2024-03-05: News Headlines

newarab (2024-03-05). Morocco: anger mounts against Israel ties amid Gaza famine. newarab.com In On Sunday, 3 March, thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Casablanca, knocking on empty pots in their latest attempt to make their voices heard in the corridors of the Moroccan government. Similar scenes were witnessed in other cities around the North Afr…

Saheli Chowdhury (2024-03-05). Palestinian Resistance Calls Airdrop of Aid 'Useless,' Holds US and 'Israel' Responsible for Famine in Gaza (+UNRWA). orinocotribune.com The Palestinian resistance as well as Palestinian and international aid groups have called the airdrop of aid in Gaza "useless" and "theater" that does little to nothing to alleviate the famine that the Israeli occupation has imposed on Gaza. | In a "The famine continues to deepen significantly in the governorate…

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman (2024-03-05). When Israel slaughtered the starving. electronicintifada.net Survivors speak about the Flour Bag Massacre.

Staff (2024-03-05). Headlines for March 5, 2024. democracynow.org Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Trump Can't Be Barred from Ballot over Jan. 6, Super Tuesday: Millions Head to Polls in 15 States, from California to Alabama, Minnesota Activists Urge Voters to Select "Uncommitted" to Protest Biden's Backing of Israel, "Look at Yazan": Palestinian Diplomat Decries Death of Palestinian Boy Who Starved to Death, U.N. Experts Weigh In on Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 & Inside Israeli Jails, Ukraine Sinks Russian Warship in the Black Sea, 20,000 Soldiers Take Part in NATO War Exercise in Finland, Norway and Sweden, Chad: Head of Military Junta Announce…

Abubaker Abed (2024-03-05). War on Gaza: Palestinian fishermen are risking their lives to feed starving Gaza. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Palestinian fishermen are risking their lives to feed starving Gaza | Every fishing trip is a brush with death for these men setting out at dawn in small wooden boats | | A Palestinian boy looks at a fishing net on the beach in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, 16 January (…

bwitanek (2024-03-05). Pax Christi Back to Booker's — Thursday, March 7, Noon — 1pm. fightbackbetter.com Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone?" (Matthew 7: 9) | That appears to be the policy of the Biden administration and the position of @senbooker | The children of Gaza, when they are not being killed by the bombs that the US is funding, which Senator Booker fully supports, they are now being starved because the Israeli government is blocking hundreds of tons of aid. | The response to the #FlourMassacre and the attacks on aid trucks by Israel is not to #Stoparmingisrael or restore UNRWA funding. It is to drop 38,000 MREs (meals ready to eat) to the hundreds of thousands of…

Staff (2024-03-05). 13,430 children killed in Gaza since Oct. 7: Media office. muslimmirror.com ISTANBUL : A total of 13,430 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip by Israeli airstrikes and ground operations since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, the Media Office in Gaza said Monday. It noted that 8,900 women were killed over the course of 150 days, adding that 7,000 people, 70% …

newarab (2024-03-05). UNRWA preparing report on Israel's abuse of Gaza detainees. newarab.com The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has compiled a report listing hundreds of cases of UNRWA will release the testimonies in a report, the US newspapers said, on abuse faced by Palestinian detainees, including children, women and men fro…

Staff (2024-03-05). 13,430 children killed in Gaza since Oct. 7: Media office. muslimmirror.com ISTANBUL : A total of 13,430 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip by Israeli airstrikes and ground operations since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, the Media Office in Gaza said Monday. It noted that 8,900 women were killed over the course of 150 days, adding that 7,000 people, 70% …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-03-05). Aleida Guevara and Mandela's grandson call to end genocide in Gaza. plenglish.com Santiago, Chile, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) Aleida Guevara, Che's daughter, and Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, Mandela's grandson, called on the international community to take actions to stop the massacre Israel is currently committing in the Gaza Strip, where more than 30,000 Palestinians have already died.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-03-05). The United Kingdom: Zionism's Covert Nerve Center. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Britain's century-long commitment to Zionism and collaboration with Israel today plays a frequently overlooked role in perpetuating the oppression and genocide against Palestinians. Britain's role in sustaining the Zionist entity On 9 February, British Defense Minister James Heappey informed parliament that Israeli military operatives are "currently … posted in the UK," both within…

ANSWER Coalition, Popular Resistance. (2024-03-05). Massive March 2 Global Day of Protest: End U.S.-Israeli Genocide. popularresistance.org Massive numbers of people turned out for actions across the United States and around the world yesterday to shut it down for Palestine! The Hands Off Rafah global day of protest came at a moment of extreme danger, as Israel's deadline to launch the most brutal phase of its onslaught yet looms on March 10. The strong turnout was a clear signal to Biden that the people of this country and all of humanity reject his administration's genocidal policies. | Impressive turnout across the United States was testament to the sustained nature of the mass movement in solidarity with Palestine that has emerged since October.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-03-05). Australian PM First Western Leader Referred to ICC as 'Accessory to Genocide in Gaza'. libya360.wordpress.com Julia Conley More than 100 lawyers endorsed the referral, which points to the military, intelligence, and rhetorical support Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has provided to the Israeli government. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is one of several Western leaders who have provided political and material support of the Israeli government and military over the past…

