RT (2020-01-30). US sanctions head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization — Treasury. rt.com The Treasury Department has announced sanctions on the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and its head Ali Akbar Salehi as the US continues its pressure campaign on Tehran after ditching the international Iran nuclear deal. | Though the Trump administration has accused Salehi and his organization of striving to produce a nuclear weapon, the AEOI also oversees the civilian nuclear sector in Iran. | The sanctions are the latest in a string of economic penalties applied to Iran since the US unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or Iran nuclear deal) in 2018, after accusi…

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2020-01-30). Livestock Ranchers, Miners, Loggers and Oilmen—Welfare Queens All—Have Been Raping and Plundering the American West. counterpunch.org Empire of public land Christopher Ketcham, a daring young journalist from New York, spent ten years observing and studying the public lands of the intercontinental American West. This is an empire of about 450 million acres of grassland, desert, steppe, and forest in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming. Ketcham travelled to the American West

RT (2020-01-30). Iran says US decision to sanction nuclear chief is 'childish' and shows \'despair,\' won\'t slow program down. rt.com The US decision to sanction Iran\'s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi as part of its maximum pressure campaign against Tehran shows Washington\'s \"despair\" and won\'t slow down the country\'s civilian nuclear program, state media said. | The sanctions are a \"sign of America\'s despair\" and \"a political game played by Washington,\" Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran\'s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) told the Fars news agency. | \"These sanctions have no value and are childish measures,\" he said, adding that they will have \"no impact\" on the country\'s civilian nuclear work which \"will continue with full force based…

RT (2020-01-30). US House votes to block funding for military action against Iran. rt.com The House of Representatives has voted to restrict President Donald Trump\'s ability to launch military strikes on Iran, and will debate a measure to repeal a 2002 act that gives the US broad warmaking powers in Iraq. | The first bill, which would block Trump from using federal funds to for \"unauthorized military force against Iran\" passed by a largely party-line vote of 228-175. It comes two weeks after the House

Nicolas J. S. Davies (2020-01-30). The U.S. is recycling its big lie about Iraq to target Iran. mronline.org The U.S.\'s campaign against Iran has violated the most critical lessons that U.S. and UN officials claimed to have learned from the debacle in Iraq. |

RT (2020-01-30). Bush-era Iraq war authorization voted out by US House. rt.com The House of Representatives has voted along party lines to repeal a 2002 law authorizing the US to wage war on Iraq. The law was used by the Trump administration to justify the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. | The House voted 236 to 166 to kill the 2002 Authorization for Military Force (AUMF) on Iraq. The law was drafted during the presidency of George W. Bush to authorize the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and has been used by subsequent administrations to continue military activity in the country — most recently to justify the US drone assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2020-01-30). Why the U.S. might be angling for the return of a new \'strongman\' like Saddam in Iraq. mronline.org The departure of the former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani is beginning to be felt in Iraq. |

Mark Gruenberg (2020-01-30). Trump\'s \'peace plan\' for Israel and the Palestinians is neither. peoplesworld.org GOP President Donald Trump\'s \"peace plan\" for Israel and the Palestinians, unveiled with support from the leaders of both big Jewish Israeli political parties, is \"imperialistic\" and would lead to resumed and continued military occupation of the entire West Bank for the foreseeable future, the Israeli Communist Party says. And since Trump unveiled his plan …

RT (2020-01-30). Kushner \'hopes Israel waits\' on annexation steps in West Bank after Trump\'s Mideast plan announcement. rt.com White House senior adviser Jared Kushner says Washington wants Israel to wait until after its March 2 election before making any moves toward settlement annexation in the West Bank following the announcement of a US plan for the Middle East. | Kushner is an architect of the peace proposal hailed by Israel and rejected by the Palestinians. \"Let\'s see what happens,\" President Donald Trump\'s son-in-law said when asked about the possibility that Israel would begin an annexation process as early as this weekend. \"The hope is that they\'ll wait until after the election and we\'ll work with them to try to come up with…

Jonathan Cook (2020-01-30). Trump\'s Deal of the Century Won\'t Bring Peace…That Was the Plan. counterpunch.org Much of Donald Trump\'s long-trailed \"deal of the century\" came as no surprise. Over the past 18 months, Israeli officials had leaked many of its details. The so-called \"Vision for Peace\" unveiled on Tuesday simply confirmed that the US government has publicly adopted the long-running consensus in Israel: that it is entitled to keep permanently the swaths of territory it seized illegally over the past half-century that deny the Palestinians any hope of a state.

Steve Sweeney (2020-01-30). General strike in Gaza, protests rage against Trump\'s \'deal of the century\'. peoplesworld.org Palestinians waged a general strike in the besieged Gaza Strip Jan. 29 as protests continued to rage against the \"dismal\" Middle East peace plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday. His so-called \"deal of the century\" has been met by global condemnation with international governments and progressives branding it as \"shameful\" and unworkable. …

RT (2020-01-30). What\'s behind Israeli PM\'s unscheduled stopover in Moscow. rt.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Russia after unveiling a peace proposal alongside US President Donald Trump in Washington. The \'deal of the century\' was met with skepticism and outrage around the world. | The caretaker prime minister was in Washington, DC on Tuesday alongside his chief rival, retired General Benny Gantz, as Trump unveiled his controversial \"Vision\" that included a two-state solution, Israeli control of Jerusalem and no right of return for Palestinians. | Netanyahu\'s office said he would return from Washington to Tel Aviv via Moscow, something that was previously not included…

John Wojcik (2020-01-30). Fix is in, Trump team makes radical shift in his defense. peoplesworld.org Ditching months of claims by President Trump that his dealings with Ukraine were \"perfect,\" Trump\'s TV lawyers and GOP lawmakers are now asserting that a quid-pro-quo of aid for political favors — even if proven beyond a shadow of a doubt — is not grounds for impeachment. They have taken the logic offered them Monday …

