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Somalia: The Lawless Frontier

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, July 5, 2023 A UN “peacekeeping” mission continues operations in Somalia. Last week the UN Security Council adopted a resolution to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia until the end of December 2023, but the troops are supposed to withdraw entirely by the end of December 2024. The mission’s name is[…]

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It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions

by Richard Wolff, published on Countercurrents, July 7, 2023 The contradictions of China-bashing in the United States begin with how often it is flat-out untrue. The Wall Street Journal reports that the “Chinese spy” balloon that President Joe Biden shot down with immense patriotic fanfare in February 2023 did not in fact transmit pictures or anything else to China. White House economists[…]

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Veterans’ Group Responds To Biden’s ‘Cluster Bombs For Ukraine’

by Veterans for Peace, published on Popular Resistance, July 8, 2023 “Horrific escalation of the war in Ukraine.” Group also announces demonstration at Scranton, PA arms plant. Veterans For Peace and other U.S. anti-war organizations denounce the Biden administration’s decision to send cluster bomb munitions to Ukraine and they will hold a rally on July 22 at 11 am at[…]

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Israel Mounts All-out Offensive against Palestinians in Jenin

UNAC Statement on Israeli Assault on Jenin More than 1000 Israeli soldiers invaded the occupied West Bank city of Jenin including the crowed Jenin refugee camp.  The invasion force included Apache attack helicopters, drones, and bulldozers along with the ground forces.  It has been described as the worst Israeli attack on Palestinians in decades.  As people poured out of the[…]

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‘Totally Indefensible’: Biden Nominates Death Squad Backer Elliott Abrams to Diplomacy Panel

by Jake Johnson, published on Common Dreams, July 4, 2023 “Elliott Abrams, enemy of human rights, apologist for mass murder, should have no place within spitting distance of any Democratic administration in any capacity.” President Joe Biden on Monday quietly nominated Elliott Abrams to serve on a bipartisan diplomacy commission, a move that human rights advocates condemned as outrageous given[…]

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Netanyahu Government Mounts All-out Offensive on Palestinians in Jenin

by Jean Shaoul, published on World Socialist Website, July 3, 2023 Israel’s military launched an aerial and armoured vehicle attack on the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the city’s densely populated refugee camp in the early hours of Monday morning, killing at least 10 Palestinians, including three children, and wounding dozens more. With 10 of the wounded in[…]

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Israel’s Rampage in Jenin Changes Nothing

by Maureen Clare Murphy, published on Electronic Intifada, July 6, 2023 Israel withdrew its troops from Jenin refugee camp early Wednesday after a two-day offensive – the largest in the occupied West Bank in two decades. At least 13 Palestinians, including four children, were killed during the incursion. An Israeli soldier from an elite unit who resided in Beit El[…]

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The Third Intifada: A New Chapter in Palestinian Struggle for Liberation

by Ali Abou Jabra, published on Workers World, June 27, 2023 Resistance activities intensify across the West Bank, indicating another potential uprising with similar causes as the previous two intifadas.   The evolving armed resistance suggests a heightened level of sophistication and adaptability among the resistance groups. The occupied Palestinian territories have undergone a series of significant changes since last year,[…]

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UNRWA To Stop Services to Palestinian Refugees in August Due to Financial Crisis

by Tareq S. Hajjaj, published on Mondoweiss, June 24, 2023 Ahmad Ayyesh, 41 and a father of six children, is standing in a protest in the midday heat on Tuesday afternoon outside the large doors of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Gaza City. He joined the protest to raise his voice and demand that the agency’s[…]

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Israel Launches Massive Deadly Attack on West Bank City of Jenin

from Israel-Palestine News, a project of If Americans Knew, July 3, 2023 The Israeli military launched a huge attack on the Palestinian city of Jenin, targeting members of the Palestinian resistance against Israel’s occupation and oppression. At least eight Palestinians have been shot dead and over 50 have been injured. The invasion included over 150 armored vehicles and 1,000 ground[…]

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