People's Dispatch. (2024-03-05). European Parliament Finally Calls For A Ceasefire In Gaza. popularresistance.org On March 2, progressive sections across the world observed a global day of action to demand that Israel immediately cease its genocidal war on Gaza and stop its planned invasion of Rafah. | Millions of people have already hit the streets across the world calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Several countries from the Global South have already urged international bodies to intervene in the conflict and initiate prosecution of the Zionist state of Israel and the Benjamin Nethanyahu-led government for the genocide of the Palestinians and other war crimes.

teleSUR (2024-03-05). Venezuela Rejects Judicial Colonialism: President Maduro. telesurenglish.net On Monday, President Nicolas Maduro asserted that Venezuela "does not accept judicial colonialism from anyone, especially at a time when the entire humanity is questioning the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC)." | RELATED: | "All these organizations are exhausted and cornered. We are witnessing a genocide broadcasted live on social media, and what do they do? Nothing, they turn a blind eye. They are in…

Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss. (2024-03-05). Biden Memos Show Palestine Advocacy Is Working. popularresistance.org For a very long time, Palestinians and those in solidarity with them in the United States have faced mounting frustration. The work is hard, victories are rare, and they often seem very small against the setbacks and the ongoing loss of life and general misery that Israel brings to the lives of every Palestinian under occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. | If that is a more or less permanent feeling for many, it is more acute than ever now and for the past five months. We mobilize, we agitate, we protest, we argue, we shout, and not only does Israel's genocide in Gaza continue, but U.S. President Joe Biden does…

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-03-05). "Pay No Attention To That Genocide Right In Front Of Your Face" caitlinjohnstone.com.au "Pay no attention to that genocide right in front of your face." | That's the constant message we're getting from the dominant institutions in this present-day dystopia. From our news media. From our political parties. From our government. From our mainstream culture of diversion and superficiality. | "Pay no attention to that genocide right in front of your face." | We can see it happening. It's right there. A…

WSWS (2024-03-05). Harvard Professor Noah Feldman denounces opposition to the Gaza genocide as the "New Anti-Semitism" wsws.org Time Magazine has chosen as its cover story Professor Noah Feldman's maliciously dishonest and morally bankrupt defense of Israel's savage war against the population of Gaza.

WSWS (2024-03-05). Harvard University caving in as "antisemitism" witch-hunt intensifies. wsws.org Billionaire donors, right-wing interest groups and fascistic elements in Congress are mounting an assault on academic freedom and democratic rights at Harvard University in an effort to shut down student and faculty opposition to the genocide in Gaza.

WSWS (2024-03-05). Democratic Socialists of America commits to rescuing Biden's presidential election campaign. wsws.org In an attempt to channel mass opposition to "Genocide Joe" back behind the Democratic Party and present illusions that Biden and the Democrats can be persuaded to stop the genocide in Gaza through a protest vote, the DSA has formally endorsed the "uncommitted" campaign in the remaining primaries.

WSWS (2024-03-05). Democratic Socialists of America commits to rescuing Biden's presidential election campaign. wsws.org In an attempt to channel mass opposition to "Genocide Joe" back behind the Democratic Party and promote illusions that Biden and the Democrats can be persuaded to stop the genocide in Gaza through a protest vote, the DSA has formally endorsed the "uncommitted" campaign in the remaining primaries.

Jon Elmer (2024-03-05). Is Israel running short of armored vehicles? electronicintifada.net Israeli military uses dated, poorly armored M113s…

albawaba (2024-03-05). Israeli airstrikes in Gaza claim lives of dozens. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Journalist Rami Abu Taima reports to Al Jazeera that Israeli forces have been accused of committing a massacre in Khan Yunis, Gaza, where a house was bombed, resulting in the deaths of ten individuals. The death toll further rises as the bodies of 19 martyrs arrive at the European Hospital following occupation raids in Khan Yunis. Additionally, Israeli airstrikes claim the lives of six more individuals in the same area. The tragedy deepens with a targeted bombing near the European Hospital, while the toll from Israeli raids on two homes in Rafah reaches 19 martyrs. ÿπÿßÿ¨&Yum…

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2024-03-05). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 151: Israel "campaigns" to end UNRWA in Gaza Strip. mondoweiss.net UNRWA's chief says dismantling the agency is "short-sighted" and will "sow the seeds of hatred, resentment, and future conflict." Israeli forces fire at Palestinians seeking aid and food in Gaza City and detain others in southern Gaza.

