(2022-08-26). U.S. Warns Palestinians Against Bid for Full UN Membership. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-26). Twitterstorm Friday, 26 August: #FreeKhalil #FreeThemAll Our Social Media Toolkit. samidoun.net 
#FreeKhalil #FreeThemAll Twitterstorm Friday, 26 August 2022 10 am Pacific 1 pm Eastern 7 pm central Europe 8 pm Palestine Link to sample tweets: bit.ly/freekhaliltweet Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh has continued his hunger strike for the 176th day. Since his detention was "suspended" on Friday, 19 August, he has been held in …
(2022-08-26). How Coverage of Palestinians and Israel in NYT and Western Press Obscures the Occupation. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) While US and western mainstream and corporate media remain biased in favour of Israel, they often behave as if they are a third, neutral party. This is simply not the case. Take the New York Times coverage of the latest Israeli war on Gaza as an example. Its article …
(2022-08-26). Israel's All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders. hrw.org Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained. #StandWithThe6…
(2022-08-26). RISE for Youth program celebrates successful first year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org RISE for Youth, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Mayo Clinic and the Rochester branch of the NAACP, recently wrapped up its inaugural year of programming. The program, which received funding through Mayo Clinic's $100 million commitment against racism, drew rave reviews from scholars, community partners and Mayo Clinic staff. For as long as she can remember, Aisha Qassim has wanted to become a surgeon. But with no doctors in her family, she wasn't sure of the…
(2022-08-26). A Decades Old Israeli Campaign to Disrupt Palestinian Unity. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-25). EU Tug-Of-War Policy On Ukraine Crumbling Further As Member States Diverge. southfront.org 
People supporting an EU integration attend a rally at Independence Square in Kiev December 4, 2013. UkSince sanctions started affecting the EU more than Russia itself, the leadership in Brussels is trying to spin the narrative. However, the EU public is not very receptive to this. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | The European Union's support is key to the sustainment of the Kiev regime. Without the bureaucratic bloc, the Neo-Nazi junta would've never been able to survive…
(2022-08-25). Journalists Who Challenge NATO Narratives Are Now 'Information Terrorists'. libya360.wordpress.com Vanessa Beeley Nazis congregate on Google Plus 2019. A US state department sponsored round table on 'countering disinformation' was recently held at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. "Information terrorists should know that they will have to answer to the law as war criminals" Andrii Shapovalov According to the press release — "NGOs, mass media…
(2022-08-25). Another Russian Patrol Was Attacked In Southern Syria. southfront.org 
Sergei Novikov/TASS | On August 23, a patrol of the Russian Military Police was targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED) as it was passing near the town of al-Malgah in the southern Syrian governorate of al-Quneitra. | Al-Malgah is situated between the separation line with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the western countryside of Daraa governorate. | Syrian pro-opposition news sources said that the attack resulted in casualties. However, as of August 25 the Russian Ministry of Defense has not releas…
(2022-08-25). When Israel killed a painter of flowers and birds. electronicintifada.net Duniana al-Amour was among the first victims of the August attack on Gaza.
(2022-08-25). Israel's Lapid Urges US to Scrap Iran Nuclear Deal Talks. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid urged the US and the EU to quit negotiations with Iran aimed at reviving the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, as Washington and Tehran appear to be close to an agreement. The Israeli leader claimed that lifting sanctions on Iran would give the Islamic Republic $100 billion …
(2022-08-25). Israeli Officials Say US Toughened Its Stance in Response to Iran Deal Proposal. news.antiwar.com Israeli officials Israeli National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata was in Washington this week, where he met with his counterpart, Jake Sullivan, and Brett McGurk, the top Middle East official on the National Security Council. | The US officials briefed Hulata on their planned response to Iran and the EU before it was submitted. When Hulata arrived in Washin…
(2022-08-25). Report: British Envoy Praises Israeli Bombing Campaign in Syria. news.antiwar.com According to a report from Axios, the UK's special envoy for Syria, Jonathan Hargreaves, praised Israel's bombing campaign in Syria during a visit to Jerusalem at the end of June. In recent years, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes in Syria. The Israelis say that the bombing campaign is to prevent Iran from becoming further …
(2022-08-25). Saint Paul rallies to demand Minnesota divest from Israel. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On August 23, more than 40 protesters gathered outside the governor's mansion, home to Governor Tim Walz, to demand Minnesota's State Board of Investment (SBI) sell off its shares in Israeli corporations. The SBI is tasked with investing taxpayer money for public funds, largely state pensions. | The action was initiated by the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and held the evening before the August meeting of the Minnesota SBI in order to raise awareness of the state of Minnesota's holdings in a variety of Israeli companies, most notably Elbit Systems. | Elbit Systems is a weapons manufacturing and cybers…
