2024-02-12: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2024-02-12). Netanyahu Doubles Down on Plans to Attack Rafah Despite Growing Criticism. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday doubled down on his vow to attack the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah despite growing criticism of the plan. It's estimated that about 1.5 million Palestinians are packed into Rafah, which has a pre-war population of 275,000. Most of the people sheltering in the city are living …

Dave DeCamp (2024-02-11). Houthis Hold Funeral for 17 Killed in Recent US and British Strikes. news.antiwar.com The Houthis held a funeral on Saturday for 17 of its members who were killed by recent US and British strikes on Yemen. "In a dignified funeral procession, the bodies of several martyrs of the nation, armed forces, and security forces who were martyred in the American-British aggression airstrikes, were mourned," Yemen's Saba news agency …

Dave DeCamp (2024-02-11). Iraq Says It Resumed Talks With US on Future US Withdrawal. news.antiwar.com The Iraqi government said on Sunday that it had resumed talks with the US on the future of the US military presence in Iraq amid outrage over US airstrikes in the country. "The supreme Iraqi military commission resumed on Sunday its meetings with international coalition forces in Baghdad," said Iraqi military spokesman Yehia Rasool. "Based …

Dave DeCamp (2024-02-11). Senate Takes Another Step Toward Passing $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Sunday took another step toward passing a $95 billion foreign military aid bill that includes funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The Senate worked through the weekend to deliberate the legislation and voted 67-26 in a procedural vote to move it forward. The chamber held a similar vote last Thursday to deliberate …

Jason Ditz (2024-02-11). Israeli Drone Strike Kills Two Near Key Lebanon Port of Sidon. news.antiwar.com Israeli strikes against Lebanon continued over the weekend, with a Saturday drone attack hitting a car near the southern port of Sidon. The attack killed at least two people and wounded two others, making it one of the deepest single drone strikes at 37 miles from the Israel border. The intended target of the drone …

ecns.cn (2024-02-12). Insights丨French TV presenter: Upholding peaceful mind, France and China will share shining future. ecns.cn With a peaceful mind and generosity in our two countries, France and China must share a better and shining future, said Olivier Grandjean, a French-language TV presenter and writer, to China News Network in Beijing.

newarab (2024-02-12). Egypt could suspend Camp David treaty if Israel storms Rafah. newarab.com Egypt has warned that it could suspend its peace treaty with Israel if the Israeli military enters Israeli…

newarab (2024-02-12). IMF chief says Gaza war 'devastating' Palestinian economy. newarab.com The Gaza war has devastated the economies of both the "The Palestinian economy's dire outlook is worsening as the conflict persists," managing director Kristalina Georgieva told the World Governments Summit in Dubai. | "Only a durable peace and p…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-02-12). Egypt Threatens Suspension Of Peace Treaty If Israel Invades Rafah. popularresistance.org Egyptian officials warned their Israeli counterparts that any Israeli ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah "would effectively suspend" the 1979 peace treaty between the two countries, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on 11 February. | Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday that an Israeli ground operation in Rafah, located on Egypt's border and where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are living in tents, was necessary to destroy the four brigades of Hamas' armed wing allegedly present there. | "There is limited space and great risk in putting Rafah under fur…

Pressenza IPA (2024-02-12). Asia Pacific Humanists & Peace-loving Activists Get Together to Interchange and Share Plans for the 3rd World March of Peace and Nonviolence. pressenza.com Feb 10, 2024. Representatives from five countries in the Asia Pacific Region— India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Philippines, around forty participants — — had a virtual meeting to interchange and share the plans and activities being made to prepare for the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence. Some of the participants in the virtual meeting of Asia-Pacific humanists held on Feb. 10, 2024. | The meeting had Rafael de la Rubia, founder of World without Wars and without Violence and main promoter of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence, with Antonio Carvallo on hand, as interpreter, to…

ecns.cn (2024-02-11). Insights丨French TV presenter: Upholding peaceful mind, France and China will share shining future. ecns.cn With a peaceful mind and generosity in our two countries, France and China must share a better and shining future, said Olivier Grandjean, a French-language TV presenter and writer, to China News Network in Beijing.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-02-11). Argentine Nobel Prize winner called for the release of Julian Assange. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, February 11 (Prensa Latina) The Nobel Peace Prize winner and Argentine fighter, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, today urged the international community to demand the release of cyberactivist Julian Assange and to speak out against his possible extradition to USA.

faizkara (2024-02-11). 2] An elder reminded us of the Hadith "Ahead of you is the era of patience", so let's recall Surah Al-Asr! salaficentre.com In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. The Messenger [peace and blessings of Allah be upon him] said, "Verily ahead of you is the era of patience during which (one's firm) adherence (to the religion) will be the reward of fifty men". [1] Imam Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab [may Allah …

