2021-05-19: Social Media Postees

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Tucson organizes solidarity rally for Palestine
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-19
Tucson, AZ – The Federal Building in downtown Tucson saw the largest rally since the pandemic, May 17, with over 300 people demanding an end to the Israeli bombing of Gaza. The demonstration, organized by the Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance and the Tucson chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, drew protesters from the Palestinian, Arab and Muslim communities, along with other supporters of Palestine. | Palestinian flags flew and signs held by Palestinian children read: "End aid to Israel" and "Stop killing children!" | While a handful of armed and cowardly Patriot Movement reactionaries shouted from across th…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/19/tucson-organizes-solidarity-rally-palestine-0

Thousands take Miami streets for two nights of pro-Palestine protests
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-19
Miami, FL – Thousands of people from across South Florida took to the streets of Miami two nights in a row this past weekend in solidarity with Palestinians who continue to resist Israeli violence and the ongoing occupation of Palestine. The calls to action were put out by South Florida Jewish Voices for Peace and Al Awda: The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition and were supported by most progressive community organizations throughout the area. | On Saturday night, May 15, thousands of protesters flooded Biscayne Park and the Torch of Friendship before taking over the streets of one of the busiest areas in Sou…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/18/thousands-take-miami-streets-two-nights-pro-palestine-protests

An Open Letter to Gal Gadot
Gregory Harms | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-19
Dear Ms. Gadot, I read your recent tweet about the violence occurring between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. I am sure it was well intended and you were genuinely astonished by the backlash from supporters of Palestine. Ms Gadot, your country is not at war. Your country is kicking people out of their homes in…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/19/an-open-letter-to-gal-gadot/

How the United States Helps to Kill Palestinians
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-19
Photo credit: Stop the War Coalition The U.S. corporate media usually report on Israeli military assaults in occupied Palestine as if the United States is an innocent neutral party to the conflict. In fact, large majorities of Americans have told pollsters for decades that they want the United States to be neutral in the Israeli-Palestinian …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/how-the-united-states-helps-to-kill-palestinians/

Unity at Last: The Palestinian People Have Risen
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-19
From the outset, some clarification regarding the language used to depict the ongoing violence in occupied Palestine, and also throughout Israel. This is not a 'conflict'. Neither is it a 'dispute' nor 'sectarian violence' nor even a war in the traditional sense. | It is not a conflict, because Israel is an occupying power and the Palestinian people are an occupied nation. It is not a dispute, because freedom, justice and human rights cannot be treated as if a mere political disagreement. The Palestinian people's inalienable rights are enshrined in international and humanitarian law and the illegality of Israeli…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/19/unity-at-last-the-palestinian-people-have-risen/

Podcast Ep 35: Israel's war on Gaza and Jerusalem
Nora Barrows-Friedman | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-19
We talk to the Palestine Pod hosts and to a Palestinian writer in Jerusalem.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-35-israels-war-gaza-and-jerusalem

D.C. joins list of cities protesting for Palestine
Wes Vanderburgh | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-19
WASHINGTON–Hundreds of protesters filled the National Mall here on Saturday to demonstrate their solidarity with Palestinians all over the world on the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba. "Nakba" means "Catastrophe," and refers to the Palestinian point of view on the Palestine War and founding of Israel in 1948, which resulted in the forced displacement of …
peoplesworld.org/article/d-c-joins-list-of-cities-protesting-for-palestine/

How the United States Helps To Kill Palestinians
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-19
Photo credit: Stop the War Coalition The U.S. corporate media usually report on Israeli military assaults in occupied Palestine as if the United States is an innocent neutral party to the conflict. In fact, large majorities of Americans have told pollsters for decades that they want the United States to be neutral in the Israeli-Palestinian …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/how-the-united-states-helps-to-kill-palestinians/

Unity at Last: The Palestinian People Have Risen
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-19
From the outset, some clarification is needed regarding the language used to depict the ongoing violence in occupied Palestine, and also throughout Israel. This is not a 'conflict'. Neither is it a 'dispute' nor 'sectarian violence' nor even a war in the traditional sense. It is not a conflict, because Israel is an occupying power …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/unity-at-last-the-palestinian-people-have-risen/

Israel's War on Palestine
Ali Abunimah | zcomm.org | 2021-05-19
Israel's attacks on Gaza stem from its escalating ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem and growing solidarity amongst Palestinians inside Israel, Gaza and the West Bank…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israels-war-on-palestine/

The war crimes in Gaza and Israel's crisis
wsws.org | 2021-05-19
The eruption of violence against Gaza is driven by the immense crisis and contradictions within Israeli society itself.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/19/pers-m19-1.html

Why is Ireland courting Israel's war industry?
Ciaran Tierney | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-19
Foreign minister opposes attack on Gaza…
electronicintifada.net/content/why-ireland-courting-israels-war-industry/33116

