(2021-01-24). UAE, Bahrain rulers on hunting trip to Pakistan amid Covid-19 pandemic: Reports. middleeasteye.net 
UAE, Bahrain rulers on hunting trip to Pakistan amid Covid-19 pandemic: Reports | Visit comes after deterioration in UAE relations with Islamabad heightened by differences over ties with Israel | Sun, 01/24/2021 – 12: 34 | Hunters kill the houbara bustard for sport and also because its meat is supposed to have aphrodisiac qualities (AFP) | The crown prince of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain's king a…
(2021-01-24). Moving the Bar: My Life as a Radical Lawyer — Michael Ratner. theanalysis.news Michael Ratner (1943—2016) was one of America's leading human rights lawyers. Michael won the seminal case in the Supreme Court guaranteeing the right of habeas corpus to Guantanamo detainees. From the torture of prisoners after 911 to the massive racial profiling by the New York Police Department, Michael's voice and vision continue to resonate. His last case, which he worked on until he died, was representing Julian Assange, the editor of WikiLeaks. In a series of interviews with attorneys who knew Michael's work, Law and Disorder hosts Heidi Boghosian and Michael Smith interviewed some of Michael Ratner'
(2021-01-24). Israel allows US to deploy Iron Dome missile defence system in the Gulf: Report. middleeasteye.net 
Israel allows US to deploy Iron Dome missile defence system in the Gulf: Report | Israeli officials refuse to reveal in which countries the system will be deployed, according to Israeli newspaper | Sun, 01/24/2021 – 11: 21 | Report of US deal on Iron Domes comes against backdrop of Israel's normalisation accords with the UAE and Bahrain (AFP) | The United States is expected to soon begin deploying the Israeli-…
(2021-01-24). Did America really Duck the Dark Night of Fascism? The delusion of normalcy that haunts the United States. juancole.com 
By Liam Kennedy | — The election of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States was received across much of the world with a mixture of relief and exuberance, though often laced with apprehension. A common theme in news headlines and Twitter feeds was that normal service was being resumed in the …
(2021-01-24). Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians, Detonate Their Car, Near Jenin. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians, and detonated their car, near Jenin, in northern West Bank. Montaser Sammour, the head of the Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of the city, before abducting Ahmad Abu ar-Rob, Jihad Abu ar-Rob, and Majdi Kamil. Sammour …
(2021-01-24). Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Journalists Near Hebron. imemc.org 
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Saturday evening, Palestinian journalists who were documenting their seriously escalating violations, near Susiya illegal colony, south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the colonists attacked two of its journalists, identified as Mashhour al-Wihwah and …
(2021-01-24). Israeli Colonists Close Main Junction Near Bethlehem. imemc.org 
Many illegal fanatic Israeli colonists closed, on Saturday evening, the Gush Etzion Junction, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, blocking Palestinian traffic. Eyewitnesses said the colonists gathered at the junction while carrying Israeli flags and chanting anti-Arab slogans. They added that the colonists blocked all Palestinian traffic on the main …
(2021-01-24). Worker Dies After Soldiers Fired Gas Bombs, And Chased Palestinians Near Tulkarem. imemc.org 
A Palestinian worker died, on Sunday morning, near the illegal Annexation Wall, in Far'un village, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, after the soldiers chased many Palestinians and fired gas bombs at them. Palestinian medical sources said Fuad Sabti Jouda, 48, from Iraq at-Tayeh village, east of the northern West Bank city …
(2021-01-24). Community rallies for an end to the genocide on Tigray. greenleft.org.au Western Australia's Tigrean community organised a second rally on January 22 against the Ethiopian government's war on the Tigray province. Alex Salmon reports.
(2021-01-24). Rohingya case may face delay at The Hague. yenisafak.com A final decision at the UN's top court in the legal battle against Myanmar for the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims could be delayed, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is first set to rule on objections filed by Myanmar.A legal summary prepared by the New York-based Global Justice Center, shared with Anadolu Agency, stated that Myanmar has raised objections over whether the western African country of Gambia was eligible to file the November 2019 case alleging that Myanmar's atrocities against the Rohingya in Rakhine state violate the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genoci…
(2021-01-24). Why Calling Israel An Apartheid State Is Not Enough. popularresistance.org B'Tselem, a leading human rights group in Israel, recently released a report concluding that Israel is an apartheid state, with a regime of Jewish supremacy stretching from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. | The report found that Israel meets the definition of apartheid under international law, which defines apartheid as "inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them". | The report received widespread international media attention and was described as a "watershed"
(2021-01-24). Israel is an apartheid state, says B'Tselem. zcomm.org Time to ditch the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism?
