(2024-12-04). In a rare break from self-censorship, Israelis got to watch Gaza horrors on their screens. haaretz.com A CNN report from Gaza played on Israel's Channel 13 showed starving women being crushed by desperate masses. But in Israel, people are still shocked by "ethnic cleansing" accusations…
(2024-12-04). South Korean president faces impeachment after martial law. newarab.com 
South Korean lawmakers submitted a bill on Wednesday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol The surprise declaration of martial law in the major US ally late on Tuesday caused a standoff with parliament, which rejected Yoon's attempt to ban political activity and censor the media, as armed troops forced their way into the National Assembly building in Seoul. | The main opposition Democratic…
(2024-12-04). Greek Surveillance Lawsuit Aims to Silence Journalism. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A kiosk with newspapers in Athens, Greece, December 22, 2022. | © 2022 Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto/Shutterstock | On December 5, a court in Athens will hear a defamation lawsuit against journalists who exposed state surveillance by Greek authorities. The case, brought by Grigoris Dimitriadis, nephew of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, fits into the category of cases referred to as "strategic lawsuits against public participation" (SLAPPs), whose primary purpose is to deter critical reporting.Dimitriadis filed the lawsuit against the newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton (Editor'
(2024-12-04). A Spy in Your Pocket? Ronan Farrow Exposes Secrets of High-Tech Spyware in New Film "Surveilled" democracynow.org 
We look at the world of high-tech surveillance with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow and filmmaker Matthew O'Neill. Their new HBO documentary Surveilled is now available for streaming. Farrow says he became interested in the topic after he was tracked by the Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube during his reporting on Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse. Although Black Cube used a "relatively low-tech approach," Farrow says the experience started him on a path to investigate more sophisticated methods of surveillance, including the powerful spyware Pegasus…
(2024-12-04). EU's Frontex gives seal of approval to Israeli surveillance firm. electronicintifada.net Deportations likely to be stepped up.
(2024-12-04). South Korea's 6-Hour Martial Law. scheerpost.com 
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol visits the Navy Special Warfare Flotilla in Jinhae, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, on March 10, 2023. (Republic of Korea, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) By Kiji Noh / Consortium News South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law, suspended the South Korean legislature and banned elected representatives from accessing the National …
(2024-12-04). Bill to allow firing of AG stalls in Knesset as coalition advances controversial laws. haaretz.com The coalition managed to advance controversial bills on Tuesday: gendered segregation, immunity for Knesset members, and a BibiLeaks bill. But for now, it seems removing the attorney general won't be as easy as the coalition had hoped…
(2024-12-04). Leaks, distribution of arms, incitement to racism, and reckless driving — the allegations surrounding Ben-Gvir. haaretz.com In the two years since Itamar Ben-Gvir became national security minister, a long list of people in his orbit have ended up being questioned by police and other units. Here is an explanation of the different cases…
(2024-12-04). The Alliance Fights to Protect Wild Rockies Ecosystems. counterpunch.org 
"A fish rots from the head down." — Rumi By now, we have all heard rumblings of Empire's imminent collapse. Propaganda and government gaslighting can no longer hide the obvious fact that social, financial, cultural, and political systems have failed miserably. The advanced state of Empire's decomposition (rotting from the head down) caused by malevolent
(2024-12-04). Dutch Rapper Appa: Amsterdam 'Pogrom' Was Self-Defense Against Israeli Hooligans. mintpressnews.com Lowkey speaks with legendary Dutch rapper Appa, who claims the so-called "anti-Semitic pogrom" in Amsterdam was actually locals defending their city from violent Israeli football hooligans. Watch as The Watchdog uncovers how media spin turned a soccer riot into global propaganda.
(2024-12-04). Is Iran an antisemitic 'Nazi regime'? haaretz.com The Supreme Leader rails against a secret Jewish plot to 'rule over us.' A former president hosts a Holocaust denial conference. Tehran rings out with chants of 'Death to Israel.' So is the equation, made routinely by Israeli politicians, that Iran = Nazi Germany justified? And did antisemitism in Iran suddenly emerge out of the 1979 Islamic Revolution?
