Israel Doesn't Have A 'Right To Exist'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-15
In 1991, Israeli and Palestinian representatives gathered in Madrid, Spain to restart a "peace process" they hoped, at least ostensibly, would lay the groundwork for a future "two-state solution." Three decades later, as Israeli bombs rain down on Gaza, the creation of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza seems further from realization than ever. | The idea of a two-state solution never made much sense. The West Bank and Gaza are geographically disconnected, and the Gaza Strip takes up all of 140.9 square miles. Under the terms of a future two-state deal, the residents of this tiny strip of…
popularresistance.org/israel-doesnt-have-a-right-to-exist/

Tehran calls on Baku, Yerevan to avoid fuelling disagreement
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — In reaction to the issues that have arisen along the borders between Armenia and the Azerbaijan Republic, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman called on both sides to show restraint and avoid fuelling the disagreements.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173438/Tehran-calls-on-Baku-Yerevan-to-avoid-fuelling-disagreement

Russian Forces Dispatched To Armenia's Border Following Breach By Azerbaijani Special Forces
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Screen grab from Sputnik Armenia video. | Armenia has requested military support from Russia following a border breach by Azerbaijan troops, Reuters and several other sources reported on May 14. | Earlier this week, hundreds of Azerbaijan special forces personnel entered Armenia territory in the ea…
southfront.org/russian-forces-dispatched-to-armenias-border-following-breach-by-azerbaijani-special-forces/

Iran-Armenia can boost trade value over $1bn annually
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Chairman of Iran-Armenia Joint Chamber of Commerce said that the value of bilateral trade between the two countries of Iran and Armenia will increase by more than $1 billion by setting up free zones at neighboring borders.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173446/Iran-Armenia-can-boost-trade-value-over-1bn-annually

Liberating occupied territories: Turkey, Azerbaijan — one nation, two states
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-15
"One nation, two states!" will hold a video conference on philosophy, AzerTac news announces today. The event will he held on May 17. Excerpts: On the 103rd anniversary of our state independence in Ankara, on the occasion of the Azerbaijani-Turkish relations and the 98th anniversary of the birth of national leader Heydar Aliyev, "One nation, two …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/05/15/liberating-occupied-territories-turkey-azerbaijan-one-nation-two-states/

University of Shahrekord sings MoU with French university
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — The University of Shahrekord, in Iran's Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, has signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Rennes 1 in Rennes, France.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173454/University-of-Shahrekord-sings-MoU-with-French-university

[World Report] COVID-19 in Turkey: a nation on edge
Kaya Genàß | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Turkey has the fifth most COVID-19 cases in the world and has now entered a nationwide lockdown. How did it get here? Kaya Genàß reports from Istanbul.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01098-9/fulltext?rss=yes

Anger mounts in Turkey at Israel's onslaught against Gaza
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The Turkish government and other venal bourgeois regimes in the Middle East are all complicit in the Israeli government's assault on the Palestinians.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/turk-m15.html

Zarif visit canceled in protest of Vienna's Zionist support
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) –The Austrian Foreign Ministry was quoted by an Austrian journalist as claiming that the Iranian Foreign Minister had canceled his visit to Vienna in protest of the Austrian government's support for the Zionist regime.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173462/Zarif-visit-canceled-in-protest-of-Vienna-s-Zionist-support

Danish police deal with Palestinian supporters violently
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — In a hostile move, Danish police violently arrested Palestinian supporters who were protesting in front of Israeli Embassy in Denmark and dispersed them with the tear gas.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173457/Danish-police-deal-with-Palestinian-supporters-violently

Jeremy Corbyn and the collapse of Britain's Labour Party
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
Corbyn came to lead the Labour Party in 2015 with the declared aim of preventing Labour's "Pasokification"–a reference to the implosion of PASOK and other social-democratic parties throughout Europe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/corb-m15.html

Are U.S.,NATO, EU planning final mopping-up operation in former Soviet Union?
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-15
Are U.S., NATO, EU planning final mopping-up operation in former Soviet Union?Rick Rozoff In recent days the American embassy in Georgia has acknowledged recruiting students from what it calls the "occupied territories" of that nation, and not a day goes by without the U.S., NATO and the European Union demanding the independent republics of Donetsk …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/05/15/are-u-s-nato-eu-planning-final-mopping-up-operation-in-former-soviet-union/