(2021-01-23). Threat of fascistic coup grows in Brazil amid COVID vaccination failure. wsws.org "We the military are the last obstacle to socialism. Who decides whether a people will live in democracy or dictatorship is their Armed Forces," declared fascistic President Bolsonaro.
(2021-01-23). Tuesday 2/16: Rashid Khalidi & Nora Barrows-Friedman: Hundred Years War on Palestine. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2021-01-23). Israeli Military Attacks Palestinian Protesters in Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly Friday protest in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia in the northern part of the West Bank. The soldiers used tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets to attack the demonstrators. One teen was shot in the hand by a rubber-coated steel bullet and had to be taken to a nearby …
(2021-01-23). Several Palestinians Injured In Beit Hanoun Explosion. imemc.org 
The Interior Ministry in Gaza has reported that many Palestinians were injured, on Saturday morning, in an explosion, east of Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza. The Ministry said the causes of the explosion are still under investigation and added that the medics moved eight Palestinians to the Indonesian Hospital, in northern Gaza. The explosion caused …
(2021-01-23). Dozens Of Palestinians Injured In Beit Hanoun Explosion. imemc.org Updated: The Interior Ministry in Gaza has reported that dozens of Palestinians were injured, on Saturday morning, in an explosion, east of Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza. The Ministry said the causes of the explosion are still under investigation and added that the medics moved at least 27 Palestinians to the Indonesian Hospital, in northern …
(2021-01-23). Israeli Army Injures Fifteen Palestinians Near Nablus. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the nonviolent procession in Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured sixteen Palestinians, in addition to causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The Palestinians marched from the village heading towards their lands, where illegal Israeli colonists installed an outpost, three months …
(2021-01-23). To fight fascism: 'Political education is crucial for people'. workers.org 
Excerpts taken from the Jan. 14 webinar,"Workers Can Defeat Fascism and Racism," sponsored by Workers World Party, moderated by Ted Kelly. Tania Siddiqui spoke from the WWP Houston branch. To view the entire panel discussion, go to youtu.be/d9_NDIKT0vw. Ted Kelly: Comrades, I wanted to talk about why the bourgeoisie needs . . . |
(2021-01-23). Palestinian Journalist Released After Seven Months in Prison Without Charges. imemc.org 
Israeli military authorities, which govern the Palestinians in the West Bank under martial law, released Palestinian journalist Mujahed al-Saadi Friday after he was imprisoned for seven months without charges. Al-Saadi was held in so-called 'administrative detention', a euphemism used by Israeli authorities used when they hold Palestinians for extended periods with no charges against them. He …
(2021-01-23). Anger grows within Labour over role of ex-Israeli military intelligence official. mronline.org 
Senior figures raise concerns over appointment of Assaf Kaplan, who formerly served in unit accused of blackmailing Palestinian civilians.
(2021-01-23). Israel Shows No Moral Tenet: Justice for Mohammed El-Halabi. dissidentvoice.org 
Israel's continued treatment of Palestinian political prisoners is unconscionable. Mohammed El Halabi, an aid worker from Gaza, has been in prison for four years while he awaits his trial; this is nothing short of cruel absurdity. He has been forced before the court over 150 times, many of those appearances secret, without word of when …
(2021-01-23). Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Homes Near Hebron. imemc.org 
Many fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, attacked Palestinian homes, on Friday afternoon, in the Tawamin community, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources said the colonists attacked the homes, and tried to invade them, before the locals intercepted them. They added that the colonists …
(2021-01-23). 'We neutralized the fascists,' says veteran union organizer. workers.org 
Excerpts taken from the Jan. 14 webinar,"Workers Can Defeat Fascism and Racism," sponsored by Workers World Party, moderated by Ted Kelly. Ed Childs spoke from the WWP Boston branch. To view the entire panel discussion, go to youtu.be/d9_NDIKT0vw. Ted Kelly: What are the root causes of these neo-fascist insurgencies that . . . |
(2021-01-23). Palestinian Villagers Foil Attack By Israeli Colonists South Of Nablus. imemc.org 
Palestinian villagers of the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, managed to foil an attack by a group of illegal Israeli colonists, who attempted to invade their community. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the residents noticed the colonists gathering near the entrance of the village, before they started …
(2021-01-23). The struggle for religious freedom — from Thomas Jefferson to Black Lives Matter. salon.com Out of America's paradoxical history of religious liberty comes a great push for Black freedom and racial justice…
(2021-01-23). International filmmakers demand end to Israeli ban on Mohammad Bakri's Jenin, Jenin. wsws.org Among those supporting Bakri are British film directors Ken Loach and Asif Kapadia, Finnish screenwriter and director Aki Kaurismaki, Palestinian filmmakers Michel Khleifi and Annemarie Jacir and Israeli director Eyal Sivan.
