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2020-01-15: News Headlines

Jessica J. Gonz√°lez (2020-01-15). We Must Remedy Discrimination in Our Media System. commondreams.org These bills could expand our understanding of sexism and racism in the media, and chip away at some of the barriers that have frozen out women and people of color from owning news outlets and shaping coverage. (Photo: Screenshot / Fox News) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

sputniknews (2020-01-15). Four Missiles Launched at Israel From Gaza, Two Intercepted – Reports. sputniknews.com Last week, Israel unveiled a new laser-based system against Qassam rockets, mortar shells, anti-tank missiles and drones that will replace the current Iron Dome anti-missile system.

WSWS (2020-01-15). Bolsonaro backs Trump in war on Iran, while Workers' Party appeals to Brazilian military. wsws.org Brazil's fascistic President Jair Bolsonaro was one of the first to defend Washington's assassination of Iranian general Qassem Suleiman.

Yoav Litvin (2020-01-14). Zionism and 'Anti-Semitism': A Chronicle of a Smear Foretold. counterpunch.org With the 2020 Presidential elections fast approaching, the progressive campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining traction. Several interest groups have grown increasingly anxious of Sanders' Democratic Socialist agenda, including ruling class Republicans, corporate Democrats and their joint ally — Zionists, both Christian and Jewish. Sanders and BDS The ongoing 'anti-Semitism' smear of Sanders and More

Whitney Webb (2020-01-14). How an Israeli Spy-Linked Tech Firm Gained Access to the US Gov't's Most Classified Networks. mintpressnews.com Through its main investors, SoftBank and Lockheed Martin, Cybereason not only has ties to the Trump administration but has its software running on some of the U.S. government's most classified and secretive networks.

IMEMC News (2020-01-14). Minutes After His Release, Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Who Spent 18 Years In Prison. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Palestinian man just minutes after his release from prison, after he was held captive for 18 years. The PPS said the Palestinian political prisoner, Ismael Affana, from occupied East Jerusalem, was released from the Negev Detention Camp, …

Asa Winstanley (2020-01-14). We 'Slaughtered' Jeremy Corbyn, Says Israel Lobbyist. globalresearch.ca The lobbyist is part of CAA, one of the most active right-wing Zionist groups promoting the false notion that Britain's Labour Party became an anti-Semitic party after Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership in 2015. | *** | A prominent Israel lobbyist in …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-14). Israel Extends Detention of Two Palestinian Prisoners, Days Before Release. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the Israeli government renewed the administrative detention of Shorouq al-Badan, 25, for six more months, on Monday, only two days before her scheduled release, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Badan, from Bethlehem, was arrested July 2019, and was supposed to be …

teleSUR (2020-01-14). NGOs Urge UN to Disclose Firms Involved in Israel's Settlements. telesurenglish.net Ramallah-based human rights group Al-Haq released Tuesday a statement urging the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and its chief Michelle Bachelet to publish a database listing companies that "directly and indirectly, enabled, facilitated and profited from the construction and growth of the settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." | RELATED: | Netanyahu Pledges ICC Investigation Won't Impede Settlements | The d…

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-14). Israel Provided The Intel To Kill Soleimani & A Cyberattack May Have Been Behind Iran's 737 Downing. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/13/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

IMEMC News (2020-01-14). Israeli Colonists Rams A Palestinian Girl With Car Near Bethlehem. imemc.org Palestinian medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that a teenage Palestinian girl was injured after an illegal Israeli colonist rammed her with his car near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Ahmad Ghazal, the deputy head of Kisan Village Council, said the wounded girl has been identified as …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-14). Justice at Last? 'Panic' in Israel as the ICC Takes 'Momentous Step' in the Right Direction. counterpunch.org At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that "all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met". Bensouda's verdict has been in the making for a More

IMEMC News (2020-01-14). Detainee Zahran Suspends Hunger Strike. imemc.org The Palestinian Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees Affairs has reported that detainee Ahmad Zahran, 42, has suspended the hunger strike, which lasted for 113 days, after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authority regarding his continued Administrative Detention without charges or trial. Lawyer Jawad Bulus, the head of the …

commondreams (2020-01-14). Stop NSO Group Exporting Spyware to Human Rights Abusers in Israel. commondreams.org ______________________________…

IMEMC News (2020-01-14). Soldiers Abduct Nineteen Palestinians In The West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians, including siblings, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office in Jenin, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in several parts of the governorate, and …

teleSUR (2020-01-14). Almost 1,000 Migrants Returned to Libya This Year Already: IOM. telesurenglish.net More than 950 refugees and migrants, among them 136 women and 85 children were intercepted in the Mediterranean in the first two weeks of 2020 and returned to inhumane detention centers in war-ravaged Lybia, one of the least safe countries for them, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). | RELATED: | African Migrants in Egypt Face Increasingly Violent Racism | "

Fréa Lockley (2020-01-14). The real crisis isn't Meghan and her husband ditching the royals, it's our racist media. thecanary.co Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's decision to step back from royal duties has reportedly caused a 'crisis'. Certainly, it's dominated media headlines. In truth, I don't give a toss about the outdated, elitist UK monarchy at all. But this time, nice one royalz. Because this drew attention to a far bigger crisis — the UK's systemically racist media. | "History repeating": | On 8 January, "Markle and her husband" announced they'd step back as senior royals, "work to become financially ind…

commondreams (2020-01-14). Iowa CCI, FWW Submit Brief to Supreme Court in Clean Water Lawsuit. commondreams.org ______________________________…

teleSUR (2020-01-14). UN Top Court to Rule on Emergency Measures in Myanmar Genocide. telesurenglish.net The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations' highest court, will issue a ruling on a request for provisional and special measures in a genocide case against Myanmar on Jan. 23, Gambia's Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said Monday on Twitter. | RELATED: | Bosnia Indicts Ex-Serb Army General Over Srebrenica Genocide | The mainly Muslim West African country instituted the case in November, alleging Buddhist-majority Myanmar was committing "an ongoing g…

commondreams (2020-01-14). Patriotic Millionaire Abigail Disney to Testify in Support of Bill Taxing Excessive CEO Pay. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Staff (2020-01-13). Calling Bernie Sanders Anti-Semitic Is Islamophobic. therealnews.com Sahar Aziz discusses her article from The New Arab, "Accusing Bernie Sanders of anti-Semitism is nothing but thinly veiled Islamophobia." The accusation of anti-Semitism has been weaponized to attack people who promote solidarity with Muslim Americans and who demand sustainable foreign policy towards the Middle East.

Staff (2020-01-13). Turkey's Bounty on Ex-Palestinian Security Chief Reveals Web of Intrigue. therealnews.com Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan was involved in mercenary operations in Palestine and Yemen, and was expelled from Palestine's Fatah party. Evidence of his involvement in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey reveals his operations are more extensive than previously thought.

teleSUR (2020-01-13). Israel Breaches Law, Transfers 34 Palestinian Minors From Prisons. telesurenglish.net Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred Monday 34 Palestinian children from Ofer prison in Ramallah to Damoun in Haifa without any stated reason and without the presence of adults to represent them. | RELATED: | Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" | The transfer, common for adults but unusual for child detainees, was slammed by Palestinian activists and rights organizations as illegal and dangerous. | "This move puts the minors at risk o…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-13). Israeli Settlers Stone Palestinian Homes in Nablus Area. imemc.org Israeli settlers, today, attacked Palestinian residents' homes with stones, in the village of Madama, to the south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, a local official in charge of the anti-settlement file in the northern West Bank, said that residents managed […] | | The Israeli army, on Sunday, admitted that the killing of a Palestinian mother of 8,…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-13). Israeli Forces Quash Land Rehabilitation Project In West Bank Village. imemc.org Israeli occupation forces, on Monday, stopped work on a project to reclaim and rehabilitate lands and pave agricultural roads in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, under the pretext that the area is classified as Area C, under full Israeli administrative and military control. The project supervisor, Engineer Fajer …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-13). Report: Palestinian Child Prisoners Face Further Repression and Transfer. imemc.org Palestinian child seized in Jerusalem. Older photo, illustrative. | Israeli occupation officials announced that child prisoners would be transferred away from the Ofer prison and separated into cells without the adult prisoner representatives who support them before the prison administration on Saturday, 11 January.

Somil Trivedi (2020-01-13). Coercive Plea Bargaining Has Poisoned the Criminal Justice System. It's Time to Suck the Venom Out. aclu.org In 2006, George Alvarez was charged with assaulting a prison guard while awaiting trial on public intoxication. He knew he didn't do it — the guards actually jumped him — but the ten year mandatory minimum sentence at trial scared him so much that he pled guilty. Little did he know that the government had a video proving his innocence, but they buried it long enough for prosecutors to extract the plea first. George spent almost four yea…

splcenter (2020-01-13). Miller Dismisses DACA in Emails, Mirroring Anti-Immigrant Extremists' Views. splcenter.org White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller went against many Republicans when siding with white nationalists and other extremists on the issue of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, more commonly known as DACA, emails show.

splcenter (2020-01-13). League of the South Officer Convicted of Gun Possession at Demonstration. splcenter.org An officer in the neo-Confederate group League of the South has been convicted of illegally carrying a gun during a demonstration over the removal of a Confederate monument in North Carolina.

Dianne Mathiowetz (2020-01-12). Mississippi prisoner deaths demand mass action. workers.org Atlanta Jan. 13 — For more than 100 years, Parchman Prison in Sunflower County, in Mississippi's Delta region, has been the location of brutal racism, wretched conditions and unrelenting cruelty. Six Parchman prisoners in one cell, sleeping on cold floor with no blankets. Parchman is also the site of Mississippi's . . . | Continue reading Mississippi prisoner deaths demand mass action at Workers.org

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-10). Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" mintpressnews.com While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-10). Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

splcenter (2020-01-10). Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet. splcenter.org An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.

splcenter (2020-01-10). Weekend Read: SPLC sues Trump administration over family separation policy. splcenter.org The SPLC and its allies have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant families.

splcenter (2020-01-10). White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks. splcenter.org White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.

Steven Sahiounie (2020-01-09). Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand? mintpressnews.com Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…

Staff (2020-01-09). International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes. therealnews.com Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.

Rachel Janik (2020-01-09). Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina. splcenter.org "Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.

Staff (2020-01-08). Juan Cole: U.S.-Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks. democracynow.org Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a "slap in the face" of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan.

Staff (2020-01-08). A View from Tehran: Iranian Professor Condemns U.S. Aggression & Warns U.S.-Backed Gulf States. democracynow.org Iranian forces fired 22 ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq early Wednesday in what Iran described as "fierce revenge" for the U.S. assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week at the Baghdad airport. The Iranian missiles targeted the Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province and a base in Erbil. There were no initial reports of U.S. or Iraqi casualties. Shortly after the attacks, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." Earlier today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…

Alan Macleod (2020-01-08). In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi's Policies. mintpressnews.com An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi's racist and "anti-people," "anti-worker" policies.

splcenter (2020-01-08). Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules. splcenter.org In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.

Sarah Jaffe (2020-01-08). After a String of Antisemitic Attacks, a Choice Confronts all Jews. progressive.org A surge of antisemitism has left us wondering where we can turn, to induce the feeling that rather than exercising solidarity, we should turn inward.

Lawrence Wittner (2020-01-06). A Historian Reflects on the Return of Fascism. zcomm.org Back in 1941, the year of my birth, fascism stood on the brink of conquering the world. During the preceding decades, movements of the Radical Right‚Äïmobilized by demagogues into a cult of virulent nationalism, racial and religious hatred, and militarism‚Äïhad made great strides in nations around the globe. By the end of 1941, fascist Germany, Read more…

splcenter (2020-01-06). SPLC Statement on the Detainment of Iranians and Iranian Americans. splcenter.org The following statement is by Southern Poverty Law Center Interim President and CEO Karen Baynes-Dunning following reports that Iranians and Iranian Americans are being detained and questioned at U.S. ports of entry:…

splcenter (2020-01-06). Former Head of Identity Evropa Taken Into Custody for Contempt of Court. splcenter.org Elliott Kline, the onetime leader of Identity Evropa, is in federal custody after being found in contempt of court for failing to cooperate in a civil lawsuit stemming from the violent "Unite the Right" rally.

Megha Summer Pappachen & Aviva Levine (2020-01-05). Rally in Chicago against the CAA and police brutality in India. liberationnews.org "The recent steps taken by the Modi government are disastrous for India's minorities and its consequences will amount to nothing short of ethnic cleansing and genocide," said Azhar Ahmad, an organizer with Stand With Kashmir.

splcenter (2020-01-03). 'He's losing hope.' Sister maintains faith despite brother's life sentence. splcenter.org Ashley Buford could not hold back the tears when she saw her brother behind a chain-link fence with barbed wire on top.

splcenter (2019-12-30). SPLC Statement on Hanukkah Celebration Attacks. splcenter.org

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-27). Israel Bombs Gaza For Xmas, Israel Threatens To Attack All Helping Iran & Saudis Bomb Yemen Market. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/26/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

2020-01-15: Social Media Postees

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Four Missiles Launched at Israel From Gaza, Two Intercepted – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-15
Last week, Israel unveiled a new laser-based system against Qassam rockets, mortar shells, anti-tank missiles and drones that will replace the current Iron Dome anti-missile system.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001151078045671-missile-sirens-heard-in-southern-israel—reports/

We Must Remedy Discrimination in Our Media System
Jessica J. Gonz√°lez | commondreams.org | 2020-01-15
These bills could expand our understanding of sexism and racism in the media, and chip away at some of the barriers that have frozen out women and people of color from owning news outlets and shaping coverage. (Photo: Screenshot / Fox News) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand?
MintPress News Desk | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-15
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Bolsonaro backs Trump in war on Iran, while Workers' Party appeals to Brazilian military
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
Brazil's fascistic President Jair Bolsonaro was one of the first to defend Washington's assassination of Iranian general Qassem Suleiman.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/braz…

Israel Provided The Intel To Kill Soleimani & A Cyberattack May Have Been Behind Iran's 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-14
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/13/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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NGOs Urge UN to Disclose Firms Involved in Israel's Settlements
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-14
Ramallah-based human rights group Al-Haq released Tuesday a statement urging the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and its chief Michelle Bachelet to publish a database listing companies that "directly and indirectly, enabled, facilitated and profited from the construction and growth of the settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." | RELATED: | Netanyahu Pledges ICC Investigation Won't Impede Settlements | The d…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Disclosure-of-Companies-Involved-in-Israels-Settlements-Urged-20200114-0020.html

We 'Slaughtered' Jeremy Corbyn, Says Israel Lobbyist
Asa Winstanley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
The lobbyist is part of CAA, one of the most active right-wing Zionist groups promoting the false notion that Britain's Labour Party became an anti-Semitic party after Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership in 2015. | *** | A prominent Israel lobbyist in …
globalresearch.ca/we-slaughtered-jeremy-corbyn-says-israel-lobbyist/5700571

How an Israeli Spy-Linked Tech Firm Gained Access to the US Gov't's Most Classified Networks
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-14
Through its main investors, SoftBank and Lockheed Martin, Cybereason not only has ties to the Trump administration but has its software running on some of the U.S. government's most classified and secretive networks.
mintpressnews.com/cybereason-investors-offer-israeli-spy-classified-intelligence/264095/

Soldiers Abduct Nineteen Palestinians In The West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians, including siblings, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office in Jenin, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in several parts of the governorate, and …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-nineteen-palestinians-in-the-west-bank/

Minutes After His Release, Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Who Spent 18 Years In Prison
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Palestinian man just minutes after his release from prison, after he was held captive for 18 years. The PPS said the Palestinian political prisoner, Ismael Affana, from occupied East Jerusalem, was released from the Negev Detention Camp, …
imemc.org/article/minutes-after-his-release-soldiers-abduct-a-palestinian-who-spent-18-years-in-prison/

Israel Extends Detention of Two Palestinian Prisoners, Days Before Release
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the Israeli government renewed the administrative detention of Shorouq al-Badan, 25, for six more months, on Monday, only two days before her scheduled release, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Badan, from Bethlehem, was arrested July 2019, and was supposed to be …
imemc.org/article/israel-extends-detention-of-two-palestinian-prisoners-days-before-release/

Israeli Colonists Rams A Palestinian Girl With Car Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that a teenage Palestinian girl was injured after an illegal Israeli colonist rammed her with his car near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Ahmad Ghazal, the deputy head of Kisan Village Council, said the wounded girl has been identified as …
imemc.org/article/israeli-colonists-rams-a-palestinian-girl-with-car-near-bethlehem/

Detainee Zahran Suspends Hunger Strike
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees Affairs has reported that detainee Ahmad Zahran, 42, has suspended the hunger strike, which lasted for 113 days, after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authority regarding his continued Administrative Detention without charges or trial. Lawyer Jawad Bulus, the head of the …
imemc.org/article/detainee-zahran-suspends-hunger-strike/

Justice at Last? 'Panic' in Israel as the ICC Takes 'Momentous Step' in the Right Direction
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-14
At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that "all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met". Bensouda's verdict has been in the making for a…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/14/justice-at-last-panic-in-israel-as-the-icc-takes-momentous-step-in-the-right-direction/