In Video: Israeli Warplanes Bombard Hamas 'Metro' Tunnel Network
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-19
An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN — REUTERS) | On May 19, the Israeli Air Force announced that its fighter jets had carried out a series of airstrikes on the Hamas Movement's "Metro" tunnel network in the Gaza Strip. | According to the Air Force, 40 underground targets in Khan Yunis and Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip were targeted by 52 fighter jets within 25 minutes."The strikes combined a number of elements: Surface-to-Surface…
southfront.org/in-video-israeli-warplanes-bombard-hamas-metro-tunnel-network/

Colombia Rebel Group Claims Leader 'Jesús Santrich' Slain
The Associated Press | latinorebels.com | 2021-05-19
BOGOTàÅ, Colombia (AP) — A rebel leader who abandoned the 2016 peace accord with Colombia's government and had been at large for three years was killed by Colombian troops in Venezuela, his new armed group said Tuesday.
latinorebels.com/2021/05/19/colombiarebelgroupclaimsleaderslain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colombiarebelgroupclaimsleaderslain

Death of FARC-EP's Jesús Santrich: Breaking News, False Positive, Uribismo Media Smokescreen or Colombian Violation of Venezuelan Territory?
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-19
The alleged death "in combat" in Venezuelan territory of the Colombian guerrilla commander Jesús Santrich could end up being "breaking news" for Semana news magazine, but it is more likely that it will end up ranking in the top ten of fake news–which is saying a lot because the story concerns Colombia, a country where fabricating fake news, mounting false flag operations, and producing smokescreens is already part of the daily modus operandi of the ruling elite, inextricably associated with its media apparatus. | The alleged news is trending on social media networks and remains as such although, after twelv…
orinocotribune.com/death-of-farc-eps-jesus-santrich-breaking-news-false-positive-uribismo-media-smokescreen-or-colombian-violation-of-venezuelan-territory/

Economics of the new cold war and U.S. 'super imperialism' with economist Michael Hudson
Ben Norton | mronline.org | 2021-05-19
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton interview world-renowned economist Michael Hudson on his concept of American "super imperialism" and the economics of the new cold war on China and Russia. | May 19, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/05/19/economics-of-the-new-cold-war-and-u-s-super-imperialism-with-economist-michael-hudson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=economics-of-the-new-cold-war-and-u-s-super-imperialism-with-economist-michael-hudson

President Biden can't Build America Back better until he Takes on the Permanent War Establishment
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-19
( Tomdispatch.com ) — Is President Biden afflicted with the political equivalent of a split personality? His first several months in office suggest just that possibility. On the home front, the president's inclination is clearly to Go Big. When it comes to America's role in the world, however, Biden largely hews to pre-Trumpian precedent. So …
juancole.com/2021/05/president-permanent-establishment.html

Video: The Carrot but No Stick in US Policy Towards Israel
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-19
If any observer …
globalresearch.ca/video-carrot-no-stick-us-policy-towards-israel/5745666

Open Letter From New Leftists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: End Attacks on Vermont Labor
CounterPunch News Service | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-19
Mr. Richard Trumka, President AFL-CIO, We, as organizers and members of various movements and organizations in the New Left of the 1960s and 1970s (and their allies)–who organized for economic and social justice and against racism and war– wholly support the direction the AFL-CIO Vermont Leadership Council and other progressive unions are taking in support…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/19/open-letter-from-new-leftists-to-afl-cio-president-richard-trumka-end-attacks-on-vermont-labor/

Israel Chooses War Over Peace
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-19
No one is blameless in the ongoing violent conflict between Israel and stateless Palestinians. Both sides target and kill civilian noncombatants. But let's put an end to false equivalence. "A pox on both houses" is not a morally or politically response to the one-sided war between Israel and Hamas. Israel wants war. If it wanted…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/19/israel-chooses-war-over-peace/

Can You Hold These 12 Guns? Don't Shoot Any Palestinians. Wink. Wink
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-05-19
Scene 1: A Padded Cell Congress: B. B. Bee. Bee. Bibi, Bibi, Bibi, are you there? Yes, just hold this rocket launcher, and this one, and this one, and, I'm just going to hang these grenades from each of your fingers, and, no don't bend over, here, I'll just put this strap over your shoulders, … Continue reading "Can You Hold These 12 Guns? Don't Shoot Any Palestinians. Wink. Wink."
warisacrime.org/2021/05/19/can-you-hold-these-12-guns-dont-shoot-any-palestinians-wink-wink/

Can You Hold These 12 Guns? Don't Shoot Any Palestinians. Wink. Wink
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-05-19
Scene 1: A Padded Cell Congress: B. B. Bee. Bee. Bibi, Bibi, Bibi, are you there? Yes, just hold this rocket launcher, and this one, and this one, and, I'm just going to hang these grenades from each of your fingers, and, no don't bend over, here, I'll just put this strap over your shoulders, … Continue reading "Can You Hold These 12 Guns? Don't Shoot Any Palestinians. Wink. Wink."
warisacrime.org/2021/05/19/can-you-hold-these-12-guns-dont-shoot-any-palestinians-wink-wink/

