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The Untold Story of Christian Zionism's Rise to Power in the United States
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-12
Well before Theodore Herzl founded political Zionism and published The Jewish State, Christian Zionists in the United States and England were already seeking to direct and influence the foreign policy of both nations in service to a religious obsession end times prophecy…
mintpressnews.com/untold-story-christian-zionists-power-united-states-israel/260532/

Donald Trump, The Manchurian Candidate and The Russia Probe. The Rosenstein Comey Mueller Intrigue
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
Trump's Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was to organize the so-called Russia Probe pertaining to alleged Kremlin interference in the November 2016 elections. Rosenstein's first step consisted in the firing of FBI Director James Comey & appointing former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the Russia Probe.
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-the-manchurian-candidate-and-the-russia-probe-rod-rosenstein-james-comey-and-robert-mueller/5655073

Foreign Correspondent: What's Really Going on in Hong Kong?
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-07-12
China and Hong Kong will be struggling for many years to determine exactly what "one country, two systems" really means.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent–hong-kong-erlich-190712/

Noam Chomsky says 'there is not much time' to avert global catastrophe
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2019-07-12
In an interview published on 12 July, Noam Chomsky told Jacobin that "there is not much time" to avert global catastrophe. He also talked about Iran, Venezuela, and antisemitism allegations aimed at the UK Labour Party. | Climate crisis and the Green New Deal: | Most importantly, he attended to the issue of global climate crisis. On the subject of rising sea levels, he said: the ca…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/12/noam-chomsky-says-there-is-not-much-time-to-avert-global-catastrophe/

Foreign Correspondent: What's Really Going on in Hong Kong?
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-07-12
China and Hong Kong will be struggling for many years to determine exactly what "one country, two systems" really means.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent–hong-kong-erlich-190712/

Palestine: US Relations Resume When D.C. Committs to Peace
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-12
The Palestinian Authority says diplomatic relations with the United States can be resumed on the condition that Washington is committed to the peace process in the region. | RELATED: | Israel's Apartheid Wall Stands 15 Years After UN Deemed it Illegal | Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for the government, said in a Thursday statement that the Palestinians have never rejected any negotiations or initiatives for Palestinian-Israeli peace. | "Peace can only be established in accordanc…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestine-US-Relations-Resume-When-D.C.-Committs-to-Peace–20190711-0023.html

India Doubles Down on Its Military Alliance with Israel
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
India's $100 million purchase of 1,000 Barak-8 medium-range surface-to-air missiles and an as-yet unknown number of anti-tank Spike missiles proves that the South Asian state is doubling down on its military alliance with "Israel" and giving its old partner Russia …
globalresearch.ca/india-doubles-down-its-military-alliance-israel/5683387

The US Wants Sri Lanka to Become Its "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier in South Asia"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
The US' interest in replacing the 1995 Status Of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Sri Lanka stems from its desire to turn the island nation into its unsinkable aircraft carrier in South Asia and possibly even the base of a prospective …
globalresearch.ca/us-wants-sri-lanka-become-its-unsinkable-aircraft-carrier-south-asia/5683391

Illegal Saudi attack on water facility in Yemen tied to Brighton arms factory
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2019-07-12
A 2018 UN Security Council report has shown that weapons components produced in a Brighton arms factory were involved in an unlawful Saudi attack on Yemen. | Report on Yemen: | The 329-page UN report is dated 26 January 2018 and signed by UN staffer Ahmed Himmiche. It includes an investigation into two bombings of a water facility in Ban al-Hareth District, Sana. | The first bombing occurred on 13 September 2016, when: military aircraft dropped four items of expl…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/12/illegal-saudi-attack-on-water-facility-in-yemen-tied-to-brighton-arms-factory/

Government given go-ahead to appeal against ruling on arms sales to Saudi Arabia
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-12
The Government has been given the go-ahead to appeal to the UK's highest court against a ruling that its decision to continue licensing military equipment for export to Saudi Arabia was unlawful. | Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), which brought the case against International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, hailed a landmark legal victory last month. | The group argues that the decision to continue to license military equipment for export to Saudi Arabia, which is leading a coalition of forces in the conflict in Yemen, was unlawful, as there was a clear risk that the arms might be used in a serious violation of inter…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/12/government-given-go-ahead-to-appeal-against-ruling-on-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia/

While climate breakdown destroys one of the ocean's most important ecosystems, a new study shows there may be some hope
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-07-12
Back-to-back heatwaves in the central Indian Ocean killed more than two-thirds of corals in two years, a study has shown. But research by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) suggests some corals were more resilient to the high sea temperatures, which could provide hope for the important habitat as the planet warms. | Heatwave statistics: | Scientists studied reefs in the remote Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/07/12/while-climate-breakdown-destroys-one-of-the-oceans-most-important-ecosystems-a-new-study-shows-there-may-be-some-hope/

