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  International Middle East Media Center
 
PLO Apologizes To Ban Ki-moon
The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) issued an apology for United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, after several protestors in Gaza hurled shoes at his convoy upon entering the Gaza Strip on Thursday. ...
  Ha'aretz Diplomacy & Defense
 
U.S. anxiety grows over possible Israeli plans on Iran
Report: French woman wounded by IDF gas grenade in West Bank demonstration
IDF suspends officer after soldier left behind in West Bank
Iran Supreme Leader: U.S., Israel will suffer for threats on nuclear program
'Certain countries' could take Iran nuclear matter into their own hands, U.K. official says
Iran mulls ban of Samsung over Israeli commercial depicting attack on nuclear plant
Panetta lets stand report that Israel may attack Iran by June
Lieberman to meet with Clinton in Washington next week
Barak: If Iran sanctions don't work, military action must be considered
Israel joins board of UN Development Program
Pro-Palestinian hackers claim to publish details of 26,000 more Israeli credit cards
Israel Vice PM: Military strike can hit all of Iran's nuclear facilities
Some 200,000 missiles aimed consistently at Israel, top IDF officer says
  Palestinian Center for Human Rights
 
High Military Court in Gaza Upholds Death Sentence
Thursday, 02 February 2012
PCHR Concerned for the Life of Palestinian Detainee in Israeli Jails Who Has Been on Hunger Strike for about 45 Days
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
PCHR Condemns Storming ICRC Head Office and Detention of PLC Member Toutah and Former Minister Abu 'Arafa
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
IOF Arrest Patient at Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing in the Northern Gaza Strip; PCHR Fears he is Subjected to Torture,
Monday, 23 January 2012
  International Solidarity Movement
 
Music against the No Go Zone
2/3/2012 - International Solidarity Movement - By Rosa Schiano, 31 January 2012 - il Blog di Oliva - Every Tuesday we demonstrate at the Erez border crossing, in Beit Hanoun, in the northern  Gaza Strip. The demonstration started at about 11:00 AM. We headed for the No Go Zone. The...
13 injured in Nabi Saleh during weekly non-violent protest
2/3/2012 - International Solidarity Movement - 3 February 2012, International Middle East Media Center - During the weekly non-violent protest in the village of an-Nabi Saleh on Friday several injuries were reported including that of a French citizen who was struck in the neck by an Israeli projectile. The...
61 year old Palestinian woman in intensive care after settler attack
2/3/2012 - International Solidarity Movement - By Fransisco Reeves, 3 February 2012, International Solidarity Movement, West Bank - When your land is occupied by those who harbor hatred towards you emanating from a belief that they are inherently superior to you, each day brings with it a genuine threat...
Donor Opium: The impact of international aid to Palestine
2/3/2012 - International Solidarity Movement - 3 February 2012, Donor Opium - For twenty years now the international donor community has financially supported Palestinian institution-building, infrastructure development, the economy, public employees' salaries, health and education, social welfare, the police, electricity production, private credit guarantees, and the bigger part...
Kufr ad-Dik and Burqin march against boars, pollution, and violence by Israelis
2/3/2012 - International Solidarity Movement - By Jonas Weber, 3 February 2012, International Solidarity Movement, West Bank - Burqin and Kufr Ad-Dik face daily obstructions in justice as nearby illegal Zionist settlements encroach on the livelihood of local Palestinians. The villages are surrounded by several hilltop illegal settlements and...
Left behind at the scene of the crime: Israel wages war on Bil'in
1/1/0001 - International Solidarity Movement - By Wedad Yassin, 30 January 2012, Sixteen Minutes to Palestine - Weeks ago, Wedad Yassin traveled back to Ein Yabrud, a village near Ramallah in the West Bank, to visit her family and to experience Palestine's rich cultural heritage. Her intention...
  Palestine News Network
 
