Duh, Jared! So who built the PA as a 'police state'?
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2020-02-06
By pushing the Middle East peace process to its logical conclusion, Donald Trump has made crystal clear something that was supposed to have been obscured: that no US administration has ever really seen peace as the objective of its "peacemaking"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/duh-jared-so-who-built-the-pa-as-a-police-state/

Draft UN Resolution Condemns Trump Middle East 'Peace' Plan
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
A draft United Nations Security Council resolution rebuked Tuesday President Donald Trump's pro-Israel peace proposal and condemned Israeli plan to annex its illegal settlements in Palestinian territories. | Tunisia and Indonesia circulated the draft text to council members. Though it …
globalresearch.ca/draft-un-resolution-condemns-trump-middle-east-peace-plan/5702925

Pragmatic agenda: Lavrov tours Latin America to foster cooperation, not to spite Washington
rt.com | 2020-02-06
The Russian foreign minister's three-day trip to Latin America has provoked nervous reactions in the US, where it is assumed to be part of an anti-American agenda even though Moscow has legitimate economic interests in the region. | During the trip that started on Wednesday, Sergey Lavrov is scheduled to pay one-day visits to Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela

Maduro: 'the US Does Not Appoint President in Venezuela'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-06
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday reminded Donald Trump that the president of Venezuela is chosen by the Venezuelan people and not the United States. | RELATED: | Venezuela Commemorates 28th Anniversary of National Dignity Day | "In Venezuela, the president is not appointed by the U.S. president; the People choose him through elections,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-the-US-Does-Not-Appoint-President-in-Venezuela-20200206-0001.html

Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-06
In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.

Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"

Trudeau Government's Effort to Overthrow Venezuelan Government
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-06
What's more likely to shape Canadian policy in the Hemisphere: human rights and democracy or bankers' bottom-line? Last week Venezuelan politician Juan Guaidó was fêted in Ottawa. The self-declared president met Canada's Prime Minister, international development minister and foreign minister. Trudeau said, "I commend Interim President Guaidó for the courage and leadership he has shown …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/trudeau-governments-effort-to-overthrow-venezuelan-government/

The "Final Solution" for Palestine?
Jerome Irwin | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-06
President Trump and PM Benjamin Netanyahu's so-called "Peace Plan" for Palestine and Palestinians won't remotely bring about peace in the Middle East. This latest lunatical American Fundamentalist Christian & Orthodox Jewish Kamikaze plan can only but bring about another world war; because the sought after conclusion of such a war, in some key power circles…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/06/the-final-solution-for-palestine/

To March or Not to March: Why are the Streets Nearly Empty?
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-06
I couldn't get to the January 25th antiwar rally. Viewing photographs of that sparsely attended rally drives home the fact that the antiwar movement is nearly dead in the US. Perhaps it is dead and I cannot bring myself to accept that fact? Only days later, bellicose Trump presented a laughable plan for peace in the…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/06/to-march-or-not-to-march-why-are-the-streets-nearly-empty/

Disarming Gaza: Outdated, inapplicable
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-06
Imposed yet again in the latest so-called Middle East peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the demand to disarm Gazan resistance groups is an unlikely prospect, experts say.Palestinian observers and political analysts say it is all but impossible to apply such demands in the so-called "Deal of the Century" rolled out on Jan. 28 by U.S. President Donald Trump.According to the proposed plan, groups based in Gaza must relinquish their weapons and make the enclave a demilitarized zone before Israel would be held to fulfill its own obligations

Pakistan: Call to release protestors facing terror charges
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-06
civil liberties Susan PriceIssue 1252 Pakistan anti-terror lawsFebruary 6, 2020Twenty-nine people were arrested in Islamabad on January 28 while peacefully protesting the arrest and imprisonment of Manzoor Pashteen, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). | Tw…
greenleft.org.au/content/pakistan-call-release-protestors-facing-terror-charges