(2024-12-04). The Mother of All Lies: Reconstructing family and social history in Morocco. wsws.org Narrating the film, Moudir asserts that the model neighborhood she and her father build is "a place where secrets can be revealed."
(2024-12-04). Unite HQ puts up banners against workers who are in dispute against Sharon Graham's husband. skwawkbox.org 
Union puts up banners and pins its colours to anti-worker protest as members react in disgust The Unite union has been condemned by workers and their union representatives for its attack on staff who complained about bullying in the unit run by Unite general secretary Sharon Graham's husband, Jack Clarke — who was on a …
(2024-12-04). Candidato de Donald Trump para secretario de Defensa en cuerda floja. cubadebate.cu Pete Hegseth, el candidato del presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, para secretario de Defensa, volverá este miércoles al Capitolio en un intento por salvar su nominación, en la mira por varias acusaciones de mala conducta. Sin comenzar aún y tal parece que el gobierno del próximo Presidente 47 de Estados Unidos sigue sujeto a las polémicas.
(2024-12-04). The US sanctions on HAMAS executives abroad, the HAMAS's headquarter and Israel's third offensive in the north of Gaza. uwidata.com By àñzgàºr Altƒ±nba≈ü We conducted an interview on the latest circumstances in Gaza with Gazan journalist Mohammed Abu Taqiya. Taqiya shared information and evaluated on the US's pressure with sanctions on the countries where HAMAS executives reside, allegations that HAMAS has received a request to leave Qatar, the arrest warrant issued for Netanyahu at the International …
(2024-12-04). Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid slams government campaign to curtail press freedom. haaretz.com At a Knesset conference attended by Israeli lawmakers and journalists, Lapid fiercely criticized the Netanyahu's government crackdown on Israeli press and warned that freedom of press is at stake, contrary to the communications minister's position…
(2024-12-04). Breaking video: Israel bombs Gaza refugee tents in Khan Younis. skwawkbox.org Within the last hour or so, Israel has again bombed helpless refugees sheltering in tents, this time in Khan Younis: Witnesses and journalists report finding heads and other body parts after horrifying explosions: At least seventeen people have been murdered in the strike, including at least five children. The Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya …
(2024-12-04). The US sanctions on HAMAS executives abroad, the HAMAS's headquarter and Israel's third offensive in the north of Gaza. unitedworldint.com Interview with Palestinian journalist Mohammed Abu Taqiya By àñzgàºr Altƒ±nba≈ü We conducted an interview on the latest circumstances in Gaza with Gazan journalist Mohammed Abu Taqiya. Taqiya shared information and evaluated on the US's pressure with sanctions on the countries where HAMAS executives reside, allegations that HAMAS has received a request to leave Qatar, the arrest …
(2024-12-04). Satire, trauma, and the Nakba in Omar Khalifah's Sand-Catcher. newarab.com 
The novel, Khalifah's first, appeared in Arabic in 2020 and is out this month in The short, bantering book starts on ordinary ground, introducing us to four bumbling Palestinian journalists in Jordan. But the action soon veers in…
(2024-12-04). New translation of 'Franco's Mass Graves' unearths crimes of Spanish fascism. peoplesworld.org 
The journalist Emilio Silva Barrera (born in Elizondo, Navarra, Spain, in 1965) belongs to the generation of grandchildren of those who experienced the Spanish Civil War as adults. His grandfather and namesake, a politically moderate small business owner in a small town in Northwestern Spain, was first harassed and extorted, later arrested, killed, and thrown …
(2024-12-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Does thyroid cancer affect women more than men? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Women are three to four times more likely than men to be diagnosed with thyroid cancer. However, recent research shows that men face an equal risk of developing this type of cancer. Dr. Victor Bernet, a Mayo Clinic endocrinologist, says men also need to be aware of thyroid cancer risks. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/PGH3TROOSn4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News…
(2024-12-04). China: Journalists discuss impact of harmful information and media's role during humanitarian crises. icrc.org