2024-01-19: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-19). The Iraqi Resistance and the US' Conundrum. libya360.wordpress.com Shabbir Rizvi Iraqi Resistance launches repeated strikes on US bases in Iraq and Syria It is clear that the next Vietnam-Afghanistan moment for the US will occur with a withdrawal from Iraq and Syria. However, the sequence of this withdrawal or the possibility of it occurring altogether is yet to be determined. The Palestinian Resistance's…

Nicky Reid (2024-01-19). The Strange and Lonesome Death of Artsakh is a Warning to Palestine. counterpunch.org It didn't end with a death march. It didn't end with mass graves. It didn't end with firing squads or gas chambers. The Second Armenian Genocide didn't end a thing like the first one did but that didn't make its ending any less devastating or any less genocidal. The destruction of Artsakh ended with a

infobrics (2024-01-19). IIranian-Pakistan tensions occur amid Iran's rise as new regional power in West Asia. infobrics.org The latest turmoil involving Pakistan, Iran, and their shared separatist enemies does not have much directly to do with the Iranian-Israeli war; it has much more to do with Tehran's national and border security being threatened by US-backed insurgent groups and with reaffirming itself as a rising regional power.

ecns.cn (2024-01-19). China discovers 1-million-ton lithium mine, largest in Asia. ecns.cn A lithium mine with nearly one million tons of reserves was newly discovered in Yajiang, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday, a development which will help raw material supply for China's sprawling electric vehicle sector.

Global Research News (2024-01-19). Selected Articles: "Building Trust"?: The World Economic Forum Is the West's Perfect "White-Collar Euthanasia Agent" globalresearch.ca By The World Economic Forum's (WEF) motto for Davos24 (ongoing) is "Rebuilding Trust". This is worse than a joke because what …

Patricia Harrity (2024-01-19). "Building Trust"?: The World Economic Forum Is the West's Perfect "White-Collar Euthanasia Agent" says Geopolitical Analyst. expose-news.com De-carbonization, De-electrification, De-humanization — Towards Getting Rid of "Useless Eaters" The World Economic Forum's (WEF) motto for Davos24 (ongoing) is "Rebuilding Trust". This is worse than a joke because what the WEF …

ecns.cn (2024-01-18). China discovers Asia's largest lithium source to date. ecns.cn China discovered nearly one million tons of lithium ore in Yajiang county, Sichuan province, marking Asia's largest known pegmatite monomer lithium ore source to date, Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2024-01-19). China Post launches first digital stamp collection in Hong Kong. ecns.cn China Post issued the first digital collections of stamps making "Jia Chen Year" or the Year of the Dragon in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Thursday.

The Independent (2024-01-19). CECILIA OGWAL: Oposition figure who dared President Museveni. independent.co.ug Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legendary long-reigning Member of Parliament and Dokolo District Woman Representative, Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal who died Thursday aged 77 has been hailed for her role in changing the politics of the country. Ogwal, passed away on Thursday in a hospital in India where she was reportedly undergoing treatment for …

infobrics (2024-01-19). Will the Expanded BRICS Finally Dethrone the Dollar with Help from Crypto. infobrics.org The economies of the BRICS group, which until now has included Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, already in 2023 accounted for 32% of the world's GDP – compared to 30% for the G7 countries. The bloc will yield even more influence in 2024, with the addition of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Egypt, and Ethiopia…

infobrics (2024-01-19). Entry of Middle Eastern Nations Into BRICS+: Important Economic and Geopolitical Takeaways. infobrics.org Five countries — Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Egypt entered BRICS as full members on Jan. 1, now referred to as BRICS+. The BRICS grouping was created in 2006 by Brazil, Russia, India and China, while South Africa joined BRICS in 2011…

WSWS (2024-01-19). Indian trade unions moving to betray Tamil Nadu state transport workers' strike. wsws.org Transport unions in Tamil Nadu are working to betray the indefinite strike by the state transport workers launched on January 10.

The Independent (2024-01-19). Parliament asks FDC to back off Ogwal's funeral arrangements. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party against organizing parallel funeral arrangements for the Dokolo Woman Member of Parliament, Cecilia Ogwal. Ogwal, 77, who was a member of FDC died on Thursday in India after a short illness. Shortly, FDC issued a tentative funeral programme to run …

MEE correspondent (2024-01-19). Bahrain: Death row inmate urges darts players to speak for human rights. middleeasteye.net

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-19). Britain Has Flown Over 50 Spy Missions Over Gaza in Support of Israel. libya360.wordpress.com Matt Kennard Flight path of a British spy flight on its way to Gaza on Monday. (Screengrab: RadarBox) The UK military refuses to tell Declassified what intelligence it is sharing with Israel as we reveal the extraordinary number of surveillance flights Britain is undertaking over Gaza from its base on Cyprus. British defence minister said…

ecns.cn (2024-01-19). BYD officially enters Indonesian market with three electric cars. ecns.cn China's leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD unveiled three electric vehicle models on Thursday local time in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, announcing its official entry into the Indonesian market."ÄÄ…

Larry C. Johnson (2024-01-19). U.S. is Painting Itself Into a Corner in the Red Sea. covertactionmagazine.com Joe Biden, amidst his mental confusion, must think he is John McCain reincarnated. I bet he is humming, "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb; Bomb, Bomb Iran." You know how it is: Iranians, Yemenis, they all look alike. While the bombs are causing some damage in Yemen, Yemen has seen it before and is unfazed. In fact, the …

WSWS (2024-01-19). US imperialism setting Middle East ablaze. wsws.org The tit-for tat military attacks between Iran and Pakistan add further combustion in a region already set ablaze by US imperialism and its allies. They are using Israel's genocidal war on the Palestinians of Gaza to prepare and provoke a wider with Iran.

Ben Norton (2024-01-19). Is a huge war coming? US bombs Yemen, Iraq & Syria. Israel bombs Gaza & Lebanon. Both threaten Iran. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US military is attacking Yemen, Iraq, and Syria, while Israel bombs Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. Both are threatening Iran. Is a large regional war coming?

Staff (2024-01-19). Is a huge war coming? US bombs Yemen, Iraq & Syria. Israel bombs Gaza & Lebanon. Both threaten Iran. geopoliticaleconomy.com The brutal war that Israel is waging on Gaza is increasingly becoming a regional conflict. Since October, the United States and Israel have bombed not only Gaza, but also Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Now, the U.S. government is even threatening Iran with war. President Joe Biden sent the Iranian government a private message while …

People's Dispatch. (2024-01-19). Pakistan Retaliates With Strikes Inside Iran Killing Nine. popularresistance.org Pakistan carried out drone and missile strikes inside Iran early on Thursday, January 18, in what is seen as retaliation for Iranian strikes on its territory on Tuesday. | Dawn quoted Pakistan's Foreign Ministry as saying that a "highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision" strike killed a number of terrorists during the operation code named Marg Bar Sarmachar. | However, according to Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency, the attacks on a village near Saravan, the capital of Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan, killed refugees. At least nine people — three women, four children, and two men [mda…

Staff (2024-01-19). Guterres urges Pak, Iran to deal with security concerns through dialogue. muslimmirror.com United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a call to Pakistan and Iran to sort out their security concerns through dialogue and avoid escalating the military strikes, according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. "The Secretary-General underlines that all security concerns between the two countries must be addressed by peaceful means, through dialogue and …

Staff (2024-01-19). Guterres urges Pak, Iran to deal with security concerns through dialogue. muslimmirror.com United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a call to Pakistan and Iran to sort out their security concerns through dialogue and avoid escalating the military strikes, according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. "The Secretary-General underlines that all security concerns between the two countries must be addressed by peaceful means, through dialogue and …

Sean Mathews (2024-01-19). 'Playground of choice': Iran mobilises to drive US troops out of Iraq. middleeasteye.net 'Playground of choice': Iran mobilises to drive US troops out of Iraq | The US has the cudgel of the American dollar to prevent its expulsion from Iraq, but will the Biden administration use it? | Fri, 01/19/2024 – 15: 20 | Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) chant slogans ahead of a funeral of the group's slain members at PMF headquarters in Baghdad, on 4 January 2024 (AFP) | W…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2024-01-19). Irán convoca a encargado de negocios paquistaní tras ataques. telesurtv.net Teherán convocó al diplomático paquistaní en aras de expresar la protesta a Islamadad y exigir explicaciones al respecto.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-01-19). Siria reitera importancia de acuerdos con Irán. telesurtv.net "La revitalización de las relaciones económicas bilaterales recibe toda la atención del Gobierno iraní", refirió el embajador de Irán en Damasco, Hussein Akbari.

Melvin Goodman (2024-01-19). The Dangerous Myth of the "Indispensable Nation" counterpunch.org Biden's decision to expand the war into the Red Sea last week was predictable in view of the naval deployments in the region, but it is unlikely to have any favorable impact on the actions and policies of Yemen and the Houthis. The U.S. and British attacks could lead to a wider war, however, that involves Hezbollah on Israel's northern border. On January 16, Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched missiles at an Israeli intelligence facility in Iraq's Kurdistan region, not far from the U.S. consulate.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iran rejects Arab League's statement, says won't hesitate to punish criminals. presstv.ir Iran rejects the Arab League's statement on the recent IRGC missile strikes against an Israeli espionage hub in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, stressing the Islamic Republic won't hesitate to punish criminals.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Exclusive: Iraqi oil tycoon killed in IRGC strike was Mossad's key man in Erbil. presstv.ir At the stroke of midnight on Monday, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a barrage of missiles at an espionage center of the Israeli spy agency Mossad in Iraqi Kurdistan, destroying it completely.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Exclusive: Iraqi oil tycoon killed in IRGC strike was Mossad's key man in Erbil. presstv.ir At the stroke of midnight on Monday, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a barrage of missiles at an espionage center of the Israeli spy agency Mossad in Iraqi Kurdistan, destroying it completely.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Day 2: Iranian forces drill fighting electronic, cyber attacks. presstv.ir Iranian Armed Forces have successfully drilled operations against electronic and cyber attacks on air defense systems on the second day of specialized joint air defense exercises.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Intelligence Ministry: Terrorists in Kerman bombings killed, arrested. presstv.ir Iran's Intelligence Ministry says its forces have killed two terrorists and arrested a number of others linked to the recent Daesh-claimed terrorist attack in Kerman.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iran says will not tolerate 'any Israeli operation from any country'. presstv.ir Iran says it will not tolerate any operation against the Iranian nation and government by the Israeli regime from any country.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iran urges NAM members to renew solidarity with Palestine. presstv.ir Iran has called on members of the Non-Aligned Movement to renew their solidarity with the Palestinian nation.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). US, UK cannot hold regional security hostage for Netanyahu's sake: Iran FM. presstv.ir The top Iranian diplomat says the US and Britain cannot hold the security of the region hostage for the benefit of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iran's armed forces launch speciliazed joint air defense exercises. presstv.ir Iranian armed forces have launched specialized joint air defense exercises in the country's southwest, south and southeast regions.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iran calls on 'brotherly' Pakistan to check terrorist bases on its soil. presstv.ir Iran has addressed "the friendly and brotherly government of Pakistan" after a tiff over Islamabad's drone attack on an Iranian village near their border, calling on the neighboring state to prevent the establishment of "terrorist bases" on its soil.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Turkey says ready for Iranian president's imminent visit to Ankara. presstv.ir Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkey is ready to host Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi in the near future after seeing the trip cancelled twice for different reasons.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iran says will not tolerate 'any Israeli operation from any country'. presstv.ir Iran says it will not tolerate any operation against the Iranian nation and government by the Israeli regime from any country.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iran urges NAM members to renew solidarity with Palestine. presstv.ir Iran has called on members of the Non-Aligned Movement to renew their solidarity with the Palestinian nation.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). US, UK cannot hold regional security hostage for Netanyahu's sake: Iran FM. presstv.ir The top Iranian diplomat says the US and Britain cannot hold the security of the region hostage for the benefit of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iran's armed forces launch speciliazed joint air defense exercises. presstv.ir Iranian armed forces have launched specialized joint air defense exercises in the country's southwest, south and southeast regions.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iran calls on 'brotherly' Pakistan to check terrorist bases on its soil. presstv.ir Iran has addressed "the friendly and brotherly government of Pakistan" after a tiff over Islamabad's drone attack on an Iranian village near their border, calling on the neighboring state to prevent the establishment of "terrorist bases" on its soil.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Turkey says ready for Iranian president's imminent visit to Ankara. presstv.ir Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkey is ready to host Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi in the near future after seeing the trip cancelled twice for different reasons.

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-19). Al-Sudani Says US-Led Coalition Withdrawal 'Necessary' for Iraq's Security. news.antiwar.com Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani reaffirmed on Thursday his desire for the US-led international coalition in Iraq to withdraw, saying it's "necessary" for the country's security. The coalition, known as Operation Inherent Resolve, is in Iraq in the name of fighting ISIS, but al-Sudani has repeatedly said that Iraq's security forces could handle the remnants …

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iraq's prime minister wants immediate withdrawal of US forces. presstv.ir Mohammad Shia al-Sudani was addressing a televised event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Iraq's prime minister wants immediate withdrawal of US forces. presstv.ir Mohammad Shia al-Sudani was addressing a televised event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2024-01-19). Israel insists there is no hunger, humanitarian crisis in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Nearly 95 percent of missions to allocate fuel, medicine in northern areas have been denied by Israeli authorities.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-19). Israel insists there is no hunger, humanitarian crisis in Gaza. electronicintifada.net

Leila Warah, Mondoweiss. (2024-01-19). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 104: Israel's Unrelenting Assault Continues. popularresistance.org Every day, the situation in Gaza grows exponentially worse amid Israel's bombardment and ongoing blockade, leaving the majority of the besieged enclave's population displaced with little to no belongings and nowhere safe to run. | In Rafah, southern Gaza, 16 people were killed by Israeli forces on Thursday when the home sheltering them was bombed, reported Al Jazeera, which expects the death toll to rise as more bodies are found in the rubble. | Abu Khaled, a relative of those killed in the attack, told the network, "They fled their homes in Gaza City to the Bureij refugee camp to Khan Younis before coming to Raf…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-19). CHRIS HEDGES: Here's How You Know Israel Is Genocidal. youtube.com

Joshua Shoenfeld (2024-01-19). To Avoid Catastrophe, Israel Must Integrate Gazans Into Israel and Grant Them Equal Rights. covertactionmagazine.com To date, there has been negligible attention given to what will be the ultimate fate of the approximately 2.3 million people living in the Gaza Strip enclave in Palestine. In response to the October 7 Hamas attacks, Israel, with the full backing of the United States, has undertaken a military campaign to destroy all infrastructure …

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-19). With All Eyes On Gaza, Israeli Settlers Are Waging A Second Nakba In The West Bank. znetwork.org

WSWS (2024-01-19). Berlin's support for Israel and the genocidal traditions of German imperialism. wsws.org Germany's ruling class is seamlessly continuing its criminal traditions. It is one of the most aggressive supporters of the genocidal actions of the far-right Netanyahu regime and the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-01-19). Because it does not want witnesses to its crimes Israel methodically kills journalists it cannot silence! cadtm.org

Collective, CADTM International (2024-01-19). Letter urging the States of the world to support South Africa's application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Gaza. cadtm.org

Sam Husseini, Scheer Post. (2024-01-19). They Call It Unconstitutional, But Don't Impeach. popularresistance.org In early December, I published "They Call It 'Genocide' — But Don't Invoke the Genocide Convention" about countries which called Israel's slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza a "genocide" but were not invoking the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice. | But by the end of the month, South Africa answered the call, stating that it had a duty to prevent genocide and therefore issued an 84-page application before the ICJ. | And, just as the oral arguments for the case were being heard late last week, we had a case of "interesting timing" with Biden ordering the bombing of Yemen because Ansar A…