60 Thousand Pentagon Spies Tripping Over Their Fake Clown Shoes
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-05-19
Of course there are 60,000 Pentagon super (duper!) spies prancing around the globe with tracking devices in their shoes, goofy wigs on their heads, collections of comical sunglasses, and — for the employee of the month! — silicon handsleeves and silicon faces to fool the airport cops, or maybe it's the Vaccine Nazis, or perhaps … Continue reading "60 Thousand Pentagon Spies Tripping Over Their Fake Clown Shoes"
warisacrime.org/2021/05/19/60-thousand-pentagon-spies-tripping-over-their-fake-clown-shoes/

Serbian World War II Film Smeared by War Propagandists in Western Media
Max Parry | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-19
Eighty years ago | …
globalresearch.ca/serbian-wwii-film-smeared-war-propagandists-western-media/5745673

Filipino social movements demand protection for human rights lawyers and their clients
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-19
A week after authorities named peace activists and political prisoners as "terrorists," raising alarm over continued crackdown, rights groups have called for court intervention to protect human rights lawyers…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/19/filipino-social-movements-demand-protection-for-human-rights-lawyers-and-their-clients/

An Open Letter to Gal Gadot
Gregory Harms | zcomm.org | 2021-05-19
Your heart-felt statement was the product of ignorance and was the kind of peace-and-love drivel that ignores the real issues and ends up supporting crimes…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/1046768/

Q&A: Could psychedelic ceremonies help people navigate a path to peace?>
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-05-19
New research is exploring whether group sessions with psychedelics can lay the groundwork for building peace.
imperial.ac.uk/news/221353/qa-could-psychedelic-ceremonies-help-people

Venezuela Delivers 4th Report on Human Rights Cases in Venezuela to International Criminal Court
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-19
The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported this Tuesday, May 18, that his office delivered a new report, the fourth, to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which adds to the information provided to the ICC prosecutor regarding controversial human rights cases in Venezuela. | "Once again we point out that we work blindfolded in terms of providing official information to the ICC," wrote Saab on his Twitter account, "but with a will to collaborate, based on the commitments assumed by the Venezuelan State in our visit to The Hague on #4Nov 2020. This fourth report presents a new list, an upda…
orinocotribune.com/venezuela-delivers-4th-report-on-human-rights-cases-in-venezuela-to-international-criminal-court/

Reconciliation Means Rethinking Parks Governance
David Suzuki | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-19
Protection and restoration are two sides of the conservation coin — protection for spaces that haven't yet been damaged or destroyed by large-scale human impacts and restoration for ecologically critical places that have. Although both might seem like relatively straightforward scientific tasks, they have been and continue to be significantly shaped by colonialism — globally …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/reconciliation-means-rethinking-parks-governance/

It's Ho Chi Minh's birthday, read his article "The path which led me to Leninism"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-19
To mark the May 19, 1890 birthday of the outstanding revolutionary Ho Chi Minh, Fight Back News Service is circulating his article, "The path which led me to Leninism." | After World War I, I made my living in Paris, now as a retoucher at a photographer's, now as painter of "Chinese antiquities" (made in France!). I would distribute leaflets denouncing the crimes committed by the French colonialists in Viet Nam. | At that time, I supported the October Revolution only instinctively, not yet grasping all its historic importance. I loved and admired Lenin because he was a great patriot who liberated his compatriots…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/18/it-s-ho-chi-minh-s-birthday-read-his-article-path-which-led-me-leninism

Cops in Baltimore, the Hard Town by the Sea
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-19
The city of Baltimore sits on the Chesapeake Bay. The largest city in what was the northernmost slave state prior to the civil war in the United States, it was a busy seaport with its own slave market and a bustling trade in human beings. In antebellum times, its population contained large numbers of freed…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/19/cops-in-baltimore-the-hard-town-by-the-sea/

DHS leadership failed to issue threat assessments ahead of January 6 despite receiving intelligence warnings
wsws.org | 2021-05-19
A Senate committee hearing Tuesday confirmed that official procedures created to detect violent threats and provide warnings were ignored, facilitating the fascist attack on the Capitol.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/19/inte-m19.html

We Can Defeat the Corporate Media's War to Snuff out Independent Journalism
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-19
I wanted to use this opportunity to talk about my experiences over the past two decades working with new technology as an independent freelance journalist, one who abandoned — or maybe more accurately, was abandoned by — what we usually call the "mainstream" media. Looking back over that period, I have come to appreciate that…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/19/we-can-defeat-the-corporate-medias-war-to-snuff-out-independent-journalism/

Consumer Health: Staying active and exercising with osteoporosis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-19
May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about this bone disease, which affects approximately 10 million Americans, according to the Office on Women's Health. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses, such as bending over …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/consumer-health-staying-active-and-exercising-with-osteoporosis/

Consumer Health: Stroke awareness
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-19
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about stroke. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of serious disability for adults. More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/5-12-ready-to-schedule-consumer-health-stroke-awareness/