Yumna Patel (2024-03-05). Palestinian PM's resignation nothing more than 'cosmetic shake up', analysts say. mondoweiss.net The U.S. is putting pressure on the PA to reform itself so it can take on a local governance role in a "postwar" Gaza Strip. But analysts say the resignation of the prime minister "won't change the ways" of the massively unpopular PA.

Dave DeCamp (2024-03-05). US Envoy Says a Truce in Gaza Will 'Not Necessarily' Extend to Lebanon. news.antiwar.com US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday that a truce in Gaza will "not necessarily" extend to Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire across the border. "It does not necessarily happen that when you have a ceasefire in Gaza, it just automatically extends," Hochstein said after meeting with Lebanese officials in …

newarab (2024-03-05). The future of Palestinian politics after the Gaza war. newarab.com The Last Monday, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced that he submitted his cabinet's resignation to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. | "The decision to resign came in light of the unprecedented escalation in the West Bank and Jerusalem and the war, g…

Nadda Osman (2024-03-05). War on Gaza: Israelis threaten to kill prominent Palestinian doctor on Telegram channel. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Israelis threaten to kill prominent Palestinian doctor on Telegram channel | Mohammed Qudaih, who has been documenting attacks against Palestinians, has said that the threats would not deter him | | Mohammed Qudiah said that he would not stop posting about atrocities in Gaza despi…

newarab (2024-03-05). UK mulls banning MPs from engaging with pro-Palestine groups. newarab.com The British government is looking to ban MPs and councillors from engaging with pro-Palestine groups who took part in Gaza solidarity protests, according to The Times. | The proposal, drafted by the Conservative government's adviser on political violence, John Woodcock, would prohibit MPs from engaging with groups that use "disruptive tactics" and "hate" on marches. | The report said the groups cited include the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and environmental campaigners Just Stop Oil. | Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary James Cleverly will review the proposal as part of an assessment led by…

MEE staff (2024-03-05). War on Gaza: Israeli soldier 'boasted about running over dead Palestinian man with tank'. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Israeli soldier 'boasted about running over dead Palestinian man with tank' | Reservist posted video of Palestinian body through tank window, stating that he drove over the man with a 65-tonne tank | | A picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Str…

newarab (2024-03-05). How Gaza deepened the chasm between the West and 'the rest'. newarab.com In the aftermath of 7th October attacks in Israel, the West showed its unwavering support for Tel Aviv's onslaught on Gaza, backing its right to "defend itself" and defeat Hamas. | But now, with

newarab (2024-03-05). 42% of US voters feel Israel's war on Gaza 'gone too far'. newarab.com More than four in 10 The Wall Street Journal survey, carried out between 21 and 28 February, also demonstrated widespread discontent with how President Joe Biden has dealt with the situation. | Israel's war on Gaza has killed more than 30,500 peo…

newarab (2024-03-05). Gaza: Egypt detains police officer over pro-Palestine chants. newarab.com The Egyptian authorities have reportedly detained a man who appeared in a viral The man in the video is seen climbing a billboard in the busy Sidi Gaber neighbourhood in the Mediterranean city and shouting publicly against Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, accusing him of giving up the rights of the Palestinians of Gaza under

Staff (2024-03-05). "The Zone of Interest": Oscar-Nominated Film Producer on the Holocaust, Gaza & "Walls That Separate Us" democracynow.org Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards, we're joined by James Wilson, producer of the Oscar-nominated film The Zone of Interest, who raised Israel's assault on Gaza in his BAFTA Award acceptance speech last month. The film follows the fictionalized family of real-life Nazi commandant Rudolf Hà∂ss as they live idyllically next to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Wilson says the film serves as a metaphor for the occlusion of "systemic violence, injustice, oppression, from our lives," and challenges audiences' complicity by asking them to identify with Hà∂ss and his wife Hedwig. &#…

MEE staff (2024-03-05). Egypt: Police officer missing after one-man protest demanding opening of Gaza border. middleeasteye.net Egypt: Police officer missing after one-man protest demanding opening of Gaza border | Abdel-Gawad Muhammad al-Sahlamy was arrested on Friday after he waved a Palestinian flag from on top of a billboard in Alexandria and called President Sisi a 'traitor' | | Human rights campaigners say that Abdel-G…

MEE staff (2024-03-05). War on Gaza: Israelis threaten to kill prominent Palestinian doctor on Telegram channel. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Israelis threaten to kill prominent Palestinian doctor on Telegram channel | Mohammed Qudaih, who has been documenting attacks against Palestinians, has said that the threats would not deter him | | Mohammed Qudiah said that he would not stop posting about atrocities in Gaza despite the…

Gerry Condon, Popular Resistance. (2024-03-05). Biden's Mixed Messages On Gaza Aren't Fooling Veterans. popularresistance.org President Biden added to the confusion over U.S. policy when, during his press conference announcing the airdrop, he twice said the aid was going to "Ukraine." His confusing Gaza with Ukraine is understandable given that he is pushing for a huge funding bill that would send $61 billion to keep the Ukraine war going, while sending an additional $14 billion in military aid to Israel. This would be in addition to the normal huge US military aid to Israel, and supplemental shipments of tanks and 2000-pound bombs that have obliterated entire civilian neighborhoods in Gaza.

