(2020-12-23). 'Tie normalization with Tel Aviv a stab in back of Palestine'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) — Head of political Bureau of Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that tie normalization with the Zionist regime is a stab in the back of Palestine and Islamic Ummah.
(2020-12-23). France sends warplanes to Central African Republic for flyover to prop up president ahead of vote in former colony. rt.com 
French President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed sending fighter planes on a flyover mission in the Central African Republic, as a show of condemnation of "attempts to destabilize" the country ahead of a general election. | Macron "ordered a flyover of Central African territory by fighter planes" at the request of CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, and it took place on Wednesday, the Elysee Palace said in a
(2020-12-23). Against the witch-hunt. mronline.org 
Veteran of the fight against Apartheid RONNIE KASRILS warns that the IHRA is being used to suppress left-wing supporters of Palestine, just as anti-communist hysteria was used against the national-liberation movement in South Africa…
(2020-12-23). Uganda: UN food assistance programme hit as COVID-19 dries up funding. news.un.org The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will have to further reduce food rations and cash assistance for more than 1.2 million refugees in Uganda due to a funding shortfall, the agency has said, calling for urgent resources to sustain aid efforts.
(2020-12-23). A Tale of Two Body Camera Videos. aclu.org Over the past month, two high-profile incidents reaffirmed why police body cameras cannot serve as a police transparency and accountability tool as long as state law empowers the police to determine what footage the public gets to see. As we have said
(2020-12-23). Racist practices at the SF Health Service System will no longer be tolerated: Remove Mitch. indybay.org SF Bay View Editor Malik Washington reports on systemic racism in the SF Health Service System…
(2020-12-23). Wednesday 12/23: Honoring South African & U.S. Homelessness Activists w/ National Union of the Homeless. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2020-12-23). The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project (GERD) and the Quest for African Unity. globalresearch.ca Since November 4, the focus of the international community in their observations of the internal conflict in Ethiopia has largely been centered on the central government's suppression of a rebellion against its authority in the northern region of Tigray. | Within …
(2020-12-22). Kenya: Parliament Members Vote to End COVID-19 Tax Relief. telesurenglish.net Members of Parliament in Kenya have voted to end tax cuts put in place in early April to help citizens deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. | The relief was announced by the authorities after the first COVID-19 case in the country. The financial relief established the reduction of income tax, value-added tax, and corporate tax by between 2 percent and 5 percent. | The measures were intended to help Kenyans a…
(2020-12-22). Black Critical Care Dr. Taison Bell of UVA on Fighting COVID, Racism & Securing Fair Vaccine Access. democracynow.org 
More than 40 countries have temporarily suspended some or all travel from the United Kingdom after British health officials announced a highly infectious variant of the novel coronavirus has been spreading in the country. South Africa has detected a similar variant. The new variant is believed to be 70% more contagious, but health experts say existing vaccines will still be effective against it. "What's important to remember is that mutations will naturally happen in the course of a virus that's in the community and circulating," says Dr. Taison Bell, critical care and infectious disease physician at the Universi…
(2020-12-22). US authorises aid to Sudan and restores sovereign immunity. middleeasteye.net 
US authorises aid to Sudan and restores sovereign immunity | The move, which follows Sudan's removal from terror list, shields Khartoum from being sued in US courts | Tue, 12/22/2020 – 18: 10 | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok during a visit to Khartoum (AFP) | The US Congress has passed legislation reinstating Sudan's sovereign immunity, a step that would shield K…
(2020-12-22). UN calls for $156m to aid Ethiopian refugees in Sudan. middleeasteye.net 
UN calls for $156m to aid Ethiopian refugees in Sudan | United Nations seeking access to war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia, from where hundreds of thousands have been displaced | Tue, 12/22/2020 – 16: 37 | Ethiopian refugees who fled fighting in Tigray receive maternity care in the Hamdaiet area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state on 22 November 2020 (AFP) | The United Nations on Tuesday app…
