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2019-11-26: News Headlines

Eds. (2019-11-27). How racism works today. mronline.org With racist speech and sentiments coming more to the fore in current Irish politics, campaigner John Molyneux takes a look at how racist ideas and language work today. | Source

Al Neal (2019-11-26). Calgary Flames investigate allegations of racism. peoplesworld.org Following the Calgary Flames' 3-2 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday, Flames general manager Brad Treliving said the team has begun investigations into an accusation that head coach Bill Peters directed racial slurs towards a Nigerian-born player ten years ago while in the minor leagues, later arraigning the player's demotion after he raised concerns. …

Glen Ford (2019-11-26). Public housing as the front line of Green New Deal. mronline.org The AOC-Sanders initiative seeks to flip the racist script by revaluing public housing and its remaining occupants. | Source

Conn Hallinan (2019-11-26). Nuclear lies and broken promises: Will Turkey get the bomb next? peoplesworld.org When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas on Sept. 4 that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a broken promise. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the government of Iran of lying about its nuclear program, he was concealing one of the …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-26). Israeli Forces Instructed To Avoid Live Fire in West Bank Protests. imemc.org Hebrew channel 2 reported, on Tuesday, that the Israeli army was preparing for the day of Palestinian anger, in protest against the US decision on settlements in the West Bank, Alray reported. The Israeli source revealed that there were fears among the Israeli security forces, of killing Palestinian protestors by …

IMEMC News (2019-11-26). Illegal Israeli Colonists Cut 30 Olive Trees Near Nablus. imemc.org A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists cut, on Tuesday morning, at least thirty Palestinian olive trees in the as-Sawiya area, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists cut …

Yoav Litvin (2019-11-26). No 'Revolution' Without Palestine: a Letter to Bernie Sanders. counterpunch.org On Tuesday, November 12, Israeli forces assassinated Islamic Jihad Commander Bahaa Abu al-Ata, along with his wife, in their home in the besieged Gaza strip. In response, Palestinian fighters fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, injuring tens of people, forcing the closure of roads and damaging civilian property. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a transparently politically motivated attack on More

Al-Shabaka (2019-11-26). A Question of UN Credibility: Releasing the Settlements Database. imemc.org by Nada Awad, Maha Abdullah for Al Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network Hundreds of Palestinian, regional, and international organizations have called on the previous and current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to release the UN database of companies engaged in activities with Israel's illegal settlements. Though the 2016 Human Rights Council resolution called for the release …

IMEMC News (2019-11-26). Illegal Colonists Burn Olive Trees Near Nablus. imemc.org A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists burnt, on Monday night after midnight, several Palestinian olive trees in the Archeological Area in Sebastia Palestinian town, northwest of Nablus, in northern West Bank. The Mayor of Sebastia, Mohammad Azem, said the alertness of the local neighborhood watch committees, and the residents, …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-26). Israeli Prisons on High Alert After Death of Prisoner. imemc.org Tension was high throughout the Israeli prisons this morning following the announcement that Palestinian prisoner, Sami Abu Diak, who was suffering from cancer, has died, according to the Palestinian Authority's Prisoners Affairs Commission. The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported that the death of Abu Diak, 37, from Silat …

IMEMC News (2019-11-26). Soldiers Abduct Two Workers In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, two Palestinian workers of the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee, in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Committee stated that the soldiers abducted Mohammad Sa'adi Rajabi and Ali 'Ahdi Ja'bari, while working in an old home, owned by Jamil …

IMEMC News (2019-11-26). Israeli Navy Injures A Palestinian Fisherman. imemc.org Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Monday evening, at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, wounding a fisherman and causing damage to several boats. The Palestinian Fishermen's Syndicate said the attack took place in the Sudaniyya Sea, northwest of Gaza city. It stated that the Israeli navy fired many …

IMEMC News (2019-11-26). Soldiers Demolish A Palestinian Home In Jerusalem. imemc.org On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers and personnel of the City Council, demolished a Palestinian home in the Industrial Zone area near Qalandia town, north of occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said several army jeeps, and bulldozers, invaded the area, and surrounded a home owned by members of Bazian family, before forcing …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-26). Israeli Forces Detain Nine Palestinians, Many Former Prisoners. imemc.org Palestinian security sources and witnesses confirmed, on Tuesday, that Israeli forces conducted multiple invasions, across the West Bank, at least nine Palestinians. The Palestinian News and Info Agency reported that Israeli forces detained three Palestinians, including two former prisoners, after ransacking their homes in Kafr Ra'i town, south of the …

Prof. Peter Beinart (2019-11-26). The Problem with Israeli Settlements Is Not that They Are Illegal. It's that They Are Immoral. globalresearch.ca Yesterday the Trump administration said Israeli settlements in the West Bank don't violate international law. That's absurd. Among international lawyers, the consensus that settlements are illegal rivals the consensus among international scientists that humans contribute to climate change. As …

Stephen Lendman (2019-11-26). Eroding Free Expression in Israel Updated. globalresearch.ca Like the US and other Western societies, democracy in Israel is pure fantasy, the notion abhorred by its ruling authorities. | Ordinary Jews are exploited to benefit privileged ones. Separate and unequal is official policy. | Arab citizens are considered 5th column …

Jonathan Cook (2019-11-26). Is Netanyahu Ready to Inflame War to Escape His Legal Troubles? globalresearch.ca The decision to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three separate criminal counts pushes the country's already unprecedented electoral stalemate into the entirely uncharted territory of a constitutional crisis. | There is no legal precedent for a sitting prime minister …

James J. Zogby (2019-11-26). Netanyahu's Real Crimes. globalresearch.ca After years of investigation and months of delay, Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit formally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu for crimes ranging from his violation of public trust to bribery and fraud. Israel's apologists will argue that the fact that a sitting …

Ryan Grim (2019-11-26). Pete Buttigieg Says Marijuana Arrests Signify "Systemic Racism." His South Bend Police Fit the Bill. theintercept.com A black South Bend resident was 4.3 times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana since 2012 than a white resident. Nationally, it was 3: 1.

J. B. Gerald (2019-11-26). On State Contravention of the Genocide Convention. America's "Genocidal Intent" globalresearch.ca I'd like to note two articles by Professor Michel Chossudovsky published this November in Global Research: they help explain the current denigration of the Convention on Genocide. When we grow accustomed to our system's atrocities we lessen our humanity. | In …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-11-26). Military Training for Young Children at Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Recruitment of Ukraine's "Child Soldiers" Financed by US "Nonlethal" Military Aid? globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.

Fight Back (2019-11-26). Chicago conference to relaunch National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression a huge success. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together for an historic gathering on the weekend of November 22 — 24, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will concentrate its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive ac…

Staff (2019-11-26). Jeremy Corbyn Denies Chief Rabbi's Charge of Anti-Semitism. truthdig.com LONDON — Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn sought Tuesday to defuse harsh criticism about anti-Semitism leveled at the party by Britain's chief rabbi. | Corbyn addressed Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis' remarks in The Times newspaper while taking questions at a campaign event just over two weeks before Britain's Dec. 12 election. | He denied Mirvis' claim that Labour and its leader have been deeply tarnished by pervasive anti-Semitic attitudes. | The influential rabbi's suggestion that Corbyn was unfit for high office represented a break from his traditional position of not commenting on party politics. He said…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-26). Confrontations Ensue as Palestinians Protest in West Bank. imemc.org Heeding calls by political factions, mainly Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fateh movement, thousands of Palestinians have rallied in several West Bank city centers to protest the latest American declaration on settlements, which considered them not inconsistent with international law. Rallies were held in Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarem, Bethlehem, and Hebron, …

Staff (2019-11-26). "An Attack on the Human Rights Movement": Israel Deports Human Rights Watch Monitor. democracynow.org The Israeli government deported the director of Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine office, Omar Shakir, on Monday. The organization said the move places Israel in an "ugly club" of authoritarian regimes. Israel has accused Shakir of supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a nonviolent global campaign aiming to pressure Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. A 2017 Israeli law bans foreigners from Israel if they publicly support the BDS movement. Omar Shakir joins us from Stockholm to discuss his recent deportation and his plans to address the European Parliament regarding Israel's sy…

Juan Cole (2019-11-26). Israel Announces Itself as Authoritarian State. truthdig.com ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Israel on Sunday expelled the in-country director of Human Rights Watch from the country. Israel thereby joins dictatorships such as Uzbekistan, Burundi, Azerbaijan, and Egypt, which have also expelled HRW human rights workers. | Breathless headlines in the US are saying that Israel became the first democracy to do so, but the expulsion is happening because Israel is not actually a democracy. Or, it is a democracy in the same way that Apartheid South Africa was, where whites voted and had partie…

Staff (2019-11-26). Headlines for November 26, 2019. democracynow.org Judge Rules Trump Can't Stop Officials from Testifying in Impeachment Inquiry, Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Disclosure of Trump's Financial Records, U.S. Troops Resume Combat Mission Against ISIS, U.N.: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Surged to Record-High Levels in 2018, 56 Killed in Landslides in Kenya, Leaked Documents Reveal China's "Brainwashing" of Uyghur Muslims, Duque Calls for "National Dialogue" as Protests Continue to Rock Colombia, Global Protests Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Argentine Catholic Priests Sentenced to Prison for Raping Students, Water Protectors Block…

Global Research News (2019-11-26). Selected Articles: Netanyahu's Real Crimes. globalresearch.ca Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …

RT (2019-11-26). 'Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF' trends on Twitter after column on past 'racism' goes viral. rt.com While he may be enjoying a surge in the Iowa polls, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is trending on Twitter for an entirely different reason, after a column entitled 'Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF' went viral. | In the column for the Root, senior writer Michael Harriot scathingly addresses a recently resurfaced video of Buttigieg claiming that black kids in low-income neighborhoods fail at school in high numbers because there "isn't someone who they know personally who testifies to the value of education." Buttigieg made the comment in 2011, while he was running for mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

RT (2019-11-26). Palestine warns breaking off relations with US over 'legalization' of West Bank settlements is imminent. rt.com Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to end the nation's relationship with the US after the Trump administration declared Israel's Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank — illegal under international law — legal. | "We are ready to go to a complete breakdown of relations with [the US]," Abbas told Russian journalists on Tuesday. He explained that "almost every country in the world" has condemned US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's statement legitimizing the settlements last week, and Palestinian authorities were not willing to let such a brash move go unaddressed. | Also on rt.com…

RT (2019-11-26). 'Imposing collective punishment': Employees of Israeli spyware company NSO Group countersue Facebook for deplatforming. rt.com Eight employees of infamous Israeli spyware company NSO Group are countersuing Facebook after it took their accounts offline while suing NSO for spying on thousands of users of its subsidiary WhatsApp through a security exploit. | The current and former NSO Group employees slammed Facebook's "barbarous and unilateral" decision to block their private accounts "just because the company they work for or previously worked for was sued by Facebook," claiming in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the deplatf…

Dorothee Benz (2019-11-26). Talking Turkey About Impeachment Hearings – NYT coverage teaches us how not to discuss the end of democracy. fair.org Congratulations, you made it through the public hearings of the impeachment inquiry, one eye on the livestream and one eye on your work email, and somehow you met your deadlines even as you followed along blow by blow. So what are you going to say about it around the Thanksgiving dinner table? | There were certainly some moments designed to stoke feelings of patriotism as we head into the heavily mythologized, uniquely American holiday this week. Alexander Vindman (New York Times, 11/19/19): "The uniform I…

Delilah Boxstein (2019-11-25). Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel's Increasing Violence Against Media. mintpressnews.com 2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.

teleSUR, jg (2019-11-25). Netanyahu's Likud Party Agrees to Hold Leadership Primaries. telesurenglish.net The Likud Party, led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced Sunday that it will hold primary elections within six weeks while PM Netanyahu currently faces trial on three charges of corruption. | RELATED: | Israel 1st Western Democracy to Expel HRW Worker: HRW Director | According to Israeli media reports, Netanyahu has agreed with the head of Likud's central com…

Alex Kane (2019-11-25). Washington's Right-Wing Consensus on Israel Faces a Reckoning in Three New York Congressional Races. theintercept.com Eliot Engel and Jerry Nadler, among the most pro-Israel Democrats, are facing primaries from the left. Nita Lowey, another pro-Israel hawk, is retiring.

Conn Hallinan (2019-11-25). Nuclear Lies and Broken Promises. counterpunch.org When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas this September that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a broken promise. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the government of Iran of lying about its nuclear program, he was concealing one of the greatest subterfuges in the history of nuclear weapons. And the vast majority of Americans haven't a clue about either. More

Jonathan Cook (2019-11-25). Finally Charged and Lacking a Mandate to Govern, Netanyahu's Days are Numbered. dissidentvoice.org The decision to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three separate criminal counts pushes the country's already unprecedented electoral stalemate into the entirely uncharted territory of a constitutional crisis. There is no legal precedent for a sitting prime minister facing a trial — in Netanyahu's case, for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Former …

Charlie Hogle (2019-11-25). The Trump Administration is Unlawfully Detaining a U.S. Resident Without Charge. aclu.org Adham | Hassoun completed his criminal sentence and was set to be released from prison almost | three years ago. But the government — now claiming unprecedented and | unconstitutional powers under the USA Patriot Act — continues to hold Adham in | detention, indefinitely and without charge. | We're | in court to secure his freedom. | Adham | has called the United States home for 30 years. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian | refugees, Adham and his family — like many other refugees — suffered…

Mark Harris (2019-11-25). No Billionaires, No Fascists, No Warmongers To the Socialist Future. counterpunch.org There's probably no bigger sin in American politics than to imagine a world without war, inequality, and capitalism. Actually, imagining just a kinder, more equitable version of capitalism, one in which the existence of elite wealth is tempered by the peoples' right to health care, a college education, affordable housing, strong workplace unions, full reproductive More

teleSUR (2019-11-25). Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support. telesurenglish.net A Human Rights Watch (HRW) official complied with an Israeli expulsion order on Monday imposed over accusations he backs an international pro-Palestinian boycott, but said the edict would only encourage rights abuses. | RELATED: | Israel 1st Western Democracy to Expel HRW Worker: HRW Director | HRW and Omar Shakir, a U.S. citizen representing the New York-based organization in Israel and the Palestinian territories, have denied the allegations. | Three weeks ago, Israel's Supreme Court upheld…

Staff (2019-11-25). Headlines for November 25, 2019. democracynow.org Navy Secretary Ousted amid Dispute over Accused War Criminal Eddie Gallagher, Released State Dept. Emails Implicate Pompeo in Giuliani Ukraine Plot, Bloomberg Jumps into 2020 Race by Buying Millions in Campaign Ads, Sen. Graham Blocked Armenian Genocide Resolution at White House Request, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Released from Hospital in Good Health, Hong Kong: Pro-Democracy Candidates Win Nearly 90% Seats in Local Elections, Security Forces Raid Offices of Egypt's Last Independent Media Outlet, Iraqi Security Forces Kill 13 Protesters amid Anti-Government Demonstrations, Israel Deporting Head of Human Rights Watch's…

Ramzy Baroud (2019-11-25). Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Settlements. telesurenglish.net It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. | RELATED: | Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support | US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion f…

Fréa Lockley (2019-11-25). Hidden in the Tory manifesto is a vile and racist attack they hope you won't notice. thecanary.co On 24 November, the Conservatives released their manifesto, which has drawn widespread criticism for its misleading claims and shady costing. But what's received less attention is two sentences that are utterly vile, racist, and dangerous. In fact, th…

Max Parry (2019-11-24). Armenian Genocide Resolution Reaffirms G-word is a Tool for US Realpolitik. dissidentvoice.org Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in an overwhelming bipartisan majority to officially recognize the Armenian genocide more than a century after the atrocities were committed. The motion was a departure from decades of U.S. government refusal because of its realpolitik considerations of regional ally and fellow NATO member, the Republic of Turkey. …

teleSUR (2019-11-24). Center-Right Klaus Iohannis Re-Elected President of Romania. telesurenglish.net Romania's center-right incumbent President Klaus Iohannis was elected Sunday for a second term after he heavily defeated his socialist opponent Viorica Dancila in a runoff vote. | RELATED: | Romania Announces Israel Embassy Will Move to Jerusalem | According to the eastern European country's electoral body, the center-right former physics professor obtained 62.8 percent of the votes, while Social Democrats' (PSD) Dancila received the other 37.1 percent. | "The winner today is modern…

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-23). Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act. 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 (11/22/19). 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 …

Joe Giambrone (2019-11-23). Ukrainegate 13,000 Times Worse Than You Think. dissidentvoice.org Did you know that Donald Trump had the State Department, USAID, NED, and the CIA fund and train Neo-Nazi, fascist militias to overthrow the government of Ukraine? These riot mobs, primarily Svoboda and Right Sector, stormed the capital, firebombed and shot the police, and destroyed democracy inside Ukraine. When the legitimately elected president was forced …

Fight Back (2019-11-23). Over 1200 rally in Chicago at relaunch of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together November 22, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will center its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement, Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive activists addressed the packed rally that opened the confere…

CounterSpin (2019-11-22). Michael Edison Hayden on Stephen Miller, Mallory McMaster on Katie Hill. fair.org Media…

Miko Peled (2019-11-22). With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On. mintpressnews.com The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…

2019-11-26: Social Media Postees

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How racism works today
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-27
With racist speech and sentiments coming more to the fore in current Irish politics, campaigner John Molyneux takes a look at how racist ideas and language work today. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/26/how-racism-works-today/

Soldiers Demolish A Palestinian Home In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers and personnel of the City Council, demolished a Palestinian home in the Industrial Zone area near Qalandia town, north of occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said several army jeeps, and bulldozers, invaded the area, and surrounded a home owned by members of Bazian family, before forcing …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-demolish-a-palestinian-home-in-jerusalem/

A Question of UN Credibility: Releasing the Settlements Database
Al-Shabaka | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
by Nada Awad, Maha Abdullah for Al Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network Hundreds of Palestinian, regional, and international organizations have called on the previous and current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to release the UN database of companies engaged in activities with Israel's illegal settlements. Though the 2016 Human Rights Council resolution called for the release …
imemc.org/article/a-question-of-un-credibility-releasing-the-settlements-database/

Israeli Forces Instructed To Avoid Live Fire in West Bank Protests
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
Hebrew channel 2 reported, on Tuesday, that the Israeli army was preparing for the day of Palestinian anger, in protest against the US decision on settlements in the West Bank, Alray reported. The Israeli source revealed that there were fears among the Israeli security forces, of killing Palestinian protestors by …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-instructed-to-avoid-live-fire-in-west-bank-protests/

Illegal Israeli Colonists Cut 30 Olive Trees Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists cut, on Tuesday morning, at least thirty Palestinian olive trees in the as-Sawiya area, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists cut …
imemc.org/article/illegal-israeli-colonists-cut-30-olive-trees-near-nablus/

Soldiers Abduct Two Workers In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, two Palestinian workers of the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee, in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Committee stated that the soldiers abducted Mohammad Sa'adi Rajabi and Ali 'Ahdi Ja'bari, while working in an old home, owned by Jamil …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-two-workers-in-hebron/

No 'Revolution' Without Palestine: a Letter to Bernie Sanders
Yoav Litvin | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-26
On Tuesday, November 12, Israeli forces assassinated Islamic Jihad Commander Bahaa Abu al-Ata, along with his wife, in their home in the besieged Gaza strip. In response, Palestinian fighters fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, injuring tens of people, forcing the closure of roads and damaging civilian property. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a transparently politically motivated attack on…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/26/no-revolution-without-palestine-a-letter-to-bernie-sanders/

Israeli Navy Injures A Palestinian Fisherman
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Monday evening, at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, wounding a fisherman and causing damage to several boats. The Palestinian Fishermen's Syndicate said the attack took place in the Sudaniyya Sea, northwest of Gaza city. It stated that the Israeli navy fired many …
imemc.org/article/israeli-navy-injures-a-palestinian-fisherman/

Israeli Forces Detain Nine Palestinians, Many Former Prisoners
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
Palestinian security sources and witnesses confirmed, on Tuesday, that Israeli forces conducted multiple invasions, across the West Bank, at least nine Palestinians. The Palestinian News and Info Agency reported that Israeli forces detained three Palestinians, including two former prisoners, after ransacking their homes in Kafr Ra'i town, south of the …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-detain-nine-palestinians-many-former-prisoners/

Israeli Prisons on High Alert After Death of Prisoner
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
Tension was high throughout the Israeli prisons this morning following the announcement that Palestinian prisoner, Sami Abu Diak, who was suffering from cancer, has died, according to the Palestinian Authority's Prisoners Affairs Commission. The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported that the death of Abu Diak, 37, from Silat …
imemc.org/article/israeli-prisons-on-high-alert-after-death-of-prisoner/

Illegal Colonists Burn Olive Trees Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists burnt, on Monday night after midnight, several Palestinian olive trees in the Archeological Area in Sebastia Palestinian town, northwest of Nablus, in northern West Bank. The Mayor of Sebastia, Mohammad Azem, said the alertness of the local neighborhood watch committees, and the residents, …
imemc.org/article/illegal-colonists-burn-olive-trees-near-nablus/

Eroding Free Expression in Israel Updated
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-26
Like the US and other Western societies, democracy in Israel is pure fantasy, the notion abhorred by its ruling authorities. | Ordinary Jews are exploited to benefit privileged ones. Separate and unequal is official policy. | Arab citizens are considered 5th column …
globalresearch.ca/eroding-free-expression-israel-updated/5695990

Nuclear lies and broken promises: Will Turkey get the bomb next?
Conn Hallinan | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-26
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas on Sept. 4 that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a broken promise. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the government of Iran of lying about its nuclear program, he was concealing one of the …
peoplesworld.org/article/nuclear-lies-and-broken-promises-will-turkey-get-the-bomb-next/

