Today's Exclusive News from MintPress: Monday, January 28th
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Ilhan Omar Doesn’t Flinch in Calling Trump’s Venezuela Policy the Coup that It Is
Omar is showing that she is onto the “humanitarian intervention” canard that has served as a pretext in the past decades to the destruction of large swaths of the Middle East and North Africa.
Alexander Rubinstein
Saudis Ignore Yemen Truce, Bomb Displaced Persons’ Camp and Food Silos
“The people who have fled their home to internally displaced person sites have lost so much already. An attack like this cannot be justified — ever. Parties to the conflict are obliged to do everything possible to protect civilians.” — Lise Grande, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem
Israel, Mideast’s Self-Proclaimed Only Democracy, Backs Coup Against Venezuela’s Democratically Elected Government
While Guaidó’s long-term prospects remain in question, it is possible that Netanyahu sees a potential leader who could reopen ties with Israel and even open an embassy in Jerusalem, to which Netanyahu has been pushing countries to relocate their embassies.
Alexander Rubinstein
Former UN Expert: US Sanctions in Venezuela Largely Responsible for Crisis, Possible “Crime Against Humanity”
“What’s at stake is the enormous, enormous natural resources of Venezuela. And I sense that if Venezuela had no natural resources no one would give a damn about Chavez or Maduro or anybody else there.” — Former UN official Alfred de Zayas
Whitney Webb
France’s Red Scarves: Ready-Made Counter-Protest and New Media Darlings
The pressure will now grow to disperse the Yellow Vest movement while also attempting to use the Red Scarves to manufacture support for draconian government policies and police crackdowns aimed at finally ending the establishment-threatening protests.
Whitney Webb
Benny Gantz Runs on “Heroic” Gaza Slaughters Undertaken at Netanyahu’s Command
Gantz, much like most Israeli generals today, can claim to have accomplishments all day long; the fact remains, however, that for decades no Israeli general has faced another army.
Miko Peled
