Daily Archives: February 6, 2023

2023-02-06: News Headlines

Staff (2023-02-06). Thousands Dead as Earthquakes Devastate Syria and Turkey. truthout.org Thousands of collapsed buildings, widespread destruction, and deep anguish were reported alongside over 2,300 dead and thousands more injured after a pair of earthquakes — an initial 7.8 tremor on the Richter scale in the early morning and another that measured 7.5 — devastated Syria and Turkey on Monday. Amid dozens of aftershocks — and the quakes being also felt in Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt… |

Anonymous103 (2023-02-06). Former Israeli PM Bennett Says US 'Blocked' His Attempts at a Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal. southfront.org Bennett says the US and its Western allies decided to 'keep striking Putin' and not negotiate | Originally published by Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett

Anonymous103 (2023-02-06). Ukrainian General & Israeli Intelligence Reveal Ukrainian, Russian Losses Reports. southfront.org | The Kiev regime is carefully hiding its real losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Indeed, the numbers are so high that they are worth to be hidden. | Adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak assured that the number of dead was only about 10 thousand servicemen in December 2022. In his turn, Zelensky reduced the number up to 8 thousand. | In recent days, the lies of Kiev officials that Ukrainian servicemen are crashing Russian Army, suffering almost no casua…

WSWS (2023-02-06). Macron hosts Netanyahu in Paris to plan Israeli arms deliveries to Ukraine. wsws.org The French president and Israeli prime minister, both facing mass protests at home, met on Thursday to plan an escalation of NATO's war in Ukraine and Israel's conflict with Iran.

infobrics (2023-02-06). The Dollar's Supremacy in Global Trade Faces Fresh Challenges. infobrics.org The dollar's supremacy in global trade faces fresh challenges as several countries float plans to use local currencies in commerce…

Middle East Monitor (2023-02-06). International perspectives on apartheid and decolonization in Palestine. juancole.com By Omar Ahmed | (Middle East Monitor ) A conference was held in London yesterday, hosted by MEMO entitled "International perspectives on apartheid and decolonization in Palestine" and included a diverse group of academics and writers discussing three broad themes: apartheid, genocide and decolonisation. Dr Daud Abdullah, the Director of MEMO, kicked off …

Staff (2023-02-06). Thousands Dead as Earthquakes Devastate Syria and Turkey. truthout.org Thousands of collapsed buildings, widespread destruction, and deep anguish were reported alongside over 2,300 dead and thousands more injured after a pair of earthquakes — an initial 7.8 tremor on the Richter scale in the early morning and another that measured 7.5 — devastated Syria and Turkey on Monday. Amid dozens of aftershocks — and the quakes being also felt in Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt… |

Anonymous103 (2023-02-06). Former Israeli PM Bennett Says US 'Blocked' His Attempts at a Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal. southfront.org Bennett says the US and its Western allies decided to 'keep striking Putin' and not negotiate | Originally published by Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett

Anonymous103 (2023-02-06). Ukrainian General & Israeli Intelligence Reveal Ukrainian, Russian Losses Reports. southfront.org | The Kiev regime is carefully hiding its real losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Indeed, the numbers are so high that they are worth to be hidden. | Adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak assured that the number of dead was only about 10 thousand servicemen in December 2022. In his turn, Zelensky reduced the number up to 8 thousand. | In recent days, the lies of Kiev officials that Ukrainian servicemen are crashing Russian Army, suffering almost no casua…

WSWS (2023-02-06). Macron hosts Netanyahu in Paris to plan Israeli arms deliveries to Ukraine. wsws.org The French president and Israeli prime minister, both facing mass protests at home, met on Thursday to plan an escalation of NATO's war in Ukraine and Israel's conflict with Iran.

infobrics (2023-02-06). The Dollar's Supremacy in Global Trade Faces Fresh Challenges. infobrics.org The dollar's supremacy in global trade faces fresh challenges as several countries float plans to use local currencies in commerce…

Middle East Monitor (2023-02-06). International perspectives on apartheid and decolonization in Palestine. juancole.com By Omar Ahmed | (Middle East Monitor ) A conference was held in London yesterday, hosted by MEMO entitled "International perspectives on apartheid and decolonization in Palestine" and included a diverse group of academics and writers discussing three broad themes: apartheid, genocide and decolonisation. Dr Daud Abdullah, the Director of MEMO, kicked off …

Miko Peled (2023-02-06). The US is Legitimizing Jewish Terrorism Against Palestinians. mintpressnews.com US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's recent visit to Palestine offered a paltry aid package to Palestinians and a gift to Israel's far-right in the form of the removal of the Jewish Defense League from the State Department's list of terrorist organizations.

Lowkey (2023-02-06). Lowkey and Sukhdev Reel Talk Justice for Ricky Reel. mintpressnews.com Sukdhev, the mother of Ricky Reel, addresses police racism, sexism, and surveillance in the UK after the botched investigation into the suspected 1997 murder of her son by racist attackers.

____ (2023-02-06). Antony Blinken Plays the 'Two Sides Game': Getting Netanyahu/Israel off the Hook. transcend.org 31 Jan 2023 – Antony Blinken is the most lightweight Secretary of State, a fitting complement to the overweight Mike Pompeo. Together they could do a late night TV comedy routine on the 'arrogance of decline' when it comes to US foreign policy in the Trump/Biden years.

____ (2023-02-06). Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization. transcend.org 30 Jan 2023 – Palestinian journalists pay a heavy price for carrying out their mission of spreading the truth about the Israeli oppression of Palestinians. Their work is critical not only to balanced media coverage but to the very cause of justice and freedom in Palestine. However, the harm inflicted on Palestinian journalists is not only physical and material. They are also constantly exposed to a very subtle but equally dangerous threat: the constant delegitimization of their work.

____ (2023-02-06). US House Republicans Vote to Remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee. transcend.org 2 Feb 2023 – House Republicans have voted to remove Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, citing past controversial comments she made about Israel and concerns over her objectivity.

WSWS (2023-02-06). Sudan's military junta to normalise relations with Israel amid massive crackdown on Palestinians. wsws.org The deal deepens the treacherous role of the Arab bourgeoisie, which has now formally buried its own "two state" solution and confirms that the nationalist agenda championed by all sections of the Palestinian bourgeoisie provides no way forward for the workers and oppressed masses…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-02-06). Behold, the new GOP culture wars. nationofchange.org The Republican Party's latest wave of attacks against anyone who threatens the white supremacist patriarchy is couched in false concern for health and well-being.

teleSUR, SH (2023-02-06). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a cinco palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El Gobierno palestino llamó a la comunidad internacional a presionar a Israel para obligarla a levantar el asedio militar contra la ciudad de Jericó.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-02-06). Líder Supremo iraní conmuta sentencias a convictos. telesurtv.net El Ayatolá Jamenei sancionó la reducción de condena para los procesados por protagonizar los recientes disturbios antigubernamentales.

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