Consumer Health: Bladder cancer awareness
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-19
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers. Nearly 84,000 new cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2021, according to the American Cancer Society. Bladder cancer occurs in men more frequently than in women, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/consumer-health-bladder-cancer-awareness/

Mayo Clinic playing key role in helping injured Minnesotans safely return to work
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-19
ROCHESTER, Minn. — An effort supported by Mayo Clinic to help more injured Minnesotans be able to return to work has received a major boost. The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the state of Minnesota $19.5 million to expand an innovative program that seeks to help workers suffering from injury or illness stay in the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-playing-key-role-in-helping-injured-minnesotans-safely-return-to-work/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Know the warning signs of stroke
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-19
On average, someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted, depriving the brain of oxygen. It's important to recognize the warning signs of stroke, because prompt treatment can minimize brain damage. Every moment is crucial. "Strokes commonly occur in …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-know-the-warning-signs-of-stroke/

Consumer Health: Smoking and rheumatoid arthritis — what's the connection?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-19
May is Arthritis Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the connection between smoking and rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect more than just your joints. In some people, the condition can damage a wide variety of body systems, including the skin, eyes, lungs, heart …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/consumer-health-smoking-and-rheumatoid-arthritis-whats-the-connection/

Disinformation in Tigray: Manufacturing Consent For a Secessionist War
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-19
New African InstituteCorporate media in the imperial countries have spread disinformation on the real nature of the fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray state. "Eritrea has served as the primary scapegoat." Today, New Africa Institute publishes its Disinformation in Tigray report to provide an evidence-based analysis of the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray Regional State, which is an irredentist, ethnic… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/19/disinformation-in-tigray-manufacturing-consent-for-a-secessionist-war/

Kurdish Fighters Killed Five Militants In Afrin, Turkish Forces Responded By Shelling Syrian Soldiers
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-19
ALF fighters, illustrative image, By: Hawar News Agency (ANHA) | Early on May 19, Kurdish fighters raided a position of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) near the town of Bosoufane in the southern part of occupied Afrin. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, five fighters of the SNA's al-Sham Corps were killed during the raid. Prior to the attack, three people, allegedly civilians, were injured, when Kurdish fighters targeted a mini truck near Bosoufane wi…
southfront.org/kurdish-fighters-killed-five-militants-in-afrin-turkish-forces-responded-by-shelling-syrian-soldiers/

Ban Imposter Pennie Opal Plant from the Civil Rights Movement
Quanah Brightman | indybay.org | 2021-05-19
We feel it Necessary to Make You and All Parties aware of a Imposter Wannabee Named Pennie Opal Plant. She is a Fraud Wannabee Indian Women who tries to Pass Herself off as a Tribal Citizen, Yet She is in fact a Imposter Guilty of Cultural Appropriation. | She is Associated with these two groups 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/17/18842589.php

How Power is Influencing Sonoma County
Hill et al | indybay.org | 2021-05-19
This research paper investigates the monopoly of print media in Sonoma County and the growth machine theory. We investigate the promotion of growth and development through newspaper articles. We also investigate who has power and influence over Sonoma County land use decisions, and determine the printed media's role in shaping public opinion toward such decisions. Methodologies used include analysis of newspaper articles and qualitative interviews.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/17/18842593.php

Trained by Years of Guerilla War, Yemen's Houthis Want to Export Thier Revolution to Palestine
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2021-05-18
Ansar Allah, who has enjoyed staggering success in staving off the wholesale invasion of their country by the U.S.-backed Saudi military, is eager to export its resistance mentality and battlefield knowledge to Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/yemen-ansar-allah-export-guerilla-tactics-palestine/277183/

Podcast Panel: The Israeli Assault on Gaza with Malak Mattar, Dan Cohen and Miko Peled
Mnar Muhawesh Adley | mintpressnews.com | 2021-05-18
Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress podcast featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence. I'm your host Mnar Adley. | Israel's latest attack on Palestine has captured the world's attention. On Saturday, the Israeli military attacked the Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza, killing 10 people, including eight children. The same day, Israeli missiles hit a high-rise building housing the headquarters of Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press. On Sunday, Israeli strikes killed at least 42 people, bringing the death toll to over 200, including 50 children. All of these actions amount to war crimes.
mintpressnews.com/podcast-panel-israel-assault-gaza-malak-mattar-dan-cohen-miko-peled/277155/

Trained by Years of Guerilla War, Yemen's Houthis Want to Export Their Revolution to Palestine
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-18
Ahmed Abdulkareem HODEIDA, YEMEN — Ayesh Atta arranges rings of long, light yellow Jasmine flowers into necklaces to give to the protesters and passers-by of his Mina Street flower shop in the coastal city of Hodeida. In the past, the 34-year-old Ayesh preserved the flowers in an icebox to sell in distant markets for Eid… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/trained-by-years-of-guerilla-war-yemens-houthis-want-to-export-their-revolution-to-palestine/

