2020-12-17: News Headlines

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2020-12-17). Israel's Benny Gantz gives interview to Saudi newspaper. middleeasteye.net Israel's Benny Gantz gives interview to Saudi newspaper | The minister of defence told Asharq al-Awsat that Jerusalem should remain fully under Israeli control and pushed for annexation of parts of the West Bank | Thu, 12/17/2020 – 15: 14 | Benny Gantz speaks to the media near Kibbutz Ravid in the northern part of Israel, on 27 October 2020 (AFP) | Israeli Defence Minister Benny G…

MEE staff (2020-12-17). Saudi Arabia: British MPs urge UK to impose sanctions on Riyadh for detaining royals. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia: British MPs urge UK to impose sanctions on Riyadh for detaining royals | Cross-party probe concludes that Mohammed bin Nayef and Prince Ahmed are being mistreated in detention | Thu, 12/17/2020 – 13: 30 | Saudi Arabia did not accept the MPs request to see Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (right) after he was detained in an unknown location since March 2020 (AFP) | British MPs have called on…

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-16). VIDEO: SA holding migrants in inhuman conditions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) — Human Rights Watch has released footage of a detention center for foreigners in Riyadh, proving that Saudi officials have detained and tortured hundreds of foreign workers. As reported, three have lost lives by the present.

Rayhan Uddin (2020-12-16). Dissident former Saudi jockey alleges poison threat and attempt to 'lure' her home. middleeasteye.net Dissident former Saudi jockey alleges poison threat and attempt to 'lure' her home | Alya Al-Howeiti, once a celebrated sports star in the kingdom, reveals backlash and death threats since speaking out against Riyadh's policies | Wed, 12/16/2020 – 14: 22 | Alya al-Howeiti was a celebrated Saudi jockey, before becoming a London-based human rights activist (Screengrab/Twitter) | A Saudi dissident and fo…

teleSUR (2020-12-16). FAO Warns of a Second Desert Locust Plague in Africa. telesurenglish.net The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Wednesday that "a new generation" of desert locust swarms is jeopardizing the food security of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen. | RELATED: | The FAO explains that "favorable weather conditions and widespread seasonal rains have caused extensive breeding in eastern Ethiopia and Somalia" while Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen are preparing for a re-inva…

_____ (2020-12-15). Lessons To Be Learned From Washington's Lethal War Against The World. popularresistance.org The latest book from Indian Marxist Vijay Prashad is a passionate critique of the "US-led liberal international order," in which Washington has fired — and still fires — its bullets at the peoples of the Global South and the socialist world. | In Guatemala, Congo, Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Haiti, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Yemen, Sudan, Grenada, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Angola and so many other countries, Washington's bullets have been deployed in the pursuance of regime change, the protection of US hegemony and opposition to the emergence of truly sovereign post-colonial nations, all in fl…

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-12-15). Researchers Warn of Looming Oil Spill Four Times Larger Than Exxon Valdez If Urgent Action Not Taken. commondreams.org A "regional environmental and humanitarian disaster" is guaranteed should the oil escape from an aging tanker in the Red Sea. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tanker-yemen-fso_0.jpg

John Pilger (2020-12-15). The Most Lethal Virus is Not COVID. It is War. counterpunch.org In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Boris Johnson has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defence spending — a figure that would restore the under-resourced NHS many times over.

MEE and agencies (2020-12-14). Explosion rocks Singapore-flagged tanker off Saudi port of Jeddah. middleeasteye.net Explosion rocks Singapore-flagged tanker off Saudi port of Jeddah | No claim of responsibility for blast but incident comes as Houthis rebels step up cross-border attacks | Mon, 12/14/2020 – 07: 34 | Last month, the Houthis said they struck a plant operated by Saudi Aramco Jeddah with a Quds-2 missile (AFP) | An explosion rocked a Singapore-flagged oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jed…