Daily Archives: November 18, 2023

2023-11-18: News Headlines

Editor (2023-11-18). Nov 18, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Hauser — Air on the G String (J. S. Bach) Are we in a countdown to all-out nuclear war? by Gilbert Doctorow Europe Is Burning, by Joel Kotkin Why Ridiculous Official Propaganda Still Works, by CJ Hopkins SC Edit'l: U.S.-China Reset? Biden Offers Hand of Friendship to Xi While Holding Enmity in the Other Xi Outmaneuvers Biden in San Francisco, by Pepe Escobar Speech: Galvanizing Our Peoples into a Strong Force For China-U.S. Friendship, by Xi Jinping Russian Hard Power & Chinese Soft Power Can't Trump the Fairy Tales of NATO & Israel, by Declan Hayes The empire sails into a hurricane of…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-18). A List of Israeli Lies, Propaganda and Genocidal Intent. orinocotribune.com By Hebh Jamal — Nov 15, 2023 | There's so much maybe you need a recap. | We know Israel lies. Did you know how much? Here's a list of just some of the debunked propaganda released by the genocidal state followed by evidence that there IS intent to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. | The Propaganda: | 1- Israel's military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office claimed that Hamas fighters beheaded up to 40 children during their October 7 attack on the town of Kfar Aza. The incendiary allegations spread quickly and were widely repeated in the media and by President Joe Biden, who falsely cla…

Editor (2023-11-17). Patrick Lawrence: The Banality of Propaganda. scheerpost.com

Larry Johnson (2023-11-17). the Danger of Eschatology and Israel's Al Shifa Propaganda Fail. sonar21.com If you are not a muslim, pretend for a moment that you are. Listen to the following sermon from a ultra conservative Pastor in Tennessee and let me know how this might influence your interaction with Christians. | Extremist Pastor Hoping for Armageddon | Got your attention? This is the extreme version of the eschatological theology embraced by many evangelical Christians. There is no grace, there is no mercy. Only wrath of God stuff. I worry than most secular Americans who have never experienced this kind of religious fervor fail to appreciate that this vision of what should happen in Israel is playing a…

Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News. (2023-11-17). The Banality Of Propaganda. popularresistance.org Propaganda is about forceful impact, subtlety the last thing on the propagandist's mind. The banal will always do. The Japanese during the Pacific war were "Japs" or "Nips," and in the plentitude of American propaganda images they had buck teeth and pencil mustaches and wore round glasses over their evil Asiatic eyes. | After watching the Herzog video I went in search of footage from London the previous day. There have been many demonstrations against Israel's savage military campaign in Gaza since hostilities erupted Oct. 7, and may there be many more, but London last Saturday looks like the biggest to date.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-17). Tedros the Terrorist urges countries to launch propaganda campaigns to foist WHO's Pandemic Treaty onto citizens. expose-news.com Ethiopian terrorist and human rights abuser Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus inverts the truth and outright lies about the Pandemic Treaty in an attempt to get countries to assist him in "actively countering false …


Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-17). Political campaigning is on halt in Argentina. plenglish.com Propaganda campaigns, surveys publication and dissemination, and parties near the polling stations are strictly forbidden from 08: 00 hours, local time, this Friday to 21: 00 hours, local time on November 19. | Voters' meetings, shows, sports activities, and selling alcoholic beverages are also banned. | Carrying weapons and using flags, badges, or others are also punished. | Over 35 million Argentinian citizens will vote on Sunday to elect the nation's president and vice president. | The Unión por la Patria (Union for the Homeland, UP) alliance with Sergio Massa and Agustín Rossi and La Libertad Avanza (Liberty A…

WSWS (2023-11-17). Erdoğan calls Israeli state "terrorist," maintains flow of Turkish military supplies to Israel. wsws.org As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratchets up his rhetoric against Israel, new revelations are emerging that trade with Israel continues apace.

