2021-06-11: News Headlines

_____ (2021-06-11). It's Time To Change Liberal Discourse About Hamas. popularresistance.org Representative Ilhan Omar may have thought she was doing Palestinians a favor when she challenged Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in a congressional hearing on Monday. | But her comments about Hamas only reinforce Israeli propaganda delegitmizing Palestinian resistance. | Sadly Omar's both-sidesism is a common feature of discourse even among ostensibly pro-Palestinian liberals. | Omar posted this video clip of her exchange with Blinken. In her tweet she wrote that "We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity." She claimed, "We have seen unthinkable atroc…

_____ (2021-06-10). The Israeli Government Is Changing, but Some Things Remain the Same. strategic-culture.org However, there is growing sentiment even in Congress and the Zionist controlled media that "what is wrong is wrong," Phil Giraldi writes. | Israel is undergoing a change of management, with reliably hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being replaced by extreme nationalist Naftali Bennett. Bennett has at intervals favored the disenfranchisement of non-Jewish Israeli citizens and the ethnic cleansing of all non-Jews from historic Palestine, killing them if necessary. He opposes the creation of any Palestinian state and routinely describes Palestinian protesters as terrorists while stating his belief that the…

Ali Abunimah (2021-06-10). It's time to change liberal discourse about Hamas. electronicintifada.net How Ilhan Omar's comments reinforce Israeli propaganda delegitmizing Palestinian resistance.

The Conversation (2021-06-10). Muslim family killed in truck terror attack: Islamophobic violence surfaces once again in North America. juancole.com By Jasmin Zine | — A Pakistani-Canadian family out on a stroll on a warm weekend evening was murdered in a horrific act of Islamophobic violence in London, Ont. A nine-year-old boy, hospitalized with serious injuries, is the only survivor of a terror attack that killed his sister, father, mother and grandmother. How will he …

Eds. (2021-06-10). Decolonization and communism. mronline.org While the turn towards analyzing ongoing settler-colonialism has finally reached the mainstream of North American political discussions, there is still a lack of popular understanding of the issues involved. | June 10, 2021…

Juan Cole (2021-06-10). Another Tinderbox: 1,500 Palestinians in Silwan, East Jerusalem, under threat of Expulsion from Homes by Israeli Authorities. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Al-Watan reports that the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality on Tuesday issued a letter to 13 families in Silwan near the Old City of Jerusalem giving them 21 days to get their families and possession out of their homes, after which the homes would be demolished. The homes were built on land …

Tina Landis (2021-06-10). Cori Bush's public power resolution echoes community demands. zcomm.org That collective fight back is what is needed to get the government to really act on climate change and to win a public-controlled renewable energy system…

WSWS (2021-06-10). US military declares China "number one" challenge as Biden rallies Europe for "cold war" wsws.org Over the past week, the United States has massively expanded its conflict with China through a series of military, economic, diplomatic and propaganda initiatives aimed at strangling China's economic development, demonizing it in the eyes of the world's population and preparing for military conflict.

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