Gaza and Israel's Kidnapper's Dilemma: Keeping a Million Children Brutalized in its dark Basement
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-15
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A war is when two antagonists fight one another all-out, until in fairly short order one wins and the other loses. On December 11, 1941, Mussolini declared war on the United States. Then later on the US invaded Italy from Tunisia under Gen. Patton. On July 25, 1943, Mussolini lost …
juancole.com/2021/05/kidnappers-children-brutalized.html

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-ramping-up-covid-19-vaccination-rate-in-race-against-virus/

Ukrainian government accuses pro-Russian oligarch and opposition leader of "high treason"
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The indictment and prosecution of Medvedchuk will undoubtedly further worsen relations between Kiev and Moscow.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/ukr-m15.html

Iran's ambassador, Russian dep. FM confer on JCPOA revival
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Iran's ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov discussed the revival of the Iran nuclear deal.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173461/Iran-s-ambassador-Russian-dep-FM-confer-on-JCPOA-revival

Blinken to Seek Arctic Cooperation in Greenland Visit
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-05-15
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will travel to Greenland next week and seek stronger cooperation in the Arctic as the US sees the northern region as a future battlefield with Russia and China. | The State Department said Blinken will meet with Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede and other officials to discuss "the strong partnership between the United States and Greenland and our shared commitment to increase…
news.antiwar.com/2021/05/14/blinken-to-seek-arctic-cooperation-in-greenland-visit/

In Video: Russian Pinpoint Strikes Destroyed ISIS Underground Command Post In Central Syria
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Illustrative image: Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) had destroyed a large underground command post of ISIS in central Syria, RusVesna.SU reported on May 15. | According to the outlet, Su-24M and Su-34 warplanes of the VKS carried out a series of pinpoint airstrikes on…
southfront.org/in-video-russian-pinpoint-strikes-destroyed-isis-underground-command-post-in-central-syria/

Palestine-Zionist conflic Direct Threat to Russia's security
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the escalating Zionist-Palestinian conflict a direct threat to Russia's security.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173467/Palestine-Zionist-conflic-Direct-Threat-to-Russia-s-security

[World Report] Serbia begins paying citizens to receive a COVID-19 vaccine
Ed Holt | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
The decision to pay €25 per person is raising ethical questions and concerns that the scheme could backfire. Ed Holt reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01097-7/fulltext?rss=yes

COVID-19 infections in Sweden surpass 1 million
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
In a country of just 10 million people, officially recorded infections equate to more than 10 percent of the population, with the real figure undoubtedly much higher.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/swed-m15.html

Zionism, Israel & The Witch Hunt In UK Labour Party & Universities With Tony Greenstein
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Tony Greenstein a former member of the UK Labour Party was interviewed about the role of Zionists and Israel in the Labour Party and also in the witch hunt against professors in the United Kingdom. He also talks about the history of the Zionists working with rightwingers including Trump and the Nazis in the 1930's…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/13/18842484.php

U.S. Recruits Students from Georgia's "Occupied Territories," Israel Supplies Missiles
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-14
Rick Rozoff The U.S.-NATO-EU triumvirate, after subduing the European continent in a manner Charlemagne, Napoleon and Hitler could only dream of, can't refrain from taunting Russia in every country bordering it except Belarus (for the moment), China and North Korea. Norway, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are now NATO and EU members; Finland, Georgia, Ukraine… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/u-s-recruits-students-from-georgias-occupied-territories-israel-supplies-missiles/

U.S. recruits students from Georgia's "occupied territories," Israel supplies missiles
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-14
U.S. recruits students from Georgia's "occupied territories," Israel supplies missilesRick Rozoff The U.S.-NATO-EU triumvirate, after subduing the European continent in a manner Charlemagne, Napoleon and Hitler could only dream of, can't refrain from taunting Russia in every country bordering it except Belarus (for the moment), China and North Korea. Norway, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/u-s-recruits-students-from-georgias-occupied-territories-israel-supplies-missiles/

US Recruits Students From Georgia's 'Occupied Territories,' Israel Supplies Missiles
Rick Rozoff | news.antiwar.com | 2021-05-14
The U.S.-NATO-EU triumvirate, after subduing the European continent in a manner Charlemagne, Napoleon and Hitler could only dream of, can't refrain from taunting Russia in every country bordering it except Belarus (for the moment), China and North Korea. Norway, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are now NATO and EU members; Finland, Georgia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan … Continue reading "US Recruits Students From Georgia's 'Occupied Territories,' Israel Supplies Missiles"
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Azerbaijan reinforces troops in "liberated territories"
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-14
Trend News AgencyMay 14, 2021 20 military units of modular and container types put into operation in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan ==== "I asked President Putin today to help Armenia, including to provide military assistance…." — Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has not discussed Moscow's possible assistance amid a …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/azerbaijan-reinforces-troops-in-liberated-territories/

