@Down South | May 19 2021 18:24 utc | 2
We are an occupied country now.

Posted by: Norwegian | May 19 2021 18:37 utc | 3

The Warsaw Pact is now NATO I read this somewhere, and I thought it was a very succinct way of describing the current situation. You would never know this if all you heard was the ranting of likes of Jack Keane. You could be forgiven for believing that we in the U.S. are digging anti-tank ditches.
If the U.S. accuses someone else of it, we are doing it. We are surrounding and choking Russia with hostile countries.
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Nord stream 2 and ‘weak Biden’ I’ve been reading a flurry of articles and watching commentary about how weak Biden is for signing waivers to let the Russia complete this while canceling the Keystone pipeline. He is giving a gift to Putin and his evil sidekick, Iran.
I just love this tone. It’s as if the U.S. has as much authority over Europe as it does the Mississippi valley. That’s right naives, all must come before the throne room of DC and beg before you can have your infrastructure projects approved regardless of where they are located or how they are funded. We in the U.S. are masters of the Universe.

Posted by: Christian J. Chuba | May 19 2021 18:49 utc | 5

@ Blackhat | May 19 2021 18:51 utc | 6
“As for the money-nobody really knows where it really went.”
If you are right about the perpetrators, my guess would be that it went into the black-ops fund, two birds one stone.

Posted by: MarkU | May 19 2021 19:04 utc | 7

@ 6 blackhat.. i have become so used to false flags, i am going to be shocked when a real flag happens!

Posted by: james | May 19 2021 19:08 utc | 9

Norman Finkelstein delivers an overview of the situation in Gaza and rebuts common anti-Palestinian myths:
Norm Finkelstein Destroys Pro-Israel Talking Points (1h 35m, The Katie Halper Show)
I’ve typed out the first 10 minutes of the interview:

Katie Halper: We would like to talk to you, Norman, about Gaza. Can you just tell people kind of the basics of what Gaza is, how it came to be what it is today and what we’re seeing today?
Norman Finkelstein: I’ll try to be as succinct as possible.
Gaza and the West Bank are the two areas that did not come under Israeli control after the 1947–49 war. The rest of Palestine became the state of Israel. The two exceptions—the West Bank and Gaza, the West Bank including East Jerusalem.
The basic facts to know about Gaza, as you contemplate what’s unfolding now, the basic facts are these. Number one: Gaza is overwhelmingly a child population. The total population is about 2.1 million people. Of those 2.1 million, a little more than half are children under the age of 18. Number two: 70% of Gaza comprises refugees or descendants of refugees, who are under international law also classified as refugees—the descendants. So we’re talking about an overwhelmingly refugee population and a majority children population.
Gaza has undergone many devastating assaults by Israel, but we’ll leave the murderous assaults aside for the moment and just look at the picture as it stands now in terms of what you might call the socioeconomic dimension of Gaza.
So, Gaza under international law remains an occupied territory. Israel withdrew its settlements from Gaza in 2005. However, it didn’t withdraw its troops, it redeployed them along the perimeter of Gaza. And nobody can go in, nobody can go out, no merchandise can go in or go out, the territorial waters, the airspace, the population registry, the electricity, the internet—everything is controlled by Israel. That being the case, Gaza, as I said, is technically under international law still occupied by Israel.
In terms of the realities in Gaza right now, I’m going to simply use the shorthand expressions. The Human Rights Watch in its most recent report stated that Israel is committing crimes against humanity in Gaza. Now, when we say “crimes against humanity”, we have to be able to concretize that: what does it mean? So let’s try to give it some flesh.
In 2006, there were Palestinian parliamentary elections—January 2006. Among the observers was former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. He declared the elections that were held across the occupied territories—not just Gaza, the West Bank and including East Jerusalem—and he declared the elections fair and free. Unfortunately for Israel and the United States, HAMAS, the militant Palestinian organization, it won the elections. Immediately after it won the elections, the Israelis, followed by the U.S., followed by the EU, decided to punish the people of Gaza for electing the wrong government. And so that’s when the current blockade of Gaza began. That blockade was then tightened in 2007 when the U.S., Israel and some Palestinian factions acted in cahoots to try to overthrow the government in Gaza, and that coup attempt was preempted by the current government.
Now, since then there has been that blockade of Gaza, which, as I said, constitutes a crime against humanity, according to Human Rights Watch. A “crime against humanity” is—what it sounds like, that is—it’s a very high-ranking, if you can use that term, a very high-ranking crime under international law. What does it mean, again, concretely? It means, as Human Rights Watch and many others have said, it means Gaza is the largest open-air prison in the world. The people are trapped in Gaza.
Let me add another dimension to that prison. Gaza is among the most densely populated places on God’s earth. And the population is confined within an area of land—I was just thinking about it today—it’s 25 by 7 miles. What does that mean? The length of Gaza is a little bit less than a marathon. That’s literally the truth! The length of Gaza is a little bit less than a marathon: a marathon is 26.2 miles, Gaza is about 25 miles. I’ll use an example—because I tend to be sedentary, so my examples are very parochial—I live in Coney Island, from Coney Island to Grand Army Plaza library it’s about seven miles. So Gaza—the whole of Gaza—is less than a marathon in length and roughly the distance from Coney Island to Prospect Park or Grand Army Plaza, Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn. That is Gaza.
Now I want to just add two more points to that. First of all, what I should give you are some of the socioeconomic statistics. Half the population, as I said, is children. 96% of the water in Gaza is unfit for human consumption. 80% of the people of Gaza live on international humanitarian aid. 50% of the population of Gaza is unemployed. About 70% to 75% of the young people are unemployed. That’s Gaza.
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Posted by: S | May 19 2021 19:22 utc | 11