(2022-08-25). Underneath Israeli Tourist Resorts Lie Remains Of Palestinian Towns. popularresistance.org Between the two historic Palestinian port towns of Haifa and Akka — both occupied since 1948 — there exists a lovely bay called the Bay of Haifa. The cities were subjected to a heavy ethnic cleansing campaign, and now they consist of a majority Jewish Israeli population. Several Zionist colonies were established across the Bay of Haifa over the years, and even though this is prime beachfront real estate, housing was constructed largely for new, poor immigrants. | One of the colonies built on Haifa Bay is the city of Kiryat Yam. It sits right on the Mediterranean coast, but the area is considered less…
(2022-08-25). Tel Aviv Hiding Evidence of Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians From Public: Israeli Media. orinocotribune.com The documents concern Israel's mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948, as well its secret nuclear program | According to a report by Hebrew newspaper Haaretz released on 22 August, Tel Aviv has been working through its defense ministry to hide historical documents related to the founding of the state of Israel, from the Israeli public. | The founding of Israel in 1948, known throughout the Arab world as the "Nakba," or catastrophe, involved the ethnic cleansing and mass expulsion of Palestinians from their land by ultra-nationalist Jewish gangs. | These gangs were later integrated into the Is…
(2022-08-25). Palestinian Collective Struggle on the Rise Inside Occupation Prisons. orinocotribune.com Palestinian prisoners
(2022-08-25). The US Law Restricting Satellite Imagery of Palestine-Israel. juancole.com By Zena Agha | ( Al-Shabaka ) Bipartisan legislation passed by the US Congress in 1997 limits the quality and availability of satellite imagery of Palestine-Israel. The Kyl-Bingaman Amendment (KBA) to the US National Defense Authorization Act was passed under the pretext of protecting Israel's national security. It prevents US satellite operators and …
(2022-08-25). Five Years of Genocide—And Counting. commondreams.org The people of Burma have been crying out for justice for years, but for years those cries have been ignored.
(2022-08-25). U.S. midterms and the top voting issues. america.cgtn.com With fewer than three months until the U.S. midterm elections, the economy remains one of the key issues facing Democratic and Republican voters. That finding comes in a national survey released this week by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. In addition, researchers say that following the Supreme Court's …
(2022-08-25). Fears of Another Supreme Court Assault on Abortion Rights Grow After Idaho Ruling. commondreams.org "In a matter of months we've gone from losing the constitutional right to abortion to debating whether doctors can provide lifesaving care to patients," said one advocate.
(2022-08-25). The struggle for full legalization of our party. cpusa.org 
On the CPUSA's visible "existence" in national life Before I joined the CPUSA in the spring of 2017, I had no idea that the Communist Party of the United States still existed. As someone new to the movement at the time, being only exposed to the Black Lives Matter movement following the murders of Trayvon …
(2022-08-25). AFSCME: Citizen action from the ground up helps defend democracy. peoplesworld.org 
PHILADELPHIA—In all the justified angst and worry over the right-wing/white supremacist-nationalist threat to the future of U.S. democracy, the everyday actions of rank-and-file citizens may be a secret weapon against it. That's one conclusion that could be drawn from a special panel on voting, suppression and elections held during the AFSCME Convention in Philadelphia this …
(2022-08-25). CIA Democrats and fascist Republicans notch primary wins. wsws.org Seven of 12 Democratic nominees for open or contested seats in New York state have a military-intelligence background.
(2022-08-24). Underneath Israeli Tourist Resorts Lie the Remains of Once-Thriving Palestinian Towns. mintpressnews.com 
Kiryat Yam — which is a Hebrew name — sits on what used to be the village of Arab Al-Ghawarina. The village was occupied, depopulated and destroyed in May 1948.
(2022-08-24). Gantz Heads to US, Says Israel Will Do 'Everything It Can' to Stop Iran Deal. news.antiwar.com Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Tuesday that Israel would do "everything it can" to influence the US against reviving the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, and announced that he was traveling to the US later this week. "The State of Israel is not opposed to agreements in general, but it is opposed …
(2022-08-24). Starbucks ordered to rehire organizers — Memphis Seven win. workers.org 
Back in February, Starbucks made headlines with the most viciously racist union-busting move since the start of its union-busting campaign: the firing of the entire, mostly Black and Brown, union organizing committee at the Poplar and Highland store in Memphis, Tennessee. Now, six months later, these seven workers claimed a . . . |
(2022-08-24). Don't Wait: Get Into the Encryption Habit Now. scheerpost.com 
By Thomas Knapp / CounterPunch In early August, a Nebraska prosecutor charged a mother and daughter with violating the state's ban on abortion after 20 weeks. That ban was passed in 2010, but didn't go into effect until the Supreme Court's ruling earlier this year overturning Roe V. Wade. Part of the state's evidence consists …
(2022-08-24). NEW LEVER E-BOOK: John Roberts' Revolution. levernews.com 
Supporting subscribers can obtain a copy of this brand new e-book at the bottom of this page.In 2005, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce lawyer who had helped George W. Bush steal an election was nominated to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. An archconservative lauded as "the go-to lawyer for the business community," John Roberts was confirmed by a huge bipartisan Senate vote. Since then, Roberts has been widely billed by corporate media as a thoughtful and pragmatic moderate earnestly fighting against other conservative justices to preserve the court's legitimacy. But as The Lever's reporting has…