It's Raining Sand in Rayalaseema
P. Sainath | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
It's a classic Indian cinema fight-in-the-desert scene. Against the background of dunes and depressions with a tiny sprinkling of scrub vegetation, the hero rises from the burning sands of a barren wasteland to beat the bad guys to a pulp. Adding plenty of heat and dust to that already bestowed by nature, he brings the…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/its-raining-sand-in-rayalaseema/

"Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad
Miko Peled | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
While Israel tries to portray a friendly face to the outside world, internally it is promoting racism and violence at levels that are more alarming than ever before. A course to prepare young high school students traveling overseas to be …
globalresearch.ca/go-forth-lie-israel-rolls-out-mandatory-course-students-travelling-abroad/5683371

Glenn Greenwald Becomes Focus of Brazil Press Freedom Debate
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-12
RIO DE JANEIRO–Several weeks after publishing explosive reports about a key member of Brazil's far-right government, U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald was called before a congressional committee to face hostile questions. | "Who should be judged, convicted and in prison is the journalist!" shouted congresswoman Katia Sastre, an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro. | And by some accounts that wasn't an empty threat: A conservative website reported that federal police had requested that financial regulators investigate Greenwald's finances. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and his Brazilian husband also say t…
truthdig.com/articles/glenn-greenwald-becomes-focus-of-brazil-press-freedom-debate/

5G Threatens Weather Forecasting. Devastating Health Impacts
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
It comes as no surprise that the American public remains oblivious to a not-so-slight glitch in the 5G Race with China as the US strives to be the first, the best and most technologically advanced country in the world with …
globalresearch.ca/5g-threatens-weather-forecasting-devastating-health-impacts/5683373

'Hypersonic Missiles' Aren't Starting an Arms Race–Washington Is
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-07-12
The New York Times ascribes agency and responsibility to mysterious forces and inanimate missiles manipulating the US both in its headline–it's the missiles that are "starting a new global arms race," not the government–and in its claim that "the rush" to possess hypersonic missiles has "pushed the United States into an arms race with Russia and China."
fair.org/home/hypersonic-missiles-arent-starting-an-arms-race-washington-is/

Resisting the Wall Industry, From Mexico to Palestine
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-12
The latest judicial rebuke of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall arrived just in time for July 4, when a federal appeals court again blocked the administration from diverting $2.5 billion in military funds toward the wall. But as history shows, court orders aren't always effective in halting construction or expansion of walls that "divide neighborhoods, worsen dangerous flooding, [and] destroy lands and wildlife," as the Sierra Club explained in a statement following the court's June preliminary injunction. | As part of Grassroots International's work defending the human right to land, water, and fo…
truthout.org/articles/resisting-the-wall-industry-from-mexico-to-palestine/

How Real is the Trump Administration's New Flexibility with North Korea?
Gregory Elich | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
Although widely derided by the Washington Establishment as an empty photo opportunity, the recent meeting between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un at Panmunjom produced an agreement to resume working-level talks in the near future. According to the North Korean news agency KCNA, the two leaders discussed stumbling blocks in improving relations and easing…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/how-real-is-the-trump-administrations-new-flexibility-with-north-korea/

Trump's Bluster Diplomacy
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
It was not very long ago that Donald Trump was calling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "Little Rocket Man" and threatening to rain "fire and fury" down on North Korea. In response, Kim called Trump a "dotard" and promised an equally fiery attack on the United States. But now, two summits, the exchange of…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/trumps-bluster-diplomacy/

How Real is the Trump Administration's New Flexibility with North Korea?
Gregory Elich | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
Although widely derided by the Washington Establishment as an empty photo opportunity, the recent meeting between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un at Panmunjom produced an agreement to resume working-level talks in the near future. According to the North Korean news agency KCNA, the two leaders discussed stumbling blocks in improving relations and easing…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/how-real-is-the-trump-administrations-new-flexibility-with-north-korea/

OIL: The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis
Michael T. Klare | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
It's always the oil. While President Trump was hobnobbing with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G-20 summit in Japan, brushing off a recent U.N. report about the prince's role in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal …
globalresearch.ca/oil-the-missing-three-letter-word-in-the-iran-crisis/5683398

Donald Trump's Fake Isolationism
Charles Davis | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
Donald Trump was never coy about how he'd Make America Great Again, abroad. He'd carpet-bomb the terrorists, kill their families, and maybe do a straight-up, throwback war for oil in Iraq. The manufactured crisis with Iran in 2019 follows from the erratic militarism suggested at every stop on the 2016 campaign trail, where Trump repeatedly…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/donald-trumps-fake-isolationism/