Vijay Prashad (2024-01-19). The Global South Takes Israel to Court. dissidentvoice.org Tarek al-Ghoussein (Palestine), Untitled 9 from the series Self Portrait, 2002. On 11 January, Adila Hassim, an advocate of the High Court of South Africa, stood before the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and said: "Genocides are never declared in advance. But this court has the benefit of the past 13 weeks …

Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. (2024-01-19). Israel Tells World Court It Has The 'Most Moral Army In The World'. popularresistance.org In a historic appearance before the International Court of Justice (ICJ or World Court) in The Hague, the legal team representing the Republic of South Africa presented a powerful and compelling case that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. South Africa asked the court to impose nine emergency "provisional measures" to stop the slaughter. | South Africa "unequivocally condemned the targeting of civilians by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups and the taking of hostages on 7 October," South African ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela said. But, he added, "no arme…

Vijay Prashad (2024-01-19). The Global South takes Israel to court: The Third Newsletter (2024). mronline.org On 11 January, Adila Hassim, an advocate of the High Court of South Africa, stood before the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and said: 'Genocides are never declared in advance. But this court has the benefit of the past 13 weeks of evidence that shows incontrovertibly a pattern of conduct and related intention that justifies a plausible claim of genocidal acts'.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-19). Australia: Judging Genocide. libya360.wordpress.com Kellie Tranter Genocide meets its judgement — South Africa's representatives on the left of frame, Israel's on the right, and the 15 judges at bottom. On 11 January 2024, the first day of public hearings at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands — considering the 'Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment…

Pressenza New York (2024-01-19). The People's Forum Executive Director: We Will Not Apologize — Zionism is Racism! pressenza.com Following the publication of a slanderous article by the New York Post about The People's Forum as well as a barrage of threats and attacks against its employees, The People's Forum Executive Director has released the following statement.We make no apologies for calling for the destruction of an apartheid and colonial state that is actively engaging in a genocide of the Palestinian people that has already killed over 25,000. The right-wing attack on the new mass movement in defense of the Palestinian people attempts to conflate the call for an end to the apartheid-constructed state of Israel as a call for the des…

Staff (2024-01-19). BREAKING: David Cameron signed off on continuing arms exports to Israel at the height of its genocide. thecanary.co David Cameron and the Foreign Office advised that the UK could continue arms exports to Israel at the height of its genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, legal documents have revealed. They also show that the department accepted that Israel has a 'different interpretation of its International Humanitarian Law obligations' — and that it …

Pressenza New York (2024-01-19). The People's Forum Executive Director: We Will Not Apologize — Zionism is Racism! pressenza.com Following the publication of a slanderous article by the New York Post about The People's Forum as well as a barrage of threats and attacks against its employees, The People's Forum Executive Director has released the following statement.We make no apologies for calling for the destruction of an apartheid and colonial state that is actively engaging in a genocide of the Palestinian people that has already killed over 25,000. The right-wing attack on the new mass movement in defense of the Palestinian people attempts to conflate the call for an end to the apartheid-constructed state of Israel as a call for the des…

Rania Khalek (2024-01-19). Accumulation of Death: How Israel's Genocide in Gaza Serves U.S. Imperialism, w/ Prof. Ali Kadri. thealtworld.com Where does Israel's genocide in Gaza fit in to our late stage global imperialist order? What does it mean about the role of Zionism in the Middle East? How do the U.S. wars on other Middle Eastern countries factor in? How has China managed to escape this and the neoliberal rot that has consumed so much of the world? And how come some Western Marxists get it so wrong? | To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Ali Kadri, author of many books including "Arab Development Denied: Dynamics of Accumulation by Wars of Encroachment," "The Unmaking of Arab Socialism," "China's Path to Development: Against Neol…

CounterSpin (2024-01-19). Gregory Shupak on Gaza and Genocide. fair.org CounterSpin240119.mp3 New York Times ( This week on CounterSpin: US corporate news media's initial response to Israel's terror campaign against Palestinians, unleashed in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas, was characterized, broadly speaking, by legitimization, a rhetorical blank check for whatever Israel might do. Israel, the New York Times editorial board said, "is determined to break the power of Hamas, and in that effort it deserves the support of the United States and the rest of the world." | We're more than…

WSWS (2024-01-19). Australian foreign minister travels to Israel to back ongoing genocide in Gaza. wsws.org Wong met the key architects of the genocide and assured them of her unwavering support, while prattling on about a "humanitarian" response as a threadbare cover.

Staff (2024-01-19). Then as farce — The Grayzone live. youtube.com Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss Biden's acknowledgment that strikes on Yemen are ineffectual but must continue, Blinken's Davos handwringing over Gaza, the political meltdown inside Israel as its military continues its genocidal rampage, and the ongoing collapse of Ukraine's military.

Zane McNeill (2024-01-19). Israel Has Killed Over 119 Palestinian Journalists Since Start of Gaza Siege. truthout.org On Thursday, an Israeli airstrike killed Wael Abu Fannouna, Palestinian journalist and director of Al-Quds Today. Fannouna is one of more than 119 Palestinian reporters who Israel has targeted and killed since its military launched their genocidal siege of Gaza. Al-Quds Today said on Telegram Thursday that it "mourns the journalist colleague Wael Rajab Abu Fannouna, the general director of the… |

Staff (2024-01-19). Headlines for January 19, 2024. democracynow.org Mexico and Chile Call on ICC to Investigate Israel's Assault on Gaza as Death Toll Nears 25,000, Netanyahu Rejects Palestinian Statehood, Says Israel Must Control Region from the River to the Sea, Biden Says U.S. Will Continue to Bomb Yemen Even Though Strikes Have Not Stopped Houthi Attacks, Congress Sends Stop-Gap Spending Bill to Pres. Biden's Desk, DOJ Report Details "Cascading Failures" in Response to 2022 Uvalde Massacre, Trump Claims Presidents "Must Have Full Immunity," Calls on SCOTUS to Absolve His Legal Woes, Haitian Gangs Besiege Port-au-Prince Neighborhood as Viole…

Jake Johnson (2024-01-19). Some House Democrats Reportedly Seeking Ouster of Biden's Middle East Adviser. truthout.org A group of progressive lawmakers in the U.S. House is reportedly planning to ask President Joe Biden to seek the resignation of White House Middle East adviser Brett McGurk, a lesser-known official who has exerted significant influence over the administration's handling of Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip. HuffPost's Akbar Shahid Ahmed, who has detailed McGurk's outsized role in shaping Biden's… |

Staff (2024-01-19). Thousands set to ride for Palestine across the world this weekend. thecanary.co After over 100 days of Israel's bombardment in Gaza, killing over 24,000 Palestinians, hundreds will take to the roads for solidarity cycles across the world this Saturday, 20 January — and again in February. Called the Great Ride of Return, events are taking place in numerous locations. Gaza Sunbirds The Great Ride is a series …

Julia Conley, Common Dreams. (2024-01-19). 150 Mennonites Arrested At Capitol For Demanding Gaza Cease-Fire. popularresistance.org Mennonite Action's fight against Israel's U.S.-backed bombardment of Gaza is "rooted in values that our cultural or spiritual ancestors passed down: peace, justice, community, mutual aid, and service."

Shahenda Naguib (2024-01-19). War on Gaza: Palestinians paying mediators thousands of dollars to escape into Egypt. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Palestinians paying mediators thousands of dollars to escape into Egypt | With security at the Rafah Border Crossing tight, desperate Palestinians are paying mediators – some of whom are linked to Egyptian security forces – up to $10,000 to leave Gaza | Fri, 01/19/2024 – 14: 51 | Egyptian forces escort a vehicle carrying the UN Secretary-General near the Egyptian side of t…

Editor (2024-01-19). Miscarriages in Gaza Have Skyrocketed by 300 Percent Under Israel's Siege. scheerpost.com

Dania Akkad (2024-01-19). War on Gaza: UK's Cameron okayed arms sales to Israel despite Foreign Office legal concerns. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: UK's Cameron okayed arms sales to Israel despite Foreign Office legal concerns | Legal document shows unit advised foreign secretary of 'serious concerns' Israel had breached international law as early as 10 November | Fri, 01/19/2024 – 13: 36 | British Foreign Secretary David Cameron gives evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on (Parliamentary recording unit/AFP…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-19). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 105: Israel destroys Gaza's last university as Netanyahu doubles down on rejection of a Palestinian state. mondoweiss.net

Editor (2024-01-19). Gaza War offers the ultimate marketing tool for Israeli arms companies. mronline.org As investors worldwide drop cash on Israeli start-ups for 'battle-tested' weapons, defence tech CEOs are poised to be the war's only victors.

Staff (2024-01-19). Horrific Traumatic Injuries of Children: British Dr. Witnesses Israel's Destruction of Gaza Hospitals. democracynow.org Before Israel's unprecedented assault on Gaza, the territory had 36 functioning hospitals. Now only 16 partially functioning health facilities remain. As Israeli bombs and ground troops approach Nasser Hospital, the largest remaining partially functioning health facility in Gaza, we speak with Dr. James Smith, an emergency medical doctor recently returned from Gaza, where he worked alongside Palestinian healthcare workers to treat patients at Al-Aqsa Hospital. "Every single day, without exception, there were multiple mass casualty incidents at the hospital," says Smith. "They would include…

Staff (2024-01-19). Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks surpasses 24,600. muslimmirror.com ISTANBUL : The Palestinian death toll from a deadly Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has soared to 24,620, the Health Ministry in the territory said Thursday. A ministry statement added that 61,830 other people had been injured in the offensive. "At least 172 people were killed and 326 others injured in …

MEE correspondent (2024-01-19). War on Gaza: Palestinians seeking refuge at Khan Younis hospital say there's nowhere to go. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Palestinians seeking refuge at Khan Younis hospital say there's nowhere to go | Hundreds have sought shelter at the Nasser hospital after Israeli forces 'indiscriminately' shelled residential buildings as they push deeper into the city | Fri, 01/19/2024 – 09: 09 | Smoke billows over Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on 16 January 2024…

Nader Durgham (2024-01-19). Israeli press review: Official warns 'absolute defeat' of Hamas not possible. middleeasteye.net Israeli press review: Official warns 'absolute defeat' of Hamas not possible | Meanwhile, several members of the government believe Netanyahu is prolonging the war for political survival | Fri, 01/19/2024 – 13: 08 | An Israeli tank manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border on 16 January 2024 (Reuters/Amir Cohen) | 'Absolute defeat' of Hamas not possible: | In a televised interview for I…

Staff (2024-01-19). In Gaza, Palestinians Are Running Out of Water and Tears. scheerpost.com Murals in Gaza via Flickr By Yousef Aljamal / In These Times The number of Palestinians killed by Israel since October 7 is more than 20,000 according to the Gaza Health Ministry, although no one can give an exact number under these circumstances. As I write, in early December, Israel has just bombed a residential bloc in the crowded Shuja'iyya district in …

Abdul Rahman (2024-01-19). With 25,000 dead in Gaza, Netanyahu rejects any possibility of two-state future. peoplesdispatch.org Rejecting proposals for peace in the region, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies any possibility of a two-state solution, wants Israeli occupation on Palestinian land to continue forever…

Amy Goodman (2024-01-19). Only 16 Partially Functioning Health Facilities Remain in Gaza Amid Mass Trauma. truthout.org Before Israel's unprecedented assault on Gaza, the territory had 36 functioning hospitals. Now only 16 partially functioning health facilities remain. As Israeli bombs and ground troops approach Nasser Hospital, the largest remaining partially functioning health facility in Gaza, we speak with Dr. James Smith, an emergency medical doctor recently returned from Gaza, where he worked alongside… |

Mondoweiss Palestine Bureau (2024-01-19). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 105: Israel destroys Gaza's last university as Netanyahu doubles down on rejection of a Palestinian state. mondoweiss.net Netanyahu vows there won't be a Palestinian state so long as he's in office, while Joe Biden admits strikes against Yemen's Ansar Allah aren't working.

Democracy Now! (2024-01-19). Democracy Now! 2024-01-19 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 19, 2024; Uvalde Failure: DOJ Report Finds 377 Officers Waited 77 Mins as 19 Kids, 2 Teachers Killed by 1 AR-15; Texas Sen. Gutierrez Slams Gov. Abbott Immigration Crackdown After Mom & 2 Children Drown in Rio Grande; Meet Tal Mitnick, 18, the First Israeli Jailed for Refusing Military Service in "Revenge War" on Gaza; Horrific Traumatic Injuries of Children: British Dr. Witnesses Israel's Destruction of Gaza Hospitals | Headlines for January 19, 2024; Uvalde Failure: DOJ Report Finds 377 Officers Waited 77 Mins as 19 Kids, 2 Teachers Killed by 1 AR-15; Texas Sen. Gutierrez S…

Julia Conley (2024-01-19). 'This Is Not Self-Defense… This Is Ethnic Cleansing': Israel Blows Up Gaza University. globalresearch.ca

Dania Akkad (2024-01-19). War on Gaza: Questions raised about UK-Israeli air force chiefs' meeting. middleeasteye.net

Staff (2024-01-19). Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks surpasses 24,600. muslimmirror.com ISTANBUL : The Palestinian death toll from a deadly Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has soared to 24,620, the Health Ministry in the territory said Thursday. A ministry statement added that 61,830 other people had been injured in the offensive. "At least 172 people were killed and 326 others injured in …

Staff (2024-01-19). Meet Tal Mitnick, 18, the First Israeli Jailed for Refusing Military Service in "Revenge War" on Gaza. democracynow.org As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue the assault on Gaza, we speak with the first Israeli to refuse mandatory military service since Israel's offensive began over three months ago. Last month, 18-year-old Tal Mitnick announced he would refuse military service in what he called a "revenge war" on Gaza, and was sentenced to 30 days in a military prison. Just released from jail, Mitnick faces another draft summons and says he will refuse "over and over until someone gives up, until the army gives me an exemption." Mitnick says the October 7 Hamas attack on south…

MEE staff (2024-01-19). War on Gaza: Mexico and Chile request ICC probe over possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Mexico and Chile request ICC probe over possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza | Referral by Latin American states comes amid mounting global criticism of Israel's actions against Palestinian civilians | Fri, 01/19/2024 – 12: 42 | Supporters march from Leiden to the International Criminal Court in The Hague in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, 17 December 2023 (AFP) | Mexico and…

WSWS (2024-01-19). Israel continues Gaza onslaught and strikes on southern Lebanon. wsws.org Israel's savage bombardment of Gaza continued Thursday with strikes on residential buildings in the southernmost city of Rafah and elsewhere. Gaza's Health Ministry reported 170 deaths and over 300 injuries.

Nayanika Guha (2024-01-19). Columbia University Could See a Tuition Strike If It Doesn't Divest From Israel. truthout.org As part of their organizing efforts against Israeli apartheid, Columbia University student groups, including Barnard-Columbia Abolition Collective, Student-Worker Solidarity, and Columbia-Barnard Young Democratic Socialists of America announced a tuition strike for the spring 2024 semester. The coalition of student groups is calling for the "university to refuse to invest in ethnic cleansing and… |

Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. (2024-01-19). Red Sea Politics: Ethiopia, Somalia, And The US/EU/NATO. popularresistance.org The world's eyes are now on the geostrategic Red Sea waterways where Yemen's Ansar Allah fighters have stopped Israeli and Israel-bound ships from passing. Other regional tensions have come into play since Ethiopia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Somaliland, a secessionist state within Somalia that has claimed its independence since 1991. Given the geostrategic importance of the Red Sea, the US/EU/NATO are no doubt involved behind the scenes. | I spoke to Somali Kenyan scholar Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad about Red Sea politics and the MOU.

