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Tel Aviv Threatens To ‘Dissolve PA’ Over UN Push To End Occupation

September 9, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has threatened to “break and dissolve” the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it moves forward with non-violent diplomatic measures at the UN to end Israel’s occupation of Palestine, the Times of Israel reported on 9 September. Katz made the threat after the PA submitted a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly demanding that Israel be forced to implement the decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The General Assembly will vote next week on the draft resolution, which calls for an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories within six months, dismantling the illegal Jewish settlements, and facilitating the return of Palestinians to their land.

Hezbollah’s Calibrated Response

September 9, 2024 As'Ad AbuKhalil, Consortium News. , , , , , ,
As soon as the war in Gaza broke after the Al-Aqsa Deluge last Oct. 7, Hezbollah faced a fateful decision: should it hold back and let its Palestinian comrades do the fighting against Israel and keep Lebanon out of this expanding war, or should take part in some way to help Palestine? How could Hezbollah stray from its traditional rhetoric about Palestinian solidarity and “unity of arenas”? It was a difficult question especially since, by all accounts (and this summer in Lebanon I asked a lot of knowledgeable Lebanese and Palestinians about it) Hezbollah was not informed in advance about the Hamas attack.

The Decline Of The US Empire: Where Is It Taking Us All?

September 9, 2024 Richard D. Wolff, Counter Punch. , , , ,
The evidence suggests that empires often react to periods of their own decline by over-extending their coping mechanisms. Military actions, infrastructure problems, and social welfare demands may then combine or clash, accumulating costs and backlash effects that the declining empire cannot manage. Policies aimed to strengthen empire—and that once did—now undermine it. Contemporary social changes inside and outside the empire can reinforce, slow, or reverse the decline. However, when decline leads leaders to deny its existence, it can become self-accelerating.

US Seizes Venezuelan Jet Plane, Confirming Who Is The Rogue Nation

September 9, 2024 Rick Sterling, LA Progressive. , , , , ,
The Biden/Harris administration is renewing its attacks on Venezuela. On Monday, September 2, US officials seized a jet plane belonging to the Venezuelan government when it was in the Dominican Republic for servicing, then flew it to Florida. Contrary to a false report in the NY Times, the plane was not "owned by Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro". It is owned by the Venezuelan government and used for travel by various Venezuelan officials in addition to the president. The NYT article claims, "The Biden administration is trying to put more pressure on Mr. Maduro because of his attempts to undermine the results of the recent presidential election.

Israel And The US Know The Soldier Who Assassinated Aysengur Eygi

September 8, 2024 Colonel (ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. , , ,
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was working to “gather the facts” about U.S. citizen Aysenur Eygi’s killing by Israel military forces. Blinken doesn’t need time to “gather the facts.”  The facts are already known to the Israeli military, the U.S. military and the U.S. government.  They know exactly who assassinated International Solidarity Movement (ISM) member and U.S. citizen Aysenur Eygi on September 6, 2024. They know which unit was in Beita village for the peaceful prayer demonstration against the illegal Israeli settlement of Evyatar.  They know the names of the snipers who fired the shots.

Race, Rights And Repression

September 8, 2024 ​​​​​​​ Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. , , , , , , , ,
As the presidential election will take place in about two months, we need to discuss the prospects of peace, if any, under a Harris or Trump administration, but specifically in Palestine and in the West Asia region, but Ukraine is still an issue, more than two years after Russia's special military operation began. Who is in charge of the US as Ukraine undertakes an incursion into Russia, and what does this mean for the future? Also, we'll talk about AFRICOM, the US Africa Command, which was founded in October of 2008 in the waning days of the George W Bush administration, but under Obama and other presidents, has grown significantly. Also, how does this impact domestic policy, with the 1033 program giving surplus military equipment to police departments and the IDF training of police forces, why do we have a more than $800 billion military budget, which, of course, is a leading cause of austerity.

The Paradox Of Progress For Black Americans

September 8, 2024 Algernon Austin and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Counter Punch. , , ,
As the country moves rapidly toward the 2024 elections, Black Americans are experiencing the best economic conditions they’ve had in generations. Record low unemployment rates, record low poverty rates, and record high levels of income and wealth paint a picture of Black prosperity. Yet African Americans remain mired in great economic insecurity, reflected in their low opinion of the economy, widespread asset poverty, and ongoing economic inequality between Black and white households. The best Black economy in generations, in short, isn’t enough. To overcome centuries of inequality, we’ll need dedicated public policy.

Summer 2024 Was World’s Hottest Ever Recorded

September 8, 2024 Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. , , ,
According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the summer of 2024 was the planet’s warmest on record for the Northern Hemisphere. The extreme heat of this year’s boreal summer — June to August — means it is more likely that the average global temperature for the entire year will be hotter than that of 2023. “During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record, and the hottest boreal summer on record. This string of record temperatures is increasing the likelihood of 2024 being the hottest year on record,” said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of C3S, in a press release from C3S.