Netanyahu's Real Crimes
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-26
After years of investigation and months of delay, Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit formally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu for crimes ranging from his violation of public trust to bribery and fraud. Israel's apologists will argue that the fact that a sitting …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-real-crimes/5695967

The Problem with Israeli Settlements Is Not that They Are Illegal. It's that They Are Immoral
Prof. Peter Beinart | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-26
Yesterday the Trump administration said Israeli settlements in the West Bank don't violate international law. That's absurd. Among international lawyers, the consensus that settlements are illegal rivals the consensus among international scientists that humans contribute to climate change. As …
globalresearch.ca/problem-settlements-not-they-illegal-they-immoral/5695973

Is Netanyahu Ready to Inflame War to Escape His Legal Troubles?
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-26
The decision to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three separate criminal counts pushes the country's already unprecedented electoral stalemate into the entirely uncharted territory of a constitutional crisis. | There is no legal precedent for a sitting prime minister …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-ready-inflame-war-escape-legal-troubles/5695979

Pete Buttigieg Says Marijuana Arrests Signify "Systemic Racism." His South Bend Police Fit the Bill
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-11-26
A black South Bend resident was 4.3 times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana since 2012 than a white resident. Nationally, it was 3: 1.
theintercept.com/2019/11/26/pete-buttigieg-south-bend-marijuana-arrests/

Calgary Flames investigate allegations of racism
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-26
Following the Calgary Flames' 3-2 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday, Flames general manager Brad Treliving said the team has begun investigations into an accusation that head coach Bill Peters directed racial slurs towards a Nigerian-born player ten years ago while in the minor leagues, later arraigning the player's demotion after he raised concerns. …
peoplesworld.org/article/calgary-flames-investigate-allegations-of-racism/

On State Contravention of the Genocide Convention. America's "Genocidal Intent"
J. B. Gerald | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-26
I'd like to note two articles by Professor Michel Chossudovsky published this November in Global Research: they help explain the current denigration of the Convention on Genocide. When we grow accustomed to our system's atrocities we lessen our humanity. | In …
globalresearch.ca/state-contravention-genocide-convention/5695965

Pompeo Gives Away the Palestinian West Bank
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-26
A story has been circulating suggesting that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will soon be resigning because he needs to focus on planning for his campaign to become a Senator from Kansas in 2020. This is good news for the …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-gives-away-palestinian-west-bank/5695976

Talking Turkey About Impeachment Hearings – NYT coverage teaches us how not to discuss the end of democracy
Dorothee Benz | fair.org | 2019-11-26
Congratulations, you made it through the public hearings of the impeachment inquiry, one eye on the livestream and one eye on your work email, and somehow you met your deadlines even as you followed along blow by blow. So what are you going to say about it around the Thanksgiving dinner table? | There were certainly some moments designed to stoke feelings of patriotism as we head into the heavily mythologized, uniquely American holiday this week. Alexander Vindman (New York Times, 11/19/19): "The uniform I…
fair.org/home/talking-turkey-about-impeachment-hearings/

Public housing as the front line of Green New Deal
Glen Ford | mronline.org | 2019-11-26
The AOC-Sanders initiative seeks to flip the racist script by revaluing public housing and its remaining occupants. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/25/public-housing-as-the-front-line-of-green-new-deal/

Chicago conference to relaunch National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression a huge success
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-26
Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together for an historic gathering on the weekend of November 22 — 24, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will concentrate its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive ac…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/25/chicago…

Jeremy Corbyn Denies Chief Rabbi's Charge of Anti-Semitism
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-26
LONDON — Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn sought Tuesday to defuse harsh criticism about anti-Semitism leveled at the party by Britain's chief rabbi. | Corbyn addressed Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis' remarks in The Times newspaper while taking questions at a campaign event just over two weeks before Britain's Dec. 12 election. | He denied Mirvis' claim that Labour and its leader have been deeply tarnished by pervasive anti-Semitic attitudes. | The influential rabbi's suggestion that Corbyn was unfit for high office represented a break from his traditional position of not commenting on party politics. He said…
truthdig.com/articles/jeremy-corbyn-denies-chief-rabbis-charge-of-anti-semitism/

Confrontations Ensue as Palestinians Protest in West Bank
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-26
Heeding calls by political factions, mainly Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fateh movement, thousands of Palestinians have rallied in several West Bank city centers to protest the latest American declaration on settlements, which considered them not inconsistent with international law. Rallies were held in Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarem, Bethlehem, and Hebron, …
imemc.org/article/confrontations-ensue-as-palestinians-protest-in-west-bank/

"An Attack on the Human Rights Movement": Israel Deports Human Rights Watch Monitor
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-26
The Israeli government deported the director of Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine office, Omar Shakir, on Monday. The organization said the move places Israel in an "ugly club" of authoritarian regimes. Israel has accused Shakir of supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a nonviolent global campaign aiming to pressure Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. A 2017 Israeli law bans foreigners from Israel if they publicly support the BDS movement. Omar Shakir joins us from Stockholm to discuss his recent deportation and his plans to address the European Parliament regarding Israel's sy…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/26/human_ri…

Israel Announces Itself as Authoritarian State
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2019-11-26
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Israel on Sunday expelled the in-country director of Human Rights Watch from the country. Israel thereby joins dictatorships such as Uzbekistan, Burundi, Azerbaijan, and Egypt, which have also expelled HRW human rights workers. | Breathless headlines in the US are saying that Israel became the first democracy to do so, but the expulsion is happening because Israel is not actually a democracy. Or, it is a democracy in the same way that Apartheid South Africa was, where whites voted and had partie…
truthdig.com/articles/israel-announces-itself-as-authoritarian-state/

Selected Articles: Netanyahu's Real Crimes
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-26
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-netanyahu-zionist-israel/5696008

Palestine warns breaking off relations with US over 'legalization' of West Bank settlements is imminent
rt.com | 2019-11-26
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to end the nation's relationship with the US after the Trump administration declared Israel's Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank — illegal under international law — legal. | "We are ready to go to a complete breakdown of relations with [the US]," Abbas told Russian journalists on Tuesday. He explained that "almost every country in the world" has condemned US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's statement legitimizing the settlements last week, and Palestinian authorities were not willing to let such a brash move go unaddressed. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/news/474382-palestine-threatens-cutoff-israeli-settlements/

'Imposing collective punishment': Employees of Israeli spyware company NSO Group countersue Facebook for deplatforming
rt.com | 2019-11-26
Eight employees of infamous Israeli spyware company NSO Group are countersuing Facebook after it took their accounts offline while suing NSO for spying on thousands of users of its subsidiary WhatsApp through a security exploit. | The current and former NSO Group employees slammed Facebook's "barbarous and unilateral" decision to block their private accounts "just because the company they work for or previously worked for was sued by Facebook," claiming in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the deplatf…
rt.com/news/474390-nso-group-sue-facebook-whatsapp/

'Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF' trends on Twitter after column on past 'racism' goes viral
rt.com | 2019-11-26
While he may be enjoying a surge in the Iowa polls, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is trending on Twitter for an entirely different reason, after a column entitled 'Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF' went viral. | In the column for the Root, senior writer Michael Harriot scathingly addresses a recently resurfaced video of Buttigieg claiming that black kids in low-income neighborhoods fail at school in high numbers because there "isn't someone who they know personally who testifies to the value of education." Buttigieg made the comment in 2011, while he was running for mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
rt.com/usa/474388-pete-buttigieg-lying-black/

Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel's Increasing Violence Against Media
Delilah Boxstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-25
2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.
mintpressnews.com/blinded-palestinian-journalist-muath-amarneh-israel-violence-media/262981/

Netanyahu's Likud Party Agrees to Hold Leadership Primaries
teleSUR, jg | telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
The Likud Party, led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced Sunday that it will hold primary elections within six weeks while PM Netanyahu currently faces trial on three charges of corruption. | RELATED: | Israel 1st Western Democracy to Expel HRW Worker: HRW Director | According to Israeli media reports, Netanyahu has agreed with the head of Likud's central com…
telesurenglish.net/news/netanyahu-likud-party-agrees-to-hold-leadership-primaries-20191125-0001.html

Washington's Right-Wing Consensus on Israel Faces a Reckoning in Three New York Congressional Races
Alex Kane | theintercept.com | 2019-11-25
Eliot Engel and Jerry Nadler, among the most pro-Israel Democrats, are facing primaries from the left. Nita Lowey, another pro-Israel hawk, is retiring.
theintercept.com/2019/11/25/democrats-israel-new-york-primaries/

Finally Charged and Lacking a Mandate to Govern, Netanyahu's Days are Numbered
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-25
The decision to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three separate criminal counts pushes the country's already unprecedented electoral stalemate into the entirely uncharted territory of a constitutional crisis. There is no legal precedent for a sitting prime minister facing a trial — in Netanyahu's case, for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Former …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/finally-charged-and-lacking-a-mandate-to-govern-netanyahus-days-are-numbered/

Nuclear Lies and Broken Promises
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-25
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas this September that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a broken promise. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the government of Iran of lying about its nuclear program, he was concealing one of the greatest subterfuges in the history of nuclear weapons. And the vast majority of Americans haven't a clue about either.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/25/nuclear-lies-and-broken-promises/

The Trump Administration is Unlawfully Detaining a U.S. Resident Without Charge
Charlie Hogle | aclu.org | 2019-11-25
Adham | Hassoun completed his criminal sentence and was set to be released from prison almost | three years ago. But the government — now claiming unprecedented and | unconstitutional powers under the USA Patriot Act — continues to hold Adham in | detention, indefinitely and without charge. | We're | in court to secure his freedom. | Adham | has called the United States home for 30 years. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian | refugees, Adham and his family — like many other refugees — suffered…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/the-trump-administration-is-unlawfully-detaining-a-u-s-resident-without-charge

No Billionaires, No Fascists, No Warmongers To the Socialist Future
Mark Harris | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-25
There's probably no bigger sin in American politics than to imagine a world without war, inequality, and capitalism. Actually, imagining just a kinder, more equitable version of capitalism, one in which the existence of elite wealth is tempered by the peoples' right to health care, a college education, affordable housing, strong workplace unions, full reproductive…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/25/no-billionaires-no-fascists-no-warmongers-to-the-socialist-future/

Hidden in the Tory manifesto is a vile and racist attack they hope you won't notice
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-11-25
On 24 November, the Conservatives released their manifesto, which has drawn widespread criticism for its misleading claims and shady costing. But what's received less attention is two sentences that are utterly vile, racist, and dangerous. In fact, th…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/11/25/hidden-in-the-tory-manifesto-is-a-vile-and-racist-attack-they-hope-you-wont-notice/

Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) official complied with an Israeli expulsion order on Monday imposed over accusations he backs an international pro-Palestinian boycott, but said the edict would only encourage rights abuses. | RELATED: | Israel 1st Western Democracy to Expel HRW Worker: HRW Director | HRW and Omar Shakir, a U.S. citizen representing the New York-based organization in Israel and the Palestinian territories, have denied the allegations. | Three weeks ago, Israel's Supreme Court upheld…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Expels-Human-Rights-Watch-Official-Over-BDS-Support-20191125-0003.html

Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. | RELATED: | Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support | US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion f…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-Next-Move-The-Real-Danger-in-US-Decision-to-Normalize-Illegal-Jewish-Settlements—20191125-0004.html

Center-Right Klaus Iohannis Re-Elected President of Romania
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-24
Romania's center-right incumbent President Klaus Iohannis was elected Sunday for a second term after he heavily defeated his socialist opponent Viorica Dancila in a runoff vote. | RELATED: | Romania Announces Israel Embassy Will Move to Jerusalem | According to the eastern European country's electoral body, the center-right former physics professor obtained 62.8 percent of the votes, while Social Democrats' (PSD) Dancila received the other 37.1 percent. | "The winner today is modern…
telesurenglish.net/news/Center-Right-Klaus-Iohannis-Re-Elected-President-of-Romania-20191124-0010.html

Armenian Genocide Resolution Reaffirms G-word is a Tool for US Realpolitik
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-24
Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in an overwhelming bipartisan majority to officially recognize the Armenian genocide more than a century after the atrocities were committed. The motion was a departure from decades of U.S. government refusal because of its realpolitik considerations of regional ally and fellow NATO member, the Republic of Turkey. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/arrmenian-genocide-resolution-reaffirms-g-word-is-a-tool-for-us-realpolitik/

Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-23
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 (11/22/19). 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/iran-false-flag-prep-us-governments-staggering-bolivia-hypocrisy-netanyahu-indicted-patriot-act/

Ukrainegate 13,000 Times Worse Than You Think
Joe Giambrone | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-23
Did you know that Donald Trump had the State Department, USAID, NED, and the CIA fund and train Neo-Nazi, fascist militias to overthrow the government of Ukraine? These riot mobs, primarily Svoboda and Right Sector, stormed the capital, firebombed and shot the police, and destroyed democracy inside Ukraine. When the legitimately elected president was forced …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/ukrainegate-13000-times-worse-than-you-think/

Over 1200 rally in Chicago at relaunch of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-23
Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together November 22, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will center its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement, Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive activists addressed the packed rally that opened the confere…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/23/over-12…

With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-22
The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…
mintpressnews.com/with-no-end-in-sight-israel-election-soap-opera-rages-on/262937/

Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-22
The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/constitutional-rights/congress-quietly-unites-to-extend-temporary-patriot-act-under-cover-of-the-impeachment-distraction/

Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-22
Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/21/over-60…

Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support
Stephen Zunes | progressive.org | 2019-11-21
Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
progressive.org/dispatches/democrats-helped-recognition-of-settlements-zunes-191121/

2019-11-25: News Headlines

Ed Rampell (2019-11-25). 'Atlantics (Atlantique)': An African 'Get Out' type of movie. peoplesworld.org Mati Diop's Atlantics, seen recently at the American Film Institute's annual film festival, is a clever, creative film that, like Jordan Peele's 2017 Get Out and 2019 Us, takes a look at a topical issue through the lens of horror movie genre conventions. Whereas Peele peeled back the layers of American racism and class inequality, …

Delilah Boxstein (2019-11-25). Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel's Increasing Violence Against Media. mintpressnews.com 2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.

Norman Solomon (2019-11-25). The Left Simply Can't Trust House Democrats. truthdig.com Last week, the Democratic leadership put an extension of the Patriot Act into a "continuing resolution" that averted a government shutdown. More than 95 percent of the Democrats in the House went along with it by voting for the resolution. Both co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan, voted yes. So did all 11 of the CPC's vice chairs. | It didn't have to be that way. House progressives could have thrown a monkey wrench into the Orwellian machinery. Instead, the cave-in was another bow to normalizing the U.S. government's mass surveillance powers. | "There's no other way t…

IMEMC News (2019-11-25). Likud MK: "Israelis Will Soon Be Able To Open Projects in Arab Gulf States" imemc.org Former Israeli Communications Minister, Ayyoub al-Qarra, an Arab Druze member of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, said that Israel was advancing its normalization ties with various Arab countries, and next year, Israelis will be able to open businesses and have normal political tries with Arab Gulf states. The Maan News agency …

Richard Falk (2019-11-25). International Law Is Clear on One Point: Israel's Settlements Are Illegal. globalresearch.ca US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made headlines around the world this week in announcing that the US had shifted its position, and no longer viewed Israeli settlements as a violation of international law. | In one of the stupider public …

Jonathan Cook (2019-11-25). Finally Charged and Lacking a Mandate to Govern, Netanyahu's Days are Numbered. dissidentvoice.org The decision to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three separate criminal counts pushes the country's already unprecedented electoral stalemate into the entirely uncharted territory of a constitutional crisis. There is no legal precedent for a sitting prime minister facing a trial — in Netanyahu's case, for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Former …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-25). Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian in Hebron. imemc.org A Palestinian was shot and injured, on Sunday evening, in the town of Beit Ummar, in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Mohammed Awad, a media activist, said Israeli forces stationed near the illegal Israeli settlement of Karmi Tzur, fired …

teleSUR, jg (2019-11-25). Netanyahu's Likud Party Agrees to Hold Leadership Primaries. telesurenglish.net The Likud Party, led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced Sunday that it will hold primary elections within six weeks while PM Netanyahu currently faces trial on three charges of corruption. | RELATED: | Israel 1st Western Democracy to Expel HRW Worker: HRW Director | According to Israeli media reports, Netanyahu has agreed with the head of Likud's central com…

Greg Shupak (2019-11-25). Attacking Palestine's Future. "Omnipresent are the Prison Guard Towers, the Barbed Wire, the Israeli Soldiers" globalresearch.ca Traveling across Palestine, as I did to give lectures earlier this year, means following a perpetually fresh trail of repression. | Omnipresent are the prison guard towers, the barbed wire, the Israeli soldiers with their massive guns and the separation wall….

IMEMC News (2019-11-25). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In Al-'Isawiya. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, nine Palestinians from their homes in the al-'Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and summoned several residents for interrogation, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported. Silwanic said the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians …

IMEMC News (2019-11-25). Soldiers Injure Several Schoolchildren In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers Injured, Monday, dozens of Palestinian schoolchildren and residents, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed at Abu ar-Reesh military roadblock, at the southern entrance of the Old City of Hebron and the Ibrahimi Mosque, attacked dozens of …

Conn Hallinan (2019-11-25). Nuclear Lies and Broken Promises. counterpunch.org When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas this September that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a broken promise. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the government of Iran of lying about its nuclear program, he was concealing one of the greatest subterfuges in the history of nuclear weapons. And the vast majority of Americans haven't a clue about either. More

IMEMC News (2019-11-25). Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes and interrogated several Palestinians while …

IMEMC News (2019-11-25). Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Including A child, In Bethlehem And Tubas. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, a child and a young man in Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied East Jerusalem in the West Bank, and two near Tubas in northeastern West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the al-'Azza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted Nour Mahmoud Abu Tarboush, 14, …

Alex Kane (2019-11-25). Washington's Right-Wing Consensus on Israel Faces a Reckoning in Three New York Congressional Races. theintercept.com Eliot Engel and Jerry Nadler, among the most pro-Israel Democrats, are facing primaries from the left. Nita Lowey, another pro-Israel hawk, is retiring.

Junaid S. Ahmad (2019-11-25). Turmoil or State Terror in Kashmir? India's "Hindutiva Project" globalresearch.ca "They weren't like us and for that reason deserved to be ruled" — Edward Said | The parallels with the Zionist state are impossible not to notice. This should be no surprise considering the close collaboration between Israel and India in …

Stephen Lendman (2019-11-25). History of US-Israel Relations, The State Department's "Fact Sheet". A War of "Terror Alliance" globalresearch.ca The State Department's (SD below) so-called "fact sheet" on Israel mixes facts with fiction. | SD: "The United States was the first country to recognize Israel as a state in 1948, and the first to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of …

Charlie Hogle (2019-11-25). The Trump Administration is Unlawfully Detaining a U.S. Resident Without Charge. aclu.org Adham | Hassoun completed his criminal sentence and was set to be released from prison almost | three years ago. But the government — now claiming unprecedented and | unconstitutional powers under the USA Patriot Act — continues to hold Adham in | detention, indefinitely and without charge. | We're | in court to secure his freedom. | Adham | has called the United States home for 30 years. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian | refugees, Adham and his family — like many other refugees — suffered…

WSWS (2019-11-25). Indian government uses police, paramilitaries to repress protests at Jawaharlal Nehru University. wsws.org The Modi government has vilified JNU students as "anti-national" and "urban Naxals" for opposing its relentless promotion of Hindu supremacism and imposition of pro-investor measures.