Staff (2020-01-30). Ex-Solicitor General: Alan Dershowitz Is Wrong. Trump Is Not Above the Law & Should Be Impeached. democracynow.org President Trump\'s legal team offered an extraordinary new defense during Trump\'s impeachment trial on Wednesday. Attorney Alan Dershowitz said that a sitting president could take any action to boost his re-election chances if he felt his re-election was in the public interest. \"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment,\" Dershowitz said. Trump was impeached by the House last month for freezing military aid to Ukraine in an effort to pressure Ukraine to open an investigation of Trump\'s politi…

RT (2020-01-30). Why was Rand banned? Sen. Paul reveals his CENSORED question at Trump impeachment trial. rt.com As Senators gathered for the last day of questioning in President Trump\'s impeachment trial, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul found his question censored in a way that may have revealed the identity of the mysterious whistleblower. | With the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump nearing its final stages, senators gathered on Capitol Hill on Thursday to question the Democratic prosecution team, and Trump\'s defense attorneys. However, Paul (R-Kentucky) found his question shot down by presiding Chief Justice John Roberts, who declined \"to read the question as submitted.\" | Paul left the chamber after Roberts\' de…

RT (2020-01-30). India\'s Sharia law board says women may pray in mosques as petition asks top court to declare entry ban \'unconstitutional\'. rt.com India\'s Muslim law board has advised the Supreme Court that nothing in the tenets of Islam bars women from praying in mosques. The non-profit noted that the court should not have a say in the religious issue, however. | The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) responded to a request by India\'s Supreme Court to comment on the petition filed by a Muslim couple. Yasmin Zuber Ahmad Peerzade and her husband Zuber Ahmad Nazir Ahmad Peerzade have asked the court to formally renounce any restrictions that women face as they attempt to enter a mosque, calling the practice \"not only repugnant to the basic dignit…

RT (2020-01-30). Will dad splash the cash for the wedding?! Bill Gates' daughter gets engaged to Egyptian showjumping star. rt.com The daughter of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Jennifer, has got engaged to Egyptian equestrian star Nayel Nassar, who made a surprise proposal during the couple\'s skiing vacation. | The eldest daughter of billionaire businessman Gates and his wife Melinda, revealed she will soon tie the knot with her fiancé by posting a picture on Instagram showing her emotional reaction to the offer of marriage. |

RT (2020-01-30). Athens & Ankara issue scathing condemnations after neo-Nazi Greek MEP tears up Turkish flag. rt.com A Greek neo-Nazi lawmaker who tore up a Turkish flag during a debate in the European Parliament has faced condemnation from both Athens and Ankara, in a rare show of solidarity between the two bitter rivals. | While Greece and Turkey squabble over maritime and security agreements with Libya, the decades-old rivals were able to find common ground in their mutual disapproval of independent MEP Yannis Lagos. The far-right firebrand, who leads an offshoot of the infamous neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, tore up a paper Turkish flag and blamed Ankara for Europe\'s migrant crisis while addressing the European Parliament o…

RT (2020-01-30). UN halts refugee center operations in Tripoli, Libya over safety fears. rt.com The United Nations said on Thursday it was suspending its operations at a refugee reception center in Tripoli over safety fears as the conflict in the country worsens. The UNHCR\'s Chief of Mission in Libya, Jean-Paul Cavalieri said the decision had been taken after the organization learned that military and police training exercises were taking place just outside the facility, AFP reported. | \"We fear that the entire area could become a military target, further endangering the lives of refugees, asylum seekers and other civilians,\" he said. The UN-recognized government in Tripoli has been under attack since Ap…

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RT (2020-01-30). Pompeo names \'the central threat of our times\' and guess what it is… It\'s the Chinese Communist Party. rt.com US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has labeled the Chinese Communist Party \"the central threat of our times,\" two weeks after President Donald Trump signed the \"biggest deal there is\" with Beijing. | Speaking at a conference with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London on Thursday, Pompeo stated that \"while we still have to be enormously vigilant about terror… challenges all across the world… the Chinese Communist Party presents the central threat of our times.\" The State Secretary then outlined the multiple avenues the US is taking to counter China\'s growing influence – right after he admitted that the…

RT (2020-01-30). Chinese coronavirus will bring jobs back to America, US commerce secretary says. rt.com President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to bring jobs back to the United States. According to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the outbreak of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus might help him fulfil that pledge. | Since it first infected customers at an animal market in the city of Wuhan in December, the SARS-like coronavirus has killed at least 170 people, infected nearly 8,000 people, and spread to every region in China and 19 other countries. | But to US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, there\'s an upside. | Speaking on Fox Business on Thursday, Ross said that while he doesn\'t want to take \"a victory lap ove…

RT (2020-01-30). US authorizes embassy evacuations in China, as coronavirus death toll ticks up. rt.com The US State Department has authorized the departure of non-emergency staff at its embassy in Beijing and consulates in Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenyang, a spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. The decision was made as the SARS-like coronavirus spread to every region of China, killing at least 170 people and infecting over 8,000. The virus has been confirmed in nearly 20 countries, and the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a global health emergency. The State Department\'s departure order comes a week after American diplomatic staff were evacuated by plane from Wuhan, a city of 11 mill…

RT (2020-01-30). China\'s digital yuan will displace US dollar\'s hegemony & bitcoin will join race, investor tells RT\'s Keiser Report. rt.com US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin recently rejected suggestions that the Trump administration is weaponizing the dollar through its trade-restricting policies with other countries. | Max Keiser is joined by American investor and the CIO of Morgan Creek Capital Mark Yusko to discuss media reports that weaponizing the greenback could kill its status as the world reserve currency. They also examine alternatives to the US dollar. | \"We\'ve been on this path for decades; we\'ve always weaponised the dollar and the United States,\" says Yusko. | Weaponizing currency can only be done by the world reserve currency whi…

RT (2020-01-30). Deadliest day for China: Coronavirus claims record number of victims in 24 hours as more countries confirm infections. rt.com China has suffered its deadliest day since the coronavirus outbreak began, with 38 related deaths recorded. The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to discuss declaring a global health emergency. | Record fatalities: | Thirty-eight new deaths in China were reported over the last 24 hours, marking the deadliest day since the outbreak began in Wuhan. The virus has now spread to every region in China, killing 170 nationwide. | The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in China has jumped to 7,711, while an additional 81,000 people are under observation. | Videos from China show empty streets…