Mohamed Elmaazi (2024-01-19). Landlord for top Israeli arms firm ignored its own human rights policy. electronicintifada.net Retrial of Palestine Action members to take place in 2025.

Max Blumenthal (2024-01-19). Israeli army gassed my son 'like Auschwitz,' mother of slain Israeli soldier says. mronline.org The mother of a now-dead Israeli soldier captured by Hamas militants on October 7 says it was the Israeli military, not Palestinian resistance fighters, who killed her son.

Prem Thakker (2024-01-19). Senate Kills Measure to Scrutinize Israeli Human Rights Record as Condition for Aid. globalresearch.ca

Janet Abou-Elias (2024-01-19). White House Requests "Unprecedented" Loophole That Would Obscure Arms Sales to Israel. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2024-01-19). Massive Israeli Raid Kills At Least 11 Palestinians in Northern West Bank. scheerpost.com

The Independent (2024-01-19). Two-state solution fundamental way out of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, says expert. independent.co.ug Beijing, China | XINHUA | The current Palestinian-Israeli conflict may continue throughout this year, but the overall situation remains controllable, said a Chinese expert. Li Shaoxian, director of the China-Arab Research Institute at Ningxia University, made the remarks at a seminar on major global events held recently in Beijing. Since its outbreak on Oct. 7, 2023, …

Jonathan Ofir (2024-01-19). If you're surprised by Netanyahu's 'river to the sea' comment, you haven't been paying attention. mondoweiss.net Benjamin Netanyahu has never made it a secret that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state and insists on total Israeli control over "the territory west of the Jordan River."

Jonathan Cook (2024-01-19). Why is the Real Story of October 7 Off-limits to Western, but not Israeli, Media? dissidentvoice.org The Israeli Haaretz newspaper interviewed this week the army's "ethics" chief, Asa Kasher, of Tel Aviv university, about two major incidents on October 7: 1. An Israeli commander ordered a tank to fire into a home in Kibbutz Be'eri knowing that there were 14 Israeli civilians inside, incinerating them. 2. Israeli helicopters fired missiles at …

teleSUR, DRL (2024-01-19). Líderes del Mnoal denuncian asedio sionista contra Gaza. telesurtv.net El presidente de la comisión de la Unión Africana, Moussa Faki Mahamat, pidió el fin inmediato de lo que llamó la "guerra injusta contra el pueblo palestino".

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2024-01-19). Más de 390 escuelas destruidas por ataques israelíes en Gaza. telesurtv.net Hamás indicó que Tel Aviv tiene al sistema educativo como objetivo en aras de dañar el valor nacional palestino.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2024-01-19). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a 77 palestinos en las últimas horas. telesurtv.net Se reportan nuevos ataques en inmediaciones de hospitales, mientras que las fuerzas de ocupación hicieron estallar viviendas residenciales en Jan Yunis.

teleSUR, JCM, MER, SH, JGN (2024-01-19). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Más de 100 días se han cumplido de los ataques continuos de las fuerzas de Israel contra el pueblo palestino en Gaza y Cisjordania.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-01-19). Ascienden a 119 los periodistas asesinados por Israel en Gaza. telesurtv.net El número de periodistas palestinos muertos por ataques israelíes en la Franja de Gaza en poco más de tres meses superó el número de periodistas asesinados en todo el mundo en los años 2021 y 2022.

teleSUR, JDO (2024-01-19). Ocupantes destruyen con explosivos Universidad Al-Israa, Gaza. telesurtv.net Volaron varios edificios, entre ellos el del museo nacional, cuya colección arqueológica fue saqueada previamente por los uniformados.

Daniel Warner (2024-01-19). Financially Strapped Geneva Multilateral Organizations and U.S. Priorities. counterpunch.org Is multilateralism bankrupt? It may be in financial danger, but it still has value. Although the U.N., certain of its specialized agencies and similar institutions are strapped for cash, the recent interest in International Court of Justice case between South Africa and Israel shows that the U.N. and international law continue to have value beyond

Ramzy Baroud (2024-01-19). 100 Days of War and Resistance: Legendary Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu's Downfall. counterpunch.org Law number one in the 'law of holes', is that "if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." Law number two, "if you are not digging, you are still in a hole". These adages sum up Israel's ongoing political, military and strategic crises, 100 days following the start of the war on Gaza. Israeli

Mitchell Zimmerman (2024-01-19). Civilian Casualties in Gaza are No Accident. counterpunch.org An old legal adage states: "Men are presumed to intend the natural consequences of their acts." The natural, indeed inescapable, consequence of Israel's cutting off life-sustaining supplies of food and water to over 2 million people in Gaza is famine and mass death by starvation and dehydration. As 90 percent of the people of Gaza

Binoy Kampmark (2024-01-19). Cancelling the Journalist: The ABC's Coverage of the Israel-Gaza War. counterpunch.org What a cowardly act it was. A national broadcaster, dedicated to what should be fearless reporting, cowed by the intemperate bellyaching of a lobby concerned about coverage of the Israel-Gaza war. The investigation by The Age newspaper was revealing in showing that the dismissal of broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf last December 20 was the nasty fruit of a campaign waged against the

Rivera Sun (2024-01-19). Losing My Tribe. counterpunch.org For me, being Jewish was never about religion or Zionism. My holocaust survivor parents sent me to Jewish day schools and Zionist summer camps, but none of that stuck. I haven't set foot in a synagogue for decades and have always been critical of Israeli politics. But up till now, I still retained a strong

Sarena Neyman (2024-01-19). Losing My Tribe. counterpunch.org For me, being Jewish was never about religion or Zionism. My holocaust survivor parents sent me to Jewish day schools and Zionist summer camps, but none of that stuck. I haven't set foot in a synagogue for decades and have always been critical of Israeli politics. But up till now, I still retained a strong

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-19). South Africa's genocide case against Israel is strong, but politics will decide. greenleft.org.au

Barry Sheppard, Malik Miah (2024-01-19). United States: Youth rebel against support for Israel's genocidal war. greenleft.org.au In the United States, despite the mainstream media's backing of Israel's genocidal war in Gaza, more young people in the US are critical of the war and taking leading roles in the movement against it, write Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-19). Cancelling the journalist: ABC's coverage of Israel-Gaza war. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-19). Genocidal Israel on trial. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-19). After Israel's latest killings, journalists need to 'take a stand' over the Gaza carnage. greenleft.org.au

Angela (2024-01-19). Wednesday 1/24: Film Screening of Israelism. indybay.org Cole Hall Auditorium, UCSF | San Francisco, CA…

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Yemen targets another US ship in fresh pro-Palestinian strike. presstv.ir Yemen's Armed Forces announce conducting fresh missile strike against another American ship in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Yemen targets another US ship in fresh pro-Palestinian strike. presstv.ir Yemen's Armed Forces announce conducting fresh missile strike against another American ship in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Mexico, Chile refer Israel to ICC over crimes in war on Gaza. presstv.ir Mexico and Chile have asked the ICC to investigate Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, citing the "escalation of violence against civilian targets".

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Palestinians inspect their destroyed homes in Gaza's Khan Yunis. presstv.ir Gazans inspect rubble after an Israeli strike on a camp in Khan Yunis.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Palestinians inspect their destroyed homes in Gaza's Khan Yunis. presstv.ir Gazans inspect rubble after an Israeli strike on a camp in Khan Yunis.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Aid trucks enter Gaza through Rafah. presstv.ir Aid trucks enter Gaza through Rafah in the south of the coastal sliver, where much of the population is in a humanitarian crisis amid an ongoing Israeli war.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Israeli minister calls for occupation of Gaza, 'encouraging' Palestinians to leave. presstv.ir Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for "encouraging" Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, saying the regime's occupation of the besieged enclave is the only way to restore security to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Pakistanis hold 'Million Man March for Gaza'. presstv.ir In a powerful display of solidarity with Palestine, thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets in the old city of Karachi to protest the ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Aid trucks enter Gaza through Rafah. presstv.ir Aid trucks enter Gaza through Rafah in the south of the coastal sliver, where much of the population is in a humanitarian crisis amid an ongoing Israeli war.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Israeli minister calls for occupation of Gaza, 'encouraging' Palestinians to leave. presstv.ir Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for "encouraging" Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, saying the regime's occupation of the besieged enclave is the only way to restore security to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Pakistanis hold 'Million Man March for Gaza'. presstv.ir In a powerful display of solidarity with Palestine, thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets in the old city of Karachi to protest the ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Scottish football Palestine solidarity. presstv.ir The growing public backing for Palestine in Britain contrasts sharply with a British political class that continues to give succor to Israel. One such example is the increasingly voluble support for Palestine on the terraces of the Celtic football club.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Al-Houthi: Yemen's Ansarullah to 'keep hitting' Israel-bound ships. presstv.ir Ansarullah leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi said the attacks would "also include American and British ships."

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Al-Houthi: Yemen's Ansarullah to 'keep hitting' ships headed to occupied territories. presstv.ir Ansarullah leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi said the attacks would "also include American and British ships."

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Al-Houthi: Yemen's Ansarullah to 'keep hitting' ships headed to occupied territories. presstv.ir Ansarullah leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi said the attacks would "also include American and British ships."

Paul Atwood (2024-01-19). Will We Ever Wake Up to the Realities of World War II and See Where They Have Long Been Leading? counterpunch.org My father was wounded as a marine in savage and ruthless combat in the Pacific during the "Good War." He carried PTSD to his grave. On the day after the Japanese "sneak attack" at Pearl Harbor he dropped out of high school and enlisted thinking to revenge what our culture insists was a cold-blooded sneak

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Stepping away from pacifism, Japan to buy 400 Tomahawks from US. presstv.ir Japan and US have signed a military deal to buy 400 long range Tomahawk missiles.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Stepping away from pacifism, Japan to buy 400 Tomahawks from US. presstv.ir Japan and US have signed a military deal to buy 400 long range Tomahawk missiles.

The Independent (2024-01-19). Uganda Cranes take on Kuwait today. independent.co.ug Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes will today play their first 2024 International friendly against Kuwait in Cairo, Egypt. The squad, comprised solely of players from the domestic league — the Uganda Premier League, departed on Monday after a week of intensive preparations. This will be Coach Paul Put's third game since assuming …

ecns.cn (2024-01-19). Rare wild animals spotted in N China's Inner Mongolia. ecns.cn Various rarely seen wild animals, including golden eagles, lynx and wapiti, have been spotted by infrared cameras in the Saihanwula National Nature Reserve in Chifeng City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region."ÄÄ…

Caitlin Johnstone. (2024-01-19). Biden Is Everything People Feared Trump Would Be. popularresistance.org Listening to the way people on the inside have been talking about Biden's bull-in-a-China-shop behavior regarding middle east policy lately, one can't help being reminded of the way the liberal press used to talk about the erratic and irresponsible behavior of Donald Trump when he was in office. The mood and tone feels like when Trump was exchanging verbal hostilities with North Korea in the first year of his term, which comedian John Mulaney famously likened to the disorder and discomfort of having a horse loose in the hospital. | We're all just standing here praying that this lunatic doesn't ignite yet another…

ecns.cn (2024-01-18). China urges Philippines to abide by one-China principle. ecns.cn Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Thursday that China will not accept and will firmly hit back any provocation made on the Taiwan question.

Angela (2024-01-19). Sunday 1/21: Virtual Discussion with Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. indybay.org

Thalif Deen (2024-01-19). Is It Time for Palestine to be Voted UN Member State? globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2024-01-19). Palestinian student paralyzed by right-wing gunman tells NBC his suffering is "one drop in the ocean of what's going on in Palestine" wsws.org In their first major interview on a large US television network, the college students spoke out against the dehumanization of Palestinian people by Western politicians and press.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-19). Pro-Palestine protesters demand Ged Kearney stand with those calling for a ceasefire. greenleft.org.au

riotRhino (2024-01-19). Seattle Says "No" to Occupation and Genocide in Palestine. indybay.org On Saturday, January 6th, 2024, Seattle activist groups took up the call to "shut it down for Palestine," by blocking Northbound I-5 for over 6 hours. This video is 2: 39 long.

Angela (2024-01-19). Friday 1/19: San Diego: Kite Flying for Palestine. indybay.org Sun God Lawn | UCSD | San Diego, CA…

Angela (2024-01-19). Sunday 1/21: Vigil for Palestine in Venice, CA. indybay.org Venice Pier | Venice, CA…

Angela (2024-01-19). Saturday 1/20: Read Palestine: Listening Session and Discussion. indybay.org 48 S 7th St | San Jose, CA…

Angela (2024-01-19). Saturday 1/20: Rancho Cucamonga: Rally & March for Palestine. indybay.org Victoria Gateway Center | 12190 Foothill Blvd | Rancho Cucamonga, CA…

Angela (2024-01-19). Saturday 1/20: Pomona: March for Palestine. indybay.org

Angela (2024-01-19). Saturday 1/20: San Diego Peace Vigil for Palestine. indybay.org Entry to Ocean Beach | Sunset Cliffs Blvd and W Point Loma Blvd | San Diego, CA…

Angela (2024-01-19). Saturday 1/20: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Palestine: Banned in Berlin" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Thousands rally in US capital, call for Gaza ceasefire. presstv.ir Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters rally in Washington DC, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Thousands rally in US capital, call for Gaza ceasefire. presstv.ir Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters rally in Washington DC, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

WSWS (2024-01-19). Explosion at Thailand fireworks factory leaves 23 workers dead. wsws.org Workplace accidents in Thailand have long been the norm, demonstrating that no section of the country's ruling elite intends to address safety in any industry sector.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Thailand's biggest light illumination festival puts on a show. presstv.ir The Nasatta Light Festival, one of Thailand's largest light illumination festivals, returns for its sixth year in Ratchaburi province.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Thailand's biggest light illumination festival puts on a show. presstv.ir The Nasatta Light Festival, one of Thailand's largest light illumination festivals, returns for its sixth year in Ratchaburi province.

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-19). Biden Admits Yemen Airstrikes Aren't "Working" But Vows to Continue Them Anyway. truthout.org In a stark statement, President Joe Biden has admitted that the widely decried U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen isn't actually having an effect on the Houthi blockade — but vowed to continue the bombings anyway. Outside of the White House on Thursday, a reporter asked Biden if the airstrikes in Yemen have been "working." "Well, when you say 'working,' are they stopping the Houthis? No. |

Chris Edelson (2024-01-19). Biden's Attacks on Yemen Are Blatantly Illegal. progressive.org Without Congressional approval, military action against the Houthis violates the Constitution.

Larry Johnson (2024-01-19). The Thomas Crown Affair Houthi Style. sonar21.com Please do not interpret this piece as making light of the U.S. and U.K. bombing of the Houthis in Yemen. There are people dying on the ground and that is no laughing matter. The reason for my title is that the U.S. and U.K are acting like the clumsy cops chasing Pierce Brosnan in the movie, The Thomas Crown Affair. Watch the following snippet from the movie and I think you'll grasp my point: | Yep. The Houthis are moving their missiles and drones around in the same fashion that all of the Bowler hatted, wool-coat wearing, Pierce Brosnan look-alikes are doing as they run around the museum exchanging fake…

teleSUR, nbb, DRL (2024-01-19). Yemeníes atacan un buque de químicos de EE.UU. en golfo de Adén. telesurtv.net "La tripulación vio cómo los misiles impactaban en el agua cerca del barco. No se registraron heridos ni daños en el buque. El buque continuó su camino", señaló el Pentágono en la red social X.