Mark Harris (2019-11-25). No Billionaires, No Fascists, No Warmongers To the Socialist Future. counterpunch.org There's probably no bigger sin in American politics than to imagine a world without war, inequality, and capitalism. Actually, imagining just a kinder, more equitable version of capitalism, one in which the existence of elite wealth is tempered by the peoples' right to health care, a college education, affordable housing, strong workplace unions, full reproductive More

Staff (2019-11-25). Headlines for November 25, 2019. democracynow.org Navy Secretary Ousted amid Dispute over Accused War Criminal Eddie Gallagher, Released State Dept. Emails Implicate Pompeo in Giuliani Ukraine Plot, Bloomberg Jumps into 2020 Race by Buying Millions in Campaign Ads, Sen. Graham Blocked Armenian Genocide Resolution at White House Request, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Released from Hospital in Good Health, Hong Kong: Pro-Democracy Candidates Win Nearly 90% Seats in Local Elections, Security Forces Raid Offices of Egypt's Last Independent Media Outlet, Iraqi Security Forces Kill 13 Protesters amid Anti-Government Demonstrations, Israel Deporting Head of Human Rights Watch's…

RT (2019-11-25). Businessman buys Hitler hat & cigar box wants them out of 'wrong hands'… so he gives them to Israeli group. rt.com An entrepreneur purchased Nazi memorabilia off an auction, saying he wants them to be displayed at a Holocaust museum, instead of being used by neo-Nazis. | Abdullah Chatila, a Swiss investor and philanthropist of Lebanese origin, has bought several of the Nazi leader's personal belongings at an auction in Munich, Germany last week. He then donated all the items to Keren Hayesod — United Israel Appeal, an Israeli state-run fundraising organization, with hopes that they will be displayed at a Holocaust museum in Israel. | "It is extremely important to me that items from this painful historical era do not l…

RT (2019-11-25). Saudi Arabia condemns Trump administration's move to 'legalize' Israeli settlements in West Bank. rt.com Foreign ministers from Arab League countries slammed the US' decision to stop viewing Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal, during an extraordinary meeting. Even Washington's ally Saudi Arabia condemned the move. | The emergency gathering, held on Monday, to discuss the U-turn in the US' position on settlements was earlier requested by Palestine. The decision puts the whole Israeli-Palestinian peace process in jeopardy, while nullifying the US' role as a mediator in the decades-old conflict, Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said in a fiery televised speech. | The US announcement…

RT (2019-11-25). 'No other democracy': Human Rights Watch slams Israel's expulsion of director over BDS activism. rt.com Human Rights Watch has condemned the decision by Israel to deport Omar Shakir, HRW's director for Israel and Palestinian territories. Israel revoked his visa over activism on behalf of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). | Shakir, a US citizen, was placed on a flight out of Ben Gurion International Airport on Monday, after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to expel him from Tel Aviv. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Shakir has been an outspoken advocate of the BDS movement prior to his work at HRW, and that they have every right to expel him under a 20…

RT (2019-11-25). 'Cross our red lines & be destroyed': Iran's elite IRGC chief warns US, Israel and Saudi Arabia at large pro-govt rally. rt.com All external foes will be defeated if they make moves against Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander warned at a massive pro-government rally amid protests over fuel price hikes. | Major General Hossein Salami addressed people in downtown Tehran on Monday. He said that the country's rivals are "no longer capable of anything" in their attacks against the nation. | We have shown patience towards the hostile moves of America, the Zionist regime [Israel] and Saudi Arabia against the Islamic Republic of Iran… but we will destroy them if they cross our red lines. | Thousands have marched on t…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-11-25). "Who's Next?" Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Director for Opposition to Illegal Israeli Settlements. commondreams.org Human Rights Watch on Monday vowed to continue fighting the violation of Palestinians' human rights by the Israeli government as the organization's director for the region was expelled from Israel. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-11-25). Not 'Free Stuff,' But Public Goods: Ocasio-Cortez Denounces Neoliberal Talking Points on Publicly-Funded Education and Housing. commondreams.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won applause and cheers from her constituents on Sunday at a town hall in The Bronx, where she expressed deep frustration with the routine dismissal of investment in public goods as "free stuff." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-11-25). NYC Students Strike to Demand Racial Equity in Nation's Largest—and Most Segregated—School District. commondreams.org For the second consecutive week, students in New York City went on strike Monday morning to protest persistent segregation in their schools, more than six decades after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools must serve children of all races equally. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

teleSUR (2019-11-25). Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support. telesurenglish.net A Human Rights Watch (HRW) official complied with an Israeli expulsion order on Monday imposed over accusations he backs an international pro-Palestinian boycott, but said the edict would only encourage rights abuses. | RELATED: | Israel 1st Western Democracy to Expel HRW Worker: HRW Director | HRW and Omar Shakir, a U.S. citizen representing the New York-based organization in Israel and the Palestinian territories, have denied the allegations. | Three weeks ago, Israel's Supreme Court upheld…

Staff (2019-11-25). Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Director for Opposition to Illegal Settlements. truthout.org Human Rights Watch on Monday vowed to continue fighting the violation of Palestinians' human rights by the Israeli government as the organization's director for the region was expelled from Israel. | Omar Shakir was forced out of the country three weeks after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to revoke his work visa on the g…

Ramzy Baroud (2019-11-25). Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Settlements. telesurenglish.net It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. | RELATED: | Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support | US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion f…

Fréa Lockley (2019-11-25). Hidden in the Tory manifesto is a vile and racist attack they hope you won't notice. thecanary.co On 24 November, the Conservatives released their manifesto, which has drawn widespread criticism for its misleading claims and shady costing. But what's received less attention is two sentences that are utterly vile, racist, and dangerous. In fact, th…

Max Parry (2019-11-24). Armenian Genocide Resolution Reaffirms G-word is a Tool for US Realpolitik. dissidentvoice.org Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in an overwhelming bipartisan majority to officially recognize the Armenian genocide more than a century after the atrocities were committed. The motion was a departure from decades of U.S. government refusal because of its realpolitik considerations of regional ally and fellow NATO member, the Republic of Turkey. …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-24). Thousands of Settlers Storm Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. imemc.org The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that thousands of Israeli settlers, on Saturday, stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, under heavy military protection. While the Ibrahimi Mosque is an Islamic place of worship, Palestinian Muslim worshipers were not allowed to enter it for prayer. Local sources observed several buses carrying …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-24). Israeli Forces Fire Tear-Gas at Schools in Hebron. imemc.org Dozens of Palestinians students and citizens sustained suffocation, on Sunday, when Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters near a complex of schools in Hebron, according to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA). The correspondent reported that dozens of Palestinian children as well as adults, suffered the effects of toxic tear-gas …

teleSUR (2019-11-24). Center-Right Klaus Iohannis Re-Elected President of Romania. telesurenglish.net Romania's center-right incumbent President Klaus Iohannis was elected Sunday for a second term after he heavily defeated his socialist opponent Viorica Dancila in a runoff vote. | RELATED: | Romania Announces Israel Embassy Will Move to Jerusalem | According to the eastern European country's electoral body, the center-right former physics professor obtained 62.8 percent of the votes, while Social Democrats' (PSD) Dancila received the other 37.1 percent. | "The winner today is modern…

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-24). Palestinian P.M. Visits Family of Seriously Ill Prisoner. imemc.org Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh said that the "issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails will remain a top priority and it will be raised at international forums." | The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported the P.M.

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-24). Israeli Forces Arrest Three Children in Hebron. imemc.org Three Palestinian children were arrested by Israeli soldiers, on Sunday, while they were leaving school in Beit Ummar in northern Hebron, Quds News Network (QNN) reported. Israeli forces arrested the minors, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron after they left school, taking them to a police station …

teleSUR (2019-11-24). US: House Democrats Extend Patriot Act in Concealed Bill. telesurenglish.net The United States House of Representatives passed a short-term funding bill in an effort to avert a government shutdown Tuesday, which included an extension, buried in the legislation, to the Bush-era Patriot Act. | RELATED: | Trump Accuses Impeachment Witness Of Lying, Defends Giuliani | The funding bill was approved by the Senate earlier on Thursday, hours before President Donald Trump signed the document. With a vote of 231-192, the Democrat-led House passed the bill effectively…

The Canary (2019-11-23). Muslim woman defends Jewish children from antisemitic abuse. thecanary.co A man has been arrested after antisemitic abuse was directed towards Jewish children on the London Underground.The suspect was held in Birmingham on 23 November on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public order offence and he remains in custody.His arrest came after a man was filmed reading anti-Jewish bible passages to two young boys while they were travelling with their family on the Northern Line.Asma Shuweikh came to the defence of the family, who were travelling on the Northern Line on Friday (Chris Atkins/PA)Wearing a cap and hoody, the man is seen in the video threatening a man off-camera after…

teleSUR (2019-11-23). Israel: Netanyahu to Give up 4 Ministry Posts Due to Indictment. telesurenglish.net Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to relinquish the four ministerial posts he currently holds in the coming days following the indictment against him for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, according to a report published Saturday by Haaretz. | RELATED: | Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases | On Thursday Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicted the premier for the long-running investigations dubbed Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000. Under Israel's law, Neta…

Joe Giambrone (2019-11-23). Ukrainegate 13,000 Times Worse Than You Think. dissidentvoice.org Did you know that Donald Trump had the State Department, USAID, NED, and the CIA fund and train Neo-Nazi, fascist militias to overthrow the government of Ukraine? These riot mobs, primarily Svoboda and Right Sector, stormed the capital, firebombed and shot the police, and destroyed democracy inside Ukraine. When the legitimately elected president was forced …

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-23). Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act. 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 (11/22/19). 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 …

WSWS (2019-11-23). Allegations of racist incidents lead to virtual shutdown of campus at Syracuse University. wsws.org The university has accepted the demands of students, including moves toward the segregation of dorms based on race, but the campus has been effectively closed through the end of the semester.

Fight Back (2019-11-23). Over 1200 rally in Chicago at relaunch of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together November 22, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will center its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement, Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive activists addressed the packed rally that opened the confere…

Vijay Prashad (2019-11-22). We thought the house was empty. mronline.org On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | Source

CounterSpin (2019-11-22). Michael Edison Hayden on Stephen Miller, Mallory McMaster on Katie Hill. fair.org Media…

Miko Peled (2019-11-22). With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On. mintpressnews.com The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…

Paul Street (2019-11-22). Washington's Consensus on Neofascist Coups in Latin America. counterpunch.org The Obama-backed right-wing coup in Honduras helped fuel Central American migrant streams that the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump railed against during his successful and Nativist presidential campaign. "Donito Assolini" has been mired in partisan turmoil since the beginning of his cancerous, white-nationalist presidency. The two major parties and their constituents disagree sharply over whether the tiny-fingered, tangerine-tinted, Twitter-tantruming tyrant Trump should be impeached and removed for trying to trade arms to Ukraine in exchange for political dirt on the ludicrous right-wing Democratic-presid…

Activist Post (2019-11-22). Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction. thelastamericanvagabond.com The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …

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Likud MK: "Israelis Will Soon Be Able To Open Projects in Arab Gulf States"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-25
Former Israeli Communications Minister, Ayyoub al-Qarra, an Arab Druze member of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, said that Israel was advancing its normalization ties with various Arab countries, and next year, Israelis will be able to open businesses and have normal political tries with Arab Gulf states. The Maan News agency …
imemc.org/article/likud-mk-israelis-will-soon-be-able-to-open-projects-in-arab-gulf-states/

Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel's Increasing Violence Against Media
Delilah Boxstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-25
2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.
mintpressnews.com/blinded-palestinian-journalist-muath-amarneh-israel-violence-media/262981/

Attacking Palestine's Future. "Omnipresent are the Prison Guard Towers, the Barbed Wire, the Israeli Soldiers"
Greg Shupak | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-25
Traveling across Palestine, as I did to give lectures earlier this year, means following a perpetually fresh trail of repression. | Omnipresent are the prison guard towers, the barbed wire, the Israeli soldiers with their massive guns and the separation wall….
globalresearch.ca/attacking-palestine-future/5695861

Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Including A child, In Bethlehem And Tubas
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-25
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, a child and a young man in Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied East Jerusalem in the West Bank, and two near Tubas in northeastern West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the al-'Azza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted Nour Mahmoud Abu Tarboush, 14, …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-four-palestinians-including-a-child-in-bethlehem-and-tubas/

History of US-Israel Relations, The State Department's "Fact Sheet". A War of "Terror Alliance"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-25
The State Department's (SD below) so-called "fact sheet" on Israel mixes facts with fiction. | SD: "The United States was the first country to recognize Israel as a state in 1948, and the first to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of …
globalresearch.ca/us-israeli-relations-war-terror-alliance/5695906

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In Al-'Isawiya
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-25
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, nine Palestinians from their homes in the al-'Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and summoned several residents for interrogation, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported. Silwanic said the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-nine-palestinians-in-al-isawiya/

Nuclear Lies and Broken Promises
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-25
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas this September that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a broken promise. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the government of Iran of lying about its nuclear program, he was concealing one of the greatest subterfuges in the history of nuclear weapons. And the vast majority of Americans haven't a clue about either.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/25/nuclear-lies-and-broken-promises/

Soldiers Injure Several Schoolchildren In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-25
Israeli soldiers Injured, Monday, dozens of Palestinian schoolchildren and residents, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed at Abu ar-Reesh military roadblock, at the southern entrance of the Old City of Hebron and the Ibrahimi Mosque, attacked dozens of …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-several-schoolchildren-in-hebron/

International Law Is Clear on One Point: Israel's Settlements Are Illegal
Richard Falk | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-25
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made headlines around the world this week in announcing that the US had shifted its position, and no longer viewed Israeli settlements as a violation of international law. | In one of the stupider public …
globalresearch.ca/international-law-clear-one-point-israel-settlements-illegal/5695879

Netanyahu's Likud Party Agrees to Hold Leadership Primaries
teleSUR, jg | telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
The Likud Party, led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced Sunday that it will hold primary elections within six weeks while PM Netanyahu currently faces trial on three charges of corruption. | RELATED: | Israel 1st Western Democracy to Expel HRW Worker: HRW Director | According to Israeli media reports, Netanyahu has agreed with the head of Likud's central com…
telesurenglish.net/news/netanyahu-likud-party-agrees-to-hold-leadership-primaries-20191125-0001.html

Washington's Right-Wing Consensus on Israel Faces a Reckoning in Three New York Congressional Races
Alex Kane | theintercept.com | 2019-11-25
Eliot Engel and Jerry Nadler, among the most pro-Israel Democrats, are facing primaries from the left. Nita Lowey, another pro-Israel hawk, is retiring.
theintercept.com/2019/11/25/democrats-israel-new-york-primaries/

Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-25
A Palestinian was shot and injured, on Sunday evening, in the town of Beit Ummar, in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Mohammed Awad, a media activist, said Israeli forces stationed near the illegal Israeli settlement of Karmi Tzur, fired …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-shoot-injure-palestinian-in-hebron/

Finally Charged and Lacking a Mandate to Govern, Netanyahu's Days are Numbered
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-25
The decision to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three separate criminal counts pushes the country's already unprecedented electoral stalemate into the entirely uncharted territory of a constitutional crisis. There is no legal precedent for a sitting prime minister facing a trial — in Netanyahu's case, for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Former …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/finally-charged-and-lacking-a-mandate-to-govern-netanyahus-days-are-numbered/

Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-25
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes and interrogated several Palestinians while …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-three-palestinians-in-hebron/

Turmoil or State Terror in Kashmir? India's "Hindutiva Project"
Junaid S. Ahmad | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-25
"They weren't like us and for that reason deserved to be ruled" — Edward Said | The parallels with the Zionist state are impossible not to notice. This should be no surprise considering the close collaboration between Israel and India in …
globalresearch.ca/turmoil-state-terror-kashmir/5695884

'Atlantics (Atlantique)': An African 'Get Out' type of movie
Ed Rampell | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-25
Mati Diop's Atlantics, seen recently at the American Film Institute's annual film festival, is a clever, creative film that, like Jordan Peele's 2017 Get Out and 2019 Us, takes a look at a topical issue through the lens of horror movie genre conventions. Whereas Peele peeled back the layers of American racism and class inequality, …
peoplesworld.org/article/atlantics-atlantique-an-african-get-out-type-of-movie/

The Left Simply Can't Trust House Democrats
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2019-11-25
Last week, the Democratic leadership put an extension of the Patriot Act into a "continuing resolution" that averted a government shutdown. More than 95 percent of the Democrats in the House went along with it by voting for the resolution. Both co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan, voted yes. So did all 11 of the CPC's vice chairs. | It didn't have to be that way. House progressives could have thrown a monkey wrench into the Orwellian machinery. Instead, the cave-in was another bow to normalizing the U.S. government's mass surveillance powers. | "There's no other way t…
truthdig.com/articles/the-left-simply-cant-trust-house-democrats/

The Trump Administration is Unlawfully Detaining a U.S. Resident Without Charge
Charlie Hogle | aclu.org | 2019-11-25
Adham | Hassoun completed his criminal sentence and was set to be released from prison almost | three years ago. But the government — now claiming unprecedented and | unconstitutional powers under the USA Patriot Act — continues to hold Adham in | detention, indefinitely and without charge. | We're | in court to secure his freedom. | Adham | has called the United States home for 30 years. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian | refugees, Adham and his family — like many other refugees — suffered…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/the-trump-administration-is-unlawfully-detaining-a-u-s-resident-without-charge

Hidden in the Tory manifesto is a vile and racist attack they hope you won't notice
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-11-25
On 24 November, the Conservatives released their manifesto, which has drawn widespread criticism for its misleading claims and shady costing. But what's received less attention is two sentences that are utterly vile, racist, and dangerous. In fact, th…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/11/25/hidden-in-the-tory-manifesto-is-a-vile-and-racist-attack-they-hope-you-wont-notice/

Indian government uses police, paramilitaries to repress protests at Jawaharlal Nehru University
wsws.org | 2019-11-25
The Modi government has vilified JNU students as "anti-national" and "urban Naxals" for opposing its relentless promotion of Hindu supremacism and imposition of pro-investor measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/25/jnup…

No Billionaires, No Fascists, No Warmongers To the Socialist Future
Mark Harris | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-25
There's probably no bigger sin in American politics than to imagine a world without war, inequality, and capitalism. Actually, imagining just a kinder, more equitable version of capitalism, one in which the existence of elite wealth is tempered by the peoples' right to health care, a college education, affordable housing, strong workplace unions, full reproductive…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/25/no-billionaires-no-fascists-no-warmongers-to-the-socialist-future/

'No other democracy': Human Rights Watch slams Israel's expulsion of director over BDS activism
rt.com | 2019-11-25
Human Rights Watch has condemned the decision by Israel to deport Omar Shakir, HRW's director for Israel and Palestinian territories. Israel revoked his visa over activism on behalf of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). | Shakir, a US citizen, was placed on a flight out of Ben Gurion International Airport on Monday, after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to expel him from Tel Aviv. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Shakir has been an outspoken advocate of the BDS movement prior to his work at HRW, and that they have every right to expel him under a 20…
rt.com/news/474303-shakir-hrw-deported-israel/

'Cross our red lines & be destroyed': Iran's elite IRGC chief warns US, Israel and Saudi Arabia at large pro-govt rally
rt.com | 2019-11-25
All external foes will be defeated if they make moves against Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander warned at a massive pro-government rally amid protests over fuel price hikes. | Major General Hossein Salami addressed people in downtown Tehran on Monday. He said that the country's rivals are "no longer capable of anything" in their attacks against the nation. | We have shown patience towards the hostile moves of America, the Zionist regime [Israel] and Saudi Arabia against the Islamic Republic of Iran… but we will destroy them if they cross our red lines. | Thousands have marched on t…
rt.com/news/474263-iran-pro-government-rally/

Saudi Arabia condemns Trump administration's move to 'legalize' Israeli settlements in West Bank
rt.com | 2019-11-25
Foreign ministers from Arab League countries slammed the US' decision to stop viewing Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal, during an extraordinary meeting. Even Washington's ally Saudi Arabia condemned the move. | The emergency gathering, held on Monday, to discuss the U-turn in the US' position on settlements was earlier requested by Palestine. The decision puts the whole Israeli-Palestinian peace process in jeopardy, while nullifying the US' role as a mediator in the decades-old conflict, Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said in a fiery televised speech. | The US announcement…
rt.com/news/474271-saudi-us-israel-settlements/

Businessman buys Hitler hat & cigar box wants them out of 'wrong hands'… so he gives them to Israeli group
rt.com | 2019-11-25
An entrepreneur purchased Nazi memorabilia off an auction, saying he wants them to be displayed at a Holocaust museum, instead of being used by neo-Nazis. | Abdullah Chatila, a Swiss investor and philanthropist of Lebanese origin, has bought several of the Nazi leader's personal belongings at an auction in Munich, Germany last week. He then donated all the items to Keren Hayesod — United Israel Appeal, an Israeli state-run fundraising organization, with hopes that they will be displayed at a Holocaust museum in Israel. | "It is extremely important to me that items from this painful historical era do not l…
rt.com/news/474261-businessman-donates-hitler-hat/

"Who's Next?" Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Director for Opposition to Illegal Israeli Settlements
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-25
Human Rights Watch on Monday vowed to continue fighting the violation of Palestinians' human rights by the Israeli government as the organization's director for the region was expelled from Israel. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/25/whos-next-israel-expels-human-rights-watch-director-opposition-illegal-israeli?cd-origin=rss

Not 'Free Stuff,' But Public Goods: Ocasio-Cortez Denounces Neoliberal Talking Points on Publicly-Funded Education and Housing
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-25
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won applause and cheers from her constituents on Sunday at a town hall in The Bronx, where she expressed deep frustration with the routine dismissal of investment in public goods as "free stuff." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/25/not-free-stuff-public-goods-ocasio-cortez-denounces-neoliberal-talking-points?cd-origin=rss

NYC Students Strike to Demand Racial Equity in Nation's Largest—and Most Segregated—School District
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-25
For the second consecutive week, students in New York City went on strike Monday morning to protest persistent segregation in their schools, more than six decades after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools must serve children of all races equally. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/25/nyc-students-strike-demand-racial-equity-nations-largest-and-most-segregated-school?cd-origin=rss

Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Director for Opposition to Illegal Settlements
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-25
Human Rights Watch on Monday vowed to continue fighting the violation of Palestinians' human rights by the Israeli government as the organization's director for the region was expelled from Israel. | Omar Shakir was forced out of the country three weeks after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to revoke his work visa on the g…
truthout.org/articles/israel-expels-human-rights-watch-director-for-opposition-to-illegal-settlements/

Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) official complied with an Israeli expulsion order on Monday imposed over accusations he backs an international pro-Palestinian boycott, but said the edict would only encourage rights abuses. | RELATED: | Israel 1st Western Democracy to Expel HRW Worker: HRW Director | HRW and Omar Shakir, a U.S. citizen representing the New York-based organization in Israel and the Palestinian territories, have denied the allegations. | Three weeks ago, Israel's Supreme Court upheld…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Expels-Human-Rights-Watch-Official-Over-BDS-Support-20191125-0003.html

Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. | RELATED: | Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support | US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion f…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-Next-Move-The-Real-Danger-in-US-Decision-to-Normalize-Illegal-Jewish-Settlements—20191125-0004.html

