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The sharp divisions over Israel's war in Gaza are also on full display inside Israeli politics. Far-left-wing lawmaker Ofer Cassif survived an effort last month to expel him from Israel's legislature, the Knesset, after he voiced support for South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Netanyahu's allies accused Cassif of supporting terrorism. Cassif told our colleague, Michel Martin, he believes the war is a pretext for Netanyahu to seize even more power.

OFER CASSIF: Everybody knows that the government tried to pursue a coup d'etat under the sugarcoated term of judicial reform, in order to turn Israel into a full-fledged dictatorship. So now they are doing the same but under the smokescreen of the war in Gaza. And my persecution and my colleagues' persecution and attempts to silence us is not only of members of the Parliament. But the citizens at large, especially Arab citizens in Israel, have been persecuted intensely since 7th of October. People have been fired from their workplaces and suspended from their university studies solely for expressing grief and sympathy for the innocent civilians in Gaza.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

What was your reaction when you saw this move to impeach you? How did you feel about that?

CASSIF: Believe it or not, I was not that worried about myself. I had life before the Knesset, and I guess that I live life after the Knesset if I'm not assassinated before.

MARTIN: Do you honestly feel that there may be an attempt on your life as a consequence of your positions?

CASSIF: Absolutely. It's very clear Israeli society, under the continuous incitement of Netanyahu and his bigots, Israeli society is not only polarized and enclaved, but even families of the hostages are under violent attack. The violence level in Israel, political violence and violence in general, but the violence - the political violence in Israel is on the rise.

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CASSIF: There's no military solution. The fanatic Palestinians and the fanatic Israelis must understand there is no military solution to this situation, only a political one. And it was like that 75 years ago, 57 years ago when the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem began, and now. So no military option at all. The main factor that allows or enable this terrible carnage and bloodshed to continue is the administration of United States.

MARTIN: What role would you like to see the United States play, given everything that has happened so far, given where we are now?

CASSIF: When the United States continuously - and it doesn't matter which administration is in power, Democrats or Republicans. It's been going on like this for too many years that there is a blind support not for the people of Israel - I want to emphasize that - for the government of Israel. Those are not the same. If the United States wants really to assist and to stand with the people of Israel, like I do, they should do everything possible against the government of Israel. This specific government who supports Jewish supremacy and racial theory, literally and explicitly, once they support them, it is as if they supported David Duke. If the Biden administration and the people of America really want to help both the Israeli people and the Palestinian people, they must force the government of Israel to end it.

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(For those who don't know who David Duke is, and why that comparison is so devastating, here's a profile of him from The Southern Poverty Law Center)

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BY JAMES NORTH  MAY 12, 2022

The mainstream U.S. media coverage of the killing of the well known Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in occupied Palestine could have been worse. 

The New York Times and the others could have just ignored the fact that she was shot in the head while reporting, almost certainly by the Israeli military. In a powerful interview, this site’s Yumna Patel explains that since 2000, 50 Palestinian journalists have been killed, and the world doesn’t know the names of any of them. And the Times, to its credit, did add a brief profile of Shireen to its main report, explaining that she was well-known in Palestine and across the Arab world for her years of reporting for the Al-Jazeera network. Meanwhile, nearly all of the thousands of Palestinians who the Israeli occupation kills in Gaza and the West Bank remain nameless.

But otherwise the mainstream media fell for the Israeli government’s longtime strategy: react immediately to bad news by putting out false or unproven statements, knowing that the Americans will take the bait with a “both-sides say — who knows what’s true?” story.

Israel’s strategy worked again. Its military said immediately that “Palestinian gunmen” had been in the area, and may/did kill Shireen Abu Akleh. Israel promptly also released a misleading video, which it said implicated the Palestinians. The first U.S. media reports, predictably, fell into the trap.

But the Israeli strategy to cover up the truth ran into trouble immediately. First, two eyewitnesses, fellow Palestinian journalists who were alongside Abu Akleh when she was killed, said the Israeli military had clearly targeted them. Then, an investigator from the respected Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem got to the site, and immediately further undermined the Israeli version. As Gregg Carlstrom, a Mideast correspondent for the (conservative) Economist magazine, noted on Twitter after reading the B’Tselem report: “Unless Palestinian bullets can turn corners and climb stairs, this [misleading Israeli military video] has nothing to do with her death.”

