News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[The United States continues to support state-sponsored murder worldwide when they perceive it is in their interests. -- NP] Palestinians: Protester shot dead by Israeli fire (AP) JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian medical official says a man has died after he was shot in the head by Israeli security forces in the West Bank. Yatta... Continue Reading →
[Israel is an illegitimate, racist, apartheid country. The genocide against the Palestinians by the Zionists is financed and armed by the West, especially the United States. --NP] Palestinians bury man who died in Israeli custody By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH (AP) SAEER, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody... Continue Reading →
Hamas says 20 of its members arrested by Israel By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH (AP) RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian militant group Hamas says Israel has arrested 20 of its members, including three lawmakers, in a West Bank raid. Several Hamas officials say the arrests took place early Monday across the territory. They say three of... Continue Reading →
[The Zionists, the racist Israeli regime, continues its genocide of Palestinians. Israelis continue to push onto, steal and settle Palestinian land. This is only possible because Israeli is bankrolled by the United States. The United States is as much a culprit as Israel. --NP] Palestinian protesters evicted from West Bank site By IAN DEITCH (AP)... Continue Reading →
[Israel is a racist apartheid state that has been waging a genocide against the Arab peoples since its founding. Israel is now displacing Arabs who have lived in their communities for decades under the pretense of military testing. Why doesn't Israel test their military equipment in Jewish areas? This is part of a wider campaign... Continue Reading →
[Whether this number includes refugees outside of Palestine, we do not know. However, shifting demographics may change the balance of power in the region. --NP] Palestinians will outnumber Israeli Jews by 2020 (AP) JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian statistics bureau estimates that Arabs will outnumber Jews in the Holy Land by the end of the... Continue Reading →
[As public opinion worldwide moves to support Palestine, Israel’s apartheid, zionists dig in... -- NP] Israel presses on with contentious settlement plan (AP) JERUSALEM — An Israeli military planning committee has unveiled plans for a contentious new West Bank settlement outside Jerusalem, pressing forward with the project in the face of heavy international pressure. The... Continue Reading →
Afghan students denounce Israel over Gaza fighting By RAHIM FAIEZ (AP) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Several thousand university students demonstrated in eastern Afghanistan on Monday to denounce Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, burning Israeli and U.S. flags as well as a Christian cross. The students — some shouting "Death to Israel!" and "Death... Continue Reading →
Iran condemns Israel's Gaza strikes as "terrorism" (Reuters) UBAI - Iran condemned on Thursday as "organized terrorism" an offensive by Israel against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. "Iran considers the criminal act of Israeli military forces in killing civilians as organized terrorism and strongly condemns it," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said, according to... Continue Reading →
[Israel wages wars and instigates acts of war all over the region. Israel's genocide against the Palestinians is almost completely ignored in the Western media. Israel acts with almost total impunity because it has absolute backing by the United States and Europe. Israel is a racist, apartheid state. There can be no peace with such... Continue Reading →
[Do you think Palestinian soldiers in Israeli captivity would be treated so well? Israeli jailors are known to torture and torment their prisoners. What about American jailors? Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo. The United States is known to torture soldiers who fight against it and even those who do not. Then there is the practice of rendition... Continue Reading →
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