Center-Right Klaus Iohannis Re-Elected President of Romania
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-24
Romania's center-right incumbent President Klaus Iohannis was elected Sunday for a second term after he heavily defeated his socialist opponent Viorica Dancila in a runoff vote. | RELATED: | Romania Announces Israel Embassy Will Move to Jerusalem | According to the eastern European country's electoral body, the center-right former physics professor obtained 62.8 percent of the votes, while Social Democrats' (PSD) Dancila received the other 37.1 percent. | "The winner today is modern…
telesurenglish.net/news/Center-Right-Klaus-Iohannis-Re-Elected-President-of-Romania-20191124-0010.html

Israeli Forces Fire Tear-Gas at Schools in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-24
Dozens of Palestinians students and citizens sustained suffocation, on Sunday, when Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters near a complex of schools in Hebron, according to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA). The correspondent reported that dozens of Palestinian children as well as adults, suffered the effects of toxic tear-gas …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-fire-tear-gas-at-schools-in-hebron/

Thousands of Settlers Storm Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-24
The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that thousands of Israeli settlers, on Saturday, stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, under heavy military protection. While the Ibrahimi Mosque is an Islamic place of worship, Palestinian Muslim worshipers were not allowed to enter it for prayer. Local sources observed several buses carrying …
imemc.org/article/thousands-of-settlers-storm-ibrahimi-mosque-in-hebron/

Israeli Forces Arrest Three Children in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-24
Three Palestinian children were arrested by Israeli soldiers, on Sunday, while they were leaving school in Beit Ummar in northern Hebron, Quds News Network (QNN) reported. Israeli forces arrested the minors, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron after they left school, taking them to a police station …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-arrest-three-children-in-hebron/

Palestinian P.M. Visits Family of Seriously Ill Prisoner
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-24
Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh said that the "issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails will remain a top priority and it will be raised at international forums." | The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported the P.M.
imemc.org/article/palestinian-p-m-visits-family-of-seriously-ill-prisoner/

US: House Democrats Extend Patriot Act in Concealed Bill
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-24
The United States House of Representatives passed a short-term funding bill in an effort to avert a government shutdown Tuesday, which included an extension, buried in the legislation, to the Bush-era Patriot Act. | RELATED: | Trump Accuses Impeachment Witness Of Lying, Defends Giuliani | The funding bill was approved by the Senate earlier on Thursday, hours before President Donald Trump signed the document. With a vote of 231-192, the Democrat-led House passed the bill effectively…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-House-Democrats-Extend-Patriot-Act-in-Concealed-Bill-20191124-0004.html

Armenian Genocide Resolution Reaffirms G-word is a Tool for US Realpolitik
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-24
Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in an overwhelming bipartisan majority to officially recognize the Armenian genocide more than a century after the atrocities were committed. The motion was a departure from decades of U.S. government refusal because of its realpolitik considerations of regional ally and fellow NATO member, the Republic of Turkey. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/arrmenian-genocide-resolution-reaffirms-g-word-is-a-tool-for-us-realpolitik/

Israel: Netanyahu to Give up 4 Ministry Posts Due to Indictment
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-23
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to relinquish the four ministerial posts he currently holds in the coming days following the indictment against him for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, according to a report published Saturday by Haaretz. | RELATED: | Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases | On Thursday Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicted the premier for the long-running investigations dubbed Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000. Under Israel's law, Neta…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Netanyahu-to-Give-up-4-Ministry-Posts-Due-to-Corruption-Charges-20191123-0006.html

Ukrainegate 13,000 Times Worse Than You Think
Joe Giambrone | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-23
Did you know that Donald Trump had the State Department, USAID, NED, and the CIA fund and train Neo-Nazi, fascist militias to overthrow the government of Ukraine? These riot mobs, primarily Svoboda and Right Sector, stormed the capital, firebombed and shot the police, and destroyed democracy inside Ukraine. When the legitimately elected president was forced …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/ukrainegate-13000-times-worse-than-you-think/

Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-23
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 (11/22/19). 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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Over 1200 rally in Chicago at relaunch of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-23
Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together November 22, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will center its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement, Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive activists addressed the packed rally that opened the confere…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/23/over-12…

Allegations of racist incidents lead to virtual shutdown of campus at Syracuse University
wsws.org | 2019-11-23
The university has accepted the demands of students, including moves toward the segregation of dorms based on race, but the campus has been effectively closed through the end of the semester.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/23/syra…

Muslim woman defends Jewish children from antisemitic abuse
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-23
A man has been arrested after antisemitic abuse was directed towards Jewish children on the London Underground.The suspect was held in Birmingham on 23 November on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public order offence and he remains in custody.His arrest came after a man was filmed reading anti-Jewish bible passages to two young boys while they were travelling with their family on the Northern Line.Asma Shuweikh came to the defence of the family, who were travelling on the Northern Line on Friday (Chris Atkins/PA)Wearing a cap and hoody, the man is seen in the video threatening a man off-camera after…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/11/23/muslim-woman-defends-jewish-children-from-antisemitic-abuse/

With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-22
The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…
mintpressnews.com/with-no-end-in-sight-israel-election-soap-opera-rages-on/262937/

We thought the house was empty
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-22
On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/22/we-thought-the-house-was-empty/

Washington's Consensus on Neofascist Coups in Latin America
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
The Obama-backed right-wing coup in Honduras helped fuel Central American migrant streams that the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump railed against during his successful and Nativist presidential campaign. "Donito Assolini" has been mired in partisan turmoil since the beginning of his cancerous, white-nationalist presidency. The two major parties and their constituents disagree sharply over whether the tiny-fingered, tangerine-tinted, Twitter-tantruming tyrant Trump should be impeached and removed for trying to trade arms to Ukraine in exchange for political dirt on the ludicrous right-wing Democratic-presid…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/washingtons-consensus-on-neofascist-coups-in-latin-america/

Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-22
The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/constitutional-rights/congress-quietly-unites-to-extend-temporary-patriot-act-under-cover-of-the-impeachment-distraction/

Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-22
Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/21/over-60…

JFK: What the CIA Hides
Jefferson Morley | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
My own JFK questions involve George Joannides, a decorated undercover officer who served as branch chief in the Miami station in 1963. He ran psychological warfare operations against Cuba. In 2003, I sued the CIA for Joannides' files. The lawsuit ended 15 years later in July 2018, when Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in his last opinion before ascending to the Supreme Court, tossed my case. Kavanaugh declared the agency deserved "deference upon deference" in its handling of Freedom of Information Act requests about JFK files.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/jfk-what-the-cia-hides/

2019-11-24: News Headlines

Middle East Eye (2019-11-24). Zionist Rewriting of History of Palestine by Israel's Ministry of Defense. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in July 2019 | In explosive investigation, Haaretz reports that Israeli defence officials have been sealing off historical files about the mass expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 | *** | Israel's Ministry of Defence has been systematically sealing …

Prof. Stephen Zunes (2019-11-24). Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support. globalresearch.ca Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians under occupation and the Israeli occupiers—an imbalance compounded by the fact that as the chief mediator in negotiations, the U.S. is also the primary military, economic, and …

Yara Hawari (2019-11-24). It Is Time to Stop Lecturing Palestinians and to Start Listening. commondreams.org "It is time for the world to listen to the Palestinians who have been saying from day one that the State of Israel is an apartheid one, bent on keeping indigenous Palestinians permanently contained and oppressed," writes Hawari. (Photo: rpb1001/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Massoud Nayeri (2019-11-24). America Supports Fascism: Repulsive Display of Hypocrisy on Ukraine, Concealing the U.S. Coup in Bolivia! globalresearch.ca Political Background | The House Impeachment Inquiry Hearing has dominated the news in the U.S. for the past few weeks as if the whole world is on the edge of its seat following this saga. However, these TV shows are nothing …

RT (2019-11-24). Surrounded? Netanyahu faces internal party dissent while arch-rival Gantz accuses him of inciting 'CIVIL WAR' in Israel. rt.com Hit with a corruption probe, Benjamin Netanyahu seemingly can't catch a break. His rival Benny Gantz wants him ousted for leading Israel to the brink of "civil war," all while dissent grows within the embattled PM's Likud party. | The defiant reaction to the corruption indictment has apparently done more harm than good to Netanyahu. Dismissing it as an "attempted coup" and alleging that the judicial authorities might have been following "foreign interests" with their three-year quest to dig into Bibi's dirty laundry, the Prime Minister has played into the hands of his political rivals. | Also on rt.com…

RT (2019-11-24). Israel cuts Palestinian farmers' access to their land behind separation wall with yearly quotas. rt.com Palestinian farmers, whose land ended up on the wrong side of Israel's West Bank separation wall, have had their access further restricted with yearly quotas. Those affected see it as part of a creeping theft of their property. | In the early 2000s, Israel began the construction of a long barrier between itself and the West Bank, saying it was a necessary temporary measure in response to the Second Intifada. Two decades on, the wall is still in place, and its impact on the life of Palestinian civilians is increasingly harsh. | Large sections of the separation wall have been built across land seized from Palest…

RT (2019-11-24). UK TV network bans 'uppity' as RACIST after ONE viewer complaint over Meghan Markle criticism. rt.com British TV network ITV has reportedly banned the word 'uppity' following a total of one viewer complaint that the word is racist after a presenter used the term to describe Meghan Markle. | TV host Eamonn Holmes criticized the Duchess of Sussex's attitude during her attendance at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in July after her security team told people not to take photographs of her. | "If you have an uppity attitude, you're only through the door two minutes and suddenly you're sitting at Wimbledon and your royal protection are saying, 'No photographs, no photographs!'" Holmes said on the This Morning show.

The Canary (2019-11-23). Muslim woman defends Jewish children from antisemitic abuse. thecanary.co A man has been arrested after antisemitic abuse was directed towards Jewish children on the London Underground.The suspect was held in Birmingham on 23 November on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public order offence and he remains in custody.His arrest came after a man was filmed reading anti-Jewish bible passages to two young boys while they were travelling with their family on the Northern Line.Asma Shuweikh came to the defence of the family, who were travelling on the Northern Line on Friday (Chris Atkins/PA)Wearing a cap and hoody, the man is seen in the video threatening a man off-camera after…

teleSUR (2019-11-23). Israel: Netanyahu to Give up 4 Ministry Posts Due to Indictment. telesurenglish.net Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to relinquish the four ministerial posts he currently holds in the coming days following the indictment against him for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, according to a report published Saturday by Haaretz. | RELATED: | Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases | On Thursday Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicted the premier for the long-running investigations dubbed Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000. Under Israel's law, Neta…

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-23). Illegal Israeli Settlers Torch Palestinian Vehicles, Vandalize Vehicles and Homes. imemc.org According to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA), 50 Palestinian vehicles were vandalized in the latest series of Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank district of Salfit. Mayor of Kufur Ad-Dik, Ibrahim Issa Ad-Dik stated that a group of Israeli settlers sneaked their way into the Palestinian village, …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-23). Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Abducting 13-year-old Boy in Hebron. imemc.org A video footage recently released by Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem, showed Israeli soldiers detaining a 13-year-old Palestinian boy in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and, while blindfolded, walking him through the streets. On November 3 at about 11: 30 am local time, soldiers detained Abed al-Razeq Idris, 13, put him …

PCHR (2019-11-23). PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (14— 20 November 2019). imemc.org Summary After Israel's military aggression on the Gaza Strip last week, that caused dozens of civilian casualties, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued their violations of human rights and international law in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) this week as PCHR documented 157 violations by IOF and Israeli settlers. In terms …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-23). U.K. Labor Party Vows to Suspend Arms to Israel. imemc.org Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom, hailed the U.K. Labor Party, the main opposition in the U.

WSWS (2019-11-23). #MeToo launches fascistic attack on Polanski's film J'accuse. wsws.org The #MeToo campaign is aligning itself with the French state, slandering anyone who views or admires this magnificent retelling of the Dreyfus Affair as a rape apologist.

Joe Giambrone (2019-11-23). Ukrainegate 13,000 Times Worse Than You Think. dissidentvoice.org Did you know that Donald Trump had the State Department, USAID, NED, and the CIA fund and train Neo-Nazi, fascist militias to overthrow the government of Ukraine? These riot mobs, primarily Svoboda and Right Sector, stormed the capital, firebombed and shot the police, and destroyed democracy inside Ukraine. When the legitimately elected president was forced …

The Canary (2019-11-23). Jeremy Corbyn offers a vision of 'hope' and builds support for a 'red Christmas'. thecanary.co Jeremy Corbyn has offered students a vision for "hope" as he unveiled a youth manifesto pledging £1 billion investment and votes at 16. | The Labour leader received huge applause when he told supporters at Loughborough University on Saturday of plans to end pay "discrimination" and give a £10 minimum wage to all. | And to energise his campaign further, he encouraged the crowd to hit the streets campaigning ahead of the election on 12 December in order to bring a "red Christmas". | Addressing the packed student union club lined with red neon lights, he said: This election is all about the future and hop…

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-23). Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act. 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 (11/22/19). 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 & Agencies (2019-11-23). Maritime Union of Australia — Sydney Branch Endorses Boycott HP Campaign. imemc.org Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) / Australia In keeping with its history of solidarity with global struggles for justice and equality, the Maritime Union of Australia's Sydney Branch joined the international Boycott HP campaign in its meeting on 29th October. Members pledged to not buy HP products and called for a complete boycott of …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-23). Kairos Palestine Denounces Pompeo's Illegitimate Legalization of Settlements. imemc.org Kairos Palestine expresses deep disappointment that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced—in a statement that disregards the Geneva Conventions, international law and widespread global consensus—a radical departure from U.

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-23). Human Rights Organizations Condemn Pompeo for "Gross Misrepresentation of International Law" imemc.org Al Mezan Center For Human Rights published a press release stating that the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), the Palestinian Coalition for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ADALAH), and the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) condemn as a gross misrepresentation of international law. The recent statement by the Secretary of …

Fight Back (2019-11-23). Over 1200 rally in Chicago at relaunch of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together November 22, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will center its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement, Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive activists addressed the packed rally that opened the confere…

Fight Back (2019-11-23). Over 1200 rally in Chicago at relaunch of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together November 22, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will center its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement, Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive activists addressed the packed rally that opened the confere…

WSWS (2019-11-23). Allegations of racist incidents lead to virtual shutdown of campus at Syracuse University. wsws.org The university has accepted the demands of students, including moves toward the segregation of dorms based on race, but the campus has been effectively closed through the end of the semester.

Emily Apple (2019-11-23). BBC News editing the audience reaction to Boris Johnson is really not okay. thecanary.co Boris Johnson's appearance on the BBC Question Time (BBCQT) Leaders Debate didn't exactly go well. From having to sneak into the studio while Jeremy Corbyn was greeted by crowds of supporters to refusing to apologise for his previous racist and homophobic comments, the PM was on…

Juan Cole (2019-11-23). What Does Fraud and Bribery Trial of Israeli PM Netanyahu Tell Us About Trump Impeachment? commondreams.org "In the case of both men, if they are removed from office for corruption, they will be succeeded by political figures even farther to their right and more dangerous to the world," writes Cole. (Photo: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

CounterSpin (2019-11-22). Michael Edison Hayden on Stephen Miller, Mallory McMaster on Katie Hill. fair.org Media…

Vijay Prashad (2019-11-22). We thought the house was empty. mronline.org On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | Source

Miko Peled (2019-11-22). With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On. mintpressnews.com The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…

Jill Richardson (2019-11-22). Explaining Trump's Racism. counterpunch.org "Is Trump a racist?" I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on whether or not they could prove Trump had ever used the N-word, as More

Paul Street (2019-11-22). Washington's Consensus on Neofascist Coups in Latin America. counterpunch.org The Obama-backed right-wing coup in Honduras helped fuel Central American migrant streams that the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump railed against during his successful and Nativist presidential campaign. "Donito Assolini" has been mired in partisan turmoil since the beginning of his cancerous, white-nationalist presidency. The two major parties and their constituents disagree sharply over whether the tiny-fingered, tangerine-tinted, Twitter-tantruming tyrant Trump should be impeached and removed for trying to trade arms to Ukraine in exchange for political dirt on the ludicrous right-wing Democratic-presid…

Activist Post (2019-11-22). Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction. thelastamericanvagabond.com The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …

Fight Back (2019-11-22). Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…

Fight Back (2019-11-22). Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…

Jefferson Morley (2019-11-22). JFK: What the CIA Hides. counterpunch.org My own JFK questions involve George Joannides, a decorated undercover officer who served as branch chief in the Miami station in 1963. He ran psychological warfare operations against Cuba. In 2003, I sued the CIA for Joannides' files. The lawsuit ended 15 years later in July 2018, when Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in his last opinion before ascending to the Supreme Court, tossed my case. Kavanaugh declared the agency deserved "deference upon deference" in its handling of Freedom of Information Act requests about JFK files. More

Staff (2019-11-22). Trump Is Trying to Lift Up Colonial Myths. Native People Are Breaking Them Down. truthout.org Crystal Echo Hawk says the order goes like this: In October, "controversy" erupts around Indigenous People's Day versus Columbus Day. This is followed by Halloween, in which people dress up as Native Americans. November is turning out to be a double whammy. There's Thanksgiving, of course, which continues to be mistaught in classrooms nationwide by erasing the genocide of Native Americans. For the first time this month, the United States is also celebrating "National American History and Fo…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2019-11-22). Roaming Charges: High Nunes on Capitol Hill. counterpunch.org + As the House holds hearings to impeach Trump for "abuse of power," Pelosi just rushed through an extension of the Patriot Act, giving that very same president vast, unchecked powers to spy on American citizens. This makes sense only in Washington… + It's deflating to see "the Squad" (and every other Democrat) voting for More

Staff (2019-11-22). Headlines for November 22, 2019. democracynow.org Ex-White House Adviser Warns Impeachment Probe of GOP's "Fictional Narrative" on Ukraine, Senate Republicans May Limit Trump's Impeachment Trial to Two Weeks, Mass Protests in Colombia Oppose Right-Wing Government, Bolivian Soldiers Tear Gas Funeral Procession for Slain Protesters, Iran Continues Internet Blackout After Violently Repressing Protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Indicted on Corruption Charges, Protesters Confront Joe Biden Over Obama-Era Deportations, Over 100 Lawmakers Call on President Trump to Fire Stephen Miller, Seven Arrested at UC Berkeley Protest of Ann Coulter Speech, Syracu…

C. J. Hopkins (2019-11-21). Reclaiming Your Inner Fascist. dissidentvoice.org OK, we need to talk about fascism. Not just any kind of fascism. A particularly insidious kind of fascism. No, not the fascism of the early 20th Century. Not Mussolini's National Fascist Party. Not Hitler's NSDAP. Not Francoist fascism or any other kind of organized fascist movement or party. Not even the dreaded Tiki-torch Nazis. …

Eds. (2019-11-21). 'Orwellian absurdity': U.S. reversal on settlements draws international outrage. mronline.org U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the U.S. was softening its position on Israel's network of settlements in the occupied Palestinain territory, saying it was revoking the notion that settlements are illegal under international law—a notion recognized by the rest of the world as factual and true. | Source

Graham Holton (2019-11-21). Bolivia coup: Personal memories of an earlier military massacre. peoplesworld.org In January 1974, I was standing outside the Presidential Palace in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. The president was General Hugo Bánzer Suárez, of German ancestry, who held old Nazi ideals. A group of Indigenous protesters demanded the end to 200% inflation, low wages, and no rice or sugar. A truckload of soldiers pulled …

Stephen Zunes (2019-11-21). Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support. progressive.org Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

Denis Rancourt (2019-11-21). Dear Young Progressives: The White-Supremacist Anti-Immigration Anti-Political-Correctness Free-Speech Fascists Are Your Friends. dissidentvoice.org Yup. The ruling elite are doing everything they can to divide you. They are doing everything they can to promote hate between you. In this article, I argue that the real enemy is the ruling elite, which manipulates us all. I explain that the Western USA-based ruling elite is desperate these days, and exceptionally adversarial, …

splcenter (2019-11-21). Weekend Read: The struggle for Native American voting rights. splcenter.org November is Native American Heritage Month — a fitting time to honor the resistance and resilience of Native peoples, including their fight to be heard by and represented in the government that dispossessed them for centuries.

Neema Singh Guliani (2019-11-21). Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government's Spying Powers. aclu.org Congress today temporarily extended the NSA's spying powers that time and again have been used to violate our rights. Disturbingly, this three-month extension was snuck into a broader funding bill, forcing members of Congress to choose between extending this program and causing a government shutdown. The extension is an unnecessary lifeline to spying programs that are plagued with compliance violations, have no proven intelligence value, and violate our rights. | Under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, one of the spying | powers extended, the government believes it has the right to collect our | personal inform…

John Nichols (2019-11-21). Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate. thenation.com Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate…

RT (2019-11-21). 'Humiliation and extreme distress': Jussie Smollett sues Chicago after faking hate crime. rt.com Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is suing the city of Chicago for malicious prosecution, saying he was subjected to "humiliation and extreme distress" after having falsely claimed to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. | In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, lawyers for the 'Empire' actor also said that the Chicago police department "obtained false, self-serving and unreliable statements" from the Osundairo brothers — the two men Smollett paid to help with the hoax hate crime, who claim that the entire incident had been orchestrated by the actor. | Smollett's attorneys say that investigators ignored…

RT (2019-11-21). Fights & arrests as 1000+ antifa-like protesters swarm Ann Coulter event at UC Berkeley (VIDEOS). rt.com Over 1000 antifa-type protesters surrounded a building on the Berkeley campus where conservative provocateur Ann Coulter was speaking, blocking ticket-holders from entering. At least 6 were arrested after a fight broke out. | The mass of chanting and shouting protesters blocked dozens of students from entering the hall, forming a human chain across both entrances and verbally abusing anyone who tried to pass. Some of the abuse was reportedly physical as well, though the protest did not feature the outbreaks of mob violence that characterize some antifa appearances. | Protesters have now turned away multiple ev…

pip.hinman (2019-11-21). Media continues its smear campaign against Lula. greenleft.org.au media lies Brian MierIssue 1246 Brazil stitch upNovember 21, 2019The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals' proces…

Staff (2019-11-21). Bernie Sanders Criticizes U.S. Relationships with Saudi Arabia and Israel at Democratic Debate. democracynow.org Ten Democratic candidates took the stage in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday for the party's fifth presidential debate, co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post. Toward the end of the evening, Senator Bernie Sanders criticized former Vice President Joe Biden's support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and laid out his foreign policy vision, including strong criticism of traditional U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Israel. "It is no longer good enough for us to be pro-Israel — I am pro-Israel — but we must treat the Palestinians with the dignity they deserve," he said. We speak with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at th…

Staff (2019-11-21). Joe Biden's and Pete Buttigieg's Records on Race Come Under Scrutiny at 5th Democratic Debate. democracynow.org Presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed on the Democratic debate stage Wednesday that he has broad support from black voters and the only black woman elected to the Senate, seemingly forgetting that 2020 candidate Kamala Harris is a California senator. Biden's comment came amid multiple blunders during the debate, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post in Atlanta. For more on the 2020 candidates' discussion of race in their campaigns, we speak with Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change, and Ryan Grim, D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept.