Angela (2024-01-19). Friday 1/19: Hands Off Yemen Phone Bank. indybay.org

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Yemen says ensures 'safe passage' for international ships. presstv.ir Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has promised a safe passage for international ships sailing in the Red Sea.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Funeral held for Yemenis killed by US and UK strikes in Sanaa. presstv.ir Ansarullah supporters hold a funeral at Al-Shaab mosque for six Yemeni fighters.

presstv.ir (2024-01-19). Funeral held for Yemenis killed by US and UK strikes in Sanaa. presstv.ir Ansarullah supporters hold a funeral at Al-Shaab mosque for six Yemeni fighters.

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L. Michael Hager (2024-01-18). Genocide in My Living Room. counterpunch.org History is replete with genocide. Among the earliest was the Albigensian Crusade 0f 1209 that sparked the Cathar genocide in southern France. In the 20th century, the Turkish genocide of 1915 killed up to 1.2 million Armenian Christians; the Nazi Holocaust of 1941-1945 sent 6 million Jews to death chambers or execution sites; and the Rwanda Genocide of 1994 killed more than half a million Tutsis. Reports of more recent genocides appear in the major media, including Darfur (2003), Yazidi (2010), and Rohingya (2016).

Editor (2024-01-18). U.S., Britain, out of the Red Sea! workers.org Bronx Coalition protests genocide outside 'Little Yemen' supermarket, Jan. 6, 2024, just days before U.S.-British planes bombed the country of Yemen. Stop the U.S. war on the Red Sea! U.S. Armed Forces are waging war on Yemen, escalating a conflict in West Asia. However far it may spread, the fire . . . |

UN Development Programme (2024-01-18). Egypt: Expected socioeconomic impacts of the Gaza war on neighbouring countries in the Arab region. reliefweb.int Countries: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic | Sources: UN Development Programme, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia | Please refer to the attached file. | 1 Observed impacts in the region to date | In November 2023, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) conducted an early assessment of the then expected economic and human impact of the war on the State of Palestine. The present policy brief complements that assessment by examining the likely effects of the Gaza war on neighbo…

APR editor (2024-01-18). When Yemen does it it's 'terrorism', when the US does it it's 'the rules-based order'. asiapacificreport.nz COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Biden administration has officially re-designated Ansarallah‚Ää—‚Ääthe dominant force in Yemen also known as the Houthis‚Ää—‚Ääas a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity. The White House claims the designation is an appropriate response to the group's attacks on US military vessels and commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of…

Andrew Korybko (2024-01-18). Worsening Iranian-Pakistani Tensions Could Threaten Eurasian Integration Processes. thealtworld.com Unless there's an all-out conventional war between Iran and Pakistan, which isn't expected unless their newly exacerbated but long-running security dilemma spirals out of control into one by miscalculation (perhaps due to US meddling), Eurasian integration won't be dealt a deathblow. Nevertheless, very clear limits will be placed upon it as the SCO becomes further divided along yet another fault line, which will greatly impede multilateral cooperation and lead to even more dysfunction. | Pakistan's

APR editor (2024-01-18). New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability. asiapacificreport.nz ANALYSIS: By Karen Scott, University of Canterbury In 2023, the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order. Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, continued its illegal invasion in Ukraine. Israel's response to the deadly October attack by Hamas exceeded its legitimate right to self-defence.

marketing (2024-01-18). Why Ukraine's Cock-A-Hoop On Downing Two Russian Aircraft #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – Asia Times) In recent days, the Ukrainian military claims to have destroyed or irretrievably damaged two Russian aircraft over the contested ground of Zaporizhzhia oblast. | The role of …

eng.belta.by (2024-01-18). Union State of Belarus and Russia described as locomotive in Eurasian Economic Union. eng.belta.by The Union State is the locomotive of the EAEU. It sets the tone and the course for the further development of the Eurasian Economic Union across many areas, Sergey Lavrov noted.

Editor (2024-01-18). Reviving ISIS: A U.S. weapon against the Resistance Axis. mronline.org Is it a coincidence that the world's foremost terror organization is being revived just as the U.S. struggles under a multi-front assault on its hegemony in West Asia? More curiously, both ISIS and Washington's targets are exactly the same.

APR editor (2024-01-18). Marape tells PNG youth 'I'm your father' in bid to mobilise them. asiapacificreport.nz RNZ Pacific In the wake of last week's riots and looting across Papua New Guinea's cities, the government has announced plans to get the country's youth working. Prime Minister James Marape said efforts would be made to mobilise people aged 16 to 30, who were not in work or education. Some of the blame for…

newarab (2024-01-18). China and Lebanon settle for 0-0 draw in Asian Cup. newarab.com After back-to-back draws at the start of the A 0-0 draw with Lebanon on Tuesday left While China is second in Group A…

Richard Javad Heydarian (2024-01-18). Philippines Pushing China's Limits in South China Sea. asia-pacificresearch.com

eng.belta.by (2024-01-18). CIS mission starts monitoring early presidential election in Azerbaijan. eng.belta.by On the first day of the work, CIS First Deputy Secretary General Leonid Anfimov met with Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mazahir Panahov to discuss preparations for the election and the mission's activities.

Democracy Now! (2024-01-18). Democracy Now! 2024-01-18 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 18, 2024; Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana University for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza; Artist Emily Jacir: Rampant Censorship Is Part of the Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians; Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate of Censorship After Her Hamburg Talks Are Canceled | Headlines for January 18, 2024; Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana University for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza; Artist Emily Jacir: Rampant Censorship Is Part of the Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians; Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate o…

Democracy Now! (2024-01-18). Democracy Now! 2024-01-18 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 18, 2024; Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana University for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza; Artist Emily Jacir: Rampant Censorship Is Part of the Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians; Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate of Censorship After Her Hamburg Talks Are Canceled | Headlines for January 18, 2024; Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana University for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza; Artist Emily Jacir: Rampant Censorship Is Part of the Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians; Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate o…

Staff (2024-01-18). Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana University for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza. democracynow.org We spend the hour looking at how artists, writers and other cultural workers in the United States and Europe are facing a growing backlash after expressing solidarity for Palestine. We begin with one of these "canceled" cultural workers: renowned Palestinian American artist Samia Halaby, whose first U.S. retrospective was canceled by her graduate alma mater, Indiana University, after she criticized Israel's bombardment of Gaza. The school's provost said this week the show would have been a "lightning rod" that carried a "risk of violence." Halaby expresses her shock and d…

Plus News (2024-01-18). Lango Reacts to Atim Ogwal's Death. plusnews.ug There is a somber mood in Lango following the news of Cecilia Atim Ogwal's death. First announced by Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among, the speaker of Parliament, the news about Ogwal's death spread through social media like wild fire sending Lango into a frenzy. Atim Ogwal succumbed to cancer from a Hospital in India at 77 …

The Independent (2024-01-18). Lango reacts to Atim Ogwal's death. independent.co.ug Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | First announced by Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among, the speaker of Parliament, the news about Ogwal's death spread through social media like wild fire sending Lango into a frenzy. Atim Ogwal succumbed to cancer from a Hospital in India at 77 years. Commonly referred to as "Atat" in Lango, Atim …

infobrics (2024-01-18). Entry of Middle Eastern Nations Into BRICS+: Important Economic and Geopolitical Takeaways. infobrics.org Five countries — Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Egypt entered BRICS as full members on Jan. 1, now referred to as BRICS+. The BRICS grouping was created in 2006 by Brazil, Russia, India and China, while South Africa joined BRICS in 2011…

infobrics (2024-01-18). A Closer Look at Coal Demand in the BRICS Economies>. infobrics.org In the realm of global energy dynamics, the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—stand as crucial players shaping the trajectory of coal demand…

infobrics (2024-01-18). Will the Expanded BRICS Finally Dethrone the Dollar with Help from Crypto. infobrics.org The economies of the BRICS group, which until now has included Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, already in 2023 accounted for 32% of the world's GDP – compared to 30% for the G7 countries. The bloc will yield even more influence in 2024, with the addition of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Egypt, and Ethiopia…

tvbrics (2024-01-18). The Indian economy is expected to grow by 7.3 per cent in the current financial year. tvbrics.com This was stated by the Reserve Bank of India Governor at the World Economic Forum in Davos…

tvbrics (2024-01-18). India hosted the National Startup Day. tvbrics.com The country has become one of the main centres of attraction in the global startup ecosystem…

albawaba (2024-01-18). Thousands at risk of unemployment at Tata steel. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Tata Steel, the Indian global steel manufacturer and owner of Port Talbot, has rejected a trade union deal amongst a recently announced 4-year-long plan to switch to a more environmentally-friendly approach, rendering the company unable to afford the majority of the 4,000 workers it currently employs, which the company informed the union about.The steel works company explained that the Wales factory is running at a loss, causing the decision to halt the fire of their blasting furnaces, and transition to electric arc furnaces that turn recycled scrap into steel in a much environmentally and financially…

albawaba (2024-01-18). Tragic boat capsizing claims 16 lives in Vadodara lake, India. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a devastating incident, a boat capsized in Vadodara's Harni Motnath Lake in Gujarat, India, leading to a tragic loss of lives. The police reported that the death toll has risen to 16, with rescue efforts underway. Chief Minister of Gujrat, Bhupendra Patel is expected to visit the scene.The state government has announced compensation of Rs 4 Lakhs, approximately ($5000) for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 ($620) in aid for the injured. Gujarat: A boat capsized in Vadodara's Harni Motnath Lake earlier t…

mforinoco (2024-01-18). 'Students of India Are United Against the Fascist Bharatiya Janata Party Regime'. orinocotribune.com The students say that the policies being implemented by the government, particularly the new education policy will lead to the destruction of the country's public education system. | On January 12, students from across India gathered at the heart of the capital city New Delhi to protest against the conservative policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The students say that the policies being implemented by the government, particularly the new education policy will lead to the destruction of the country's public education system. It will limit access to education, par…

National Aeronautics, Space Administration (2024-01-18). Mauritius: Image of the Day for January 17, 2024: Tropical Cyclone Belal. reliefweb.int Country: Mauritius | Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Please refer to the attached file. | In January 2024, Tropical Cyclone Belal lashed Réunion and Mauritius, islands in the southwest Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, with torrential rain and flooding. | The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA's Terra satellite acquired the top image at about 06: 00 Universal Time (10 a.m. in Réunion) on January 14. The storm strengthened that day to the equivalent of a category-2 hurricane, with sustained winds of at least 160 kilometers (100 miles) per hour. | Belal made la…

UMMID (2024-01-18). University of Massachusetts Global launches online MBA for Indian Professionals. ummid.com In response to the growing demand for professionals equipped with a global mind-set and an acute understanding of diverse local business needs, the University of Massachusetts Global (UMass Global) has announced the launch of its online MBA program in India.

noemail (2024-01-18). 2 women among 4 booked for duping people by luring them to invest in car rental firm. devdiscourse.com Police have registered a case against four persons, including two women, for allegedly duping 30 people of more than Rs 52 lakh by luring them into investing in their car rental firm, and obtaining loan using the names of some others, an official said on Thursday. The case was filed at the APMC police station in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, he said. The accused, identified as Nisha Gosavi, Farooque, Bhagyashri and Ankush Pawar, were booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 34 (common intention). Since June 2022, they targeted approximately 30 persons, promi…

Staff (2024-01-18). India's soaring economy masks stark inequality: An analysis. muslimmirror.com By Mohd Ziyaullah Khan India, once the world's fifth-largest economy, has undergone a significant economic shift, surpassing the United Kingdom. Despite this achievement, it remains a nation marked by stark economic disparities, hosting the largest population of impoverished individuals globally—estimated at 228.9 million, according to the 2022 'World Inequality Report' (WIR). As economic growth slowed …

UMMID (2024-01-18). Rule of Law does not permit bulldozer justice: Justice Lokur. ummid.com Bulldozer justice is against rule of law, Justice Madan B. Lokur, a former judge of the Supreme Court of India, said Tuesday January 16, 2024.

noemail (2024-01-18). Ban on commercial release of GM crops against national interest: Centre tells SC. devdiscourse.com Making a strong case for growing genetically modified (GM) crops for enhanced food security, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that India is already importing huge quantities of edible oil extracted from genetically altered oilseeds for domestic consumption and "unfounded fears" of their adverse impact is hurting farmers, consumers and industry.

noemail (2024-01-18). Safety and security of citizens primary: Civil Aviation Minister Scindia at Hyderabad. devdiscourse.com

UMMID (2024-01-18). SC puts interim stay on survey of Shahi Idgah Masjid in Mathura. ummid.com The Supreme Court of India Tuesday January 16, 2024 stayed the Allahabad HC order allowing the survey or inspection of the Shahi Idgah mosque (Shahi Eidgah Masjid) in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

UMMID (2024-01-18). AISSEE 2024 Admit Card – When, Where and How to Download. ummid.com The National Testing Agency (NTA) is on behalf of Sainik School Society set to release on its website aissee.nta.nic.in the Admit Card and Hall Ticket of the candidates who have registered for the All India Sainik School Entrance Exam 2024-25 (AISSEE 2024).

Staff (2024-01-18). India's soaring economy masks stark inequality: An analysis. muslimmirror.com By Mohd Ziyaullah Khan India, once the world's fifth-largest economy, has undergone a significant economic shift, surpassing the United Kingdom. Despite this achievement, it remains a nation marked by stark economic disparities, hosting the largest population of impoverished individuals globally—estimated at 228.9 million, according to the 2022 'World Inequality Report' (WIR). As economic growth slowed …

noemail (2024-01-18). Ukraine envoy praises Cyprus support for sanctions on Russia. devdiscourse.com Cyprus is making an "extremely important" contribution in increasing sanctions pressure on Moscow, said Ukraine's ambassador to the east Mediterranean island, which was long in the spotlight for close business ties with Russia. Cyprus all but severed those ties when it followed its European Union partners in slapping sanctions on Moscow over the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-18). Cypriots Protest Use of Bases by UK in Imperialist Conflicts. orinocotribune.com By Peoples Dispatch — Jan 16, 2024 | The British military has been using the Akrotiri and Dhekelia bases in Cyprus for its war-mongering, such as in the recent bombing of Yemen | On Sunday, January 14, anti-imperialist groups in Cyprus protested outside the UK bases in Akrotiri, against the use of bases on the island in the imperialist wars raging in the region. | In the protest called by the Pancyprian Peace Council, activists from various anti-war groups and political parties including the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), United Democratic Youth Organization (EDON), and Communist Initiative o…

ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (2024-01-18). Indonesia, Flooding in Luwu Timur (South Sulawesi) (16 Jan 2024). reliefweb.int Country: Indonesia | Source: ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance | Please refer to the attached file. | Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia | Event Date : Tue, 16 Jan 2024 | AHADID : AHA-FL-2024-000084-IDN | GLIDE Number : | Impact Update Date : Wed, 17 Jan 2024 08: 24: 17 | AFFECTED AREA/S | Luwu Timur | DESCRIPTION | ‚û¢ Location: | ‚óè Malili District, Pungkeru Village | ‚û¢ Effort: | ‚óè The East Luwu Regency Disaster Management Agency carried out an assessment of the flood location and coordinated with local village offic…

ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (2024-01-18). Indonesia, Strong Wind in Pamekasan (East Java) (16 Jan 2024). reliefweb.int Country: Indonesia | Source: ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance | Please refer to the attached file. | Jawa Timur, Indonesia | Event Date : Tue, 16 Jan 2024 | AHADID : AHA-TO-2024-000090-IDN | GLIDE Number : | Impact Update Date : Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13: 00: 00 | AFFECTED AREA/S | Jawa Timur | DESCRIPTION | Chronology: Heavy rainfall and strong wind | Location: , | ‚Ä¢ Kec. Palengaan, | – Ds. Potoan Laok, | – Ds. Panaan…

ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (2024-01-18). Indonesia, Flooding in Murung Raya (Central Kalimantan) (15 Jan 2024). reliefweb.int Country: Indonesia | Source: ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance | Please refer to the attached file. | Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia | Event Date : Mon, 15 Jan 2024 | AHADID : AHA-FL-2024-000089-IDN | GLIDE Number : | Impact Update Date : Mon, 15 Jan 2024 05: 00: 00 | AFFECTED AREA/S | Murung Raya | DESCRIPTION | Cause: Heavy rainfall | Location: , | Kec. Laung Tuhup, | ‚Ä¢ Kel. Batu Bua I, | ‚Ä¢ Desa Batu Bua II, | ‚Ä¢ Kel. Muara Tuhup, | ‚Ä¢ Kel. Muara Laung I, | ‚Ä¢ Desa Muara Laung II, | ‚Ä¢ De…

ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (2024-01-18). Indonesia, Flooding in Barito Utara (Central Kalimantan) (16 Jan 2024). reliefweb.int Country: Indonesia | Source: ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance | Please refer to the attached file. | Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia | Event Date : Tue, 16 Jan 2024 | AHADID : AHA-FL-2024-000082-IDN | GLIDE Number : | Impact Update Date : Wed, 17 Jan 2024 08: 42: 49 | AFFECTED AREA/S | Barito Utara | DESCRIPTION | ‚û¢ Chronology: Triggered by high intensity rain on Tuesday, 16 January 2024 Pkl. 19: 46 WIB | ‚û¢ Location: | ‚óè Lahei District | – Lahei I District | – Lahei II Village | ‚óè West Lahei District | – Upper B…

Staff (2024-01-18). Headlines for January 18, 2024. democracynow.org Pakistan Launches Retaliatory Airstrikes Against Iran, U.S. Bombs Yemen for Fourth Time in a Week, Israeli Bombing in Rafah Kills 16 Displaced Palestinians, Including Children, Israel Blows Up Israa University Near Gaza City, Palestinian Journalist Wael Fannouneh of Al-Quds Today TV Killed by Israel in Gaza City, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres Reiterates Call for Ceasefire in Gaza, 10 Palestinians Killed in Occupied West Bank as Israel Carries Out Major Raids, U.K. House of Commons Approves Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda, House Speaker Johnson Says Senate Deal Is "Dead" If Dems Don&#82…

infobrics (2024-01-18). Greater BRICS –°ooperation Enjoys Bright Prospects. infobrics.org The BRICS group officially welcomed Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Ethiopia as new members on Jan. 1 this year, doubling its membership from 5 to 10…

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-18). Pakistan retaliates with strikes inside Iran killing nine. peoplesdispatch.org Pakistan's strike was in retaliation to an Iranian attack on Tuesday which was targeted against alleged bases of the group Jaish al-Adl which had claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack in December…

Staff (2024-01-18). After Pakistan strikes back on Iran, China offers mediation. muslimmirror.com Beijing : China Thursday offered to play a "constructive role" to ease tension between Pakistan and Iran following their missile strikes against each other over the last two days and asked the two countries to "exercise restraint and calmness and avoid escalation". Pakistan conducted "precision military strikes" against what it called "terrorist hideouts" in Iran's …

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Can Iran and Pakistan contain cross-border tensions? aljazeera.com Pakistan launches strikes inside Iran, saying they were retaliation for attacks by Tehran on targets in Pakistan.

newarab (2024-01-18). 9 killed in Pakistan strikes on Iran in retaliatory attack. newarab.com "Two men were also killed in the missile attack this morning in one of the border villages of Saravan, bringing the death toll to nine," the official IRNA news agency said quoting Alireza Marhamati, deputy provincial governor of Iran's…

MEE staff (2024-01-18). Pakistan launches tit-for-tat air strikes on Iran killing at least nine. middleeasteye.net

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-18). Pakistan retaliates with strikes inside Iran killing nine. peoplesdispatch.org Pakistan's strike was in retaliation to an Iranian attack on Tuesday which targeted against alleged bases of the group Jaish al-Adl. The terrorist outfit had claimed responsibility for a attack in Iran in December…

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-18). Pakistan Launches Retaliatory Airstrikes in Iran Targeting Militant Groups. news.antiwar.com Pakistan said Thursday that it carried out airstrikes targeting militants in Iran, which came after an Iranian attack on Pakistani soil. Pakistani officials said the strikes targeted seven locations used by ethnic Baloch militant groups known as the Balochistan Liberation Army and Balochistan Liberation Front. Pakistani warplanes and drones hit targets about 30 miles inside …

Staff (2024-01-18). At least nine killed in Pakistan's air strikes on Iran. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Nine people were killed in air strikes by Pakistan into Iranian territory on Thursday, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported. Islamabad's military action comes after a missile attack by Tehran targetting an "Iranian terrorist group" killed two children in the southwestern Balochistan province in Pakistan. Thursday's attack by Pakistan took place at 9: 05 …

Larry Johnson (2024-01-18). What's Good for the Goose is Good For the Gander, Iran Plays the Terrorist Card. sonar21.com When the United States established a precedent for taking unilateral military action in the name of fighting terrorism, Uncle Sam should not be surprised when another country decides to follow suit. Iran was the victim of a massive terrorist attack in early January that killed more than 100 people. In response Iran launched retaliatory strikes in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan (Baluchistan to be precise) against radical Sunni groups that have a history of backing or executing terrorist attacks inside Iran. How dare they!! Who do the mullahs think they are? Joe Biden? | One part of the story that is not getting mu…

Staff (2024-01-18). Pakistan retaliates with strikes inside Iran killing nine. peoplesdispatch.org Pakistan carried out drone and missile strikes inside Iran early on Thursday, January 18, in what is seen as retaliation for Iranian strikes on its territory on Tuesday. Dawn quoted Pakistan's Foreign Ministry as saying that a "highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision" strike killed a number of terrorists during the operation code named Marg …

Staff (2024-01-18). After Pakistan strikes back on Iran, China offers mediation. muslimmirror.com Beijing : China Thursday offered to play a "constructive role" to ease tension between Pakistan and Iran following their missile strikes against each other over the last two days and asked the two countries to "exercise restraint and calmness and avoid escalation". Pakistan conducted "precision military strikes" against what it called "terrorist hideouts" in Iran's …

Staff (2024-01-18). At least nine killed in Pakistan's air strikes on Iran. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Nine people were killed in air strikes by Pakistan into Iranian territory on Thursday, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported. Islamabad's military action comes after a missile attack by Tehran targetting an "Iranian terrorist group" killed two children in the southwestern Balochistan province in Pakistan. Thursday's attack by Pakistan took place at 9: 05 …

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-01-18). Guterres deeply concerned about attacks between Iran and Pakistan. plenglish.com United Nations, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary General António Guterres warned today of the recent exchange of military attacks between Iran and Pakistan as hostilities spread through the Middle East.

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aljazeera (2024-01-18). Which are the armed groups Iran and Pakistan have bombed — and why? aljazeera.com Iran's raids in Pakistan near border areas were part of Tehran's unprecedented missile launches on three countries.

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Larry Johnson (2024-01-18). The Electric Vehicle Scam is a Symptom of Western Decline. sonar21.com I realize there is a lot going on with rising tensions between Iran and Pakistan and the Houthis continuing to frustrate Western efforts to break the blockade of the Red Sea. I promise to address those issues in another piece. But I got to say something about the Electric Vehicle scam. It is bad for the environment. The rare earth minerals needed to produce these extravagances requires mining operations that exploit the very poorest people on the earth. And, despite all the nifty technology that adorns these electric vehicles, they can't handle the cold. | If you don't live in the United States you may not…

newarab (2024-01-18). Why are Iran and Pakistan bombing each other. newarab.com Iran and Pakistan have Iran struck positions in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing two children, according to Islamabad. | Pakistan responded by recalling its ambassador to Tehran and The escalation follows years of unr…

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-01-18). Pakistán informa que atacó bases insurgentes en Irán. telesurtv.net Según la agencia iraní Fars, tres mujeres y cuatro niños de nacionalidad no iraní habrían muerto a causa de las explosiones.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2024-01-18). Irán convoca a encargado de negocios paquistaní tras ataques. telesurtv.net Teherán convocó al diplomático paquistaní en aras de expresar la protesta a Islamadad y exigir explicaciones al respecto.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). US propping up 'terrorist' Israel by blacklisting Yemen's Ansarullah: Tehran. presstv.ir Tehran denounces Washington's "provocative" move to blacklist Yemen's Ansarullah, saying it attests to the United States' support for the "terrorist" Israeli regime.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Exclusive: Iraqi oil tycoon killed in IRGC strike was Mossad's key man in Erbil. presstv.ir At the stroke of midnight on Monday, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a barrage of missiles at an espionage center of the Israeli spy agency Mossad in Iraqi Kurdistan, destroying it completely.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Nine non-Iranian nationals killed in explosions in Iran's southeast. presstv.ir An Iranian security official says several explosions were heard in the southeastern city of Saravan.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Iran says will not tolerate 'any Israeli operation from any country'. presstv.ir Iran says it will not tolerate any operation against the Iranian nation and government by the Israeli regime from any country.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Iran condemns Pakistan's border attack, summons Pakistani chargé d'affaires. presstv.ir Iran has condemned Pakistan's attack on the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan and summoned the Pakistani chargé d'affaires in protest against the incident.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Iran urges NAM members to renew solidarity with Palestine. presstv.ir Iran has called on members of the Non-Aligned Movement to renew their solidarity with the Palestinian nation.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). US, UK cannot hold regional security hostage for Netanyahu's sake: Iran FM. presstv.ir The top Iranian diplomat says the US and Britain cannot hold the security of the region hostage for the benefit of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Iran's armed forces launch speciliazed joint air defense exercises. presstv.ir Iranian armed forces have launched specialized joint air defense exercises in the country's southwest, south and southeast regions.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Iran calls on 'brotherly' Pakistan to check terrorist bases on its soil. presstv.ir Iran has addressed "the friendly and brotherly government of Pakistan" after a tiff over Islamabad's drone attack on an Iranian village near their border, calling on the neighboring state to prevent the establishment of "terrorist bases" on its soil.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Turkey says ready for Iranian president's imminent visit to Ankara. presstv.ir Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkey is ready to host Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi in the near future after seeing the trip cancelled twice for different reasons.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Iranian forces see no limits in defending national interests, citizens: Defense minister. presstv.ir The Iranian defense minister says the country's Armed Forces see no limits in defending public interests and the nation.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Iran attack didn't target Pakistani nationals, but Iranian terrorists: FM. presstv.ir Iran's FM says the Tuesday missile attacks on areas in Pakistan were aimed at protecting the security of Iran, its neighbors, and also the wider region.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). IRGC colonel assassinated in terrorist attack in southeastern Iran. presstv.ir An IRGC colonel has been shot dead in a terrorist attack in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan near the frontier with Pakistan.

WSWS (2024-01-18). Australian government buries 2003 Iraq invasion documents. wsws.org The Labor government is trying to withhold the 2003 records under conditions in which it has just joined another disastrous US-led war—against the Houthi government in Yemen, deliberately widening the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.

albawaba (2024-01-18). Explosion near Erbil airport and Iraqi resistance targets US base in Syria with drones. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- An explosion reverberated near Erbil airport, triggering sirens at the American consulate.In a related incident, Iraqi resistance has announced the successful targeting of the occupied American Hemo base west of Qamishli Airport in Syria, employing drones in the operation. Iraqi resistance groups have escalated attacks on US positions in Iraq and Syria as a response to perceived US support for Israeli actions in Gaza. ÿߟÑÿπÿ±ÿߟÇ: ÿߟџ֟ÇÿߟàŸÖÿ© &yu…

The Cradle's Iraq Correspondent (2024-01-18). Reviving ISIS: a US Weapon Against the Resistance Axis. orinocotribune.com By The Cradle's Iraq Correspondent — Jan 16, 2024 | Iraqi security sources are warning of an ISIS revival in the country, which coincides all too neatly with the spike in Iraqi resistance operations against US bases in Iraq and Syria, and with widening regional instability caused by Israel's military assault on Gaza. | More than six years after declaring victory over the terrorist organization, Iraqi intelligence reports now indicate that thousands of ISIS fighters are emerging unscathed, under the protection of US forces in two regions of western Iraq. | The missing piece of the puzzle | According to intell…

newarab (2024-01-18). Iraqi PM al-Sudani demands US troops to leave country. newarab.com Iraqi Prime Minister "The end of the international coalition mission is a necessity for the security and stability of Iraq," he said during a televised event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. | "It is also a necessity for p…

newarab (2024-01-18). Turkey may conduct new operations in Iraq, Syria if needed. newarab.com The nine were killed in clashes with the outlawed

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Iraqi resistance fighters attack US military base in northeast Syria: Report. presstv.ir Iraqi resistance fighters reportedly launched drone strikes on a military facility occupied by US forces in northeastern Syria.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Iraq's prime minister wants immediate withdrawal of US forces. presstv.ir Mohammad Shia al-Sudani was addressing a televised event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Staff (2024-01-18). Max Blumenthal confronts State Dept on genocide support. youtube.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss Blumenthal's latest intervention in the State Department briefing room, where he challenged Blinken spokesman on the Biden administration's rejection of the South African legal case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at thegrayzone.com Support our original journalism at …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-18). Mother of Captive in Gaza: IDF Killed Her Son with Poison Gas. libya360.wordpress.com Wyatt Reed and Max Blumenthal Ron Sherman An outraged Israeli mom has sparked an uproar after accusing the Israeli army of deliberately gassing her son to death while he was being held in a Gaza tunnel. Now she says the Israeli military had her son's gravestone removed after her critical message went viral. His killing…

Wyatt Reed (2024-01-18). Israeli army gassed my son 'like Auschwitz,' mother of slain Israeli soldier says. thegrayzone.com An outraged Israeli mom has sparked an uproar after accusing the Israeli army of deliberately gassing her son to death while he was being held in a Gaza tunnel. Now she says the Israeli military had her son's gravestone removed after her critical message went viral. His killing follows a pattern of Israeli military attacks on Israeli captives in Gaza, raising questions about the existence of a friendly fire policy to prevent prisoner swaps. The mother of a now-dead Israeli …

Staff (2024-01-18). Israeli army gassed my son 'like Auschwitz,' mother of slain Israeli soldier says. thegrayzone.com An outraged Israeli mom has sparked an uproar after accusing the Israeli army of deliberately gassing her son to death while he was being held in a Gaza tunnel. Now she says the Israeli military had her son's gravestone removed after her critical message went viral. His killing follows a pattern of Israeli military attacks …

Jeremy Loffredo (2024-01-18). VIDEO: Life in Jerusalem under Israel's military dictatorship. thegrayzone.com Journalist Jeremy Loffredo visits the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, a climate of unprecedented repression has descended since October 7. Loffredo documents settler terror attacks on businesses and speaks to local activists who tell him they fear arrest and beatings from Israeli police if they speak out against the assault on Gaza.