Greenpeace protesters block BP headquarters on new boss's first day
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-05
Greenpeace members have blocked BP's headquarters with solar panels and oil barrels to mark the first day of the oil giant's new chief executive.Around 100 environmental activists took 500 solar panels to the central London building at 3am on Wednesday as Bernard Looney prepared to take up his new role.Some protesters sat underneath the solar panels after they were prevented from installing them on the pavements and roads near the office.Others locked themselves to oil barrels bearing the BP logo in front of the six doors around the building to stop staff from entering.Protesters blocked six entrances to BP's HQ…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/02/05/greenpeace-protesters-block-bp-headquarters-on-new-bosss-first-day/

EU Rejects Trump Middle East Peace Plan, Annexation
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-05
The European Union rejected Tuesday some of the proposals outlined by U.S. President Donald Trump for the Middle East, prompting an angry response from Israel, which has actively supported the U.S. plan. | Following deliberations of the 27 members, the European …
globalresearch.ca/eu-rejects-trump-middle-east-peace-plan-annexation/5702862

Duh, Jared! Who built the PA as a Police State?
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-05
Maybe something good will come out of the Trump plan, after all. By pushing the Middle East peace process to its logical conclusion, Donald Trump has made crystal clear something that was supposed to have been obscured: that no US administration has ever really seen peace as the objective of its "peacemaking". The current White …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/duh-jared-who-built-the-pa-as-a-police-state/

Iran's Supreme Leader Says Trump's Peace Plan Will 'Die Soon'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for Middle East will "die soon." | RELATED: | Iran Keeps Ukraine's Plane Crash Investigation International | Using his official Twitter account, the Iranian Supreme Leader tweeted on Tuesday, "Trump's 'Deal of the Century' will die earlier than Trump himself." | Trump recently unveiled his plan promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital, and proposes an indepen…
telesurenglish.net/news/Irans-Supreme-Leader-Says-Trumps-Peace-Plan-Will-Die-Soon-20200205-0001.html

Trump and Balfour Compared
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-05
Much has already been written about the Trump administration's release of its long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. I will not repeat the criticisms. Instead, I will focus on what I found to be the striking and disturbing parallels between this …
globalresearch.ca/trump-balfour-compared/5702877

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen as Tension Rise Over US Plan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during clashes Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. | RELATED: | Iran's Supreme Leader Says Trump's Peace Plan Will 'Die Soon' | "Mohammed al-Haddad, 17, was killed by a bullet that penetrated his heart," the ministry said in a statement. | According to Israel's military spokesman's office, soldiers "identified a Palestinian who hurled a Molotov cocktail at them [and] responded…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Forces-Kill-Palestinian-Teen-as-Tension-Rise-Over-US-Plan-20200205-0014.html

The Israel-Palestine "Peace Deal" Is an Apartheid Proposal
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-05
Janine Jackson: The lead in the New York Times' January 28 report was "President Trump on Tuesday unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan with a flourish, releasing a proposal that would give Israel most of what it has sought over decades of conflict while offering the Palestinians the possibility of a state with limited sovereignty." | There are a number of problems in that sentence, one of them being the paper's uncritical…
truthout.org/audio/the-israel-palestine-peace-deal-is-an-apartheid-proposal/

The Trump Plan is Just a Cover for Israel's Final Land Grab
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-05
The Trump "Vision for Peace" will never be implemented

The Dramatic Fall of Chile as Latin America's Neoliberal Role Model
Ariela Ruiz Caro | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-05
After the outbreak of the most intense and massive social protests ever recorded in the history of Chile, on November 16 the government and most political parties signed an agreement to restore peace and public order and initiate a process to draft a new constitution. The protests, triggered by the rise in subway fares on…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/05/the-dramatic-fall-of-chile-as-latin-americas-neoliberal-role-model/

Unist'ot'en Day 31: We're Not Leaving
UnistotenCamp | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-05
We're not leaving. As Canada prepares to violently invade our lands, we have no fear. We are peacefully living on our lands and upholding our laws, as we always have. 31 days after Coastal Gaslink was evicted from Wet'suwet'en territory, RCMP helicopters circle the Unist'ot'en healing center several times a day. Busloads of police have …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/unistoten-day-31-were-not-leaving/