Turkey Receives S-400 System Amid Sanctions Threat from US
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-12
Russia has completed its first delivery of their S-400 missile system to Turkey, making the latter the first NATO nation to receive this advanced weapon. | RELATED: | Russian-Made S-400 Air Defense System is En Route to Turkey | According to the Turkish Ministry of Defense, the first parts of the Russian-made S-400 system were flown to an airbase near the capital city of Ankara. | The United States says the Russian military hardware is not compatible with NATO systems and that th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Turkey-Receives-S-400-System-Amid-Sanctions-Threat-from-US-20190712-0003.html

For NYT, Inconvenient Facts Equal 'Russian-Style Disinformation'
Teddy Ostrow | fair.org | 2019-07-12
by Teddy Ostrow School's out for summer, and corporate media are eager to enter their junior year of the Russiagate conspiracy, despite its utter obliteration by Robert Mueller in April. Perhaps some journalists have taken to heart the tips several Russiagate skeptics offered to the media via FAIR on how to avoid further erosion of their credibility, but the New York Times'
fair.org/home/for-nyt-inconvenient-facts-equal-russian-style-disinformation/

Iran vs. Spineless Europe. How far will US-western Threats Go?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
Iran announced the second step in reducing her commitment under the 2015 so-called Nuclear Deal, officially known as The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), by exceeding the limit set by agreement of 3.67% uranium enrichment and 300 kg of …
globalresearch.ca/iran-vs-spineless-europe-how-far-will-us-western-threats-go/5683369

Republicans & Democrats agree: No war on Iran (without Congress at least)
rt.com | 2019-07-12
The House of Representatives has adopted the 2020 military spending bill, but with an amendment that blocks war on Iran without congressional approval — backed by President Donald Trump's outspoken critics and supporters alike. | …
rt.com/usa/464050-congress-amendment-iran-war/

Stop the Deportations! US Hands off Iran and Venezuela! National Day of Protest
Judy Greenspan | indybay.org | 2019-07-12
Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th and Broadway, Oakland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/10/18824569.php

Resist US Imperialism: Close the Camps, No War With Iran
Dayton Andrews | indybay.org | 2019-07-12
The SF Federal Building, 90 7th st SF CA, 94103 | We will meet on Seventh street, right in front of the main entrance.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/12/18824638.php

Socialist Analysis & Discussion on U.S. War Threats Against Iran
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-07-12
San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S. 7th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/10/18824570.php

Most US vets think Middle East regime change wars weren't worth fighting, survey finds
rt.com | 2019-07-12
US veterans are just as war-weary as the general public, according to a recent poll which found nearly two-thirds believe the war in Iraq "was not worth fighting" and more than half think the same about Afghanistan and Syria. | …
rt.com/usa/463973-vets-think-war-terror-bust/

Fresno's Radical Past
mike Rhodes | indybay.org | 2019-07-12
This is an article about the 50 Years of Resistance event held on June 22, 2019 in Fresno. We brought together Anti-War and Draft Resistance activists who were active in Fresno 50 years ago. The photo below shows this young woman being arrested at an antiwar protest at Fresno State, probably on May 23, 1970. This photo is from the Special Collections department at Fresno State.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/12/18824644.php

Controversial Justice Department Inspector General Russiagate Report, FBI "Willingness" to Damage Trump's Presidential Campaign
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
Michael Horowitz serves as Justice Department inspector general (IG). | His 2016 — 2018 probe into Hillary's unsecured private server use for official State Department business — including easily hacked documents marked "classified," "secret" and "top secret" was damning. | Horowitz found …
globalresearch.ca/controversial-justice-department-inspector-general-russiagate-report-fbi-willingness-to-damage-trumps-presidential-campaign/5683327

Left-wing Israeli activist suffers knife attack due to pro-Palestine views
Bryan Wall | thecanary.co | 2019-07-11
A left-wing Israeli activist has been injured in a knife attack. Jonathan Pollak, a longtime pro-Palestine and Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions ( BDS) activist, was attacked by two people who called him a "leftist asshole". A right-wing Israeli group had previously targeted him for his support of Palestinian rights. | The attack: | In an interview, Polla…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/07/12/left-wing-israeli-activist-suffers-knife-attack-due-to-pro-palestine-views/

Republicans Scold Elizabeth Warren for Echoing Ariel Sharon on Israeli Occupation
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-07-11
Right-wing Israelis, and their supporters in the United States, have spent the last 48 hours venting their fury at Sen. Elizabeth Warren, since the Massachusetts Democrat told a young Jewish activist that she would press Israel to end its military rule over millions of disenfranchised Palestinians in territories it seized by force in 1967. | To be more precise, Warren's critics, led by the Republican Jewish Coalition, have expressed outrage that she said, "yes — so, I'm there," when asked, as she campaigned for the presidency in New Hampshire…
theintercept.com/2019/07/10/republicans-scold-elizabeth-warren-echoing-ariel-sharon-israeli-occupation/