MEE staff (2024-03-05). War on Gaza: Young Americans' positive views of Israel drop by 26 percent, poll finds. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Young Americans' positive views of Israel drop by 26 percent, poll finds | Poll shows further drop in support for Israel among young US adults clashes with Biden's ongoing backing of war on Gaza | | Members of the activist group Jewish Voice for Peace protest President Joe Biden's visit…

newarab (2024-03-05). Lebanese journalists take Israel to ICC over media killings. newarab.com The Lebanese Press Syndicate will take Israel to the The journalists' union announced plans to participate in lawsuits to be filed before the ICC against Israel but did not say which parties will be involved in the legal action. | Israel's war on Gaza has left at least 30,000 dead, while its bombing of southern Lebanon killed 271 people, including 42 civilians, by the end of February, while dozens of Palestinian…

newarab (2024-03-05). Israel kills more Palestinians waiting for food aid in Gaza. newarab.com Dozens of Palestinians who waited to receive food aid in Gaza's health ministry said the Israeli army bombed people as they waited for humanitarian aid to arrive near the Kuwait roundabout in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, leaving dozens killed and wounded. | The exact num…

newarab (2024-03-05). Gaza war: Resignations hit Daniel Hagari's Israeli army unit. newarab.com Several high-ranking officials have quit the unit of Israeli army spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, over the "The second-in-command in Daniel Hagari's team, Moran Katz, along with many high-ranking officials have submitted their "The retiring officials also include G…

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-05). Israeli settlers cross into Gaza, build 'symbolic' outpost. 972mag.com

Agence France-Presse (2024-03-05). As war in Gaza rages, Israel and UN trade allegations of 'terrorism' and torture. scmp.com Israel recalled its ambassador to the UN as tensions erupted over the handling of allegations of sexual assault by Hamas militants during the October 7 attacks.

newarab (2024-03-05). Hundreds of Palestinian families flee Gaza's north for food. newarab.com Contrary to their hopes of remaining at their homes, hundreds of Palestinian families fled from the north of the besieged Walking long distances by foot under continual Israeli bombing and gunfire, families show signs of exhaustion, fatigue, fear and noticeable weight loss. | Separately speaking to The New Arab, several fa…

Norman Stockwell (2024-03-05). Protecting the 'Firewall of Democracy'. progressive.org Israel's war in Gaza has killed more journalists in a shorter time period than any other war, Norman Stockwell reports.

albawaba (2024-03-05). US-UK launch airstrikes on Sa'dah-Yemen; Houthis strike Israeli and US vessels in Red and Arab Seas. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a recent development, Ansar Allah Houthi media reports indicate that American-British aggression targeted the Baqim district with three raids in Sa'dah, north of Yemen. This action is purportedly in response to Houthi attacks on vessels en route to Israel. Yahya Saree, the military spokesman for the Houthi group, released a statement affirming their involvement in a significant operation involving marches and missiles aimed at Americans and, what he described, as enemy ships. According to Saree, this is a response to the ongoing American-British aggression against Yemen. Furthermore, the Houthi force…

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-05). Israel Boycotts Hostage Deal Talks in Cairo. news.antiwar.com

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-05). LULA Speaks Truth About Israel! youtube.com

newarab (2024-03-05). Jordan requests Israel to extend water deal by a year: Kan. newarab.com Jordan has asked Israel to consider extending a Israeli broadcaster Kan said the Israeli government would carry out consultations to see whether the deal, expected to expire at the end of May this year, would be extended. | "Israel has not yet responded positively to the request, in light of the existing tensions…due to…

newarab (2024-03-05). Belgian protesters block companies supplying arms to Israel. newarab.com

newarab (2024-03-05). Israeli strike kills three medical workers in south Lebanon. newarab.com Three medical workers were killed, and two others were wounded by an Three paramedics — 54-year-old Hussein Ibrahim, 62-year-old Ali Souaidane and 31-year-old Abbas Hojeir — were killed by the blast, which also…

newarab (2024-03-05). Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel army draft exemption protest. newarab.com Ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrated in Hundreds of men blocked a key road near the city of There were signs declaring "We will die and not enlist" and "We tell the High Co…

albawaba (2024-03-05). Israeli strikes claim three paramedics in Lebanon. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a tragic development, the Israeli occupation forces targeted a civil defense center in the southern Lebanese town of Odeisseh, resulting in the martyrdom of three volunteer paramedics. Additionally, a drone raid on the town of Sultaniya left two civilians wounded, as reported by Al-Mayadeen. Meanwhile, early reports from Israeli media indicated casualties on their side, with one killed and seven injured in an anti-tank missile strike in northern Israel. The injured were identified as Thai workers and were promptly taken to hospitals for treatment. Further details emerged from the Galilee panhandle, w…