Staff (2024-01-18). 100 Days of War: Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu's Downfall. mintpressnews.com Law number one in the 'law of holes' is that "if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." Law number two, "If you are not digging, you are still in a hole." These adages sum up Israel's ongoing political, military and strategic crises, 100 days following the start of the war on Gaza. Israeli …

Ramzy Baroud (2024-01-18). 100 Days of War: Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu's Downfall. mintpressnews.com Law number one in the 'law of holes' is that "if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." Law number two, "If you are not digging, you are still in a hole." | These adages sum up Israel's ongoing political, military and strategic crises, 100 days following the start of the war on Gaza. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was faced with the unprecedented challenge of having to react to a major attack launched by Palestinian Resistance in southern Israel on October 7. | This single event is already proving to be a game changer in the relationship between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Its impact will…

Maha Hussaini (2024-01-18). War on Gaza: Israel killed a Palestinian's family. Then they tortured him. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Israel killed a Palestinian's family. Then they tortured him | Mohammed al-Kilani was among a family of 55 sheltering in Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City. Then Israeli forces stormed their apartment, executing his father, wife and 12-year-old son | Thu, 01/18/2024 – 09: 00 | Israeli soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, in a handout picture released by the Israeli army on 12 January 202…

MEE staff (2024-01-18). War on Gaza: Hostage's mother says he was poisoned by Israeli army in tunnel. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Hostage's mother says he was poisoned by Israeli army in tunnel | The mother of a hostage who died says her son inhaled fumes from weapons deployed by the Israeli army in Gaza but officials have not confirmed a cause | Thu, 01/18/2024 – 12: 09 | Israeli soldiers operating in Gaza on 12 January (AFP/Israeli army) | The

PACBI (2024-01-18). 300 Palestinian Sports Clubs Call to Ban Israel from the Olympics. bdsmovement.net

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-18). Brazil: 'What War Crimes Has Israel Not Committed in Gaza?'. libya360.wordpress.com Eman Abusidu The Brazilian Deputy Padre Joao delivers a speech at the Brazilian congress in January 2024 [Lucas David] Brazilian Deputy Padre Joà£o and a number of his fellow lawmakers have asked Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira to work towards stopping Israel's genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza and cancelling all agreements with the occupation state,…

contact (2024-01-18). "Children are dying first. Adults will follow. Before our eyes." — Day 102. israelpalestinenews.org Devastation in Gaza meets denial from Israel; Israeli refusal to cooperate with UN inquiry; deal brokered: medicine for Israeli hostages in exchange for more aid to Gaza; violence in West Bank leads to at least 9 Palestinian deaths; another genocide call; latest from Blinken and US Senate…

Staff (2024-01-18). Palestine Action has spent the past two days disrupting Israel's arms trade in the UK. thecanary.co In recent days Palestine Action has targeted the logistics companies servicing the operations of Israel's arms trade in Britain, as well as the biggest arms manufacturer — disrupting both their operations and exposing their roles in supporting the ongoing genocide of Palestinians. Palestine Action: targeting Israeli arms' supply chain First, Palestine Action targeted logistics companies …

The Canary (2024-01-18). Palestine Action has spent the past two days disrupting Israel's arms trade in the UK. thecanary.co In recent days Palestine Action has targeted the logistics companies servicing the operations of Israel's arms trade in Britain, as well as the biggest arms manufacturer — disrupting both their operations and exposing their roles in supporting the ongoing genocide of Palestinians. Palestine Action: targeting Israeli arms' supply chain First, Palestine Action targeted logistics companies […] | By

latintimes (2024-01-18). West Bank Economy In Tatters As Gaza War Rages. latintimes.com In the occupied West Bank, Hafeth Ghazawneh waits in quiet frustration for customers to visit his falafel stall, which has been deserted since the October 7 Hamas attacks in Israel.

Collective, CADTM International (2024-01-18). Letter urging the States of the world to support South Africa's application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Gaza. cadtm.org

Collective, CADTM International (2024-01-18). Letter urging the States of the world to support South Africa's application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Gaza. cadtm.org

Staff (2024-01-18). Israel Tells ICJ It Has the 'Most Moral Army in the World' at Genocide Hearing. scheerpost.com South Africa's genocide case against Isreal at the International Court of Justice, the Hague on Jan. 12, 2024 via Wikimedia Commons By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout In a historic appearance before the International Court of Justice (ICJ or World Court) in The Hague, the legal team representing the Republic of South Africa presented a powerful and compelling …

cloud.progressive.international (2024-01-18). Fact Sheet setting out the details of South Africa's case. cloud.progressive.international On 29 December, South Africa filed a case before the ICJ at the Hague accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Editor (2024-01-18). Israel Tells ICJ It Has the 'Most Moral Army in the World' at Genocide Hearing. scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-01-18). Israel Tells ICJ It Has the "Most Moral Army in the World" at Genocide Hearing. scheerpost.com

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal (2024-01-18). Indictment against the State of Israel on Charges of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide. Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal (2013). globalresearch.ca

Staff (2024-01-18). Artist Emily Jacir: Rampant Censorship Is Part of the Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians. democracynow.org We speak with award-winning Palestinian American artist and filmmaker Emily Jacir, whose event in Berlin in October was canceled after Israel launched its ongoing assault on Gaza. Jacir decries a pattern of "harassment, baseless smear campaigns, canceling shows, canceling talks" conducted against Palestinian artists in Germany and around the world. "It's very much part of a coordinated movement," she says, connecting global censorship of diasporic Palestinian voices with the violent "targeted destruction of culture in Gaza," which she calls a "part of genocide.&#822…

Julia Conley (2024-01-18). Israel Condemned for "Cultural Genocide" After Blowing Up University in Gaza. truthout.org The Israel Defense Forces' detonation of more than 300 mines planted at Israa University in Gaza on Wednesday provided the latest evidence that Israel's objective in its bombardment of the enclave is not self-defense, rights advocates said. "This is not self-defense," said Chris Hazzard, an Irish member of the United Kingdom's Parliament. "This is not counter-insurgency. This is ethnic-cleansing."… |

Editor (2024-01-18). Technicality Could Sink Genocide Case v Israel. scheerpost.com

Eric Brooks (2024-01-18). Communities of color demand an immediate ceasefire. peoplesworld.org There is a lot of movement protesting the genocide against Palestinians, including over 2,000 Palestine solidarity and peace demonstrations in the U.S. over the past three months. The struggle for peace in Palestine intersects with the 2024 national elections. The Biden administration's continuation of U.S. foreign policy on Israel is fracturing its support among youth …

albawaba (2024-01-18). Israeli forces retrieve bodies of 21 detainees from Gaza cemetery. albawaba.com

Phyllis Bennis, In These Times. (2024-01-18). The Solution To Violence In Yemen And The Red Sea Is A Cease-Fire In Gaza. popularresistance.org As Washington continues to help arm and finance the Israeli government's genocidal assault on Gaza, White House rhetoric has increasingly centered on preventing the war from expanding across the region. But the Biden administration's actions in Yemen and the Red Sea are having exactly the opposite effect. | Beginning shortly after the Israeli assault on Gaza started in early October, Houthi militants from Yemen launched a series of attacks on commercial ships, some of them connected to the Israeli economy, in the shipping lanes in and around the Red Sea.

UMMID (2024-01-18). Israel urged to avoid further journalist casualties. ummid.com Expressing deep concerns over the alarming deaths of media professionals during the ongoing Israel-Palestine war, the National Press Club has urged the far right Zionist regime to "avoid further journalist casualties" in Gaza.

Ana Vraƒçar (2024-01-18). Fate of Palestinian health workers kidnapped by Israeli forces remains uncertain. peoplesdispatch.org One month ago, Ahmed Muhanna, the director of Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalya, northern Gaza, was Dr. Muhanna's fate is shared by many other health workers who were arrested during the ongoing Israeli war on the Ga…

The Independent (2024-01-18). Consider a transitional administration for Gaza. independent.co.ug It would ensure security, work towards reconstruction and to lay the foundations for stability and development COMMENT | JULIEN TOURREILLE | The massacre perpetrated against Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7 opened a new chapter in the tragedy that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For more than 75 years, too many opportunities to achieve lasting peace have …

noemail (2024-01-18). WRAPUP 2-Battle of Khan Younis threatens biggest hospital still working in Gaza. devdiscourse.com Israeli forces advancing into the southern Gaza Strip's main city pounded areas near the biggest hospital still functioning in the enclave on Thursday, sending patients and residents fleeing a battle they feared would lay the city to waste. The heaviest battle of the year so far was under way in Khan Younis, sheltering hundreds of thousands of people who fled the north earlier in the war, now in its fourth month.

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Israeli arrests of Palestinian journalists soared in 2023: CPJ. aljazeera.com More than a dozen Palestinian journalists held in Israeli jails since the start of the Gaza war on October 7.

UMMID (2024-01-18). Watch: Jewish teen reveals what he learnt while in Hamas captivity. ummid.com In a touching video shared by the Israeli media, a Jewish teen, Ohad Munde, revealed he learnt Tasbeeh and Shahadah while in the custody of the Palestinian Resistance Group Hamas in Gaza.

Amy Goodman (2024-01-18). Targeted Artist: Censorship Is Part of Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians. truthout.org We speak with award-winning Palestinian American artist and filmmaker Emily Jacir, whose event in Berlin in October was canceled after Israel launched its ongoing assault on Gaza. Jacir decries a pattern of "harassment, baseless smear campaigns, canceling shows, canceling talks" conducted against Palestinian artists in Germany and around the world. "It's very much part of a coordinated movement,"… |

newarab (2024-01-18). In Gaza, the US is an active partner in Israel's war. newarab.com Since

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Palestinian Red Crescent reveals destruction at Gaza City hospital. aljazeera.com Workers with the Palestinian Red Crescent have documented the destruction left by Israeli attacks on a hospital in Gaza.

UMMID (2024-01-18). On 100th day of Israel's Gaza War, massive protests in US, UK and other parts of world. ummid.com Condemning the continued U.S. support to the Zionists, thousands of Americans gathered outside White House in Washington DC Sunday January 14, 2024 as the Israeli brutal war against the Palestinians in Gaza Strip entered 100th day.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-18). Mother of Gaza captive says Israeli army gassed son to death. new.thecradle.co

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-18). Israeli President Says 'No Israelis in Their Right Mind' Are Thinking About Peace. news.antiwar.com Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Thursday that no Israelis "in their right mind" are thinking about peace as Israeli officials continue to make clear the onslaught in Gaza will not end anytime soon. "If you ask an average Israeli now about his or her mental state, nobody in his right mind is willing now to …

youtube (2024-01-18). Understanding The Myths And Realities Of Israel. youtube.com Ilan Pappe, professor of history at the University of Exeter, discusses the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza.

Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Mondoweiss. (2024-01-18). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 103: Israel Attacks Southern Gaza Hospital. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, the Gaza's Ministry of Health said that Israeli forces committed 16 massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing 163 Palestinians and injuring 350 in the past 24 hours. | Israel has killed at least 24,448 Palestinians and injured 61,504 others since October, the ministry added, warning that it detected the spread of hepatitis A, a liver disease, "as a result of overcrowding and low levels of hygiene in places of displacement in the Gaza Strip." | "We warn against stopping the laboratory blood test (CBC) at any moment due to the lack of its materials," it added on its Telegram channel.

newarab (2024-01-18). Arab deal could see Israel ties for Palestinian statehood. newarab.com An initiative to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and release Israeli hostages is being discussed between The plan could be presented within "a few weeks," FT said, quoting a senior Arab official. It aims to prevent a wider regional conflagration, as tens…

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-18). Netanyahu Tells US There Will Be No Palestinian State in Any Post-War Scenario. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he has told the US there will be no Palestinian state in any post-war scenario and that Israel must control all of the territory from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, which includes the West Bank and Gaza. "In any future arrangement … Israel needs security …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-18). Life in Jerusalem Under Israel's Military Dictatorship. libya360.wordpress.com Journalist Jeremy Loffredo visits the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, a climate of unprecedented repression has descended since October 7. Loffredo documents settler terror attacks on businesses and speaks to local activists who tell him they fear arrest and beatings from Israeli police if they speak out against the assault on Gaza.

Leila Warah (2024-01-18). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 104: Israel's unrelenting assault continues — 'If we're not killed by bombs, we die from the cold, starvation, or disease'. mondoweiss.net As Palestinians in Gaza continue to be starved and bombed by Israel, the U.S. has designated Yemen's Ansar Allah group as terrorists in hopes of intimidating their resistance against Israel's ongoing aggression.

newarab (2024-01-18). Gaza: Israeli strikes kill another journalist amid shelling. newarab.com Wael Fanouneh, the director of Al-Quds Al-Yaoum TV network was reportedly killed by a strike in central Gaza. | Fanouneh is the ninth employee from the channel to be killed by Israeli strikes, which have targeted civilians – including journalists and media personnel. | Meanwhile, the death toll in the war-hit enclave has now reached 24,620 as of Thursday, the health ministry said…

Staff (2024-01-18). Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate of Censorship After Her Hamburg Talks Are Canceled. democracynow.org We are joined by 88-year-old Jewish German American Marione Ingram, who describes how her scheduled speaking tour in Hamburg — the city she fled in the Holocaust — was "postponed" this month amid a wider backlash against those speaking out against Israel's assault on Gaza. Ingram has been protesting for months outside the White House calling for a ceasefire, and characterizes U.S. and German pro-Israel policy as "disturbing" and "frightening." As a survivor of the Holocaust, Ingram says, "My childhood was spent in the first 10 years much the same way as…

newarab (2024-01-18). Israel obliterates Gaza's last university amid boycott calls. newarab.com The Al-Israa University, which was overran by Israeli forces during their ground

Ashley Curtin (2024-01-18). Senators vote to table Sanders' resolution on Israel and Gaza. nationofchange.org While the issue continues to split Democrats, almost all Republicans voted against it and 17 senators missed the vote.

UMMID (2024-01-18). 45 days on, Success Eludes Israeli Army in Khan Younis. ummid.com The Israeli deaths in Khan Younis reflect the overall number of the soldiers being killed in the Gaza whether it's in the north middle, east and to the south of the Strip.

albawaba (2024-01-18). Gaza day 103: Al-Qassam intensifies strikes against Israeli forces. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In its latest update, Al-Qassam Brigades reported targeting a Zionist troop carrier, two bulldozers, and a Merkava tank in strategic locations across the Gaza Strip. Additionally, fierce clashes with an Israeli foot force resulted in the killing of four soldiers near the Eastern Cemetery in northern Gaza. A video released by Al-Qassam Brigades showcases the fighters targeting Israeli military vehicles and tanks, underscoring the ongoing resilience and determination in the face of the Israeli adversity over the past 103 days in Gaza. ÿ®ÿߟџşäÿ&O…

newarab (2024-01-18). How looting by Israeli soldiers in Gaza is widespread. newarab.com

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-18). Miscarriages in Gaza Have Skyrocketed by 300 Percent Under Israel's Siege. truthout.org The rate of miscarriages has skyrocketed in Gaza, health care workers in Gaza have reported, with issues like malnutrition and lack of access to health care and hygiene caused by Israel's violent siege and blockade spurring major health crises across the region. Health care professionals in Gaza have seen a 300 percent increase in miscarriages since Israel began its genocidal assault… |

Walaa Sabah (2024-01-18). War on Gaza: Palestinians fear ground raid on Nasser Hospital. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Palestinians fear ground raid on Nasser Hospital | Situation in Khan Younis rapidly deteriorating under intensified bombardment, as Arab nations develop 'plan to create Palestinian state' | Thu, 01/18/2024 – 15: 16 | This handout picture released on 18 January 2024 shows Israeli soldiers in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip (AFP/Handout/Israeli army) | Two consecutive nights of he…

Workers World Party (2024-01-18). PDF of January 18 print issue. workers.org Download the PDF. South Africa puts Israel on trial before the world A strong class orientation is needed in 2024 On Palestine and the resistance: Activists resist Northeastern U's attack The fight against Israeli apartheid Cities, unions demand Gaza ceasefire Israeli youth defy military conscription Port of Oakland shut down . . . |

Mick Hall, Consortium News. (2024-01-18). Journalists Rebel Over Gaza Coverage In Australia. popularresistance.org A rash of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) staff departures and the suppression of journalists critical of their organisations' reporting on Gaza has been called a betrayal of the role of journalism in democracy. | Former Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) presenter Mary Kostakidis says the state-funded broadcaster and other news groups in Australia have refused to hold power to account by challenging official narratives by Israel and Western states supporting its attack on Gaza since Oct. 7. | Instead, the professional integrity of news staff battling to tell the truth is being challenged by their emplo…

newarab (2024-01-18). Gaza sees longest continuous telecoms blackout since 7 Oct. newarab.com The For nearly a week, Gaza has been without proper phone and internet services, which Palestinian telecoms provider Jawwal blames on Israel. | The blackout has left people in the enclave unable to communicate with the outside world amid an Israeli assault which has kille…

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Maghazi residents left reeling after Israeli forces withdraw. aljazeera.com Palestinians in central Gaza refugee camp struggle to pull their loved ones from under the rubble amid mass destruction.

newarab (2024-01-18). The loss and destruction of Gaza's football stadiums. newarab.com "I used to be in a stadium with a packet of popcorn and a soda to enjoy two hours of football. Now, I am here, displaced and a refugee, with only my clothes," begins Ahmed Hamada, who fled from his town in Gaza to seek refuge at the Al-Dorra Stadium. | "I never imagined in my life that the stadium would be a home to me one day." | "After Israel unleashed their brutal war, these small spaces of leisure turned into piles of rubble, while football stadiums became unprotected sanctuaries for evacuees from the north of Gaza" | Life in Gaza before October 7 was already not that fun-laden for people. Their entertainm…

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Blackouts in Gaza must not be used as 'weapons of war': Rights group. aljazeera.com Gaza is under a weeklong sustained telecoms outage, the longest since the onset of the war with Israel.