Friends of Socialist China. (2024-02-11). US Peace Activists Call For Dialogue And Understanding With China. popularresistance.org At a time when China-United States relations are increasingly defined by narratives of rivalry, a recent visit by US peace activists to China offered a refreshing counterpoint. | Seeking to build bridges of understanding between the two nations, a delegation from the US Peace Council visited China last month at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament. | They shared their firsthand experience in China at a recent webinar to demonstrate that cooperation, not competition, is the path to a peaceful future. | "What we witnessed was a modernizing China focused on promoting peaceful…

GABIK (2024-02-11). President Ramaphosa to attend Football for Humanity match. sanews.gov.za President Ramaphosa to attend Football for Humanity match | President Cyril Ramaphosa will today attend the Football for Humanity match between the Palestinian national team and the South African Football Association (SAFA) Third Division at Cape Town's Athlone Stadium. | The Football for Humanity international showpiece, held under the theme, 'Peace, Hope, and Solidarity', aims to provide Palestinian players with the opportunity to enjoy their favourite sport in conditions of peace and sound infrastructure. | The Presidency said the event symbolises South Africa's historic solidarity with the people of Palestin…

newarab (2024-02-11). Egypt could suspend Camp David treaty if Israel storms Rafah. newarab.com Egypt has warned that it could suspend its peace treaty with Israel if the Israeli military enters Israeli…

newarab (2024-02-11). IMF chief says Gaza war 'devastating' Palestinian economy. newarab.com The Gaza war has devastated the economies of both the "The Palestinian economy's dire outlook is worsening as the conflict persists," managing director Kristalina Georgieva told the World Governments Summit in Dubai. | "Only a durable peace and p…

Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. (2024-02-12). Washington Sets Stage For Delegitimizing The Venezuelan Presidential Election. popularresistance.org Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution marks its 25th anniversary this month, despite continuous US-led hybrid warfare to overthrow the socialist project. The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro has successfully forced the US to de facto engage with it, although Washington still maintains the fiction that the defunct 2015 National Assembly is the "last remaining democratic institution" there. | The US has been relegated to vetting candidates for the upcoming Venezuelan presidential election. While still egregiously interventionist, the imperial power has failed to achieve outright regime change. The appe…

Staff (2024-02-12). Venezuela's Authorities Arrest Far-Right NGOist Rocío San Miguel. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The arrest was reported this Sunday, February 11, by the attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab. In a statement, Saab explained that the goal of the terrorist plot was to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro and other top Venezuelan officials, as w…

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2024-02-12). ALBA-TCP condena robo de avión venezolano en Argentina. telesurtv.net Califica esta agresión como otra consecuencia de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales de EE.UU. contra el pueblo venezolano.

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2024-02-12). Argentina y Paraguay consiguen boleto para París 2024. telesurtv.net La selección guaraní terminó la fase cuadrangular con siete puntos y Argentina obtuvo cinco, mientras Brasil y Venezuela se agenciaron tres y uno, respectivamente.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-02-12). Venezuela denuncia campaña de la Exxon Mobil, secundada por Guyana. telesurtv.net "Venezuela deja en evidencia ante la Celac que las acciones de la Exxon Mobil y del Gobierno de Guyana, contravienen los principios fundamentales del derecho internacional.

teleSUR, JGN (2024-02-12). Presidente Maduro afirma que verdad de Venezuela triunfa sobre manipulación de medios. telesurtv.net El Gobierno venezolano y el propio presidente Maduro reclamaron una corrección de lo que afirmaron era una campaña de manipulación por parte de AP.

Ariadna Eljuri (2024-02-11). US on the Verge of Stealing Venezuelan Cargo Plane in Collusion With Argentina. orinocotribune.com This weekend, the United States will illegally take possession of the Venezuelan cargo aircraft belonging to the state cargo airline EMTRASUR. The aircraft was illegally seized by Argentina in 2022 and grounded in the Ezeiza international airport of Buenos Aires since then. | According to At the beginning of…

Bárbara Gómez (2024-02-11). Capturan en Venezuela a presunta implicada en acto conspirativo (+ Foto). radiohc.cu Caracas, 11 feb (RHC) El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, anunció este domingo la captura de Rocío del Carmen San Miguel Sosa, por estar presuntamente implicada en una de las operaciones conspirativas e intento de magnicidio contra autoridades nacionales.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-02-11). Venezuela denounces campaign by US oil company Exxon Mobil. plenglish.com Caracas, February 11 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela denounced today before the international community what it called a malicious campaign prepared and financed by Exxon Mobil and supported by the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, a statement indicated.

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