Carlstrom, added in another tweet,

I’ve been to enough of these things (Israeli military operations in occupied Palestine) to say it’s rather hard to mistake a journalist — unarmed, in a blue vest and civilian clothes — for an armed soldier in olive drab. I’ve seen Shireen kitted out in a vest and helmet. Can’t imagine anyone mistaking her for a soldier.

In fairness, the mainstream press does have to continue reporting the Israeli reaction. But let’s say a similar killing had happened in Ukraine: the American media would have quoted the eyewitnesses, cited the human rights report — and put the Russian dishonesty lower in their reports, in a perfunctory sentence that signaled to the audience that you shouldn’t take this seriously.

Instead, the Times, the Washington Post and National Public Radio all continued to give the Israeli side of the story prominent billing. All three used a framing that continued to implicitly raise doubts; the first sentences from all of them cited “the Al-Jazeera network” and the “Palestine health ministry” as the sources that said the Israeli military was responsible the killing. The implicit subtext is that ‘naturally, her radical Arab employer and the Palestinian Authority will blame Israel.’ The Times put the actual eyewitnesses all the way down in paragraph 10, after first giving Israel ample room to continue muddying. (The Post, to its credit, cited the witnesses in the third paragraph; NPR in paragraph 4.)

Neither the Times nor the Post included the B’Tselem finding anywhere. The online NPR report did include a tweet from the human rights group. (This site has long pointed out how the New York Times in particular ignores B’Tselem’s reports.)

Today’s New York Times coverage continues to promote the Israeli narrative. Here’s one of the latest updates: “The bullet that killed the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday has become the central point of contention between competing efforts by Israelis and Palestinians to investigate who shot her.” The paper’s brief update gives Israel 4 paragraphs to continue muddying the story — and nowhere follows up with either the eyewitnesses or B’Tselem. 

Still, the coverage could have been even worse. A firestorm of criticism on social media is forcing the mainstream to at least cover the story in some detail. One encouraging fact seems to stand out: Shireen Abu Akleh was well known, liked and respected, including by her journalistic colleagues, which will help to keep her memory alive.

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Portland protests see clashes between far-right, far-left groups (Reuters) Protests by rival far-right and left-wing groups in Portland descended into violence on Sunday, as the opposing sides engaged in clashes and at least one man was arrested for firing a gun at demonstrators. Nobody was hurt in an exchange of gunfire—and by Sunday evening there was no word on any injuries in numerous other skirmishes that saw opposing sides brawling, dousing each other in what appeared to be bear spray and breaking car windows of rivals. Police Chief Chuck Lovell said during a briefing on Friday that officers would not necessarily intervene to break up fights between the groups. But he added that “just because arrests are not made at the scene when tensions are high, does not mean that people won’t be charged with crimes.”

Henri hurls rain as system settles atop swamped Northeast (AP) The slow-rolling system named Henri is taking its time drenching the Northeast with rain, lingering early Monday atop a region made swampy by the storm’s relentless downpour. Henri, which made landfall as a tropical storm Sunday afternoon in Rhode Island, has moved northwest through Connecticut. It hurled rain westward far before its arrival, flooding areas as far southwest as New Jersey before pelting northeast Pennsylvania, even as it took on tropical depression status. Over 140,000 homes lost power, and deluges of rain closed bridges, swamped roads and left some people stranded in their vehicles.

Classes starting, but international students failing to get U.S. visas (Reuters) Kofi Owusu occasionally waits outside the U.S. embassy in Accra to ask fellow students what they have done to secure a timely visa appointment. Classes for his master’s program at Villanova University in Pennsylvania are scheduled to start Monday, but his in-person interview appointment for a first-time U.S. student visa is still nine months away. It’s the second time the political science student from Ghana won’t make it to the United States in time for school. Visa processing is delayed as U.S. embassies and consulates operate at reduced capacity around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving some students abroad unable to make it for the start of the academic year. The wait and the hassle threaten both the country’s standing as a preferred choice for international students and their economic contribution of around $40 billion annually to many universities and local economies. New international student enrollment in the United States dropped 43% in fall 2020 from the year prior, months after COVID sent the world into lockdown. The number of new students who actually made it onto campus in person declined by 72%, according to an enrollment survey by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

FDA approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (Bloomberg) The pioneering coronavirus vaccine made by pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer was granted full approval by U.S. regulators. The government imprimatur is expected to trigger a flood of mandates by municipalities, agencies and private employers that had been waiting for the Food and Drug Administration sign-off. Following the announcement, the Pentagon said it would make vaccinations mandatory for military personnel worldwide and President Joe Biden called for mandates by companies.