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-18). Netanyahu Says Israel's Goal Is to Wipe Out All Possibility of Palestinian State. truthout.org In one of his most alarming statements yet since the beginning of Israel's current assault on Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to oppose the existence of a Palestinian state in any future scenario, in favor of Israeli control anywhere west of the Jordan river — an area encompassing all of what remains of Palestine. "In any future arrangement … Israel needs security control… |

WSWS (2024-01-18). Bernie Sanders backs US attack on Yemen. wsws.org From the beginning of the Israeli onslaught against Gaza, Sanders has promoted the propaganda line of Tel Aviv and Washington that Israel's campaign of mass murder is a defensive response to the armed incursion of Hamas last October 7. He is now providing a similar service for the war criminals in Washington in relation to their illegal attack on Yemen.

Alastair Crooke (2024-01-18). Bluffs and Counter Bluffs as the War Widens. thealtworld.com When Defence Secretary Austin last visited "Israel", he clearly 'green-lighted' Israeli military action to push Hizbullah away from south Lebanon. | The Washington Post reported on 7 January 2024 that Biden has tasked his staff with preventing widening regional war. The piece was purposefully leaked (as even the Washington Post admit) — and is a bluff. | When Defence Secretary Austin last visited "Israel", he clearly 'green-lighted' Israeli military action to push Hizbullah away from south Lebanon, to the north of the Litani River — about 29 kms north of the Blue Line southern boundary. | Austin's one…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-18). US-UK Bomb Yemen for the Fourth Time. Yemen Strikes Back. libya360.wordpress.com The Cradle The US also re-designated Yemen's Ansarallah resistance as a 'global terrorist group' over their operations against Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea US and UK warplanes resumed bombing Yemen in the early hours of 18 January, marking the fourth attack on the poorest nation in the Arab world in less than a week. "US Central…

latintimes (2024-01-18). Kfir Bibas, Argentine-Israeli Baby Held Hostage by Hamas, Turns a Year Old in Captivity. latintimes.com Hamas said Kfir was killed during an airstrike along with his brother Ariel and his mother. However, statements of the kind have proven false in the past…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-01-18). US To Re-designate Yemen's Ansarallah A 'Terrorist Group'. popularresistance.org Washington is gearing up to label Yemen's Ansarallah resistance movement a "specifically designated global terrorist group," sources in the know told the Associated Press (AP) on 16 January. | The decision, expected to be announced in the coming days, is in response to the continued maritime campaign launched by Yemen's Ansarallah-led government in Sanaa against Israeli shipping in the Red Sea. | The designation falls in line with Executive Order 13224, issued during the presidency of George W. Bush. | It allows the US government to "designate and block the assets of foreign individuals and entities that commit,…

albawaba (2024-01-18). "Shoot Palestinians unarmed or non-threatening", Ben Gvir to Police. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- The Israeli Minister of Public Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, has given explicit instructions to Israeli police forces, allowing them to open fire on Palestinians even in situations where there is no perceived threat to Israeli lives. The official "Kan" channel reported that Ben Gvir, in contradiction to established rules of engagement, conveyed this directive to Yamam fighters—a specialized counter-terrorism police unit operating in the West Bank—stating, "You have my full support. When encountering a person deemed a terrorist, regardless of any immediate threat, fire upon them." Ben Gvir faile…

newarab (2024-01-18). EU promises support to PA as Israel withholds tax revenues. newarab.com EU officials met with the Palestinian minister of finance, Shukri Bishara, and the governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA), Feras Melhem, to discuss the impact of the ongoing war by Israel against The economy has suffered US$2.3 billion in losses since the beginning of the The World Bank recently warn…

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Israeli soldiers are filming themselves mocking Palestinians. aljazeera.com Israeli soldiers have been filming themselves mocking Palestinians and posting it on social media.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-18). Israel Says Hostages Don't Matter. youtu.be

newarab (2024-01-18). BBC host Gary Lineker removes Israel football ban post. newarab.com Prominent British sports presenter and former England star Lineker, who hosts BBC's Match of the Day, had retweeted a post from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) to his 8.9 million followers on X,…

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-01-18). Because it does not want witnesses to its crimes Israel methodically kills journalists it cannot silence! cadtm.org

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Why does the US act as Israel's lawyer? aljazeera.com Former US diplomat Aaron David Miller says prospects for 'conflict-ending solution' have entered 'a long, dark tunnel'.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-18). Erdogan's Double Game: Praising Palestine, Aiding Israel. libya360.wordpress.com Mohamad Hasan Sweidan While the Turkish president loudly praises the Palestinian resistance, he is quietly and ferociously pursuing pro-Israel economic and energy policies. Once idolized for schooling then-Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres on war crimes before famously storming off at the 2009 Davos Summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again struck out by ordering officials to boycott this…

6abc digital staff (2024-01-18). Temple University joins list of colleges under investigation for alleged discrimination. whyy.org This story originally appeared on The U.S. Department of Education opened its probe into several schools and universities in November. | The department says the investigation comes after a rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia since the Israel-Hamas war began in October. | Officials have not relea…

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-01-18). Because it does not want witnesses to its crimes Israel methodically kills journalists it cannot silence! cadtm.org

Jason Ditz (2024-01-18). Israeli Military Chief Says Lebanon War Likely in Coming Months. news.antiwar.com Visiting troops near the northern border, head of Israel's military, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, discussed the potential of war in Lebanon, saying the likelihood of a conflict in the coming months is "much higher" than it has been. Lt. Gen Halevi said he believes Israel will be starting the war with more advantages than in …

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-01-18). Varios civiles muertos en los bombardeos israelíes en Gaza. telesurtv.net En la ciudad de Rafah, en el sur, la aviación israelí atacó a un grupo de civiles, lo que provocó la muerte de dos personas y heridas a otros.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2024-01-18). Venezuela denuncia ante Mnoal genocidio israelí en Gaza. telesurtv.net Canciller venezolano afirmó que en medio de una crisis imperialista y el auge del fascismo es necesario unir fuerzas para dialogar y avanzar hacia un futuro de paz y justicia.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2024-01-18). Ocupantes asesinan a palestino en incursiones a Tulkarm, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El Hospital Gubernamental Martyr Thabet Thabet informó que Mohammad Faisal Dawas recibió un disparo de un francotirador.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-01-18). Resistencia libanesa ataca objetivos del Ejército israelí. telesurtv.net Hezbolá reportó que también se realizaron ataques contra el asentamiento israelí Al-Manara.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-01-18). Media Luna Roja Palestina denuncia que Israel impide evacuar heridos. telesurtv.net La PRCS recalcó que las fuerzas de ocupación de Israel impidieron el acceso al servicio de ambulancias, con disparos de armas de fuego.

teleSUR, JCM, MER, SH, JGN (2024-01-18). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Más de 100 días se han cumplido de los ataques continuos de las fuerzas de Israel contra el pueblo palestino en Gaza y Cisjordania.

Staff (2024-01-18). La desnutrición aguda grave amenaza a 10 mil niños en la Franja de Gaza. cubadebate.cu Durante las dos primeras semanas de enero, apenas siete de 29 de las misiones planificadas para entregar alimentos, medicinas, agua y otros suministros vitales llegaron a sus destinos al norte de Wadi Gaza, precisó la agencia. La mayoría de los cargamentos rechazados por Israel incluían combustible y medicamentos.

Eric Brooks (2024-01-18). Las comunidades de color exigen un alto el fuego inmediato. peoplesworld.org Hay muchos movimientos de protesta por el genocidio contra los palestinos, incluidas más de 2.000 manifestaciones de solidaridad y paz con Palestina en Estados Unidos durante los últimos tres meses. La lucha por la paz en Palestina se cruza con las elecciones nacionales de 2024. La continuación de la política exterior estadounidense hacia Israel por …

teleSUR, JDO (2024-01-18). Ocupantes destruyen con explosivos Universidad Al-Israa, Gaza. telesurtv.net Volaron varios edificios, entre ellos el del museo nacional, cuya colección arqueológica fue saqueada previamente por los uniformados.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-01-18). The Criminalization of War: Gaza. globalresearch.ca The expansionist policies of the State of Israel including the annexation of the illegally occupied territories, not to mention the "Greater Israel" project of territorial extension are an integral part of the US-led military agenda in Middle East. The siege on Gaza and the Zionist Plan for the Middle East are related to the US-NATO military agenda.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-18). Australians keep mobilising for Palestine, against Israel's genocide. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-18). South Africa's genocide case against Israel is strong, but politics will decide. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-18). Cancelling the journalist: ABC's coverage of Israel-Gaza war. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-18). Genocidal Israel on trial. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-18). After Israel's latest killings, journalists need to 'take a stand' over the Gaza carnage. greenleft.org.au

Angela (2024-01-18). Wednesday 1/24: Film Screening of Israelism. indybay.org Cole Hall Auditorium, UCSF | San Francisco, CA…

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Keeping up its support for Gaza, Yemen announces 'accurate hit' against American ship. presstv.ir Yemen's Armed Forces announce striking American ship in support of Gaza, which has come under a genocidal Israeli war that enjoys full-on US support.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Aid trucks enter Gaza through Rafah. presstv.ir Aid trucks enter Gaza through Rafah in the south of the coastal sliver, where much of the population is in a humanitarian crisis amid an ongoing Israeli war.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Israeli strikes on Rafah kill 19 Palestinians, including children. presstv.ir At least 19 Palestinians, including small children, have been killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Israeli minister calls for occupation of Gaza, 'encouraging' Palestinians to leave. presstv.ir Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for "encouraging" Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, saying the regime's occupation of the besieged enclave is the only way to restore security to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Pakistanis hold 'Million Man March for Gaza'. presstv.ir In a powerful display of solidarity with Palestine, thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets in the old city of Karachi to protest the ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Palestinians inspect their destroyed homes in Gaza's Khan Yunis. presstv.ir Gazans inspect rubble after an Israeli strike on a camp in Khan Yunis.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Al-Houthi: Yemen's Ansarullah to 'keep hitting' Israel-bound ships. presstv.ir Ansarullah leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi said the attacks would "also include American and British ships."

johnmenadue.com (2024-01-17). Child amputees and Israel's 'unchilding' reaches new depravityOver 1,000 Gazan children have lost a limb, either one or two legs and or an arm since October 7th, making an horrific statistic – on average of 10 per day – as reported by Save the Children, and that number is growing daily. | | An earlier Pearls and Irritations article identified the Israeli policy of 'unchilding', described by Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkain, a Hebrew University of Jerusalem law professor. This policy enables Israel to treat Palestinian children as . . ."dangerous and killable bodies needing to be caged and dismembered, physically and mentally". This policy can be seen in all its horror and brutality in the physical dismembering of now over a thousand innocent children. | | The World Health Organisation reports that many of these child amputations are, "done without anaesthetic, with the healthcare system in Gaza crippled by the conflict, and major shortages of doctors and nurses, and medical supplies like anaesthesia and antibiotics".

apnews.com (2024-01-17). How watermelon imagery, a symbol of solidarity with Palestinians, spread around the planetThe colors of sliced watermelon — with red pulp, green-white rind and black seeds — are the same as those on the Palestinian flag. From New York and Tel Aviv to Dubai and Belgrade, the fruit has become a symbol of solidarity, drawing together activists who don't speak the same language or belong to the same culture but share a common cause.

Ayanna Amadi (2024-01-18). Japan Bolsters Defense with U.S. Tomahawk Missiles Amid Rising Regional Threats. medriva.com Japan has inked a historic deal with the United States to acquire up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles, a move that marks a significant milestone in Japan's ongoing military buildup. This decision is a strategic response to the escalating regional threats, particularly from North Korea's continued missile tests and China's expanding military presence. Japan's Defense…

Zara Nwosu (2024-01-18). Japan's Strategic Defense Enhancement: Purchase of Tomahawk Missiles from the U.S. medriva.com In a significant move to fortify its defense capabilities, Japan has signed a deal with the United States to purchase up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles. This decision forms part of Japan's ongoing military buildup in response to increased regional threats. The government has pledged to double its annual defense spending to around 10 trillion…

WSWS (2024-01-18). Conditions deteriorate for survivors of Noto earthquake in Japan. wsws.org Much has also been made in the press about Japan's supposed commitment to disaster preparation, but the Noto earthquake has graphically exposed its limitations.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Stepping away from pacifism, Japan to buy 400 Tomahawks from US. presstv.ir Japan and US have signed a military deal to buy 400 long range Tomahawk missiles.

newarab (2024-01-18). Jordan's airstrikes on south Syria 'drug smugglers' kill 9. newarab.com Jordanian fighter jets conducted at least two raids on the towns of Orman and Malah in the The strike on Orman hit two…

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Suspected Jordanian air strike in Syria kills at least 9. aljazeera.com Crowds gather and search for survivors around a home flattened by an air attack in southern Syria…

Jordan Atwood (2024-01-18). Sanders sounds alarm: Trump win spells disaster for democracy. nationofchange.org In an impassioned warning, Bernie Sanders delves into the dire consequences for American democracy if Donald Trump secures victory in 2024, amidst escalating political and environmental crises.

MEE staff (2024-01-18). Kuwait's AlShaya Group curbs Egypt operations due to economic downturn. middleeasteye.net Kuwait's AlShaya Group curbs Egypt operations due to economic downturn | The retail giant will close 60 stores in Egypt, including Mothercare, Debenhams, and The Body Shop | Thu, 01/18/2024 – 14: 38 | A pedestrian walks past "Store Closing" signs in the window display of a Debenhams store in Manchester, northern England (AFP/file) |

newarab (2024-01-18). Egypt says farewell to Western brands as Alshaya downsizes. newarab.com Egyptians will likely say farewell to many of their favourite Western brands after the Kuwaiti retail conglomerate "Due to the economic situation and the challenges facing foreign com…

eng.belta.by (2024-01-18). Belarus, Kyrgyzstan work to resume Minsk-Bishkek air service. eng.belta.by The parties discussed bilateral cooperation, in particular, the resumption of air service between Bishkek and Minsk by a Belarusian or Kyrgyz air carrier.

ecns.cn (2024-01-18). China's Red Falcon aerobatic team debuts in Laos. ecns.cn The Red Falcon Air Demonstration Team of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force performed for the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People's Army on Wednesday local time."ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2024-01-18). Spectacular rime scenery in Asihatu Stone Forest. ecns.cn Spectacular rime scenery in Asihatu Stone Forest in Keshiketeng Banner of Chifeng, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2024-01-18). Myanmar Emergency Overview Map: Number of people displaced since Feb 2021 and remain displaced (As of 15 Jan 2024). reliefweb.int Country: Myanmar | Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Please refer to the attached Map.