Stop NSO Group Exporting Spyware to Human Rights Abusers in Israel
commondreams.org | 2020-01-14
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Almost 1,000 Migrants Returned to Libya This Year Already: IOM
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-14
More than 950 refugees and migrants, among them 136 women and 85 children were intercepted in the Mediterranean in the first two weeks of 2020 and returned to inhumane detention centers in war-ravaged Lybia, one of the least safe countries for them, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). | RELATED: | African Migrants in Egypt Face Increasingly Violent Racism | "
telesurenglish.net/news/Almost-1000-Migrants-Returned-to-Libya-This-Year-Already-IOM-20200114-0015.html

Zionism and 'Anti-Semitism': A Chronicle of a Smear Foretold
Yoav Litvin | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-14
With the 2020 Presidential elections fast approaching, the progressive campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining traction. Several interest groups have grown increasingly anxious of Sanders' Democratic Socialist agenda, including ruling class Republicans, corporate Democrats and their joint ally

The real crisis isn't Meghan and her husband ditching the royals, it's our racist media
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-01-14
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's decision to step back from royal duties has reportedly caused a 'crisis'. Certainly, it's dominated media headlines. In truth, I don't give a toss about the outdated, elitist UK monarchy at all. But this time, nice one royalz. Because this drew attention to a far bigger crisis

Iowa CCI, FWW Submit Brief to Supreme Court in Clean Water Lawsuit
commondreams.org | 2020-01-14
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/14/iowa-cci-fww-submit-brief-supreme-court-clean-water-lawsuit?cd-origin=rss

UN Top Court to Rule on Emergency Measures in Myanmar Genocide
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-14
The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations' highest court, will issue a ruling on a request for provisional and special measures in a genocide case against Myanmar on Jan. 23, Gambia's Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said Monday on Twitter. | RELATED: | Bosnia Indicts Ex-Serb Army General Over Srebrenica Genocide | The mainly Muslim West African country instituted the case in November, alleging Buddhist-majority Myanmar was committing "an ongoing g…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Top-Court-to-Rule-on-Measures-in-Myanmar-Genocide-Case-Gambia-20200114-0010.html

Patriotic Millionaire Abigail Disney to Testify in Support of Bill Taxing Excessive CEO Pay
commondreams.org | 2020-01-14
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Israeli Settlers Stone Palestinian Homes in Nablus Area
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-13
Israeli settlers, today, attacked Palestinian residents' homes with stones, in the village of Madama, to the south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, a local official in charge of the anti-settlement file in the northern West Bank, said that residents managed […]
| | The Israeli army, on Sunday, admitted that the killing of a Palestinian mother of 8,…
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-stone-palestinian-homes-in-nablus-area/

Report: Palestinian Child Prisoners Face Further Repression and Transfer
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-13
Palestinian child seized in Jerusalem. Older photo, illustrative. | Israeli occupation officials announced that child prisoners would be transferred away from the Ofer prison and separated into cells without the adult prisoner representatives who support them before the prison administration on Saturday, 11 January.
imemc.org/article/report-palestinian-child-prisoners-face-further-repression-and-transfer/

Israeli Forces Quash Land Rehabilitation Project In West Bank Village
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-13
Israeli occupation forces, on Monday, stopped work on a project to reclaim and rehabilitate lands and pave agricultural roads in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, under the pretext that the area is classified as Area C, under full Israeli administrative and military control. The project supervisor, Engineer Fajer …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-quash-land-rehabilitation-project-in-west-bank-village/

Israel Breaches Law, Transfers 34 Palestinian Minors From Prisons
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-13
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred Monday 34 Palestinian children from Ofer prison in Ramallah to Damoun in Haifa without any stated reason and without the presence of adults to represent them. | RELATED: | Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" | The transfer, common for adults but unusual for child detainees, was slammed by Palestinian activists and rights organizations as illegal and dangerous. | "This move puts the minors at risk o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Breaches-Law-Transfers-34-Palestinian-Minors-From-Prisons-20200113-0021.html

League of the South Officer Convicted of Gun Possession at Demonstration
splcenter.org | 2020-01-13
An officer in the neo-Confederate group League of the South has been convicted of illegally carrying a gun during a demonstration over the removal of a Confederate monument in North Carolina.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/14/league-south-officer-convicted-gun-possession-demonstration

Miller Dismisses DACA in Emails, Mirroring Anti-Immigrant Extremists' Views
splcenter.org | 2020-01-13
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller went against many Republicans when siding with white nationalists and other extremists on the issue of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, more commonly known as DACA, emails show.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/14/miller-dismisses-daca-emails-mirroring-anti-immigrant-extremists-views

Calling Bernie Sanders Anti-Semitic Is Islamophobic
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Sahar Aziz discusses her article from The New Arab, "Accusing Bernie Sanders of anti-Semitism is nothing but thinly veiled Islamophobia." The accusation of anti-Semitism has been weaponized to attack people who promote solidarity with Muslim Americans and who demand sustainable foreign policy towards the Middle East.
therealnews.com/stories/calling-bernie-sanders-anti-semitic-is-islamophobic

Turkey's Bounty on Ex-Palestinian Security Chief Reveals Web of Intrigue
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan was involved in mercenary operations in Palestine and Yemen, and was expelled from Palestine's Fatah party. Evidence of his involvement in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey reveals his operations are more extensive than previously thought.
therealnews.com/stories/turkey-bounty-dahlan-security-chief-web-intrigue

Mississippi prisoner deaths demand mass action
Dianne Mathiowetz | workers.org | 2020-01-12
Atlanta Jan. 13

Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-10
While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/combat-israels-misuse-antisemitism/264055/

Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-10
At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/embracing-palestine-how-to-combat-israels-misuse-of-antisemitism/

Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-10
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-again-bombs-the-pmu-rockets-fired-in-iraq-737-misinfo-congress-warned-not-to-discuss-iran/

Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/once-political-force-richard-spencer-and-national-policy-institute-go-quiet

Weekend Read: SPLC sues Trump administration over family separation policy
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
The SPLC and its allies have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant families.
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/11/weekend-read-splc-sues-trump-administration-over-family-separation-policy

White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/white-nationalists-and-neo-nazis-applaud-recent-spate-antisemitic-attacks

International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-09
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.
therealnews.com/stories/international-criminal-court-prepares-israel-war-crimes

Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2020-01-09
"Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/09/augustus-invictus-charged-kidnapping-domestic-violence-south-carolina

Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand?
Steven Sahiounie | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-09
Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…
mintpressnews.com/iraq-united-states-part-go-home-dont-understand/264008/

In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi's Policies
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-08
An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi's racist and "anti-people," "anti-worker" policies.
mintpressnews.com/largest-strike-world-history-millions-india-protest/263999/

Juan Cole: U.S.-Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-08
Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a "slap in the face" of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan.
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/8/juan_cole_…

A View from Tehran: Iranian Professor Condemns U.S. Aggression & Warns U.S.-Backed Gulf States
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-08
Iranian forces fired 22 ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq early Wednesday in what Iran described as "fierce revenge" for the U.S. assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week at the Baghdad airport. The Iranian missiles targeted the Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province and a base in Erbil. There were no initial reports of U.S. or Iraqi casualties. Shortly after the attacks, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." Earlier today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/8/mohammad_m…

Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules
splcenter.org | 2020-01-08
In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/08/confederate-monuments-texas-can-stay-down-court-rules

After a String of Antisemitic Attacks, a Choice Confronts all Jews
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2020-01-08
A surge of antisemitism has left us wondering where we can turn, to induce the feeling that rather than exercising solidarity, we should turn inward.
progressive.org/dispatches/after-a-string-of-antisemitic-attacks-a-choice-confronts-all-jews-jaffe-200107/

A Historian Reflects on the Return of Fascism
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-01-06
Back in 1941, the year of my birth, fascism stood on the brink of conquering the world. During the preceding decades, movements of the Radical Right‚Äïmobilized by demagogues into a cult of virulent nationalism, racial and religious hatred, and militarism‚Äïhad made great strides in nations around the globe. By the end of 1941, fascist Germany, Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/a-historian-reflects-on-the-return-of-fascism/

Former Head of Identity Evropa Taken Into Custody for Contempt of Court
splcenter.org | 2020-01-06
Elliott Kline, the onetime leader of Identity Evropa, is in federal custody after being found in contempt of court for failing to cooperate in a civil lawsuit stemming from the violent "Unite the Right" rally.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/06/former-head-identity-evropa-taken-custody-contempt-court

SPLC Statement on the Detainment of Iranians and Iranian Americans
splcenter.org | 2020-01-06
The following statement is by Southern Poverty Law Center Interim President and CEO Karen Baynes-Dunning following reports that Iranians and Iranian Americans are being detained and questioned at U.S. ports of entry:…
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/06/splc-statement-detainment-iranians-and-iranian-americans

Rally in Chicago against the CAA and police brutality in India
Megha Summer Pappachen & Aviva Levine | liberationnews.org | 2020-01-05
"The recent steps taken by the Modi government are disastrous for India's minorities and its consequences will amount to nothing short of ethnic cleansing and genocide," said Azhar Ahmad, an organizer with Stand With Kashmir.
liberationnews.org/rally-in-chicago-against-the-caa-and-police-brutality-in-india/

'He's losing hope.' Sister maintains faith despite brother's life sentence
splcenter.org | 2020-01-03
Ashley Buford could not hold back the tears when she saw her brother behind a chain-link fence with barbed wire on top.
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/07/hes-losing-hope-sister-maintains-faith-despite-brothers-life-sentence

SPLC Statement on Hanukkah Celebration Attacks
splcenter.org | 2019-12-30
splcenter.org/news/2019/12/30/splc-statement-hanukkah-celebration-attacks

2020-01-14: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-14). 2 right-wing Israeli parties unite after left-leaning alliance formed ahead of elections. rt.com Two right-wing Israeli political parties joined forces on Tuesday to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The move came a day after a left-leaning alliance was announced. | Israel is gearing up for its third election in less than a year after neither Netanyahu nor his centrist rival Benny Gantz were able to form a coalition following two polls last year. | Defense Minister Naftali Bennett ruled out an alliance on Monday, but just hours later his New Right party struck a deal with Transport Minister Bezalel Smotrich's National Union faction, AFP reported. | On Monday, the left-wing Labor-Gesher and Mere…

Whitney Webb (2020-01-14). How an Israeli Spy-Linked Tech Firm Gained Access to the US Gov't's Most Classified Networks. mintpressnews.com Through its main investors, SoftBank and Lockheed Martin, Cybereason not only has ties to the Trump administration but has its software running on some of the U.S. government's most classified and secretive networks.

IMEMC News (2020-01-14). Minutes After His Release, Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Who Spent 18 Years In Prison. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Palestinian man just minutes after his release from prison, after he was held captive for 18 years. The PPS said the Palestinian political prisoner, Ismael Affana, from occupied East Jerusalem, was released from the Negev Detention Camp, …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-14). Israel Extends Detention of Two Palestinian Prisoners, Days Before Release. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the Israeli government renewed the administrative detention of Shorouq al-Badan, 25, for six more months, on Monday, only two days before her scheduled release, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Badan, from Bethlehem, was arrested July 2019, and was supposed to be …

IMEMC News (2020-01-14). Israeli Colonists Rams A Palestinian Girl With Car Near Bethlehem. imemc.org Palestinian medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that a teenage Palestinian girl was injured after an illegal Israeli colonist rammed her with his car near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Ahmad Ghazal, the deputy head of Kisan Village Council, said the wounded girl has been identified as …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-14). Justice at Last? 'Panic' in Israel as the ICC Takes 'Momentous Step' in the Right Direction. counterpunch.org At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that "all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met". Bensouda's verdict has been in the making for a More

IMEMC News (2020-01-14). Detainee Zahran Suspends Hunger Strike. imemc.org The Palestinian Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees Affairs has reported that detainee Ahmad Zahran, 42, has suspended the hunger strike, which lasted for 113 days, after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authority regarding his continued Administrative Detention without charges or trial. Lawyer Jawad Bulus, the head of the …

IMEMC News (2020-01-14). Soldiers Abduct Nineteen Palestinians In The West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians, including siblings, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office in Jenin, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in several parts of the governorate, and …

Asa Winstanley (2020-01-14). We 'Slaughtered' Jeremy Corbyn, Says Israel Lobbyist. globalresearch.ca The lobbyist is part of CAA, one of the most active right-wing Zionist groups promoting the false notion that Britain's Labour Party became an anti-Semitic party after Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership in 2015. | *** | A prominent Israel lobbyist in …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-14). Israel Provided The Intel To Kill Soleimani & A Cyberattack May Have Been Behind Iran's 737 Downing. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/13/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

commondreams (2020-01-14). Stop NSO Group Exporting Spyware to Human Rights Abusers in Israel. commondreams.org ______________________________…

sputniknews (2020-01-14). Syrian Air Defence System Repels Attack Targeting Air Base in Homs – Reports. sputniknews.com The T4 airbase located in the east of Syrian Homs province, also known as the Tiyas Military Airbase, is reportedly used by Iranian forces. The site was earlier hit by Israeli forces.

Yoav Litvin (2020-01-14). Zionism and 'Anti-Semitism': A Chronicle of a Smear Foretold. counterpunch.org With the 2020 Presidential elections fast approaching, the progressive campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining traction. Several interest groups have grown increasingly anxious of Sanders' Democratic Socialist agenda, including ruling class Republicans, corporate Democrats and their joint ally — Zionists, both Christian and Jewish. Sanders and BDS The ongoing 'anti-Semitism' smear of Sanders and More

Fréa Lockley (2020-01-14). The real crisis isn't Meghan and her husband ditching the royals, it's our racist media. thecanary.co Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's decision to step back from royal duties has reportedly caused a 'crisis'. Certainly, it's dominated media headlines. In truth, I don't give a toss about the outdated, elitist UK monarchy at all. But this time, nice one royalz. Because this drew attention to a far bigger crisis — the UK's systemically racist media. | "History repeating": | On 8 January, "Markle and her husband" announced they'd step back as senior royals, "work to become financially ind…

commondreams (2020-01-14). Patriotic Millionaire Abigail Disney to Testify in Support of Bill Taxing Excessive CEO Pay. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2020-01-14). Iowa CCI, FWW Submit Brief to Supreme Court in Clean Water Lawsuit. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Staff (2020-01-13). Turkey's Bounty on Ex-Palestinian Security Chief Reveals Web of Intrigue. therealnews.com Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan was involved in mercenary operations in Palestine and Yemen, and was expelled from Palestine's Fatah party. Evidence of his involvement in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey reveals his operations are more extensive than previously thought.

Staff (2020-01-13). Calling Bernie Sanders Anti-Semitic Is Islamophobic. therealnews.com Sahar Aziz discusses her article from The New Arab, "Accusing Bernie Sanders of anti-Semitism is nothing but thinly veiled Islamophobia." The accusation of anti-Semitism has been weaponized to attack people who promote solidarity with Muslim Americans and who demand sustainable foreign policy towards the Middle East.

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-13). Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" counterpunch.org At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any More

Peoples Dispatch (2020-01-13). Israel transfers 60 minor Palestinian prisoners to solitary confinement. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian prisoners in the Ofer military camp and prison, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, are protesting the Israeli Prison Service's (IPS) decision to transfer 60 minor Palestinian prisoners to the Damon prison inside Israel, without their adult overseers who are from among the prisoners themselves. The adult prisoners are reportedly worried that minors who have been transferred are at risk of being mistreated and abused, and of having their rights taken away by the prison guards at the new prison in the absence of their adult overseers. The adult prisoners usually take care of the minors and help the…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-13). Israeli Settlers Stone Palestinian Homes in Nablus Area. imemc.org Israeli settlers, today, attacked Palestinian residents' homes with stones, in the village of Madama, to the south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, a local official in charge of the anti-settlement file in the northern West Bank, said that residents managed […] | | The Israeli army, on Sunday, admitted that the killing of a Palestinian mother of 8,…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-13). Report: Palestinian Child Prisoners Face Further Repression and Transfer. imemc.org Palestinian child seized in Jerusalem. Older photo, illustrative. | Israeli occupation officials announced that child prisoners would be transferred away from the Ofer prison and separated into cells without the adult prisoner representatives who support them before the prison administration on Saturday, 11 January.

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-13). Israeli Forces Quash Land Rehabilitation Project In West Bank Village. imemc.org Israeli occupation forces, on Monday, stopped work on a project to reclaim and rehabilitate lands and pave agricultural roads in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, under the pretext that the area is classified as Area C, under full Israeli administrative and military control. The project supervisor, Engineer Fajer …

splcenter (2020-01-13). League of the South Officer Convicted of Gun Possession at Demonstration. splcenter.org An officer in the neo-Confederate group League of the South has been convicted of illegally carrying a gun during a demonstration over the removal of a Confederate monument in North Carolina.

Somil Trivedi (2020-01-13). Coercive Plea Bargaining Has Poisoned the Criminal Justice System. It's Time to Suck the Venom Out. aclu.org In 2006, George Alvarez was charged with assaulting a prison guard while awaiting trial on public intoxication. He knew he didn't do it — the guards actually jumped him — but the ten year mandatory minimum sentence at trial scared him so much that he pled guilty. Little did he know that the government had a video proving his innocence, but they buried it long enough for prosecutors to extract the plea first. George spent almost four yea…

splcenter (2020-01-13). Miller Dismisses DACA in Emails, Mirroring Anti-Immigrant Extremists' Views. splcenter.org White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller went against many Republicans when siding with white nationalists and other extremists on the issue of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, more commonly known as DACA, emails show.