Edward Said's Palestine, Revisited
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-18
The recent firefights that have exploded this May between Hamas and the Israeli Army in Gaza–with more casualties on the Palestinian than on the Israeli side–sent me back to The Question of Palestine, the controversial book by Edward Said, originally published by Times Books in 1979 and reissued by Vintage in 1992. Zionists and anti-Zionists, pro-Palestinians and…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/18/edward-saids-palestine-revisited/

Whoever Endures the Longest in Palestine Will Have the Last Word
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-18
Elijah J. Magnier Benjamin Netanyahu called on Israeli residents to "endure" Palestinian responses to war (Photo: Mahmud Hams / AFP) The extraordinary confrontations between the Palestinians and Israel are evidence of paradoxes that will not be resolved anytime soon. The Israeli approach to what is going on seems formal and misleading. Israeli Chief of Staff… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/whoever-endures-the-longest-in-palestine-will-have-the-last-word/

Killing Gaza: Documentary Shows Life Under Israel's Bombs And Siege
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-18
In Killing Gaza, independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel's 2014 war on Gaza and its devastating aftermath. | Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and evidence from the survivors. | James North of Mondoweiss wrote, "If documentary films like 'Killing Gaza' appeared regularly on American television, public opinion would start turning against Israel overnight. The film, just released by Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal, is inspiri…
popularresistance.org/killing-gaza-dan-cohen-max-blumenthals-documentary-shows-life-under-israels-bombs-and-siege/

Israel Is Targeting Doctors and Health Facilities, Says Gaza Physician
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-18
The death toll in Gaza has reached 213, including at least 61 children, as Israel continues to attack the besieged area by air, land and sea using U.S.-made warplanes and bombs. The death toll in Israel stands at 11 from rockets fired from Gaza. Israel is facing increasing criticism for targeting doctors in its attack, and its airstrikes have reportedly damaged at least 18 hospitals and clinics, according to the World Health Organization. The attacks on medical staff and facilities are a "nightmare," s…
truthout.org/video/israel-is-targeting-doctors-and-health-facilities-says-gaza-physician/

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2021-05-18: News Headlines

David Swanson (2021-05-18). For Okinawa, Rahm Would Be a Knee on the Neck. counterpunch.org If you don't know much about Japan (and neither does Rahm Emanuel, the reported nominee for U.S. ambassador) a few relevant facts are these: 1) It's right next to China which much of the U.S. government is eager for some sort of fight with. 2) Its Constitution (imposed by the U.S.) bans war, and the

Staff (2021-05-18). WEBINAR TOMORROW — Alex Saab's Lawyer: 'How the US Starves Venezuelans' (#SanctionsKill). orinocotribune.com (ESPAàëOL ABAJO) | Alex Saab's lawyer, Femi Falana, has agreed to participate in a webinar about this important case related to US "sanctions". | Caracas, May 16 (OrinocoTribune.com)— Alex Saab has been illegally held by Cape Verdean authorities in prison, and most recently in a unique form of house arrest. Saab was apprehended because of his attempts to bypass illegal US and European "sanctions" against the Venezuelan people. | Saab, a special diplomatic envoy of Venezuela at the time of his irregular detention, and currently ambassador of Venezuela to the African Union, was instrumental in procuri…

Editor2 (2021-05-18). The Jakarta Method Never Ended. orinocotribune.com By Randy Shields — May 14, 2021 | Review of Vincent Bevins's The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World | Prepare to read Vincent Bevins's While the Vietnam War got most of the headlines, in Indonesia…

John Wojcik (2021-05-18). In cowardly move, GOP Leader McCarthy tries to sink Jan. 6 commission. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—As expected by anyone who has paid attention to the way Republicans have operated for many years now, GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Monday that he is against what has been touted as a bi-partisan proposal to form an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection. His move will reduce Republican support …

Staff (2021-05-18). Israel Is Targeting Doctors and Health Facilities Says Gaza Physician. truthout.org The death toll in Gaza has reached 213, including at least 61 children, as Israel continues to attack the besieged area by air, land and sea using U.S.-made warplanes and bombs. The death toll in Israel stands at 11 from rockets fired from Gaza. Israel is facing increasing criticism for targeting doctors in its attack, and its airstrikes have reportedly damaged at least 18 hospitals and clinics, according to the World Health Organization. The attacks on medical staff and facilities are a "nightmare," s…

Staff (2021-05-18). Israeli Airstrikes Damage Gaza's Only COVID Testing Lab. truthout.org Israeli airstrikes in the center of the occupied Gaza Strip on Monday caused severe damage to the territory's lone coronavirus testing lab and the offices of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, an attack that was immediately condemned as a war crime. | Citing eyewitnesses to the bombing, Middle East Eye

Staff (2021-05-18). Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem: Israel Is Committing War Crimes by Killing Civilians in Gaza. democracynow.org As the Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 200, the leading Israeli human rights group B'Tselem is accusing Israel of committing war crimes by killing blockaded civilians and destroying infrastructure on a massive scale. Executive director Hagai El-Ad says Israel has not done enough to distinguish between military and civilian targets or to act with proportionality. "We've seen war crimes in previous military assaults on Gaza," he says. "And, in fact, the impunity of the previous times in which war crimes were committed is what has paved the way for the continuation of more such crimes being committed." Earlier t…