The Forthcoming Eastern Economic Forum: Of Geostrategic Significance, Russia's Vision of the "Asian Sea Arc"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
September's Eastern Economic Forum in Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok will see the participation of the Indian, Japanese, Malaysian, and Mongolian leaders with whom Moscow is attempting to advance its vision of the "Asian Sea Arc" by integrating itself …
globalresearch.ca/eastern-economic-forum-advance-russias-vision-asian-sea-arc/5683304

Ongoing Atrocities in Syria. Missile Attacks Directed against Civilians
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
9 July was a particularly lethal day for Syrians in their homeland. As is their tendency, the choreographs of the warmongering, military industrial complex media have busily diverted eyes on the undiplomatic row between Trump and newly resigned British ambassador; …
globalresearch.ca/ongoing-atrocities-in-syria-missile-attacks-directed-against-civilians/5683283

How to Pay for It All: Central Banking Asia Style
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from …
globalresearch.ca/how-pay-it-all-option-candidates-missed/5683275

Philippines: 13th Journalist Murdered Since Duterte Took Power
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-11
Eduardo Dizon, a radio host from Philippines southern island of Mindanao, was shot dead Wednesday, making him the latest victim in crimes against journalists in the Asian country. | RELATED: | Journalist Critical of Philippines Duterte Faces Arrest Warrant | The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said Thursday if Dizon's murder is connected with his work, then he would be the 13th journalist to be murdered since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in 2…
telesurenglish.net/news/philipppines-journalist-shot-dead-president-rodrigo-duterte-20190711-0006.html

Water wars: As climate change escalates, South Asia's already fighting over water
Conn Hallinan | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-11
During the faceoff earlier this year between India and Pakistan over a terrorist attack that killed more than 40 Indian paramilitaries in Kashmir, New Delhi made an existential threat to Islamabad. The weapon was not India's considerable nuclear arsenal, but one still capable of inflicting ruinous destruction: water. "Our government has decided to stop our …
peoplesworld.org/article/water-wars-as-climate-change-escalates-south-asias-already-fighting-over-water/

Russia-India China (RIC) on "Indo-Pacific": Resolving Strategic Problems. India's Military Alliance with the U.S. Remains an Impediment
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
The upcoming meeting that Russian, Indian, and Chinese (RIC) authorities plan to hold on the "Indo-Pacific" will help each Great Power find common ground on this originally US-envisaged concept in an attempt to sort out their strategic problems and regain …
globalresearch.ca/rics-indo-pacific-powwow-will-attempt-sort-out-their-strategic-problems/5683321

The must-see video from Jewish author Norman Finkelstein on why he won't be silent about Israeli crimes
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-07-11
The following content speaks of genocide and may cause distress to some readers.Renowned Jewish author Norman Finkelstein is an outspoken critic of Israel. And in one famous video, he explains exactly why he won't be silent about Israeli crimes against Palestinian people.After a speech Finkelstein made, he faced hostility from Israel apologists, who called his words offens…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/07/11/the-must-see-video-from-jewish-author-norman-finkelstein-on-why-he-wont-be-silent-about-israeli-crimes/

Canada Joins Campaign to Stifle Criticism of Israel
John Clarke | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
On June 25, Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism announced that the Trudeau government's new anti-racism strategy would include the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The Co-Chair of the Centre for Israel and …
globalresearch.ca/canada-joins-campaign-stifle-criticism-israel/5683337

Many Democrats are Now Opposed to US-Israel "Friendship": Senator Elizabeth Warren
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
The faux "conservative" and corporate radio and TV propagandist Sean Hannity "caught" Senator Elizabeth Warren telling two American Jews she would like to see Israel end its occupation of Palestine. | A post on Hannity's website puts the word "occupation" in …
globalresearch.ca/faux-conservative-hannity-busts-faux-progressive-warren-support-palestine/5683269

How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China's Surveillance State
Ryan Gallagher | theintercept.com | 2019-07-11
A nonprofit led by Google and IBM executives is working with Semptian, whose technology is monitoring the internet activity of 200 million people in China.
theintercept.com/2019/07/11/china-surveillance-google-ibm-semptian/

How to Pay for It All: An Option the Candidates Missed
Ellen Brown | commondreams.org | 2019-07-11
The successful six-year run of Abenomics, along with China's decades of unprecedented economic growth, have proven that governments can indeed monetize their debts, expanding the money supply and stimulating the economy, without driving up consumer prices. (Photo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference following the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka/AFP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/abe.jpeg
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Thirty Years After Tiananmen Square, the U.S. is Still Trying to destabilize China
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-11
Last month marked three decades since the conclusion of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations in China. The anniversary is opportune for Washington and its Western partners to ramp-up their Sinophobic smear campaign while recycling the hoax they have propagated ever since the June Fourth incident occurred. Coverage of the commemoration has been wedded with the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/thirty-years-after-tiananmen-square-the-u-s-is-still-trying-to-destabilize-china/