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-03-05). Trying to understand the genocidal drift of Israeli society! cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-05). Turkey detains 7 for allegedly selling information to Mossad. newarab.com Turkish police on Tuesday detained seven more people suspected of selling information to Israeli spy agency Mossad , authorities said, the latest in a wave of such arrests in Turkey. | The suspects were taken into custody during simultaneous raids in Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. The raids were a joint operation with Turkey's National Intelligence Organization. | The detained are suspected of collecting data on individuals and companies in Turkey and selling it to the Israeli intelligence agency, Yerlikaya said. "We will never allow espionage activ…

bwitanek (2024-03-05). Israelism Movie and Pizza! @ Montclair State U Thu 3/7 6-8:30 pm. fightbackbetter.com DAY 4 of IAW: israelism film screening with pizza & snacks | RSVP(link in bio) Thursday March 7th Student Center View this post on Instagram |

newarab (2024-03-05). Elderly couple in Lebanon killed by Israel memorialised. newarab.com The family of Hassan Hamdan and Manar Abadi, an elderly couple killed in an Hamdan, 73-years old and his wife Abadi, 63-years-old, had left to Beirut to avoid the ongoing clashes between

Larry Johnson (2024-03-05). Warning Indicators in Ukraine and Palestine MAY Signal Escalation. sonar21.com Two intriguing bits of news today that I have been unable to confirm. First, Alastair Crooke told Judge Napolitano this morning that Israeli forces have made three cross-border recon patrols with tanks on the Lebanon border and were driven off. I trust Alastair and his sources. He is a professional and this info tracks with other video evidence showing a tank column moving north in Israel. It looks increasingly likely that Israel will attack Hezbollah during Ramadan, which begins on March 10. We'll see. | Then there is a report from Ukraine that Russian forces hit a CIA base in Sumy and killed a large nu…

newarab (2024-03-05). Audio reveals killing of hostages by Israeli army. newarab.com Three The incident happened in December, but the audio was aired by Israeli broadcaster Kan on Sunday, with the permission of the father of one of the hostages. | The recording was obtained from a GoPro camera attached to a dog from an Israeli canine special forces unit. The dog was sent into a building where the three Israeli hostages were being held, and although it was killed, the c…

newarab (2024-03-05). Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah. newarab.com One Palestinian teenager was killed, and more were wounded on Monday when Israeli forces raided the Mustafa Abu Shalbak, 16, was killed after being shot by Israeli forces in the neck and chest in Ramallah, the Palestinian health ministry said. | Abu Shalbak, who lived in the Qalandia refugee camp north of Ramallah, was injured during confrontations with Israeli forces near Al-Am'ari camp south of the city. | Another three were reportedly injured, and a number of Palestinians were detained. | W…

newarab (2024-03-05). Israel army raid villages across West Bank, demolish home. newarab.com Witnesses told Anadolu that the army raided Kafr Dan town, near the cities of Jenin and Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank. | Other raids were also reported in the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho city, eastern West Bank, and Kobar. The witness added that the army had als…

Veterans for Peace, Popular Resistance. (2024-03-05). Veterans For Peace Calls For Criminal Investigation Of Biden Administration. popularresistance.org In sixteen U.S. cities, March 5-7, members of Veterans For Peace will hand deliver an exhaustively researched letter to U.S. State Department offices that has gotten no response from the department's Inspector-General since February 11. | The cities are Buffalo, New York, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Portsmouth, NH, Greensboro, NC, Boston, San Diego, Tucson, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Bridgeport, CT, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston. | Josh Paul, former State Department senior official who resigned over weapons shipments to Israel said, "The Secretary and all relevant officials under his purview should take this l…

newarab (2024-03-05). Azmi Bishara: Israel turns antisemitism into new McCarthyism. newarab.com Those standing in

MEE staff (2024-03-05). Israel warns fighting along Lebanese border is reaching 'critical point'. middleeasteye.net Israel warns fighting along Lebanese border is reaching 'critical point' | Six killed in southern Lebanon as US conducts shuttle diplomacy to prevent the outbreak of a second front between Hezbollah and Israel | | Hezbollah members attend the funeral of Hussein Ibrahim, one of three paramedics affil…

albawaba (2024-03-05). Missile barrage from Lebanon targets Israel's Galilee. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Hebrew media sources report a significant missile barrage originating from southern Lebanon aimed towards Israel. According to Israeli Army Radio, sirens have been activated in multiple settlements in Western Galilee. This barrage of missiles launched by Hezbollah fighters follows Israeli airstrikes that struck a civil defense center in the southern Lebanese town of Odeisseh, resulting in the tragic death of three volunteer paramedics. Additionally, a drone raid on the town of Sultaniya resulted in two civilians being wounded.ÿπÿßÿ¨ŸÑ | ÿ•ÿ∞&y…