The Canary (2020-01-13). Priti Patel dismisses claims Meghan has faced racist press coverage. thecanary.co Priti Patel has dismissed suggestions that the Duchess of Sussex has been subjected to racist press coverage, saying people of any background can "get on in life" in Britain. | The home secretary said she had not seen any debates or commentary about Meghan which she thought were racist — despite claims that racism has driven negative media reports. | Patel's comments come as senior royals race to thrash out plans for Harry and Meghan's future following the couple's announcement that they plan to 'step back as senior royals'. | In November 2016, Harry lashed out at the "wave of abuse and harassment" the US a…

Arielle Robinson (2020-01-12). Who are the missing people? The role of racism. workers.org In the case of missing people across the United States, one thing is clear — missing people of color are not granted as much attention by the media or police as missing white people, despite people of color going missing at disproportionately high rates. Although this fact may seem obvious . . . | Continue reading Who are the missing people? The role of racism at Workers.org

Dianne Mathiowetz (2020-01-12). Mississippi prisoner deaths demand mass action. workers.org Atlanta Jan. 13 — For more than 100 years, Parchman Prison in Sunflower County, in Mississippi's Delta region, has been the location of brutal racism, wretched conditions and unrelenting cruelty. Six Parchman prisoners in one cell, sleeping on cold floor with no blankets. Parchman is also the site of Mississippi's . . . | Continue reading Mississippi prisoner deaths demand mass action at Workers.org

Vincent Taccetta and Makasi Motema (2020-01-11). The coming decade of revolution. workers.org In the last decade the working class — spurred into action by a destroyed economy, state violence, and national and gender oppression — rose up in a series of mass mobilizations, the scope of which had not been seen in two generations. From Occupy to Black Lives Matter to the . . . | Continue reading The coming decade of revolution at Workers.org

Eds. (2020-01-11). No, Iran didn't exit the nuclear deal. And no, its nuclear announcement is not revenge for Soleimani. mronline.org On January 5, Iran made a major announcement regarding its nuclear program, stating that it will no longer observe limits on the number of centrifuges that it uses to enrich uranium. While the announcement is significant, it was not altogether unexpected. And it most certainly does not constitute the "harsh revenge" that Iran's supreme leader, […] | Source

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-10). Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" mintpressnews.com While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.

Mairav Zonszein (2020-01-10). This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice. thenation.com This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice…

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-10). Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

splcenter (2020-01-10). White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks. splcenter.org White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.

splcenter (2020-01-10). Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet. splcenter.org An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.

splcenter (2020-01-10). Weekend Read: SPLC sues Trump administration over family separation policy. splcenter.org The SPLC and its allies have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant families.

Staff (2020-01-09). International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes. therealnews.com Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.

Steven Sahiounie (2020-01-09). Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand? mintpressnews.com Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…

Rachel Janik (2020-01-09). Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina. splcenter.org "Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.

Staff (2020-01-08). Juan Cole: U.S.-Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks. democracynow.org Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a "slap in the face" of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan.

Staff (2020-01-08). A View from Tehran: Iranian Professor Condemns U.S. Aggression & Warns U.S.-Backed Gulf States. democracynow.org Iranian forces fired 22 ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq early Wednesday in what Iran described as "fierce revenge" for the U.S. assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week at the Baghdad airport. The Iranian missiles targeted the Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province and a base in Erbil. There were no initial reports of U.S. or Iraqi casualties. Shortly after the attacks, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." Earlier today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…

Alan Macleod (2020-01-08). In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi's Policies. mintpressnews.com An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi's racist and "anti-people," "anti-worker" policies.

splcenter (2020-01-08). Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules. splcenter.org In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.

Sarah Jaffe (2020-01-08). After a String of Antisemitic Attacks, a Choice Confronts all Jews. progressive.org A surge of antisemitism has left us wondering where we can turn, to induce the feeling that rather than exercising solidarity, we should turn inward.

Lawrence Wittner (2020-01-06). A Historian Reflects on the Return of Fascism. zcomm.org Back in 1941, the year of my birth, fascism stood on the brink of conquering the world. During the preceding decades, movements of the Radical Right‚Äïmobilized by demagogues into a cult of virulent nationalism, racial and religious hatred, and militarism‚Äïhad made great strides in nations around the globe. By the end of 1941, fascist Germany, Read more…

splcenter (2020-01-06). SPLC Statement on the Detainment of Iranians and Iranian Americans. splcenter.org The following statement is by Southern Poverty Law Center Interim President and CEO Karen Baynes-Dunning following reports that Iranians and Iranian Americans are being detained and questioned at U.S. ports of entry:…

splcenter (2020-01-06). Former Head of Identity Evropa Taken Into Custody for Contempt of Court. splcenter.org Elliott Kline, the onetime leader of Identity Evropa, is in federal custody after being found in contempt of court for failing to cooperate in a civil lawsuit stemming from the violent "Unite the Right" rally.

Megha Summer Pappachen & Aviva Levine (2020-01-05). Rally in Chicago against the CAA and police brutality in India. liberationnews.org "The recent steps taken by the Modi government are disastrous for India's minorities and its consequences will amount to nothing short of ethnic cleansing and genocide," said Azhar Ahmad, an organizer with Stand With Kashmir.

splcenter (2020-01-03). 'He's losing hope.' Sister maintains faith despite brother's life sentence. splcenter.org Ashley Buford could not hold back the tears when she saw her brother behind a chain-link fence with barbed wire on top.

2020-01-14: Social Media Postees

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Soldiers Abduct Nineteen Palestinians In The West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians, including siblings, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office in Jenin, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in several parts of the governorate, and …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-nineteen-palestinians-in-the-west-bank/

Minutes After His Release, Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Who Spent 18 Years In Prison
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Palestinian man just minutes after his release from prison, after he was held captive for 18 years. The PPS said the Palestinian political prisoner, Ismael Affana, from occupied East Jerusalem, was released from the Negev Detention Camp, …
imemc.org/article/minutes-after-his-release-soldiers-abduct-a-palestinian-who-spent-18-years-in-prison/

Israel Extends Detention of Two Palestinian Prisoners, Days Before Release
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the Israeli government renewed the administrative detention of Shorouq al-Badan, 25, for six more months, on Monday, only two days before her scheduled release, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Badan, from Bethlehem, was arrested July 2019, and was supposed to be …
imemc.org/article/israel-extends-detention-of-two-palestinian-prisoners-days-before-release/

Israeli Colonists Rams A Palestinian Girl With Car Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that a teenage Palestinian girl was injured after an illegal Israeli colonist rammed her with his car near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Ahmad Ghazal, the deputy head of Kisan Village Council, said the wounded girl has been identified as …
imemc.org/article/israeli-colonists-rams-a-palestinian-girl-with-car-near-bethlehem/

Detainee Zahran Suspends Hunger Strike
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-14
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees Affairs has reported that detainee Ahmad Zahran, 42, has suspended the hunger strike, which lasted for 113 days, after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authority regarding his continued Administrative Detention without charges or trial. Lawyer Jawad Bulus, the head of the …
imemc.org/article/detainee-zahran-suspends-hunger-strike/

Justice at Last? 'Panic' in Israel as the ICC Takes 'Momentous Step' in the Right Direction
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-14
At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that "all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met". Bensouda's verdict has been in the making for a…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/14/justice-at-last-panic-in-israel-as-the-icc-takes-momentous-step-in-the-right-direction/

Syrian Air Defence System Repels Attack Targeting Air Base in Homs – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-14
The T4 airbase located in the east of Syrian Homs province, also known as the Tiyas Military Airbase, is reportedly used by Iranian forces. The site was earlier hit by Israeli forces.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001141078038277-syrian-air-defence-system-repels-attack-targeting-air-base-in-homs—reports/

Israel Provided The Intel To Kill Soleimani & A Cyberattack May Have Been Behind Iran's 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-14
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/13/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-provided-the-intel-to-kill-soleimani-a-cyberattack-may-have-been-behind-irans-737-downing/

We 'Slaughtered' Jeremy Corbyn, Says Israel Lobbyist
Asa Winstanley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
The lobbyist is part of CAA, one of the most active right-wing Zionist groups promoting the false notion that Britain's Labour Party became an anti-Semitic party after Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership in 2015. | *** | A prominent Israel lobbyist in …
globalresearch.ca/we-slaughtered-jeremy-corbyn-says-israel-lobbyist/5700571

How an Israeli Spy-Linked Tech Firm Gained Access to the US Gov't's Most Classified Networks
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-14
Through its main investors, SoftBank and Lockheed Martin, Cybereason not only has ties to the Trump administration but has its software running on some of the U.S. government's most classified and secretive networks.
mintpressnews.com/cybereason-investors-offer-israeli-spy-classified-intelligence/264095/

Sealed Off and Forgotten
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-01-14
What You Should Know about Israel's 'Firing Zones' in the West Bank…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sealed-off-and-forgotten/

2 right-wing Israeli parties unite after left-leaning alliance formed ahead of elections
rt.com | 2020-01-14
Two right-wing Israeli political parties joined forces on Tuesday to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The move came a day after a left-leaning alliance was announced. | Israel is gearing up for its third election in less than a year after neither Netanyahu nor his centrist rival Benny Gantz were able to form a coalition following two polls last year. | Defense Minister Naftali Bennett ruled out an alliance on Monday, but just hours later his New Right party struck a deal with Transport Minister Bezalel Smotrich's National Union faction, AFP reported. | On Monday, the left-wing Labor-Gesher and Mere…
rt.com/newsline/478200-right-israel-parties-unite/

Stop NSO Group Exporting Spyware to Human Rights Abusers in Israel
commondreams.org | 2020-01-14
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/14/stop-nso-group-exporting-spyware-human-rights-abusers-israel?cd-origin=rss

Zionism and 'Anti-Semitism': A Chronicle of a Smear Foretold
Yoav Litvin | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-14
With the 2020 Presidential elections fast approaching, the progressive campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining traction. Several interest groups have grown increasingly anxious of Sanders' Democratic Socialist agenda, including ruling class Republicans, corporate Democrats and their joint ally

The real crisis isn't Meghan and her husband ditching the royals, it's our racist media
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-01-14
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's decision to step back from royal duties has reportedly caused a 'crisis'. Certainly, it's dominated media headlines. In truth, I don't give a toss about the outdated, elitist UK monarchy at all. But this time, nice one royalz. Because this drew attention to a far bigger crisis

Zionism and 'Anti-Semitism': A Chronicle of a Smear Foretold
Yoav Litvin | zcomm.org | 2020-01-14
On the road to liberation, only a consistent and unapologetic anti-Zionist framework is effective and congruent with leftist, anti-racist values…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/zionism-and-anti-semitism-a-chronicle-of-a-smear-foretold/

Patriotic Millionaire Abigail Disney to Testify in Support of Bill Taxing Excessive CEO Pay
commondreams.org | 2020-01-14
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/14/patriotic-millionaire-abigail-disney-testify-support-bill-taxing-excessive-ceo?cd-origin=rss

Iowa CCI, FWW Submit Brief to Supreme Court in Clean Water Lawsuit
commondreams.org | 2020-01-14
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/14/iowa-cci-fww-submit-brief-supreme-court-clean-water-lawsuit?cd-origin=rss

Israeli Settlers Stone Palestinian Homes in Nablus Area
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-13
Israeli settlers, today, attacked Palestinian residents' homes with stones, in the village of Madama, to the south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, a local official in charge of the anti-settlement file in the northern West Bank, said that residents managed […]
| | The Israeli army, on Sunday, admitted that the killing of a Palestinian mother of 8,…
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-stone-palestinian-homes-in-nablus-area/

Report: Palestinian Child Prisoners Face Further Repression and Transfer
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-13
Palestinian child seized in Jerusalem. Older photo, illustrative. | Israeli occupation officials announced that child prisoners would be transferred away from the Ofer prison and separated into cells without the adult prisoner representatives who support them before the prison administration on Saturday, 11 January.
imemc.org/article/report-palestinian-child-prisoners-face-further-repression-and-transfer/

Israel transfers 60 minor Palestinian prisoners to solitary confinement
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-13
Palestinian prisoners in the Ofer military camp and prison, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, are protesting the Israeli Prison Service's (IPS) decision to transfer 60 minor Palestinian prisoners to the Damon prison inside Israel, without their adult overseers who are from among the prisoners themselves. The adult prisoners are reportedly worried that minors who have been transferred are at risk of being mistreated and abused, and of having their rights taken away by the prison guards at the new prison in the absence of their adult overseers. The adult prisoners usually take care of the minors and help the…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/13/israel-transfers-60-minor-palestinian-prisoners-to-solitary-confinement/

Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-13
At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/13/embracing-palestine-how-to-combat-israels-misuse-of-antisemitism/

Israeli Forces Quash Land Rehabilitation Project In West Bank Village
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-13
Israeli occupation forces, on Monday, stopped work on a project to reclaim and rehabilitate lands and pave agricultural roads in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, under the pretext that the area is classified as Area C, under full Israeli administrative and military control. The project supervisor, Engineer Fajer …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-quash-land-rehabilitation-project-in-west-bank-village/

Turkey's Bounty on Ex-Palestinian Security Chief Reveals Web of Intrigue
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan was involved in mercenary operations in Palestine and Yemen, and was expelled from Palestine's Fatah party. Evidence of his involvement in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey reveals his operations are more extensive than previously thought.
therealnews.com/stories/turkey-bounty-dahlan-security-chief-web-intrigue

League of the South Officer Convicted of Gun Possession at Demonstration
splcenter.org | 2020-01-13
An officer in the neo-Confederate group League of the South has been convicted of illegally carrying a gun during a demonstration over the removal of a Confederate monument in North Carolina.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/14/league-south-officer-convicted-gun-possession-demonstration

Calling Bernie Sanders Anti-Semitic Is Islamophobic
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Sahar Aziz discusses her article from The New Arab, "Accusing Bernie Sanders of anti-Semitism is nothing but thinly veiled Islamophobia." The accusation of anti-Semitism has been weaponized to attack people who promote solidarity with Muslim Americans and who demand sustainable foreign policy towards the Middle East.
therealnews.com/stories/calling-bernie-sanders-anti-semitic-is-islamophobic

Miller Dismisses DACA in Emails, Mirroring Anti-Immigrant Extremists' Views
splcenter.org | 2020-01-13
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller went against many Republicans when siding with white nationalists and other extremists on the issue of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, more commonly known as DACA, emails show.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/14/miller-dismisses-daca-emails-mirroring-anti-immigrant-extremists-views

US Government Lists Non-Violent 'Valve Turner' Climate Activists as Threat on Par With Murderous Neo-Nazis
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-13
Climate action advocates condemned reports that the Department of Homeland Security has placed non-violence anti-fossil fuel campaigners on a list of domestic threats alongside violent white supremacists and mass murderers. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/13/us-government-lists-non-violent-valve-turner-climate-activists-threat-par-murderous?cd-origin=rss

Priti Patel dismisses claims Meghan has faced racist press coverage
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-13
Priti Patel has dismissed suggestions that the Duchess of Sussex has been subjected to racist press coverage, saying people of any background can "get on in life" in Britain. | The home secretary said she had not seen any debates or commentary about Meghan which she thought were racist

Who are the missing people? The role of racism
Arielle Robinson | workers.org | 2020-01-12
In the case of missing people across the United States, one thing is clear

Mississippi prisoner deaths demand mass action
Dianne Mathiowetz | workers.org | 2020-01-12
Atlanta Jan. 13

The coming decade of revolution
Vincent Taccetta and Makasi Motema | workers.org | 2020-01-11
In the last decade the working class

No, Iran didn't exit the nuclear deal. And no, its nuclear announcement is not revenge for Soleimani
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-11
On January 5, Iran made a major announcement regarding its nuclear program, stating that it will no longer observe limits on the number of centrifuges that it uses to enrich uranium. While the announcement is significant, it was not altogether unexpected. And it most certainly does not constitute the "harsh revenge" that Iran's supreme leader, […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/11/no-iran-didnt-exit-the-nuclear-deal-and-no-its-nuclear-announcement-is-not-revenge-for-soleimani/

Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-10
At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/embracing-palestine-how-to-combat-israels-misuse-of-antisemitism/

Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-10
While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/combat-israels-misuse-antisemitism/264055/

This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice
Mairav Zonszein | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice…
thenation.com/article/lea-tsemel-advocate/

Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-10
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-again-bombs-the-pmu-rockets-fired-in-iraq-737-misinfo-congress-warned-not-to-discuss-iran/

White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/white-nationalists-and-neo-nazis-applaud-recent-spate-antisemitic-attacks

Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/once-political-force-richard-spencer-and-national-policy-institute-go-quiet

Weekend Read: SPLC sues Trump administration over family separation policy
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
The SPLC and its allies have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant families.
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/11/weekend-read-splc-sues-trump-administration-over-family-separation-policy

International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-09
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.
therealnews.com/stories/international-criminal-court-prepares-israel-war-crimes

Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2020-01-09
"Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/09/augustus-invictus-charged-kidnapping-domestic-violence-south-carolina

Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand?
Steven Sahiounie | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-09
Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…
mintpressnews.com/iraq-united-states-part-go-home-dont-understand/264008/

In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi's Policies
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-08
An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi's racist and "anti-people," "anti-worker" policies.
mintpressnews.com/largest-strike-world-history-millions-india-protest/263999/

Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules
splcenter.org | 2020-01-08
In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/08/confederate-monuments-texas-can-stay-down-court-rules

After a String of Antisemitic Attacks, a Choice Confronts all Jews
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2020-01-08
A surge of antisemitism has left us wondering where we can turn, to induce the feeling that rather than exercising solidarity, we should turn inward.
progressive.org/dispatches/after-a-string-of-antisemitic-attacks-a-choice-confronts-all-jews-jaffe-200107/

Juan Cole: U.S.-Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-08
Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a "slap in the face" of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan.
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/8/juan_cole_…

A View from Tehran: Iranian Professor Condemns U.S. Aggression & Warns U.S.-Backed Gulf States
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-08
Iranian forces fired 22 ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq early Wednesday in what Iran described as "fierce revenge" for the U.S. assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week at the Baghdad airport. The Iranian missiles targeted the Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province and a base in Erbil. There were no initial reports of U.S. or Iraqi casualties. Shortly after the attacks, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." Earlier today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/8/mohammad_m…

A Historian Reflects on the Return of Fascism
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-01-06
Back in 1941, the year of my birth, fascism stood on the brink of conquering the world. During the preceding decades, movements of the Radical Right‚Äïmobilized by demagogues into a cult of virulent nationalism, racial and religious hatred, and militarism‚Äïhad made great strides in nations around the globe. By the end of 1941, fascist Germany, Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/a-historian-reflects-on-the-return-of-fascism/

Former Head of Identity Evropa Taken Into Custody for Contempt of Court
splcenter.org | 2020-01-06
Elliott Kline, the onetime leader of Identity Evropa, is in federal custody after being found in contempt of court for failing to cooperate in a civil lawsuit stemming from the violent "Unite the Right" rally.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/06/former-head-identity-evropa-taken-custody-contempt-court

2020-01-13: News Headlines

Staff (2020-01-13). Calling Bernie Sanders Anti-Semitic Is Islamophobic. therealnews.com Sahar Aziz discusses her article from The New Arab, "Accusing Bernie Sanders of anti-Semitism is nothing but thinly veiled Islamophobia." The accusation of anti-Semitism has been weaponized to attack people who promote solidarity with Muslim Americans and who demand sustainable foreign policy towards the Middle East.