Thursday's Daily Brief: Poverty report reveals 'vast inequalities', measles compounds DRC Ebola woes, Guterres visits Mozambique, Bangladesh update, freedom of expression online
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-11
This Thursday, we cover: New poverty report cites 'vast inequalities'; measles campaign in Ebola-hit DR Congo; World Population Day; UN chief visits cyclone-ravaged Mozambique; monsoon rains cause 'misery' for refugees; and why the internet's 'essential' for free expression.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042291

Nine deer at Japanese park die after swallowing plastic bags
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-11
Nine deer have died after swallowing plastic bags at a park in western Japan. | Nara Park has more than 1,000 deer, and tourists can feed them special sugar-free crackers sold in nearby shops. | The crackers do not come in plastic bags, but people carry them and a veterinarian said the deer may associate the plastic with food. | The Nara Deer Preservation Foundation says nine of the 14 deer that have died since March had plastic in their stomachs. | Masses of tangled plastic litter and packets of snacks were retrieved from their stomachs, with the heaviest amount weighing 4.3 kilograms. | Rie Maruko, a veterinari…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/11/nine-deer-at-japanese-park-die-after-swallowing-plastic-bags/

Iran Declares War on the USA's Covert Influence in Iraq
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
When US officials visited Baghdad and met with the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, they had two requests: first, to close all commerce and financial exchanges with Iran to strangle the Iranian economy and bring it to its knees. …
globalresearch.ca/iran-declares-war-usas-covert-influence-iraq/5683333

Joe Biden Didn't Just Vote for the 2003 Iraq Invasion–He Helped Lead the March to War
Branko Marcetic | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
As the Trump administration's saber-rattling toward Iran threatens another disastrous war in the Middle East, foreign policy has gained newfound focus in the 2020 presidential race. And former Vice President Joe Biden's 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq …
globalresearch.ca/joe-biden-didnt-just-vote-iraq-invasion-he-helped-lead-march-war/5683314

2019-07-11: News Headlines

Ed Sykes (2019-07-11). The must-see video from Jewish author Norman Finkelstein on why he won't be silent about Israeli crimes. thecanary.co The following content speaks of genocide and may cause distress to some readers.Renowned Jewish author Norman Finkelstein is an outspoken critic of Israel. And in one famous video, he explains exactly why he won't be silent about Israeli crimes against Palestinian people.After a speech Finkelstein made, he faced hostility from Israel apologists, who called his words offens…

Conn Hallinan (2019-07-11). Water wars: As climate change escalates, South Asia's already fighting over water. peoplesworld.org During the faceoff earlier this year between India and Pakistan over a terrorist attack that killed more than 40 Indian paramilitaries in Kashmir, New Delhi made an existential threat to Islamabad. The weapon was not India's considerable nuclear arsenal, but one still capable of inflicting ruinous destruction: water. "Our government has decided to stop our …

unitedEditor (2019-07-11). Battle for Libya: Major Players and Changing Coalitions. uwidata.com Relations between Libya, under the control of Khalifa Haftar (Tobruk's government), and Turkey are at a critical point in the aftermath of an airstrike Haftar`s forces carried out against a refugee camp in Tripoli. Haftar has refused responsibility, calling the incident a false-flag conducted by his rival al-Sarraj. Harsh statements from both sides quickly followed, …

Robert Mackey (2019-07-11). Republicans Scold Elizabeth Warren for Echoing Ariel Sharon on Israeli Occupation. theintercept.com Right-wing Israelis, and their supporters in the United States, have spent the last 48 hours venting their fury at Sen. Elizabeth Warren, since the Massachusetts Democrat told a young Jewish activist that she would press Israel to end its military rule over millions of disenfranchised Palestinians in territories it seized by force in 1967. | To be more precise, Warren's critics, led by the Republican Jewish Coalition, have expressed outrage that she said, "yes — so, I'm there," when asked, as she campaigned for the presidency in New Hampshire…

Mazda Majidi (2019-07-11). Irán sale del acuerdo nuclear: ødebería preocuparse el mundo? liberationnews.org Desde principios de julio, el presidente iraní Hassan Rouhani y otros funcionarios han estado anunciando la intención de Irán de ir más allá de las restricciones establecidas por el Plan de Acción Integral Conjunto (JCPOA por sus siglas en inglés).