2019-11-24: Social Media Postees

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Zionist Rewriting of History of Palestine by Israel's Ministry of Defense
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-24
This article was originally published in July 2019 | In explosive investigation, Haaretz reports that Israeli defence officials have been sealing off historical files about the mass expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 | *** | Israel's Ministry of Defence has been systematically sealing …
globalresearch.ca/secret-israeli-unit-hiding-documents-undermine-history-nakba/5695761

Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support
Prof. Stephen Zunes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-24
Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians under occupation and the Israeli occupiers–an imbalance compounded by the fact that as the chief mediator in negotiations, the U.S. is also the primary military, economic, and …
globalresearch.ca/trump-recognition-israeli-settlements-rooted-bipartisan-support/5695763

It Is Time to Stop Lecturing Palestinians and to Start Listening
Yara Hawari | commondreams.org | 2019-11-24
"It is time for the world to listen to the Palestinians who have been saying from day one that the State of Israel is an apartheid one, bent on keeping indigenous Palestinians permanently contained and oppressed," writes Hawari. (Photo: rpb1001/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/24/it-time-stop-lecturing-palestinians-and-start-listening?cd-origin=rss

America Supports Fascism: Repulsive Display of Hypocrisy on Ukraine, Concealing the U.S. Coup in Bolivia!
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-24
Political Background | The House Impeachment Inquiry Hearing has dominated the news in the U.S. for the past few weeks as if the whole world is on the edge of its seat following this saga. However, these TV shows are nothing …
globalresearch.ca/america-supports-fascism-display-of-hypocrisy-on-ukraine-concealing-the-u-s-coup-in-bolivia/5695739

Israel cuts Palestinian farmers' access to their land behind separation wall with yearly quotas
rt.com | 2019-11-24
Palestinian farmers, whose land ended up on the wrong side of Israel's West Bank separation wall, have had their access further restricted with yearly quotas. Those affected see it as part of a creeping theft of their property. | In the early 2000s, Israel began the construction of a long barrier between itself and the West Bank, saying it was a necessary temporary measure in response to the Second Intifada. Two decades on, the wall is still in place, and its impact on the life of Palestinian civilians is increasingly harsh. | Large sections of the separation wall have been built across land seized from Palest…
rt.com/news/474211-palestinian-farmers-land-access/

Surrounded? Netanyahu faces internal party dissent while arch-rival Gantz accuses him of inciting 'CIVIL WAR' in Israel
rt.com | 2019-11-24
Hit with a corruption probe, Benjamin Netanyahu seemingly can't catch a break. His rival Benny Gantz wants him ousted for leading Israel to the brink of "civil war," all while dissent grows within the embattled PM's Likud party. | The defiant reaction to the corruption indictment has apparently done more harm than good to Netanyahu. Dismissing it as an "attempted coup" and alleging that the judicial authorities might have been following "foreign interests" with their three-year quest to dig into Bibi's dirty laundry, the Prime Minister has played into the hands of his political rivals. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/news/474223-netanyahu-gantz-civil-war/

UK TV network bans 'uppity' as RACIST after ONE viewer complaint over Meghan Markle criticism
rt.com | 2019-11-24
British TV network ITV has reportedly banned the word 'uppity' following a total of one viewer complaint that the word is racist after a presenter used the term to describe Meghan Markle. | TV host Eamonn Holmes criticized the Duchess of Sussex's attitude during her attendance at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in July after her security team told people not to take photographs of her. | "If you have an uppity attitude, you're only through the door two minutes and suddenly you're sitting at Wimbledon and your royal protection are saying, 'No photographs, no photographs!'" Holmes said on the This Morning show.
rt.com/uk/474225-meghan-markle-uppity-banned-itv/

PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (14– 20 November 2019)
PCHR | imemc.org | 2019-11-23
Summary After Israel's military aggression on the Gaza Strip last week, that caused dozens of civilian casualties, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued their violations of human rights and international law in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) this week as PCHR documented 157 violations by IOF and Israeli settlers. In terms …
imemc.org/article/pchr-weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-14-20-november-2019/

Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Abducting 13-year-old Boy in Hebron
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-23
A video footage recently released by Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem, showed Israeli soldiers detaining a 13-year-old Palestinian boy in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and, while blindfolded, walking him through the streets. On November 3 at about 11: 30 am local time, soldiers detained Abed al-Razeq Idris, 13, put him …
imemc.org/article/video-shows-israeli-soldiers-abducting-13-year-old-boy-in-hebron/

What Does Fraud and Bribery Trial of Israeli PM Netanyahu Tell Us About Trump Impeachment?
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-11-23
"In the case of both men, if they are removed from office for corruption, they will be succeeded by political figures even farther to their right and more dangerous to the world," writes Cole. (Photo: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/23/what-does-fraud-and-bribery-trial-israeli-pm-netanyahu-tell-us-about-trump?cd-origin=rss

Illegal Israeli Settlers Torch Palestinian Vehicles, Vandalize Vehicles and Homes
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-23
According to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA), 50 Palestinian vehicles were vandalized in the latest series of Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank district of Salfit. Mayor of Kufur Ad-Dik, Ibrahim Issa Ad-Dik stated that a group of Israeli settlers sneaked their way into the Palestinian village, …
imemc.org/article/illegal-israeli-settlers-torch-palestinian-vehicles-vandalize-vehicles-and-homes/

U.K. Labor Party Vows to Suspend Arms to Israel
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-23
Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom, hailed the U.K. Labor Party, the main opposition in the U.
imemc.org/article/u-k-labor-party-vows-to-suspend-arms-to-israel/

Israel: Netanyahu to Give up 4 Ministry Posts Due to Indictment
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-23
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to relinquish the four ministerial posts he currently holds in the coming days following the indictment against him for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, according to a report published Saturday by Haaretz. | RELATED: | Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases | On Thursday Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicted the premier for the long-running investigations dubbed Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000. Under Israel's law, Neta…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Netanyahu-to-Give-up-4-Ministry-Posts-Due-to-Corruption-Charges-20191123-0006.html

Ukrainegate 13,000 Times Worse Than You Think
Joe Giambrone | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-23
Did you know that Donald Trump had the State Department, USAID, NED, and the CIA fund and train Neo-Nazi, fascist militias to overthrow the government of Ukraine? These riot mobs, primarily Svoboda and Right Sector, stormed the capital, firebombed and shot the police, and destroyed democracy inside Ukraine. When the legitimately elected president was forced …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/ukrainegate-13000-times-worse-than-you-think/

#MeToo launches fascistic attack on Polanski's film J'accuse
wsws.org | 2019-11-23
The #MeToo campaign is aligning itself with the French state, slandering anyone who views or admires this magnificent retelling of the Dreyfus Affair as a rape apologist.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/23/meto…

Jeremy Corbyn offers a vision of 'hope' and builds support for a 'red Christmas'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-23
Jeremy Corbyn has offered students a vision for "hope" as he unveiled a youth manifesto pledging £1 billion investment and votes at 16. | The Labour leader received huge applause when he told supporters at Loughborough University on Saturday of plans to end pay "discrimination" and give a £10 minimum wage to all. | And to energise his campaign further, he encouraged the crowd to hit the streets campaigning ahead of the election on 12 December in order to bring a "red Christmas". | Addressing the packed student union club lined with red neon lights, he said: This election is all about the future and hop…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/23/jeremy-corbyn-offers-a-vision-of-hope-and-builds-support-for-a-red-christmas/

Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-23
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 (11/22/19). 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/iran-false-flag-prep-us-governments-staggering-bolivia-hypocrisy-netanyahu-indicted-patriot-act/

Maritime Union of Australia — Sydney Branch Endorses Boycott HP Campaign
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-23
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) / Australia In keeping with its history of solidarity with global struggles for justice and equality, the Maritime Union of Australia's Sydney Branch joined the international Boycott HP campaign in its meeting on 29th October. Members pledged to not buy HP products and called for a complete boycott of …
imemc.org/article/maritime-union-of-australia-sydney-branch-endorses-boycott-hp-campaign/

Human Rights Organizations Condemn Pompeo for "Gross Misrepresentation of International Law"
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-23
Al Mezan Center For Human Rights published a press release stating that the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), the Palestinian Coalition for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ADALAH), and the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) condemn as a gross misrepresentation of international law. The recent statement by the Secretary of …
imemc.org/article/human-rights-organizations-condemn-pompeo-for-gross-misrepresentation-of-international-law/

Kairos Palestine Denounces Pompeo's Illegitimate Legalization of Settlements
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-23
Kairos Palestine expresses deep disappointment that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced–in a statement that disregards the Geneva Conventions, international law and widespread global consensus–a radical departure from U.
imemc.org/article/kairos-palestine-denounces-pompeos-illegitimate-legalization-of-settlements/

Allegations of racist incidents lead to virtual shutdown of campus at Syracuse University
wsws.org | 2019-11-23
The university has accepted the demands of students, including moves toward the segregation of dorms based on race, but the campus has been effectively closed through the end of the semester.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/23/syra…

Over 1200 rally in Chicago at relaunch of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-23
Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together November 22, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will center its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement, Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive activists addressed the packed rally that opened the confere…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/23/over-12…

BBC News editing the audience reaction to Boris Johnson is really not okay
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-11-23
Boris Johnson's appearance on the BBC Question Time (BBCQT) Leaders Debate didn't exactly go well. From having to sneak into the studio while Jeremy Corbyn was greeted by crowds of supporters to refusing to apologise for his previous racist and homophobic comments, the PM was on…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/23/bbc-news-editing-the-audience-reaction-to-boris-johnson-is-really-not-okay/

Over 1200 rally in Chicago at relaunch of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-23
Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together November 22, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will center its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement, Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive activists addressed the packed rally that opened the confere…
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/23/over-1200-rally-chicago-relaunch-national-alliance-against-racist-and-political-repressio

Muslim woman defends Jewish children from antisemitic abuse
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-23
A man has been arrested after antisemitic abuse was directed towards Jewish children on the London Underground.The suspect was held in Birmingham on 23 November on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public order offence and he remains in custody.His arrest came after a man was filmed reading anti-Jewish bible passages to two young boys while they were travelling with their family on the Northern Line.Asma Shuweikh came to the defence of the family, who were travelling on the Northern Line on Friday (Chris Atkins/PA)Wearing a cap and hoody, the man is seen in the video threatening a man off-camera after…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/11/23/muslim-woman-defends-jewish-children-from-antisemitic-abuse/

We thought the house was empty
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-22
On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/22/we-thought-the-house-was-empty/

We thought the house was empty
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-22
On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/22/we-thought-the-house-was-empty/

With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-22
The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…
mintpressnews.com/with-no-end-in-sight-israel-election-soap-opera-rages-on/262937/

Explaining Trump's Racism
Jill Richardson | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
"Is Trump a racist?" I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on whether or not they could prove Trump had ever used the N-word, as…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/explaining-trumps-racism/

Washington's Consensus on Neofascist Coups in Latin America
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
The Obama-backed right-wing coup in Honduras helped fuel Central American migrant streams that the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump railed against during his successful and Nativist presidential campaign. "Donito Assolini" has been mired in partisan turmoil since the beginning of his cancerous, white-nationalist presidency. The two major parties and their constituents disagree sharply over whether the tiny-fingered, tangerine-tinted, Twitter-tantruming tyrant Trump should be impeached and removed for trying to trade arms to Ukraine in exchange for political dirt on the ludicrous right-wing Democratic-presid…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/washingtons-consensus-on-neofascist-coups-in-latin-america/

Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-22
The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/constitutional-rights/congress-quietly-unites-to-extend-temporary-patriot-act-under-cover-of-the-impeachment-distraction/

Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-22
Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/21/over-60-minnesotans-attend-relaunching-national-alliance-against-racist-and-political-rep

Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-22
Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/21/over-60…

JFK: What the CIA Hides
Jefferson Morley | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
My own JFK questions involve George Joannides, a decorated undercover officer who served as branch chief in the Miami station in 1963. He ran psychological warfare operations against Cuba. In 2003, I sued the CIA for Joannides' files. The lawsuit ended 15 years later in July 2018, when Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in his last opinion before ascending to the Supreme Court, tossed my case. Kavanaugh declared the agency deserved "deference upon deference" in its handling of Freedom of Information Act requests about JFK files.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/jfk-what-the-cia-hides/

Trump Is Trying to Lift Up Colonial Myths. Native People Are Breaking Them Down
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-22
Crystal Echo Hawk says the order goes like this: In October, "controversy" erupts around Indigenous People's Day versus Columbus Day. This is followed by Halloween, in which people dress up as Native Americans. November is turning out to be a double whammy. There's Thanksgiving, of course, which continues to be mistaught in classrooms nationwide by erasing the genocide of Native Americans. For the first time this month, the United States is also celebrating "National American History and Fo…
truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-lift-up-colonial-myths-native-people-are-breaking-them-down/

Roaming Charges: High Nunes on Capitol Hill
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
+ As the House holds hearings to impeach Trump for "abuse of power," Pelosi just rushed through an extension of the Patriot Act, giving that very same president vast, unchecked powers to spy on American citizens. This makes sense only in Washington… + It's deflating to see "the Squad" (and every other Democrat) voting for…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/roaming-charges-high-nunes-on-capitol-hill/

Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support
Stephen Zunes | progressive.org | 2019-11-21
Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
progressive.org/dispatches/democrats-helped-recognition-of-settlements-zunes-191121/

'Orwellian absurdity': U.S. reversal on settlements draws international outrage
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-21
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the U.S. was softening its position on Israel's network of settlements in the occupied Palestinain territory, saying it was revoking the notion that settlements are illegal under international law–a notion recognized by the rest of the world as factual and true. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/20/orwellian-absurdity-u-s-reversal-on-settlements-draws-international-outrage/

Reclaiming Your Inner Fascist
C. J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-21
OK, we need to talk about fascism. Not just any kind of fascism. A particularly insidious kind of fascism. No, not the fascism of the early 20th Century. Not Mussolini's National Fascist Party. Not Hitler's NSDAP. Not Francoist fascism or any other kind of organized fascist movement or party. Not even the dreaded Tiki-torch Nazis. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/reclaiming-your-inner-fascist/

Dear Young Progressives: The White-Supremacist Anti-Immigration Anti-Political-Correctness Free-Speech Fascists Are Your Friends
Denis Rancourt | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-21
Yup. The ruling elite are doing everything they can to divide you. They are doing everything they can to promote hate between you. In this article, I argue that the real enemy is the ruling elite, which manipulates us all. I explain that the Western USA-based ruling elite is desperate these days, and exceptionally adversarial, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/dear-young-progressives-the-white-supremacist-anti-immigration-anti-political-correctness-free-speech-fascists-are-your-friends/

Weekend Read: The struggle for Native American voting rights
splcenter.org | 2019-11-21
November is Native American Heritage Month — a fitting time to honor the resistance and resilience of Native peoples, including their fight to be heard by and represented in the government that dispossessed them for centuries.
splcenter.org/news/2019/11/23/weekend-read-struggle-native-american-voting-rights

Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government's Spying Powers
Neema Singh Guliani | aclu.org | 2019-11-21
Congress today temporarily extended the NSA's spying powers that time and again have been used to violate our rights. Disturbingly, this three-month extension was snuck into a broader funding bill, forcing members of Congress to choose between extending this program and causing a government shutdown. The extension is an unnecessary lifeline to spying programs that are plagued with compliance violations, have no proven intelligence value, and violate our rights. | Under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, one of the spying | powers extended, the government believes it has the right to collect our | personal inform…
aclu.org/news/national-security/congress-just-temporarily-extended-the-governments-spying-powers

Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-11-21
Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate…
thenation.com/article/palestine-debate-bernie-sanders/

Bolivia coup: Personal memories of an earlier military massacre
Graham Holton | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-21
In January 1974, I was standing outside the Presidential Palace in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. The president was General Hugo Bánzer Suárez, of German ancestry, who held old Nazi ideals. A group of Indigenous protesters demanded the end to 200% inflation, low wages, and no rice or sugar. A truckload of soldiers pulled …
peoplesworld.org/article/bolivia-coup-personal-memories-of-an-earlier-military-massacre/

'Humiliation and extreme distress': Jussie Smollett sues Chicago after faking hate crime
rt.com | 2019-11-21
Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is suing the city of Chicago for malicious prosecution, saying he was subjected to "humiliation and extreme distress" after having falsely claimed to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. | In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, lawyers for the 'Empire' actor also said that the Chicago police department "obtained false, self-serving and unreliable statements" from the Osundairo brothers — the two men Smollett paid to help with the hoax hate crime, who claim that the entire incident had been orchestrated by the actor. | Smollett's attorneys say that investigators ignored…
rt.com/usa/474025-jussie-smollett-suing-chicago/

Fights & arrests as 1000+ antifa-like protesters swarm Ann Coulter event at UC Berkeley (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2019-11-21
Over 1000 antifa-type protesters surrounded a building on the Berkeley campus where conservative provocateur Ann Coulter was speaking, blocking ticket-holders from entering. At least 6 were arrested after a fight broke out. | The mass of chanting and shouting protesters blocked dozens of students from entering the hall, forming a human chain across both entrances and verbally abusing anyone who tried to pass. Some of the abuse was reportedly physical as well, though the protest did not feature the outbreaks of mob violence that characterize some antifa appearances. | Protesters have now turned away multiple ev…
rt.com/usa/474019-coulter-protest-surrounded-antifa-speech/

Media continues its smear campaign against Lula
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-21
media lies Brian MierIssue 1246 Brazil stitch upNovember 21, 2019The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals' proces…
greenleft.org.au/content/media-continues-its-smear-campaign-against-lula

Bernie Sanders Criticizes U.S. Relationships with Saudi Arabia and Israel at Democratic Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-21
Ten Democratic candidates took the stage in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday for the party's fifth presidential debate, co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post. Toward the end of the evening, Senator Bernie Sanders criticized former Vice President Joe Biden's support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and laid out his foreign policy vision, including strong criticism of traditional U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Israel. "It is no longer good enough for us to be pro-Israel — I am pro-Israel — but we must treat the Palestinians with the dignity they deserve," he said. We speak with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at th…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/21/democrat…

Joe Biden's and Pete Buttigieg's Records on Race Come Under Scrutiny at 5th Democratic Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-21
Presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed on the Democratic debate stage Wednesday that he has broad support from black voters and the only black woman elected to the Senate, seemingly forgetting that 2020 candidate Kamala Harris is a California senator. Biden's comment came amid multiple blunders during the debate, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post in Atlanta. For more on the 2020 candidates' discussion of race in their campaigns, we speak with Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change, and Ryan Grim, D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept.
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/21/democrat…

Wednesday's Daily Brief: Israeli settlements, World Children's Day, fossil fuel overuse
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-20
A recap of Wednesday's stories: UN envoy reiterates position on illegality of Israeli settlements, World Children's Day marked with calls for rights of children to be upheld, new report highlights major gap between use of fossil fuels and commitments to limit global warming.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051811

2019-11-23: News Headlines

teleSUR (2019-11-23). Israel: Netanyahu to Give up 4 Ministry Posts Due to Indictment. telesurenglish.net Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to relinquish the four ministerial posts he currently holds in the coming days following the indictment against him for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, according to a report published Saturday by Haaretz. | RELATED: | Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases | On Thursday Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicted the premier for the long-running investigations dubbed Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000. Under Israel's law, Neta…

The Canary (2019-11-23). Jeremy Corbyn offers a vision of 'hope' and builds support for a 'red Christmas'. thecanary.co Jeremy Corbyn has offered students a vision for "hope" as he unveiled a youth manifesto pledging £1 billion investment and votes at 16. | The Labour leader received huge applause when he told supporters at Loughborough University on Saturday of plans to end pay "discrimination" and give a £10 minimum wage to all. | And to energise his campaign further, he encouraged the crowd to hit the streets campaigning ahead of the election on 12 December in order to bring a "red Christmas". | Addressing the packed student union club lined with red neon lights, he said: This election is all about the future and hop…

Joe Giambrone (2019-11-23). Ukrainegate 13,000 Times Worse Than You Think. dissidentvoice.org Did you know that Donald Trump had the State Department, USAID, NED, and the CIA fund and train Neo-Nazi, fascist militias to overthrow the government of Ukraine? These riot mobs, primarily Svoboda and Right Sector, stormed the capital, firebombed and shot the police, and destroyed democracy inside Ukraine. When the legitimately elected president was forced …

WSWS (2019-11-23). #MeToo launches fascistic attack on Polanski's film J'accuse. wsws.org The #MeToo campaign is aligning itself with the French state, slandering anyone who views or admires this magnificent retelling of the Dreyfus Affair as a rape apologist.