  Uruknet
 
[uruknet.info] Gaza: antiquities down a dusty lane
February 4, 2012 - Two years ago I wrote about Gaza's antiquities, many of which were destroyed in the 2008-2009 Israeli war on Gaza. But until a few months ago, I hadn't had the privilege of seeing one...
[uruknet.info] Russia and China veto U.N. resolution on Syria killings for second time
February 4, 2012 - Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on protests for the second time. Thirteen countries voted for the resolution proposed by European and Arab...
[uruknet.info] Iraq War Crimes: Haditha: Another Small Massacre - No One Guilty.
February 4, 2012 - On the 24th January, the day President Obama delivered his last State of the Union speech to Congress before the election, citing the:"selflessness and teamwork of America's Armed Forces (their) focus on the mission...
[uruknet.info] Former Gaddafi official tortured to death in Libya
February 4, 2012 - A former Libyan diplomat who went over to the opposition National Transitional Council last year was detained and then tortured to death by a militia force based in the town of Zintan, according to...
[uruknet.info] Video: In Washington D.C., Andy Worthington Discusses Protests in Guantánamo, and the Campaign to Free Shaker Aamer
February 4, 2012 - On January 10, while I was visiting the US for events marking the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo, the World Can't Wait, the campaigning organization responsible for my visit, hosted a screening...
[uruknet.info] Equality for Palestinians? Israel won't have it
February 3, 2012 - The presence of a few Palestinian members in the Knesset (MKs) is often touted as a sign of Israel's robust democracy. Yet elected representatives of the Palestinian community inside Israel face growing harassment by...
[uruknet.info] Palestinians Owe Ban Ki-moon No Apologies
February 3, 2012 - Last night, a new friend of mine noticed that I try to highlight the issue of Palestinian political prisoners in my writings. That led to a long chat about my interest in bringing out...
[uruknet.info] Syria News - February 3, 2012 (Warning: Graphic Videos)
February 3, 2012 - Homs: Relayed via al-Khaldieh resident: More than 200 martyrs have fallen and the toll is rising due to the constant bombardment of the town. The LCC are working on verifying these numbers. Homs: Security...
[uruknet.info] 27 of 35 Bush Articles of Impeachment Apply to Obama
February 3, 2012 - When Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush on June 9, 2008, the 35 had been selected from drafts of nearly twice that many articles. President Obama has...
[uruknet.info] Reviewing the Middle East peace process: Two decades of empty negotiations [1992-2012]
February 3, 2012 - Over the past two decades, Palestinians have sat around the "negotiating table" on numerous occasions with successive Israeli governments and with a stated view of achieving a negotiated resolution to the intractable Palestine-Israel conflict....
[uruknet.info] Anonymous Leaks Huge Cache of Emails From Iraq War Crimes Case
February 3, 2012 - Anonymous is on a rampage today. Just hours after leaking a confidential phone call between the FBI and Scotland yard, members have released a huge archive of emails and documents related to the 2005...
[uruknet.info] 61 year old Palestinian woman in intensive care after settler attack
February 3, 2012 - When your land is occupied by those who harbor hatred towards you emanating from a belief that they are inherently superior to you, each day brings with it a genuine threat to the security...
[uruknet.info] Syria Protests February 3, 2012 : A Video Roundup
[uruknet.info] Anti-Semitism and Israel's Inherent Contradictions
February 3, 2012 - In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as 'anti-Semitic'. He also denounced Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi for writing a forward to White's latest book, Palestinians in Israel: Segregation,...
[uruknet.info] Iraq snapshot - February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012. Chaos and violence continue, the attorneys representing the American soldier in the Haditha massacre find their computer systems hacked by Anonymous, the political crisis continues in Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani delves into the issue,...
[uruknet.info] Bill will turn Bedouin dispossession into Israeli law
February 3, 2012 - On January 3rd the Government of Israel published the memorandum of a bill named "Regulation of the Bedouin settlement in the Negev", which states the steps to be implemented in order to relocate the...
[uruknet.info] Clashes continue in Egypt, 4 dead
February 3, 2012 - Four people were killed in Egypt Thursday night during ongoing clashes with Central Security Forces (CSF) after demonstrations were staged across the country earlier in the day against the military regime. Two protesters were...
[uruknet.info] Barghouti: Attacks on the Penn BDS conference reveal panic that Israel is losing hearts and minds
February 3, 2012 - Omar Barghouti, who was smeared in Professor Ruben Gur's outrageous broadside against the Penn BDS conference, has been given a chance to reply. He shows that while Israel's defenders will stoop to slurs, lies...
[uruknet.info] AFP RESPONDS TO FALSE ACCUSATIONS SURROUNDING A PICTURE TAKEN IN THE WEST BANK VILLAGE OF AL-DIRAT ON JANUARY 25
February 3, 2012 - AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE (AFP) WAS RECENTLY ACCUSED IN BLOGS AND IN A LETTER SENT BY THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON TO PROMINENT US NEWSPAPERS OF FILING A PICTURE TAKEN ON JANUARY 25 IN AL-DIRAT, WEST...
[uruknet.info] Mainstream "Concern" Over Rebel Torture
February 3, 2012 - .... Several people have died after being tortured by militias in Libyan detention centres, human rights group Amnesty International has said. It claimed to have seen patients in Tripoli, Misrata and Gheryan with open wounds...
[uruknet.info] Business Before Animosity: Iranian Delegation in Tel Aviv for Agriculture Expo
February 3, 2012 - Business before animosity: Three Iranian businessmen are expected to attend Agritech Israel 2012, where they will buy advanced agricultural equipment, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday. Set for mid May, Agritech - the 18th International Agricultural...
[uruknet.info] Syrian Forces Kill More Than 200 in Homs ‎(Videos)
February 3, 2012 - In a barrage of shelling, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds early Saturday in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said....
[uruknet.info] "We will rebuild": Hebron family resists unrelenting settler violence
February 3, 2012 - On a winter's morning in the hills east of Hebron, a young Palestinian man works on the ruined engine of a burnt-out car, his hands black with grease. In front of him stands a...
[uruknet.info] Witnesses, video challenge Israeli army account of Nabi Saleh shooting
February 3, 2012 - In Nabi Saleh on Friday a French citizen-in the village for her first time-was struck in the back of the head by a high-velocity teargas canister fired by an Israeli soldier. The woman was...
  Aljazeera
 