(2020-12-22). This Is How We Fight for Our Human Rights. dissidentvoice.org 
Person arrested protesting for Medicare for All. New York City. 2009 (HealthcareNow.org.) It was ten years ago last week that the Arab Spring began. I recall it well as the day before Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia and ignited a revolutionary movement, I stood in the snow for hours protesting outside the …
(2020-12-22). On anniversary of Sudanese Revolution, the cry for course correction rises. peoplesdispatch.org Two years after the beginning of the Sudanese Revolution, there is considerable unease over its direction. Left and progressive forces feel the mandate of the protests has been betrayed and only surface changes have been made…
(2020-12-22). US restores Sudan's sovereign immunity except for 9/11 related cases. laprensalatina.com Khartoum, Dec 22 (efe-epa).- The United States on Tuesday restored Sudan's sovereign immunity before US courts, but families of the victims of the September 11 attacks can still sue the African country, Khartoum announced. "With the legislation approved (by the Congress) in place, Sudan will be a country with full sovereign immunity from any future …
(2020-12-22). What If Jesus Had Been Born in the American Police State? mintpressnews.com The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife Mary traveled to the little town of Bethlehem so that they could be counted. There being no room for the couple at any of the inns, they stayed in a stable (a barn), where Mary gave birth to a baby boy, Jesus. Warned that the government planned to kill the baby, Jesus' family fled with him to Egypt until it was safe to return to their native land | Yet what if Jesus had been born 2,000 years later? | What if, instead of being born…
(2020-12-22). Tunisian Foreign Ministry Denies Plans to Establish Diplomatic Relations With Israel. sputniknews.com CAIRO (Sputnik) – Tunisia has no intention to establish diplomatic relations with Israel or participate in any initiatives that directly or collaterally violate the rights of Palestinians, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
(2020-12-21). Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia and UAE bankrolling Arab states' Israel deals. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia and UAE bankrolling Arab states' Israel deals | Meanwhile, Jordanian prisoner numbers soar and Egypt revokes citizenship of 17 people under nationality law | Mon, 12/21/2020 – 16: 12 | A Moroccan diplomat said that the UAE and Saudi Arabia were sponsoring normalisation agreements on behalf of the US (AFP) | Saudi Arabia, UAE bankrolling normalisation agreeme…
(2020-12-21). The Covid Vaccine: The Fate of "Human Guinea Pigs" from the Lab's "Mouse Point of View". globalresearch.ca How is it that a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which under normal conditions would take years to develop, was promptly launched in early November 2020? The vaccine announced by Pfizer is based on an experimental gene editing
(2020-12-21). #EndSARS: Two Months After The Lekki Massacre, Still No Accountability. popularresistance.org In a gory event widely described as Black Tuesday, Nigerians witness one of the most violent crackdown on protest since the Enugu Iva Valley Massacre in 1949. Like bloodthirsty Vamps, the army and police on October 20, descended on peaceful protesters with the kind of force and desperation only witnessed in movies and war. We lost our Brothers, Friends, Fathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters to the uncontrollable bloodlust of a rapacious and highly vindictive ruling elites. Just like yesterday, we saw our friends lying helplessly on the floor, drowned in their own pool of blood. Armed only with flags and solidarity…
(2020-12-21). Did the UK's Secret Libya Policy Contribute to the Manchester Terror Attack? globalresearch.ca The official inquiry into the 2017 Manchester bombing has yet to probe the links between the terrorist, Salman Abedi, and UK covert action during the 2011 war in Libya — yet there is no point in the inquiry unless it …
(2020-12-21). Commentary: Mao greets Stalin's birthday. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article written by Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong on the 60th birthday of Joseph Stalin | Stalin, Friend of the Chinese People | On the Twenty-first of December, Comrade Stalin will be sixty years old. We can be sure that his birthday will evoke warm and affectionate congratulations from the hearts of all revolutionary people throughout the world who know of the occasion. | Congratulating Stalin is not a formality. Congratulating Stalin means supporting him and his cause, supporting the victory of socialism, and the way forward for mankind which he points out…