Staff (2021-05-18). Gaza Physician: Israel Is Targeting Doctors & Health Facilities to Overwhelm Our Crumbling System. democracynow.org The death toll in Gaza has reached 213, including at least 61 children, as Israel continues to attack the besieged area by air, land and sea using U.S.-made warplanes and bombs. The death toll in Israel stands at 11 from rockets fired from Gaza. Israel is facing increasing criticism for targeting doctors in its attack, and its airstrikes have reportedly damaged at least 18 hospitals and clinics, according to the World Health Organization. The attacks on medical staff and facilities are a "nightmare," says Dr. Rasha, a Palestinian internal medicine physician working in Gaza who asked not to use her full name for s…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-18). U.S. Deployed Warships Toward Red Sea, B-52 Bombers In Spain In Thinly Veiled Support For Israel. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Alongside the hostilities in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, a concentration of NATO forces appears to be happening nearby. | On May 16th, a French carrier group was concentrated south of Cyprus. | On May 17th, four US Air Force B-52H strategic bombers arrived in Spain, and this is in addition to the six already based in Qatar. | On May 18th, three missile destroyers from the US Navy aircraft carrier group operating in the Arabian Sea are making a transition with th…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-18). U.S. Deployed Warships Toward Read Sea, B-52 Bombers In Spain In Thinly Veiled Support For Israel. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Alongside the hostilities in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, a concentration of NATO forces appears to be happening nearby. | On May 16th, a French carrier group was concentrated south of Cyprus. | On May 17th, four US Air Force B-52H strategic bombers arrived in Spain, and this is in addition to the six already based in Qatar. | On May 18th, three missile destroyers from the US Navy aircraft carrier group operating in the Arabian Sea are making a transition with th…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-18). Military Situation In Syria On May 18, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 18, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 37 times: 16 — in Idlib province, 15 — in Latakia province, 2 — in Hama province, 4 — in Aleppo province | On May 18, local protesters in the Shaddadi area blocked the Hasakah-Deir Ezzor road in opposition to the Autonomous Administration's decision to raise fuel prices. | On May 17, an ex-rebel member was killed by unknown gunmen in the town of Tasil | On…

Anonymous765 (2021-05-18). U.S. Army's PRSM Moves Towards Breaching Defunct INF Treaty's Limits. southfront.org | DEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : |

Israel Shahak (2021-05-18). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Max Blumenthal (2021-05-18). Killing Gaza: Dan Cohen & Max Blumenthal's documentary shows life under Israel's bombs and siege. thegrayzone.com Filmed behind the walls of the Gaza Strip in the middle of Israel's 2014 military assault, Killing Gaza presents a harrowing vision of siege and highlights a dispossessed people's undying will to resist In Killing Gaza, independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel's 2014 war on Gaza and its devastating aftermath. Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, …

Mnar Muhawesh Adley (2021-05-18). Podcast Panel: The Israeli Assault on Gaza with Malak Mattar, Dan Cohen and Miko Peled. mintpressnews.com Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress podcast featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence. I'm your host Mnar Adley. | Israel's latest attack on Palestine has captured the world's attention. On Saturday, the Israeli military attacked the Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza, killing 10 people, including eight children. The same day, Israeli missiles hit a high-rise building housing the headquarters of Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press. On Sunday, Israeli strikes killed at least 42 people, bringing the death toll to over 200, including 50 children. All of these actions amount to war crimes.

_____ (2021-05-18). Killing Gaza: Documentary Shows Life Under Israel's Bombs And Siege. popularresistance.org In Killing Gaza, independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel's 2014 war on Gaza and its devastating aftermath. | Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and evidence from the survivors. | James North of Mondoweiss wrote, "If documentary films like 'Killing Gaza' appeared regularly on American television, public opinion would start turning against Israel overnight. The film, just released by Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal, is inspiri…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-18). Foreign fighters and mercenaries in Libya will face prosecution for war crimes, warns ICC. peoplesdispatch.org The ICC has reiterated calls by the United Nations last week urging Libyan armed factions and foreign fighters to free people that are being illegally detained in the country's official and unofficial detention centers…

Amnesty International (2021-05-18). Israel/OPT: Pattern of Israeli Attacks on Residential Homes in Gaza Must be Investigated as War Crimes. globalresearch.ca Israeli forces have …

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal (2021-05-18). Israel Charged with War Crimes and Genocide. Complete 2013 Judgment of the Kuala Lumpur Tribunal. globalresearch.ca The Tribunal deplores the failure of international institutions to punish the State of Israel for its crimes and its total lack of respect of International Law and the institutions of the United Nations.