Russia and China veto UN resolution on Syria
02/04/2012 - Second double veto of Syria resolution draws condemnation from rights groups and US envoy who calls it "unforgivable".
Cairo street battles rage for third day
02/04/2012 - Twelve killed and more than 2,500 wounded in clashes over authorities' failure to prevent Port Said football violence.
Rival Putin crowds rally in Moscow
02/04/2012 - Thousands defy freezing temperatures to demand fair presidential polls, but PM's supporters gather for separate rally.
Deadly freeze extends icy grip on Europe
02/04/2012 - More than 200 killed across region as temperatures plunge to new lows, while vital gas supplies curtailed due to demand.
Romney looks to solidify position in Nevada
02/04/2012 - After a win in Florida, front-runner Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney looks likely to take Nevada caucus.
India court drops graft charges for minister
02/04/2012 - Palaniappan Chidambaram, finance minister at time of $36bn telecom scandal, will not face corruption charges.
Greece faces 'deadline to clinch bailout'
02/04/2012 - Finance Minister Venizelos says Greece has one day left to clinch a 130bn euro bailout to avoid "chaotic debt default".
Murders soar in Brazil city as police strike
02/04/2012 - Federal troops sent to Salvador after 50 killings occur during four days of ongoing police labour dispute.
  Palestine Telegraph
 
International Palestinian Refugee Conference to take place in Denmark
3 Feb 2012 - Palestine, (Pal Telegraph) - The General Secretariat of the Palestinians in Europe Conference, The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) and the Palestinian Forum in Denmark announced that this year the 10th Palestinians in...
  New York Times
 