Three New Kinds Of Refugees In A World Of Migrants

September 7, 2024 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. , , , , ,
One summer evening, the unrelenting sun over Niger refused to dip below the horizon. I sought out some shade with three anxious men in Touba au paradis, a small quiet restaurant in Agadez. These three Nigerians had tried to make the crossing at Assamaka, to our north, into Algeria, but found the border barred. They hoped their final destination would be Europe across the Mediterranean Sea, but first they had to make it into Algeria, and then across the remarkable Sahara Desert. By the time I met them, none of these crossings were possible. Algeria had closed the border, and the town of Assamaka had become overrun by desperate people who did not want to retreat but could not go forward.

Israeli Army Kills American Activist In Occupied West Bank

September 7, 2024 Michael Arria and Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. , , , , ,
An American woman was shot and killed by Israeli forces during a protest in Beita near Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank on Friday. On Friday morning the State Department confirmed that Aysenur Eygi, a 26-year-old American citizen born in Turkey, had died. Two Palestinian doctors told the AP that Eygi had been shot in the head and died after arriving at the local hospital. “We tried to save the American citizen, we tried to revive the heart for several stages, but unfortunately, we did not succeed in restoring the heart to function,” said Rafidia Hospital director Dr. Fouad Naffa. “We are deeply disturbed by the tragic death of an American citizen, Aysenur Egzi Eygi, today in the West Bank and our hearts go out to her family and loved ones,” said White House National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett

Uhuru 3 Trial Enters Second Day

September 7, 2024 Fight Back! News. , , , ,
Tampa, FL – As the trial of the Uhuru 3 enters its second day, the prosecution calls its first witnesses. The Uhuru 3 are members of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and the Uhuru Movement who are charged with conspiracy and “acting as agents of the Russian government within the United States without prior notification.” The courtroom was packed with supporters of the defendants. Many had traveled from all across the country to be there. The prosecution first called Professor Brian Taylor, a professor of political science, to the stand as a witness. Taylor’s role in the trial was to provide background information on the Russian intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB).

AOC And The Desperate Democrats Attempt To Undermine The Greens

September 7, 2024 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. , , , ,
The Green Party is the left party most successful at gaining ballot access across the country. It is unusual for a non-duopoly formation to be on the ballot in more than 40 states. That success is indicative of its platform’s appeal to millions of people who vote for them whenever they are given the chance. There is no other party with a national reach demanding independence for Puerto Rico, the abolition of the electoral college, nuclear disarmament, constitutional protection of the right to vote, the right to health care, an Ecosocialist Green New Deal, and cutting the military budget in half. Because its policy positions are popular, the Greens have become the scapegoats for democrats’ failure and treachery.

The Crisis In Afghanistan Is A Result Of US Recklessness

September 7, 2024 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. , , , ,
The third anniversary of the end of the two decades of US war and occupation in Afghanistan coincides with a particularly contentious presidential election year in the US. Both the Democrats and Republicans are busy blaming each other for the fiasco. It is clear that Afghanistan has become yet another embarrassing episode in the long history of US imperial adventures which no one wants to take responsibility for. Two of the top generals in the US army, Mark Miley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Kenneth McKenzie, former chief of US Central Command, who led the withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, testified in front of Congress earlier this year.

US, Iraq Settle On ‘Late 2026’ Deadline For Full Troop Withdrawal

September 7, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
The governments of Iraq and the US have agreed on a timetable for the withdrawal of US and “international coalition” troops from the war-ravaged country, according to informed sources who spoke with Reuters. “The plan, which has been broadly agreed but requires a final go-ahead from both capitals and an announcement date, would see hundreds of troops leave by September 2025, with the remainder departing by the end of 2026,” the British news outlet reports. The plan would see all troops from the US-led coalition leave Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase in western Anbar province and “significantly reduce their presence in Baghdad by September 2025.”

‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 335: Israeli Objective In West Bank

September 6, 2024 Mondoweiss Palestine Bureau, Mondoweiss. , , , , , ,
The wide-ranging Israeli invasion of the northern West Bank, dubbed “Operation Summer Camps,” has now entered its ninth consecutive day. During this period of time, the Israeli army has focused the bulk of its attacks on Jenin refugee camp and the city of Jenin. The operation has also included repeated invasions of Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem and al-Far’a refugee camp in Tubas, sometimes for 48 hours at a time, and at other points only for a few hours on limited missions. The UN’s OCHA has reported that “Israeli forces have been using lethal, war-like tactics across the northern West Bank” as part of the ongoing operation.
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