John Clarke (2019-07-11). Canada Joins Campaign to Stifle Criticism of Israel. globalresearch.ca On June 25, Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism announced that the Trudeau government's new anti-racism strategy would include the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The Co-Chair of the Centre for Israel and …

Michael T. Klare (2019-07-11). O-I-L: The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis. commondreams.org If the United States goes to war with Iran, you are unlikely to hear the word "oil" uttered by top Trump administration officials, but make no mistake: that three-letter word lies at the root of the present crisis, not to speak of the world's long-term fate. (Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/oil_0.jpeg

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-07-11). Iran Declares War on the USA's Covert Influence in Iraq. globalresearch.ca When US officials visited Baghdad and met with the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, they had two requests: first, to close all commerce and financial exchanges with Iran to strangle the Iranian economy and bring it to its knees. …

Ruth Milka (2019-07-11). 'We will overcome their greed': Bernie Sanders releases anti-endorsement list. nationofchange.org Bernie Sanders is going on the offensive against the Wall Street Bankers and various members of the 1% that have viciously opposed his candidacy by releasing an anti-endorsement list. | "We can propose all the ideas and plans we want, but nothing will fundamentally change until we have the guts to take on the most powerful corporate interests in America," says Sanders in an introduction to the list. "That is why I am proud to announce the modern-day oligarchs who oppose our movement." | Sanders' list includes the following: | Billionaire Haim Saban, who called for the bombing of Iran in 2014 and criticizes any…

Roxane Farmanfarmaian (2019-07-11). Can Iran's Shrewd Diplomacy Avert War With Washington? thenation.com Can Iran's Shrewd Diplomacy Avert War With Washington?

Michael T. Klare (2019-07-11). Oil Is Driving the Iran Crisis. thenation.com Oil Is Driving the Iran Crisis…

South Front (2019-07-11). Video: Prospects of War in the Persian Gulf Region. globalresearch.ca Since Donald Trump has been in office, Iran and the United States have faced the worst crisis in their relations since the fall of the pro-American Shah regime in 1979. The situation escalated in early May, when US sanctions came …

unitedEditor (2019-07-11). Would Blacklisting Iran's IRGC and Increasing US Military Presence in the Persian Gulf Lead to Hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz? uwidata.com PART I Washington's recent designation of Iran's elite, 125,000-member IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) as an FTO (Foreign Terrorist Organization) was more or less overlooked in the Western media as a typical story and lost in the short attention span of the daily news cycle. Without sounding too alarmist, the story actually signaled a rather …

United Nations (2019-07-11). Thursday's Daily Brief: Poverty report reveals 'vast inequalities', measles compounds DRC Ebola woes, Guterres visits Mozambique, Bangladesh update, freedom of expression online. un.org This Thursday, we cover: New poverty report cites 'vast inequalities'; measles campaign in Ebola-hit DR Congo; World Population Day; UN chief visits cyclone-ravaged Mozambique; monsoon rains cause 'misery' for refugees; and why the internet's 'essential' for free expression.

Turkish Minute (2019-07-11). Erdogan Denies His Party's Deputies are Involved in Launching New Party. theantimedia.com (TM) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan has ruled out claims suggesting that a number of deputies from his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are cooperating with former AKP politicians to establish a rival party, Turkish media reported on Friday. There have long been rumors in Turkey that former Erdoƒüan aides Abdullah Gàºl, Ahmet Davutoƒülu and …

Ellen Brown (2019-07-11). How to Pay for It All: Central Banking Asia Style. globalresearch.ca The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from …

Ryan Gallagher (2019-07-11). How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China's Surveillance State. theintercept.com A nonprofit led by Google and IBM executives is working with Semptian, whose technology is monitoring the internet activity of 200 million people in China.

Max Parry (2019-07-11). Thirty Years After Tiananmen Square, the U.S. is Still Trying to destabilize China. dissidentvoice.org Last month marked three decades since the conclusion of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations in China. The anniversary is opportune for Washington and its Western partners to ramp-up their Sinophobic smear campaign while recycling the hoax they have propagated ever since the June Fourth incident occurred. Coverage of the commemoration has been wedded with the …

Ellen Brown (2019-07-11). How to Pay for It All: An Option the Candidates Missed. commondreams.org The successful six-year run of Abenomics, along with China's decades of unprecedented economic growth, have proven that governments can indeed monetize their debts, expanding the money supply and stimulating the economy, without driving up consumer prices. (Photo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference following the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka/AFP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/abe.jpeg

Miri Wood (2019-07-11). Ongoing Atrocities in Syria. Missile Attacks Directed against Civilians. globalresearch.ca 9 July was a particularly lethal day for Syrians in their homeland. As is their tendency, the choreographs of the warmongering, military industrial complex media have busily diverted eyes on the undiplomatic row between Trump and newly resigned British ambassador; …