Hospitals and Insurers Didn’t Want You to See Their Prices (NYT) This year, the federal government ordered hospitals to begin publishing a prized secret: a complete list of the prices they negotiate with private insurers. The insurers’ trade association had called the rule unconstitutional and said it would “undermine competitive negotiations.” Four hospital associations jointly sued the government to block it, and appealed when they lost. They lost again, and seven months later, many hospitals are simply ignoring the requirement and posting nothing. But data from the hospitals that have complied hints at why the powerful industries wanted this information to remain hidden. It shows hospitals are charging patients wildly different amounts for the same basic services: procedures as simple as an X-ray or a pregnancy test. And in many cases, insured patients are getting prices that are higher than they would if they pretended to have no coverage at all. This secrecy has allowed hospitals to tell patients that they are getting “steep” discounts, while still charging them many times what a public program like Medicare is willing to pay.

‘A Beautiful Feeling’: Refugee Women In Germany Learn The Joy Of Riding Bikes (NPR) Like most Americans, I learned to ride a bike as a kid. I still remember the glee after learning how to ride a bike on a subdivision road where I grew up in Florida. But girls around the world don’t always get to experience the joy of a first bike ride. In some countries, conservative societies frown upon women and girls who ride bikes—it’s not considered dignified or appropriate—and gives a girl too much independence. Joumana Seif, a Syrian lawyer and activist, recalls riding a bike as an 11-year-old in the capital city of Damascus. “For the people [watching on the street], and even for the children, it was shocking to them that I was riding a bike. They started to say, ‘Oh, shame on you, you are a girl riding a bike,’” Seif says. “It just wasn’t in our culture.” But it’s never too late to learn. In Germany, a nonprofit group called Bikeygees is teaching refugee women from countries such as Iran, Iraq and Syria how to ride. Since the group first started, it has taught 1,100 women how to ride a bike, says founder Annette Krüger. “It is possible to change the life of a woman in two hours. It is really magical,” says Krüger, an avid cyclist. “It’s a beautiful feeling when a person is riding a bike,” one refugee says with a broad grin.

Gunfire at Kabul airport kills 1 amid chaotic evacuations (AP/Foreign Policy) A firefight at one of the gates of Kabul’s international airport killed at least one Afghan soldier early Monday, German officials said, the latest chaos to engulf Western efforts to evacuate those fleeing the Taliban takeover of the country. The shooting at the airport came as the Taliban sent fighters north of the capital to eliminate pockets of armed resistance to their lightning takeover earlier this month. The Taliban said they retook three districts seized by opponents the day before and had surrounded Panjshir, the last province that remains out of their control. The tragic scenes around the airport have transfixed the world. Afghans poured onto the tarmac last week and some clung to a U.S. military transport plane as it took off, later plunging to their deaths. At least seven people died that day, in addition to the seven killed Sunday. Tens of thousands of people—Americans, other foreigners and Afghans who assisted in the war effort—are still waiting to join the airlift, which has been slowed by security issues and U.S. bureaucracy hurdles. Meanwhile, Afghanistan faces a quickly deepening economic crisis, with financial hardships increasingly affecting those in Kabul and other cities. Banks remain closed, food prices are rising, and the value of the local currency has plummeted. The suspension of commercial flights to Kabul’s international airport has in some ways exacerbated the crisis, halting the flow of some medical supplies and aid.

US special operations forces race to save former Afghan comrades in jeopardy (ABC News) Current and former U.S. military special operations and intelligence community operatives are using their own networks of contacts to get elite Afghan soldiers, intelligence assets and interpreters to safety as they’ve become increasingly disillusioned and fed up with the U.S. government-led evacuation effort in Kabul, ABC News has learned. One informal group, dubbed ���Task Force Pineapple,” began as a frantic effort last weekend to get one former Afghan commando into Hamid Karzai International Airport as he was being hunted by Taliban who were texting him death threats. They knew he had worked with U.S. Special Forces and the elite SEAL Team Six for a dozen years, targeting Taliban leadership, and was therefore at high risk of reprisal. The former elite commando was finally pulled into the U.S. security perimeter at the airport, where he shouted the password “pineapple” to American troops at the checkpoint. Two days later, the group of his American friends and comrades also helped get his family inside the airport to join him. Other former members of the military and CIA have consolidated their own efforts with a separate group calling itself “Task Force Dunkirk,” a reference to the massive evacuation of British and other Allied forces from France in 1940 under threat of the Nazi juggernaut. Task Force Dunkirk and the groups it has banded together with have helped get at least 83 at-risk Afghans out of the country.