Tom Clifford (2020-01-30). Dispatch From China: Flu is Bigger Concern But Wuhan Virus Grabs Headlines. counterpunch.org Beijing. The virus will infect millions across the globe and lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands. It can be easily spread and will especially strike the young and the elderly. But this is not what has been described as the Wuhan virus. The common flu is far deadlier. This is not to downplay the

RT (2020-01-30). Russia closes its Far East border with China in attempt to prevent spread of new coronavirus. rt.com Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order to close the country\'s border with China in the Far East, Russia\'s largest and most remote region. | It follows instructions from Vladimir Putin on Wednesday for officials to do all they can to prevent the spread of the dangerous new Chinese coronavirus. | Also on rt.com | | In addition, Mishushtin instructed Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova to provide the public with daily updates about the status…

Marc Cooke (2020-01-30). Wolves Play a Beneficial Role in Wildlife Management. counterpunch.org Our group Wolves of the Rockies attended a two-day Montana Environmental Quality Council (EQC) meeting recently in Helena. During that time, three or more hours were devoted to discussion of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Montana and the Rocky Mountain states. Many experts from other states described the harsh realities and challenges posed by this

Susie Day (2020-01-30). Growing Up Panther: An Interview With K\'sisay Sadiki. counterpunch.org K\'Sisay Sadiki has lived her life in two worlds. She\'s attended prestigious dance and film schools, holds down a steady job, pays taxes. And, as the child of Black Panthers, she\'s lived underground, raised by people dedicated to overturning white supremacy. Her father, Kamau, also has a daughter — K\'Sisay\'s sister — by Assata Shakur, who famously escaped from prison in 1979 and now lives in Cuba as a \"dangerous fugitive,\" hunted by the US government. Kamau is in a Georgia prison, serving a life-plus-ten-years sentence for the 1971 fatal shooting of a police officer — a cold case, resurrected in…

RT (2020-01-30). Greece plans to install \'floating fence\' to keep migrants out. rt.com The Greek government wants to install a floating barrier in the Aegean Sea to deter migrants arriving at its islands\' shores through Turkey, officials said on Thursday. | The 2.7km long (1.68 miles) net-like barrier that Greece wants to buy will be set up in the sea off the island of Lesbos, where the overcrowded Moria camp operates, Reuters reports. | It will rise 50cm above sea level and carry light marks that will make it visible at night, according to a government document inviting vendors to submit offers. \"We will see what the result, what its effect as a deterrent will be in practice,\" Defense Minister…

Lucas Koerner (2020-01-30). How Western left media helped legitimate U.S. regime change in Venezuela. mronline.org It\'s been a year since Juan Guaidó began his U.S.-anointed mandate as \"interim president\" of Venezuela. |

RT (2020-01-30). Leaked memo shows US border patrol agents instructed to interrogate travelers with \'Iranian links\' at Canadian border — report. rt.com An apparent US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) memo sent anonymously to a Canadian immigration lawyer purports to show instructions to border officers to interrogate travelers with \'links\' to Iran. | The memo was obtained by Canada\'s CBC News after it was dropped off at the office of lawyer Len Saunders in a blank envelope by an anonymous source on Wednesday. | The missive orders border agents to \"conduct vetting\" on people between the ages of 20 and 58 with links to Iran and Lebanon, whether they were born there or traveled there for other reasons, CBC reported. | It seems to have come into effect in the imme…

RT (2020-01-30). Hollywood has been more heavily censored since 2001, films bashing US army & CIA can\'t go public — Oliver Stone to RT. rt.com The American film industry changed beyond recognition after the milestone year of 2001, director Oliver Stone told RT, with producers using financial restraints to censor movies challenging the US military or the CIA. | \"Maybe in the 1980s, when I did \'Platoon\', \'Born on the Fourth of July\' and \'Heaven & Earth\', I could do that, because it was a slightly more relaxed system,\" said the award-winning filmmaker, mentioning his famed movies while making his case during former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa\'s show on RT Spanish. | When the Iron Curtain fell and the Cold War ended, things didn\'t change for the b…

RT (2020-01-30). Russian military transports wounded RT correspondent Shabrouney from Hama to Hmeimim airbase. rt.com RT Arabic correspondent Wafa Shabrouney, who was seriously injured while on assignment in northwestern Syria, has been transported by the Russian military from Hama National Hospital to the Hmeimim airbase. | On orders from Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, military doctors working with Russian forces in Syria earlier immediately arrived at the city hospital in Hama, where On Wednesday evening, a Russian transport helicopter with a special medical module for transporting the wounded…

Gregg Shotwell (2020-01-30). Fight for all or lose it all. mronline.org If you want to predict the future, don\'t speculate, study the past. In light of the knowledge gleaned, examine the present. The history of the future is planted, not buried, in the here and now. |

RT (2020-01-30). Pakistan fires back at Modi\'s \'bite dust in 10 days\' remark, says Indian pilot capture proves army is ready to thwart any attack. rt.com Responding to Indian PM Narendra Modi\'s claim that Pakistan would \"bite dust\" in case of war with India, Islamabad urged New Delhi not to underestimate its army, invoking an aerial dogfight that led to an Indian pilot\'s capture. | The war of words between Pakistan and India has escalated, and has recently seen the two nuclear-armed nations trading barbs to highlight the strength of their respective military forces. The latest round in the verbal back-and-forth began on Tuesday, with Modi saying that the Indian Army could take down neighboring Pakistan in a week — 10 days at the most. | Also on rt.com…

RT (2020-01-30). \'It was the first time that a man touched me\': French 10-time skating champ Sarah Abitbol claims she was raped by former coach. rt.com Renowned French pairs skater Sarah Abitbol, who won multiple international awards together with her partner Stephane Bernadis, has claimed she was raped by a former coach. | In an interview with the newspaper L\'Obs, Abitbol, the 2000 world bronze medalist, accused her former coach Gilles Beyer of systematic sexual assault and rape between 1990 and 1992, when she was between the ages of 15 and 17. | \"He started doing horrible things… sexual abuse and I was raped when I was 15. It was the first time that a man touched me,\" the 44-year-old said. | The seven-time European medalist said that neither her parents n…

