Daily Archives: July 19, 2021

2021-07-19: News Headlines

Ali Abunimah (2021-07-19). Why isn't Israel held accountable for spying on journalists? electronicintifada.net NSO Group's Pegasus spyware used more extensively than previously known, investigation finds.

WSWS (2021-07-19). Data breach reveals extensive government spying on journalists and political activists. wsws.org A breach of Israeli spy company NSO Group revealed 50,000 phone numbers, including those belonging to journalists, slated for infection with spyware capable of viewing a target's personal messages and information.

Saqib Sheikh — Elise Arya Chen (2021-07-19). Challenging Supremacy: BLM, Palestine and the Struggle for Equal Rights in Burma. counterpunch.org The recent outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza in May, which resulted in 248 Palestinian and 12 Israeli lives lost, may just seem like the latest in a series of tragedies in that region. Yet this clash may actually mark a turning point in the long-running conflict. What set it apart is not the

Juan Cole (2021-07-19). Palestinian-Israeli Party in Gov't Warns of "Religious War" over Violent Squatter Invasion of al-Aqsa Mosque Complex. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that early on Sunday morning, hundreds of Israeli squatter-settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the direction of the Moors Gate, with heavy guard by the Israeli security forces. An attempt was made to exclude Palestinians from the Mosque and its environs. In …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2021-07-19). Why Israel isn't different from "the settlements" electronicintifada.net Judges approve the forcible transfer of Palestinians, settlers give the final push.

Fight Back (2021-07-19). Memphis rallies in support of Palestine. fightbacknews.org Memphis, TN – On July 17, over 40 people gathered at the intersection of South Cooper Street and Young Avenue here for a rally called by the Memphis chapter of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, in coalition with Memphis Voices for Palestine. Representatives from Never Again TN and Jewish Memphians for Social Justice, two Jewish-led organizations, were also present. | The rally was called in response to a small Christian Zionist protest in East Memphis, a neighborhood that most of Memphis' Jewish population calls home, one week earlier. That rally brought traffic to a screeching halt, forcing the residents…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-07-19). Honoring the suffragists, women in white march for voting rights. peoplesworld.org

Staff (2021-07-19). Vancouver "Boycott Tour" protest marches for justice and liberation in Palestine. samidoun.net Demonstrators gathered in Vancouver, on the unceded lands of the S·∏µwxñwú7mesh (Squamish), S…ôlÃìiÃÅlw…ôta î/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and x ∑m…ôŒ∏k ∑…ôyÃì…ôm (Musqueam) peoples, on Sunday, 18 July for a "Boycott Tour" march for Palestine throughout the city's downtown. The protest began outside the offices of ZIM Shipping, the oldest and largest Israeli shipping company that transports weapons to and from occupied Palestine while profiteering from colonized Palestinian la…

WSWS (2021-07-19). Fascist militia members indicted in plot to blow up Sacramento, California Democratic Party headquarters. wsws.org The right-wing terrorists, animated by Trump's election lies, planned to use pipe bombs and automatic rifles in their attack, according to a grand jury indictment.

Abdul Rahman (2021-07-19). Silwan and Israel's Judaization project in East Jerusalem. peoplesdispatch.org From prompting illegal settlers in the area since 1991 to denying permits to build new houses in East Jerusalem, Israel has used every trick in the book to force the Palestinian residents of the locality to leave their homes…

Amnesty International (2021-07-19). Forensic Methodology Report: How to Catch Israel's NSO Group's Pegasus. globalresearch.ca The [Israel …

M Adams (2021-07-19). The Future of the Movement for Black Lives. zcomm.org Urban rebellions blossomed into mass mobilization upon George Floyd's death. Now what?>

Steve Sweeney (2021-07-19). Chile can 'bury neoliberalism' with the election of Daniel Jadue. zcomm.org Daniel Jadue, an architect who is of Palestinian origin, has promised deep changes in the country if he is elected president in what could be an epoch-defining poll…

Staff (2021-07-19). Headlines for July 19, 2021. democracynow.org COVID Cases on the Rise Among Olympic Athletes Days Ahead of Tokyo Opening Ceremony, Boris Johnson Self-Isolates as U.K. Reopens; Mass Protests in France over COVID Measures, Delta Variant Spreads Across Africa, Latin America, Where Vaccines Are Sorely Lacking, Young Children at Risk as U.S. Cases Surge in Areas with Low Vaccination Rates, DOJ Set to Challenge U.S. Judge Ruling Declaring DACA Unlawful, Israeli Spyware Company's Software Targeted Phones of Journalists and Politicians Around the World, Death Toll in Western Europe Flash Floods Nears 200; 70 Major Wildfires Rage in Western U.S., Colombian Police Say…

Staff (2021-07-19). Migration Is Not a "Crisis." It's Survival and Resistance to Ongoing Genocide. truthout.org Earlier this month, a Honduran court

Staff (2021-07-19). Compañía israelí utilizó software espía contra periodistas, políticos y activistas de todo el mundo. cubadebate.cu Una empresa israelí acusada de suministrar software espía a gobiernos fue vinculada a la divulgación de una lista de 50.000 números de teléfonos inteligentes de activistas, periodistas, ejecutivos de empresas y políticos de todo el mundo, según informes difundidos este domingo.

Anonymous669 (2021-07-19). Israeli Strikes Hit Key Syrian Military Complex In Southern Aleppo (Videos, Photos). southfront.org The "Adir" jets first flight in Israel. Pictured: "Adir" jet and F-16I "Sufa". Photo by: Maj. Ofer | Late on July 19, a series of Israeli strikes hit the northern Syrian governorate of Aleppo, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. | The airstrikes targeted the al-Safirah defense factories, 21 km to the south of Aleppo city. The complex, where Syria stored some of its chemical weapons before the 2013 deal, is now developing and producing conventional weapons and ammunition for the Syrian Arab Army. | According to…

teleSUR, drl, JCM (2021-07-19). Policía y colonos israelíes atacan a palestinos en Jerusalén. telesurtv.net El enfrentamiento tuvo lugar en las afueras de la mezquita Al-Asqa, lugar sagrado de las religiones musulmana y judía.

A Guest Author (2021-07-19). After the First Intifada: 'Prisoners build their own weapons of defense and strength'. workers.org Dr. Amal Wahdan is the founder and editor of the Arab Gazette, as well as an organizer with One Democratic State of Palestine (odspal.net). She was a member of the International Delegation to the 2021 Syrian Presidential Election, as was Ted Kelly, who interviewed Dr. Wahdan July 14. Dr. Amal . . . |

Declaration for American Democracy & partners (2021-07-19). Saturday 7/17: La Honda: Good Trouble Protest for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Post Office sidewalk, 8865 La Honda Road, La Honda, CA 94020 | Peaceful Action. Masks & follow all current COVID guidlines.

WSWS repost (2021-07-19). Eighty-five years since the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. indybay.org The events of the Spanish Civil War which began July 17, 1936, when Francisco Franco's nationalist army launched a fascist coup against the Republic speaks directly to contemporary politics with every passing day. The international working class still faces economic crises, growing social inequality, imperialist military aggression and growing police-state rule.

Labor Video Project (2021-07-19). Imperialism, The Genocide In Namibia & The Working Class With Kav Hambira. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Namibian journalist and artist Kav Hambira about the role of German imperialism in Namibia and the present economic and political crisis.

Women's March (2021-07-19). Tuesday 7/20: Fighting Racist Voter Suppression Laws Webinar w/ Women's March. indybay.org Online discussion…

CA PPC, National PPC,, partners (2021-07-19). Monday 7/19: Voting Rights Now! Women's Protest March on Washington D.C. w/ CA PPC. indybay.org Online D.C. livestream & online voting rights actions…

sputniknews (2021-07-19). Private Israeli Spyware Used Against Activists, Journalists Worldwide, Reports Suggest. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The software Pegasus, developed by Israel's NSO Group and used by government agencies to track criminals and terrorists, was deployed by state services to hack private phones of activists, journalists, and opposition figures around the world, according to an investigation by The Washington Post and 16 other media outlets.

sputniknews (2021-07-19). As Hunger in Gaza is Rising, a Local Embarks on an Initiative to Feed the Poor. sputniknews.com Half of the Gaza Strip's population lives below the poverty line, which is why purchasing meat for the Eid al-Adha holiday that commences on Tuesday is beyond the means of many of the Palestinian enclave's residents.

Anonymous007 (2021-07-19). Israeli Software Company's Spyware Used To Target Hundreds Of Journalists, Activists. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | An Israeli company's spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights activists around the world, according to an investigation by 17 media organizations, published on July 18th. | One of the organizations, The Washington Post, said the Pegasus spyware licensed by Israel-based NSO Group also was used to target phones belonging to two women close to Jamal Khashoggi, a Post columnist murdered at a Sa…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-19). Israeli Police Clears Palestinian Worshippers So Israeli Tourists Can Visit Mosque. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On July 18th, Israeli policed stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and launched tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at worshippers at Islam's third holiest site in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian media. | Israeli police forcefully evacuated Muslim worshippers to clear the way for the Jewish visitors in one of the most sensitive venues in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, said Palestinian officials. | The Palestinian Authority (PA), which governs parts of the Israeli…

Joan Walsh (2021-07-19). This Texas Democrat Doesn't Want Proud Boys Standing Over His Grandmother as She Votes. thenation.com This Texas Democrat Doesn't Want Proud Boys Standing Over His Grandmother as She Votes…

Winter Oaks (2021-07-19). France Rises Up Against Macron's Vaccine Passports. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-07-19). Jean-Luc Mélenchon supports anti-vaccine protest called by French neofascists. wsws.org The call to let the virus spread unimpeded has won support not only among neo-fascist activists, but inside Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Unsubmissive France.