WSWS (2019-11-23). Allegations of racist incidents lead to virtual shutdown of campus at Syracuse University. wsws.org The university has accepted the demands of students, including moves toward the segregation of dorms based on race, but the campus has been effectively closed through the end of the semester.

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-23). Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act. 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 (11/22/19). 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 …

RT (2019-11-23). Butina to help Russians 'in difficult situations' abroad as part of new job at ombudsman's office. rt.com Less than a month after her return to Russia from the US, where she spent over a year behind bars, Maria Butina has joined the Russian ombudsman's office and will focus on helping compatriots who run into trouble abroad. | The Russian gun activist, whose case whipped up anti-Russian hysteria in the US and saw mainstream media telling juicy stories about her trading sex for political favors that later proved to be false, will now help those who find themselves similarly at fault outside Russia. | Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said Butina had accepted an offer to join her team. Speaking at…

Emily Apple (2019-11-23). BBC News editing the audience reaction to Boris Johnson is really not okay. thecanary.co Boris Johnson's appearance on the BBC Question Time (BBCQT) Leaders Debate didn't exactly go well. From having to sneak into the studio while Jeremy Corbyn was greeted by crowds of supporters to refusing to apologise for his previous racist and homophobic comments, the PM was on…

Juan Cole (2019-11-23). What Does Fraud and Bribery Trial of Israeli PM Netanyahu Tell Us About Trump Impeachment? commondreams.org "In the case of both men, if they are removed from office for corruption, they will be succeeded by political figures even farther to their right and more dangerous to the world," writes Cole. (Photo: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

CounterSpin (2019-11-22). Michael Edison Hayden on Stephen Miller, Mallory McMaster on Katie Hill. fair.org Media…

Vijay Prashad (2019-11-22). We thought the house was empty. mronline.org On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | Source

IMEMC News (2019-11-22). Army Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Surif. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, a nonviolent procession against the illegal annexation of Palestinian lands in Surif town, northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing many injuries. The soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to attacking protesters with clubs and batons. Many …

Stephen Zunes (2019-11-22). Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support. commondreams.org Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan. (Photo: David Silverman/HRW) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-22). U.S. Congresswoman: "Israeli System of Military Detention of Palestinian Children is Immoral" imemc.org Ali Harb — Middle East Eye The Israeli army's mistreatment of Palestinian children is "completely preventable", a United States congresswoman said, as she urged other lawmakers to support a bill that would prevent American military aid to Israel from being used to abuse Palestinian minors. "The Israeli system of military …

Staff (2019-11-22). A BDS Campaign Tackles the Sports Industry in Portland — and Wins. truthout.org Boycotting for Palestinian rights works. A reporter broke the news in late September that the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team ended their partnership with Leupold & Stevens, which makes rifle scopes for Israel's brutal occupying army, following a year-long protest campaign led by our Portland, Oregon, chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and many allies. | For nearly 10 years, Leupold & Stevens sponsored a "Hometo…

IMEMC News (2019-11-22). Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Beit Ummar. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured, on Friday evening, many Palestinians in 'Aseeda area, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked dozens of protesters, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The soldiers first invaded the area, and installed a military roadblock, before …

IMEMC News (2019-11-22). Illegal Israeli Colonists Injure Eight Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org A group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, attacked, on Friday evening, many Palestinians, including children, wounding eight. Palestinian activist Jamal Es'eifan said the colonists first attacked a shop, owned by Nasser Fahed al-Ja'bari, and smashed …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-22). Israel's Attorney General Indicts Prime Minister Netanyahu. imemc.org According to Palestine News Network, Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has decided to officially indict prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for fraud, bribery and breach of trust. Beginning in October, Netanyahu's defence team presented the prime minister's position to the state prosecution, accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in …

IMEMC News (2019-11-22). Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. This week's procession also condemned the illegal policies of the United States, especially the …

Miko Peled (2019-11-22). With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On. mintpressnews.com The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…

Jill Richardson (2019-11-22). Explaining Trump's Racism. counterpunch.org "Is Trump a racist?" I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on whether or not they could prove Trump had ever used the N-word, as More

Paul Street (2019-11-22). Washington's Consensus on Neofascist Coups in Latin America. counterpunch.org The Obama-backed right-wing coup in Honduras helped fuel Central American migrant streams that the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump railed against during his successful and Nativist presidential campaign. "Donito Assolini" has been mired in partisan turmoil since the beginning of his cancerous, white-nationalist presidency. The two major parties and their constituents disagree sharply over whether the tiny-fingered, tangerine-tinted, Twitter-tantruming tyrant Trump should be impeached and removed for trying to trade arms to Ukraine in exchange for political dirt on the ludicrous right-wing Democratic-presid…

Staff (2019-11-22). Racist Stephen Miller Must Go, Activists and Lawmakers Say. truthout.org President Trump may be consumed by impeachment, but White House Adviser Stephen Miller remains laser-focused on executing his racist anti-immigrant agenda. Despite calls for Miller's removal by lawmakers and civil rights organizations, his oppressive policies and appointments continue to be rolled out at a frantic pace. | Last week, Hatewatch exposed hundreds of emails Miller sent to th…

Fight Back (2019-11-22). Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…

Activist Post (2019-11-22). Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction. thelastamericanvagabond.com The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …

Staff (2019-11-22). Trump Is Trying to Lift Up Colonial Myths. Native People Are Breaking Them Down. truthout.org Crystal Echo Hawk says the order goes like this: In October, "controversy" erupts around Indigenous People's Day versus Columbus Day. This is followed by Halloween, in which people dress up as Native Americans. November is turning out to be a double whammy. There's Thanksgiving, of course, which continues to be mistaught in classrooms nationwide by erasing the genocide of Native Americans. For the first time this month, the United States is also celebrating "National American History and Fo…

Jefferson Morley (2019-11-22). JFK: What the CIA Hides. counterpunch.org My own JFK questions involve George Joannides, a decorated undercover officer who served as branch chief in the Miami station in 1963. He ran psychological warfare operations against Cuba. In 2003, I sued the CIA for Joannides' files. The lawsuit ended 15 years later in July 2018, when Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in his last opinion before ascending to the Supreme Court, tossed my case. Kavanaugh declared the agency deserved "deference upon deference" in its handling of Freedom of Information Act requests about JFK files. More

Staff (2019-11-22). Headlines for November 22, 2019. democracynow.org Ex-White House Adviser Warns Impeachment Probe of GOP's "Fictional Narrative" on Ukraine, Senate Republicans May Limit Trump's Impeachment Trial to Two Weeks, Mass Protests in Colombia Oppose Right-Wing Government, Bolivian Soldiers Tear Gas Funeral Procession for Slain Protesters, Iran Continues Internet Blackout After Violently Repressing Protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Indicted on Corruption Charges, Protesters Confront Joe Biden Over Obama-Era Deportations, Over 100 Lawmakers Call on President Trump to Fire Stephen Miller, Seven Arrested at UC Berkeley Protest of Ann Coulter Speech, Syracu…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2019-11-22). Roaming Charges: High Nunes on Capitol Hill. counterpunch.org + As the House holds hearings to impeach Trump for "abuse of power," Pelosi just rushed through an extension of the Patriot Act, giving that very same president vast, unchecked powers to spy on American citizens. This makes sense only in Washington… + It's deflating to see "the Squad" (and every other Democrat) voting for More

C. J. Hopkins (2019-11-21). Reclaiming Your Inner Fascist. dissidentvoice.org OK, we need to talk about fascism. Not just any kind of fascism. A particularly insidious kind of fascism. No, not the fascism of the early 20th Century. Not Mussolini's National Fascist Party. Not Hitler's NSDAP. Not Francoist fascism or any other kind of organized fascist movement or party. Not even the dreaded Tiki-torch Nazis. …

Graham Holton (2019-11-21). Bolivia coup: Personal memories of an earlier military massacre. peoplesworld.org In January 1974, I was standing outside the Presidential Palace in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. The president was General Hugo Bánzer Suárez, of German ancestry, who held old Nazi ideals. A group of Indigenous protesters demanded the end to 200% inflation, low wages, and no rice or sugar. A truckload of soldiers pulled …

Eds. (2019-11-21). 'Orwellian absurdity': U.S. reversal on settlements draws international outrage. mronline.org U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the U.S. was softening its position on Israel's network of settlements in the occupied Palestinain territory, saying it was revoking the notion that settlements are illegal under international law—a notion recognized by the rest of the world as factual and true. | Source

IMEMC News (2019-11-21). Army Demolishes A Home Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, a Palestinian home in Khallet ad-Dabe area, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committees in southern West Bank, said the soldiers demolished the home, made of bricks and a …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-21). UK: "We Urge Israel to Halt its Counterproductive Settlement Expansion. imemc.org The United Kingdom urged Israel, on Thursday, to halt its "counterproductive" settlement expansion, declaring that it is illegal under international law, The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. | The Foreign & Commonwealth Office reiterated its position, after U.S.

Stephen Zunes (2019-11-21). Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support. progressive.org Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-21). Christian Group Troubled by U.S. Position on Israeli Settlements. imemc.org The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has expressed deep concern over the recent U.S. declaration which recognized "the legitimacy" of the illegal Israeli colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank, The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.

IMEMC News (2019-11-21). Illegal Colonists Burn Palestinian Lands Near Nablus. imemc.org A group of fanatic illegal colonialist settlers invaded, Thursday, Palestinian agricultural lands in Burqa village, north of Nablus in northern West Bank, and set them ablaze. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the assailants set lands ablaze close to the …

teleSUR (2019-11-21). Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases. telesurenglish.net Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged with bribery, breach of trust and fraud on Thursday, the first of its kind against a serving Israeli prime minister. | RELATED: | 3rd Israeli Election Likely as Gantz Fails to Form Gov't | The indictment, announced by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, poses no immediate threat to Netanyahu's decade-long hold on power, a grip loosened by elections in April and September in which neith…

South Front (2019-11-21). Video: Israel Conducts Wide-scale Strikes on Syria. globalresearch.ca On November 20, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had carried out "wide-scale strikes" on the "Iranian Quds Force" and the Syrian Armed Forces in Syria. The IDF claimed that the strikes were carried out in response to …

Denis Rancourt (2019-11-21). Dear Young Progressives: The White-Supremacist Anti-Immigration Anti-Political-Correctness Free-Speech Fascists Are Your Friends. dissidentvoice.org Yup. The ruling elite are doing everything they can to divide you. They are doing everything they can to promote hate between you. In this article, I argue that the real enemy is the ruling elite, which manipulates us all. I explain that the Western USA-based ruling elite is desperate these days, and exceptionally adversarial, …

John Nichols (2019-11-21). Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate. thenation.com Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate…

splcenter (2019-11-21). Weekend Read: The struggle for Native American voting rights. splcenter.org November is Native American Heritage Month — a fitting time to honor the resistance and resilience of Native peoples, including their fight to be heard by and represented in the government that dispossessed them for centuries.

Neema Singh Guliani (2019-11-21). Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government's Spying Powers. aclu.org Congress today temporarily extended the NSA's spying powers that time and again have been used to violate our rights. Disturbingly, this three-month extension was snuck into a broader funding bill, forcing members of Congress to choose between extending this program and causing a government shutdown. The extension is an unnecessary lifeline to spying programs that are plagued with compliance violations, have no proven intelligence value, and violate our rights. | Under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, one of the spying | powers extended, the government believes it has the right to collect our | personal inform…

Staff (2019-11-21). Joe Biden's and Pete Buttigieg's Records on Race Come Under Scrutiny at 5th Democratic Debate. democracynow.org Presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed on the Democratic debate stage Wednesday that he has broad support from black voters and the only black woman elected to the Senate, seemingly forgetting that 2020 candidate Kamala Harris is a California senator. Biden's comment came amid multiple blunders during the debate, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post in Atlanta. For more on the 2020 candidates' discussion of race in their campaigns, we speak with Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change, and Ryan Grim, D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept.

Staff (2019-11-21). Bernie Sanders Criticizes U.S. Relationships with Saudi Arabia and Israel at Democratic Debate. democracynow.org Ten Democratic candidates took the stage in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday for the party's fifth presidential debate, co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post. Toward the end of the evening, Senator Bernie Sanders criticized former Vice President Joe Biden's support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and laid out his foreign policy vision, including strong criticism of traditional U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Israel. "It is no longer good enough for us to be pro-Israel — I am pro-Israel — but we must treat the Palestinians with the dignity they deserve," he said. We speak with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at th…

Staff (2019-11-21). Headlines for November 21, 2019. democracynow.org Gordon Sondland Says Trump Directed Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, Top 10 Democratic Candidates Hold Presidential Debate in Atlanta, Dozens of Guatemalan Migrants Freed from Locked Truck in Mexico, Humanitarian Volunteer Scott Warren Not Guilty of Felonies for Aiding Migrants, Ex-Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to Probation for Running Over Migrant, Syria: 22 Civilians Killed in Idlib; Israel Bombs Iranian Forces Near Damascus, Israel Headed for Another Election After Benny Gantz Fails to Form Government, U.S. Isolated at U.N. Security Council After Declaring Israeli Settlements Legal, U.N. Warns Planned Fossil Fuel Product…

pip.hinman (2019-11-21). Media continues its smear campaign against Lula. greenleft.org.au media lies Brian MierIssue 1246 Brazil stitch upNovember 21, 2019The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals' proces…

RT (2019-11-21). Fights & arrests as 1000+ antifa-like protesters swarm Ann Coulter event at UC Berkeley (VIDEOS). rt.com Over 1000 antifa-type protesters surrounded a building on the Berkeley campus where conservative provocateur Ann Coulter was speaking, blocking ticket-holders from entering. At least 6 were arrested after a fight broke out. | The mass of chanting and shouting protesters blocked dozens of students from entering the hall, forming a human chain across both entrances and verbally abusing anyone who tried to pass. Some of the abuse was reportedly physical as well, though the protest did not feature the outbreaks of mob violence that characterize some antifa appearances. | Protesters have now turned away multiple ev…

RT (2019-11-21). 'Humiliation and extreme distress': Jussie Smollett sues Chicago after faking hate crime. rt.com Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is suing the city of Chicago for malicious prosecution, saying he was subjected to "humiliation and extreme distress" after having falsely claimed to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. | In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, lawyers for the 'Empire' actor also said that the Chicago police department "obtained false, self-serving and unreliable statements" from the Osundairo brothers — the two men Smollett paid to help with the hoax hate crime, who claim that the entire incident had been orchestrated by the actor. | Smollett's attorneys say that investigators ignored…

Peter Maass (2019-11-20). Stockholm Syndrome: The Nobel Prize Organization Is Now Fully Engaged in the Business of Genocide Denial. theintercept.com The Swedish Academy, which chose Peter Handke for the Nobel literature prize, issued a letter casting his Bosnia war books as reasonable.

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What Does Fraud and Bribery Trial of Israeli PM Netanyahu Tell Us About Trump Impeachment?
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-11-23
"In the case of both men, if they are removed from office for corruption, they will be succeeded by political figures even farther to their right and more dangerous to the world," writes Cole. (Photo: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/23/what-does-fraud-and-bribery-trial-israeli-pm-netanyahu-tell-us-about-trump?cd-origin=rss

Israel: Netanyahu to Give up 4 Ministry Posts Due to Indictment
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-23
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to relinquish the four ministerial posts he currently holds in the coming days following the indictment against him for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, according to a report published Saturday by Haaretz. | RELATED: | Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases | On Thursday Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicted the premier for the long-running investigations dubbed Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000. Under Israel's law, Neta…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Netanyahu-to-Give-up-4-Ministry-Posts-Due-to-Corruption-Charges-20191123-0006.html

Jeremy Corbyn offers a vision of 'hope' and builds support for a 'red Christmas'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-23
Jeremy Corbyn has offered students a vision for "hope" as he unveiled a youth manifesto pledging £1 billion investment and votes at 16. | The Labour leader received huge applause when he told supporters at Loughborough University on Saturday of plans to end pay "discrimination" and give a £10 minimum wage to all. | And to energise his campaign further, he encouraged the crowd to hit the streets campaigning ahead of the election on 12 December in order to bring a "red Christmas". | Addressing the packed student union club lined with red neon lights, he said: This election is all about the future and hop…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/23/jeremy-corbyn-offers-a-vision-of-hope-and-builds-support-for-a-red-christmas/

#MeToo launches fascistic attack on Polanski's film J'accuse
wsws.org | 2019-11-23
The #MeToo campaign is aligning itself with the French state, slandering anyone who views or admires this magnificent retelling of the Dreyfus Affair as a rape apologist.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/23/meto…

Ukrainegate 13,000 Times Worse Than You Think
Joe Giambrone | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-23
Did you know that Donald Trump had the State Department, USAID, NED, and the CIA fund and train Neo-Nazi, fascist militias to overthrow the government of Ukraine? These riot mobs, primarily Svoboda and Right Sector, stormed the capital, firebombed and shot the police, and destroyed democracy inside Ukraine. When the legitimately elected president was forced …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/ukrainegate-13000-times-worse-than-you-think/

Allegations of racist incidents lead to virtual shutdown of campus at Syracuse University
wsws.org | 2019-11-23
The university has accepted the demands of students, including moves toward the segregation of dorms based on race, but the campus has been effectively closed through the end of the semester.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/23/syra…

BBC News editing the audience reaction to Boris Johnson is really not okay
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-11-23
Boris Johnson's appearance on the BBC Question Time (BBCQT) Leaders Debate didn't exactly go well. From having to sneak into the studio while Jeremy Corbyn was greeted by crowds of supporters to refusing to apologise for his previous racist and homophobic comments, the PM was on…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/23/bbc-news-editing-the-audience-reaction-to-boris-johnson-is-really-not-okay/

Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-23
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 (11/22/19). 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/iran-false-flag-prep-us-governments-staggering-bolivia-hypocrisy-netanyahu-indicted-patriot-act/

Butina to help Russians 'in difficult situations' abroad as part of new job at ombudsman's office
rt.com | 2019-11-23
Less than a month after her return to Russia from the US, where she spent over a year behind bars, Maria Butina has joined the Russian ombudsman's office and will focus on helping compatriots who run into trouble abroad. | The Russian gun activist, whose case whipped up anti-Russian hysteria in the US and saw mainstream media telling juicy stories about her trading sex for political favors that later proved to be false, will now help those who find themselves similarly at fault outside Russia. | Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said Butina had accepted an offer to join her team. Speaking at…
rt.com/russia/474143-butina-job-rights-protection/

Israel's Attorney General Indicts Prime Minister Netanyahu
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
According to Palestine News Network, Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has decided to officially indict prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for fraud, bribery and breach of trust. Beginning in October, Netanyahu's defence team presented the prime minister's position to the state prosecution, accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in …
imemc.org/article/israels-attorney-general-indicts-prime-minister-netanyahu/

Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Beit Ummar
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
Israeli soldiers injured, on Friday evening, many Palestinians in 'Aseeda area, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked dozens of protesters, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The soldiers first invaded the area, and installed a military roadblock, before …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-in-beit-ummar/

A BDS Campaign Tackles the Sports Industry in Portland — and Wins
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-22
Boycotting for Palestinian rights works. A reporter broke the news in late September that the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team ended their partnership with Leupold & Stevens, which makes rifle scopes for Israel's brutal occupying army, following a year-long protest campaign led by our Portland, Oregon, chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and many allies. | For nearly 10 years, Leupold & Stevens sponsored a "Hometo…
truthout.org/articles/a-bds-campaign-tackles-the-sports-industry-in-portland-and-wins/

Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support
Stephen Zunes | commondreams.org | 2019-11-22
Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan. (Photo: David Silverman/HRW) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Army Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Surif
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, a nonviolent procession against the illegal annexation of Palestinian lands in Surif town, northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing many injuries. The soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to attacking protesters with clubs and batons. Many …
imemc.org/article/army-attacks-nonviolent-protesters-in-surif/

Illegal Israeli Colonists Injure Eight Palestinians In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
A group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, attacked, on Friday evening, many Palestinians, including children, wounding eight. Palestinian activist Jamal Es'eifan said the colonists first attacked a shop, owned by Nasser Fahed al-Ja'bari, and smashed …
imemc.org/article/illegal-israeli-colonists-injure-eight-palestinians-in-hebron/

U.S. Congresswoman: "Israeli System of Military Detention of Palestinian Children is Immoral"
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
Ali Harb — Middle East Eye The Israeli army's mistreatment of Palestinian children is "completely preventable", a United States congresswoman said, as she urged other lawmakers to support a bill that would prevent American military aid to Israel from being used to abuse Palestinian minors. "The Israeli system of military …
imemc.org/article/u-s-congresswoman-israeli-system-of-military-detention-of-palestinian-children-is-immoral/

Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. This week's procession also condemned the illegal policies of the United States, especially the …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-in-kufur-qaddoum-2/

With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-22
The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…
mintpressnews.com/with-no-end-in-sight-israel-election-soap-opera-rages-on/262937/

We thought the house was empty
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-22
On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/22/we-thought-the-house-was-empty/

Explaining Trump's Racism
Jill Richardson | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
"Is Trump a racist?" I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on whether or not they could prove Trump had ever used the N-word, as…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/explaining-trumps-racism/