US, Japan, France Hold First Joint Drills in Japanese Territory with Eye on China
Dave DeCamp | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2021-05-14
asia-pacificresearch.com/us-japan-france-hold-first-joint-drills-japanese-territory-eye-china/5630268

The Year Of Open Letters: Retired US Generals And Admirals Warn Democracy Is Dying
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-14
Click to see full-size image | If 2020 was the year of Black Lives Matter protests, and left-wing victories, 2021 is the year of open letters. | Following France, it is now the United States' turn. | On May 12th, Flag Officers 4 America published an open letter, warning that the US constitution was at stake.During the 2020 election an "Open Letter from Senior Military Leaders" was signed by 317 retired Generals and Admirals and, it said the 2020 election could be…
southfront.org/the-year-of-open-letters-retired-us-generals-and-admirals-warn-democracy-is-dying/

Vive La Démocratie: France Bans Pro-Palestinian Protests
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-14
Click to see full-size image | On May 13th, France imposed a ban on pro-Palestine demonstrations amid the escalating situation in the West Bank. | This is allegedly due to concerns that previous clashes and riots that took place in Paris over half a decade ago could happen again."Serious disturbances to public order were noted in 2014. Instructions were given to the Prefects to be particularly vigilant and firm," Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter, noting that he had direc…
southfront.org/vive-la-democratie-france-bans-pro-palestinian-protests/

Napoleone tra guerra e rivoluzione
Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-14
La Rivoluzione francese …
globalresearch.ca/napoleone-tra-guerra-e-rivoluzione/5745222

Creating a desert and calling it peace: Turkey's water war against Rojava
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-14
Turkey's system of huge dams is not just about irrigation and generating hydro-electric power, writes Sarah Glynn. It is a source of political power over the whole region.
greenleft.org.au/content/creating-desert-and-calling-it-peace-turkeys-water-war-against-rojava

NATO's Number 2 says Russia exploits "occupied" Crimea to spread its military influence in the Mediterranean and Northern Africa
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-14
NATO's Number 2 says Russia exploits "occupied" Crimea to spread its military influence in the Mediterranean and Northern AfricaRick Rozoff Speaking to the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria yesterday, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana said that Russia is using occupied (his word) Crimea to spread its military influence in the Mediterranean and Northern Africa. Himself …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/natos-number-2-says-russia-exploits-occupied-crimea-to-spread-its-military-influence-in-the-mediterranean-and-northern-africa/

On Vaccine Patents, A Light Out of the Darkness
Richard Eskow | commondreams.org | 2021-05-14
'While Pfizer didn't accept U.S. money to develop its vaccine, it took $119 million from the European Commission and European Investment Bank and $445 million from the German government. That's more than half a billion dollars from public sources. Then, the resulting patents were given to private interests." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/vaccine_0.jpg …
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Legalizing Repatriations to Gloss Over Human Rights Violations
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-05-14
Europe may remain pristine, or so it thinks, but its colonial legacy remains an open wound, Ramona Wadi writes. | Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union enhanced its exclusionary politics with regard to asylum seekers. A drop in people applying for asylum was linked to the cessation of travel, as countries closed their borders and asylum seeker applications dropped by 87 percent in March and April 2020. In the few instances where asylum seekers managed to get closer t…
strategic-culture.org/news/2021/05/14/legalizing-repatriations-to-gloss-over-human-rights-violations/

The Siege of Gaza and the Fight for Jerusalem
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-14
Israel's ethnic cleansing | …
globalresearch.ca/siege-gaza-fight-jerusalem/5745200

A media intervention applying debunking versus non-debunking content to combat vaccine misinformation in elderly in the Netherlands: A digital randomised trial
Hamza Yousuf, Sander van der Linden, Luke Bredius, G.A. van Essen, Govert Sweep, Zohar Preminger, Eric van Gorp, Erik Scherder, Jagat Narula, Leonard Hofstra | thelancet.com | 2021-05-14
Utilizing debunking in media campaigns on top of vaccine information and social norm modeling is an effective means to combat misinformation and distrust associated with vaccination in elderly, and could help maximize grounds for the acceptance of vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccines.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00161-9/fulltext?rss=yes