Philip Giraldi (2021-05-18). Netanyahu Warns Biden Not to Get Involved. globalresearch.ca An interesting

Jonah Raskin (2021-05-18). Edward Said's Palestine, Revisited. counterpunch.org The recent firefights that have exploded this May between Hamas and the Israeli Army in Gaza—with more casualties on the Palestinian than on the Israeli side—sent me back to The Question of Palestine, the controversial book by Edward Said, originally published by Times Books in 1979 and reissued by Vintage in 1992. Zionists and anti-Zionists, pro-Palestinians and

WSWS (2021-05-18). Protests across Europe against Israeli war on Gaza. zcomm.org Workers and young people joined protests across Europe to oppose Israel's bombardment of the Palestinian population in Gaza…

Carolina Ortiz-Alvarez (2021-05-18). Sonoma Amazon Distribution Center, Business Growth, and Traffic. indybay.org Amazon Warehouse to cause major traffic.

WSWS (2021-05-18). Virginia Volvo workers repudiate UAW-backed contract: "Now that we've rejected this, we should be back on strike" wsws.org Workers spoke to the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter expressing their determination to carry forward a fight for a decent contract in the face of open sabotage by the United Auto Workers.

slorinoco (2021-05-18). Venezuela Receives 25 Tons of Medical Supplies from China. orinocotribune.com Some 25 tons of medical supplies from China arrived in Venezuela as part of the air bridge established between the two countries to combat and treat COVID-19, reported Venezuelan Health Minister Carlos Alvarado this Monday, May 17. | He emphasized that this air bridge between both nations reaffirms the strong bond of friendship that exists between China and Venezuela. |

Christine Thach (2021-05-18). Asian Hate Is on the Rise. indybay.org This article is about recent hate crimes that have been happening towards older Asian people. Many Asians have been getting attacked because COVID happened, and many people assume that every Asian have COVID-19.

Mel Gurtov (2021-05-18). Getting Back to Basics in Policy on Israel. counterpunch.org "The problem with the Middle East is that you can try to turn your back on it, but it won't turn its back on you," said Martin S. Indyk, former US ambassador to Israel. And it hasn't: once again, Israelis and Palestinians are at war. With no cease-fire, let alone peace talks, in sight, and

Daniela Jimenez (2021-05-18). Simonovis Resigns as Guaidó's Head of Security. orinocotribune.com The fugitive from Venezuelan justice, Iván Simonovis, presented his "resignation" as Commissioner of Security and Intelligence, a fictitious position to which Simonovis was appointed by former deputy Guaidó after he proclaimed himself interim president of Venezuela. | Simonovis, who from the United States has participated in plans to overthrow Venezuela's legitimate government, did not provide a reason why he is leaving this position—one that lacked any legal recognition in any case. | It should be noted that his resignation arrives within the framework of Guaidó's newest announcement that he wishes to ente…

Steve Lalla (2021-05-18). Colonialism & Imperialism are the Root of Venezuela's Economic Problems, Not Socialism, Says US Economist Michael Hudson (#SanctionsKill). orinocotribune.com May 16 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—The US oligarchy became wealthy by exploiting the labor and natural resources of peoples and lands across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. In our millennium, Venezuela's assets were seized by an empire in decline. As its economy continues to weaken, the US lashes out with increasingly desperate policies of economic "sanctions" against those that try to break out of its orbit. In the process, it drives its enemies together. | "Ironically, America's attempt to isolate other countries is turning into an attempt to isolate itself," said economist Michael Hudson recently. O…

Carlos Arellán (2021-05-18). Change of Strategy Again: Capriles Recommends Opposition Participate in Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com In an interview published this Sunday, May 16, by the Spanish media outlet El País, Henrique Capriles Radonski challenged Juan Guaidó—without mentioning him directly—when Capriles revealed an imminent change of opposition strategy. According to the interview, Venezuela's far right now wishes to participate in the regional elections of November 2021. | The two-time loser in presidential elections remarked that voting is the ideal and most plausible alternative for an opposition that did not achieve anything in almost three years of a "maximalist" strategy. | Capriles concluded that the "all or nothing"

Tom Engelhardt (2021-05-18). Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, War as the Enemy of Reform. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. "A United States Coast Guard cutter fired 30 warning shots after 13 Iranian fast patrol boats menaced a group of American Navy ships sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said on Monday…" — so began a …

Stone J. (2021-05-18). My Mother Schedules Heart Surgery. jamanetwork.com Roasted beets. Deep red, deepest red on my fingers, not quite blood in color. But then, the beet doesn't quite resemble a heart, although the arc of it, cut through, its rings growing lighter toward the interior, resembles a heart like a node, an emoji of it, the way a metaphor could work. Stable. Sustainable the way an image ought to be.

WSWS (2021-05-18). Inflation sparks concerns in financial markets. wsws.org Inflation warning signals have started to flash with the report last week that US consumer price inflation rose by 4.2 percent in April from a year earlier.