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-13). Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" counterpunch.org At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any More

Staff (2020-01-13). Turkey's Bounty on Ex-Palestinian Security Chief Reveals Web of Intrigue. therealnews.com Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan was involved in mercenary operations in Palestine and Yemen, and was expelled from Palestine's Fatah party. Evidence of his involvement in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey reveals his operations are more extensive than previously thought.

sputniknews (2020-01-13). Tel Aviv Warns Nasrallah: Hiding in Bunker Won't Save Him From Liquidation if He 'Challenges Israel'. sputniknews.com Over the weekend, US media reported, citing unnamed sources, that Israel had provided Washington with 'key intelligence details' ahead of the 3 January assassination of Quds force commander Soleimani in Baghdad.

Surangya (2020-01-13). Israel continues to grab Palestinian land for building illegal settlements. peoplesdispatch.org In Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, Israeli security forces on Monday violently attacked a peaceful Palestinian protest march against the forceful seizure of land by Israel for the purpose of construction of illegal Jewish settlement near Qalqilya city.

Asa Winstanley (2020-01-13). British Universities Invest in Israeli Apartheid. globalresearch.ca British universities have invested more than an estimated half a billion dollars in companies that arm Israel or support Israeli settlement infrastructure. | This revelation comes from new research by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. | Activists on Wednesday held an "Apartheid …

sputniknews (2020-01-13). Targeted Killing Won't Work, Israel Needs to Offer Palestinians Hope – Fmr. Israeli Intel Chief. sputniknews.com Pinpointed elimination of top terrorists has been a common tool of Israel's spy agencies but its effectiveness is questionable, says the former head of the country's internal intelligence service, the Shabak. He believes that in order to decrease terror, the Jewish state needs to give Palestinians a sense of hope.

Sarah Abed (2020-01-13). ISIS and Israel Praise Trump's Assassination of Iranian Top General Soleimani. globalresearch.ca Ten days have passed since US President Donald J. Trump ordered the assassination of Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRCG) Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Soleimani had just arrived at Baghdad …

teleSUR (2020-01-13). Israeli Intelligence Involved in Killing of Soleimani: NBC. telesurenglish.net The Israeli intelligence played a role in the U.S.' assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani on January 3rd, NBC News reported over the weekend. | RELATED: | Pentagon Had No Evidence of Iran's Plan To Attack US Embassies | NBC News claimed, citing unnamed sources, that Israel's intelligence apparatus helped the U.S. stage the operation that led to the assassination of Qassem Soleimani and the Deputy Head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes.

Leslie D. Gregory (2020-01-13). Sowing division, reaping lives. zcomm.org It's textbook Institutional Racism. Did Trump say out loud, "I'm going to gut the original environmental law of the US and it will affect everyone's health negatively but the health of black and brown people the most?" Of course not. But that is exactly what is afoot with his intention to roll back major portions of Read more…

Staff (2020-01-13). Fascism Expert: Trump Has Laid the Groundwork for "Full-On Authoritarian Rule" truthout.org Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congress will soon send its articles of impeachment for Donald Trump to the Senate, where Republicans are determined to acquit him on all charges, including abuse of power, obstruction of Congress, and encouraging foreign powers to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. | No evidence…

Curt Wechsler (2020-01-13). RefuseFascism Protests Pompeo, Commonwealth Club, Jan 13, 3pm. indybay.org 110 The Embarcadero | Taube Family Auditorium | San Francisco…

Curt Wechsler (2020-01-13). No war on Iran. No war on women. indybay.org RefuseFascism Organizers meeting | 1590 Bryant, San Francisco…

sputniknews (2020-01-13). Australian Firm Creates "Patriotic" Dildo to Deal With Raging Bushfires. sputniknews.com The new dildo has both the shape of Australia and an image of koala incorporated into its design; 100 percent of the proceedings are expected to be donated to the bushfire relief effort.

Staff (2020-01-13). As Tensions With Iran Escalate, It Is Time to Challenge Empire in the Classroom. truthout.org For educators, war is one of the most difficult topics to discuss within our classrooms. And yet, with the recent U.S. assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iraqi senior military leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and other Iraqis, the threat of imminent war is now forcefully part of the everyday thoughts of many students. | For families from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and other parts of the region, the weight of these anxieties has been carried for…

The Canary (2020-01-13). Priti Patel dismisses claims Meghan has faced racist press coverage. thecanary.co Priti Patel has dismissed suggestions that the Duchess of Sussex has been subjected to racist press coverage, saying people of any background can "get on in life" in Britain. | The home secretary said she had not seen any debates or commentary about Meghan which she thought were racist — despite claims that racism has driven negative media reports. | Patel's comments come as senior royals race to thrash out plans for Harry and Meghan's future following the couple's announcement that they plan to 'step back as senior royals'. | In November 2016, Harry lashed out at the "wave of abuse and harassment" the US a…

yenisafak (2020-01-13). Finnish court rejects Rotenberg's suit against Nordic banks. yenisafak.com Boris Rotenberg, a Russian businessman under U.S. sanctions over the Ukraine conflict due to his close ties with President Vladimir Putin, on Monday lost a discrimination lawsuit he filed in a Finnish court against four Nordic banks."Helsinki District Court has rejected Boris Rotenberg's complaint over the right to banking services and damages for discrimination," the court said in its decision.Rotenberg, who also holds Finnish citizenship, accused Nordea, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken and OP Bank of refusing to allow him to make payments and of violating his right to equal treatment as an EU citizen.

IMEMC News (2020-01-12). Army Abducts Nine Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, eight Palestinians, including two children, in addition to another Palestinian who was taken prisoner on Sunday evening, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said many army jeeps invaded 'Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes, before abducting …

IMEMC News (2020-01-12). Israel Escalates Violates Against Detained Palestinian Children. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) issued a statement, Saturday, strongly denouncing Israel's escalating violations against the detained Palestinian children, especially after forcing them in solitary confinement. The PPS said that the Israeli Prison Authority transferred imprisoned Palestinian children from Ofar Prison and placed them in solitary condiment cells. It added …

IMEMC News (2020-01-12). Israel Floods Palestinian Farmlands In Gaza. imemc.org The Israeli army opened, Saturday, the dams that collect rainfall across the besieged Gaza Strip, flooding more than 1000 dunams of Palestinian farmlands. Media sources said the soldiers opened the dams, located across the fence east of the Sheja'eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city. They added that this resulted in …

teleSUR (2020-01-12). Israel's Parliament to Start Discussing PM's Immunity Request. telesurenglish.net An Israeli Parliament committee, known as the Knesset's Arrangements Committee, is set to meet Monday to start processing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request for immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases against him. | RELATED: | Netanyahu Pledges ICC Investigation Won't Impede Settlements | The Arrangements Committee – headed…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-12). Israeli Cabinet Warns of Secret Arrest Warrants. imemc.org Members of the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet are said to be "profoundly concerned" that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may issue secret arrest warrants for Israeli officials it considers suspects, as it will launch a war crimes investigation against Israel within the next 90 days. Last month, ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-12). Israeli to Demolish Detainee's Home for Second Time. imemc.org Israeli forces, for the second timeo, have ordered the punitive demolition of the family house of Ahmad Jamal Qunbu, a Palestinian in Israeli detention, who comes from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to local sources. Qunbu's father told WAFA that Israeli authorities handed him a notice informing …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-12). Detainee Zahran on Hunger Strike for 112 Days. imemc.org A Palestinian detainee in Israeli jails, Ahmad Zahran, has been on hunger strike for 112 days in a row, protesting his administrative detention without charge or trial, amid very critical health conditions. An Israeli occupation court dismissed, on Tuesday, an appeal submitted by Zahran, where it asked him to …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-12). Israelis Flood Gaza Lands with Rainwater, Damaging Crops. imemc.org Israeli occupation forces pumped huge amounts of rainwater into agricultural lands east of the Gaza Strip, causing planted crops to sink, witnesses said. They said Israeli authorities opened the rainwater collection dams along the border with the Gaza Strip, causing about 1,000 dunams of agricultural land planted with wheat, barley, …

teleSUR (2020-01-12). Canada Apologizes for Wrongly Raising Alarm at Nuclear Plant. telesurenglish.net Canadians in the province of Ontario on Sunday were awoken to a frightening message from their local government after the latter wrongly raised an alarm at a nuclear power plant. | RELATED: | Canadian Muslim Convention Hosts Anti-Palestinian Politician | According to the Canadian Broadcast Channel, the authorities in the proivince of Ontario were conducting a training excerise at a nuclear power plant near Toronto when they mistakenly sounded the alarm at the site. | The false a…

Vincent Taccetta and Makasi Motema (2020-01-11). The coming decade of revolution. workers.org In the last decade the working class — spurred into action by a destroyed economy, state violence, and national and gender oppression — rose up in a series of mass mobilizations, the scope of which had not been seen in two generations. From Occupy to Black Lives Matter to the . . . | Continue reading The coming decade of revolution at Workers.org

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-11). France Deplores New Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans. imemc.org France condemned, on Friday, the recent Israeli decision to green-light the construction of 1,936 housing units in the West Bank illegal settlements. The French consulate in Jerusalem said in a statement that the decision "comes at a troubling time of accelerated settlement on the West Bank," the Palestinian News and …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-11). Israel Notifies 3 Prisoner's Families of Order to Demolish Homes. imemc.org Israeli forces, overnight Thursday, notified the families of three alleged Palestinian attackers, of their intention to demolish their houses across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. The Palestine Prisoners' Society (PPS) confirmed that Israeli forces broke into the family home of Mohammad Walid Hanatsheh, in …

WSWS (2020-01-11). US and Israel escalate Middle East tensions in wake of Suleimani assassination. wsws.org A report that Washington attempted to assassinate a second Iranian official in Yemen has given the lie to the claim that Suleimani was killed to prevent an "imminent" attack.

Eds. (2020-01-11). No, Iran didn't exit the nuclear deal. And no, its nuclear announcement is not revenge for Soleimani. mronline.org On January 5, Iran made a major announcement regarding its nuclear program, stating that it will no longer observe limits on the number of centrifuges that it uses to enrich uranium. While the announcement is significant, it was not altogether unexpected. And it most certainly does not constitute the "harsh revenge" that Iran's supreme leader, […] | Source

Andrew Levine (2020-01-10). On the Issue of "Electability" counterpunch.org The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself. More

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-10). Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" mintpressnews.com While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.

Mairav Zonszein (2020-01-10). This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice. thenation.com This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice…

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-10). Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Dave Zirin (2020-01-10). Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid. thenation.com Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid.

splcenter (2020-01-10). Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet. splcenter.org An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.

splcenter (2020-01-10). Weekend Read: SPLC sues Trump administration over family separation policy. splcenter.org The SPLC and its allies have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant families.

splcenter (2020-01-10). White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks. splcenter.org White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.

Steven Sahiounie (2020-01-09). Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand? mintpressnews.com Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…

Staff (2020-01-09). International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes. therealnews.com Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.

Joel Wendland-Liu (2020-01-09). Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project. peoplesworld.org In her report on the U.S. financial system and racial slavery for the New York Times 1619 Project, international finance expert Mehrsa Baradaran hints at the relationship between racial slavery and the development of finance capitalism in the U.S. The 1619 Project is "a major initiative of the New York Times," launched last summer to mark the …

Rachel Janik (2020-01-09). Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina. splcenter.org "Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.

Andre Vltchek (2020-01-09). Iran's Hero has Fallen and Now the World is an Even More Dangerous Place. dissidentvoice.org They say he came from a humble background, and worked himself up the ranks, becoming, as many believe, the second most powerful man in Iran. They say he had the chance to become the next Supreme Leader of the country. Whenever I visit Iran, I am told how much he is loved by his people. …

Staff (2020-01-08). Juan Cole: U.S.-Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks. democracynow.org Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a "slap in the face" of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan.

Staff (2020-01-08). A View from Tehran: Iranian Professor Condemns U.S. Aggression & Warns U.S.-Backed Gulf States. democracynow.org Iranian forces fired 22 ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq early Wednesday in what Iran described as "fierce revenge" for the U.S. assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week at the Baghdad airport. The Iranian missiles targeted the Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province and a base in Erbil. There were no initial reports of U.S. or Iraqi casualties. Shortly after the attacks, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." Earlier today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-08). Justice at Last? Panic in Israel as the ICC Takes Momentous Step in the Right Direction. mintpressnews.com The high level of these ICC investigations places the legal push against Israel at a whole new level. This is uncharted territory for Israel, the United States, Palestine, the ICC and the international community as a whole.

splcenter (2020-01-08). Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules. splcenter.org In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.

Sarah Jaffe (2020-01-08). After a String of Antisemitic Attacks, a Choice Confronts all Jews. progressive.org A surge of antisemitism has left us wondering where we can turn, to induce the feeling that rather than exercising solidarity, we should turn inward.

Alan Macleod (2020-01-08). In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi's Policies. mintpressnews.com An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi's racist and "anti-people," "anti-worker" policies.

