killed at least 253 Palestinians, including 66 children and 39 women, while injuring 2,000 more, contradicting its claims to have solely targeted Hamas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/26/isra…
Israeli Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa for Third Day in a Row
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
Israeli forces and …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-third-day-row/5746268