Daily Archives: May 21, 2021

2021-05-21: News Headlines

Not One Nickel, Not One Dime (2021-05-21). 5/19/21 Call Congress to support AOC's Reso to Stop Weapons for Israel. indybay.org Now that we have protested, it is time to call Congress. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has introduced a resolution to stop the sale of weapons to Israel. See www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/19/ocasio-cortez-unveils-resolution-block-bidens-735-million-weapons-sale-israel There is no cease fire. Israel continues to bomb Gaza. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ex6SdT3N6g

Not One Nickel, Not One Dime (2021-05-21). Cease Fire in Palestine, 5/20/21. indybay.org After 11 horrifying days of US/Israel war crimes against Palestine, the Palestinians won a cease fire, with no demands met, but the toll tells the story: In Gaza: 230 dead including 64 children, 1710 injured, 75,000 homeless, over 500 homes destroyed. See twitter.com/AdDien90/status/1395398512708243463/photo/1 at twitter.com/hashtag/IsraelExposed?src=hashtag_click&f=live

Vijay Prashad — Arwa Abu Hashhash (2021-05-21). Israel's Horrid Occupation of Palestine. counterpunch.org No one can ignore the events in Palestine. No one disputes the horror of it all. Images of the Israeli bombing of Gaza and the human toll exacted against the Palestinians who live in Gaza have saturated social media and have increasingly drawn attention to the violence by the Israeli state and Zionist settlers against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and inside Israel's de facto border. All of it is ugly.

Mnar Muhawesh Adley (2021-05-21). Chris Hedges, Alan MacLeod on Media Bias and the Christian Right's Obsession with Israel. mintpressnews.com Images from the Israeli onslaught against Palestine have dominated both news broadcasts and social media as the world expresses its outrage over the bombing of civilian targets. | While the latest violence was triggered by an Israeli attack on the al-Aqsa Mosque, the conflict's roots go back at least to the state's creation in 1948, when Israeli forces ethnically cleansed nearly 800,000 Palestinians from their homeland, razing 500 towns and villages in order to make way for the construction of a Jewish state on top of an existing one. Year-on-year, Israel has progressively annexed more Palestinian land, leavin…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-21). Palestine: The Aftermath of 11 Days of Aggression. libya360.wordpress.com Cease-fire Reached After 11 Days of IOF Aggression on Gaza. Cease-fire Reached After 11 Days of IOF Aggression on Gaza17 Palestinians killed, including two children found under the rubble; 33 wounded, including 8 women and 17 pic.twitter.com/XjtBRIxebD — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — PCHR (@pchrgaza) May 21, 2021 Aggression Death Toll: 247 Killed,…

Mnar Muhawesh Adley (2021-05-21). Panel Discussion: Israeli Intelligence Colludes with Facebook, Google to Censor Palestinian Voices. mintpressnews.com The ongoing assault on Palestine has captured the world's attention. The latest violence was sparked by an attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by Israeli security forces, resulting in over 300 casualties, as Muslims had gathered to celebrate Ramadan in the region's holiest place of worship. Outside, far-right groups cheered as the mosque was damaged, and launched pogroms against non-Jews inside Israel. | In response, Hamas began firing rockets into Israel, which, in turn, spurred a massive Israeli retaliation that has seen hundreds killed, thousands injured, and forced tens of thousands to flee their hom…

Editorial Team (2021-05-21). Historic Palestinian General Strike hits forces of occupation. challenge-magazine.org On Tuesday (18 May 2021) Palestinians across Gaza, the West Bank, occupied territories ad within Israel itself, participated in a General Strike, protesting the ongoing occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Forces, on behalf of the Israeli state. This General Strike, which was organised on extremely short notice, with initial calls to action circulating on social media on the 16th and 17th further highlighted Israel's reliance on the exploitation of Palestinian workers.

Eds. (2021-05-21). Viral video of posh High School sparks heated debate on privilege. mronline.org After an alumnus of an elite Beijing high school made a video showing off its pristine facilities and supposedly laid-back pace, many online demanded that she and her ilk stop rubbing their privilege in others' faces. | May 21, 2021…

Not One Nickel, Not One Dime (2021-05-20). 5/20/21 Cease Fire in Palestine. indybay.org After 11 horrifying days of US/Israel war crimes against Palestine, the Palestinians won a cease fire, with no demands met, but the toll tells the story: In Gaza: 230 dead including 64 children, 1710 injured, 75,000 homeless, over 500 homes destroyed. See twitter.com/AdDien90/status/1395398512708243463/photo/1 at twitter.com/hashtag/IsraelExposed?src=hashtag_click&f=live