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Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-13
At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/13/embracing-palestine-how-to-combat-israels-misuse-of-antisemitism/

Israeli Intelligence Involved in Killing of Soleimani: NBC
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-13
The Israeli intelligence played a role in the U.S.' assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani on January 3rd, NBC News reported over the weekend. | RELATED: | Pentagon Had No Evidence of Iran's Plan To Attack US Embassies | NBC News claimed, citing unnamed sources, that Israel's intelligence apparatus helped the U.S. stage the operation that led to the assassination of Qassem Soleimani and the Deputy Head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes.
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Intelligence-Involved-in-Killing-of-Soleimani-NBC-20200113-0002.html

Tel Aviv Warns Nasrallah: Hiding in Bunker Won't Save Him From Liquidation if He 'Challenges Israel'
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-13
Over the weekend, US media reported, citing unnamed sources, that Israel had provided Washington with 'key intelligence details' ahead of the 3 January assassination of Quds force commander Soleimani in Baghdad.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001131078024001-tel-aviv-warns-nasrallah-hiding-in-bunker-wont-save-him-from-liquidation-if-he-challenges-israel/

Israel continues to grab Palestinian land for building illegal settlements
Surangya | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-13
In Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, Israeli security forces on Monday violently attacked a peaceful Palestinian protest march against the forceful seizure of land by Israel for the purpose of construction of illegal Jewish settlement near Qalqilya city.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/13/israel-continues-to-grab-palestinian-land-for-building-illegal-settlements/

Targeted Killing Won't Work, Israel Needs to Offer Palestinians Hope – Fmr. Israeli Intel Chief
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-13
Pinpointed elimination of top terrorists has been a common tool of Israel's spy agencies but its effectiveness is questionable, says the former head of the country's internal intelligence service, the Shabak. He believes that in order to decrease terror, the Jewish state needs to give Palestinians a sense of hope.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202001131078023588-targeted-killing-wont-work-israel-needs-to-offer-palestinians-hope—fmr-israeli-intel-chief/

Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-13
At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/13/embracing-palestine-how-to-combat-israels-misuse-of-antisemitism/

British Universities Invest in Israeli Apartheid
Asa Winstanley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-13
British universities have invested more than an estimated half a billion dollars in companies that arm Israel or support Israeli settlement infrastructure. | This revelation comes from new research by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. | Activists on Wednesday held an "Apartheid …
globalresearch.ca/british-universities-invest-israeli-apartheid/5700443

ISIS and Israel Praise Trump's Assassination of Iranian Top General Soleimani
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-13
Ten days have passed since US President Donald J. Trump ordered the assassination of Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRCG) Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Soleimani had just arrived at Baghdad …
globalresearch.ca/isis-israel-praise-trump-assassination-iranian-top-general-soleimani/5700469

Sowing division, reaping lives
Leslie D. Gregory | zcomm.org | 2020-01-13
It's textbook Institutional Racism. Did Trump say out loud, "I'm going to gut the original environmental law of the US and it will affect everyone's health negatively but the health of black and brown people the most?" Of course not. But that is exactly what is afoot with his intention to roll back major portions of Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sowing-division-reaping-lives/

How Democracies Die
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2020-01-13
Leo Tolstoy wrote that happy families are all alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. So too with failed democracies. There is no one route to the dissolution of the open society, but the patterns are familiar, whether in ancient Athens, the Roman Republic or the collapse of the democracies in Italy and the Weimar Republic in Germany that led to fascism. The ills that beset Germany and Italy in the 1930s are sadly familiar to us–an ineffectual political system, a retreat by huge sectors of the population into a world where facts and opinions are interchangeable, the seizure of national ec…
truthdig.com/articles/how-democracies-die/

No war on Iran. No war on women
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-01-13
RefuseFascism Organizers meeting | 1590 Bryant, San Francisco…
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RefuseFascism Protests Pompeo, Commonwealth Club, Jan 13, 3pm
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-01-13
110 The Embarcadero | Taube Family Auditorium | San Francisco…
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Fascism Expert: Trump Has Laid the Groundwork for "Full-On Authoritarian Rule"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-13
Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congress will soon send its articles of impeachment for Donald Trump to the Senate, where Republicans are determined to acquit him on all charges, including abuse of power, obstruction of Congress, and encouraging foreign powers to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. | No evidence…
truthout.org/articles/fascism-expert-trump-has-laid-the-groundwork-for-full-on-authoritarian-rule/

Australian Firm Creates "Patriotic" Dildo to Deal With Raging Bushfires
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-13
The new dildo has both the shape of Australia and an image of koala incorporated into its design; 100 percent of the proceedings are expected to be donated to the bushfire relief effort.
sputniknews.com/asia/202001131078024165-australian-firm-creates-patriotic-dildo-to-deal-with-raging-bushfires/

Calling Bernie Sanders Anti-Semitic Is Islamophobic
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-13
What follows is a conversation between professor Sahar Aziz and Shir Hever of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…
truthdig.com/articles/calling-bernie-sanders-anti-semitic-is-islamophobic/

Calling Bernie Sanders Anti-Semitic Is Islamophobic
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Sahar Aziz discusses her article from The New Arab, "Accusing Bernie Sanders of anti-Semitism is nothing but thinly veiled Islamophobia." The accusation of anti-Semitism has been weaponized to attack people who promote solidarity with Muslim Americans and who demand sustainable foreign policy towards the Middle East.
therealnews.com/stories/calling-bernie-sanders-anti-semitic-is-islamophobic

As Tensions With Iran Escalate, It Is Time to Challenge Empire in the Classroom
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-13
For educators, war is one of the most difficult topics to discuss within our classrooms. And yet, with the recent U.S. assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iraqi senior military leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and other Iraqis, the threat of imminent war is now forcefully part of the everyday thoughts of many students. | For families from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and other parts of the region, the weight of these anxieties has been carried for…
truthout.org/articles/as-tensions-with-iran-escalate-it-is-time-to-challenge-empire-in-the-classroom/

Turkey's Bounty on Ex-Palestinian Security Chief Reveals Web of Intrigue
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan was involved in mercenary operations in Palestine and Yemen, and was expelled from Palestine's Fatah party. Evidence of his involvement in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey reveals his operations are more extensive than previously thought.
therealnews.com/stories/turkey-bounty-dahlan-security-chief-web-intrigue

Priti Patel dismisses claims Meghan has faced racist press coverage
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-13
Priti Patel has dismissed suggestions that the Duchess of Sussex has been subjected to racist press coverage, saying people of any background can "get on in life" in Britain. | The home secretary said she had not seen any debates or commentary about Meghan which she thought were racist

Finnish court rejects Rotenberg's suit against Nordic banks
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-13
Boris Rotenberg, a Russian businessman under U.S. sanctions over the Ukraine conflict due to his close ties with President Vladimir Putin, on Monday lost a discrimination lawsuit he filed in a Finnish court against four Nordic banks."Helsinki District Court has rejected Boris Rotenberg's complaint over the right to banking services and damages for discrimination," the court said in its decision.Rotenberg, who also holds Finnish citizenship, accused Nordea, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken and OP Bank of refusing to allow him to make payments and of violating his right to equal treatment as an EU citizen.
yenisafak.com/en/news/finnish-court-rejects-rotenbergs-suit-against-nordic-banks-3509550

Israelis Flood Gaza Lands with Rainwater, Damaging Crops
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-12
Israeli occupation forces pumped huge amounts of rainwater into agricultural lands east of the Gaza Strip, causing planted crops to sink, witnesses said. They said Israeli authorities opened the rainwater collection dams along the border with the Gaza Strip, causing about 1,000 dunams of agricultural land planted with wheat, barley, …
imemc.org/article/israelis-flood-gaza-lands-with-rainwater-damaging-crops/

Israel's Parliament to Start Discussing PM's Immunity Request
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-12
An Israeli Parliament committee, known as the Knesset's Arrangements Committee, is set to meet Monday to start processing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request for immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases against him. | RELATED: | Netanyahu Pledges ICC Investigation Won't Impede Settlements | The Arrangements Committee – headed…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-Parliament-to-Start-Discussing-PMs-Immunity-Request–20200112-0013.html

Israeli Cabinet Warns of Secret Arrest Warrants
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-12
Members of the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet are said to be "profoundly concerned" that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may issue secret arrest warrants for Israeli officials it considers suspects, as it will launch a war crimes investigation against Israel within the next 90 days. Last month, ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda …
imemc.org/article/israeli-cabinet-warns-of-secret-arrest-warrants/

Israeli to Demolish Detainee's Home for Second Time
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-12
Israeli forces, for the second timeo, have ordered the punitive demolition of the family house of Ahmad Jamal Qunbu, a Palestinian in Israeli detention, who comes from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to local sources. Qunbu's father told WAFA that Israeli authorities handed him a notice informing …
imemc.org/article/israeli-to-demolish-prisoners-home-for-second-time/

Army Abducts Nine Palestinians In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-12
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, eight Palestinians, including two children, in addition to another Palestinian who was taken prisoner on Sunday evening, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said many army jeeps invaded 'Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes, before abducting …
imemc.org/article/army-abducts-nine-palestinians-in-west-bank-2/

Detainee Zahran on Hunger Strike for 112 Days
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-12
A Palestinian detainee in Israeli jails, Ahmad Zahran, has been on hunger strike for 112 days in a row, protesting his administrative detention without charge or trial, amid very critical health conditions. An Israeli occupation court dismissed, on Tuesday, an appeal submitted by Zahran, where it asked him to …
imemc.org/article/detainee-zahran-on-hunger-strike-for-112-days/

Israel Escalates Violates Against Detained Palestinian Children
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-12
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) issued a statement, Saturday, strongly denouncing Israel's escalating violations against the detained Palestinian children, especially after forcing them in solitary confinement. The PPS said that the Israeli Prison Authority transferred imprisoned Palestinian children from Ofar Prison and placed them in solitary condiment cells. It added …
imemc.org/article/israel-escalates-violates-against-detained-palestinian-children/

Israel Floods Palestinian Farmlands In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-12
The Israeli army opened, Saturday, the dams that collect rainfall across the besieged Gaza Strip, flooding more than 1000 dunams of Palestinian farmlands. Media sources said the soldiers opened the dams, located across the fence east of the Sheja'eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city. They added that this resulted in …
imemc.org/article/israel-floods-palestinian-farmlands-in-gaza/

Canada Apologizes for Wrongly Raising Alarm at Nuclear Plant
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-12
Canadians in the province of Ontario on Sunday were awoken to a frightening message from their local government after the latter wrongly raised an alarm at a nuclear power plant. | RELATED: | Canadian Muslim Convention Hosts Anti-Palestinian Politician | According to the Canadian Broadcast Channel, the authorities in the proivince of Ontario were conducting a training excerise at a nuclear power plant near Toronto when they mistakenly sounded the alarm at the site. | The false a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Canada-Apologizes-for-Wrongly-Raising-Alarm-at-Nuclear-Plant-20200112-0008.html

France Deplores New Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-11
France condemned, on Friday, the recent Israeli decision to green-light the construction of 1,936 housing units in the West Bank illegal settlements. The French consulate in Jerusalem said in a statement that the decision "comes at a troubling time of accelerated settlement on the West Bank," the Palestinian News and …
imemc.org/article/france-deplores-new-israeli-settlement-expansion-plans/

Israel Notifies 3 Prisoner's Families of Order to Demolish Homes
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-11
Israeli forces, overnight Thursday, notified the families of three alleged Palestinian attackers, of their intention to demolish their houses across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. The Palestine Prisoners' Society (PPS) confirmed that Israeli forces broke into the family home of Mohammad Walid Hanatsheh, in …
imemc.org/article/israel-notifies-3-prisoners-families-of-order-to-demolish-homes/

US and Israel escalate Middle East tensions in wake of Suleimani assassination
wsws.org | 2020-01-11
A report that Washington attempted to assassinate a second Iranian official in Yemen has given the lie to the claim that Suleimani was killed to prevent an "imminent" attack.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/11/iran…

International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-11
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking. (Transcript unavailable.
imemc.org/article/international-criminal-court-prepares-to-try-israelis-over-war-crimes/

No, Iran didn't exit the nuclear deal. And no, its nuclear announcement is not revenge for Soleimani
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-11
On January 5, Iran made a major announcement regarding its nuclear program, stating that it will no longer observe limits on the number of centrifuges that it uses to enrich uranium. While the announcement is significant, it was not altogether unexpected. And it most certainly does not constitute the "harsh revenge" that Iran's supreme leader, […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/11/no-iran-didnt-exit-the-nuclear-deal-and-no-its-nuclear-announcement-is-not-revenge-for-soleimani/

The coming decade of revolution
Vincent Taccetta and Makasi Motema | workers.org | 2020-01-11
In the last decade the working class

This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice
Mairav Zonszein | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice…
thenation.com/article/lea-tsemel-advocate/

Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-10
While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/combat-israels-misuse-antisemitism/264055/

Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-10
At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/embracing-palestine-how-to-combat-israels-misuse-of-antisemitism/

Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-10
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-again-bombs-the-pmu-rockets-fired-in-iraq-737-misinfo-congress-warned-not-to-discuss-iran/

Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid.
thenation.com/article/black-nfl-coaches/

Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid.
thenation.com/article/black-nfl-coaches/

Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/once-political-force-richard-spencer-and-national-policy-institute-go-quiet

White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/white-nationalists-and-neo-nazis-applaud-recent-spate-antisemitic-attacks

Weekend Read: SPLC sues Trump administration over family separation policy
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
The SPLC and its allies have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant families.
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/11/weekend-read-splc-sues-trump-administration-over-family-separation-policy

White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/white-nationalists-and-neo-nazis-applaud-recent-spate-antisemitic-attacks

On the Issue of "Electability"
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/on-the-issue-of-electability/

On the Issue of "Electability"
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/on-the-issue-of-electability/

International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-09
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.
therealnews.com/stories/international-criminal-court-prepares-israel-war-crimes

Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project
Joel Wendland-Liu | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-09
In her report on the U.S. financial system and racial slavery for the New York Times 1619 Project, international finance expert Mehrsa Baradaran hints at the relationship between racial slavery and the development of finance capitalism in the U.S. The 1619 Project is "a major initiative of the New York Times," launched last summer to mark the …
peoplesworld.org/article/capitalism-needs-racism-a-response-to-the-nyt-1619-project/

Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2020-01-09
"Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/09/augustus-invictus-charged-kidnapping-domestic-violence-south-carolina

2020-01-12: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-12). 'Turbulent' situation in Middle East is result of US 'corruptive presence' — Iran's supreme leader. rt.com The tense situation in the Middle East requires close cooperation between all nations in the region, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during his meeting with the emir of Qatar, adding that the region should be free from foreign influence. | "The region's unfavorable situation is due to the corruptive presence of the United States and its cohorts; and the only solution for countering that is to rely on cooperation among the countries of the region." | T…

RT (2020-01-12). Knesset to go forward debating & rejecting Bibi's immunity request as his allies cry it will be a 'jungle'. rt.com In a blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Knesset was given the green light to debate his immunity from prosecution. The legislative body is likely to deny it, paving the way for his corruption trial to start. | Netanyahu requested immunity after he was indicted in November on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust saying he needs "to continue to lead Israel to great achievements." | On Sunday Eyal Yinon, the Knesset's legal adviser, issued a ruling that Speaker Yuli Edelstein should allow the formation of a Knesset House Committee that will look into the matter and is expected…

sputniknews (2020-01-12). Alert Signal Goes Off in South Israel Near Gaza Strip, No Threat of Rocket Fire – IDF. sputniknews.com The Israeli Defence Forces earlier wrote on Twitter that an alarm was sounded at Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the southern district of the country.

teleSUR (2020-01-12). Israel's Parliament to Start Discussing PM's Immunity Request. telesurenglish.net An Israeli Parliament committee, known as the Knesset's Arrangements Committee, is set to meet Monday to start processing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request for immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases against him. | RELATED: | Netanyahu Pledges ICC Investigation Won't Impede Settlements | The Arrangements Committee – headed…

sputniknews (2020-01-12). Netanyahu Accuses Iran of Deliberately Lying About Downed Ukrainian Plane. sputniknews.com TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of deliberately misleading the world about true causes of Ukraine's Boeing 737 fatal crash as it knew but failed to say right away that the jetliner was shot down by the Iranian military by mistake.

sputniknews (2020-01-12). Israel's Former Envoy to Poland: Poles Don't Want to Rewrite History but They Look at it Differently. sputniknews.com Israel is caught in the middle of an ongoing squabble between Russia and Poland over who started World War II. But while the Poles have every right to claim they were victims, Warsaw shouldn't sweep under the rug its collaboration with the Nazis, believes a former diplomat.

Curt Wechsler (2020-01-12). No war on Iran. No war on women. indybay.org RefuseFascism Organizers meeting | 1590 Bryant, San Francisco…

teleSUR (2020-01-12). Canada Apologizes for Wrongly Raising Alarm at Nuclear Plant. telesurenglish.net Canadians in the province of Ontario on Sunday were awoken to a frightening message from their local government after the latter wrongly raised an alarm at a nuclear power plant. | RELATED: | Canadian Muslim Convention Hosts Anti-Palestinian Politician | According to the Canadian Broadcast Channel, the authorities in the proivince of Ontario were conducting a training excerise at a nuclear power plant near Toronto when they mistakenly sounded the alarm at the site. | The false a…

Olga Fajardo (2020-01-12). Cocktail of Death is Genocide Euthanasia and Gas Chamber Holocaust. indybay.org Seven patients die daily in German psychiatric hospitals, more than 2,500 have died in a period of one year.

yenisafak (2020-01-12). Qatar's emir visits Iran amid regional tension. yenisafak.com According to a statement by the Qatari Royal Court, Tamim will hold talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and senior officials on bilateral relations and regional developments.The Qatari leader will also meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to discuss regional developments, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.Tension soared in the region after the U.S. killed Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, in a drone airstrike outside Baghdad airport earlier this month. Iran retaliated with firing a dozen ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.Last week, Qatari Foreign Minister Mo…

sputniknews (2020-01-12). BBC Pays Over Three Million Pounds in Settlements to Staff Following Equal Pay Tribunal – Reports. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, a BBC journalist Samira Ahmed won a sex discrimination claim against the broadcaster after a tribunal ruled she was unfairly being paid less than her male colleagues.

Vincent Taccetta and Makasi Motema (2020-01-11). The coming decade of revolution. workers.org In the last decade the working class — spurred into action by a destroyed economy, state violence, and national and gender oppression — rose up in a series of mass mobilizations, the scope of which had not been seen in two generations. From Occupy to Black Lives Matter to the . . . | Continue reading The coming decade of revolution at Workers.org

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-11). France Deplores New Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans. imemc.org France condemned, on Friday, the recent Israeli decision to green-light the construction of 1,936 housing units in the West Bank illegal settlements. The French consulate in Jerusalem said in a statement that the decision "comes at a troubling time of accelerated settlement on the West Bank," the Palestinian News and …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-11). Syrian National Released After 5 Years in Israeli Prison. imemc.org According to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), Israeli authorities, on Friday, released a Syrian national who has been in Israeli detention for five years, the Palestine News and Info Agency reported. Sidqi al-Maqt, 53, was jailed in 2015 on alleged charges of "treason and espionage, support for terrorism and contact …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-11). Israel Notifies 3 Prisoner's Families of Order to Demolish Homes. imemc.org Israeli forces, overnight Thursday, notified the families of three alleged Palestinian attackers, of their intention to demolish their houses across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. The Palestine Prisoners' Society (PPS) confirmed that Israeli forces broke into the family home of Mohammad Walid Hanatsheh, in …

IMEMC News (2020-01-11). Israeli Troops Assault Demonstrators in Kufur Qaddoum; Fire Tear Gas. imemc.org During the weekly nonviolent protest in Kufur Qaddoum village in the northern West Bank, dozens of local residents suffered from tear gas inhalation when Israeli forces attacked demonstrators. The weekly anti-settlement march called for the opening of the main village street, which was closed by Israeli military forces 16 years …

WSWS (2020-01-11). US and Israel escalate Middle East tensions in wake of Suleimani assassination. wsws.org A report that Washington attempted to assassinate a second Iranian official in Yemen has given the lie to the claim that Suleimani was killed to prevent an "imminent" attack.

teleSUR (2020-01-11). Iran Admits Fault in Downing of Ukranian Airliner. telesurenglish.net Iran announced on Saturday that a preliminary investigation into the crash of the Ukrainian airliner that was flying to Kiev from Tehran earlier this week was caused by human error. | RELATED: ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | Palestinian Militants Not Yet Ready to Avenge Iran | Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter that "human error at time of crisis caused by U.S. adventurism l…

WSWS (2020-01-11). World famous pianist Igor Levit victim of anti-Semitic death threats. wsws.org The fact that a Jewish pianist cannot perform publicly without protection indicates the extent of the current turn to the right in German politics.