Duh, Jared! So Who Built the PA as a 'Police State'?
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-05
Maybe something good will come out of the Trump plan, after all. By pushing the Middle East peace process to its logical conclusion, Donald Trump has made crystal clear something that was supposed to have been obscured: that no US | …
globalresearch.ca/duh-jared-who-built-pa-police-state/5702889

The Dramatic Fall of Chile as Latin America's Neoliberal Role Model
Ariela Ruiz Caro | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-05
After the outbreak of the most intense and massive social protests ever recorded in the history of Chile, on November 16 the government and most political parties signed an agreement to restore peace and public order and initiate a process to draft a new constitution. The protests, triggered by the rise in subway fares on…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/05/the-dramatic-fall-of-chile-as-latin-americas-neoliberal-role-model/

Russian FM Lavrov Starts Latin America Tour in Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Cuba as part of a Feb. 5 to 8 tour of Latin America that will include visits to Mexico and Venezuela. | RELATED: | Russia and Venezuela Sign Agriculture Cooperation Agreement | Lavrov's meeting with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez will take place in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zajarova said. | The spokeswoman also said that among the issues to be discussed between…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russian-FM-Starts-a-Tour-of-Latin-America-in-Cuba-20200205-0022.html

SOTU: Democratic "Resistance" Give Trump's Venezuela Aggression a Standing Ovation
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-05
Perhaps the loudest applause heard during Trump's State of the Union Address was reserved for Venezuala's Juan Guaidó, as Democrats and Republicans rose as one to salute the self-declared president.
mintpressnews.com/state-of-the-union-democrats-applaud-guaido-venezuela/264678/

US Blockade to Affect Medical Treatment of Venezuelan Children
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
The Latin American Foundation for Human Rights and Social Development ( Fundalatin) denounced Tuesday the suspension of medical treatments for children who have undergone transplants, due to the financial blockade imposed by the United States on Venezuela. | RELATED: | Russian FM to Visit Venezuela to Help Counteract Sanctions | The organization explained that the affected children, who are being treated in Italy and Argentina, will rece…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Blockade-to-Affect-Medical-Treatment-of-Venezuelan-Children-20200205-0013.html

Selected Article: Trump Ups Nuclear Ante with 'Mini-Nukes'
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-05
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-article-trump-ups-nuclear-ante-mini-nukes/5702891

Greenpeace Greets New BP CEO by Shutting Down London Headquarters With Oil Barrels and 500 Solar Panels
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-05
About 100 Greenpeace U.K. campaigners temporarily shut down BP's London headquarters Wednesday by delivering 500 solar panels to the office and locking themselves to oil barrels in an effort to pressure the fossil fuel giant's new chief executive to take the climate crisis seriously and support a global transition to renewable energy. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gp0stuix7_medium_res1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/05/greenpeace-greets-new-bp-ceo-shutting-down-london-headquarters-oil-barrels-and-500?cd-origin=rss

'This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It's a Nonstarter' – CounterSpin interview with Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'peace deal'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-02-04
Janine Jackson interviewed the Arab American Institute's Omar Baddar about the Trump/Kushner "peace deal" for Israel/Palestine for the January 31, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/this-is-an-apartheid-proposal-and-its-a-nonstarter/

Resolving Israel-Palestinian conflict, 'key to sustainable peace' in the Middle East: Guterres
news.un.org | 2020-02-04
Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "key to sustainable peace in the Middle East", the UN chief said on Tuesday, maintaining that the lack of any progress only "furthers radicalization across the region".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1056722

'This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It's a Nonstarter' – CounterSpin interview with Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'peace deal'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-02-04
Janine Jackson interviewed the Arab American Institute's Omar Baddar about the Trump/Kushner "peace deal" for Israel/Palestine for the January 31, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/this-is-an-apartheid-proposal-and-its-a-nonstarter/

Guaido's Failed Foreign Tour Ends With A Flop
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-03
President Maduro speaks to a massive crowd at Miraflores Palace on the anniversary of a failed Guaido coup (From Orinoco Tribune) Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself the president of Venezuela a year ago but despite multiple coup attempts, he never took power and his support there rapidly disappeared. Now, with his foreign tour concluding, Guaidó's support is shrinking around …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/guaidos-failed-foreign-tour-ends-with-a-flop/