Special to People's World (2024-01-18). Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng ignores ceasefire calls, but local coalition refuses to quit. peoplesworld.org QUEENS, N.Y.—U.S. Rep. Grace Meng won't budge in her refusal of a ceasefire in Gaza, despite the appeals of her constituents that she stand up for peace. On Jan. 12, the Queens 6th District Ceasefire Coalition (Queens6forCeasefire), a broad coalition of community members and organizations in New York's 6th Congressional District, met with Meng to …

Migration Policy Institute (2024-01-18). Expanding Protection Options? Flexible Approaches to Status for Displaced Syrians, Venezuelans, and Ukrainians. reliefweb.int Countries: Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Moldova, Peru, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Source: Migration Policy Institute | Please refer to the attached file. | Flexible Approaches to Protection for Displaced Individuals Bring Benefits in Certain Circumstances but Must Not Replace Refugee Status | WASHINGTON, DC — Faced with displacement crises that have stretched asylum systems to their limits, countries increasingly are turning to alternatives to traditional ref…

The Independent (2024-01-18). Cecilia Atim Ogwal dead. independent.co.ug Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former UPC Iron Lady commonly known as Imat Cecilia in Lango, Cecilia Ogwal is dead. The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among has confirmed the death of the Dokolo Woman MP who for long served as a Member of Parliament for Lira Municipality Cecilia Ogwal was also a member of …

MEE staff (2024-01-18). Lawsuit accuses New York County police of forcibly removing Muslim woman's hijab. middleeasteye.net Lawsuit accuses New York County police of forcibly removing Muslim woman's hijab | During an arrest, the Suffolk County Police Department allegedly took off a woman's hijab and did not give it back until her release | Thu, 01/18/2024 – 17: 03 | Two girls stand outside of a mosque on Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn during funeral of a police officer on 09 February 2023 in New York City (AFP) | New York's…

teleSUR, JCM (2024-01-18). Ecuador espera arribo del personal del Comando Sur de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Ante crisis de seguridad en el país suramericano, se espera la llegada de personal militar de EE.UU. a Ecuador.

Angela (2024-01-18). Sunday 1/21: Virtual Discussion with Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. indybay.org

Scaling Up Nutrition (2024-01-18). Pakistani SUN Networks meet to revisit success, establish plans for 2024. reliefweb.int

newarab (2024-01-18). Tunisia travel bans lawyer representing Palestine in ICJ. newarab.com "This is the only day I wished to be outside Tunisia," wrote the Tunisian lawyer and former head of Tunisia's Anti-Corruption Authority (INLUC…

eng.belta.by (2024-01-18). Venezuelan FM: Non-Aligned Movement supports Palestine, opposes sanctions. eng.belta.by According to him, during the meeting, the foreign ministers of the NAM countries "expressed support for Palestine and spoke against the illegal restrictive measures". He stressed that the Non-Aligned Movement was stepping up at a time "when imperialism made its choice in favor of wars".

MEE staff (2024-01-18). UK counter-terrorism police questioned teen at airport over Palestine protests. middleeasteye.net UK counter-terrorism police questioned teen at airport over Palestine protests | Teenager wearing Palestine flag and family member grilled for forty minutes under schedule 7 of UK Terrorism Act | Thu, 01/18/2024 – 12: 39 | A pro-Palestinian supporter waves a Palestinian flag during a protest in central London on 13 January 2024 (AFP/Henry Nicholls) | British counter-terrorism police questioned a teenage…

Eve Andrews (2024-01-18). Some Residents Say East Palestine Still Isn't Safe a Year After Train Derailment. truthout.org If there hadn't been construction planned for the bridge that crosses over Leslie Run, one of the creeks that runs through the middle of East Palestine, Ohio, Rick Tsai and Randy DeHaven might not have noticed the worst contamination they'd seen in the creek in weeks. A backhoe had hoisted a chunk of earth from the bank of the creek, leaving a pool about eight feet across and deep enough to come… |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-18). Palestine: Women of the Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Michael Lavalette Bethlehem wall with graffiti depicting Leila Khaled. Photo: Bluewind / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED The numerous women of the Palestinian resistance debunk the Western stereotype of passive, oppressed Arab women. There is a myth that dominates much Western thinking about women in the Arab world and it needs to be…

riotRhino (2024-01-18). Seattle Says "No" to Occupation and Genocide in Palestine. indybay.org On Saturday, January 6th, 2024, Seattle activist groups took up the call to "shut it down for Palestine," by blocking Northbound I-5 for over 6 hours. This video is 2: 39 long.

Labor Video Project (2024-01-18). Palestine, Retaliation & Removal of AHS Board Member & Nurse Jennifer Esteen from AHS. indybay.org Alameda Health System board member and SEIU 1021 member Jennifer Esteen was removed from her position on the board by Alameda Nate Miley two days after she signed a petition for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Angela (2024-01-18). Saturday 1/20: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Palestine: Banned in Berlin" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Angela (2024-01-18). Friday 1/19: San Diego: Kite Flying for Palestine. indybay.org Sun God Lawn | UCSD | San Diego, CA…

Angela (2024-01-18). Sunday 1/21: Vigil for Palestine in Venice, CA. indybay.org Venice Pier | Venice, CA…

Angela (2024-01-18). Saturday 1/20: Read Palestine: Listening Session and Discussion. indybay.org 48 S 7th St | San Jose, CA…

Angela (2024-01-18). Saturday 1/20: Rancho Cucamonga: Rally & March for Palestine. indybay.org Victoria Gateway Center | 12190 Foothill Blvd | Rancho Cucamonga, CA…

Angela (2024-01-18). Saturday 1/20: Pomona: March for Palestine. indybay.org

Angela (2024-01-18). Saturday 1/20: San Diego Peace Vigil for Palestine. indybay.org Entry to Ocean Beach | Sunset Cliffs Blvd and W Point Loma Blvd | San Diego, CA…

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Thousands rally in US capital, call for Gaza ceasefire. presstv.ir Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters rally in Washington DC, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Staff (2024-01-17). 18 January, Athens: Free them All: Political Prisoners of Palestine and the Internationalist Struggle Against Imperialism. samidoun.net ATHENS, GREECE — Join us on Thursday, 18 January in Athens, Greece for a special panel on Palestinian political prisoners and the international struggle against imperialism, Zionism and Colonialism. Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of Samidoun, will speak on the panel with Fouad Baker, DFLP international relations officer, and Salah Hamouri, Palestinian lawyer and former political …

Government of the Philippines (2024-01-18). Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Terminal Report on the Landslide Incident in Brgy. Talomo Proper, Davao City, 11 January 2024, 6AM. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 04 July 2023, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration (PAGASA) issued its weather forecast stating that the Southern part of Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). | On the same day, a landslide incident occurred in Brgy. Talomo Proper, Davao City, Davao del Sur. | Source: DSWD Field Office (FO) XI | II. Status of Affected Areas and Population…

Government of the Philippines (2024-01-18). Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report on the Strong Wind Incident in Brgy. Agsirab, Lambunao, Iloilo, 14 January 2024, 6PM. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 08 November 2023 at around 2: 00 PM, a strong wind incident occurred in Brgy. Agsirab, Lambunao, Iloilo due to localized thunderstorms. | Source: DSWD Field Office (FO) VI | II. Status of Affected Areas and Population | One (1) family or three (3) persons were affected in Brgy. Agsirab, Lambunao, Ilolio (see Annex A). | III. Status of Displaced Population | Outside Evacuation Center | One (1) family or three (3) persons temporarily stayed with their relatives or friends (see Annex B)…

Government of the Philippines (2024-01-18). Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #4 on the Armed Conflict in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon as of 12 January 2024, 6AM. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 25 December 2023 at around 3: 00 AM, an armed conflict transpired in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon between the 4th Infantry Division (4ID) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA). | Reports indicated series of encounters in the barangays of Can-ayan, Kibalabag, Kulaman, and Mapulo likewise, the LGU of Malaybalay City, assures the safety of the residents but the ongoing military operations affected their livelihoo…

Government of the Philippines (2024-01-18). Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #1 on the Armed Conflict in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur as of 12 January 2024, 6PM. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 11 January 2024 at around 10: 30 AM, an armed conflict transpired between the alleged members of the 105th Base Command and the combined force of 106th and 118th Base Command of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at Sitio Patawili, Brgy. Ganta, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur that resulted in the displacement of families and persons. | Source: DSWD Field Office (FO) XII | II. Status of Affected Areas and Population | A total of 1,169 families or 5,845 persons are…

Government of the Philippines (2024-01-18). Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #5 on the Armed Conflict in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon as of 15 January 2024, 6AM. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 25 December 2023 at around 3: 00 AM, an armed conflict transpired in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon between the 4th Infantry Division (4ID) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA). | Reports indicated series of encounters in the barangays of Can-ayan, Kibalabag, Kulaman, and Mapulo likewise, the LGU of Malaybalay City, assures the safety of the residents but the ongoing military operations affected their livelihoo…

ecns.cn (2024-01-18). China, Philippines hold new round of bilateral consultation meeting. ecns.cn China and the Philippines held the eighth meeting of the China-Philippines Bilateral Consultation Mechanism (BCM) on the South China Sea in Shanghai on Wednesday.

albawaba (2024-01-18). Mahmoud Mardi faces penalty for revealing political slogan in Qatar. albawaba.com

Kimera Abdu (2024-01-18). Heads of State and Foreign Dignitaries Converge in Uganda for IGAD, NAM, and G-77+ China Summits. plusnews.ug Today, Kenya's President, H.E. William Ruto, the Saudi Arabian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Eng. Waleed A. Elkhereiji, Cuba's Vice President, H.E. Salvador Valdés Mesa, and the Prime Minister of Tanzania, Hon. Kassim Majaliwa, arrived in Uganda to participate in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and G77+China summits. The NAM summit, currently underway at Speke …

latintimes (2024-01-18). Singapore Transport Minister Resigns Over Corruption Charges. latintimes.com Singapore's prime minister announced on Thursday the resignation of his transport chief after he was charged with 27 offenses in a corruption probe that has also ensnared a billionaire hotel tycoon.

latintimes (2024-01-18). Samsung Turns To AI To Regain Smartphone Throne. latintimes.com Samsung on Wednesday released its latest Galaxy smartphones with new artificial intelligence features as the South Korean giant seeks win back its spot as the world's biggest phone seller from Apple.

WSWS (2024-01-18). Sri Lankan health unions call off strike as government refuses to address workers' demands. wsws.org Health workers have been involved in more strikes and protests than any other section of the Sri Lankan working class since 2020. Now they need to review the political lessons of these experiences.

ecns.cn (2024-01-18). Global community backs one-China principle. ecns.cn The global community has continued to express its unwavering support for the one-China policy following the elections in China's Taiwan region, reinforcing the principle that there is only one China and Taiwan is an inseparable part of it.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Thailand's biggest light illumination festival puts on a show. presstv.ir The Nasatta Light Festival, one of Thailand's largest light illumination festivals, returns for its sixth year in Ratchaburi province.

Amiad Horowitz (2024-01-18). 100 accused terrorists linked to U.S.-based group go on trial in Vietnam. peoplesworld.org HANOI—The trial of 100 people accused of terrorism and related charges go underway on Jan. 16 in Vietnam's Dak Lak province, in the Central Highlands. The accused are alleged to be connected to a number of violent attacks by religious terrorists last year that left nine people dead and wounding two others. The organization they …

a guest author (2024-01-18). The Bronx is united with Yemen. workers.org Jan. 13, 2024 march in Washington, DC The Bronx is united with Yemen Statement of the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, Jan. 12, 2024 The Bronx Antiwar Coalition strongly condemns the U.S.- and British-led bombing of Yemen, a nation that fulfilled its duty under Article 1 of the Genocide Convention to defend . . . |

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-01-18). When Yemen Does It It's Terrorism, When The US Does It It's "The Rules-Based Order" caitlinjohnstone.com.au We are ruled by murderous tyrants. By nuclear-armed thugs who would rather starve civilians to protect the continuation of an active genocide than allow peace to get a word in edgewise. | Reading by Tim Foley.

Scott Ritter (2024-01-18). How the US Misleads the World About Its Involvement in Yemen. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-18). Biden Says Strikes Against Houthis Aren't Working as US Bombs Yemen for 5th Time. news.antiwar.com President Biden acknowledged on Thursday that his strikes against the Houthis were not working to stop the Yemeni group but vowed they would continue anyway as the US military bombed Yemen for the fifth time within a week. The president made the comments when asked by a reporter if his strikes against the Houthis were …

newarab (2024-01-18). US strikes Houthis after re-designated as 'terrorist' entity. newarab.com American forces targeted 14 missiles that were ready to launch in Yemen, the The Houthis – who have already faced multiple rounds of air strikes in response to their targeting of international shipping – struck a US-owned bulk cargo carrier in the wake of the designation an…

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-18). US Launches Fourth Round of Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen. news.antiwar.com The US launched another round of missile strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, marking the fourth time the US has bombed the country since last Friday. US officials told AP that the strikes were launched from US Navy warships and submarines. The attack came after the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, struck a US-owned …

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-18). US Launches Fourth Round of Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen. news.antiwar.com

aljazeera (2024-01-18). What the designation of 'terrorist' means for Yemen's Houthis. aljazeera.com Experts say that Biden's re-designation of the Houthis as a terrorist group is unlikely to curb Red Sea attacks.

teleSUR (2024-01-18). US Justifications for Bombing Yemen Are Pathetic: Lavrov. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov described the justifications put forth by the United States for bombing Yemen as "pathetic," comparing the actions to those in Libya in 2011. | RELATED: | "There is an outrage in what is now being done with regard to Yemen. Washington's exculpatory statements look very pathetic," he said. | Lavrov reminded the U.S. and the United Kingdom that "no one authorized the bombing of Yemen, j…

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Beyond the Red Sea: Who are the Houthis up against inside Yemen? aljazeera.com Their attacks on Red Sea ships have brought them global attention. But within Yemen, the Houthis aren't the force.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-01-18). EE.UU. y Reino Unido lanzan nuevos ataques contra Yemen. telesurtv.net Este miércoles los hutíes atacaron un buque comercial operado por EE.UU. frente a las costas de Yemen, provocando daños materiales.

Binoy Kampmark (2024-01-18). Bypassing Parliament: Westminster, the Royal Prerogative and Bombing Yemen. counterpunch.org There is something distinctly revolting and authoritarian about the royal prerogative. It reeks of clandestine assumption, unwarranted self-confidence and, most of all, a blithe indifference to accountability before elected representatives. That prerogative, in other words, is the last reminder of divine right, the fiction that a ruler can have powers vested by an unsubstantiated deity, the invisible

Angela (2024-01-18). Friday 1/19: Hands Off Yemen Phone Bank. indybay.org

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). US launches 4th round of missile strikes on Yemen. presstv.ir The US military launches new strikes on Yemen, marking the fourth time in a week that it has illegally bombed the war-torn country.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). Funeral held for Yemenis killed by US and UK strikes in Sanaa. presstv.ir Ansarullah supporters hold a funeral at Al-Shaab mosque for six Yemeni fighters.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). US re-designates Yemen's Ansarullah as 'terrorist' group. presstv.ir The US has accused Ansarullah of repeated attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea.

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