Eds. (2020-01-11). No, Iran didn't exit the nuclear deal. And no, its nuclear announcement is not revenge for Soleimani. mronline.org On January 5, Iran made a major announcement regarding its nuclear program, stating that it will no longer observe limits on the number of centrifuges that it uses to enrich uranium. While the announcement is significant, it was not altogether unexpected. And it most certainly does not constitute the "harsh revenge" that Iran's supreme leader, […] | Source

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-10). Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" mintpressnews.com While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.

Andrew Levine (2020-01-10). On the Issue of "Electability" counterpunch.org The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself. More

Patrick Cockburn (2020-01-10). Iran Will Make Huge Political Gains From This Crisis. counterpunch.org The Iranian missile attack on two US bases in Iraq is symbolic retaliation for the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani on 3 January. Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said there would be direct action against the US by the Iranian armed forces, and this has now happened. The message is that the Iranian leadership More

Louis Proyect (2020-01-10). Project 1619 and Its Detractors. counterpunch.org Last August, the New York Times Sunday Magazine devoted an entire issue to Project 1619, an attempt to root today's racism in the institution of slavery dating back to the seventeenth century. In 1619, British colonists in Point Comfort, Virginia bought twenty African slaves from Portuguese traders who had landed there, fresh from a body-snatching More

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-10). Palestine FM Rejects David Friedman's Statements. imemc.org The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned statements made by US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, in which he emphasized the right of Israeli presence in the occupied West Bank which he described as 'Judea and Samaria.' The Palestinian News and Info Agency reported that Friedman, speaking at the …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-01-10). The continuing ordeal of Ahmad Zahran. peoplesdispatch.org An Israeli court refused to release Palestinian administrative detainee Ahmad Zahran who has been on hunger strike for 109 days. The court said that an investigation into his release could not be conducted until he withdrew his protest…

IMEMC News (2020-01-10). Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, a young Palestinian man from the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank. Media sources said that several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and searched a few homes, and abducted one Palestinian. They added that the soldiers abducted the young …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-10). Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" dissidentvoice.org At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any …

IMEMC News (2020-01-10). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four young men, indulging two former political prisoners, in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jenin city, and the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin, and interrogated the residents while inspecting ID cards. …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-10). European Union Denounces Israel's Settlement Expansion. imemc.org The European Union, on Thursday, criticized Israeli plans to expand illegal settlements built in the occupied Palestinian territory and called on Israel to comply with international law, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Israel approved earlier this week the construction of almost 2000 housing units in illegal settlements …

teleSUR (2020-01-10). Palestinian Militants Not Yet Ready to Avenge Iran. telesurenglish.net Despite the latest conflict between Iran and the U.S., Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, Iran's allies, are not ready to attack Israel, the U.S. ally, in revenge on Iran's behalf, analysts said. | RELATED: | US Announces New Sanctions on Iran, Refuses to Pull Out Troops | The Palestinians are afraid that the Iran-U.S. conflict would lead to a new wave of confrontation between Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip and Israel, as the enclave is ruled by the Islamic Hamas move…

Mairav Zonszein (2020-01-10). This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice. thenation.com This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice…

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-10). Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Dave Zirin (2020-01-10). Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid. thenation.com Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid.

teleSUR (2020-01-10). Bolivia: Morales' Minister Under Attack by De-Facto Government. telesurenglish.net The de-facto government of Bolivia continues with the siege and political persecution of leaders and supporters of the Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) and authorities that were part of the Evo Morales government, this time the former minister Carlos Romero. | RELATED: | Bolivia One Month After the Coup: A Recount of Pivotal Events | The former Minister in Evo Morales Administration reappeared publicly on Wednesday since the coup on Nov. 10, when a journalist from an international agency…

splcenter (2020-01-10). Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet. splcenter.org An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.

teleSUR (2020-01-10). EU Congress Stops Recognizing Jailed Catalan MP as Lawmaker. telesurenglish.net Jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras' mandate as a European Union (EU) lawmaker is over, the legislature's head said on Friday, in what could be showing support for the hardline followed by Madrid against the independentist movement. | RELATED: | Brussels Court Suspends Extradition of Catalan Leader Puigdemont | European Parliament president David Sassoli said decisions this month by Spain's electoral board and Supreme Court blocking Junqueras from occupying his seat meant h…

splcenter (2020-01-10). White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks. splcenter.org White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.

splcenter (2020-01-10). Weekend Read: SPLC sues Trump administration over family separation policy. splcenter.org The SPLC and its allies have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant families.

Staff (2020-01-10). Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: Facebook Allows Racist, Sexist Political Ads. truthout.org A longtime Facebook executive has admitted the company's platform helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, and it may happen again this year. In an internal memo, Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth wrote, "So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes." Bosworth, who was a backer of Hillary Clinton in 2016, went on to write that the company should not change its policies in an effort to hurt Trump's re-election chances. In his memo, Bosworth r…

Staff (2020-01-09). International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes. therealnews.com Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.

Steven Sahiounie (2020-01-09). Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand? mintpressnews.com Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…

Joel Wendland-Liu (2020-01-09). Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project. peoplesworld.org In her report on the U.S. financial system and racial slavery for the New York Times 1619 Project, international finance expert Mehrsa Baradaran hints at the relationship between racial slavery and the development of finance capitalism in the U.S. The 1619 Project is "a major initiative of the New York Times," launched last summer to mark the …

Rachel Janik (2020-01-09). Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina. splcenter.org "Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.

Andre Vltchek (2020-01-09). Iran's Hero has Fallen and Now the World is an Even More Dangerous Place. dissidentvoice.org They say he came from a humble background, and worked himself up the ranks, becoming, as many believe, the second most powerful man in Iran. They say he had the chance to become the next Supreme Leader of the country. Whenever I visit Iran, I am told how much he is loved by his people. …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-08). Justice at Last? Panic in Israel as the ICC Takes Momentous Step in the Right Direction. mintpressnews.com The high level of these ICC investigations places the legal push against Israel at a whole new level. This is uncharted territory for Israel, the United States, Palestine, the ICC and the international community as a whole.

Staff (2020-01-08). Juan Cole: U.S.-Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks. democracynow.org Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a "slap in the face" of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan.

Staff (2020-01-08). A View from Tehran: Iranian Professor Condemns U.S. Aggression & Warns U.S.-Backed Gulf States. democracynow.org Iranian forces fired 22 ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq early Wednesday in what Iran described as "fierce revenge" for the U.S. assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week at the Baghdad airport. The Iranian missiles targeted the Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province and a base in Erbil. There were no initial reports of U.S. or Iraqi casualties. Shortly after the attacks, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." Earlier today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…

splcenter (2020-01-08). Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules. splcenter.org In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.

Sarah Jaffe (2020-01-08). After a String of Antisemitic Attacks, a Choice Confronts all Jews. progressive.org A surge of antisemitism has left us wondering where we can turn, to induce the feeling that rather than exercising solidarity, we should turn inward.

2020-01-12: Social Media Postees

Please be social by posting these 'POSTEES' on social media!

Alert Signal Goes Off in South Israel Near Gaza Strip, No Threat of Rocket Fire – IDF
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-12
The Israeli Defence Forces earlier wrote on Twitter that an alarm was sounded at Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the southern district of the country.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001121078014464-alert-signal-goes-off-in-south-israel-near-gaza-strip—idf/

Israel's Parliament to Start Discussing PM's Immunity Request
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-12
An Israeli Parliament committee, known as the Knesset's Arrangements Committee, is set to meet Monday to start processing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request for immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases against him. | RELATED: | Netanyahu Pledges ICC Investigation Won't Impede Settlements | The Arrangements Committee – headed…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-Parliament-to-Start-Discussing-PMs-Immunity-Request–20200112-0013.html

Netanyahu Accuses Iran of Deliberately Lying About Downed Ukrainian Plane
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-12
TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of deliberately misleading the world about true causes of Ukraine's Boeing 737 fatal crash as it knew but failed to say right away that the jetliner was shot down by the Iranian military by mistake.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001121078015070-netanyahu-accuses-iran-of-deliberately-lying-about-downed-ukrainian-plane/

Knesset to go forward debating & rejecting Bibi's immunity request as his allies cry it will be a 'jungle'
rt.com | 2020-01-12
In a blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Knesset was given the green light to debate his immunity from prosecution. The legislative body is likely to deny it, paving the way for his corruption trial to start. | Netanyahu requested immunity after he was indicted in November on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust saying he needs "to continue to lead Israel to great achievements." | On Sunday Eyal Yinon, the Knesset's legal adviser, issued a ruling that Speaker Yuli Edelstein should allow the formation of a Knesset House Committee that will look into the matter and is expected…
rt.com/news/478084-netanyahu-immunity-israel-trial/

Israel's Former Envoy to Poland: Poles Don't Want to Rewrite History but They Look at it Differently
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-12
Israel is caught in the middle of an ongoing squabble between Russia and Poland over who started World War II. But while the Poles have every right to claim they were victims, Warsaw shouldn't sweep under the rug its collaboration with the Nazis, believes a former diplomat.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202001121078014895-israels-former-envoy-to-poland-poles-dont-want-to-rewrite-history-but-they-look-at-it-differently/

No war on Iran. No war on women
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-01-12
RefuseFascism Organizers meeting | 1590 Bryant, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/12/18829688.php

Canada Apologizes for Wrongly Raising Alarm at Nuclear Plant
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-12
Canadians in the province of Ontario on Sunday were awoken to a frightening message from their local government after the latter wrongly raised an alarm at a nuclear power plant. | RELATED: | Canadian Muslim Convention Hosts Anti-Palestinian Politician | According to the Canadian Broadcast Channel, the authorities in the proivince of Ontario were conducting a training excerise at a nuclear power plant near Toronto when they mistakenly sounded the alarm at the site. | The false a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Canada-Apologizes-for-Wrongly-Raising-Alarm-at-Nuclear-Plant-20200112-0008.html

Cocktail of Death is Genocide Euthanasia and Gas Chamber Holocaust
Olga Fajardo | indybay.org | 2020-01-12
Seven patients die daily in German psychiatric hospitals, more than 2,500 have died in a period of one year.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/12/18829670.php

Qatar's emir visits Iran amid regional tension
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-12
According to a statement by the Qatari Royal Court, Tamim will hold talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and senior officials on bilateral relations and regional developments.The Qatari leader will also meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to discuss regional developments, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.Tension soared in the region after the U.S. killed Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, in a drone airstrike outside Baghdad airport earlier this month. Iran retaliated with firing a dozen ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.Last week, Qatari Foreign Minister Mo…
yenisafak.com/en/world/qatars-emir-visits-iran-amid-regional-tension-3509469

BBC Pays Over Three Million Pounds in Settlements to Staff Following Equal Pay Tribunal – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-12
Earlier this week, a BBC journalist Samira Ahmed won a sex discrimination claim against the broadcaster after a tribunal ruled she was unfairly being paid less than her male colleagues.
sputniknews.com/uk/202001121078015041-bbc-pays-over-three-million-pounds-in-settlements-to-staff-following-equal-pay-tribunal—reports/

France Deplores New Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-11
France condemned, on Friday, the recent Israeli decision to green-light the construction of 1,936 housing units in the West Bank illegal settlements. The French consulate in Jerusalem said in a statement that the decision "comes at a troubling time of accelerated settlement on the West Bank," the Palestinian News and …
imemc.org/article/france-deplores-new-israeli-settlement-expansion-plans/

Israel Notifies 3 Prisoner's Families of Order to Demolish Homes
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-11
Israeli forces, overnight Thursday, notified the families of three alleged Palestinian attackers, of their intention to demolish their houses across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. The Palestine Prisoners' Society (PPS) confirmed that Israeli forces broke into the family home of Mohammad Walid Hanatsheh, in …
imemc.org/article/israel-notifies-3-prisoners-families-of-order-to-demolish-homes/

International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-11
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking. (Transcript unavailable.
imemc.org/article/international-criminal-court-prepares-to-try-israelis-over-war-crimes/

Syrian National Released After 5 Years in Israeli Prison
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-11
According to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), Israeli authorities, on Friday, released a Syrian national who has been in Israeli detention for five years, the Palestine News and Info Agency reported. Sidqi al-Maqt, 53, was jailed in 2015 on alleged charges of "treason and espionage, support for terrorism and contact …
imemc.org/article/syrian-national-released-after-5-years-in-israeli-prison/

US and Israel escalate Middle East tensions in wake of Suleimani assassination
wsws.org | 2020-01-11
A report that Washington attempted to assassinate a second Iranian official in Yemen has given the lie to the claim that Suleimani was killed to prevent an "imminent" attack.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/11/iran…

US and Israel escalate Middle East tensions in wake of Suleimani assassination
wsws.org | 2020-01-11
A report that Washington attempted to assassinate a second Iranian official in Yemen has given the lie to the claim that Suleimani was killed to prevent an "imminent" attack.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/11/iran…

Israeli Troops Assault Demonstrators in Kufur Qaddoum; Fire Tear Gas
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-11
During the weekly nonviolent protest in Kufur Qaddoum village in the northern West Bank, dozens of local residents suffered from tear gas inhalation when Israeli forces attacked demonstrators. The weekly anti-settlement march called for the opening of the main village street, which was closed by Israeli military forces 16 years …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-assault-demonstrators-in-kafr-qaddoum-fire-tear-gas/

Iran Admits Fault in Downing of Ukranian Airliner
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-11
Iran announced on Saturday that a preliminary investigation into the crash of the Ukrainian airliner that was flying to Kiev from Tehran earlier this week was caused by human error. | RELATED: ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | Palestinian Militants Not Yet Ready to Avenge Iran | Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter that "human error at time of crisis caused by U.S. adventurism l…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Admits-Fault-in-Downing-of-Ukranian-Airliner-20200111-0001.html

No, Iran didn't exit the nuclear deal. And no, its nuclear announcement is not revenge for Soleimani
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-11
On January 5, Iran made a major announcement regarding its nuclear program, stating that it will no longer observe limits on the number of centrifuges that it uses to enrich uranium. While the announcement is significant, it was not altogether unexpected. And it most certainly does not constitute the "harsh revenge" that Iran's supreme leader, […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/11/no-iran-didnt-exit-the-nuclear-deal-and-no-its-nuclear-announcement-is-not-revenge-for-soleimani/

World famous pianist Igor Levit victim of anti-Semitic death threats
wsws.org | 2020-01-11
The fact that a Jewish pianist cannot perform publicly without protection indicates the extent of the current turn to the right in German politics.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/11/levi…

The coming decade of revolution
Vincent Taccetta and Makasi Motema | workers.org | 2020-01-11
In the last decade the working class

European Union Denounces Israel's Settlement Expansion
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-10
The European Union, on Thursday, criticized Israeli plans to expand illegal settlements built in the occupied Palestinian territory and called on Israel to comply with international law, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Israel approved earlier this week the construction of almost 2000 housing units in illegal settlements …
imemc.org/article/european-union-denounces-israels-settlement-expansion/

Palestinian Militants Not Yet Ready to Avenge Iran
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-10
Despite the latest conflict between Iran and the U.S., Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, Iran's allies, are not ready to attack Israel, the U.S. ally, in revenge on Iran's behalf, analysts said. | RELATED: | US Announces New Sanctions on Iran, Refuses to Pull Out Troops | The Palestinians are afraid that the Iran-U.S. conflict would lead to a new wave of confrontation between Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip and Israel, as the enclave is ruled by the Islamic Hamas move…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestinian-Militants-Not-Yet-Ready-to-Avenge-Iran-20200110-0005.html

Palestine FM Rejects David Friedman's Statements
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-10
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned statements made by US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, in which he emphasized the right of Israeli presence in the occupied West Bank which he described as 'Judea and Samaria.' The Palestinian News and Info Agency reported that Friedman, speaking at the …
imemc.org/article/palestine-fm-rejects-david-friedmans-statements/

Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-10
While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/combat-israels-misuse-antisemitism/264055/

Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-10
At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/embracing-palestine-how-to-combat-israels-misuse-of-antisemitism/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-10
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four young men, indulging two former political prisoners, in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jenin city, and the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin, and interrogated the residents while inspecting ID cards. …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-four-palestinians-in-jenin-2/

Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-10
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, a young Palestinian man from the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank. Media sources said that several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and searched a few homes, and abducted one Palestinian. They added that the soldiers abducted the young …
imemc.org/article/army-abducts-a-palestinian-near-jenin-9/