Solidarity with Colombia in the Netherlands
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-14
Several thousands marched and protested against the repressive Colombian regime — the Dutch Press agency ANP however counted only a few dozen. | On Friday, May 7, protest demonstrations were announced in The Hague and Amsterdam in solidarity with Colombians who are striking and fighting against the many human rights violations and Neo-liberal exploitation and poverty in their country. | This was prompted by a number of measures that would make life even worse and harder for many Colombians, such as huge VAT increases, petrol price hikes, dismantling of social services, freezing civil servants' salaries, …
orinocotribune.com/solidarity-with-colombia-in-the-netherlands/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-14
COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-ramping-up-covid-19-vaccination-rate-in-race-against-virus/

The Russian Bounty Story Is A Deadly Example Of Fake News
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-14
A New York Times report about Russia paying Taliban militants to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan turned many heads in the summer of 2020 when it was first published. It solidified many Democrats' views that Russia is a dangerous enemy that is consistently acting to not only undermine the U.S., but actually murder its citizens. As NBC News points out, Joe Biden treated the story as factual as a presidential candidate and has continued to repeat the allegations as president. Yet, as many on the left pointed out countless times since the story was published by major news outlets, the reports have never been ad…
popularresistance.org/the-russian-bounty-story-is-a-deadly-example-of-fake-news/

Maj. Danny Sjursen: The Russian Bounty Story Is a Deadly Example of Fake News
Moderator | scheerpost.com | 2021-05-14
[Shutterstock] Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play A New York Times report about Russia paying Taliban militants to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan turned many heads in the summer of 2020 when it was first published. It solidified many Democrats' views that Russia is a dangerous enemy that is consistently acting to not only undermine the U.S., but actually murder its… | Source…
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'Rules-Based Order' Is Cover for Destructive Western Hegemonic Ambitions
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-05-14
The future of world peace and security depends on the vast majority of nations succeeding in upholding the UN against Western malign efforts. | Since Joe Biden became U.S. president, the new administration in Washington has made repeated references to "rules-based order" in international relations, accusing Russia and China of undermining this putative order. | This is as audacious as a poacher appointing himself to be the gamekeeper. For there is no power as rogue and reckless as the United States and its Western minions when it comes to eviscerating international law. The litany of illegal wars, destroyed natio…
strategic-culture.org/news/2021/05/14/rules-based-order-cover-for-destructive-western-hegemonic-ambitions/

Selected Articles: "Gaza Will Burn": Israel's War Cabinet Approves Escalated Aggression on Gaza
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-14
Butting Heads with China and Russia: American Diplomats Are Outclassed | By Philip Giraldi, May 14, 2021 | With the exception of the impending departure of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan, if it occurs, the White House seems to prefer …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-gaza-will-burn-israel-war-cabinet-approves-escalated-aggression-gaza/5745287

Butting Heads with China and Russia: American Diplomats Are Outclassed
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-14
With the exception …
globalresearch.ca/butting-heads-china-russia-american-diplomats-outclassed/5745187

Headlines for May 14, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-14
Palestinian Civilian Death Toll Mounts as Israel Pounds Gaza with Airstrikes and Heavy Artillery, Eight Killed in Israel by Palestinian Rocket Fire as Military Chief Threatens "Gaza Will Burn", President Biden Says Israel's Bombing and Shelling of Gaza Not a "Significant Overreaction", India to Make Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine Available Amid Devastating COVID-19 Toll, Japan Expands Coronavirus Emergency as Doctors Join Call to Cancel Summer Olympics, CDC Says Fully Vaccinated U.S. Residents Can Go Maskless in Most Settings, Hackers Post Personal Data of D.C. Police Officers Following Ransomware Attack, Active-Duty…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/14/headlines

Elon Musk Abruptly Stops Accepting Bitcoin to Pay for Tesla Cars. Did He Learn that Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Per Year than Sweden or Malaysia?
Pam Martens, Russ Martens | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-14
After just 49 days of wedded bliss, Elon Musk is divorcing Tesla from accepting payment for its cars in Bitcoin. It was just March 24 that Musk first Tweeted that Tesla would start accepting payment for its cars in Bitcoin. What caused the abrupt flip-flop? Elon Musk claims he wants to move the world toward…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/14/elon-musk-abruptly-stops-accepting-bitcoin-to-pay-for-tesla-cars-did-he-learn-that-bitcoin-uses-more-electricity-per-year-than-sweden-or-malaysia/

Nuclear Notebook: How Many Nuclear Weapons Does the United Kingdom Have in 2021?
Hans M. Kristensen | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-14
Of all the …
globalresearch.ca/how-many-nuclear-weapons-does-united-kingdom-have-2021/5745269