(2024-05-07). Headlines for May 7, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Begins Ground Invasion of Rafah After Hamas Agrees to Ceasefire, Israel Used U.S. Weapons in Lebanon Attack That Killed 7 Health Workers, Students Continue Gaza Solidarity Protests, Defying Arrests, Suspensions, Harvard and MIT Students Defy Deadlines for Ending Protests, Receive Faculty Support, SUNY Purchase Agrees to Student Demands; Columbia Cancels Commencement Ceremony, Gaza Solidarity Encampments Form in Copenhagen, Barcelona; French High Schoolers Join Movement, Belgian Police Arrest 132 Climate Activists During Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience, Bomb Attacks on IDP Camps In Democratic Republic of…
(2024-05-07). Friday 5/31: San Jose: Peace Vigil – Ceasefire Now! No Weapons for Israel or Ukraine! indybay.org in front of MLK Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…
(2024-05-07). Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: U.S. Pressure on Israel Is Key to Lasting Gaza Ceasefire. democracynow.org 
Even after Hamas accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal Monday, Israeli forces moved in with tanks to seize the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Israel says the ceasefire deal falls short of its demands, and Hamas has called for "international intervention." Former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy says the limited information and political maneuvering of all parties raises more questions than answers right now, but the core issue is whether all parties can maintain a sustained end to hostilities. "In addition to testing each other, the Hamas and Israeli parties are testing the United States of America…
(2024-05-07). Democracy Now! 2024-05-07 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for May 07, 2024; Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: U.S. Pressure on Israel Is Key to Lasting Gaza Ceasefire; Report from Rafah: Israel Seizes Border Crossing, Blocking Humanitarian Aid, as Ceasefire Talks Continue; "Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism": Police "Body-Slam" Jewish Dartmouth Prof. at Campus Gaza Protest | Headlines for May 07, 2024; Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: U.S. Pressure on Israel Is Key to Lasting Gaza Ceasefire; Report from Rafah: Israel Seizes Border Crossing, Blocking Humanitarian Aid, as Ceasefire Talks Continue; "Stop Weaponizing Anti…
(2024-05-07). Rafah invasion: Did Israel coordinate with Egypt before reoccupying the crossing? middleeasteye.net 
Rafah invasion: Did Israel coordinate with Egypt before reoccupying the crossing? | Israel's control of the Philadelphi Corridor raises questions on whether key peace agreements with Cairo are at stake | | Israeli soldiers wait for orders to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor on the Egyptian borde…
(2024-05-07). Attack on Rafah is Part of Israeli Criminal Policy: Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Venezuela strongly criticized the bombing carried out by Israeli occupation forces on the Palestinian city of Rafah. | RELATED: | "Venezuela categorically condemns the bombings on the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, perpetrated by the Zionist State of Israel, which continue its systematic criminal and expansionist policy," the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry said. | Venezuela also stated that the bombing is…
(2024-05-07). Israeli Ground Forces Enter Rafah. news.antiwar.com Israeli tanks have entered Rafah and appear to be pushing to capture the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing that connects to Egypt, several media outlets have reported. Heavy airstrikes have been reported in the city as well, with some media reports describing it as a "carpet bombing," although the scale of destruction and …
(2024-05-07). 54 years since the Kent State massacre—and a warning for today. wsws.org The article reviews the experience of the Kent State massacre of anti-war college students in 1970, which has enormous relevance for today amid the massive police crackdown on campus protests against the Gaza genocide.
(2024-05-07). Students Demanding Divestment: You're on the Right Side of History. scheerpost.com 
By Marjorie Cohn Note: The following are remarks I delivered on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at the 55-year reunion of the Stanford University antiwar movement, in which I participated. On April 3, 1969, an estimated 700 Stanford students voted to occupy the Applied Electronics Laboratory (AEL), where classified research on electronic warfare was being conducted at …
(2024-05-07). 'Occupation's Nightmare' Continues Despite Jordanian Crackdown. popularresistance.org Since the recent war on Gaza was launched by the Israeli occupation forces in October 2023, Jordan has witnessed mass protests across the country. Such protests are not unusual for the Jordanian people in spite of their government's compromising stance on the Israeli entity. Jordanians have taken to the streets for decades in protest over the Israel-Jordan Peace treaty, also known as "Wadi Araba", that was signed in 1994. | "'Wadi Araba' is not peace, 'Wadi Araba' is surrender, has been chanted by Jordanians for around 30 years.
