2021-05-23: Social Media Postees

Please be social by posting these 'POSTEES' on social media! (Copy the text of the postee below, then paste it on social media and the story images will also appear.)

Cease Fire in Palestine, 5/20/21
Not One Nickel, Not One Dime | indybay.org | 2021-05-23
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

UN Recognizes Venezuela's Efforts to Strengthen Human Rights
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-23
The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights recognized this Friday, May 21, via Twitter, the efforts of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to strengthen the exercise of human rights. | The UN body, led since 2018 by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, expressed its satisfaction after the government of President Nicolás Maduro adopted procedures that coincide with the recommendations issued by the multilateral organization. | In this sense, the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, recently announced the restructuring of the SEBIN and the DGCIM, Venezuelan State secur…
orinocotribune.com/un-recognizes-venezuelas-efforts-to-strengthen-human-rights/

Digital Apartheid: Palestinians Being Silenced On Social Media
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-23
Nassar's research, like many others before it, clearly demonstrates that more than three decades after the publication of Said's landmark essay, the exclusion of Palestinian voices from mainstream media narratives in the West — and the attempts to erase the humanity of the Palestinians or whitewash Israel's crimes against them — continue unabated.
popularresistance.org/digital-apartheid-palestinians-being-silenced-on-social-media/

Governor of La Guaira State García Carneiro Passes Away
Lucía Eugenia Córdova | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-23
The governor of the state of La Guaira, Jorge Luis García Carneiro, passed away on the morning of this Saturday, May 22. He was 69 years old. | "We regret to report the departure of our Governor of La Guaira, General García Carneiro," wrote Delcy Rodríguez, executive vice president of Venezuela, on her Twitter account. | Communicating the sad news, she described García Carneiro as a "patriotic, loyal, brave and indispensable soldier." She also sent condolences to his wife, María del Valle, his children, and the people of La Guaira. "Venezuela has lost a distinguished son. Fly high general in chief," she added.
orinocotribune.com/governor-of-la-guaira-state-garcia-carneiro-passes-away/

Israel's Horrid Occupation of Palestine
Vijay Prashad | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-22
By Vijay Prasad and Arwa Abu Hashhash — May 20, 2021 | The violence witnessed over the last week in Gaza is part of a seven-decade assault on the people of Palestine by the Zionist regime, but it has been met with resistance by the people at every step. | 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 Palestinia…
orinocotribune.com/israels-horrid-occupation-of-palestine/

AP Sacks Correspondent Critical of Israel
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-22
In an open letter, Emily Wilder reported that after she had been targetted by Zionist media her AP superiors reassured her that whe would be protected, but a few days later they changed their mind and fired her for allegedly violating AP policies on social networks. | Wilder, who is Jewish, had promoted the Palestinian cause while in college and her latest social media postings had professionally questioned mainstream media, in reporting about Palestine. | "'Objectivity' feels fickle when the basic terms we use to report news implicitly stake a claim," she wrote. "Using 'Israel' but never 'Palestine,' or 'war'…
telesurenglish.net/news/AP-Sacks-Correspondent-Critical-of-Israel-20210522-0005.html

Chris Hedges, Alan MacLeod on Media Bias and the Christian Right's Obsession with Israel
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-22
By Mnar Muhawesh Adley — May 21, 2021 | Chris Hedges and Alan Macloed join MintCast to talk about Israel, Christian Zionism, and media bias. | 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 mak…
orinocotribune.com/chris-hedges-alan-macleod-on-media-bias-and-the-christian-rights-obsession-with-israel/

Poland Confirms Purchase Of Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drones From Turkey
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-22
Bayrakdar TB2 UCAV, source: ssb.gov.tr | On May 22, the Ministry of Defense of Poland announced that it would purchase 24 Bayraktar TB2 combat drones from Turkey. | "The Polish military will be equipped with modern equipment, with Bayraktar TB2 which have a striking force and have proven themselves in the wars in the east of our continent. They were also used in Africa," the ministry said on Twitter. | The deal was also confirmed by Poland's Defense Minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, who praised the Turkish-made drone in…
southfront.org/poland-confirms-purchase-of-bayraktar-tb2-combat-drones-from-turkey/

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