Monica Moorehead (2024-03-05). War criminal sheds light on deep schisms in Israeli military and society. workers.org The Resistance News Network reported on March 3 that "Ultra-Orthodox" Zionist settlers are blocking a 'Tel Aviv' highway in protest of the entity's pending conscription law, which would see them drafted into the [Israeli Occupation Force] IOF for the first time as the IOF strives to make up for its . . . |

newarab (2024-03-05). Palestinian Authority laud Spain's Israel settler sanctions. newarab.com The Palestinian Authority's foreign ministry has welcomed In a

newarab (2024-03-05). Belgian protesters block companies supplying arms to Israel. newarab.com The pro-Palestine group Palestinian Action Belgium has taken on two defence companies which were said to supply weaponry to According to Belgian news outlet The Brussels Times, around 70 activists chained themselves to the entrance doors of the Belgian city of Oudenaarde's OIP Sensor Systems- while also occupying the roof of the company building on Monday. | Meanwhile, 50 people had also blockaded another company Thales, located in Belgium's Herstal, by obstructing its entrance. | In a press statement,…

Miko Peled, MintPress News. (2024-03-05). The Myth Of Palestinian Division. popularresistance.org Palestinians are divided and do not know what they want; Palestinians have no leadership; Palestinians need a Nelson Mandela; these are some of the statements made by people who are "experts" on Palestine. It is time to refute these claims and place them in the appropriate place — the garbage. Let's go through these claims one by one. | I have never met a Palestinian who does not want to see all of Palestine free and every refugee return. I do not believe such a Palestinian exists. So there is no division there. When people claim that Palestinians are divided, they are referring to the Hamas-Fateh divide.

A Guest Author (2024-03-05). Palestinian resistance factions meet in Moscow. workers.org The following statement was issued by Palestinian resistance factions who met in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 29, 2024, and released by the Resistance News Network on March 1, 2024. The Palestinian factions gathered in the city of Moscow express their gratitude and appreciation to the Russian leadership for hosting their . . . |

Kobi Guillory, Fight Back News! (2024-03-05). Alliance Unites To Free Survivors Of Torture And Wrongful Conviction. popularresistance.org Chicago, Illinois — "You can't throw a stone and not hit someone who is affected by police torture and wrongful conviction here in Chicago, the torture capital of the United States," said Merawi Gerima, a co-chair of the Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Torture (CFIST.) | Gerima was speaking at the annual People's Hearing on Police Crimes on Saturday, February 24, at the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) in Woodlawn neighborhood on the predominantly Black South Side.

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-05). Palestine, the struggle for national liberation, and the role of the U.S. working class. liberationnews.org

Editor (2024-03-05). Islamophobia: Defending Rutgers' Center for Security, Race and Rights from Senate Judiciary Committee. mronline.org "The institutional target of the attack by the Republican members of the Judiciary Committee—the Center for Security, Race and Rights—is an academic institution engaged in research, public education and advocacy "to address the underlying structural and systemic causes of Islamophobia and xenophobia against people of Arab, African, and South Asian descent."" — Aslƒ± àú. Bâli / Laurie Brand…

newarab (2024-03-05). Palestinians in Egypt misery persist despite escaping war. newarab.com

albawaba (2024-03-05). After court ruling, Trump earns a state. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Overturning a prior decision by the Colorado Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed former President Donald Trump to participate in the upcoming Republican Party primary in Colorado, marking a significant legal step.Following Trump's appeal, the decision was made, and it represents a significant win for the former president. He had been disqualified from the primaries because of claims that he had participated in the Capitol riot on January 6.The U.S. Supreme Court underscored the significance of Congress, not state authorities, in interpreting and enforcing constitutional laws by reversing…

Reuters (2024-03-05). Donald Trump turns attention to immunity fight after Supreme Court win in ballot case. scmp.com Donald Trump lauded the US Supreme Court's reversal of his disqualification from Colorado's ballot, but quickly turned his attention to another big case before the justices.

ecns.cn (2024-03-05). Top court: Trump will stay on ballot in Colorado. ecns.cn The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that former President Donald Trump can't be excluded from Colorado's primary election ballot because of his actions surrounding the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

WSWS (2024-03-05). US Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of Trump, restoring him to Colorado primary ballot. wsws.org The Supreme Court's decision Monday is a milestone in the decay of democratic norms in the United States, as well as in the legitimization of the fascistic far right.

teleSUR, dcdc (2024-03-05). Ayuda humanitaria de EE.UU. no llega a los palestinos en Gaza. telesurtv.net Residentes en el lugar informaron que parte de los paquetes cayeron en las costas del asentamiento Zikim, donde se sitúan colonos israelíes, al norte del territorio palestino.

teleSUR, JGN (2024-03-05). Presidente Maduro expresa que Venezuela rechaza colonialismos judiciales. telesurtv.net "Una decisión de la CIJ pudiera parar inmediatamente el genocidio israelí ¿y qué hace? nada, porque la CIJ está en manos del imperio global de occidente", dijo el mandatario.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-03-05). Intercambio de fuego entre Israel y Líbano deja un muerto. telesurtv.net En casi cinco meses de ataques cruzados, al menos 314 personas han muerto, la mayoría en el lado libanés y dentro de las filas de Hezbolá, grupo que ha confirmado 228 bajas, algunas de ellas en Siria.