The continuing ordeal of Ahmad Zahran
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-10
An Israeli court refused to release Palestinian administrative detainee Ahmad Zahran who has been on hunger strike for 109 days. The court said that an investigation into his release could not be conducted until he withdrew his protest…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/10/the-continuing-ordeal-of-ahmad-zahran/

This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice
Mairav Zonszein | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice…
thenation.com/article/lea-tsemel-advocate/

Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-10
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-again-bombs-the-pmu-rockets-fired-in-iraq-737-misinfo-congress-warned-not-to-discuss-iran/

Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid.
thenation.com/article/black-nfl-coaches/

Project 1619 and Its Detractors
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
Last August, the New York Times Sunday Magazine devoted an entire issue to Project 1619, an attempt to root today's racism in the institution of slavery dating back to the seventeenth century. In 1619, British colonists in Point Comfort, Virginia bought twenty African slaves from Portuguese traders who had landed there, fresh from a body-snatching…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/project-1619-and-its-detractors/

Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid.
thenation.com/article/black-nfl-coaches/

Iran Will Make Huge Political Gains From This Crisis
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
The Iranian missile attack on two US bases in Iraq is symbolic retaliation for the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani on 3 January. Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said there would be direct action against the US by the Iranian armed forces, and this has now happened. The message is that the Iranian leadership…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/iran-will-make-huge-political-gains-from-this-crisis/

On the Issue of "Electability"
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/on-the-issue-of-electability/

Bolivia: Morales' Minister Under Attack by De-Facto Government
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-10
The de-facto government of Bolivia continues with the siege and political persecution of leaders and supporters of the Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) and authorities that were part of the Evo Morales government, this time the former minister Carlos Romero. | RELATED: | Bolivia One Month After the Coup: A Recount of Pivotal Events | The former Minister in Evo Morales Administration reappeared publicly on Wednesday since the coup on Nov. 10, when a journalist from an international agency…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Minister-of-Morales-Besieged-by-Fascist-de-facto-Government-Group-20200110-0011.html

Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/once-political-force-richard-spencer-and-national-policy-institute-go-quiet

EU Congress Stops Recognizing Jailed Catalan MP as Lawmaker
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-10
Jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras' mandate as a European Union (EU) lawmaker is over, the legislature's head said on Friday, in what could be showing support for the hardline followed by Madrid against the independentist movement. | RELATED: | Brussels Court Suspends Extradition of Catalan Leader Puigdemont | European Parliament president David Sassoli said decisions this month by Spain's electoral board and Supreme Court blocking Junqueras from occupying his seat meant h…
telesurenglish.net/news/EU-Congress-Stops-Recognizing-Jailed-Catalan-MP-as-Lawmaker-20200110-0010.html

White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/white-nationalists-and-neo-nazis-applaud-recent-spate-antisemitic-attacks

Weekend Read: SPLC sues Trump administration over family separation policy
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
The SPLC and its allies have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant families.
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/11/weekend-read-splc-sues-trump-administration-over-family-separation-policy

Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: Facebook Allows Racist, Sexist Political Ads
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-10
A longtime Facebook executive has admitted the company's platform helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, and it may happen again this year. In an internal memo, Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth wrote, "So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes." Bosworth, who was a backer of Hillary Clinton in 2016, went on to write that the company should not change its policies in an effort to hurt Trump's re-election chances. In his memo, Bosworth r…
truthout.org/video/cambridge-analytica-whistleblower-facebook-allows-racist-sexist-political-ads/

International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-09
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.
therealnews.com/stories/international-criminal-court-prepares-israel-war-crimes

Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project
Joel Wendland-Liu | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-09
In her report on the U.S. financial system and racial slavery for the New York Times 1619 Project, international finance expert Mehrsa Baradaran hints at the relationship between racial slavery and the development of finance capitalism in the U.S. The 1619 Project is "a major initiative of the New York Times," launched last summer to mark the …
peoplesworld.org/article/capitalism-needs-racism-a-response-to-the-nyt-1619-project/

Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project
Joel Wendland-Liu | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-09
In her report on the U.S. financial system and racial slavery for the New York Times 1619 Project, international finance expert Mehrsa Baradaran hints at the relationship between racial slavery and the development of finance capitalism in the U.S. The 1619 Project is "a major initiative of the New York Times," launched last summer to mark the …
peoplesworld.org/article/capitalism-needs-racism-a-response-to-the-nyt-1619-project/

Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2020-01-09
"Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/09/augustus-invictus-charged-kidnapping-domestic-violence-south-carolina

Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand?
Steven Sahiounie | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-09
Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…
mintpressnews.com/iraq-united-states-part-go-home-dont-understand/264008/

Iran's Hero has Fallen and Now the World is an Even More Dangerous Place
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-09
They say he came from a humble background, and worked himself up the ranks, becoming, as many believe, the second most powerful man in Iran. They say he had the chance to become the next Supreme Leader of the country. Whenever I visit Iran, I am told how much he is loved by his people. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/irans-hero-has-fallen-and-now-the-world-is-an-even-more-dangerous-place/

Justice at Last? Panic in Israel as the ICC Takes Momentous Step in the Right Direction
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-08
The high level of these ICC investigations places the legal push against Israel at a whole new level. This is uncharted territory for Israel, the United States, Palestine, the ICC and the international community as a whole.
mintpressnews.com/justice-at-last-panic-in-israel-as-the-icc-takes-momentous-step-in-the-right-direction/263973/

Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules
splcenter.org | 2020-01-08
In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/08/confederate-monuments-texas-can-stay-down-court-rules

2020-01-11: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-11). Iran's Khamenei orders immediate and full probe after Tehran admits downing Ukrainian plane. rt.com Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has offered condolences and called for an investigation after Tehran's armed forces acknowledged that they accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane. | "The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake," he wrote on Twitter, promising that those behind the incident would be prosecuted. | Khamenei also said that all the information should be made public. | Later in the day, his Twitter account was temporarily blocked. | Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!

WSWS (2020-01-11). US and Israel escalate Middle East tensions in wake of Suleimani assassination. wsws.org A report that Washington attempted to assassinate a second Iranian official in Yemen has given the lie to the claim that Suleimani was killed to prevent an "imminent" attack.

teleSUR (2020-01-11). Iran Admits Fault in Downing of Ukranian Airliner. telesurenglish.net Iran announced on Saturday that a preliminary investigation into the crash of the Ukrainian airliner that was flying to Kiev from Tehran earlier this week was caused by human error. | RELATED: ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | Palestinian Militants Not Yet Ready to Avenge Iran | Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter that "human error at time of crisis caused by U.S. adventurism l…

sputniknews (2020-01-11). Breaking Bad? Let's Burst: Illegal Twin Towers Dramatically Razed to the Ground in Kochi, India. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Kerala, a picturesque southern state in India is currently conducting one of the biggest ever demolition drives in the country after the Supreme Court in September 2019 found four buildings were in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone rules in the Maradu area of Kochi.

sputniknews (2020-01-11). Iranian Supreme Leader's Twitter Account Temporarily Restricted. sputniknews.com The social media platform says that "there has been some unusual activity from this account". The reasons for the suspension are not immediately clear.

WSWS (2020-01-11). World famous pianist Igor Levit victim of anti-Semitic death threats. wsws.org The fact that a Jewish pianist cannot perform publicly without protection indicates the extent of the current turn to the right in German politics.

yenisafak (2020-01-11). Iran to probe 'possible negligence' in plane crash. yenisafak.com Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday ordered an investigation into "possible negligence" in the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane by an Iranian missile.The official IRNA news agency said Khamenei instructed the General Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces to take necessary measures to probe the incident, in which 176 people were killed, and make sure such events will not be repeated.He also extended his condolences for the victims and their families.Iran's General Staff of the Armed Forces admitted Saturday that the Ukrainian plane was "accidentally" hit by an Iranian missile earlier this w…

Jay Saper (2020-01-11). As Jews, We Must Reject White Supremacy's Efforts to Pit Us Against Other Groups. zcomm.org One thing is clear: Our shared enemy is white supremacy and our shared solution is one another.‚Ä&Oslash…

Eds. (2020-01-11). No, Iran didn't exit the nuclear deal. And no, its nuclear announcement is not revenge for Soleimani. mronline.org On January 5, Iran made a major announcement regarding its nuclear program, stating that it will no longer observe limits on the number of centrifuges that it uses to enrich uranium. While the announcement is significant, it was not altogether unexpected. And it most certainly does not constitute the "harsh revenge" that Iran's supreme leader, […] | Source

Staff (2020-01-10). Pelosi: House Moving to Send Impeachment to Senate Next Week. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the House will take steps next week to send articles of impeachment to the Senate ending Democrats' blockade of President Donald Trump's Senate trial. | In a letter to her Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said she was proud of their "courage and patriotism" and warned that senators now have a choice as they consider the charges of abuse and obstruction against the president. | "In an impeachment trial, every Senator takes an oath to do 'impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws," Pelosi wrote. "Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to t…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-10). Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" mintpressnews.com While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-10). Palestine FM Rejects David Friedman's Statements. imemc.org The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned statements made by US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, in which he emphasized the right of Israeli presence in the occupied West Bank which he described as 'Judea and Samaria.' The Palestinian News and Info Agency reported that Friedman, speaking at the …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-10). David Friedman: "The Most Complicated of the Issues is the Large Indigenous Palestinian Population" imemc.org by Quds News Network US Ambassador to the occupation state of Israel, David Friedman, on Wednesday, spoke at a conference in occupied Jerusalem, announcing the US intention to recognize the West Bank as part of the Israel, claiming that the illegal settlements are not in violation of international law. "Since …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-01-10). The continuing ordeal of Ahmad Zahran. peoplesdispatch.org An Israeli court refused to release Palestinian administrative detainee Ahmad Zahran who has been on hunger strike for 109 days. The court said that an investigation into his release could not be conducted until he withdrew his protest…

IMEMC News (2020-01-10). Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, a young Palestinian man from the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank. Media sources said that several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and searched a few homes, and abducted one Palestinian. They added that the soldiers abducted the young …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-10). Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" dissidentvoice.org At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any …

Staff (2020-01-10). Activists Reclaimed a Water Source for Palestinians, Showing Co-Resistance Works. truthout.org Recently, nonviolent Palestinian activist Kifah Adara drew water from the Ein Albeida spring near her West Bank village of Al-Tuwani for the first time in 15 years. The spring is a natural water source that was used by Palestinian communities in the region for generations, but a decade and a half ago, nearby Israeli settlers started swimming in the spring, which dirtied the water and made it unsuitable for drinking. For years, due to settler violence and intimidation tactics, Palestinians…

IMEMC News (2020-01-10). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four young men, indulging two former political prisoners, in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jenin city, and the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin, and interrogated the residents while inspecting ID cards. …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-10). European Union Denounces Israel's Settlement Expansion. imemc.org The European Union, on Thursday, criticized Israeli plans to expand illegal settlements built in the occupied Palestinian territory and called on Israel to comply with international law, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Israel approved earlier this week the construction of almost 2000 housing units in illegal settlements …

teleSUR (2020-01-10). Palestinian Militants Not Yet Ready to Avenge Iran. telesurenglish.net Despite the latest conflict between Iran and the U.S., Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, Iran's allies, are not ready to attack Israel, the U.S. ally, in revenge on Iran's behalf, analysts said. | RELATED: | US Announces New Sanctions on Iran, Refuses to Pull Out Troops | The Palestinians are afraid that the Iran-U.S. conflict would lead to a new wave of confrontation between Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip and Israel, as the enclave is ruled by the Islamic Hamas move…

Mairav Zonszein (2020-01-10). This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice. thenation.com This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice…

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-10). Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Louis Proyect (2020-01-10). Project 1619 and Its Detractors. counterpunch.org Last August, the New York Times Sunday Magazine devoted an entire issue to Project 1619, an attempt to root today's racism in the institution of slavery dating back to the seventeenth century. In 1619, British colonists in Point Comfort, Virginia bought twenty African slaves from Portuguese traders who had landed there, fresh from a body-snatching More

Dave Zirin (2020-01-10). Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid. thenation.com Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid.

Patrick Cockburn (2020-01-10). Iran Will Make Huge Political Gains From This Crisis. counterpunch.org The Iranian missile attack on two US bases in Iraq is symbolic retaliation for the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani on 3 January. Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said there would be direct action against the US by the Iranian armed forces, and this has now happened. The message is that the Iranian leadership More

splcenter (2020-01-10). White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks. splcenter.org White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.

teleSUR (2020-01-10). Bolivia: Morales' Minister Under Attack by De-Facto Government. telesurenglish.net The de-facto government of Bolivia continues with the siege and political persecution of leaders and supporters of the Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) and authorities that were part of the Evo Morales government, this time the former minister Carlos Romero. | RELATED: | Bolivia One Month After the Coup: A Recount of Pivotal Events | The former Minister in Evo Morales Administration reappeared publicly on Wednesday since the coup on Nov. 10, when a journalist from an international agency…

Andrew Levine (2020-01-10). On the Issue of "Electability" counterpunch.org The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself. More

teleSUR (2020-01-10). EU Congress Stops Recognizing Jailed Catalan MP as Lawmaker. telesurenglish.net Jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras' mandate as a European Union (EU) lawmaker is over, the legislature's head said on Friday, in what could be showing support for the hardline followed by Madrid against the independentist movement. | RELATED: | Brussels Court Suspends Extradition of Catalan Leader Puigdemont | European Parliament president David Sassoli said decisions this month by Spain's electoral board and Supreme Court blocking Junqueras from occupying his seat meant h…

Staff (2020-01-10). Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: Facebook Allows Racist, Sexist Political Ads. truthout.org A longtime Facebook executive has admitted the company's platform helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, and it may happen again this year. In an internal memo, Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth wrote, "So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes." Bosworth, who was a backer of Hillary Clinton in 2016, went on to write that the company should not change its policies in an effort to hurt Trump's re-election chances. In his memo, Bosworth r…

splcenter (2020-01-10). Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet. splcenter.org An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.

PAI (2020-01-09). Unions, civil rights groups join mass NYC march against anti-Semitism. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK (PAI)—The Teachers, AFSCME members, and the Jewish Labor Committee teamed up with civil rights groups and a raft of Jewish organizations to lead a mass march on Jan. 5 in New York against anti-Semitism. At least 25,000 people turned out to march from Foley Square in downtown Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge, to …

Staff (2020-01-09). International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes. therealnews.com Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.

Joel Wendland-Liu (2020-01-09). Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project. peoplesworld.org In her report on the U.S. financial system and racial slavery for the New York Times 1619 Project, international finance expert Mehrsa Baradaran hints at the relationship between racial slavery and the development of finance capitalism in the U.S. The 1619 Project is "a major initiative of the New York Times," launched last summer to mark the …

Steven Sahiounie (2020-01-09). Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand? mintpressnews.com Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…

Dennis Riches (2020-01-09). "Rwanda, the Truth About Operation Turquoise: When the Archives Speak" globalresearch.ca In France, it is difficult to speak about certain subjects without unleashing the guard dogs of correct thought and dominant ideology. The sensitive dossiers are well-known: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the civil-global war in Syria, and the Rwandan genocides. Even to …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-09). BDS Concludes 2019 with Remarkable Achievements. imemc.org (photo: Days of Palestine) The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements stated, in its latest periodic-report regarding the boycott of Israel, that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement achieved remarkable successes, over the past year, at the domestic, regional and international levels, seeking to impose international isolation …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-09). Palestinian Prisoner Continues to Suffer Torture in Israeli Prison. imemc.org The Committee of Prisoners and Former Prisoners Affairs said that Samer Arbid, 44, from Ramallah suffers from signs of extreme torture, to which he was subjected during interrogation in Israeli jails, Quds News Network reported. The committee said in a statement on Wednesday that Arbid is held now in the …

PCHR (2020-01-09). PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (02 — 08 January 2020). imemc.org Summary | | This week, PCHR documented 219 violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory. They were as follows: | As part of the Israeli shooting and excessive use of force:…

Franklin Frederick (2020-01-09). Racism and the Origins of the United States of America, "The Joker" and the End of White Supremacy. globalresearch.ca ´At its root, capitalism not only meant slavery and white supremacy but also the ethos of the gangster. ª Gerald Horne | The film 'Joker' presents a contemporary phenomenon present in several countries, but which can only be understood in its …

Andre Vltchek (2020-01-09). Iran's Hero has Fallen and Now the World is an Even More Dangerous Place. dissidentvoice.org They say he came from a humble background, and worked himself up the ranks, becoming, as many believe, the second most powerful man in Iran. They say he had the chance to become the next Supreme Leader of the country. Whenever I visit Iran, I am told how much he is loved by his people. …

Rachel Janik (2020-01-09). Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina. splcenter.org "Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-08). Justice at Last? Panic in Israel as the ICC Takes Momentous Step in the Right Direction. mintpressnews.com The high level of these ICC investigations places the legal push against Israel at a whole new level. This is uncharted territory for Israel, the United States, Palestine, the ICC and the international community as a whole.

Staff (2020-01-08). Juan Cole: U.S.-Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks. democracynow.org Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a "slap in the face" of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan.