Editor (2023-11-17). Everyone is Hitler, when it suits—just not Western leaders. mronline.org A few signs depicting Benjamin Netanyahu as Adolf Hitler were postered in Sydney over the weekend. The police reportedly are investigating and urging people to contact Crime Stoppers if they have any "information in relation to the incident".

Philip Ball (2023-11-18). Perspectives] Phage stories. thelancet.com It is hardly surprising that viruses do not have a good press. The very name is derived from the Latin word for a poisonous and perhaps slimy substance. In a medical context, the word originally connoted a putrid excrescence caused by an infectious disease that could transmit the disease to others. The image of viruses as agents apt to spread and cause suffering has been secured in recent times by lethal influenza strains, HIV, and now of course SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that stopped the world.

Vijay Prashad, People's Dispatch. (2023-11-17). Provocations By US State Department Chill Press Freedom In Latin America. popularresistance.org The headline is provocative: "The Kremlin's Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America." This was a statement on the US State Department website, posted on November 7, 2023. The United States government accused two companies—Social Design Agency and Structura National Technologies—of being the main agents of what it alleged is Russian-backed disinformation. The statement named the heads of both of the firms, Ilya Gambashidze of Social Design Agency and Nikolay Tupkin of Structura. On July 28, 2023, the European Union sanctioned several Russian individuals and firms, including SDA and S…

Eve Ottenberg (2023-11-17). U.S.-China Extinction-Level Event Narrowly Averted. counterpunch.org We humans came within ten feet of extinction on October 24. That's when World War III almost erupted due to a near collision between American and Chinewarplanesnes over the South China Sea. U.S. corporate media was quick to blame Beijing for the Chinese pilot's "dangerous maneuvers," but such accusations beg the question: What in God's name were American fighter jets doing there, near Chinese airspace, eight thousand miles from U.S. borders in the first place? Their very presence is a provocation, aka military aggression. It could easily ignite war and thence nuclear Armageddon. And that first step, starting a wa…




Tyler Walicek, Truthout. (2023-11-17). US Foreign Policy Establishment Is Instrumentalizing Islamophobia. popularresistance.org An incisive new report released by researchers affiliated with Rutgers University lays out in detail the many ways in which the U.S. political establishment has instrumentalized anti-Muslim bigotry and disingenuously redefined the idea of "antisemitism" in order to defuse criticisms of the Israeli government and justify dehumanizing policies toward Palestinians. | Titled "Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse," the 68-page report offers a thorough examination of how the domestic foreign policy establishment and the associated Israel lobby employ Islamophobia as a tool of…

The Exposé (2023-11-18). Orange is the new Black: How a mug shot turned Trump into a Brother. expose-news.com There are 3 types of journalists in the mainstream media. There is the loud-mouthed, knee-jerking, hot-button-pushing tabloid journalist, who surfs every wave of public opinion breaking onto the beach of fake news, …

Derrick Broze (2023-11-17). Yet Another Study Links Lower Sperm Count with Pesticides. thelastamericanvagabond.com Evidence that pesticides are impacting sperm concentration continues to pile up as the world moves closer to an underpopulation crisis. A new review of existing studies on insecticides has found "sufficient evidence" that exposure to high levels of insecticides is associated with lower sperm concentration in men. The review focused on organophosphate (OP) and N-methyl

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-17). Israel Continues Terrorizing Al-Shifa Hospital, Dozens of Refugees Taken to 'Unknown Areas'. orinocotribune.com A day and a half after violently taking control of Gaza's largest medical complex, the Israeli army has provided little to no evidence of the 'Hamas command center' allegedly located under Al-Shifa Hospital | Israeli tanks and jets continued to bombard Al-Shifa Hospital on 16 November, with bulldozers destroying large sections of the medical complex as the invading forces continued their search for an alleged "Hamas command center." | Sources inside the complex revealed on Thursday that about 200 Palestinians were taken from the complex to "unknown areas" by Israeli forces after being blindfolded and interrogated…

presstv.ir (2023-11-17). UN experts point to evidence of Israel's 'genocidal incitement' against Gaza. presstv.ir Israel has been targeting hospitals and medical facilities in Gaza in defiance of international condemnations.