Climate action 'both a priority and a driver of the decade': Guterres
news.un.org | 2020-02-03
Climate action will be both a priority and a driver of world affairs through the coming decade, United Nations Secretary-General chief António Guterres announced on Monday, during a speech at UN Headquarters in New York, in which he declared that the next ten years will be "crucial for achieving a fair globalization, boosting economic growth and building peaceful societies".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1056622

ACLU: Trump Is Expanding His Racist Travel Ban, This Time Targeting Africans
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-03
The Trump administration has expanded its contested travel ban to six additional countries

Minneapolis protests anti Palestine "Deal of Century," racist travel bans
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-02
Minneapolis, MN – On January 31, 40 people protested at the Minneapolis Federal Building to stand in solidarity with Palestine. The MN Anti-War Committee and Women Against Military Madness called this emergency response protest after President Trump's announcement of his 'peace' plan which he wants to impose on Palestine. The protest's message was clear: the "Deal of the Century" proposed by Trump and Netanyahu is a sham and part of an expanding apartheid against the Palestinian people. There can be no deal without the Palestinian right to return, the Palestinian right to exist, and the return of Jerusalem to Pal…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/1/minneapolis-protests-anti-palestine-deal-century-racist-travel-bans

Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'Peace' Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-01-31
MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a "win-win," but also say to the unconsulted party, "You better take it, or else." Yet …
fair.org/home/omar-baddar-on-israel-palestine-peace-plan-rainey-reitman-on-greenwald-persecution/

Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'Peace' Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-01-31
MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a "win-win," but also say to the unconsulted party, "You better take it, or else." Yet …
fair.org/home/omar-baddar-on-israel-palestine-peace-plan-rainey-reitman-on-greenwald-persecution/

House Votes to Rein in Trump's Iran War Powers While Ending Endless Wars
Jon Rainwater | peaceaction.org | 2020-01-31
Washington, D.C.

US government censorship? Social media giants disappear accounts of Iranian and Venezuelan academics, journalists
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks with Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. Professor Marandi's Facebook and Instagram…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/social-media-giants-disappear-popular-iranian-venezuelan-accounts/

Trump's 'win-win' plan hands everything to Israel
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-30
Palestinian resistance Omar KarmiIssue 1251 Palestine apartheid IsraelJanuary 30, 2020After much anticipation and with great ceremony, on January 28 United States President Donald Trump presented…
greenleft.org.au/content/trump-peace-plan-hands-everything-israel

Ciudadano estadounidense detenido e interrogado por agentes del DHS sobre la solidaridad con Venezuela del movimiento antiguerra
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Un ciudadano estadounidense que participó en el Colectivo de Protección de la Embajada de Venezuela fue detenido, registrado e interrogado…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/29/ciudadano-estadounidense-detenido-interrogado-agentes-dhs/

Ciudadano estadounidense detenido e interrogado por agentes del DHS sobre la solidaridad con Venezuela del movimiento antiguerra
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Un ciudadano estadounidense que participó en el Colectivo de Protección de la Embajada de Venezuela fue detenido, registrado e interrogado…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/29/ciudadano-estadounidense-detenido-interrogado-agentes-dhs/

Trump's fake 'peace plan' is permanent apartheid for Palestine
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Attorney, professor, and author Noura Erakat on Trump's "deal of the century": a call for permanent apartheid in Palestine. President…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/29/trumps-fake-peace-plan-is-permanent-apartheid-for-palestine/

Trump's fake 'peace plan' is permanent apartheid for Palestine
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Attorney, professor, and author Noura Erakat on Trump's "deal of the century": a call for permanent apartheid in Palestine. President…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/29/trumps-fake-peace-plan-is-permanent-apartheid-for-palestine/

"Yet Another Declaration of War on Palestinians": Rashid Khalidi on Trump's Middle East "Peace" Plan
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to annex about 30% of the occupied West Bank, after Israel was given the green light to do so by the United States. On Tuesday, President Trump

In the ongoing crisis, Congress must rein in Trump's war powers
Jon Rainwater | peaceaction.org | 2020-01-08
As we feared, President Trump's reckless assassination of Iran's Gen. Soleimani resulted in escalation