Mark Gruenberg (2020-01-30). Weingarten: Right wants states to use public dollars for religious schools. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — The religious right wants the U.S. Supreme Court to force states to use public dollars for religious schools, Teachers President Randi Weingarten warns. In a message to her union\'s 1.6 million members late last month, the AFT leader, a civics and government teacher from New York City, adds the religious rightists are counting …

RT (2020-01-30). Boris Mints: Russia seeks arrest of London-based billionaire fugitive wanted for embezzlement. rt.com Russian investigators have issued an arrest warrant for businessman Boris Mints, accused of multi-million dollar embezzlement. He has now been placed on the international wanted list. | Mints, together with his sons Alexander and Dmitry, is charged with the theft of $473 million (‚ÇΩ30 billion rubles), as reported by the Moscow business daily Vedomosti, citing Alexander\'s lawyer Fedor Kupriyanov. Their extradition is also sought. Dmitry\'s lawyer Elena Kupriyanova says the defendants consider themselves \"not guilty.\" Successful convictions could lead to prison sentences of up to ten years.

RT (2020-01-30). \'Found guilty of quoting Shakespeare by woke snowflakes\': Twitter triggered after TV presenter resigns over \'angry ape\' race row. rt.com A British TV news presenter caught up in an online race row with a black man after quoting Shakespeare at him has apologized and resigned from his role, prompting anger on Twitter from those saying he has nothing to apologize for.

RT (2020-01-30). Russia's Ministry of Health names three drugs that can treat new Chinese coronavirus. rt.com While experts across the world search for a vaccine to tackle the dangerous new infection, Russian health bosses have identified a trio of existing medicines to combat 2019-nCoV in adults. | The new coronavirus can be fought with ribavirin, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon beta-1b, they believe. These drugs are typically used to treat hepatitis C, HIV and multiple sclerosis respectively. | The Ministry of Health advisory not only offers recommendations, but also describes how the treatments work and in what quantities they should be prescribed. The guidelines are intended for doctors in hospitals throughout…

RT (2020-01-30). Israeli woman convicted of drug trafficking but pardoned by Putin walks free from Russian prison. rt.com Originally facing over seven years behind bars for the illegal possession of drugs, Naama Issachar is going home after President Vladimir Putin pardoned her ahead of a visit by the Israeli premier. | Issachar was officially released from a Russian prison earlier on Thursday, Russia\'s Federal Prison Service (FSIN) confirmed. The woman is returning to Israel on the plane of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was on a brief visit to Moscow, her lawyer said. | Netanyahu and his wife personally greeted the released woman and her mother before escorting them to the plane. | ‚ù§Ô&p…

Alexander Rubinstein (2020-01-30). Anti-Trump-themed \'Immigrant Food\' restaurant owned by lobbyists for right-wing Latin American coup leaders who fueled migration crisis. thegrayzone.com The shocking story of how a couple of wealthy Latin American regime-change hitmen exploited immigration rights, international food, and a…

Staff (2020-01-30). Mexico\'s \"Progressive President\" Sends National Guard to Teargas Immigrants. truthout.org More than a year after the last migrant caravan left Central America, thousands of Central Americans gathered again in Honduras and started their journey to the United States on Jan 15. Back in

Staff (2020-01-30). Most Schools Stifle Indigenous Youth. Standing Rock Offered a Different Vision. truthout.org \"The camps at Standing Rock produced an environment substantially and holistically more supportive for Native youth,\" writes activist Sarah Sunshine Manning. In this excerpt from her essay, which is a part of the collection Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement, the actualization of self and community that sprang from the Oceti Sakowin camps speaks to how Western education fails to meet the needs of Indigenous youth. | In early August 2016, tribal nations throughout N…

Anya Parampil (2020-01-30). Social media giants disappear popular Iranian & Venezuelan accounts. thegrayzone.com Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks with Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. Professor Marandi\'s Facebook and Instagram…

WSWS (2020-01-30). ITV documentary reveals conditions in prison holding WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. wsws.org Despite going unmentioned, Assange\'s deteriorating health and the concerns of independent medical professionals about his effective solitary confinement in the health care unit hung silently over the programme.

WSWS (2020-01-30). Edward Snowden warns that Assange and Greenwald prosecutions mark new stage in assault on press freedom. wsws.org The NSA whistleblower wrote: \"The most essential journalism of every era is precisely that which a government attempts to silence. These prosecutions demonstrate that they are ready to stop the presses—if they can.\"

WSWS (2020-01-30). How Canada\'s corporate media smeared WikiLeaks publisher and journalist Julian Assange. wsws.org Canada\'s leading media outlets have vilified Assange, while bemoaning the impact of WikiLeaks\' exposures on the global interests of American and Canadian imperialism.

orion the elder (2020-01-30). Gracias Chelsea Manning & Julian Assange for Exposing Bush\'s War Crimes. indybay.org Fruitvale and MacArthur oakland 94602…

The Canary (2020-01-29). Jeremy Corbyn slams Donald Trump\'s so-called \'peace plan\' for Palestine. thecanary.co Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned Donald Trump\'s Middle East peace plan would \"lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation\" and deny Palestinian people their fundamental rights. He added that Britain must tell the US they are \"wrong\" on the issue.Boris Johnson, meanwhile, provided encouragement to the proposal which would leave sizeable areas of the occupied West Bank in Israeli hands.Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has dismissed Trump\'s plan as a \"conspiracy deal\".Speaking at Prime Minister\'s Questions, Corbyn said of the US president\'s idea: It will annex Palestinian territory, lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation…

RT (2020-01-29). Crucial Pakistan-Afghan border crossing closed after reported rocket attack. rt.com The Torkham border crossing, one of the principle land connections between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been shut down for all traffic. It comes after a reported rocket attack from the Afghan side. | The road passing by Torkham leads to the Afghan capital, Kabul through Jalalabad. On the Pakistani side, the crossing is connected to the capital, Islamabad through Peshawar. Torkham was temporarily shut down by the Pakistani authorities on Wednesday, with officials citing security concerns, according to media reports. The closure was said to be prompted by a rocket attack at the checkpoint, which left two Pakist…

