A MUST READ: Robert Parry writes in Consortium News that the neocons, architects of the Iraq War, are counting on Democrats and liberals to be the foot soldiers in the new neocon campaign to push Trump into more “regime change” wars. As part of this they’re hyping evidence-free allegations that Russia colluded with Trump’s team to rig the U.S. election, and pushing for a US invasion of Syria…
The West doesn’t take Israel’s killing of journalists seriously enough; will Trump allow a reduction of aid to Gazans?; Israel kills West Bank Palestinian; Lebanon news; Israeli in Brazil pursued for war crimes in Gaza; yes, Biden is trying to send more weapons to Israel
Israel attacks more northern Gaza hospitals; what will happen without UNRWA?; Palestinian journalist killed; Israel isn’t the only problem in West Bank; Biden admin proposes $8B arms deal with Israel; lawsuit against Congress members for supporting genocide; health workers’ global day of action for Gaza
Israeli calls for all essentials of life to be cut off in Gaza; Palestinian journalists, aid workers killed; new genocide report; hunger in Gaza; more.
The Geographic and Demographic Imperatives of the Palestinian Refugees’ Return, by Salman H. Abu Sitta
Winter weather and disintegrating tents are a death sentence for the vulnerable; Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is reportedly in Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman prison; UN group calls for “consequences” as Israel leaves int’l law in tatters
As Palestine mourns the passing of Jimmy Carter, Gazan babies freeze to death, hospital patients are arrested; Israel permanently shutters hospital, desecrates Al Aqsa mosque, continues rampage in Lebanon.
After 16 years behind bars, Mufid Abdulqader, a member of the Holy Land Foundation Five, has been released from prison into a halfway house. The case of the Holy Land 5 has become a symbol of U.S. unconstitutional overreach since 9/11.
The incoming Trump team appears poised to take a hardline and Congress isn’t far behind. And it’s just not on college campuses.
Israel’s message is clear: regardless of who governs Syria, Israel will ensure it does not possess the basic military capacity to defend itself. (Israel has targeted Syria since the 1950s.)