Washington's Consensus on Neofascist Coups in Latin America
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
The Obama-backed right-wing coup in Honduras helped fuel Central American migrant streams that the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump railed against during his successful and Nativist presidential campaign. "Donito Assolini" has been mired in partisan turmoil since the beginning of his cancerous, white-nationalist presidency. The two major parties and their constituents disagree sharply over whether the tiny-fingered, tangerine-tinted, Twitter-tantruming tyrant Trump should be impeached and removed for trying to trade arms to Ukraine in exchange for political dirt on the ludicrous right-wing Democratic-presid…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/washingtons-consensus-on-neofascist-coups-in-latin-america/

Racist Stephen Miller Must Go, Activists and Lawmakers Say
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-22
President Trump may be consumed by impeachment, but White House Adviser Stephen Miller remains laser-focused on executing his racist anti-immigrant agenda. Despite calls for Miller's removal by lawmakers and civil rights organizations, his oppressive policies and appointments continue to be rolled out at a frantic pace. | Last week, Hatewatch exposed hundreds of emails Miller sent to th…
truthout.org/articles/racist-stephen-miller-must-go-activists-and-lawmakers-say/

Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-22
Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/21/over-60…

Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-22
The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/constitutional-rights/congress-quietly-unites-to-extend-temporary-patriot-act-under-cover-of-the-impeachment-distraction/

Trump Is Trying to Lift Up Colonial Myths. Native People Are Breaking Them Down
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-22
Crystal Echo Hawk says the order goes like this: In October, "controversy" erupts around Indigenous People's Day versus Columbus Day. This is followed by Halloween, in which people dress up as Native Americans. November is turning out to be a double whammy. There's Thanksgiving, of course, which continues to be mistaught in classrooms nationwide by erasing the genocide of Native Americans. For the first time this month, the United States is also celebrating "National American History and Fo…
truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-lift-up-colonial-myths-native-people-are-breaking-them-down/

JFK: What the CIA Hides
Jefferson Morley | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
My own JFK questions involve George Joannides, a decorated undercover officer who served as branch chief in the Miami station in 1963. He ran psychological warfare operations against Cuba. In 2003, I sued the CIA for Joannides' files. The lawsuit ended 15 years later in July 2018, when Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in his last opinion before ascending to the Supreme Court, tossed my case. Kavanaugh declared the agency deserved "deference upon deference" in its handling of Freedom of Information Act requests about JFK files.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/jfk-what-the-cia-hides/

Roaming Charges: High Nunes on Capitol Hill
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
+ As the House holds hearings to impeach Trump for "abuse of power," Pelosi just rushed through an extension of the Patriot Act, giving that very same president vast, unchecked powers to spy on American citizens. This makes sense only in Washington… + It's deflating to see "the Squad" (and every other Democrat) voting for…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/roaming-charges-high-nunes-on-capitol-hill/

Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support
Stephen Zunes | progressive.org | 2019-11-21
Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
progressive.org/dispatches/democrats-helped-recognition-of-settlements-zunes-191121/

Illegal Colonists Burn Palestinian Lands Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-21
A group of fanatic illegal colonialist settlers invaded, Thursday, Palestinian agricultural lands in Burqa village, north of Nablus in northern West Bank, and set them ablaze. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the assailants set lands ablaze close to the …
imemc.org/article/illegal-colonists-burn-palestinian-lands-near-nablus/

'Orwellian absurdity': U.S. reversal on settlements draws international outrage
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-21
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the U.S. was softening its position on Israel's network of settlements in the occupied Palestinain territory, saying it was revoking the notion that settlements are illegal under international law–a notion recognized by the rest of the world as factual and true. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/20/orwellian-absurdity-u-s-reversal-on-settlements-draws-international-outrage/

Christian Group Troubled by U.S. Position on Israeli Settlements
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-21
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has expressed deep concern over the recent U.S. declaration which recognized "the legitimacy" of the illegal Israeli colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank, The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
imemc.org/article/christian-group-troubled-by-u-s-position-on-israeli-settlements/

UK: "We Urge Israel to Halt its Counterproductive Settlement Expansion
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-21
The United Kingdom urged Israel, on Thursday, to halt its "counterproductive" settlement expansion, declaring that it is illegal under international law, The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. | The Foreign & Commonwealth Office reiterated its position, after U.S.
imemc.org/article/uk-we-urge-israel-to-halt-its-counterproductive-settlement-expansion/

Army Demolishes A Home Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-21
Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, a Palestinian home in Khallet ad-Dabe area, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committees in southern West Bank, said the soldiers demolished the home, made of bricks and a …
imemc.org/article/army-demolishes-a-home-near-hebron-2/

Video: Israel Conducts Wide-scale Strikes on Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
On November 20, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had carried out "wide-scale strikes" on the "Iranian Quds Force" and the Syrian Armed Forces in Syria. The IDF claimed that the strikes were carried out in response to …
globalresearch.ca/video-israel-conducts-wide-scale-strikes-syria/5695592

Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-21
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged with bribery, breach of trust and fraud on Thursday, the first of its kind against a serving Israeli prime minister. | RELATED: | 3rd Israeli Election Likely as Gantz Fails to Form Gov't | The indictment, announced by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, poses no immediate threat to Netanyahu's decade-long hold on power, a grip loosened by elections in April and September in which neith…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-PM-Netanyahu-Charged-in-3-Corruption-Cases-20191121-0007.html

Reclaiming Your Inner Fascist
C. J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-21
OK, we need to talk about fascism. Not just any kind of fascism. A particularly insidious kind of fascism. No, not the fascism of the early 20th Century. Not Mussolini's National Fascist Party. Not Hitler's NSDAP. Not Francoist fascism or any other kind of organized fascist movement or party. Not even the dreaded Tiki-torch Nazis. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/reclaiming-your-inner-fascist/

Dear Young Progressives: The White-Supremacist Anti-Immigration Anti-Political-Correctness Free-Speech Fascists Are Your Friends
Denis Rancourt | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-21
Yup. The ruling elite are doing everything they can to divide you. They are doing everything they can to promote hate between you. In this article, I argue that the real enemy is the ruling elite, which manipulates us all. I explain that the Western USA-based ruling elite is desperate these days, and exceptionally adversarial, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/dear-young-progressives-the-white-supremacist-anti-immigration-anti-political-correctness-free-speech-fascists-are-your-friends/

Bolivia coup: Personal memories of an earlier military massacre
Graham Holton | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-21
In January 1974, I was standing outside the Presidential Palace in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. The president was General Hugo Bánzer Suárez, of German ancestry, who held old Nazi ideals. A group of Indigenous protesters demanded the end to 200% inflation, low wages, and no rice or sugar. A truckload of soldiers pulled …
peoplesworld.org/article/bolivia-coup-personal-memories-of-an-earlier-military-massacre/

Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-11-21
Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate…
thenation.com/article/palestine-debate-bernie-sanders/

Weekend Read: The struggle for Native American voting rights
splcenter.org | 2019-11-21
November is Native American Heritage Month — a fitting time to honor the resistance and resilience of Native peoples, including their fight to be heard by and represented in the government that dispossessed them for centuries.
splcenter.org/news/2019/11/23/weekend-read-struggle-native-american-voting-rights

Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government's Spying Powers
Neema Singh Guliani | aclu.org | 2019-11-21
Congress today temporarily extended the NSA's spying powers that time and again have been used to violate our rights. Disturbingly, this three-month extension was snuck into a broader funding bill, forcing members of Congress to choose between extending this program and causing a government shutdown. The extension is an unnecessary lifeline to spying programs that are plagued with compliance violations, have no proven intelligence value, and violate our rights. | Under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, one of the spying | powers extended, the government believes it has the right to collect our | personal inform…
aclu.org/news/national-security/congress-just-temporarily-extended-the-governments-spying-powers

Bernie Sanders Criticizes U.S. Relationships with Saudi Arabia and Israel at Democratic Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-21
Ten Democratic candidates took the stage in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday for the party's fifth presidential debate, co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post. Toward the end of the evening, Senator Bernie Sanders criticized former Vice President Joe Biden's support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and laid out his foreign policy vision, including strong criticism of traditional U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Israel. "It is no longer good enough for us to be pro-Israel — I am pro-Israel — but we must treat the Palestinians with the dignity they deserve," he said. We speak with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at th…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/21/democrat…

Joe Biden's and Pete Buttigieg's Records on Race Come Under Scrutiny at 5th Democratic Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-21
Presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed on the Democratic debate stage Wednesday that he has broad support from black voters and the only black woman elected to the Senate, seemingly forgetting that 2020 candidate Kamala Harris is a California senator. Biden's comment came amid multiple blunders during the debate, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post in Atlanta. For more on the 2020 candidates' discussion of race in their campaigns, we speak with Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change, and Ryan Grim, D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept.
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/21/democrat…

Media continues its smear campaign against Lula
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-21
media lies Brian MierIssue 1246 Brazil stitch upNovember 21, 2019The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals' proces…
greenleft.org.au/content/media-continues-its-smear-campaign-against-lula

Fights & arrests as 1000+ antifa-like protesters swarm Ann Coulter event at UC Berkeley (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2019-11-21
Over 1000 antifa-type protesters surrounded a building on the Berkeley campus where conservative provocateur Ann Coulter was speaking, blocking ticket-holders from entering. At least 6 were arrested after a fight broke out. | The mass of chanting and shouting protesters blocked dozens of students from entering the hall, forming a human chain across both entrances and verbally abusing anyone who tried to pass. Some of the abuse was reportedly physical as well, though the protest did not feature the outbreaks of mob violence that characterize some antifa appearances. | Protesters have now turned away multiple ev…
rt.com/usa/474019-coulter-protest-surrounded-antifa-speech/

'Humiliation and extreme distress': Jussie Smollett sues Chicago after faking hate crime
rt.com | 2019-11-21
Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is suing the city of Chicago for malicious prosecution, saying he was subjected to "humiliation and extreme distress" after having falsely claimed to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. | In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, lawyers for the 'Empire' actor also said that the Chicago police department "obtained false, self-serving and unreliable statements" from the Osundairo brothers — the two men Smollett paid to help with the hoax hate crime, who claim that the entire incident had been orchestrated by the actor. | Smollett's attorneys say that investigators ignored…
rt.com/usa/474025-jussie-smollett-suing-chicago/

Palestine is a climate justice issue – Israeli apartheid is not "green"
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-11-20
Palestine is a climate justice issue – Israeli apartheid is not "green": Update Click to download and print this Fact Sheet.November 21, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/palestine-climate-justice-issue-israeli-apartheid-not-green

Israel Carries Out 'Wide-Scale Strikes' In Syria, US Gov Withholds Food/Meds From Iran & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-20
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 (11/20/19). 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-carries-out-wide-scale-strikes-syria-us-gov-withholds-food-meds-from-iran-patriot-act/

Wednesday's Daily Brief: Israeli settlements, World Children's Day, fossil fuel overuse
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-20
A recap of Wednesday's stories: UN envoy reiterates position on illegality of Israeli settlements, World Children's Day marked with calls for rights of children to be upheld, new report highlights major gap between use of fossil fuels and commitments to limit global warming.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051811

Israeli settlements remain 'flagrant violation' of international law, UN envoy tells Security Council
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-20
Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are "a flagrant violation under international law", the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051781

2019-11-22: News Headlines

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-23). Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act. 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 (11/22/19). 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 …

CounterSpin (2019-11-22). Michael Edison Hayden on Stephen Miller, Mallory McMaster on Katie Hill. fair.org Media…

Vijay Prashad (2019-11-22). We thought the house was empty. mronline.org On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | Source

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-22). Israel's Attorney General Indicts Prime Minister Netanyahu. imemc.org According to Palestine News Network, Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has decided to officially indict prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for fraud, bribery and breach of trust. Beginning in October, Netanyahu's defence team presented the prime minister's position to the state prosecution, accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in …

IMEMC News (2019-11-22). Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. This week's procession also condemned the illegal policies of the United States, especially the …

IMEMC News (2019-11-22). Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Beit Ummar. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured, on Friday evening, many Palestinians in 'Aseeda area, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked dozens of protesters, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The soldiers first invaded the area, and installed a military roadblock, before …

Staff (2019-11-22). A BDS Campaign Tackles the Sports Industry in Portland — and Wins. truthout.org Boycotting for Palestinian rights works. A reporter broke the news in late September that the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team ended their partnership with Leupold & Stevens, which makes rifle scopes for Israel's brutal occupying army, following a year-long protest campaign led by our Portland, Oregon, chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and many allies. | For nearly 10 years, Leupold & Stevens sponsored a "Hometo…

IMEMC News (2019-11-22). Army Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Surif. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, a nonviolent procession against the illegal annexation of Palestinian lands in Surif town, northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing many injuries. The soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to attacking protesters with clubs and batons. Many …

Stephen Zunes (2019-11-22). Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support. commondreams.org Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan. (Photo: David Silverman/HRW) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

IMEMC News (2019-11-22). Illegal Israeli Colonists Injure Eight Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org A group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, attacked, on Friday evening, many Palestinians, including children, wounding eight. Palestinian activist Jamal Es'eifan said the colonists first attacked a shop, owned by Nasser Fahed al-Ja'bari, and smashed …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-22). U.S. Congresswoman: "Israeli System of Military Detention of Palestinian Children is Immoral" imemc.org Ali Harb — Middle East Eye The Israeli army's mistreatment of Palestinian children is "completely preventable", a United States congresswoman said, as she urged other lawmakers to support a bill that would prevent American military aid to Israel from being used to abuse Palestinian minors. "The Israeli system of military …

Miko Peled (2019-11-22). With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On. mintpressnews.com The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…

Jill Richardson (2019-11-22). Explaining Trump's Racism. counterpunch.org "Is Trump a racist?" I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on whether or not they could prove Trump had ever used the N-word, as More

Paul Street (2019-11-22). Washington's Consensus on Neofascist Coups in Latin America. counterpunch.org The Obama-backed right-wing coup in Honduras helped fuel Central American migrant streams that the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump railed against during his successful and Nativist presidential campaign. "Donito Assolini" has been mired in partisan turmoil since the beginning of his cancerous, white-nationalist presidency. The two major parties and their constituents disagree sharply over whether the tiny-fingered, tangerine-tinted, Twitter-tantruming tyrant Trump should be impeached and removed for trying to trade arms to Ukraine in exchange for political dirt on the ludicrous right-wing Democratic-presid…

Staff (2019-11-22). Racist Stephen Miller Must Go, Activists and Lawmakers Say. truthout.org President Trump may be consumed by impeachment, but White House Adviser Stephen Miller remains laser-focused on executing his racist anti-immigrant agenda. Despite calls for Miller's removal by lawmakers and civil rights organizations, his oppressive policies and appointments continue to be rolled out at a frantic pace. | Last week, Hatewatch exposed hundreds of emails Miller sent to th…

Staff (2019-11-22). Trump Is Trying to Lift Up Colonial Myths. Native People Are Breaking Them Down. truthout.org Crystal Echo Hawk says the order goes like this: In October, "controversy" erupts around Indigenous People's Day versus Columbus Day. This is followed by Halloween, in which people dress up as Native Americans. November is turning out to be a double whammy. There's Thanksgiving, of course, which continues to be mistaught in classrooms nationwide by erasing the genocide of Native Americans. For the first time this month, the United States is also celebrating "National American History and Fo…

Activist Post (2019-11-22). Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction. thelastamericanvagabond.com The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …

Jefferson Morley (2019-11-22). JFK: What the CIA Hides. counterpunch.org My own JFK questions involve George Joannides, a decorated undercover officer who served as branch chief in the Miami station in 1963. He ran psychological warfare operations against Cuba. In 2003, I sued the CIA for Joannides' files. The lawsuit ended 15 years later in July 2018, when Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in his last opinion before ascending to the Supreme Court, tossed my case. Kavanaugh declared the agency deserved "deference upon deference" in its handling of Freedom of Information Act requests about JFK files. More

Fight Back (2019-11-22). Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2019-11-22). Roaming Charges: High Nunes on Capitol Hill. counterpunch.org + As the House holds hearings to impeach Trump for "abuse of power," Pelosi just rushed through an extension of the Patriot Act, giving that very same president vast, unchecked powers to spy on American citizens. This makes sense only in Washington… + It's deflating to see "the Squad" (and every other Democrat) voting for More

Staff (2019-11-22). Headlines for November 22, 2019. democracynow.org Ex-White House Adviser Warns Impeachment Probe of GOP's "Fictional Narrative" on Ukraine, Senate Republicans May Limit Trump's Impeachment Trial to Two Weeks, Mass Protests in Colombia Oppose Right-Wing Government, Bolivian Soldiers Tear Gas Funeral Procession for Slain Protesters, Iran Continues Internet Blackout After Violently Repressing Protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Indicted on Corruption Charges, Protesters Confront Joe Biden Over Obama-Era Deportations, Over 100 Lawmakers Call on President Trump to Fire Stephen Miller, Seven Arrested at UC Berkeley Protest of Ann Coulter Speech, Syracu…

Eds. (2019-11-21). 'Orwellian absurdity': U.S. reversal on settlements draws international outrage. mronline.org U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the U.S. was softening its position on Israel's network of settlements in the occupied Palestinain territory, saying it was revoking the notion that settlements are illegal under international law—a notion recognized by the rest of the world as factual and true. | Source

C. J. Hopkins (2019-11-21). Reclaiming Your Inner Fascist. dissidentvoice.org OK, we need to talk about fascism. Not just any kind of fascism. A particularly insidious kind of fascism. No, not the fascism of the early 20th Century. Not Mussolini's National Fascist Party. Not Hitler's NSDAP. Not Francoist fascism or any other kind of organized fascist movement or party. Not even the dreaded Tiki-torch Nazis. …

Graham Holton (2019-11-21). Bolivia coup: Personal memories of an earlier military massacre. peoplesworld.org In January 1974, I was standing outside the Presidential Palace in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. The president was General Hugo Bánzer Suárez, of German ancestry, who held old Nazi ideals. A group of Indigenous protesters demanded the end to 200% inflation, low wages, and no rice or sugar. A truckload of soldiers pulled …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-21). UK: "We Urge Israel to Halt its Counterproductive Settlement Expansion. imemc.org The United Kingdom urged Israel, on Thursday, to halt its "counterproductive" settlement expansion, declaring that it is illegal under international law, The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. | The Foreign & Commonwealth Office reiterated its position, after U.S.

Stephen Zunes (2019-11-21). Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support. progressive.org Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

IMEMC News (2019-11-21). Illegal Colonists Burn Palestinian Lands Near Nablus. imemc.org A group of fanatic illegal colonialist settlers invaded, Thursday, Palestinian agricultural lands in Burqa village, north of Nablus in northern West Bank, and set them ablaze. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the assailants set lands ablaze close to the …

IMEMC News (2019-11-21). Army Demolishes A Home Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, a Palestinian home in Khallet ad-Dabe area, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committees in southern West Bank, said the soldiers demolished the home, made of bricks and a …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-21). Christian Group Troubled by U.S. Position on Israeli Settlements. imemc.org The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has expressed deep concern over the recent U.S. declaration which recognized "the legitimacy" of the illegal Israeli colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank, The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.

South Front (2019-11-21). Video: Israel Conducts Wide-scale Strikes on Syria. globalresearch.ca On November 20, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had carried out "wide-scale strikes" on the "Iranian Quds Force" and the Syrian Armed Forces in Syria. The IDF claimed that the strikes were carried out in response to …

teleSUR (2019-11-21). Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases. telesurenglish.net Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged with bribery, breach of trust and fraud on Thursday, the first of its kind against a serving Israeli prime minister. | RELATED: | 3rd Israeli Election Likely as Gantz Fails to Form Gov't | The indictment, announced by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, poses no immediate threat to Netanyahu's decade-long hold on power, a grip loosened by elections in April and September in which neith…

WSWS (2019-11-21). Israeli airstrikes on Syria threaten wider Mideast war. wsws.org The air raids follow by barely a week a bombing campaign against Gaza that killed 34, including an entire family of eight.

Jill Richardson (2019-11-21). Explaining Trump's Racism. commondreams.org Trump's language, his choice of senior officials in his administration, and his popularity among white nationalists show that he holds racist views. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

John Nichols (2019-11-21). Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate. thenation.com Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate…

WSWS (2019-11-21). Patriot Act extension concealed in funding bill passed by House Democrats. wsws.org Coming in the midst of the Democrats' impeachment inquiry, the extension of the Patriot Act underscores the absence of any democratic content in their opposition to Trump.