Staff (2020-01-08). A View from Tehran: Iranian Professor Condemns U.S. Aggression & Warns U.S.-Backed Gulf States. democracynow.org Iranian forces fired 22 ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq early Wednesday in what Iran described as "fierce revenge" for the U.S. assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week at the Baghdad airport. The Iranian missiles targeted the Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province and a base in Erbil. There were no initial reports of U.S. or Iraqi casualties. Shortly after the attacks, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." Earlier today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…

Jonathan Cook (2020-01-08). Bit by bit Israel aims to squeeze out the Palestinian Christians. dissidentvoice.org Gaza's minuscule community of Christians will spend this Christmas feeling even more under siege than normal. The Israeli military authorities have denied the vast majority of the enclave's 1,100 Christians a permit to exit the Palestinian territory for the holiday season. Unlike previous years, none will be allowed to join relatives in Bethlehem, Jerusalem or …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-08). "Panic" in Israel as the ICC Takes "Momentous Step" in the Right Direction. dissidentvoice.org At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that "all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met". Bensouda's verdict has been in the making for a …

Jonathan Cook (2020-01-08). Antisemitism has been used to smear the Left, while the Right targets Jews. dissidentvoice.org The year ended with two terrible setbacks for those seeking justice for the Palestinian people. One was the defeat in the British election of Jeremy Corbyn — a European leader with a unique record of solidarity with Palestinians. He had suffered four years of constant media abuse, recasting his activism as evidence of antisemitism. The …

splcenter (2020-01-08). Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules. splcenter.org In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.

Alan Macleod (2020-01-08). In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi's Policies. mintpressnews.com An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi's racist and "anti-people," "anti-worker" policies.

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US and Israel escalate Middle East tensions in wake of Suleimani assassination
wsws.org | 2020-01-11
A report that Washington attempted to assassinate a second Iranian official in Yemen has given the lie to the claim that Suleimani was killed to prevent an "imminent" attack.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/11/iran…

Iran Admits Fault in Downing of Ukranian Airliner
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-11
Iran announced on Saturday that a preliminary investigation into the crash of the Ukrainian airliner that was flying to Kiev from Tehran earlier this week was caused by human error. | RELATED: ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | Palestinian Militants Not Yet Ready to Avenge Iran | Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter that "human error at time of crisis caused by U.S. adventurism l…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Admits-Fault-in-Downing-of-Ukranian-Airliner-20200111-0001.html

Iran's Khamenei orders immediate and full probe after Tehran admits downing Ukrainian plane
rt.com | 2020-01-11
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has offered condolences and called for an investigation after Tehran's armed forces acknowledged that they accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane. | "The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake," he wrote on Twitter, promising that those behind the incident would be prosecuted. | Khamenei also said that all the information should be made public. | Later in the day, his Twitter account was temporarily blocked. | Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
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Breaking Bad? Let's Burst: Illegal Twin Towers Dramatically Razed to the Ground in Kochi, India
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-11
New Delhi (Sputnik): Kerala, a picturesque southern state in India is currently conducting one of the biggest ever demolition drives in the country after the Supreme Court in September 2019 found four buildings were in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone rules in the Maradu area of Kochi.
sputniknews.com/india/202001111078006773-breaking-bad-lets-burst-illegal-twin-towers-dramatically-razed-to-the-ground-in-kochi-india/

Iranian Supreme Leader's Twitter Account Temporarily Restricted
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-11
The social media platform says that "there has been some unusual activity from this account". The reasons for the suspension are not immediately clear.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001111078006902-iranian-supreme-leaders-twitter-account-temporarily-blocked/

No, Iran didn't exit the nuclear deal. And no, its nuclear announcement is not revenge for Soleimani
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-11
On January 5, Iran made a major announcement regarding its nuclear program, stating that it will no longer observe limits on the number of centrifuges that it uses to enrich uranium. While the announcement is significant, it was not altogether unexpected. And it most certainly does not constitute the "harsh revenge" that Iran's supreme leader, […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/11/no-iran-didnt-exit-the-nuclear-deal-and-no-its-nuclear-announcement-is-not-revenge-for-soleimani/

World famous pianist Igor Levit victim of anti-Semitic death threats
wsws.org | 2020-01-11
The fact that a Jewish pianist cannot perform publicly without protection indicates the extent of the current turn to the right in German politics.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/11/levi…

Iran to probe 'possible negligence' in plane crash
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-11
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday ordered an investigation into "possible negligence" in the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane by an Iranian missile.The official IRNA news agency said Khamenei instructed the General Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces to take necessary measures to probe the incident, in which 176 people were killed, and make sure such events will not be repeated.He also extended his condolences for the victims and their families.Iran's General Staff of the Armed Forces admitted Saturday that the Ukrainian plane was "accidentally" hit by an Iranian missile earlier this w…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-to-probe-possible-negligence-in-plane-crash-3509420

As Jews, We Must Reject White Supremacy's Efforts to Pit Us Against Other Groups
Jay Saper | zcomm.org | 2020-01-11
One thing is clear: Our shared enemy is white supremacy and our shared solution is one another.‚Ä&Oslash…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/as-jews-we-must-reject-white-supremacys-efforts-to-pit-us-against-other-groups/

European Union Denounces Israel's Settlement Expansion
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-10
The European Union, on Thursday, criticized Israeli plans to expand illegal settlements built in the occupied Palestinian territory and called on Israel to comply with international law, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Israel approved earlier this week the construction of almost 2000 housing units in illegal settlements …
imemc.org/article/european-union-denounces-israels-settlement-expansion/

Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-10
At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/embracing-palestine-how-to-combat-israels-misuse-of-antisemitism/

Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-10
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, a young Palestinian man from the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank. Media sources said that several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and searched a few homes, and abducted one Palestinian. They added that the soldiers abducted the young …
imemc.org/article/army-abducts-a-palestinian-near-jenin-9/

Palestine FM Rejects David Friedman's Statements
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-10
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned statements made by US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, in which he emphasized the right of Israeli presence in the occupied West Bank which he described as 'Judea and Samaria.' The Palestinian News and Info Agency reported that Friedman, speaking at the …
imemc.org/article/palestine-fm-rejects-david-friedmans-statements/

Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism"
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-10
While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/combat-israels-misuse-antisemitism/264055/

Palestinian Militants Not Yet Ready to Avenge Iran
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-10
Despite the latest conflict between Iran and the U.S., Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, Iran's allies, are not ready to attack Israel, the U.S. ally, in revenge on Iran's behalf, analysts said. | RELATED: | US Announces New Sanctions on Iran, Refuses to Pull Out Troops | The Palestinians are afraid that the Iran-U.S. conflict would lead to a new wave of confrontation between Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip and Israel, as the enclave is ruled by the Islamic Hamas move…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestinian-Militants-Not-Yet-Ready-to-Avenge-Iran-20200110-0005.html

David Friedman: "The Most Complicated of the Issues is the Large Indigenous Palestinian Population"
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-10
by Quds News Network US Ambassador to the occupation state of Israel, David Friedman, on Wednesday, spoke at a conference in occupied Jerusalem, announcing the US intention to recognize the West Bank as part of the Israel, claiming that the illegal settlements are not in violation of international law. "Since …
imemc.org/article/david-friedman-the-most-complicated-of-the-issues-is-the-large-indigenous-palestinian-population/

The continuing ordeal of Ahmad Zahran
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-10
An Israeli court refused to release Palestinian administrative detainee Ahmad Zahran who has been on hunger strike for 109 days. The court said that an investigation into his release could not be conducted until he withdrew his protest…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/10/the-continuing-ordeal-of-ahmad-zahran/

Activists Reclaimed a Water Source for Palestinians, Showing Co-Resistance Works
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-10
Recently, nonviolent Palestinian activist Kifah Adara drew water from the Ein Albeida spring near her West Bank village of Al-Tuwani for the first time in 15 years. The spring is a natural water source that was used by Palestinian communities in the region for generations, but a decade and a half ago, nearby Israeli settlers started swimming in the spring, which dirtied the water and made it unsuitable for drinking. For years, due to settler violence and intimidation tactics, Palestinians…
truthout.org/articles/activists-reclaimed-a-water-source-for-palestinians-showing-co-resistance-works/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-10
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four young men, indulging two former political prisoners, in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jenin city, and the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin, and interrogated the residents while inspecting ID cards. …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-four-palestinians-in-jenin-2/

This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice
Mairav Zonszein | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice…
thenation.com/article/lea-tsemel-advocate/

Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-10
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-again-bombs-the-pmu-rockets-fired-in-iraq-737-misinfo-congress-warned-not-to-discuss-iran/

Project 1619 and Its Detractors
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
Last August, the New York Times Sunday Magazine devoted an entire issue to Project 1619, an attempt to root today's racism in the institution of slavery dating back to the seventeenth century. In 1619, British colonists in Point Comfort, Virginia bought twenty African slaves from Portuguese traders who had landed there, fresh from a body-snatching…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/project-1619-and-its-detractors/

Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid.
thenation.com/article/black-nfl-coaches/

Iran Will Make Huge Political Gains From This Crisis
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
The Iranian missile attack on two US bases in Iraq is symbolic retaliation for the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani on 3 January. Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said there would be direct action against the US by the Iranian armed forces, and this has now happened. The message is that the Iranian leadership…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/iran-will-make-huge-political-gains-from-this-crisis/

White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis Applaud Recent Spate of Antisemitic Attacks
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
White nationalists and neo-Nazis largely supported a series of antisemitic attacks that sparked fear and outrage across the New York metropolitan area at the close of 2019, a Hatewatch review of their correspondences determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/white-nationalists-and-neo-nazis-applaud-recent-spate-antisemitic-attacks

Pelosi: House Moving to Send Impeachment to Senate Next Week
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-10
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the House will take steps next week to send articles of impeachment to the Senate ending Democrats' blockade of President Donald Trump's Senate trial. | In a letter to her Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said she was proud of their "courage and patriotism" and warned that senators now have a choice as they consider the charges of abuse and obstruction against the president. | "In an impeachment trial, every Senator takes an oath to do 'impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws," Pelosi wrote. "Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to t…
truthdig.com/articles/pelosi-house-moving-to-send-impeachment-to-senate-next-week/

On the Issue of "Electability"
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/on-the-issue-of-electability/

Bolivia: Morales' Minister Under Attack by De-Facto Government
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-10
The de-facto government of Bolivia continues with the siege and political persecution of leaders and supporters of the Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) and authorities that were part of the Evo Morales government, this time the former minister Carlos Romero. | RELATED: | Bolivia One Month After the Coup: A Recount of Pivotal Events | The former Minister in Evo Morales Administration reappeared publicly on Wednesday since the coup on Nov. 10, when a journalist from an international agency…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Minister-of-Morales-Besieged-by-Fascist-de-facto-Government-Group-20200110-0011.html

EU Congress Stops Recognizing Jailed Catalan MP as Lawmaker
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-10
Jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras' mandate as a European Union (EU) lawmaker is over, the legislature's head said on Friday, in what could be showing support for the hardline followed by Madrid against the independentist movement. | RELATED: | Brussels Court Suspends Extradition of Catalan Leader Puigdemont | European Parliament president David Sassoli said decisions this month by Spain's electoral board and Supreme Court blocking Junqueras from occupying his seat meant h…
telesurenglish.net/news/EU-Congress-Stops-Recognizing-Jailed-Catalan-MP-as-Lawmaker-20200110-0010.html

Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: Facebook Allows Racist, Sexist Political Ads
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-10
A longtime Facebook executive has admitted the company's platform helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, and it may happen again this year. In an internal memo, Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth wrote, "So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes." Bosworth, who was a backer of Hillary Clinton in 2016, went on to write that the company should not change its policies in an effort to hurt Trump's re-election chances. In his memo, Bosworth r…
truthout.org/video/cambridge-analytica-whistleblower-facebook-allows-racist-sexist-political-ads/

Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet
splcenter.org | 2020-01-10
An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/once-political-force-richard-spencer-and-national-policy-institute-go-quiet

"Rwanda, the Truth About Operation Turquoise: When the Archives Speak"
Dennis Riches | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
In France, it is difficult to speak about certain subjects without unleashing the guard dogs of correct thought and dominant ideology. The sensitive dossiers are well-known: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the civil-global war in Syria, and the Rwandan genocides. Even to …
globalresearch.ca/rwanda-truth-operation-turquoise-archives-speak/5699710

Palestinian Prisoner Continues to Suffer Torture in Israeli Prison
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-09
The Committee of Prisoners and Former Prisoners Affairs said that Samer Arbid, 44, from Ramallah suffers from signs of extreme torture, to which he was subjected during interrogation in Israeli jails, Quds News Network reported. The committee said in a statement on Wednesday that Arbid is held now in the …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-prisoner-continues-to-suffer-torture-in-israeli-prison/

International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-09
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.
therealnews.com/stories/international-criminal-court-prepares-israel-war-crimes

BDS Concludes 2019 with Remarkable Achievements
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-09
(photo: Days of Palestine) The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements stated, in its latest periodic-report regarding the boycott of Israel, that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement achieved remarkable successes, over the past year, at the domestic, regional and international levels, seeking to impose international isolation …
imemc.org/article/bds-concludes-2019-with-remarkable-achievements/

PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (02 — 08 January 2020)
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-01-09
Summary | | This week, PCHR documented 219 violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory. They were as follows: | As part of the Israeli shooting and excessive use of force:…
imemc.org/article/pchr-weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-02-08-january-2020/

Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project
Joel Wendland-Liu | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-09
In her report on the U.S. financial system and racial slavery for the New York Times 1619 Project, international finance expert Mehrsa Baradaran hints at the relationship between racial slavery and the development of finance capitalism in the U.S. The 1619 Project is "a major initiative of the New York Times," launched last summer to mark the …
peoplesworld.org/article/capitalism-needs-racism-a-response-to-the-nyt-1619-project/

Racism and the Origins of the United States of America, "The Joker" and the End of White Supremacy
Franklin Frederick | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
´At its root, capitalism not only meant slavery and white supremacy but also the ethos of the gangster. ª Gerald Horne | The film 'Joker' presents a contemporary phenomenon present in several countries, but which can only be understood in its …
globalresearch.ca/racism-and-the-origins-of-the-united-states-of-america-the-joker-and-the-end-of-white-supremacy/5699979

Unions, civil rights groups join mass NYC march against anti-Semitism
PAI | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-09
NEW YORK (PAI)–The Teachers, AFSCME members, and the Jewish Labor Committee teamed up with civil rights groups and a raft of Jewish organizations to lead a mass march on Jan. 5 in New York against anti-Semitism. At least 25,000 people turned out to march from Foley Square in downtown Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge, to …
peoplesworld.org/article/unions-civil-rights-groups-join-mass-nyc-march-against-anti-semitism/

Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand?
Steven Sahiounie | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-09
Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…
mintpressnews.com/iraq-united-states-part-go-home-dont-understand/264008/

Iran's Hero has Fallen and Now the World is an Even More Dangerous Place
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-09
They say he came from a humble background, and worked himself up the ranks, becoming, as many believe, the second most powerful man in Iran. They say he had the chance to become the next Supreme Leader of the country. Whenever I visit Iran, I am told how much he is loved by his people. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/irans-hero-has-fallen-and-now-the-world-is-an-even-more-dangerous-place/

Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2020-01-09
"Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/09/augustus-invictus-charged-kidnapping-domestic-violence-south-carolina

"Panic" in Israel as the ICC Takes "Momentous Step" in the Right Direction
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-08
At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that "all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met". Bensouda's verdict has been in the making for a …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/panic-in-israel-as-the-icc-takes-momentous-step-in-the-right-direction/

Justice at Last? Panic in Israel as the ICC Takes Momentous Step in the Right Direction
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-08
The high level of these ICC investigations places the legal push against Israel at a whole new level. This is uncharted territory for Israel, the United States, Palestine, the ICC and the international community as a whole.
mintpressnews.com/justice-at-last-panic-in-israel-as-the-icc-takes-momentous-step-in-the-right-direction/263973/

Bit by bit Israel aims to squeeze out the Palestinian Christians
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-08
Gaza's minuscule community of Christians will spend this Christmas feeling even more under siege than normal. The Israeli military authorities have denied the vast majority of the enclave's 1,100 Christians a permit to exit the Palestinian territory for the holiday season. Unlike previous years, none will be allowed to join relatives in Bethlehem, Jerusalem or …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/bit-by-bit-israel-aims-to-squeeze-out-the-palestinian-christians/

Antisemitism has been used to smear the Left, while the Right targets Jews
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-08
The year ended with two terrible setbacks for those seeking justice for the Palestinian people. One was the defeat in the British election of Jeremy Corbyn — a European leader with a unique record of solidarity with Palestinians. He had suffered four years of constant media abuse, recasting his activism as evidence of antisemitism. The …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/antisemitism-has-been-used-to-smear-the-left-while-the-right-targets-jews/

Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules
splcenter.org | 2020-01-08
In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/08/confederate-monuments-texas-can-stay-down-court-rules

Juan Cole: U.S.-Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-08
Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a "slap in the face" of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan.
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/8/juan_cole_…

A View from Tehran: Iranian Professor Condemns U.S. Aggression & Warns U.S.-Backed Gulf States
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-08
Iranian forces fired 22 ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq early Wednesday in what Iran described as "fierce revenge" for the U.S. assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week at the Baghdad airport. The Iranian missiles targeted the Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province and a base in Erbil. There were no initial reports of U.S. or Iraqi casualties. Shortly after the attacks, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." Earlier today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/8/mohammad_m…

In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi's Policies
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-08
An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi's racist and "anti-people," "anti-worker" policies.
mintpressnews.com/largest-strike-world-history-millions-india-protest/263999/