RT (2020-01-29). Firework 'attack' on Man United chief Woodward\'s home shows disturbing level of disgust from fans at breaking point. rt.com A group of alleged Manchester United fans threw fireworks at the house of executive vice chairman Ed Woodward\'s home, revealing a disturbing side of fans\' disgust at the shambolic running of the club by its board members. | Hooded figures can be seen in footage that has circulated the internet throwing fireworks and flares at the Cheshire home of Woodward, who lives in the property with his wife and two young daughters. It is understood that no one was at the time of the attack. | A portion of Manchester United fans have recently voiced their resentment at the club\'s handling by members of its hierarchy, whom…

Jefferson Morley (2020-01-29). Weakest Link: Impeachment and National Security. counterpunch.org In the summer of 2016 President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump didn\'t agree about much, except for one obscure issue of U.S. foreign policy: lethal military aid to Ukraine. As commander in chief, Obama objected to such assistance, even in the face of a Russian proxy war. So did candidate Trump. On

Staff (2020-01-29). Mehdi Hasan: Trump\'s Middle East Plan Is a Policy of Apartheid & Settler Colonialism. democracynow.org We continue our discussion of President Trump\'s long-awaited Middle East plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he has described as the \"deal of the century.\" The plan was drafted by Trump\'s son-in-law Jared Kushner without any input from Palestinians and would give Israel sovereignty over large areas of the occupied West Bank, control over all of Jerusalem, and keep all illegal settlements built in the occupied West Bank. We speak with Mehdi Hasan, senior columnist at The Intercept, and Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University. Khalidi\'s latest book is…

The Canary (2020-01-29). 1973 v 2020: How life has changed since the UK entered the EEC. thecanary.co The UK joined the then European Economic Community (EEC) in January 1973, with Conservative prime minister Edward Heath at the helm.The UK\'s entry brought EEC membership to nine.In 2020, there were 28 countries in the EU prior to the UK\'s departure.content.assets.pressassociation.io/2020/01/22215500/b2c65147-4043-41f0-9a8d-eec90e4b75b5.jpg?w=320 320w, content.assets.pressassociation.io/2020/…

RT (2020-01-29). \'We would be in World War Six by now\' if Bolton were still in the WH, says Trump in scathing tweets. rt.com US President Donald Trump has hit back at John Bolton, his former national security advisor, accusing him of writing a \"nasty & untrue\" book and saying the warmongering Republican could have led us into \"World War Six.\" | While Bolton has become something of a hero to Trump\'s critics thanks to leaks from his upcoming book \'The Room Where it Happened\', which seemingly confirm accusations that the president withheld foreign aid to Ukraine in the hopes they would investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, conservatives have begun to turn on the man, chief among them the president himself. | \"For a guy who could…

RT (2020-01-29). UN envoy urges halt to \'alarming military escalation\' in Yemen. rt.com The UN special envoy for Yemen has urged a halt to the \"alarming military escalation\" in fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi Shiite rebels. Martin Griffiths warned the UN Security Council at a closed meeting that the recent drastic escalation jeopardizes progress made by the warring parties in de-escalating the conflict, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday. | Less than two weeks ago, Griffiths reported to the council on a major reduction in military operations and other initiatives, AP reported. He expressed hope at the time that this would lead to talks between the governme…

Staff (2020-01-29). \"Yet Another Declaration of War on Palestinians\": Rashid Khalidi on Trump\'s Middle East \"Peace\" Plan. democracynow.org Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to annex about 30% of the occupied West Bank, after Israel was given the green light to do so by the United States. On Tuesday, President Trump — with Netanyahu by his side — unveiled a so-called Middle East peace plan that was drafted by Trump\'s son-in-law Jared Kushner without any input from Palestinians. Under the plan, Israel will gain sovereignty over large areas of the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem would be under total Israeli control, and all Jewish settlers in the occupied territory will be allowed to remain in their homes. The plan…

Roger D. Harris (2020-01-29). The Liberal Establishment is Already Warning Third Parties Not to Ruin the 2020 Election. mintpressnews.com Prominent liberal personalities, including Noam Chomsky, issued an open letter imploring third parties to \"remove themselves as a factor\" in the 2020 presidential election to \"benefit all humanity and a good part of the biosphere.\"

RT (2020-01-29). India calls for 2-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian issue as Trump unveils his plan. rt.com India on Wednesday called for a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian issue after US President Donald Trump unveiled his plan. | \"India has been consistently supportive of the Palestinian cause,\" Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. | \"We reiterate our view that final status issues should be resolved through direct negotiations between the two parties and be acceptable to both,\" ANI quoted him as saying. | \"We urge the parties to engage with each other, including on the recent proposals put forward by the US, and find an acceptable two-state solution for peac…

RT (2020-01-29). Indian PM Modi says it would take Indian Army 10 days max to \'make Pakistan bite dust\'. rt.com Indian PM Narendra Modi says the Indian military could take down neighboring Pakistan within a week — 10 days at most. Both regional rivals are nuclear-armed powers. | Speaking at the National Cadet Corps Rally in Delhi on Tuesday, Modi lamented the \"inaction\" of his predecessors who were reluctant to use military force against Pakistan. He said that even when India\'s top brass \"asked for action,\" the political leadership \"would not go ahead,\" but instead conducted what he called \"a proxy war\" with Pakistan as a law and order issue, rather than one requiring a military solution. The prime minister said h…

RT (2020-01-29). Blaze rips through Lagos street market as traders race against time to save their goods (PHOTOS, VIDEOS). rt.com Footage of a blaze at a popular market on Lagos Island has surfaced on social media; it reportedly shows desperate traders flinging their goods off balconies as the inferno races towards them. | The fire started early Wednesday morning in the Anambra Plaza at Balogun market, a section of the market on the island. The incident comes just two months after another blaze ripped through the marketplace, destroying goods worth thousands of dollars. | The cause of Wednesday\'s fire has yet to be established but bewildered eyewitnesses have already taken to social media to complain about the slow response by emergency…