Lebanese hospitals at breaking point as everything runs out (AP) Drenched in sweat, doctors check patients lying on stretchers in the reception area of Lebanon’s largest public hospital. Air conditioners are turned off, except in operating rooms and storage units, to save on fuel. Medics scramble to find alternatives to saline solutions after the hospital ran out. The shortages are overwhelming, the medical staff exhausted. And with a new surge in coronavirus cases, Lebanon’s hospitals are at a breaking point. The country’s health sector is a casualty of the multiple crises that have plunged Lebanon into a downward spiral—a financial and economic meltdown, compounded by a complete failure of the government, runaway corruption and a pandemic that isn’t going away. The collapse is all the more dramatic since only a few years ago, Lebanon was a leader in medical care in the Arab world. The region’s rich and famous came to this small Mideast nation of 6 million for everything, from major hospital procedures to plastic surgeries.

China changes law to allow married couples to have three kids (NY Post) China will now allow married couples to legally have a third kid amid concerns that its shrinking number of working-age people will threaten the country’s future prosperity and global influence. China has tried for decades to control the population, beginning with a policy imposed in 1979 that strictly limited couples to one child. Couples who didn’t follow the rule faced fines or loss of jobs—and in some cases, mothers were forced to undergo abortions. A preference for sons also led parents to kill baby girls, causing a massive imbalance in the sex ratio. The number of working-age people, meanwhile, has fallen over the past decade and the population has barely grown, adding more strain to an aging society. With growing fears that the country would grow old before it became wealthy, the family planning rules were changed for the first time in 2015 to allow two children.

Cases up down under (CNN) Australia, like China, New Zealand, and some other countries, has attempted to completely eradicate Covid-19 inside its borders. The strategy had largely worked until recently; Australia has just 44,026 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 981 deaths. But several major cities, including Sydney, Melbourne, and the capital Canberra, are again under lockdown as authorities struggle to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant. On Saturday, thousands took to the streets of Melbourne and Sydney to protest the long lockdowns; hundreds were arrested, and at least seven police officers were injured during violent clashes. In an opinion piece published Sunday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison hinted at an end to the country’s zero Covid-19 infections strategy, but warned Australians to expect a rise in infections as restrictions relax.

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Netanyahu: 'Many more' secret talks with Arab nations after US-brokered UAE agreement  Fox News

In Israel, Jared Kushner Says 'Stage Is Set' for Mideast Progress  TIME

On Path To Normalize Relations, UAE Formally Ends Boycott Of Israel  NPR

James Carafano: Pompeo’s Mideast trip strengthens US ties with Arab nations and Israel  Fox News

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Former President Carter blasts Trump’s Mideast peace plan  Atlanta Journal Constitution

After Trump’s plan, what options do Palestinian leaders have?  Al Jazeera English

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ is beyond insulting. That’s deliberate  The Guardian

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Pence Heads Off On Delayed And Scaled-Back Mideast Visit  NPR

Pence to travel to Middle East despite potential shutdown  WPXI Pittsburgh

Pence leaving for Middle East Friday regardless of shutdown  Politico

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Many Lebanese Believe Prime Minister Resigned After Interference From Saudis

Many Lebanese Believe Prime Minister Resigned After Interference From Saudis  NPR

Iran taking Saudi rhetoric, actions seriously  Al-Monitor

Trump hitches Mideast policy to a reckless prince | Trudy Rubin  Philly.com

Lebanese leaders step up demands for return of Saad Hariri  The Guardian

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Juanita Perez Williams’ first phone call Wednesday will be to the state’s top Democrat, and her former boss. Shortly after securing the Democratic nomination for mayor Tuesday …

Syracuse Post-Standard3h

Murray

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns after fifth child sex-abuse allegation

For five months, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray rejected calls for his resignation amid allegations he sexually abused teens decades before entering politics. But Murray couldn’t withstand a devastating new …

The Seattle Times18h

Erie

Oil and gas operators must map pipelines through Erie, trustees say

Erie’s Board of Trustees approved an ordinance on Tuesday evening that will require oil and gas operators to map their pipelines throughout the town — only months after similar legislation fell along …

Denver Post59m

Healthcare

Bernie Sanders’ unconventional healthcare plan is getting backing from a lot of big-name Democrats

Bernie Sanders is getting some serious support in his push to reform the US healthcare system. …