(2024-05-07). Venezuela: Brief Background of Opposition Presidential Candidates. orinocotribune.com By Mision Verdad — May 6, 2024 | Venezuela is approaching its presidential election day, July 28, 2024, in a complex context with marked differences from previous elections. The country continues to face illegal sanctions imposed by the United States, the impact of which has been significant on its economy. However, thanks to the right decisions of the Venezuelan government, the oil industry and the national economy are showing a progressive trend of recovery. | The regional landscape has also changed since the 2018 presidential elections. Venezuela no longer faces a bloc of Latin American governments subord…
(2024-05-07). CNN Paints Peace Protests As Hate Rallies As They Are Suppressed. popularresistance.org As peace activists occupied common spaces on campuses across the country, some in corporate media very clearly took sides, portraying student protesters as violent, hateful and/or stupid. CNN offered some of the most striking of these characterizations.
(2024-05-07). As Peace Protests Are Violently Suppressed, CNN Paints Them as Hate Rallies. scheerpost.com 
(2024-05-07). Noam Chomsky: A Middle East Peace That Could Happen (But Won't). scheerpost.com 
(2024-05-07). Milei's TeleSUR Censorship Reflects Fear: President Maduro. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed that Argentine President Javier Milei is afraid of the "truth of the people." | RELATED: | Earlier, the multi-state channel teleSUR denounced that the Milei administration prohibited the broadcast of its signal on the Argentine open digital television system. | "Milei, you are afraid of the truth of the people," Maduro said, emphasizing that Argentinians will still be able t…
(2024-05-07). Venezuelan Parliament debates pension law in second debate. plenglish.com Caracas, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The National Assembly of Venezuela will debate in a second discussion the Bill for the Protection of Social Security Pensions against the Imperialist Blockade.
(2024-05-07). Guatemalans, Hondurans and Venezuelans among the nationals most deported by Mexico this year. latintimes.com The country published a report showing it deported over 8,600 people during the first quarter of the year. The large majority were Central Americans…
(2024-05-07). Colombian ELN Lifts Kidnapping Suspension, Blames Government For Failed Agreements. latintimes.com The rebel group said that the decision came after the government delayed establishing a multi-donor fund to support the peace process, aiming at ending six decades of armed conflict in the country.
(2024-05-07). The 2024 NATO Summit, RIMPAC 2024, and the Filipino people's Struggle for Peace. counterpunch.org 
During the summer of 2024, the peace and justice community will need to resist U.S. imperial overreach around the world. The 2024 annual North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit will be held in Washington, DC from July 9 to 22. The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) wargames will be held on and around Hawai ªi from June
(2024-05-07). Iran Raps US' Arms Race in Outer Space. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Reminding the international community of its responsibility for peaceful use of outer space and the prevention of an arms race, an Iranian UN representative lashed out at the US government for refusing to prevent an arms race in the outer space.
(2024-05-07). The West's double standards on Georgia's 'foreign agents' bill. mronline.org 
Robinson: If Western states have their reasons for being cagey of foreign influences, so too do those in other countries.
(2024-05-07). FIDH and Provea react to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan's Venezuela visit. fidh.org
(2024-05-07). Nicolás Maduro lidera sondeo de cara a comicios presidenciales. telesurtv.net El estudio refiere que el jefe de Estado venezolano cuenta con una clara preferencia de los consultados con el 52,70 por ciento.
(2024-05-07). Presidente de Venezuela rechaza censura del Gobierno argentino contra teleSUR. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado aseveró que el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, "le tiene miedo a teleSUR".
(2024-05-07). Venezuela y Nicaragua felicitan a nuevo presidente de Panamá. telesurtv.net Ambos Gobiernos expresaron su deseo de mantener una relación bilateral constructiva en beneficio de las naciones.
(2024-05-07). Venezuela condena bombardeos de Israel a la ciudad de Rafah. telesurtv.net Venezuela condenó los bombardeos sobre la ciudad de Rafah al sur de la Franja de Gaza, perpetrados por el Estado sionista de Israel…