Anonymous669 (2021-05-20). Israel Approves Ceasefire While Last Rockets Target Gaza — Reports. southfront.org Israeli Air Force Squadron 190 AH-64A Peten, 27 June 2013, Taken by Oren Rozen, Via Wikimedia. | A new series of strikes targeted the Gaza Strip amid reports of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian factions. | On May 20 afternoon, the Israeli military released footage of four new strikes which targeted a Shehab drone launcher, two rocket launchers and a post in the Gaza Strip. The strikes were all carried out with Spike NLOS missiles. | pic.twitter.com/iwQmZSncGP | — Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite)

UMMID (2021-05-20). "Is this Infant Your Target, Netanyahu": Gaza Father Asks in this Viral Video. globalresearch.ca Giving a heart-breaking …

_____ (2021-05-20). 'Today We Are Nazis,' Says Member Of Israeli Jewish Extremist Group. popularresistance.org Voice messages, texts and other communications indicate they coordinated attacks in cities where Palestinians live in close proximity to Jews — including Haifa, Bat Yam and Tiberias in the north, and Ramla and Lydd — Lod in Hebrew — in the center, to Beersheba in southern Israel. | Settlers from Jewish-only colonies in the occupied West Bank also joined the coordinated attacks, with the apparent knowledge and collusion of Israeli officials. | They communicated via WhatsApp and Telegram, as well as Facebook groups. | In many cases, extremist organizers said they relied on either the active or pas…

Michael Penn (2021-05-20). How Pro-Israel Sentiment took Hold in Japan's Conservative Government. juancole.com Tokyo (Special to Informed Comment) — The recent flareup of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has revealed the degree to which pro-Israel sentiment has crept into the views of Japan's conservative government. The most overt indication of this trend became visible in the tweeting of State Minister for Defense Yasuhide Nakayama. He entered the fray on May …

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2021-05-21: Social Media Postees

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5/19/21 Call Congress to support AOC's Reso to Stop Weapons for Israel
Not One Nickel, Not One Dime | indybay.org | 2021-05-21
Now that we have protested, it is time to call Congress. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has introduced a resolution to stop the sale of weapons to Israel. See www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/19/ocasio-cortez-unveils-resolution-block-bidens-735-million-weapons-sale-israel There is no cease fire. Israel continues to bomb Gaza. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ex6SdT3N6g
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/19/18842648.php

Cease Fire in Palestine, 5/20/21
Not One Nickel, Not One Dime | indybay.org | 2021-05-21
After 11 horrifying days of US/Israel war crimes against Palestine, the Palestinians won a cease fire, with no demands met, but the toll tells the story: In Gaza: 230 dead including 64 children, 1710 injured, 75,000 homeless, over 500 homes destroyed. See twitter.com/AdDien90/status/1395398512708243463/photo/1 at twitter.com/hashtag/IsraelExposed?src=hashtag_click&f=live
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/20/18842675.php

Palestine: The Aftermath of 11 Days of Aggression
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-21
Cease-fire Reached After 11 Days of IOF Aggression on Gaza. Cease-fire Reached After 11 Days of IOF Aggression on Gaza17 Palestinians killed, including two children found under the rubble; 33 wounded, including 8 women and 17 pic.twitter.com/XjtBRIxebD — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — PCHR (@pchrgaza) May 21, 2021 Aggression Death Toll: 247 Killed,… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/21/palestine-the-aftermath-of-11-days-of-aggression/

Israel's Horrid Occupation of Palestine
Vijay Prashad — Arwa Abu Hashhash | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-21
No one can ignore the events in Palestine. No one disputes the horror of it all. Images of the Israeli bombing of Gaza and the human toll exacted against the Palestinians who live in Gaza have saturated social media and have increasingly drawn attention to the violence by the Israeli state and Zionist settlers against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and inside Israel's de facto border. All of it is ugly.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/21/israels-horrid-occupation-of-palestine/

Chris Hedges, Alan MacLeod on Media Bias and the Christian Right's Obsession with Israel
Mnar Muhawesh Adley | mintpressnews.com | 2021-05-21
Images from the Israeli onslaught against Palestine have dominated both news broadcasts and social media as the world expresses its outrage over the bombing of civilian targets. | While the latest violence was triggered by an Israeli attack on the al-Aqsa Mosque, the conflict's roots go back at least to the state's creation in 1948, when Israeli forces ethnically cleansed nearly 800,000 Palestinians from their homeland, razing 500 towns and villages in order to make way for the construction of a Jewish state on top of an existing one. Year-on-year, Israel has progressively annexed more Palestinian land, leavin…
mintpressnews.com/chris-hedges-alan-macleod-biased-media-christian-zionism-israel/277268/

Israel's Horrid Occupation of Palestine
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2021-05-21
Please Help ZNet Source: Globetrotter No one can ignore the events in Palestine. No one disputes the horror of it all. Images of the Israeli bombing of Gaza and the human toll exacted against the Palestinians who live in Gaza have saturated social media and have increasingly drawn attention to the violence Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israels-horrid-occupation-of-palestine/