Posted by: abee | May 19 2021 19:21 utc | 10
In Whitney Webb’s World everything is due to Israel.

Posted by: v | May 19 2021 19:54 utc | 13

It is unlikely that you will see this news on CNN or BBC.
A book on the crimes of the international coalition in Syria was presented in Moscow. The book is called ‘Crimes of the US-led international coalition in Syria’. The study is based on interviews with over 200 Syrian citizens who witnessed the crimes of the international coalition. They reportedly allowed the authors to use their testimony in legal proceedings, including in international courts. The conference dedicated to the presentation of the book was attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Russian Federation, Riad Haddad.
The presented facts prove that the US-led coalition systematically destroyed Syrian hospitals, schools, markets, mosques, houses of civilians, which, according to international humanitarian law, qualifies as war crimes. Each of the facts is personalized with an accurate indication of the identity of the victim and the circumstances of the crime, and is also accompanied by their requests to use this evidence to appeal to national and international courts.
The book is available for reading online (so far only in Russian).
Btw, earlier, in February, an exhibition of the same name was held, which was visited by Sergey Naryshkin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation.

Posted by: alaff | May 19 2021 20:13 utc | 15

@v
Because Whitney Webb understands the real immense power that they (Israel)have in the US government. In fact I would say United States has been invaded & conquered by Israel. The Israelis definitely believe they have conquered and run the US, UK, Canada, Australia, France, Switzerland Germany and basically all of Europe and now UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Just listen to the Rabbis speak in Israel. Then you’ll understand.

Posted by: Piedpiper22 | May 19 2021 20:20 utc | 17

One more thing… MECHANISM of power & control expansions to capture resources and control points…
Is this a good overview of what happened in Ukraine? It discusses various power players, plans and ploys.
“Anyone who does not understand contemporary history as a chain of decisions and events and instead always takes only the end link of a long chain into account – will not understand anything at all.”
“We must cultivate among the Ukrainians a people whose consciousness is altered to such an extent, that they begin to hate everything Russian”. — Who said this & why?
The Dollar Empire is working towards neutralizing Russia through short term concessions. Russia has defined redlines and demanded no interferences with Nord Stream 2, Belarus, Syria & Ukraine (implementation of the Minsk agreement). Also, no NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia. Russia wants to develop Iran and Turkey as regional powers, and be the third power to that of the U$A and China. It will be interesting to see what happens next.

Posted by: Max | May 19 2021 20:35 utc | 19

If you want to see how much Israel has invaded and conquered USA:
“All of this became even clearer on Tuesday when President Biden reversed Trump’s blockage of the Russian natural gas pipeline. Axios’ Jonathan Swan reported that “the Biden administration will waive sanctions on the corporate entity and CEO overseeing the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany,” which “indicates the Biden administration is not willing to compromise its relationship with Germany over this pipeline.” Swan wrote what is clearly true: “the completion of Nord Stream 2 would be a huge geopolitical win for Putin and give him substantial new leverage in Europe.”
This “huge geopolitical win for Putin” is exactly what the Kremlin’s alleged asset in the White House spent years preventing and which Biden is now handing over.”
Biden did this on the order of Israel, so that Russian and Putin won’t stop Israel bombing the Palestinians to death.
Just watch.

Posted by: Old man of the sea | May 19 2021 20:46 utc | 21

@22 continued …
If true, (and it would be the same whether the request was coming from Germany, for instance), but it means the Biden admin has basically no agency whatsoever.