The Canary (2019-07-11). Nine deer at Japanese park die after swallowing plastic bags. thecanary.co Nine deer have died after swallowing plastic bags at a park in western Japan. | Nara Park has more than 1,000 deer, and tourists can feed them special sugar-free crackers sold in nearby shops. | The crackers do not come in plastic bags, but people carry them and a veterinarian said the deer may associate the plastic with food. | The Nara Deer Preservation Foundation says nine of the 14 deer that have died since March had plastic in their stomachs. | Masses of tangled plastic litter and packets of snacks were retrieved from their stomachs, with the heaviest amount weighing 4.3 kilograms. | Rie Maruko, a veterinari…

No Nukes Action Committee (2019-07-11). SF Speak Out At Japan Consulate To Stop Restarting of Japanese NUKE Plants. indybay.org San Francisco Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery St near California St.

RT (2019-07-11). Hiring the swamp: Meet new RFE/RL boss, a Russiagate-pushing neocon. rt.com Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a US government-funded propaganda outfit, will soon get a new president — a NeverTrump neoconservative flack, who last worked at an outfit promoting the 'Russiagate conspiracy.'

Staff (2019-07-11). Why Did the California Assembly Table Oil Setbacks Bill? therealnews.com Frontline communities in California have clamored for 2500 feet between oil drilling and homes and schools. California oil drilling impacts working-class Latino communities most directly, but Assembly Latino Caucus Chairwoman Lorena Gonzalez tabled AB 345 after taking thousands in industry campaign dollars…

WSWS (2019-07-11). Trump threatens new sanctions amid farcical indictment of Iran. wsws.org Washington used the International Atomic Energy Agency as a forum for charging Iran with violating a treaty that the US itself ripped up.

Judy Greenspan (2019-07-11). Stop the Deportations! US Hands off Iran and Venezuela! National Day of Protest. indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th and Broadway, Oakland…

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-07-11). Socialist Analysis & Discussion on U.S. War Threats Against Iran. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S. 7th St.

WSWS (2019-07-11). Court orders UK to suspend Saudi Arabia arms sales over Yemen war. wsws.org The case confirmed that the British government sought to evade international law by selling arms knowing they would be used in war crimes.

RT (2019-07-11). Another nail in Russiagate coffin? Federal judge destroys key Mueller report claim. rt.com Special counsel Robert Mueller's claim of "sweeping and systematic" Russian meddling in the 2016 US election just took another body blow, as a federal judge ruled that his indictment of a 'troll farm' is not actual proof of it.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-07-11). Majorities of Both US Veterans and Public Believe Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 'Not Worth Fighting'. commondreams.org The majority of American veterans and members of the general public agreed in a new survey that the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the U.S. military campaign in Syria were all "not worth fighting." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/afghanistan_peace.jpg

pip.hinman (2019-07-11). Vale John Ellis. greenleft.org.au Friend and comrade John Ellis died suddenly on June 15. | An activist and photographer, John was passionate about social justice. He worked for The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT), where he was an active member of the Printing and Kindred Industries Union. | He was known for his letters to the editor. Former HWT chairperson Sir Keith MacPherson knew him by reputation. | In retirement, his letters were compiled in a volume called Letters to the Editor. The first dated from 1968 and related to the Vietnam War. One extract states: "I will continue to demonstrate, peacefully or violently if necessary, to prevent our so…

RT (2019-07-11). House Judiciary Committee approves subpoenas for 12 witnesses in Trump probe. rt.com The Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee has approved subpoenas for 12 witnesses in the ongoing probe into whether President Trump obstructed special counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russian collusion' investigation.

pip.hinman (2019-07-11). Australia must oppose war on Iran. greenleft.org.au Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pointedly refused to rule out Australian participation in a United States-led war on Iran. Shadow foreign affairs minister Penny Wong has also remained insistently equivocal when pressed to disavow any such military alliance. | Morrison and Wong have condemned Iran as the "leading state sponsor of terror" that has worked to "destabilise" the Greater Middle East. This is the familiar idiom of the US foreign policy establishment as it makes its case for the latest imperial excursion. | It is supposedly in our name that Morrison would send Australians to kill and die in Iran. A war…

John Prysner (2019-07-11). Eyewitness: U.S. tax dollars fund state-run terrorism in the Philippines. liberationnews.org Liberation News visits Caraga, a resource-rich region in northern Mindanao that has become a flashpoint of struggle in the Philippines.