Yahoo News43m

Commission

The Trump Voter-Fraud Commission’s Data Problem

“Election Fraud is rampant!! California has 11 Counties that have MORE VOTERS than registered voters!!” reads one of the most recent public comments submitted to the Presidential Advisory …

The Atlantic40m

Texas

Texas congressional and state house redistricting on hold after 5-4 Supreme Court ruling

Don’t miss a story. Like us on Facebook. Like Dallas News’ Facebook Page Texas likely will hold …

Dallas News12h

James Comey

Hillary Clinton says Comey was ‘the determining factor’ in 2016 loss

Hillary Clinton says former FBI Director James Comey’s decision to inform Congress that he had reopened the federal investigation into her use of a private email server on the eve of the 2016 …

Yahoo News33m

Donald Trump

Clinton says Comey played ‘determinative’ role in her loss to Trump

WATCH: @hillaryclinton views her book as both a historic document and “literary version of a cleanse.” pic.twitter.com/CGfUI4u770 — TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 13, 2017 Hillary Clinton Hillary …

The Hill1h

Years ago, residents began raising money to make their street safer. But City Hall keeps throwing up roadblocks

Alexander von Wechmar and Rob Ramsey, who live down the street from each other, have seen a lot …

Los Angeles Times4m

Donald Trump

Trump to Talk to Democrats As He Presses Tax Reform

On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to build support across the political spectrum as he presses for a tax reform that he says would include tax cuts for the middle class. The president …

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Donald Trump

Trump to meet with bipartisan group of House moderates Wednesday

President Trump has invited a bipartisan group of moderate House members to the White House on Wednesday to discuss a host of issues, including tax reform, infrastructure and health care, …

USA Today17h

The Post-Standard

Joe Nicoletti loses 3rd primary for Syracuse mayor, won’t say if he’ll run down-ballot

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Joe Nicoletti won’t say whether he’ll continue his campaign for mayor on the …

Syracuse Post-Standard10h

Diversity Officer

To comply with civil rights agreement, Easthampton superintendent names interim diversity officer

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton public schools’ director of curriculum will act as the district’s …

Mass Live The Republican2h

5th Avenue Theatre

Seattle’s Democratic mayor resigning after 5th man accuses him of sex abuse

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, beset over the past five months by sex abuse allegations, is set to resign, bringing an ignoble end to a lengthy political career in which he championed gay rights and …

Minneapolis Star Tribune54m

Oklahoma

Damond family: Hoping for open process in charging decision

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Australian family of a woman who was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer says they are hoping for a “transparent” process as a prosecutor considers charges in …

Oklahoma News40m

Bernie Sanders’s Medicare-for-All Bill Is Missing Key Details, But That’s Not the Point

Immediately after the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare failed by just one vote, …

nymag.com1h

White House

Trump to Talk to Democrats Again as He Presses Tax Reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump was set to host Democratic and Republican House lawmakers at the White House on Wednesday, seeking to build support across the political …

U.S. News & World Report49m

Tax Cut Plan

Cruz to lay out tax cut plan in GOP reform effort

WASHINGTON – Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is scheduled to deliver what his office calls a “major policy speech” on tax reform Wednesday as part of a Tax Foundation think tank event. Cruz, a 2016 …

Chron3h

Bernie Sanders

The Latest: Sanders offers bill to expand Medicare to all

In this July 9, 2017 photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a “Care Not Cuts” rally in support of the Affordable Care Act in Covington, Ky. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is declining to endorse …

WTOP1h

Bel Air

Candidates file to run in Bel Air election

The first two candidates have filed for the two seats on the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners slated to be filled in the Nov. 7 town election. Incumbent commissioner Patrick Richards is seeking a …

The Baltimore Sun55m

Ted Cruz

Sen. Ted Cruz Blames Porn Tweet Liked From His Account on ‘Staffing Issue’

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is getting a lot of unwanted attention on social media Tuesday morning after the Texas Republican’s account “liked” a tweet featuring a pornographic video tweeted by Pornhub. It …

NBC Philadelphia2h

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz once argued that people don’t have a ‘due process’ right to self pleasure

Ted Cruz spent Tuesday trying to explain how a hard-core porn video could have been “liked” by his …

mercurynews.com3h

Saudi Arabia

Dems to Mueller: Flynn failed to disclose Saudi-Russian trip

WASHINGTON (CNN) – House Democrats sent special counsel Robert Mueller what they say is evidence that former national security adviser Michael Flynn failed to disclose a trip he took to the Middle East

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