Posted by: ptb | May 19 2021 21:07 utc | 23

@ Old man of the sea | May 19 2021 20:46 utc | 22
One can’t blame everything on Israel. Yes, it is part of five eyes, more like SIX eyes.
Biden (JB) is building a coalition to challenge China. JB’s administration wants to neutralize Russia. Nord Stream 2 is an element of contention and by making a concession JB is making Germany and Russia happy. Agree, that its completion will be a “huge geopolitical win for Putin”. Let’s see when Nord Stream 2 becomes fully operational. Time will tell.
Russia’s main focus is De-Dollarization, stability in Russia and in its neighborhood.
China’s announcement about Bitcoin led to it dropping by 30%. What will China, Russia, Turkey and Iran announcement about the U$A dollar do to its value and the market? When will China become the #1 ECONOMY?
THE MOST DANGEROUS DECADE: 2018-2028

Posted by: Max | May 19 2021 21:16 utc | 25

Various comments re Colonial Pipeline
Colonial is owned by Charles Koch. No need to know more.
Also, Whitney Webb is both a Whitney and a Webb. They are both family names, ranking families. I read her too, she does write well, but unlimitedhangout defines what a limited hangout is. Until she starts giving away the money and giving away the family secrets it’s an influence operation and controlled opposition.

Posted by: oldhippie | May 19 2021 21:33 utc | 27

See how politicians around the world use ‘the two state solution’ mantra as an excuse to do nothing, ignore war crimes and international law ,this from the New Zealand PM on breakfast TV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OJEdjJ_7ZM
Here is a quote from Palestinian Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh on the ‘two state solution:
No colonial – anti-colonial struggle has ever ended in a “two-state solution”. It is fictional and the talk about it from the time that Ben Gurion proposed it over 100 years ago is merely (as Ben ‘Gurion himself stated on more than one occasion) intended for PR efforts (he even cited colonial treaties with native Americans which could be broken after consolidating powers). Colonial-Native struggles end in one of three scenarios: a) Algerian model (nearly 2 million killed, 1 million colonizers and their descendants left the country), b) genocide of natives (USA, Australia), c) coexistence in one country of descendants of colonizers and of native people (the rest of the world >140 countries). There is no fourth scenario. Palestine will not be an exception. It is the last struggle and prolonged only because of the resourcefulness and wealth of Zionists and the weakness of their victims with collusion of corrupt Arab leaders and western governments beholden to special interest lobbies. This explains Israel’s impunity from international law.’
Here is the full seven [short point] article for more context, this is well worth reading:
http://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2021/05/talking-points.html

Posted by: Paul | May 19 2021 21:46 utc | 29

We are an occupied country now.
Posted by: Norwegian | May 19 2021 18:37 utc | 3
When I was still living full time in the USSA, Netflix carried a Norwegian series called “Okkupert” or “Occupied” in English in which Norway was militarily occupied by another country. Unlikely to be surprising to any MoA regular, the occupier was….you guessed it: Russia. So what irony that it’s the USSA (still) doing the occupying. First season of the show was pretty good, BTW, and it was produced well before any of the recent Western Russophobia had started in earnest.

Posted by: K_C_ | May 19 2021 22:16 utc | 31

“The true equation is ‘democracy’ = government by world financiers.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien
“Welcome to an Orwellian Brave New World!
Orwell’s (1984) words were prescient. Huxley (Brave New World) was a school teacher of Orwell’s at Eton College. They both attended elite symposiums in the 1920s and 30s where all of this was discussed in complete seriousness…sort of like early versions of Bilderberger meetings. So the accuracy of their books was no accident…they actually KNEW what was being planned. Huxley just emphasized the more SOCIALIST elements while Orwell emphasized the more FASCIST elements…they were both right, because both aspects were always part of the plan. It’s obvious that the Rulers always intended to use both approaches as part of their CONTROL structure.
Looking at their personal lives and backgrounds, it appears that Orwell was trying to warn us. Huxley was much more of a British upper crust blue blood. He seemed to be in agreement with what the Rulers were planning, and along with his brother Julian he was actually helping them. They both knew what was coming.
Were they used as textbooks by the Rulers? It’s just that the general public aren’t as worried about controlling the masses as the Rulers’ are.”
“Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence—those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you’d collapse.”
– Aldous Huxley
Ouch, Huxley chops at the roots. This quote is profound. If you were to connect dots what do you see?

Posted by: Max | May 19 2021 22:26 utc | 33

Once was a hegemon: Australia and the decline of the US.
Australia’s Indo-Pacific obsession hides a radical global geopolitical shift. Australian policymakers will persist in making poor choices unless they accept that the US hegemony has passed a tipping point, and America has already become just one great power among others.
https://johnmenadue.com/once-was-a-hegemon-australia-and-the-decline-of-the-us/

Posted by: Paul | May 19 2021 22:40 utc | 35

Greek gov is planning to vaccinate with a covid vaccine the entire population of GR, starting with ppl working in the … fire department.
According to gr media those who refuse will be reassigned (what ever does that mean). This decision is signed by the Fire Department head, which is in violation of the common law and the common sense.
Gov is planning to make it easier for employers in prv sector to fire unvaxed ppl.
It’s just the beginning.
This is a very dark path my country is taking and I’m afraid this will happen to other countries too.
Regardless of where someone stands on the vaccine issue this is a blatant attempt to cancel basic rights and freedoms.
All in the name of public health.
They will do anything to transform our society in a two tiers, divided dystopia but they are doing nothing to improve the national health system.