Maria Calvo (2024-03-05). Cuba denuncia masacre del pueblo palestino en Cumbre de Abu Dhabi. radiohc.cu La Habana, 5 mar (RHC) El ministro cubano de Cultura Alpidio Alonso denunció la masacre del pueblo palestino ante los ojos de la comunidad internacional, al intervenir en la sexta Cumbre Cultural que concluye hoy en Abu Dhabi, Emiratos àÅrabes Unidos.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-03-05). Más de 30 mil 600 muertos en Gaza por ofensiva militar israelí. radiohc.cu La Habana, 5 mar (RHC) Las Fuerzas Armadas israelíes mataron a 30 mil 631 palestinos e hirieron a 72 mil 43 desde el inicio de su agresión contra la Franja de Gaza el 7 de octubre último, reportaron hoy fuentes médicas.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-03-05). Frente Sandinista gana elecciones regionales en Nicaragua. telesurtv.net La presidenta del Consejo Supremo Electoral felicitó nuevamente a las familias caribeñas por su participación en estas Elecciones Victoriosas Caribe 2024.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2024-03-05). Asamblea General de la ONU abordará genocidio israelí en Gaza. telesurtv.net Durante la mañana se realizará una sesión para tratar el más reciente veto aplicado en febrero pasado por Washington.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2024-03-05). Hamás rechaza acusaciones de la ONU sobre violación sexual. telesurtv.net Según el grupo de la resistencia palestina en Gaza, las acusaciones de la ONU son "infundadas" y buscan "demonizar" a la organización.

teleSUR, JCM, MER, SH, JGN, JDO (2024-03-05). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Suman casi cinco meses de ataques constantes de las fuerzas sionistas contra el pueblo palestino en Gaza y Cisjordania, en medio de la parálisis de la ONU y el apoyo occidental al genocidio.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-03-05). Sube a 30.534 cifra de palestinos asesinados por Israel en Gaza. telesurtv.net El número de niños palestinos asesinados en la ofensiva de las fuerzas armadas sionistas ascendió a 13.430, y el de mujeres a 8.900, desde el comienzo de la actual agresión en Gaza.

teleSUR, nbb, DRL (2024-03-05). El presidente Abbas llega a Türkiye en visita oficial. telesurtv.net En el aeropuerto, el presidente fue recibido por diversos funcionarios turcos, embajadores árabes acreditados en Türkiye y personal de la Embajada del Estado de Palestina.

teleSUR, nbb, DRL (2024-03-05). El presidente palestino llega a Türkiye en visita oficial. telesurtv.net En el aeropuerto, el presidente fue recibido por diversos funcionarios turcos, embajadores árabes acreditados en Türkiye y personal de la Embajada del Estado de Palestina.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2024-03-05). Sube a 30.631 cifra de palestinos asesinados en Gaza por Israel. telesurtv.net El ejército israelí cometió 10 masacres en Gaza en las últimas 24 horas, matando a 97 personas e hiriendo a otras 123, dice el Ministerio de Salud.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-03-05). Realizan marcha en solidaridad con Palestina en Canadá. telesurtv.net La marcha juntó a cientos de personas en el Monumento a los Derechos Humanos en Elgin Street, en el centro de Ottawa.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2024-03-05). Supremo de EE.UU. habilita participación de Trump en comicios. telesurtv.net El máximo tribunal tomó la decisión en la víspera de las primarias republicanas fijadas para el denominado "supermartes".

Juan Cole (2024-03-05). Is Tehran Winning the Middle East? counterpunch.org In the midst of Israel's ongoing devastation of Gaza, one major piece of Middle Eastern news has yet to hit the headlines. In a face-off that, in a sense, has lasted since the pro-American Shah of Iran was overthrown by theocratic clerics in 1979, Iran finally seems to be besting the United States in a

David Schultz (2024-03-05). How the Corporate University Created and Destroyed Diversity. counterpunch.org The Supreme Court did not kill diversity. Higher education did it to itself. It has done it slowly and methodically over the last few years, as the corporate university created and then destroyed diversity as part of its business plan to attract students and make itself more relevant to American capitalism.