(2021-01-23). Saturday 2/6: Racism and Policing in the U.S.A. indybay.org This event will be held online…
(2021-01-23). Biden's Secretary Of State Praises Trump's Achievements On Israel. popularresistance.org A new administration has taken over Washington with talk of justice, respect and diversity. However, when it comes to Israel-the news isn't so encouraging. | Joe Biden's foreign policy team says it wants to return to the Iran deal, but reassures the Israel lobby that that won't happen any time soon, and when it comes to actual Palestinian rights or freedom (the "peace process"), it clearly wants as little friction with the Israeli government and Israel's friends in Washington as possible. I watched all 4-1/2 hours of Tony Blinken's testimony to Senate Foreign Relations (help!), and he never mentioned occupation,…
(2021-01-23). Iraq, Syria and the new US administration. thealtworld.com Terrible as Trump was for both countries, neither can expect much better with Biden at the helm | Two murderous attacks in succession: a double suicide bombing in Baghdad which killed 32 innocent Iraqis and injured more than one hundred; and a missile strike launched by Israeli warplanes from Lebanese airspace on Syria's Homs province in which a family of four perished. | Is it a coincidence that both took place just as Joe Biden was taking office as US president? The Israeli attack was nothing new. But the suicide bombing in Baghdad was the first for three years — during which Iraq's leaders thought they w…
(2021-01-22). Palestinian Striking Workers Triumph. socialistproject.ca 
After 19 days of an open-ended strike demanding their human and labour rights, Palestinian workers at Yamit have suspended their strike on January 20. The workers' committee has reached this decision following an agreement with the company to meet their demands. The agreement, which still needs to go through legal procedures in Israeli courts, states …
(2021-01-22). Amazon workers call for a full public congressional investigation of the January 6 fascist coup attempt. wsws.org The Amazon workers of the BWI2 facility in Baltimore calls on all workers to support the Socialist Equality Party's demand for a full congressional investigation into the fascist attack on the US Capitol building.
(2021-01-22). Israeli settlers leave Palestinian children bloody and bruised in latest attack. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli settlers leave Palestinian children bloody and bruised in latest attack | Alaa Sawafta's sons, aged six and three, wounded as unchecked violence against Palestinians in the West Bank escalates | Fri, 01/22/2021 – 13: 00 | Majd, six, was hit in the face by a rock thrown by Israeli settlers (Social media) | A six-year-old Palestinian boy and his three-year-old brother were wounded on Thurs…
(2021-01-22). Fearing the Palestinian Narrative: Why Israel Banned 'Jenin Jenin'. counterpunch.org On January 11, the Israeli Lod District Court ruled against a Palestinian film-maker, Mahmoud Bakri, ordering him to pay hefty compensation to an Israeli soldier who was accused, along with the Israeli military, of carrying out war crimes in April 2002, in the Palestinian Jenin refugee camp located in the northern occupied West Bank. The
(2021-01-22). OCHA: Protection of Civilians Report. imemc.org 
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Protection of Civilians Report for January 5-18, 2021 Two Palestinians reportedly attacked Israelis in two separate incidents and were subsequently shot; one was killed and the other injured. On 5 January, at the Gush Etzion junction (Hebron), a 25-year-old …
(2021-01-22). Turkey: Doctor's map labelling Alevi villages outrages minority. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey: Doctor's map labelling Alevi villages outrages minority | An investigation was launched into the map identifying Alevi-majority villages, amid outcry over sectarian discrimination | Fri, 01/22/2021 – 15: 30 | Members of Turkey's Alevi community hold pictures of victims as they march in Ankara on 2 July 2019 to mark the 26th anniversary of an arson attack on Madimak Hotel that killed 37 p…
(2021-01-22). Twitter and Facebook Just Proved That Deplatforming Works. thenation.com 
refuse to let white supremacists use them to organize and incite violence.