Neema Singh Guliani (2019-11-21). Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government's Spying Powers. aclu.org Congress today temporarily extended the NSA's spying powers that time and again have been used to violate our rights. Disturbingly, this three-month extension was snuck into a broader funding bill, forcing members of Congress to choose between extending this program and causing a government shutdown. The extension is an unnecessary lifeline to spying programs that are plagued with compliance violations, have no proven intelligence value, and violate our rights. | Under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, one of the spying | powers extended, the government believes it has the right to collect our | personal inform…

Denis Rancourt (2019-11-21). Dear Young Progressives: The White-Supremacist Anti-Immigration Anti-Political-Correctness Free-Speech Fascists Are Your Friends. dissidentvoice.org Yup. The ruling elite are doing everything they can to divide you. They are doing everything they can to promote hate between you. In this article, I argue that the real enemy is the ruling elite, which manipulates us all. I explain that the Western USA-based ruling elite is desperate these days, and exceptionally adversarial, …

pip.hinman (2019-11-21). Media continues its smear campaign against Lula. greenleft.org.au media lies Brian MierIssue 1246 Brazil stitch upNovember 21, 2019The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals' proces…

RT (2019-11-21). Fights & arrests as 1000+ antifa-like protesters swarm Ann Coulter event at UC Berkeley (VIDEOS). rt.com Over 1000 antifa-type protesters surrounded a building on the Berkeley campus where conservative provocateur Ann Coulter was speaking, blocking ticket-holders from entering. At least 6 were arrested after a fight broke out. | The mass of chanting and shouting protesters blocked dozens of students from entering the hall, forming a human chain across both entrances and verbally abusing anyone who tried to pass. Some of the abuse was reportedly physical as well, though the protest did not feature the outbreaks of mob violence that characterize some antifa appearances. | Protesters have now turned away multiple ev…

RT (2019-11-21). 'Humiliation and extreme distress': Jussie Smollett sues Chicago after faking hate crime. rt.com Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is suing the city of Chicago for malicious prosecution, saying he was subjected to "humiliation and extreme distress" after having falsely claimed to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. | In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, lawyers for the 'Empire' actor also said that the Chicago police department "obtained false, self-serving and unreliable statements" from the Osundairo brothers — the two men Smollett paid to help with the hoax hate crime, who claim that the entire incident had been orchestrated by the actor. | Smollett's attorneys say that investigators ignored…

Staff (2019-11-21). Bernie Sanders Criticizes U.S. Relationships with Saudi Arabia and Israel at Democratic Debate. democracynow.org Ten Democratic candidates took the stage in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday for the party's fifth presidential debate, co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post. Toward the end of the evening, Senator Bernie Sanders criticized former Vice President Joe Biden's support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and laid out his foreign policy vision, including strong criticism of traditional U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Israel. "It is no longer good enough for us to be pro-Israel — I am pro-Israel — but we must treat the Palestinians with the dignity they deserve," he said. We speak with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at th…

Staff (2019-11-21). Joe Biden's and Pete Buttigieg's Records on Race Come Under Scrutiny at 5th Democratic Debate. democracynow.org Presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed on the Democratic debate stage Wednesday that he has broad support from black voters and the only black woman elected to the Senate, seemingly forgetting that 2020 candidate Kamala Harris is a California senator. Biden's comment came amid multiple blunders during the debate, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post in Atlanta. For more on the 2020 candidates' discussion of race in their campaigns, we speak with Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change, and Ryan Grim, D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept.

Staff (2019-11-21). Headlines for November 21, 2019. democracynow.org Gordon Sondland Says Trump Directed Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, Top 10 Democratic Candidates Hold Presidential Debate in Atlanta, Dozens of Guatemalan Migrants Freed from Locked Truck in Mexico, Humanitarian Volunteer Scott Warren Not Guilty of Felonies for Aiding Migrants, Ex-Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to Probation for Running Over Migrant, Syria: 22 Civilians Killed in Idlib; Israel Bombs Iranian Forces Near Damascus, Israel Headed for Another Election After Benny Gantz Fails to Form Government, U.S. Isolated at U.N. Security Council After Declaring Israeli Settlements Legal, U.N. Warns Planned Fossil Fuel Product…

Peter Maass (2019-11-20). Stockholm Syndrome: The Nobel Prize Organization Is Now Fully Engaged in the Business of Genocide Denial. theintercept.com The Swedish Academy, which chose Peter Handke for the Nobel literature prize, issued a letter casting his Bosnia war books as reasonable.

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-20). Israel Carries Out 'Wide-Scale Strikes' In Syria, US Gov Withholds Food/Meds From Iran & Patriot Act. 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 (11/20/19). 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 …

United Nations (2019-11-20). Wednesday's Daily Brief: Israeli settlements, World Children's Day, fossil fuel overuse. news.un.org A recap of Wednesday's stories: UN envoy reiterates position on illegality of Israeli settlements, World Children's Day marked with calls for rights of children to be upheld, new report highlights major gap between use of fossil fuels and commitments to limit global warming.

United Nations (2019-11-20). Israeli settlements remain 'flagrant violation' of international law, UN envoy tells Security Council. news.un.org Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are "a flagrant violation under international law", the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday.

Stephen Zunes (2019-11-20). House of Representatives Finally Recognizes Armenian Genocide. progressive.org It is shocking that it has taken this long for even one house of the U.S. Congress to recognize this historic tragedy. Somehow it is always a "bad time" to upset the government of Turkey.

Staff (2019-11-20). Headlines for November 20, 2019. democracynow.org 4 Key Witnesses Testify in Impeachment Hearings, Amnesty Says Iranian Security Forces Killed Over 100 Protesters, Bolivian Military Carries Out Second Massacre Against Morales Supporters, Senate Approves Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, U.N. Affirms It Still Considers Israeli Settlements Violation of International Law, Pentagon Says ISIS Is Rebuilding in Northern Syria, NYT: Navy SEALs Expected to Oust Gallagher, Despite Trump Restoring His Rank, Report: Mike Pompeo Planning to Resign as Secretary of State, Trump Administration Can Now Send Asylum Seekers to Guatemala, Sweden Drops Sexual Assault Investi…

patrick (2019-11-20). Palestine is a climate justice issue – Israeli apartheid is not "green" bdsmovement.net Palestine is a climate justice issue – Israeli apartheid is not "green": Update Click to download and print this Fact Sheet.November 21, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)

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Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-23
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 (11/22/19). 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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Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support
Stephen Zunes | commondreams.org | 2019-11-22
Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan. (Photo: David Silverman/HRW) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Illegal Israeli Colonists Injure Eight Palestinians In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
A group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, attacked, on Friday evening, many Palestinians, including children, wounding eight. Palestinian activist Jamal Es'eifan said the colonists first attacked a shop, owned by Nasser Fahed al-Ja'bari, and smashed …
imemc.org/article/illegal-israeli-colonists-injure-eight-palestinians-in-hebron/

Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. This week's procession also condemned the illegal policies of the United States, especially the …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-in-kufur-qaddoum-2/

Israel's Attorney General Indicts Prime Minister Netanyahu
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
According to Palestine News Network, Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has decided to officially indict prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for fraud, bribery and breach of trust. Beginning in October, Netanyahu's defence team presented the prime minister's position to the state prosecution, accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in …
imemc.org/article/israels-attorney-general-indicts-prime-minister-netanyahu/

Army Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Surif
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, a nonviolent procession against the illegal annexation of Palestinian lands in Surif town, northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing many injuries. The soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to attacking protesters with clubs and batons. Many …
imemc.org/article/army-attacks-nonviolent-protesters-in-surif/

Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Beit Ummar
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
Israeli soldiers injured, on Friday evening, many Palestinians in 'Aseeda area, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked dozens of protesters, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The soldiers first invaded the area, and installed a military roadblock, before …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-in-beit-ummar/

U.S. Congresswoman: "Israeli System of Military Detention of Palestinian Children is Immoral"
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-22
Ali Harb — Middle East Eye The Israeli army's mistreatment of Palestinian children is "completely preventable", a United States congresswoman said, as she urged other lawmakers to support a bill that would prevent American military aid to Israel from being used to abuse Palestinian minors. "The Israeli system of military …
imemc.org/article/u-s-congresswoman-israeli-system-of-military-detention-of-palestinian-children-is-immoral/

A BDS Campaign Tackles the Sports Industry in Portland — and Wins
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-22
Boycotting for Palestinian rights works. A reporter broke the news in late September that the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team ended their partnership with Leupold & Stevens, which makes rifle scopes for Israel's brutal occupying army, following a year-long protest campaign led by our Portland, Oregon, chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and many allies. | For nearly 10 years, Leupold & Stevens sponsored a "Hometo…
truthout.org/articles/a-bds-campaign-tackles-the-sports-industry-in-portland-and-wins/

We thought the house was empty
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-22
On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/22/we-thought-the-house-was-empty/

With No End in Sight, Israel's Election Soap Opera Rages On
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-22
The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing. | The Boss: | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the "Boss" of Israeli politics, seems to have lost his touch. In two consecutive elections, he was unable to win a majority or form a coalition government. | The rise of a united opposition to run against him led by former IDF generals — who by the way at one point or another served him — is…
mintpressnews.com/with-no-end-in-sight-israel-election-soap-opera-rages-on/262937/

Explaining Trump's Racism
Jill Richardson | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
"Is Trump a racist?" I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on whether or not they could prove Trump had ever used the N-word, as…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/explaining-trumps-racism/

Washington's Consensus on Neofascist Coups in Latin America
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
The Obama-backed right-wing coup in Honduras helped fuel Central American migrant streams that the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump railed against during his successful and Nativist presidential campaign. "Donito Assolini" has been mired in partisan turmoil since the beginning of his cancerous, white-nationalist presidency. The two major parties and their constituents disagree sharply over whether the tiny-fingered, tangerine-tinted, Twitter-tantruming tyrant Trump should be impeached and removed for trying to trade arms to Ukraine in exchange for political dirt on the ludicrous right-wing Democratic-presid…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/washingtons-consensus-on-neofascist-coups-in-latin-america/

Trump Is Trying to Lift Up Colonial Myths. Native People Are Breaking Them Down
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-22
Crystal Echo Hawk says the order goes like this: In October, "controversy" erupts around Indigenous People's Day versus Columbus Day. This is followed by Halloween, in which people dress up as Native Americans. November is turning out to be a double whammy. There's Thanksgiving, of course, which continues to be mistaught in classrooms nationwide by erasing the genocide of Native Americans. For the first time this month, the United States is also celebrating "National American History and Fo…
truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-lift-up-colonial-myths-native-people-are-breaking-them-down/

Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-22
The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …
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JFK: What the CIA Hides
Jefferson Morley | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
My own JFK questions involve George Joannides, a decorated undercover officer who served as branch chief in the Miami station in 1963. He ran psychological warfare operations against Cuba. In 2003, I sued the CIA for Joannides' files. The lawsuit ended 15 years later in July 2018, when Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in his last opinion before ascending to the Supreme Court, tossed my case. Kavanaugh declared the agency deserved "deference upon deference" in its handling of Freedom of Information Act requests about JFK files.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/jfk-what-the-cia-hides/

Over 60 Minnesotans to attend relaunching of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-22
Minneapolis, MN — More than 60 Minnesotans from over ten local organizations are heading to Chicago the weekend of November 22-24, for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Many are of the Twin Cites participants are Black activists and family members of those killed by police. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar is leading the delegation and is a core endorser of the conference. Minnesota will have the third largest delegation of the nearly 700 people currently registered. The weekend's activities will likely have over 1000 attendees from across the Un…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/21/over-60…

Racist Stephen Miller Must Go, Activists and Lawmakers Say
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-22
President Trump may be consumed by impeachment, but White House Adviser Stephen Miller remains laser-focused on executing his racist anti-immigrant agenda. Despite calls for Miller's removal by lawmakers and civil rights organizations, his oppressive policies and appointments continue to be rolled out at a frantic pace. | Last week, Hatewatch exposed hundreds of emails Miller sent to th…
truthout.org/articles/racist-stephen-miller-must-go-activists-and-lawmakers-say/

Roaming Charges: High Nunes on Capitol Hill
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
+ As the House holds hearings to impeach Trump for "abuse of power," Pelosi just rushed through an extension of the Patriot Act, giving that very same president vast, unchecked powers to spy on American citizens. This makes sense only in Washington… + It's deflating to see "the Squad" (and every other Democrat) voting for…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/roaming-charges-high-nunes-on-capitol-hill/

Trump's Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support
Stephen Zunes | progressive.org | 2019-11-21
Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
progressive.org/dispatches/democrats-helped-recognition-of-settlements-zunes-191121/

Army Demolishes A Home Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-21
Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, a Palestinian home in Khallet ad-Dabe area, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committees in southern West Bank, said the soldiers demolished the home, made of bricks and a …
imemc.org/article/army-demolishes-a-home-near-hebron-2/

UK: "We Urge Israel to Halt its Counterproductive Settlement Expansion
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-21
The United Kingdom urged Israel, on Thursday, to halt its "counterproductive" settlement expansion, declaring that it is illegal under international law, The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. | The Foreign & Commonwealth Office reiterated its position, after U.S.
imemc.org/article/uk-we-urge-israel-to-halt-its-counterproductive-settlement-expansion/

Christian Group Troubled by U.S. Position on Israeli Settlements
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-21
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has expressed deep concern over the recent U.S. declaration which recognized "the legitimacy" of the illegal Israeli colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank, The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
imemc.org/article/christian-group-troubled-by-u-s-position-on-israeli-settlements/

Illegal Colonists Burn Palestinian Lands Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-21
A group of fanatic illegal colonialist settlers invaded, Thursday, Palestinian agricultural lands in Burqa village, north of Nablus in northern West Bank, and set them ablaze. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the assailants set lands ablaze close to the …
imemc.org/article/illegal-colonists-burn-palestinian-lands-near-nablus/

'Orwellian absurdity': U.S. reversal on settlements draws international outrage
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-21
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the U.S. was softening its position on Israel's network of settlements in the occupied Palestinain territory, saying it was revoking the notion that settlements are illegal under international law–a notion recognized by the rest of the world as factual and true. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/20/orwellian-absurdity-u-s-reversal-on-settlements-draws-international-outrage/

Israeli airstrikes on Syria threaten wider Mideast war
wsws.org | 2019-11-21
The air raids follow by barely a week a bombing campaign against Gaza that killed 34, including an entire family of eight.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/21/syri…

Israel's PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-21
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged with bribery, breach of trust and fraud on Thursday, the first of its kind against a serving Israeli prime minister. | RELATED: | 3rd Israeli Election Likely as Gantz Fails to Form Gov't | The indictment, announced by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, poses no immediate threat to Netanyahu's decade-long hold on power, a grip loosened by elections in April and September in which neith…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-PM-Netanyahu-Charged-in-3-Corruption-Cases-20191121-0007.html

Video: Israel Conducts Wide-scale Strikes on Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
On November 20, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had carried out "wide-scale strikes" on the "Iranian Quds Force" and the Syrian Armed Forces in Syria. The IDF claimed that the strikes were carried out in response to …
globalresearch.ca/video-israel-conducts-wide-scale-strikes-syria/5695592

Explaining Trump's Racism
Jill Richardson | commondreams.org | 2019-11-21
Trump's language, his choice of senior officials in his administration, and his popularity among white nationalists show that he holds racist views. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Reclaiming Your Inner Fascist
C. J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-21
OK, we need to talk about fascism. Not just any kind of fascism. A particularly insidious kind of fascism. No, not the fascism of the early 20th Century. Not Mussolini's National Fascist Party. Not Hitler's NSDAP. Not Francoist fascism or any other kind of organized fascist movement or party. Not even the dreaded Tiki-torch Nazis. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/reclaiming-your-inner-fascist/

Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-11-21
Bernie Sanders Wins the Foreign Policy Debate…
thenation.com/article/palestine-debate-bernie-sanders/

Patriot Act extension concealed in funding bill passed by House Democrats
wsws.org | 2019-11-21
Coming in the midst of the Democrats' impeachment inquiry, the extension of the Patriot Act underscores the absence of any democratic content in their opposition to Trump.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/21/fund…

Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government's Spying Powers
Neema Singh Guliani | aclu.org | 2019-11-21
Congress today temporarily extended the NSA's spying powers that time and again have been used to violate our rights. Disturbingly, this three-month extension was snuck into a broader funding bill, forcing members of Congress to choose between extending this program and causing a government shutdown. The extension is an unnecessary lifeline to spying programs that are plagued with compliance violations, have no proven intelligence value, and violate our rights. | Under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, one of the spying | powers extended, the government believes it has the right to collect our | personal inform…
aclu.org/news/national-security/congress-just-temporarily-extended-the-governments-spying-powers

Dear Young Progressives: The White-Supremacist Anti-Immigration Anti-Political-Correctness Free-Speech Fascists Are Your Friends
Denis Rancourt | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-21
Yup. The ruling elite are doing everything they can to divide you. They are doing everything they can to promote hate between you. In this article, I argue that the real enemy is the ruling elite, which manipulates us all. I explain that the Western USA-based ruling elite is desperate these days, and exceptionally adversarial, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/dear-young-progressives-the-white-supremacist-anti-immigration-anti-political-correctness-free-speech-fascists-are-your-friends/

Bolivia coup: Personal memories of an earlier military massacre
Graham Holton | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-21
In January 1974, I was standing outside the Presidential Palace in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. The president was General Hugo Bánzer Suárez, of German ancestry, who held old Nazi ideals. A group of Indigenous protesters demanded the end to 200% inflation, low wages, and no rice or sugar. A truckload of soldiers pulled …
peoplesworld.org/article/bolivia-coup-personal-memories-of-an-earlier-military-massacre/

Media continues its smear campaign against Lula
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-21
media lies Brian MierIssue 1246 Brazil stitch upNovember 21, 2019The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals' proces…
greenleft.org.au/content/media-continues-its-smear-campaign-against-lula

Fights & arrests as 1000+ antifa-like protesters swarm Ann Coulter event at UC Berkeley (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2019-11-21
Over 1000 antifa-type protesters surrounded a building on the Berkeley campus where conservative provocateur Ann Coulter was speaking, blocking ticket-holders from entering. At least 6 were arrested after a fight broke out. | The mass of chanting and shouting protesters blocked dozens of students from entering the hall, forming a human chain across both entrances and verbally abusing anyone who tried to pass. Some of the abuse was reportedly physical as well, though the protest did not feature the outbreaks of mob violence that characterize some antifa appearances. | Protesters have now turned away multiple ev…
rt.com/usa/474019-coulter-protest-surrounded-antifa-speech/

'Humiliation and extreme distress': Jussie Smollett sues Chicago after faking hate crime
rt.com | 2019-11-21
Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is suing the city of Chicago for malicious prosecution, saying he was subjected to "humiliation and extreme distress" after having falsely claimed to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. | In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, lawyers for the 'Empire' actor also said that the Chicago police department "obtained false, self-serving and unreliable statements" from the Osundairo brothers — the two men Smollett paid to help with the hoax hate crime, who claim that the entire incident had been orchestrated by the actor. | Smollett's attorneys say that investigators ignored…
rt.com/usa/474025-jussie-smollett-suing-chicago/

Bernie Sanders Criticizes U.S. Relationships with Saudi Arabia and Israel at Democratic Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-21
Ten Democratic candidates took the stage in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday for the party's fifth presidential debate, co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post. Toward the end of the evening, Senator Bernie Sanders criticized former Vice President Joe Biden's support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and laid out his foreign policy vision, including strong criticism of traditional U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Israel. "It is no longer good enough for us to be pro-Israel — I am pro-Israel — but we must treat the Palestinians with the dignity they deserve," he said. We speak with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at th…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/21/democrat…

Joe Biden's and Pete Buttigieg's Records on Race Come Under Scrutiny at 5th Democratic Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-21
Presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed on the Democratic debate stage Wednesday that he has broad support from black voters and the only black woman elected to the Senate, seemingly forgetting that 2020 candidate Kamala Harris is a California senator. Biden's comment came amid multiple blunders during the debate, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post in Atlanta. For more on the 2020 candidates' discussion of race in their campaigns, we speak with Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change, and Ryan Grim, D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept.
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/21/democrat…

Palestine is a climate justice issue – Israeli apartheid is not "green"
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-11-20
Palestine is a climate justice issue – Israeli apartheid is not "green": Update Click to download and print this Fact Sheet.November 21, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/palestine-climate-justice-issue-israeli-apartheid-not-green

Israel Carries Out 'Wide-Scale Strikes' In Syria, US Gov Withholds Food/Meds From Iran & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-20
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 (11/20/19). 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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Wednesday's Daily Brief: Israeli settlements, World Children's Day, fossil fuel overuse
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-20
A recap of Wednesday's stories: UN envoy reiterates position on illegality of Israeli settlements, World Children's Day marked with calls for rights of children to be upheld, new report highlights major gap between use of fossil fuels and commitments to limit global warming.
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Israeli settlements remain 'flagrant violation' of international law, UN envoy tells Security Council
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-20
Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are "a flagrant violation under international law", the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday.
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House of Representatives Finally Recognizes Armenian Genocide
Stephen Zunes | progressive.org | 2019-11-20
It is shocking that it has taken this long for even one house of the U.S. Congress to recognize this historic tragedy. Somehow it is always a "bad time" to upset the government of Turkey.
progressive.org/dispatches/armenian-genocide-recognized-zunes-191120/

Stockholm Syndrome: The Nobel Prize Organization Is Now Fully Engaged in the Business of Genocide Denial
Peter Maass | theintercept.com | 2019-11-20
The Swedish Academy, which chose Peter Handke for the Nobel literature prize, issued a letter casting his Bosnia war books as reasonable.
theintercept.com/2019/11/20/peter-handke-nobel-prize-bosnian-genocide/

Occupied Palestine: From BDS To ODS
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-19
We spent the last week in Occupied Palestinian Territory, commonly referred to as Israel, where we traveled around the country to visit communities in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Bethlehem, the West Bank, the Nagab, and more. We call Israel Occupied Palestine because it is not just the West Bank and Gaza that are occupied, but all of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/occupied-palestine-from-bds-to-ods/

UN 'regrets' new US position on legality of Israeli settlements
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-19
The longstanding position of the UN regarding Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory — that they are in breach of international law — is unchanged, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said during a press briefing on Tuesday in New York, reacting to the policy reversal announced by the United States.
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Responses to Aurora's Tel Aviv shows
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-11-19
Responses to Aurora's Tel Aviv shows: PACBI StatementResponses to Norwegian singer Aurora's concerts in apartheid Tel Aviv | Cultural BoycottNovember 19, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
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Tuesday's Daily Brief: Israeli settlements, Sahel crisis, Iran protests, reconciliation for peace, World Toilet Day
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-19
A recap of Tuesday's stories in brief: UN 'regret' over US settlements reversal; Almost daily attacks plunge Sahel into 'three-country crisis'; live ammunition reportedly used against Iranian protesters; reconciliation helps 'repair fractures', promote peace; call for poorest countries to take leading role in their own development agendas; and World Toilet Day.
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