Panel Discussion: Israeli Intelligence Colludes with Facebook, Google to Censor Palestinian Voices
Mnar Muhawesh Adley | mintpressnews.com | 2021-05-21
The ongoing assault on Palestine has captured the world's attention. The latest violence was sparked by an attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by Israeli security forces, resulting in over 300 casualties, as Muslims had gathered to celebrate Ramadan in the region's holiest place of worship. Outside, far-right groups cheered as the mosque was damaged, and launched pogroms against non-Jews inside Israel. | In response, Hamas began firing rockets into Israel, which, in turn, spurred a massive Israeli retaliation that has seen hundreds killed, thousands injured, and forced tens of thousands to flee their hom…
mintpressnews.com/panel-discussion-israel-intelligence-facebook-google-censorship-palestinian-voices/277302/

Historic Palestinian General Strike hits forces of occupation
Editorial Team | challenge-magazine.org | 2021-05-21
On Tuesday (18 May 2021) Palestinians across Gaza, the West Bank, occupied territories ad within Israel itself, participated in a General Strike, protesting the ongoing occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Forces, on behalf of the Israeli state. This General Strike, which was organised on extremely short notice, with initial calls to action circulating on social media on the 16th and 17th further highlighted Israel's reliance on the exploitation of Palestinian workers.
challenge-magazine.org/2021/05/21/historic-palestinian-general-strike-hits-forces-of-occupation/

Viral video of posh High School sparks heated debate on privilege
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-05-21
After an alumnus of an elite Beijing high school made a video showing off its pristine facilities and supposedly laid-back pace, many online demanded that she and her ilk stop rubbing their privilege in others' faces. | May 21, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/05/21/viral-video-of-posh-high-school-sparks-heated-debate-on-privilege/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viral-video-of-posh-high-school-sparks-heated-debate-on-privilege

5/19/21 Call Congress to support AOC's Reso to Stop Weapons for Israel
Not One Nickel, Not One Dime | indybay.org | 2021-05-20
Now that we have protested, it is time to call Congress. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has introduced a resolution to stop the sale of weapons to Israel. See www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/19/ocasio-cortez-unveils-resolution-block-bidens-735-million-weapons-sale-israel There is no cease fire. Israel continues to bomb Gaza. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ex6SdT3N6g
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/19/18842648.php

5/20/21 Cease Fire in Palestine
Not One Nickel, Not One Dime | indybay.org | 2021-05-20
After 11 horrifying days of US/Israel war crimes against Palestine, the Palestinians won a cease fire, with no demands met, but the toll tells the story: In Gaza: 230 dead including 64 children, 1710 injured, 75,000 homeless, over 500 homes destroyed. See twitter.com/AdDien90/status/1395398512708243463/photo/1 at twitter.com/hashtag/IsraelExposed?src=hashtag_click&f=live
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/20/18842675.php

Israel Approves Ceasefire While Last Rockets Target Gaza — Reports
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-20
Israeli Air Force Squadron 190 AH-64A Peten, 27 June 2013, Taken by Oren Rozen, Via Wikimedia. | A new series of strikes targeted the Gaza Strip amid reports of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian factions. | On May 20 afternoon, the Israeli military released footage of four new strikes which targeted a Shehab drone launcher, two rocket launchers and a post in the Gaza Strip. The strikes were all carried out with Spike NLOS missiles. | pic.twitter.com/iwQmZSncGP | — Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite)
southfront.org/israel-approves-ceasefire-while-last-rockets-target-gaza-reports/

"Is this Infant Your Target, Netanyahu": Gaza Father Asks in this Viral Video
UMMID | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-20
Giving a heart-breaking …
globalresearch.ca/is-infant-target-netanyahu-gaza-father-asks-viral-video/5745814

'Today We Are Nazis,' Says Member Of Israeli Jewish Extremist Group
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-20
Voice messages, texts and other communications indicate they coordinated attacks in cities where Palestinians live in close proximity to Jews — including Haifa, Bat Yam and Tiberias in the north, and Ramla and Lydd — Lod in Hebrew — in the center, to Beersheba in southern Israel. | Settlers from Jewish-only colonies in the occupied West Bank also joined the coordinated attacks, with the apparent knowledge and collusion of Israeli officials. | They communicated via WhatsApp and Telegram, as well as Facebook groups. | In many cases, extremist organizers said they relied on either the active or pas…
popularresistance.org/today-we-are-nazis-says-member-of-israeli-jewish-extremist-group/

How Pro-Israel Sentiment took Hold in Japan's Conservative Government
Michael Penn | juancole.com | 2021-05-20
Tokyo (Special to Informed Comment) — The recent flareup of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has revealed the degree to which pro-Israel sentiment has crept into the views of Japan's conservative government. The most overt indication of this trend became visible in the tweeting of State Minister for Defense Yasuhide Nakayama. He entered the fray on May …
juancole.com/2021/05/sentiment-conservative-government.html

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