Posted by: DG | May 19 2021 22:45 utc | 37

K_C_ #33
Thank you for pointing out my citing of a bogus quote. Sigh, has Strategic Culture been occupied by wikipedia?
I might stick to the orchard for a while, the trees never lie.

Posted by: uncle tungsten | May 19 2021 23:14 utc | 39

Posted By Oldhippy @28
Thanks for your comment.
Regarding the ownership of Colonial Pipeline:
‘IFM Investors, which is owned by 27 Australian union- and employer-backed industry superannuation funds, owns a 16 per cent stake in Colonial Pipeline, which the infrastructure manager bought in 2007 for $US651 million.’
also
‘The privately held Colonial Pipeline is valued at about $US8 billion, based upon the most recent sale of a 10 per cent stake to a unit of Royal Dutch Shell in 2019.’
see Australian Financial Review 6 days ago.
Koch may well own another multi million $ stake.

Posted by: Paul | May 19 2021 23:42 utc | 41

China sticks an oar in….
On the Tuesday CGTN broadcast, host Zheng Junfeng questioned whether U.S. support for Israel was truly based on shared democratic values, saying “some people believe that U.S. pro-Israeli policy is traceable to the influence of wealthy Jews in the U.S. and the Jewish lobby on U.S. foreign policy makers.”
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/israel-accuses-chinese-state-tv-043314153.html

Posted by: dh | May 19 2021 23:54 utc | 43

# Shenzhen skyscraper wobbles
https://asiatimes.com/2021/05/panic-in-downtown-shenzhen-as-skyscraper-wobbles/
#Additional coverage
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/19/china/china-shenzhen-skyscraper-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DvNXlAnyVU\
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fotXoJCEja8
# If not wind, earthquake, then…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper
# And lookie here… Note that such systems such as deicon’s use “computer control” in the damping.
http://www.deicon.com/air-suspended-tuned-mass-damper/
# Wouldn’t want to do this often, but a warning shot – by who

Posted by: daffyDuct | May 19 2021 23:59 utc | 45

Whoops. KYLE above at 47 was me. K in my handle = Kyle.

Posted by: K_C_ | May 20 2021 0:00 utc | 47

*Izvestia

Posted by: vk | May 20 2021 0:16 utc | 49

Below is a link to the latest posting by Ellen Brown at her Web of Debt blog
How America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism
She does a good job of historical summary and providing options for effecting change that go beyond my one note drum of ending the global private finance jackboot. She quotes lots of folks and it is a good read. My only problem with lots of solutions is that they leave the inherently flawed structure intact….private finance….
I posit to start with making finance a public utility and the rest will flow from that structural change.

Posted by: psychohistorian | May 20 2021 0:32 utc | 51

Posted by: Paul | May 19 2021 21:46 utc | 30
To shatter the illusion that a two state solution is even possible, it is only necessary to ask one question:
“Which state will be allowed to have a fully sovereign defence force?”
To drive the point home to those who still can’t wrap their heads around it, simply ask 6 more questions:
1) How to share the gas resources on the med?
2) How to share the water resources?
3) Who gets the Shebaa farms?
4) Who gets a sovereign border with Jordan, Syria, Lebanon (where Hezbollah reigns) and Egypt?
5) Do the Palestinians get a sovereign port?
6) Does the Golan go back to Syria? Or is the Golan shared with the new Palestinian State?
Seriously, anyone entertaining the notion of a two state solution must not have thought about the issue or be deliberately engaging in a deception.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 20 2021 1:10 utc | 53

while i’m not in favour of the 2state proposal, putin is…& so i have to reflect on why? all of your pts both lavrov & putin will be intimately familiar with so i wonder, perhaps both believe they can navigate the palestinians through this web. it’s my contention neither would desire the palestinians suffer further.

Posted by: emersonreturn | May 20 2021 1:18 utc | 55

Bitcoin has the blues after the reds sink the scam.
About time as this gig was beginning to look like a major Trojan horse.

Posted by: uncle tungsten | May 20 2021 1:28 utc | 57

@ vk | May 20 2021 1:37 utc | 59 with the ideological critique of the Ellen Brown posting I linked to
One of your problems vk is that you have never lived in the real world or have very little association with it. And, as I understand it, you have never lived in the US but are a youngster in Bolivia that doesn’t seem to have to work for a living but has lots of time to spew ideological BS on the Intertubes.
And your latest vomit against Ivermectin is especially damming of your moral base. I won’t waste my time on the ideological white noise of your comment….