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2019-07-10). 'Policing the womb' in Alabama. workers.org Marshae Jones The intensified attack on women, the gender-oppressed and reproductive justice, denounced as "policing the womb" by reproductive rights advocate and activist Michelle Goodwin, has reached a new level of violence in Alabama. On July 3, Marshae Jones, a young pregnant African-American woman, was arrested after being indicted by . . . | Continue reading 'Policing the womb' in Alabama at Workers.org

Morning Star (2019-07-10). Israel's illegal apartheid wall turns 15. peoplesworld.org

Thomas Hon Wing Polin (2019-07-10). Hong Kong: New Epicenter of the Empire's Smear Campaign Against China? counterpunch.org Photograph Source: 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests by Studio Incendo — CC BY 2.0 | As the Western Empire ramps up its full-spectrum war on the Chinese, its latest target is Hong Kong, China's premier special administrative region (SAR). Even the latest wave of media assaults confirms it. | An essential adjunct to an Imperial attack on any designated victim is a sustained campaign of demonization, conducted through mainstream media and supported by associated local media. Such a drive had been onging in Hong Kong, since the former Britis…

Staff (2019-07-10). Hong Kong Protesters to Continue Despite 'Dead' Extradition Bill. truthdig.com They persist in demands for the bill to be formally withdrawn and a probe opened into harsh tactics used by police against demonstrators.

Mazda Majidi (2019-07-10). Iran breaks out of nuclear accord: Should the world be concerned? liberationnews.org Since early July, President Hassan Rouhani and several other officials have been announcing Iran's intention to start going beyond the restrictions set by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-10). Israel's Scheme to Bury the Nakba. "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" globalresearch.ca Israel's 1947-48 Nakba against the Palestinian people was and remains one of history's great crimes — what Ilan Pappe called "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" in his book by this title. | Establishment of the Jewish state came at the expense …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-10). China's Belt and Road, Trump's Trade War and the Future of the Global Economy. globalresearch.ca Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan told the audience at this year's World Peace Forum that "development is the key to resolving all issues", remarking in the run-up to his conclusion that "China's development can't shut out the rest of the …

Mallika Khanna (2019-07-10). Climate change is a working-class and poor people's issue. peoplesworld.org If you've read anything about climate change over the past year, you've probably heard about the IPCC report that gives a 12-year deadline for limiting climate change catastrophe. But for many parts of the world, climate change already is a catastrophe. Recently in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, more than 40 people were killed by a severe heat …

Vijay Prashad (2019-07-10). Why Trump caved to China and Huawei. mronline.org Everything about the trade war between the United States and China is bewildering. Truces would come out of nowhere but then they would be set aside by U.S. President Donald Trump in a stream of tweets at odd hours. Regardless, Huawei and China are unlikely to blink. They have the upper hand. | Source

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-10). The Book of Palestine: National Liberation vs Endless Negotiations. counterpunch.org Those who are still hoping that the new American agenda on Palestine and Israel is temporary, or reversible, should abandon this false hope. Washington's complete adoption of Israel's messianic, extremist policies regarding Occupied Palestine has been a long time in the making. And it is here to stay. Despite the unmistakable clarity in the American More

Michael Doliner (2019-07-10). Piddling in the Think Tank. counterpunch.org So let's see if I've got this straight. Obama signed the JCPOA with Iran and other countries to get out of a tight spot. He was on the verge of being forced to go to war with Iran. That would have been a disaster. Signing this agreement was supposed to relax the tension. The agreement More

United Nations (2019-07-10). Wednesday's Daily Brief: Guterres in Kenya, Prisoners sick in Iran, #GlobalGoals, Myanmar, Ukraine updates, and new space partnership. un.org This Wednesday's UN top stories are: latest global terror warnings; political prisoners denied health access in Iran; high-level discussions on Sustainable Development Goals; continued abuse of Rohingya in Myanmar; Odessa killings in Ukraine; and partnering with NASA.

United Nations (2019-07-10). UN experts voice 'deep concern' over Iran's 'consistent pattern' of denying life-saving medical treatment to detainees. un.org Despite repeated calls, Iran continues to deny medical treatment to detainees in what amounts to "a consistent pattern", according to eight UN human rights experts, in a statement on Wednesday.

Pepe Escobar (2019-07-10). Turkey's Erdogan Meet's China's Xi: Sultan Shines in the Court of the Dragon King. globalresearch.ca The graphic image of Turkey pivoting away from NATO towards the Russia-China strategic partnership was provided, in more ways than one, by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing right after the G20 in Osaka. | Turkey …

(2019-07-10). The Environmental Fallout of Toxic Plastics. globalresearch.ca Louisiana will hold a public hearing on issuing 15 air permits for Taiwanese company Formosa Plastics. The massive proposed complex would be one of the largest and most toxic plastic production facilities in the world. | On Tuesday, July 9, at …

Staff (2019-07-10). India's Rahul Gandhi Resigns, PM Modi Faces Little Opposition to Far-Right Agenda. therealnews.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing BJP party won an overwhelming majority in India's election last May and now there is no real opposition to his rule, says Sreerekha Mullassery Sathiamma…