RT (2020-01-29). United Airlines, British Airways & other carriers suspend flights to China in bid to halt coronavirus spread. rt.com Major airlines across the world have suspended travel in and out of China in an attempt to stem the rapid spread of the deadly new coronavirus strain which has killed more than 130 people since the outbreak started last month. | United Airlines has cancelled 24 round trips with destinations in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong between February 1 and February 8, due to \"significant decline in demand for travel to China,\" the company said on Tuesday. The airline had previously introduced additional health screenings for passengers flying in and out of China. Separately, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi…

RT (2020-01-29). Trump\'s \'deal of the century\' is about ignoring Palestinian rights & legitimizing Israel\'s occupation — Turkish President Erdogan. rt.com Turkey\'s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blasted a plan for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict presented by Donald Trump, saying the proposal is a blatant attempt to \'legitimize Israel\'s occupation\' of Palestinian territories. | Erdogan, a long-time critic of Israeli policies, lashed out at the US-proposed roadmap in a Wednesday interview with journalists who were accompanying him on his return from a three-country visit to Africa. | \"This is the plan to ignore the Palestinians\' rights and legitimize Israel\'s occupation,\" Erdogan said, as quoted by Anadolu Agency. | The remark is in line with criticisms vo…

RT (2020-01-29). WATCH: Stranded Chinese passengers applaud as plane reroutes to quarantined Wuhan. rt.com The crew of a Juneyao Airlines flight from Osaka to Shanghai volunteered to take stranded tourists directly to quarantined Wuhan after seeking special dispensation from Chinese authorities in an incredible display of solidarity. | Flight HO1340 was scheduled to depart at 7: 55pm local time from Osaka in Japan and land at its destination, Shanghai at approximately 9: 30pm. However, at the request of tourists on board, the airline sought, and received, permission to reroute in China\'s airspace and make a detour to Wuhan. | The 11 crew all volunteered to operate the flight while wearing masks, goggles, and gloves.

RT (2020-01-29). Chinese pharmacy to pay $430,000 fine after it hikes face mask price by SIX TIMES as coronavirus spread overshadows SARS. rt.com A drug store in Beijing will have to pay a hefty fine after it apparently tried to cash in on the coronavirus outbreak, hiking the price of an essential protective mask by about six times, China\'s market watchdog has said. | Beijing Jimin Kangtai Pharmacy was caught red-handed by a municipal market regulator, which launched a crackdown on the shady practice in which businesses attempt to make a quick buck by selling overpriced protective gear as residents flock to the stores to stockpile surgical masks and other essentials. | The watchdog said Wednesday it has looked into 31 suspected cases of the practice sin…

RT (2020-01-29). Kazakhstan suspends all passenger transportation links with China over virus outbreak. rt.com Kazakhstan is suspending all forms of passenger travel to and from neighboring China, the Central Asian nation\'s government said on Wednesday. The statement came as an outbreak of a new coronavirus continued to widen. | The government has also suspended the issuance of visas to Chinese citizens, Reuters reported. | Bus routes to and from China have already been halted, while passenger train movement will stop on February 1 and all flights will be suspended from February 3, according to the government. | Kazakhstan has registered no cases of the new virus. However, authorities have isolated dozens of people wit…

RT (2020-01-29). Putin tells Russia\'s government to \'be prepared\' as new coronavirus goes global. rt.com As infections spread worldwide, Vladimir Putin has called on Russian officials to do all they can to prevent the spread of the new Chinese coronavirus in Russia. | The Russian president emphasized the goal must be to minimize human losses. So far, the number of confirmed cases in Russia remains at zero, but given the length of the country\'s border with China and the extent of bilateral trade, it\'s considered only a matter of time before the virus appears. | Following a meeting of officials, Putin said \"regarding the new coronavirus… the question is how ready we are for this challenge,\" while emphasizing that…

RT (2020-01-29). UAE\'s Health Ministry confirms 1st cases of new Chinese virus in Mideast. rt.com The Health and Prevention Ministry of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday confirmed the first cases in the Mideast of the new Chinese virus that causes flu-like symptoms. | The state-run WAM news agency said doctors were now treating a family that had just come from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak. It wasn\'t immediately clear how the family left Wuhan and made it all the way to the UAE, AP said. | China shut down Wuhan\'s airport and other transportation in the city last Thursday to stop the spread of the virus. The lockdown has since expanded to include 17 cities, encompassing more t…

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2020-01-29). Climate change, the Green New Deal, and the struggle for climate justice. mronline.org Most calls for a Green New Deal correctly emphasize that it must include a meaningful commitment to climate justice. That is because climate change—for reasons of racism and capitalist profit-making—disproportionately punishes frontline communities, especially communities of color and low-income. |

Eds. (2020-01-29). Long shaped by fire, Australia enters a perilous new era. mronline.org Australia has always been a dry continent where fire has played an important ecological role. But the latest massive conflagrations there are evidence that a hotter climate has thrust Australia into a new normal where fires will keep burning on an unprecedented scale. |

RT (2020-01-29). Putin pardons drug-trafficking Israeli woman ahead of Netanyahu\'s visit to Moscow. rt.com Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned Naama Issachar, an Israeli woman convicted on drug trafficking charges in Russia, citing \"humanitarian reasons.\" Issachar is expected to return to Israel shortly. | The decision to pardon Issachar came ahead of a visit by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is set to meet Putin in Moscow on Thursday. According to media reports, Netanyahu is expected to bring the woman back home on his plane after his visit to Russia concludes. | Issachar, a 26-year-old Israeli-American citizen, was nabbed by Russian law enforcement in April 2019 in the transit zone of Moscow\'s Shere…

RT (2020-01-29). Russian military blasts Pompeo\'s \'hypocritical concern\' over \'attack on Idlib\'s innocent civilians\'. rt.com The Russian Defense Ministry says it is not surprised by the \'hypocrisy\' of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who voiced \'concern\' over what he said was a \"large-scale offensive against Idlib\'s innocent civilians\" by Moscow and Damascus. | The US Department of State has never publicly supported Russia\'s active fight against international terrorism in Syria, the official representative of the Russian ministry Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. The State Department \"preaches and voices its concern about the alleged suffering of civilians only when terrorists suffer a crushing defeat and Syrian citizens are fina…