BAN Toxics (2023-11-17). Advocate Mothers Urge Government to Prohibit Banned Toxic Chemicals used in Plastic Toys, Amid New Evidence. pressenza.com "We unknowingly expose our children to plastic toys contaminated with toxic chemicals, which have been prohibited worldwide since 2017. Soft plastic toys like inflatable hopping horses, squeaky toy animals, shrilling chickens, rubber duckies, and dolls containing harmful chemicals called short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) remain unregulated in our local markets, posing a significant risk to our children's health," said Thony Dizon, Campaigner for Safe Toys for Kids of BAN Toxics. | BAN Toxics expresses serious concerns as recent evidence suggests the continued proliferation of plastic toys and consumer pro…




Ariadna Eljuri (2023-11-17). Venezuela Rejects Israeli Entity's Position Against Latin American Countries Opposing Genocide. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has issued a condemnation of the statements and actions made by the president of the Israeli settler colonial entity, Isaac Herzog, who has made verbal attacks against different nations in Latin America and the Caribbean for their positions against the genocidal Israeli entity's attacks against Palestinians in Gaza. | During an

Marjorie Cohn (2023-11-17). Palestinians File Emergency Motion to Block US Aid for Israel's Genocide in Gaza. truthout.org On November 16, two Palestinian human rights organizations, three Palestinians and five Palestinian Americans brought an emergency motion in United States federal court to immediately force President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to stop providing additional weapons, money, and military and diplomatic support to Israel, which is committing genocide… |

Codepink (2023-11-17). CODEPINK Launches International Campaign Urging ICC Investigation into Israel's Alleged War Crimes in Gaza. dissidentvoice.org THE HAGUE — In the wake of alarming statements by Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which have been perceived as incitement to genocide in Palestine, CODEPINK and its international partners are spearheading a global letter-writing initiative calling for an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into Israel's actions in Gaza. Since the …

WSWS (2023-11-18). US Department of Education announces probe into alleged antisemitism on college campuses. wsws.org The Biden administration's investigations follow the month-long campaign to smear the growing opposition to the war crimes of the US and Israel as "antisemitic."

WSWS (2023-11-17). US Capitol Police attack peaceful Jewish protesters and their allies at vigil against Gaza genocide. wsws.org In addition to endorsing the violent police crackdown, Democratic and Republican Party politicians smeared peaceful protesters, many whom were Jewish, as "antisemites" and supporters of Hamas.

Editor (2023-11-18). Ann Boyer's Powerful New York Times Resignation Letter. scheerpost.com




WSWS (2023-11-18). In a stinging rebuke to the New York Times, poetry editor Anne Boyer resigns over Gaza genocide. wsws.org In her resignation letter, Anne Boyer wrote: "No more ghoulish euphemisms. No more verbally sanitized hellscapes. No more warmongering lies."

Areeba Shah (2023-11-17). Trump's Election Interference Trial May Stretch Past Election, Legal Experts Say. truthout.org Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in an interview Tuesday that the sprawling racketeering case against Trump and his co-defendants could extend past the presidential election into early 2025. "I believe in that case there will be a trial," Willis said during an interview at the Washington Post global women's summit. "I believe the trial will take many months. And I don't expect that… |

WSWS (2023-11-18). In a stinging rebuke to the New York Times, poetry editor Anne Boyer resigns over Gaza genocide. wsws.org In her resignation letter, Anne Boyer wrote: "No more ghoulish euphemisms. No more verbally sanitized hellscapes. No more warmongering lies."

Areeba Shah (2023-11-17). Trump's Election Interference Trial May Stretch Past Election, Legal Experts Say. truthout.org Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in an interview Tuesday that the sprawling racketeering case against Trump and his co-defendants could extend past the presidential election into early 2025. "I believe in that case there will be a trial," Willis said during an interview at the Washington Post global women's summit. "I believe the trial will take many months. And I don't expect that… |

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