Posted by: psychohistorian | May 20 2021 1:58 utc | 59

@21 Truth be told,
The supposed quote from Menachem Begin is listed in wiki quotes as false. I do not support the Zionist project, but putting words in people’s mouths that they never said is completely different. Provide an accurate reference or accept that the quote is a complete fabrication.
http://begincenterdiary.blogspot.com/2009/05/correcting-misquotation-reputedly-by.html

Posted by: Roger | May 20 2021 2:16 utc | 61

Ms. Zina | May 20 2021 1:16 utc | 55
Observationally correct but lacks the conceptual framework that have provided.
Now, the Monarch of England, as the titular head of the Church of England, can, for example, issue a fatwa (a.k.a. an encyclical), binding on all Anglicans, that forbids commercial interactions with all entities domiciled in Palestine, until such moment as she be free and the encyclical revoked.
Will that happen?
Never.

Posted by: Fyi | May 20 2021 2:24 utc | 63

Seriously, anyone entertaining the notion of a two state solution must not have thought about the issue or be deliberately engaging in a deception.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 20 2021 1:10 utc | 54
Gideon Levy eloquently explains why Israel was never serious about the 2-state solution.

Posted by: farm ecologist | May 20 2021 2:33 utc | 65

@Roger 62
Ammon Kapeliouk’s article from the New Statesman (June 25, 1982). The article entitled ‘Begin and the Beasts’ sums up the dehumanizing way in which Menachem Begin referred to Palestinians, stating that they were “beasts walking on two legs” according to Kapeliouk’s account from the observation of his speech delivered to the Knesset. if he said that then he most definitely said every other quote credited to him.
My father had met him personally and said he was ruthless.

Posted by: Truth be told | May 20 2021 2:52 utc | 67

Atlanticist Annalena Baerbock is unstable she speaks a lot of gaffes
Medien-Hype um Baerbock – Vielen Dank für die Blumen
https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/medien-hype-um-baerbock-vielen-dank-fur-die-blumen

Posted by: Nick | May 20 2021 2:56 utc | 69

It is hard to make predictions about the German election in September, but my best guess would be that Merkel’s center-right Christian Democrats will win the end run.
Annalena Baerbock has been pumped up relentlessly in the last couple of weeks in the US, for example through the Atlantic Council, but that does not sync with what is happening in Germany. This week the numbers for the Greens went down just a notch. We are seeing the beginning of a reset.
Baerbock is telegenic but she lacks administrative experience. Now a public discussion about the costs of what the Green Party wants looms on the horizon. The environmental movement in Germany always has been a full belly movement and now comes the moment of truth.
Another likely game changer: Will the Green Party crack under the pressure? It always has done so in the past, lacking discipline and focus. Green dissenters will enter the fray and undermine Baerbock’s centrist message.
Armin Laschet is a formidable campaigner, he tied up the CDU win in Northrhine-Westphalia coming from behind in a powerful end-run surge against an incumbent. The Greens underestimate him and so does the US media establishment.
Both the Greens under Baerbock and also the francophone Laschet are more skeptical about the US and its foreign policy moves than Merkel was. That will play out. There is no better deal on the table for the US, post-Merkel. It will go the other way.
The Green stance against Nord Stream 2 seems self-defeating: If they win in September then they would need to keep energy costs down for consumers, so Nord Stream 2 would be essential as a bridge to the Green energy future that is building momentum. Regardless, the Greens would never buy dirty and expensive Texan shale gas, nor will they invest in the LNG terminals that the US is pushing.
Nord Stream 2’s cheap Russian gas will make the transition out of fossil fuels palatable to fuming German consumers upset about extremely high outlays for utilities.

Posted by: Kurt Weil | May 20 2021 3:12 utc | 71

@ Paul 61 re: the Australian Constitution, unlike others, does not give ‘rights’ to the citizens, it limits the powers of the government.
Likewise the US Constitution, which doesn’t give rights. In some amendments it limits the power of government to abridge certain natural rights.

Posted by: Don Bacon | May 20 2021 4:34 utc | 73

In Occupied Palestine, 13 May, daily situation report:
While the Occupation is business as usual for Israel,
there should be no business with Israel
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
(Compiled by Leslie Bravery, Palestine Human Rights Campaign, Auckland, New Zealand)
13 May 2021 {Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG): http://www.nad.ps/ NB:The period covered by this newsletter is taken from the PMG’s 24-hour sitrep ending 8am the day after the above date.}
We shall always do our best to verify the accuracy of all items in these IOP newsletters/reports wherever possible [e.g. we often suspect that names of people and places that we see in the PMG sitreps could be typos; also frequently the translation into English seems rather odd ~ but as we do not speak Arabic, we have no alternative but to copy and paste these names from the PMG sitreps!] – please forgive us for any errors or omissions – Leslie and Marian.
70 Palestinian
attacks
70 Palestinian
ceasefire violations
200 air strikes
200 Israeli
ceasefire violations
7 Israeli settler
and Army attacks
11 raids including
home invasions
2 beaten – 50 killed –
265 injured
40 homes destroyed
Economic sabotage –
14 taken prisoner
Peace disruption raids: 19:50 Um Safa – 18:55, al-Janiya – 19:50, Um Safa – 05:30, Tulkarem – 14:00, Hajjah – 14:00, al-Hotel – 14:00, al-Funduq – 20:50-21:30, Nabi Elias – 05:30-06:30, Hablat – 21:10, Marda – 21:50, Yasuf.
Palestinian ceasefire violations: 06:00 to 07:00 the next day – 70 Palestinian attacks – 500 missiles
Ceasefire violations – air strikes on Gaza: 06:00 to 07:00 the next day: hundreds of missiles launched in around 200 air strikes:
Ceasefire violations – air strikes on Northern Gaza:
13:45, near Tower 19 in the Nada Towers in Izbit Beit Hanoun; 1 killed – 8 injured.
23:50, 3 missiles, targeting a house in Beit Lahiya.
midnight until dawn, Israeli Occupation war planes launched a missile towards a house and its surroundings, between the al-Sultin and al-Atatrah neighbourhoods in Beit Lahiya, killing a woman and three of her children as well as injuring 68 people, including 21 women and 20 children. One house was destroyed.
01:00, two missiles destroyed a home in the al-Amal neighbourhood of Beit Lahia. One woman killed, her husband and son injured.
Killings and injuries:
50 people (including children and women) were killed by Israeli air strikes and artillery bombardments. Among them was Suhaib Abdul Rahim Awad Ghanem (aged 25), killed as a result of Israeli Occupation artillery shelling, in the vicinity of the American Hospital, near the Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing.
Evening, the bodies of seven people: Raafat “Muhammad Ismail” Atta al-Tanani (aged 39), his wife, Rawya Fathi Hassan al-Tanani (aged 36), along with their sons, Ismail (aged 7), Adham (4), Amir (6) and 2-year-old Muhammad, were recovered from under the rubble of the four-storey Rabah Al-Madhoun building, on the main street in the town of Beit Lahiya, as a result of Israeli Occupation air strikes on the area that took place at dawn of the same day.
6 people killed as a result of Israeli military artillery shelling of areas adjacent to north of the towns of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia, as well as the village of Al-Nasr included: Muhammad Salama Muhammad Abu Daih (10 months old), Fawzia Nasser Muhammad Abu Faris (aged 17).
4 people killed as a result of Israeli air strikes towards a house in the Beit Lahiya project are: Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad Aman (51), his daughters, Hadeel (18), Warda (22) and Walaa (aged 24 and also six months pregnant).
4 people killed as a result of Israeli air strikes towards an area between the Al-Sultin and Al-Atatrah neighbourhoods, in the town of Beit Lahiya are: Lamia Hassan Muhammad Al-Attar (26) and her sons: Islam Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Attar (8 years old), Amira Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Attar (aged 7) and Muhammad Zain Al-Din Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Attar (8 months old).
Fayza Ahmed Salama (aged 44) was killed as a result of Israeli air strikes on a house in the Al-Amal neighbourhood in Beit Lahiya.
Injuries
234 people were wounded(including children and women) as a result of air and artillery strikes in all Gaza governorates, including:
8 unidentified people injured as a result of Israeli air strikes towards of a group of citizens near Tower 19 in the Nada Towers in Izbit Beit Hanoun.
Yahya Mansour Ghaben (24) was injured resulting from Israeli air strikes near the American Hospital, close by the Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing.
25 unidentified people (including 7 children and 2 women) were injured by Israeli military artillery shelling of the areas bordering north of the towns of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, as well as the village of Al-Nasr.
68 unidentified people (including 21 women and 20 children) were injured as a result of an Israeli air strike that lasted, from midnight until dawn between the Al-Sultin neighbourhood and Al-Atatrah in the town of Beit Lahia.
Houses destroyed:
More than 40 homes were destroyed by air and artillery strikes in all governorates of the Gaza Strip, including:
3 houses as a result of aerial bombing that targeted a house in the Beit Lahiya project, which led to the demolition and destruction of two other nearby houses.
Destruction of a house as a result of war planes bombing between the Al-Sultin and Al-Atatrah neighbourhoods in the town of Beit Lahia.
Destruction of a house, owned by Ibrahim Musa Salameh, resulting from an air strike in the Al-Amal neighbourhood of Beit Lahiya,
Ceasefire violations – air strikes on Gaza:
Gaza – Air Strike
18:40, Israeli air strike killed two people in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood.
dawn, Israeli air strike killed two people in the al-Shujaiya neighbourhood.
Killings
06:00, Mahmoud Hussein Tolba (13) died from serious injuries.
2 people: Mustafa Hassan Al-Abed (38) and Abdel-Rahman Azzam (34) were killed in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City.
2 people: Hussam Bakr Muhammad al-Hayya and Saqr Abd al-Majid Ismail al-Hayya were killed in the Shujaiya neighbourhood.
Muhammad Abdel-Raouf Muhammad Helles was killed in al-Tawaheen Street in the al-Shujaiya neighbourhood.
Ceasefire violations – air strikes on Central Gaza:
15:20, Israeli warplanes launched two missiles, destroyed a house in the centre of al-Bureij UN refugee camp killing 2 children and wounding 2 others.
16:40, Israeli warplanes launched a missile, targeting a house east of the al-Bureij refugee camp, killing a woman and her daughter (Manar Khader Ahmad Issa (39) and her daughter, Lina Muhammad Issa (13) as well as wounding 3 other people.
19:30, Israeli war planes launched a missile near a house, south of Deir Al-Balah, killing the owner, Muhammad Khaled Omar Al-Tawashi.
Ceasefire violations – air strikes on Khan Yunis:
Houses destroyed:
Khan Yunis –
14:00, Israeli warplanes launched 11 missiles in 7 air strikes on different areas in Khan Yunis Governorate, targeting sites, homes and agricultural lands, destroying 16 homes.
House Demolition
16 homes were destroyed as a result of air strikes (in 7 air strikes) in different areas of Khan Yunis Governorate.
Ceasefire violations – air strikes on Rafah:
19:40, an Israeli air strike, targeting a house, killed a pregnant woman and her 3-year-old daughter. Six other people, including 3 children and 2 women, were injured.
20:20, air strike, targeting a house, killed 4 people (one child and three women) and wounded 15 people (7 children and 3 women).
17:10, two missiles hit east of Jabalia.
2 people, Kholoud Fouad Farhan Al Zamili and her 3-year-old daughter were killed in an air strike on their home in east Rafah.
4 people, Ibrahim Al-Rantisi (2), Siham Yousef Al-Rantisi, Shaima Dhiab Musa Al-Rantisi and Raed Ibrahim Al-Rantisi, killed in their home in an Israeli air strike.
6 unidentified civilians (including 3 children and two women) wounded as a result of Israeli air strikes towards a house, east of Rafah, owned by Jamal Al-Zamili.
15 unidentified civilians (including 7 children and 3 women) were wounded as a result of Israeli air strikes on ahouse in Rafah.
Economic sabotage: Gaza — the Israeli Navy continues to enforce an arbitrary fishing limit.
Israeli settler attack: Jerusalem – 22:40, armed settlers opened fire towards people in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
Israeli Army attack – 9 wounded: Jenin – 03:40, Jalamah checkpoint: live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters wounded nine protesters. One of whom, Muhammad Ziyad Khalil, suffered critical injuries.
Israeli Army attack – youngster wounded: Tulkarem – 13:05, Israeli Occupation forces, near the al-Shuweika suburb, opened fire on and wounded a 16-year-old youth: Amir Numan Zebdeh.
Israeli Army attack – 4 wounded: Nablus – 03:50, Huwara checkpoint: live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters wounded four people: Amjad Mamoun Muhammad Istiti, Ayman Jamal Muhammad Bashkar, Munjid Yahya Mabrouka and Walid Basil Al-Badawi.
Israeli Army attack – 4 wounded, including youngster: Jericho – 17:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided the Aqbat Jaber UN refugee camp, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters and wounding four residents: Muhammad Ahmad Ibrahim Abu Atwa (16), Muhammad Majed Hamed Hammoud, Muhammad Jawad Issa Zoghab and Ibrahim Walid Mahmoud Hamidan.
Israeli settler attack – 4 wounded – economic sabotage: Hebron – 10:55, armed Occupation settlers, destroying solar panels in the area, raided the villages of Umm al-Khair and al-Tawani, shooting and wounding four residents: Muhammad Rebhi Rabi’i, Sami Hafez al-Harini, Husayn Hafez al-Harini, Sami Hafez al-Harini and Fu’ad al-Amor.
Israeli Army attack – youngster wounded: Hebron – 23:55, Zif village road junction: Israeli troops, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters at protesters, wounded a 16-year-old youth: Saif Ismail Salem Abu Fanar.
Israeli Army – attacked worshippers with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 11:45, Israeli Occupation forces, positioned in al-Wad Street, fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at worshippers leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 23:25, Abu Dis and al-Eizariya villages: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 01:00, entrance to al-Ram: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army – rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 1 wounded: Jerusalem – 03:00, Anata: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters. One person,Mahmoud Yaqoub Salem, wounded.
Israeli Army – beating and hospitalisation: Jerusalem – 11:40, Israeli troops beat up and hospitalised with severe injuries a resident, Jihad Awad.
Israeli Army – rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 01:00, entrance to Nabi Saleh: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 04:00, entrance to al-Bireh: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jenin – 15:00, entrance to al-Zababdeh: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Tulkarem – 22:35, Shufa checkpoint: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army – rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 3 youngsters wounded:Tulkarem – 03:50, al-Shuweikh suburb: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters. Three youngsters wounded: Siraj Ibrahim Mahamid (15), Muhammad Basim Awfi (16) and Muhammad Murad ‘Ardah (17).
Israeli Army – rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 1 wounded: Qalqiliya – 08:00, Jayus: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters, wounding one person: Ahmad Muhammad Kamel al-Khatib.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Qalqiliya – 23:00, entrance to the village of al-Funduq: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Qalqiliya – 03:30, Azun: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Qalqiliya – 03:50, Hablat: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Qalqiliya – 03:50, Eyal crossing: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Qalqiliya – 04:05, Jayus: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Salfit – 23:35, Deir Istiya: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 11:00, entrance to Tekoa: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 17:00, entrance to Husan: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 18:50, western entrance to Tekoa: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 19:25, Wadi al-Hummus: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 19:50, entrance to al-Khadr: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army – beating and severe injury: Bethlehem – 01:50, Israeli troops, near the entrance to Husan village, beat up and severely injured a villager: Jihad Muhammad Khalil Elyan.
Israeli Army – UN refugee camp rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 06:05, al-Azzah UN refugee camp: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 20:30, Wadi al-Jouz, near entrance to Bani Naim: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 23:45, Khursa road junction: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 03:30, entrance to the al-Arroub UN refugee camp: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 03:55, Bab al-Zawiya: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired at protesters.
Occupation settler stoning: Jerusalem – 21:50-23:40, militants from the Ma’ale Adumim Israeli Occupation settlement stoned passing vehicles at the nearby roundabout.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 13:40, militants from the Beit El Israeli Occupation settlement stoned vehicles on the road leading to al-Jalazoun refugee camp.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 14:15, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles near the entrance to Sinjil.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 00:50, settlers stoned Palestinian homes in the al-Muhala area of Ni’lin.
Occupation settler stoning: Jenin – 20:55, settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles passing by.
Occupation settler stoning: Tulkarem – 22:35, Shufa checkpoint: settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles.
Occupation settler stoning: Salfit – 20:45, settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles near the Haris village road junction.
Occupation settler stoning: Bethlehem – 21:00, militants from the Eliezer Israeli Occupation settlement stonedPalestinian vehicles travelling along Road 60.
Occupation settler stoning: Hebron – 10:30, Israeli settlers prevented Palestinians from moving around the al-Musafir area of east of Yatta.
Occupation settler stoning: Hebron – 11:50, settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles at the entrance to Ma’in village.
Raid: Jerusalem – 19:50 Israeli forces raided and patrolled Um Safa village.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 18:55, the Israeli Army raided the village of al-Janiya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Ramallah – 19:50, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Umm Safa village.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 05:30, Israeli soldiers raided Tulkarem, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 14:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided Hajjah and Al-Hotel villages.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 14:00, Israeli forces raided al-Funduq village, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 20:50-21:30, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Elias.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 05:30-06:30, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Hablat.
Raid: Salfit – 21:10, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Marda.
Raid: Salfit – 21:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Yasuf, wounding a resident: Munther Aref.
Restrictions of movement (20): 15:05, al-Mahkama checkpoint closed – 13:55, Ayun al-Haramiya area – 18:40, Atara Bridge – 21:30, entrance to Deir Abu Mash’al village – 15:00-17:10, entrance to al-Zabadeh – 16:00-20:00, entrance to Azun – 13:05, road leading to Madama village blocked – 00:35-01:35, between Nablus and Asira al-Shimaliya – 03:50, road in al-Muraba’a closed – 20:50-00:50, entrance to Qarawat Bani Hassan – 09:15, entrance to Harmala closed – 17:00-01:00, entrance to Husan village – 20:10-22:10, western entrance to Beit Fajar – 11:20-12:30, Zif road junction and entrance to Khalet al-Maiyya – Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing closed – al-Mantar-Karni crossing closed – al-Shujaiyeh crossing (Nahal Oz) closed – Sufa crossing closed – al-Awda Port closed.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
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Posted by: Paul | May 20 2021 6:24 utc | 75

Posted by: Don Bacon | May 20 2021 4:34 utc | 74
Thanks for the reply Don, you are right.
I didn’t go into the Australian Constitution fully, it could be a very long and very dry dissertation.
Once challenged in the high Court certain ‘rights’ like the ‘implied right of free speech’ can be established by the court based on the constitution. A very expensive and long process, see the Albert Langer case. Other cases like ‘the boilermakers case’ rely on constitutional grounds and become a precedent.
The Australian Constitution can’t be changed, except by a referendum passed by a ‘yes’ vote of a majority of voters in a majority of states. This is usually and routinely rejected by the voters.
Sometimes both major parties and other parties support the proposed changes but the voters, in their wisdom, can see the amendment merely increases the power of the government at the expense of the citizens and roundly reject it. Bravo.
The 1967 referendum in favour of recognition Aboriginal Australians was passed by an overwhelming majority of Australians, bravo again. However the other 1967 question about more senators for each state, based on population was rejected, bravo again. Who wants more crooked politicians?

Posted by: Paul | May 20 2021 7:22 utc | 77