(2021-01-22). Israeli Colonists Injure Child Near Ramallah. imemc.org 
Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Thursday evening, many Palestinian cars near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing damage and injuring a child in the face. Media sources said the colonists injured Jad Ala' Sawafta, 3, in the face after hurling stones at the family's car while his father was driving near …
(2021-01-22). Soldiers Fire Live Rounds At Farmers In Southern Gaza. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday morning, many rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian farmers, on their lands near the perimeter fence east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers, stationed on military towers across the fence, fired sporadic rounds …
(2021-01-22). Four More Detainees Diagnosed With Coronavirus In Ramon Prison. imemc.org 
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that four additional detainees, held in the Ramon Israeli prison, have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, raising the number of infected political prisoners to seventy-three this month. In a statement released Friday, the PPS said the detainees who have been officially diagnosed with the virus are held in …
(2021-01-22). Israeli Colonists Close Many Roads In Northern West Bank. imemc.org 
Groups of fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers closed, on Thursday evening, many roads and junctions, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and attacked homes, before the soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man. Eyewitnesses said the colonists gathered at Huwwara junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and closed it. …
(2021-01-22). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eighteen Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, eighteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive and violent searches of homes, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has confirmed. The PPS office in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Bader, a former member of the Palestinian …
(2021-01-22). Defunding the Myths and Cults of Cold War Canada. dissidentvoice.org 
For decades the Canadian government has been supporting East European émigré associations whose much-revered founders, leaders and war heroes include veterans of Waffen SS divisions and other fascist military formations, perpetrators of the Holocaust and other ethnic-cleansing campaigns, officials from and apologists for Nazi puppet regimes, postwar CIA propaganda assets, proponents of Cold War terrorist …
(2021-01-22). Israeli Colonists Attack, Displace, Palestinian Family Near Hebron. imemc.org 
Several fanatic Illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Thursday at night, a Palestinian family and forced them out of a cave they were using as a residence in Khirbat Tawamin, east of Susiya village in Masafer Yatta, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Fuad al-'Amour, the coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Committees, …
(2021-01-22). Palestinian PM Condemns "Organized Settler Terrorism" in West Bank. imemc.org 
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh denounced, on Thursday at night, the seriously escalating attacks, carried out by the illegal Israeli colonialist settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank, and described them as organized terrorism. Shtayyeh said the colonists attacked and injured many Palestinians, including women and children, after hurling stones and Molotov cocktails at …
(2021-01-22). Raising their banner high: Fascism, imperialism, and anti-communism at the Capitol Hill riots. mronline.org 
This multicultural dimension of an overtly white supremacist demonstration is not a contradiction: rather, it reflects the convergence between imperialism abroad and fascism at home. Liberal commentators expressed self-righteous dismay at the vandalizing of "our" "iconic symbol of democracy," worrying about what the events would do to the U.S.' hallowed image as the shining "city …
(2021-01-22). Developing working-class resistance to fascism. workers.org 
These excerpts were taken from the Jan. 14 webinar, "Workers Can Defeat Fascism & Racism," sponsored by Workers World Party. To view the entire panel discussion, go to tinyurl.com/y25tapr2. Like most people, I had been very much aware that this fascist rally was going to take place in Washington[, D.C.,] . . . |
(2021-01-22). Ongoing Escalation: Israeli Colonists Hurled Molotov Cocktails At Homes Near Nablus. imemc.org 
Israeli colonists hurled Molotov cocktails, on Thursday evening, at two Palestinian homes in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Local sources in the village said the colonists invaded the southern area of Burin, and hurled Molotov cocktails at two homes. They added that the residents rushed to help the family …
(2021-01-22). Eric Garner's Mother Says We Must Push for Justice That Her Son Didn't Receive. zcomm.org The mother of Eric Garner, who was brutally murdered by New York City police officers applying a chokehold as he pleaded "I can't breathe," testified before the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States…
(2021-01-22). 48 Years After Landmark Ruling, Advocates Push to #ReimagineRoe and Build Abortion Justice. commondreams.org "Roe is the floor. We want an end to Hyde. We want people to access abortion care, when they need it, without discrimination, stigma, or harm." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …