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2022-08-06: News Headlines

Staff (2022-08-06). Iran strongly condemns Israel regime's brutal attack on Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Iran has strongly condemned the brutal attack of the "apartheid Israeli regime" on Gaza and the killing of defenseless people and a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad movement.

WSWS (2022-08-06). Republicans at CPAC give Viktor Orban a standing ovation after fascist speech. wsws.org Less than two weeks after denouncing "race-mixing," the Hungarian prime minister was one of dozens of far-right politicians warmly received by Trump supporters at the conference in Dallas.

Staff (2022-08-06). Fresh volley of rockets fired at Israel in retaliation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Sirens were sounded in the Israeli settlements near the Gaza Strip amid reports of a fresh volley of rockets fired in retaliation.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-08-06). Israel ataca Gaza y causa la muerte de al menos diez palestinos. telesurtv.net Medios locales informan que aviones israelíes atacaron los barrios de Al-Rimal, Al-Fakhari, la ciudad de Beit Lahia y Khan Yunis.

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-08-06). Palestina condena ataque de Israel contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Entre las víctimas mortales se encuentra una niña de cinco años de edad, precisó el Ministerio de Salud palestino.

WSWS (2022-08-06). Fascist Alex Jones ordered to pay damages to parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim. wsws.org A Texas jury ordered the alt-right and fascistic Alex Jones to pay nearly $ million to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.

Abdallah al-Naami (2022-08-05). Israel accused of seizing crypto wallets from traders in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Digital currency trading proves popular in Gaza — if risky — where investment opportunities are scarce.

Ali Abunimah (2022-08-05). Israel kills 10 in surprise attacks on Gaza. electronicintifada.net Tel Aviv's aggression may make even deadlier escalation unavoidable.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-08-05). Why resistance matters: Palestinians are challenging Israel's unilateralism, dominance. peoplesworld.org Until recently, Israeli politics hardly mattered to Palestinians. Though the Palestinian people maintained their political agency under the most demoralizing conditions, their collective action rarely influenced outcomes in Israel, partly due to the massive discrepancy of power between the two sides. Now that Israelis are embarking on their fifth election in less than four years, …

Sophia Lin Lakin (2022-08-05). Fifty-Seven Years After its Enactment, the Voting Rights Act is in Peril. aclu.org This week marks 57 years since the signing of the In the decades following the Civil War, states in the South enacted discriminatory measures, such as poll taxes and literary tests, in order to stop Black Americans from voting. Not to be deterred, voting rights activists proteste…

TeleSUR (2022-08-05). Israel Sends More Troops Near Gaza Amid Rising Tensions. telesurenglish.net Israel on Thursday deployed attack drones over the Gaza Strip and continued to close major roads in the south amid rising tensions with the Palestinians. | Israel's military has announced that it was sending more troops to the area near Gaza in case there were possible reprisal attacks following the arrest of a senior militant in the West Bank this week.

TeleSUR (2022-08-05). Israeli Bombardment of Gaza Leaves Eight Dead. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Israeli air forces bombed the Gaza Strip leaving eight dead, one of whom was Tayseer Jabari, a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (PIJ). | RELATED: | "Jabari had replaced Baha Abu al-Ata in command in the northern Gaza Strip after the latter was physically eliminated by the Israelis in 2019," the Italian outler Insider Trend recalled. | "We took the initiative and we are not done yet," said an I…

Staff (2022-08-05). Attack on Gaza: Stand with Palestine, the Palestinian people and their Resistance! samidoun.net Israeli occupation forces have once again launched a military aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. This aggression has already taken the lives of 9 martyrs of the Palestinian cause — including a 5-year-old girl and senior leader of the Palestnian Islamic Jihad resistance movement, Tayseer al-Jabari — and wounded 55. Samidoun Palestinian …

Martha Grevatt (2022-08-05). Michigan prison authorities ban dictionaries, activists win reversal. workers.org In a June 2 story, National Public Radio broke the news that the Michigan Department of Corrections had, over the past year, banned Spanish and Swahili dictionaries. This racist, xenophobic decision denied the legal right to an education to Spanish- and Swahili-speaking prisoners and to any prisoner desiring to learn . . . |

CounterSpin (2022-08-05). Luke Harris and Joe Torres on America's Racist Legacy. fair.org This week on CounterSpin: The crises we face right now in the US—a nominally democratic political process that's strangled by white supremacist values, a corporate profiteering system that mindlessly overrides human needs to treat the environment as just another "input"—are terrible, but not, precisely, new. People have fought against these ideas in various forms before; …

Anonymous669 (2022-08-05). Death Toll In Gaza Rises As More Israeli Strike Hit Islamic Jihad (Videos). southfront.org Death toll from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) ongoing The IDF said it launched Operation Breaking Dawn on August 5 in response to recent threats by the PIJ, whose military wing, th…

No H8 in the Valleyy (2022-08-05). Leader of "Straight Pride" Rally in Modesto Embraces White Nationalism, Attacks Jews and LGBTQ+ Community. indybay.org A white nationalist from the bay area is again calling for a 'Straight Pride' parade in Modesto. Please sand in solidarity with us against these fascists!

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-08-05). Palestina condena fallo de Israel contra gobernador de Jerusalén. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Expatriados denunció que el arresto del gobernador demuestra "la grave discriminación contra los palestinos".

Cronkite News Arizona PBS (2022-08-05). Clean Energy Booming, Coal Plants Closing, despite Supreme Court ruling against EPA. juancole.com By Morgan Fischer | ( Cronkite News ) WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court ruled this summer that the EPA could not force power plants to move away from fossil fuels, advocates worried that the justices had removed the "most effective tool for regulating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions." They're still worried. But …

Deweylaura (2022-08-05). The Trumpist Supreme Court: Off the rails of democracy. cpusa.org Rage and confusion over the recent Supreme Court decisions is sweeping the nation. The Roe v. Wade decision (1973) establishing women's reproductive rights has been repealed. A New York State law prohibiting the carrying of concealed guns, passed in response to escalating shootings and deaths, has been declared unconstitutional. The court has sharply reduced …

Julia Conley (2022-08-05). 'We Should Unite Our Forces': Orbán Serves Up Far-Right Red Meat to CPAC Crowd. commondreams.org "The Republican playbook is the Viktor Orbán playbook," said one observer. "And you can call that what you want—but I am going to continue to call it fascism."

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-08-05). Imponen arresto domiciliario a gobernador palestino de Jerusalén. telesurtv.net Un magistrado israelí determinó que Adnan Ghaith cumpla la sanción por tiempo indefinido hasta que se celebre juicio.

Anonymous669 (2022-08-05). Israel Kicks Off Military Operation In Gaza, Kills Senior Islamic Jihad Leader (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative photo of an Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter jet (Edi Israel/Flash90/File) | On August 5, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) kicked off a surprise military operation against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip. | In a brief statement, the IDF said that the operation, codenamed "Breaking Dawn," comes as a response to recent

Joe Bernick (2022-08-05). Arizona Republicans shift even further to the right. peoplesworld.org TUCSON—Primary Day left Arizona Republicans in some disarray. The elections demonstrated that there are still some old-style corporate Republicans left, but the majority are divided between fascists and "fascists lite." And I'm not using the word fascist loosely. On Tuesday, most Republicans in the state voted for candidates who support Trump and his attempts to overturn …

Staff (2022-08-05). Islamic Jihad targets Israeli regime with over 100 missiles. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA)- Israeli regime media have reported that siren went off in Askelon and Ashdid ports in the occupied lands while loud explosions were heard in Tel Aviv.

Mohawk Nation News (2022-08-05). Mohawk Nation News 'The Pope and Murder Inc. Will Pay the Price'. indybay.org Mohawk Mothers told the International Court at The Hague that the Pope has admitted genocide and the sanctions must begin. The Pope's apology for murder is not accepted. "The Pope plead guilty. No trial is required. The world cannot let the genociders get away with murder and genocide. The sanctions must now begin. We demand justice."

Kathy Durkin (2022-08-04). Unite and fight abortion bans! workers.org Rally, Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis, July 25. Protests continue countrywide against reactionary state abortion bans that have been implemented or will be realized any day in half the states. Right-wingers in state governments eagerly awaited the Supreme Court's overturn of the right to access abortions. The top court obliged them June . . . |

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