Staff (2021-07-18). 'Fascism spread to courts': Erdogan's spokesman berates top EU court for allowing employers to ban headscarves in workplace. rt.com The spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the EU of "embracing" the fascist past of the European continent, after a top court ruled that employers can ban religious symbols, including the headscarf. | The ruling passed this week by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) is "wrong" and "an attempt to lend legitimacy to racism," Fahrettin Altun, the communications director for the office of President Erdogan said on Twitter on Saturday. He said it was "unbelievable that fascism just spread to the courts" of the EU, adding that "instead of denouncing its dark past, Europe now seeks to emb…

_____ (2021-07-18). What They Don't Say About Cuba. popularresistance.org The old-style information war that we have been experiencing for this last week against Cuba, did not start with Biden. Since 2017, the US has been incessantly and inaccurately talking about a social explosion in Cuba with its magical solution of a "humanitarian intervention." At the same time, Trump progressed in his litany of adding more sanctions to the blockade, 243 to be exact, which have been kept intact by the current administration. | In February 2020, the friends of Luis Almagro, Secretary-General of the OAS, and the Florida congressmen, in between taking selfies with the most despicable fascists of the…

Middle East Monitor (2021-07-18). Attack on Palestinian Gaza wasn't a Victory for Israel — It underlined an Ongoing Dilemma. juancole.com By Adnan Abu Amer | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Two months after the end of the last Israeli aggression on Gaza, Israel admitted that there is no simple solution to the situation in the strip. The instability of the current ceasefire entails Israel to discuss a number of necessary steps to weaken …

Staff (2021-07-18). Detroit's Prison Population Will Soon Be Stuck Living Next to a Toxic Site. truthout.org "It felt all too real," Siwatu-Salama Ra said from her home in Detroit, Michigan. Her lifelong struggles against two injustices plaguing her community — pollution and incarceration — had become fused in a surreal way. | Three years ago, Ra,

_____ (2021-07-18). 'Pandemic Is Not Over': As Delta Variant Spreads, US Surgeon General 'Worried About What Is to Come'. commondreams.org Pegasus spyware, sold by private Israeli company NSO Group, "is a weapon of choice for repressive governments seeking to silence journalists, attack activists, and crush dissent," said Amnesty International's Agnès Callamard.

teleSUR, JGN (2021-07-18). Diez frases contra el racismo para recordar a Nelson Mandela. telesurtv.net "Nadie nace odiando a otra persona por el color de su piel. La gente aprende a odiar. También se le puede enseñar a amar", decía Madiba.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-18). Cuba: Beside the People, With the People and for the People, the Revolution Continues! libya360.wordpress.com Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, president of the Republic of Cuba, in the act of revolutionary reaffirmation, in the esplanade of La Piragua, Havana, on July 17, 2021, Year 63 of the Revolution. Dear Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution; People of Cuba, Cuban men and women; Compatriots: Long…

Declaration for American Democracy & partners (2021-07-18). Saturday 7/17: Oakland: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Preservation Park at pavilion and fountain site, 1233 Preservation Park Way, Oakland 94612 | Peaceful event. Follow all current COVID guidelines.

_____ (2021-07-18). No Ambulances Amid the Bombings: How Gaza's COVID-19 Patients Survived Israel's Military Assault. strategic-culture.org Palestinians in Gaza who tested positive for COVID-19 during the recent escalation with Israel struggled to care for their health and their families, amid both airstrikes and overwhelmed hospitals. | By Ahmed AL-SAMMAK | When Imad Alhour, 33, realized it was time to get admitted to the closest hospital treating COVID-19, he had to first figure out the safest route to avoid airstrikes. Next, he needed to hail a taxi. | Alhour lives in Gaza City and fell sick with coronavirus symptoms a few days before a violent escalation broke out between Israel and Gaza in May. His wife, Imran Namroti, 30, also had trouble breat…

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-18). Large-scale war games: U.S. in first-ever Patriot surface-to-air missile firing in Australia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Large-scale war games: U.S. in first-ever Patriot surface-to-air missile firing on Australian soil The ninth iteration of the biennial Talisman Sabre military exercise conducted by the U.S. and Australia got underway last month and will continue to August. Talisman Sabre 21 consists of 17,000 troops from the U.S., its NATO allies Britain and Canada, host …

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