RT (2020-01-29). Former Moscow Police officers arrested over framing of Russian journalist Ivan Golunov. rt.com Last summer, his detention on bogus drug charges rocked the world of Russian media, leading to an unprecedented show of journalistic unity. | Now, investigators have detained five ex-police officers who are accused of fabricating the case against Ivan Golunov, a reporter for Riga-based online publication Meduza. | The former members of the Moscow Police\'s drug trafficking control department are currently being interrogated, according to Svetlana Petrenko, the official representative of Russia\'s Investigative Committee. The detainees were removed from their posts last July in the immediate fallout from the cont…

Peter Cohen (2020-01-29). How to Survive this Election. counterpunch.org Having closely followed the 2016 Election, from the clear signs of manipulation and potential fraud in the earliest Primaries to the finger-pointing and hysteria over alleged Russian \"election hacking\" after one of the most unpopular US Presidential candidates in History beat another of the most unpopular of the US Presidential candidates in History, I resolved

Staff (2020-01-29). Syrian Troops Capture Key Town in Rebel-Held Idlib Province. truthdig.com DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces captured one of the largest and most strategic rebel-held towns in the country\'s northwest, the Syrian military and opposition activists said Wednesday, part of a Russian-backed military assault that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people fleeing to safer areas. | The town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib province, which had been in rebel hands since 2012, sits on the highway linking Damascus with Aleppo and is considered critical to President Bashar Assad\'s forces. The town is now largely empty as a result of intense bombardment in recent weeks. | Its capture is…

RT (2020-01-29). \'Deal of the century\': What\'s in Trump\'s peace plan for Israel and Palestine. rt.com The proposal for peace in the Middle East unveiled by US President Donald Trump envisions the conditions under which a Palestinian state might be recognized. RT delves into the 180-page \'deal of the century\' to see what\'s inside. | The \"Vision for Peace, Prosperity and a Brighter Future\" bills itself as \"the best, most realistic and most achievable outcome for the parties\" right from the start. It says that the 700 or so UN General Assembly resolutions and 100-plus Security Council resolutions have failed to bring peace, while the 1993 Oslo Accords left too many key issues unresolved, \"including, among other i…

RT (2020-01-29). Palestinian anger over Trump\'s \'deal of the century\' met with Israeli tear gas & rubber bullets in West Bank. rt.com Injuries have been reported as Palestinian protesters face Israeli security troops in the West Bank in non-stop protests after Donald Trump announced his peace plan for the region. | Scores of protesters flooded the streets in different parts of the West Bank, demonstrating against a US-proposed plan that they expect to lead to annexation of much of Palestinian land. | | A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. ©REUTERS / Mussa Qawasma | In Bethlehem, protesters have been throwing stones at Israeli fo…

RT (2020-01-29). Yemen\'s Houthi rebels say they attacked Saudi oil giant Aramco, airport & other \'sensitive\' targets. rt.com A military base and a facility of Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco were targeted in the latest attacks, Yemen\'s Houthi militants claimed. Aramco has so far kept silent on the reports. | The militants took aim at sites located in the southern Saudi province of Jizan, the Houthi spokesman said in a televised speech on Wednesday. Apart from that, the group claimed it targeted airports of Abha and Jizan, a military base, and other \"sensitive\" targets on Saudi soil. | \"A large number of rockets and drones\" were used during the strike, it has been claimed. Riyadh has remained silent on the matter, while Aramco decline…

Mark Gruenberg (2020-01-29). SEIU\'s Henry demands Senate impeachment trial call witnesses. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —In her second comment on the Senate impeachment trial of GOP President Donald Trump, Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry is demanding lawmakers call live witnesses to ensure a fair trial. And those senators who don\'t want witnesses, she adds, are \"playing political games with issues serious for our democracy and the sanctity of …

Staff (2020-01-29). Mehdi Hasan: The Impeachment Trial Has Been a Farce Since Day One Filled with GOP Lies. democracynow.org At the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told fellow Republican senators in a private meeting Tuesday that he does not yet have enough votes to block Democrats from calling impeachment witnesses. Democrats have pushed for former national security adviser John Bolton to testify. On Sunday night, The New York Times published details about a draft of Bolton\'s forthcoming book, in which he claims Trump personally told him in August he wanted to maintain a freeze on $391 million in military aid to Ukraine until Ukraine turned over materials related to former Vice Presi…

Ron Jacobs (2020-01-29). The Swamp That Trump Built. counterpunch.org My favorite line from the Trumpist defense of their boss so far is from attorney Jay Sekulow. As the opening argument wound down, he told the Senate and whomever else was listening that \"justice demands\" the articles of impeachment against Trump \"must be rejected.\" There were a lot of things going on in the defense\'s

John Wojcik (2020-01-29). Trump impeachment trial enters a new phase. peoplesworld.org Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET the question-and-answer phase of the Senate\'s impeachment trial of Trump began with senators given 16 hours over two days to ask questions of the impeachment managers and the TV lawyers defending the president. It\'s not a normal type of questioning you see in a regular trial. Each senator has a …

RT (2020-01-29). RT correspondent seriously injured by blast while filming jihadists\' ammo depot in Syria. rt.com Wafa Shabrouney, a correspondent of RT Arabic, has been injured while on assignment in northwestern Syria. A shell left behind by militant fighters exploded while she and her crew were nearby. | The incident happened in Maarat al-Numan, a Syrian city located some 33km south of Idlib, the capital of the last major stronghold of jihadist forces in northwestern Syria. Shabrouney and her crew were covering the aftermath of the takeover of the city by Damascus in the last several days. | According to her cameraman, they went to an ammo depot left behind by retreating militants. A shell accidentally detonated nea…

John Kendall Hawkins (2020-01-29). Soviet Hippies: The Grass is Greener on the Other Side. counterpunch.org Astmatol : a spasmolytic agent used as a powder or in cigarettes. Astmatol is made of one part henbane leaves, two parts belladonna leaves, six parts Datura leaves, one part sodium nitrate, and three parts water. It is used in cases of bronchial asthma. Smoke is inhaled from the astmatol as it burns. — The

