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2024-08-14: News Headlines
(2024-08-14). U.S., U.K. and German ambassadors to Israel call for Gaza cease-fire, hostage deal. haaretz.com Netanyahu meets with hostage deal negotiating team ahead of Qatar summit ‚ñ Five Palestinians killed in Israeli raids, strike in West Bank; four soldiers wounded by explosive device during operation ‚ñ U.S. envoy in Beirut says Israel-Hezbollah escalation is avoidable ‚ñ Two rockets fall in Kiryat Shmona, in northern Israel, without alarms; property damaged ‚ñ 14 arrested at ultra-Orthodox protests against IDF conscription…
(2024-08-14). U.S., U.K. and German ambassadors to Israel call for Gaza cease-fire, hostage deal. haaretz.com Netanyahu meets with hostage deal negotiating team ahead of Qatar summit ‚ñ Five Palestinians killed in Israeli raids, strike in West Bank ‚ñ U.S. envoy in Beirut says Israel-Hezbollah escalation is avoidable ‚ñ Two rockets fall in Kiryat Shmona, in northern Israel, without alarms; property damaged ‚ñ 14 arrested at ultra-Orthodox protests against IDF conscription…
(2024-08-14). Over 1,000 arrested following UK disorder: police. geo.tv An anti-immigration protester is detained by police officers, in Newcastle, Britain August 10, 2024. —ReutersRiots started following death of three girls in stabbing. Judiciary is moving through cases and handing down sentences. At least 575 people have been charge.
2024-08-11: News Headlines
(2024-08-11). New Zealand Coach Reflects After Historic Defeat to Argentina. devdiscourse.com New Zealand coach Scott Robertson vowed to reflect deeply on what could have been done differently after the All Blacks were upset 38-30 by Argentina in the Rugby Championship opener at Wellington Regional Stadium.
(2024-08-11). The Hidden Forces Behind The UK Race Riots. popularresistance.org Ever since July 29, Britain has been plunged into crisis, with incendiary far-right riots sending towns and cities across the country spiraling into states of emergency. Vast mobs of armed, angry thugs, motivated by racist, Islamophobic animus, have vandalized homes, property and places of worship, violently clashed with police, and targeted hotels housing refugees with arson attacks in apparent stabs at mass murder. Hundreds of arrests have been made, and counter-protesters have taken to the streets in profusion to counter the upsurge of hatred. | Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged those responsible will fa…
(2024-08-10). Nigerian security forces attack, arrest journalists covering protests. premiumtimesng.com
(2024-08-10). EACOP Protest: Police arrest 47 University students. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested 47 students from different Universities in a foiled Anti-EACOP protest. They were marching to Parliament and NEMA. The protestors, from Kyambogo, Makerere and Kampala International Universities, who had gathered at Wampewo Avenue, were surrounded before marching to parliament this afternoon. These, carrying placards and wearing t-shirts with protest …
2024-08-09: News Headlines
(2024-08-09). Newly released video shows chaos and confusion after Trump assassination attempt. whyy.org Newly released body camera video reveals the chaotic law enforcement response to the The footage obtained by NPR shows what was seen by the local officer who encountered the gunman moments before the shooter opened fire at the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. | The video shows the officer's point of view as he runs toward the building where the gunman had taken position on the roof. A fellow officer hoists him up, and the officer peeks over the roof. | The encounter last…
(2024-08-09). Mainstream Media's Leading Warmonger: NYT Columnist Bret Stephens. counterpunch.org The New York Times has always favored Israel in its editorial writings, but no Times' columnist compares to Bret Stephens, whose writings are chauvinistic and bellicose., Stephens, a former editor of the Jerusalem Post and a supporter of all Israeli policies, left the Wall Street Journal to join the Times in 2017 because he believed Israel was not getting a fair hearing in the mainstream media. In doing so, he joined other Jewish columnists at the Times (Thomas Friedman, David Brooks, Paul Krugman, and Roger Cohen). However, these men brought some objectivity to America's Israel problem. Stephens has no limits in…
(2024-08-09). "Tear Gas Tim" – Tim Walz's executive orders to repress the George Floyd Uprising. indybay.org
(2024-08-09). New York police arrest journalist on "hate crime" charges for filming anti-genocide protest. wsws.org The NYPD has arrested videographer Samuel Seligson on trumped charges of hate crimes for filming the graffitiing of the homes of pro-genocide members of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Museum.
(2024-08-09). Journalist Faces Hate Crime Charge for Allegedly Filming Gaza Protest Action. truthout.org Press freedom groups are raising alarm after New York police arrested and charged videographer Samuel Seligson for allegedly filming pro-Palestinian activists hurling red paint at the homes of top officials of the Brooklyn Museum, part of a campaign by activists demanding the institution divest from Israel. Seligson faces eight counts of criminal mischief with a hate crime enhancement… |
(2024-08-09). Hadera police chief, under investigation for assault, also suspected of obstructing probe. haaretz.com Justice Ministry investigators say Chief Superintendent Amit Pollak, who was questioned this week for violent arrest of elderly protesters outside Netanyahu's home in April, also lied about a broken cellpone…
(2024-08-09). 'What's Good For The Goose…'. popularresistance.org The head of the government said, 'This is violence, it is not protest'(1) and signaled that he had lost patience with "the far-right thugs" who caused civil unrest around the country. He said they were not peaceful protesters but demonstrating pure violence…and that they would have a standing army of specialist public duty officers…to deal with this where we need them.(2) | Furthermore, the government leader said they would "ramp up criminal justice. There have already been hundreds of arrests, some have appeared in court this morning…I have asked for early consideration of the earliest naming and identific…
(2024-08-09). Outrage as NYPD Arrests Cello-Playing Grandfather at Citibank Climate Protest. scheerpost.com NYPD in riot gear. Photo from Wikimedia Commons by Anthony Quintano on June 7, 2020. | By Brett Wilkins / Climate campaigners expressed incredulous outrage Thursday following the arrest of a 63-year-old
(2024-08-09). Trump and Harris agree on debate showdown in September. geo.tv A combination picture shows Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. — Reuters
(2024-08-09). NYPD arrests cello-playing grandfather at Citibank climate protest, igniting outrage over targeting of activists. nationofchange.org Rozendaal, a grandfather and long-time member of Extinction Rebellion, was performing Bach's "Suites for Cello" outside Citibank's headquarters in Lower Manhattan as part of a broader "Summer of Heat on Wall Street" campaign.
(2024-08-09). Nigerian security forces attack, arrest journalists covering protests. premiumtimesng.com