BBC Documentary On Nakba Erases Israel's Ethnic Cleansing And More News From March 23rd.
BBC Documentary On Nakba Erases Israel's Ethnic Cleansing And More News From March 23rd.
As Israeli Occupation Forces murder a Palestinian youth on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, BBC white washes Israeli crimes in new documentary.
News From Africa & West Asia.
Palestinian activists criticize the BBC’s deliberate attempt to whitewash ethnic cleansing by Israeli forces in the new documentary on Nakba. They also called out BBC for minimizing the role played by the British empire in relocating Jews to Palestine which was home to Arabs of three faiths, Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
Algeria recalled their ambassador to France in February. They now accuse France of meddling in Francophone African nations’ internal affairs. The recent outcry is about the Macron administration’s influence in Tunisia. Algerian official was quoted saying, “we have no place for colour revolutions in Africa”.
Israeli Airforce pilots continue protesting the new far-right, neo-fascist government over its recent legislation of cutting the powers of the Supreme Court. Pilots say, “no airforce, no Israel”.
Thousands in Lebanon are protesting the devaluation of the Lebanese Lira and how it has impacted the pensions of the majority of Lebanese people.
Mali, Mozambique, and Switzerland join a new climate pact with UAE.
The United Nations condemns President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda for signing into law a bill that criminalizes LGBTQ people.
South African unions and smaller political parties take the state to court over power cuts causing millions in losses each day. South Africans saw 200 days of power cuts in 2022, and 2023 is projected to be worse.
Mali and Burkina Faso to hold Pan-Africanism meetings to discuss more cooperation with Latin America, Russia and China. Youth leaders see Mali as a great example for the rising Sunkarism in Burkina Faso. Thomas Sunkara was the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, against who the CIA orchestrated a coup de tat.
42 African nations express their agreement on the recently proposed idea of trading with Russia and China in Yuan. President Putin condemned US sanctions on countries in Africa that choose to do business with Russia. SWIFT sanctions have paralysed African countries. Using Yuan for all trade with Russia and China would make trade for African nations “sanctions proof”.
Niger Army claims they’ve killed around 80 Boko Haram terrorists on the border with Nigeria.
Zimbabwe makes new tobacco deals with Russia. They are also to increase the import of coal from China until Russia helps the country to build nuclear power plants. China is also engaged in ramping up the Belt and Road projects in countries like Zimbabwe and other African nations to help the continent import gas and oil from Russia and Iran.
News From Asia-Pacific.
The Indian government has removed extra security at the UK High Commission building in New Delhi. Many in the UK call it a retaliation as British authorities let Sikh rebels remove the Indian flag at the Indian embassy in London earlier this week. No arrests were made.
The crisis in Pakistan gets worse as Imran Khan continues to defy the coup regime’s arrest warrant against him. A Pakistani local politician explained, “they would like to convict him of flimsy corruption charges so they would have an excuse to ban him from running in the next elections”. The charges against Khan are about gifts he has received from the monarch of UAE or Saudi Arabia. The example given by the Shehbaz Sharif coup regime is, “an aid to Imran Khan sold a watch that was gifted to him for lakhs of rupees”. The irony is, Shehbaz Sharif and his brother Nawaz Sharif have been documented to be the most corrupt Pakistani politicians in Pakistan’s history.
India continues to rely more on US intelligence services while signing a new deal to import new super-sonic weapons from Russia. Indian foreign policy is currently a delicate balancing act that can blow up in the Modi regime’s face as deals with the US are always unreliable.
Indian National Congress leader may face up to 2 years in prison. The charges against Rahul Gandhi are that he insulted the Prime Minister of India. In reality, Gandhi passed a comment on the last name “Modi”, which is not exclusive to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India is sliding into fascism where criticizing the Modi regime can lead to jail time. This has been getting worse ever since Narendra Modi won re-election.
Kashmiri journalists continue to be harassed by Indian border forces for covering the ill-treatment of Muslims in the province. Journalists covering the bulldozing of Muslim homes in Kashmir are being arrested and some claim to have been abducted. Bulldozing the homes of Muslims in Kashmir is a policy the Modi regime is adopting inspired by the Zionist Israel regime.
Europe And Russia
Ukrainian grain flooding into the EU is causing bankruptcy for farmers in countries like Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. The EU commission’s ban on Russian grain, triggered Russia to block Ukrainian grain from being exported to Africa. Russia proposed a deal in June of 2022 that both nations’ should be allowed to export their grain, as grain export was crucial to the people of the African continent. Despite knowing their policies could cause widespread famines in Africa, the EU did not let up. In the end spending billions on importing Ukrainian grain and dumping it in Europe, which faced no food shortages. This devalued the grain being produced by European nations, causing thousands of farmers to lose their earnings and resort to filing for bankruptcy.
A retired German General claims reserve weapons are being sent to Ukraine. He claims this is in their self-interest. Governments are saving maintenance, storage and repair costs.
Massive protests in Greece against the privatization of public services. Greece which was pushed into bankruptcy by Germany and France in 2010, has seen continued privatization of many welfare programs. Now the people of Greece see an opportunity to rise up against the IMF and EU commission.
Hundreds of junior doctors are protesting all across the UK demanding higher investment in NHS. They are denouncing Rishi Sunak’s privatization efforts and NHS cuts being made to every sector. This is a brave move of standing in solidarity with Nurses and first responders in the UK that have been protesting Sunak’s policies ever since he took the Prime Minister’s office.
Prince William visits Poland to ramp up tensions against Russia and gave pep talks to polish troops for a potential war with Russia.
The world witnessed Russian jets come into contact with a US predator drone over the Black Sea, crashing the drone in the waters. Soon after this incident, a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 intercepted two US B-52H bombers that were allegedly moving towards its border over the Baltic Sea. The Russian Ministry of Defence has called these incidents a deliberate attempt to escalate by the US and NATO forces. This was the third such incident and barely reported in the mainstream news media.
Americas.
Colombian President, Gustavo Petro is keeping his campaign promise of bringing peace to the country. Colombia which has long been plagued by guerrilla factions and armed militias will see these groups meeting with mediators from the Petro government. Mutual agreements are yet to be reached, but the people of Colombia are hopeful that these deals could bring peace to the country and will end the violence once and for all.
A new bombshell Seymour Hersh article makes the accusations that the German Chancellor was briefed about the Nord Stream 2 attack by intelligence services. He was briefed about the cover-up story that was leaked to New York Times and Washington Post. Hersh claims this was the reason for Shultz's recent visit to Washington, and that was the reason behind Joe Biden and Shultz not holding any press conferences during the visit.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner condemns lawfare against progressive leaders in Argentina. Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kircher said that her mission is to rebuild a democratic state in Argentina, in which the guarantees established in the Constitution are respected. Kirchner is the wife of the former leftist president of Argentina, Nestor Kirchner. Cristina Fernandez Kirchner was also Argentina’s president from 2007 to 2015. Speaking at an event organized as a part of the III World Forum for Human Rights, to an audience of thousands of people, Fernández de Kirchner said that the reason behind the persecution she and other progressive leaders face is because they seek equality in societies and fight for social justice.
US Economist Richard Wolff claims the country faces a multifaceted crisis and overhaul of global trade and economy. He writes, “this is a serious breakdown in the banking system, both of the United States and Switzerland for sure, but probably brought more, broadly speaking, the whole Western part of global capitalism. It is difficult to say how worried we should be. We should be worried, but we are waiting to see how general these problems are. It is highly unlikely that the problems are only in those particular banks and sectors that have been affected to this point".