Shane Quinn (2021-05-18). Operation Barbarossa: The Causes of its Failure. orinocotribune.com By Shane Quinn — May 13, 2021 | Operation Barbarossa, whose 80th anniversary falls next month, was the largest military operation ever undertaken. This German invasion of the Soviet Union proved to be the decisive confrontation of the Second World War, and the effects of its outcome lasts to the current day. | The Austrian-born autocrat, Adolf Hitler, embarked upon his wars of conquest without firstly placing the German nation on a Total War footing. Hitler's refusal from 1939, to direct the Third Reich's full resources towards military means, was a critical reason behind the Nazis' eventual defeat. Hitler's…

Rick Rozoff (2021-05-18). Azerbaijan holds new large-scale war games after armed incursion into Armenia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan holds new large-scale war games after armed incursion into ArmeniaRick Rozoff On May 16 Azerbaijan kicked off large-scale war games after its troops encroached on Armenian territory almost a week ago. This is the third series of Azerbaijani war games since last August, the first having preceded the Azerbaijani-Turkish attack on Nagorno-Karabakh by only …

WSWS (2021-05-18). Space Force missile commander removed after fascist ranting on right-wing podcast. wsws.org The firing of Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier was preceded by the indictment of Marine Major Christopher Warnagiris, the first active-duty officer arrested in the siege of the US Capitol on January 6.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-18). Consumer Health: Bladder cancer awareness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers. Nearly 84,000 new cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2021, according to the American Cancer Society. Bladder cancer occurs in men more frequently than in women, …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-18). Mayo Clinic playing key role in helping injured Minnesotans safely return to work. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — An effort supported by Mayo Clinic to help more injured Minnesotans be able to return to work has received a major boost. The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the state of Minnesota $19.5 million to expand an innovative program that seeks to help workers suffering from injury or illness stay in the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-18). Consumer Health: Stroke awareness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about stroke. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of serious disability for adults. More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-18). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Know the warning signs of stroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org On average, someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted, depriving the brain of oxygen. It's important to recognize the warning signs of stroke, because prompt treatment can minimize brain damage. Every moment is crucial. "Strokes commonly occur in …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-18). Consumer Health: Staying active and exercising with osteoporosis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about this bone disease, which affects approximately 10 million Americans, according to the Office on Women's Health. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses, such as bending over …

commondreams (2021-05-18). Justice is Global Joins 65 Orgs: Cold War with China is a Dangerous and Self-Defeating Strategy. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2021-05-18). 'We're at the Brink': Researchers Warn Greenland Ice Sheet May Have Already Passed Tipping Point. commondreams.org "The current and near-future mass loss will be largely irreversible," said researchers studying the melting of ice in Greenland. "That's why it is high time we rapidly and substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and re-stabilize the ice sheet and our climate." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenland_boat.jpg …

Jonathan Cook (2021-05-18). We Can Defeat the Corporate Media's War to Snuff Out Independent Journalism. commondreams.org "We have no bosses or advertisers to please or appease. Our owner are the readers. And with an owner that diverse and diffuse, we have been freed of the tyranny of billionaires and corporations." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/computer-1.jpg …

Jonathan Cook (2021-05-18). Video: We Can Defeat the Corporate Media's War to Snuff Out Independent Journalism. globalresearch.ca I wanted to …

WSWS (2021-05-18). To divide workers, Tamil nationalists sow pro-imperialist lies on Sri Lankan war. wsws.org Washington, the EU and the Indian state are complicit in the ethnic bloodshed in Sri Lanka that the Tamil nationalist groups claim these powers will resolve.

WSWS (2021-05-18). Tamil nationalists sow pro-imperialist lies on Sri Lankan war to divide workers. wsws.org Washington, the EU and the Indian state are complicit in the ethnic bloodshed in Sri Lanka that the Tamil nationalist groups claim these powers will resolve.

_____ (2021-05-18). Ilan Pappé Accuses Netanyahu Of 'Calculated And Cynical Provocation'. popularresistance.org 15 May was al-Nakba Day, an annual commemoration of the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in the late 1940s. On that symbolic day, The Canary spoke to historian Ilan Pappé in an exclusive interview. Professor Pappé is himself an Israeli Jew whose parents settled in Israel after fleeing persecution in Nazi-occupied Europe. However, he's a staunch critic of both the events that led to Israel's founding in 1948 and Israeli policy towards Palestinians since then.

Liane Kilinc (2021-05-18). The Perpetrator-Victim Reversal. indybay.org The West refuses to give the Red Army credit for Germany's liberation from fascism – instead, it diligently stokes the Cold War with Russia. | France and West Germany were liberated by the landing of the Western Allies in Normandy – but all of Eastern Europe must have apparently shaken off the yoke of Nazism all by itself. At any rate, one can get this impression.

Hill et al (2021-05-18). How Power is Influencing Sonoma County. indybay.org This research paper investigates the monopoly of print media in Sonoma County and the growth machine theory. We investigate the promotion of growth and development through newspaper articles. We also investigate who has power and influence over Sonoma County land use decisions, and determine the printed media's role in shaping public opinion toward such decisions. Methodologies used include analysis of newspaper articles and qualitative interviews.

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