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-05). Labor under pressure from protests over Gaza genocide. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-05). Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network campaigns for ceasefire, LGBTIQ rights. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-05). Labor must listen to 81% saying ceasefire. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-05). Jewish Council of Australia urges Labor to reject racism against Palestinians fleeing Gaza. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-05). Social workers take unprotected industrial action for Palestine. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-05). Tanya Plibersek MP urged to take a stand for Palestine. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-05). Nasser Mashni leads pro-Palestine march in Garramilla/Darwin. greenleft.org.au

DLI (2024-03-05). US Air drop to Gaza a cynical PR stunt. indybay.org In the face of incontrovertible graphic evidence of Israel "Defense" Force using lethal force to cause over 100 Palestinian deaths, amidst a starving crowd that was trying desperately to get to aid supply trucks, the Biden administration was forced to belatedly organize a single plane flight to drop off 60 tons of aid supplies on a south Gaza beach.

haberler (2024-03-05). Emaciated 10-Year-Old Palestinian Child, Yazan al Kafarneh, Dies Of Severe Hunger In Gaza. indybay.org Yazan al Kafarneh, 10, died of hunger at Yousef Al Najjar Hospital in southern city of Rafah.

Labor Video Project (2024-03-05). At Palestine Rally Labor Speakers Demand an End To Genocide & Nurse Calls for Labor Action. indybay.org At a rally for Palestine in SF labor speakers spoke and a nurse called for labor action to stop the genocide.

Patrick Lawrence (2024-03-05). The disease of concealment: An open letter to future historians. indybay.org We are afflicted with what I would call the disease of silence. We are confronted with the results of decades of propaganda, and with the insidious power of language when it is cynically misused. We look, but we don't recognize it. We hear, but we don't listen. The effectiveness of propaganda is so great that most of us are not even aware of our complicity in the genocide of a people.

Phil Pasquini (2024-03-05). "Hands off Rafah" Rally at Israeli Embassy Disrupts DC. indybay.org Human rights activists and Palestinian Americans and people of conscious protested at the Israeli Embassy in Washington calling for ran immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Hands off Rafah.

Angela (2024-03-05). Friday 3/8: San Jose: Peace Vigil – Call for Ceasefire Not More Weapons for Ukraine or Israel! indybay.org in front of MLK Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…

Phil Pasquini (2024-03-05). Benny Gantz Meets VP Harris at White House. indybay.org Former Israeli Army General and War Cabinet Member, Benny Gantz met today at the White House with Vice President Kamal Harris and others where they were scheduled to discuss increasing aid to Gaza.

National Writers Union, UPTE For Palestine (2024-03-05). Global Day Of Action On Women's Day For Women Journalists In Gaza. indybay.org The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and International Federation of Journalists are calling a global day of action for Women journalists in Gaza and Palestine…

National Writers Union, UPTE For Palestine (2024-03-05). Friday 3/8: Global Day Of Action On Women's Day For Women Journalists In Gaza. indybay.org SF Chronicle 5th & Mission St. | San Francisco…

Amira Hass (2024-03-05). Israel's Cruelty Is Concealed by Its Decentralization. indybay.org Israel's institutional cruelty, decentralized in years and location, allows hundreds of thousands of law-abiding and order-following Israeli Jews to be cruel without an ounce of introspection or the realization that how much they benefit from it. The spatial and temporal distance from their anonymous partners allows Israeli Jews to attribute Palestinian cruelty to their culture, blood, or religion, and not to Israel's covert, decentralized cruelty.

Brennan Center for Justice (2024-03-05). Wednesday 3/20: How a Voting Rights Amendment Could Revitalize American Democracy w/ Prof. R Hansen, UCLA. indybay.org Virtual event…

Angela (2024-03-05). Sunday 3/10: Santa Rosa Protest for Palestine. indybay.org Courthouse Square | Santa Rosa, CA…

Angela (2024-03-05). Tuesday 3/5: Woodland Vigil for Palestine. indybay.org Rep. Mike Thompson's office | 622 Main St | Woodland, CA…

Socialist Organizer (2024-03-05). Saturday 3/9: Women in the Palestinian Struggle. indybay.org Register in advance on zoom…

Editor (2024-03-05). Mar 5, 2024. sitrepworld.info DAN CHAPMAN PIANO — LITTLE BIRD The Five FUBARs, by James Howard Kunstler The "Long Train" — An Anatomy of Our Thinking, Part 2, by Ray Zwarich Craig Murray: US Case & Assange Rebuttal Covering Assange in Court, by Joe Lauria "Pay No Attention To That Genocide Right In Front Of Your Face," by Caitlin Johnstone SITREP 3/4/2024: Rifts in Bibi's Camp as Gaza War Drags, by Simplicius The Thinker Grayzone reports from Gaza (Videos) A firsthand encounter with 'Fortress Israel,' by Noushin Framke Peter Koenig on "Israel Is an Illegal State", Eric Walberg on "Islam and Jesus as Jewish Mess…

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