RT (2020-01-29). Boeing reports first annual loss in over two decades as 737 MAX crisis drags on. rt.com Rising costs from the grounding of its once-bestselling 737 MAX jets have left US aerospace giant Boeing with its first annual loss in net revenue since 1997. | The American plane manufacturer lost $636 million in 2019, after a disappointing fourth quarter which saw a loss of $2.33 per share, the company announced on Wednesday. The annual loss is dramatic compared to Boeing\'s results last year, when it posted a profit of $10.46 billion. | The aviation giant said that the financial results were \"significantly impacted by the 737 MAX grounding.\" Boeing is still struggling to recover from reputational damage afte…

RT (2020-01-29). Valentino Rossi to retire? MotoGP legend to decide on his future after Yamaha signs Fabio Quartararo as his replacement for 2021. rt.com MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will make a decision on his retirement from the sport this coming season after the factory Yamaha team announced French rider Fabio Quartararo will replace the Italian superstar in the team from 2021. | French ace Quartararo has impressed for the satellite Petronas Yamaha team so far in his career at the top level of motorcycle racing, and his displays have earned him a full factory ride alongside Rossi\'s Spanish teammate Maverick Vinales in 2021. But that comes at the expense of Rossi, who is considered by many to be the greatest man to ever race on two wheels. | Now 40, Rossi wi…

RT (2020-01-29). Ex-president Poroshenko investigated in Ukraine over embezzlement, allegedly stealing US aid. rt.com Ukraine\'s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has opened a probe against former president, Petro Poroshenko, who is suspected of abuse of power, embezzlement \"on a grand scale\" and allegedly stealing US aid funds. | The case against the ex-president was opened following a complaint by a group of Ukrainian MPs and the nation\'s High Anti-Corruption Court demanding the authorities investigate embezzlement and misappropriation of the foreign financial aid at the time of Poroshenko\'s term in office, a Ukrainian MP Renat Kuzmin said in a Facebook post. | Kuzmin, a member of the Opposition Platform — For Live par…

RT (2020-01-29). Oil prices rise on surprise crude draw. rt.com The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated on Tuesday a surprise large crude oil inventory draw of 4.27 million barrels for the week ending January 24, compared to analyst expectations of a 482,000-barrel build in inventory. | Last week saw a build in crude oil inventories of 1.57 million barrels, according to API data. The EIA\'s estimates, however, were of a draw of 400,000 barrels for that week. | Oil prices were up earlier in the day prior to the afternoon data release, ending a five day price slide as fears of oil demand destruction at the hands of the deadly Coronavirus gripped the oil markets. Even…

Alan Macleod (2020-01-29). US Announces Three New Bases in Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal. mintpressnews.com The three sites chosen for the news bases, Erbin, Sulimania and Halabja are all extremely close to Iran, with Halabja just eight miles from its border.

Oliver Vargas (2020-01-29). Meet the Candidates Taking on Bolivia\'s US-Backed Right Wing Government. mintpressnews.com Bolivian journalist Oliver Vargas takes an in-depth look at the candidates taking on the interim right-wing government of Jeanine Anez in Bolivia\'s upcoming elections and the many challenges they face.

RT (2020-01-29). Iraqi president gives MPs 3 days to name new PM amid protests. rt.com President Barham Saleh threatened on Wednesday to unilaterally name a successor to Iraq\'s premier, who resigned in December, if parliament did not nominate a candidate within three days. | \"If the concerned blocs are unable to resolve the nomination issue by no later than Saturday, February 1… I see an obligation to exercise my constitutional powers by tasking whomever I find most acceptable to parliament and the people,\" Saleh wrote in a letter, according to AFP. | PM Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned in December after two months of deadly protests against his government, but he has stayed on in a caretaker role, a…

WSWS (2020-01-29). US Supreme Court approves public charge rule directed against legal immigrants. wsws.org The highly contested rule, which was announced last August, altered existing immigration law to allow the administration to deny visas to legal immigrants who it claims would rely on the government\'s assistance.

Myles Hoenig (2020-01-29). Why the Green Party isn\'t the Problem. counterpunch.org I just read the open letter by Noam Chomsky, Bill Fletcher, Barbara Ehrenreich, Kathy Kelly, Ron Daniels, Leslie Cagan, Norman Solomon, Cynthia Peters, and Michael Albert calling on the Green Party not to run a candidate this year. The authors above utilize so many clichés that it\'s getting beyond ridiculous and frighteningly dangerous. This is

Aaron Maté (2020-01-29). Trump\'s fake \'peace plan\' is permanent apartheid for Palestine. thegrayzone.com Attorney, professor, and author Noura Erakat on Trump\'s \"deal of the century\": a call for permanent apartheid in Palestine. President…

Sheena Anne Arackal (2020-01-29). The \'Deal of the Century\' Is Apartheid. globalresearch.ca With great fanfare, President Trump finally unveiled his long-anticipated Middle East peace proposal. The proposal was labeled \'The Deal of the Century\' because it was supposed to offer an even-handed and just solution to one of the world\'s most intractable …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-29). Trump Regime\'s Criminal \"Deal of the Century\": Breaking Palestine, Endorsing \"Greater Israel\"? globalresearch.ca US/Israeli policy is hardwired against regional peace and stability. | From what\'s known about Trump\'s deal of the century ahead of its reported Tuesday unveiling at the White House, it fulfills an Israeli wish list at the expense of fundamental Palestinian …

CJPME (2020-01-29). Trump\'s Farcical Mideast \"Peace Deal\" Ignores International Law. Green Light to Israeli Annexation of Palestine? globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is highly critical of the Mideast Peace Plan announced by US President Donald Trump today — one that CJPME considers preposterous. The plan was done without the participation of the …

David Hearst (2020-01-29). Done Deal: How the Peace Process Sold Out the Palestinians. globalresearch.ca In November 2016, fresh off his electoral win, US President-elect Donald Trump boasted of his intention to end the Israel-Palestine conflict by striking what he called the \"ultimate deal\". | Calling it \"the war that never ends,\" Trump told