Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Terrorism related links 122419



House votes overwhelmingly to hit China over Uighur persecution, internment camps

More than 50 nations, but not U.S., sign onto cybersecurity pact

French parliament decides anti-Zionism is antisemitism: This decision "comes amidst a continuing rise in antisemitism, including acts of violence, in France," said the AJC.

On the defensive on human rights, China’s ambassadors go on the attack

Israeli settlers target Christian Palestinians in West Bank town: Settlers' attacks on Palestinian properties have been on the rise, with 36 in October alone.  'Today they burned the vehicle, but my fear is that tomorrow they might burn my house,' Basir told MEE (Shatha Hammad/MEE)

A Powerful Statement of Resistance from a College Student on Trial in Moscow

YES, TRUMP'S DETENTION CENTERS ARE CONCENTRATION CAMPS: These are concentration camps, and denying as much merely prepares the way for worse atrocities to come.

North Korea says it has conducted a 'significant' test at a missile test

Royal Saudi Air Force Officer Reportedly Behind NAS Pensacola Shooting

Amcham head denied entry to Macau, held for 2 hours

The story of Jamal Khashoggi's murder and how the world looked the other way

Jewish groups denounce Trump's 'vile' remarks at Israeli-American Council

Russia Banned from Olympics and World Cup

In Prisoner Swap, Iran Frees American Held Since 2016: Xiyue Wang was a graduate student at Princeton who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison on two charges of espionage that U.S. officials have called groundless.

Saudi student opens fire at Florida Naval base, killing 3

Military base shooter assailed US as ‘nation of evil’

Iraq protests: Gunmen kill at least 20 people in Baghdad

Newly obtained video shows no one checked on boy as he lay dying in Border Patrol custody

Syrians Say U.S. Helicopter Fire Killed Civilians During The Raid On Baghdadi

Angela Merkel Tells Harvard Grads To ‘Tear Down Walls Of Ignorance’ in Trump Rebuke: The German chancellor criticized “walls” throughout her Harvard University commencement address, a swipe at the president’s anti-immigration rhetoric.

The Media Are Blatantly Ignoring Uprisings Across the Globe

Scoop: China tried to get World Bank to fund surveillance in Xinjiang

TALIBAN ATTACK CLINIC NEAR AMERICAN BAGRAM AIRFIELD DAYS AFTER AFGHAN PEACE TALKS RESTART

No US meddling here — Bolivian leader’s fall was of his own making: "People had seen the fraud coming. It had been foreordained by previous measures, such as ignoring the constitution and packing the courts and the electoral commission." 

I am a public servant, not a public charge: Three federal judges have now blocked a Trump administration effort to prevent immigrants from getting public assistance. This is a win for the American dream. 

Many American Jews are worried Trump's executive order on anti-Semitism would do more harm than good

Without explanation, Israel tears down new Palestinian school in Jerusalem

JEWISH STUDENTS AND FACULTY OPPOSE TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER

A Child’s Forehead Partially Removed, Four Deaths, The Wrong Medicine — A Secret Report Exposes Health Care For Jailed Immigrants: BuzzFeed News has obtained a memo in which an ICE whistleblower says two immigrants got preventable surgeries and two were given the wrong drugs. Four died — one after getting “grossly negligent” care.

Doctors with flu shots for migrant children turned away from Calif. facility; 6 arrested

Jewish Billionaire Ronald Lauder to Launch New NGO to “Go After” Americans Who Criticize Jews

In Ramallah, hundreds of Israelis join Palestinians to ‘unify forces’ for peace: Fatah official Jibril Rajoub says presence of Israelis at solidarity event proves there is a partner for peace; activists boo Neturei Karta rabbi slating ‘Zionist entity’

Let's Face Hard Truths: America Needs A Moral Uprising​

Trump’s Kurdish Betrayal Gives Peace a Bad Name: Slamming Republicans as “the party of cut and run” raises the question of whether Democrats have a better idea.

What It Feels Like to Be Watched: From the streets to our smartphones, surveillance has taken on frightening proportions.

Bill sanctioning Chinese officials, supporting Tibetans’ rights, advances in House

OFFICIALS: RUSSIAN SPY SHIP OFF SC COAST OPERATING IN ‘UNSAFE MANNER’

Surviving Indonesia’s Antigay Clampdown: They met, fell in love, and were nearly torn apart in a country where LGBTQ people are increasingly persecuted.

Secret US Intelligence Files Provide History’s Verdict on Argentina’s Dirty War: Recently declassified documents constitute a gruesome and sadistic catalog of state terrorism.

Congress’s Hong Kong Bill Is Giving Cover to Nationalism: Passed in support of the ongoing protests, its China-versus-the-West framing hurts progressive causes on all sides of the divide.

Trump Wants to Treat Undocumented Migrants Like Enemy Combatants: But US soldiers who commit war crimes? They’re “deserving individuals” who deserve “second chances.”

Don’t Forget: Nuclear Weapons Are an Existential Threat, Too.  A new study shows just how bad a nuclear war could get. We need a plan to eliminate this risk permanently.

Dem Leadership brands as “Shameful” Pence’s Agreement for Turkey “Pause” in Kurdish Areas

US Should Support Independent Kurdish Nation

‘It is beyond cruel’: Ice refuses to reunite girl with the only family she has left.  MarĂ­a has been waiting to be paroled so she can be with her niece, who was sent to foster care 2,400 miles away

Turkey's Mediterranean's Gambit Will Leave It Further Isolated

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