Police Kill 4 Protesters as Egyptians Unleash Fury Over Soccer Riot Deaths
3 Feb 2012 - Police in several Egyptian cities battled Thursday night and Friday with thousands of protesters angry at the government’s failure to prevent deaths at a soccer riot.
Two American Tourists Kidnapped in Egypt, Officials Say
3 Feb 2012 - Gunmen stormed a bus in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Friday, kidnapping two American tourists and an Egyptian tour guide, Egyptian officials said.
Russia Rejects Draft U.N. Resolution on Syria
3 Feb 2012 - Russia said it still had a “number of concerns” over a tentative plan by the United Nations Security Council aimed at stemming the bloodshed in Syria.
Nuclear Inspection Visit to Iran Deemed a Failure
3 Feb 2012 - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the United States in particular would face severe damage to its interests if any strike were carried out against Iran’s nuclear sites.
Israeli Says Iranian Missiles Might Threaten U.S.
3 Feb 2012 - A senior official tried to make the point that the Iranian nuclear program is not a threat only to Israel but, as he put it, “a nightmare for the free world.”
Effort to Rebrand Arab Spring Backfires in Iran
3 Feb 2012 - Iran invited young activists to Tehran for a conference on the “Islamic Awakening,” but the fact that no one from Syria’s opposition was invited disrupted the whole script.
  Jerusalem Post
 
Blast hits Egypt gas pipeline to Israel for 11th time
4 Feb 2012 - Witnesses in Al-Arish say flames seen from town in Northern Sinai where blast took place; security forces rush to scene.
Homs shelling kills hundreds as violence rages
4 Feb 2012 - Top military intelligence commander deserts army in highest-level defection yet; enraged Syrians storm regime’s embassies in Europe, Mideast.
Sarkozy: France, partners planning Syria crisis group
4 Feb 2012 - French FM says int'l community paralyzed after veto, calls attacks in Homs savagery, crimes against humanity.
Video shows activists injured by IDF in Nabi Saleh
4 Feb 2012 - Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak says that two foreign activists were hit by Israeli tear gas projectiles during weekly demonstration.
Putting out fires
4 Feb 2012 - State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss should conduct himself impartially, not try to score popularity points by broadcasting his own sentiments.
How Syria’s ruling apparatus became its albatross
4 Feb 2012 - The Assad dynasty as we know it will be a thing of the past, regardless of how long it takes.
My Word: Trees and roots
4 Feb 2012 - Tu Bishvat expresses down-to-earth Zionism.
Fuerza Bruta offer Rolling Stones tour producer shelter
4 Feb 2012 - Behind the surrealistic spectacle of the popular Argentinian show now wowing Tel Aviv lie logistics and planning.
US 'disgusted' after Russia, China veto UNSC on Syria
4 Feb 2012 - Washington's UN envoy warns: Further bloodshed "will be on your hands"; Obama decries "unspeakable" violence, says regime that "massacres its people does not deserve to govern."
US 'disgusted' at Russia, China UNSC veto on Syria
4 Feb 2012 - Further bloodshed "will be on your hands," Washington’s UN envoy warns; Obama decries "unspeakable" violence.
Got kosher milk?
4 Feb 2012 - The OU decision not to certify Haagen Dazs kosher comes from a halachic restriction on milk not produced in the presence of a Jew.
Iran threatens to ban Samsung following Israeli ad
4 Feb 2012 - HOT produces television advert for Samsung tablet in which Mossad agent accidentally detonates nuclear reactor via an application.
Egypt council wants earlier presidential vote
4 Feb 2012 - Responding to protests, civilian council recommends starting preparations for election two months early.
Jews in Super Bowl history
4 Feb 2012 - Jewish pro football players reflect on the big game, and their religious identity.
Turkish jails filling up with journalists
4 Feb 2012 - Kurdish reporter’s arrest over weekend is the latest in wave of detentions.
Russians defy cold, stage rival protests over Putin
4 Feb 2012 - Tens of thousands of Russians assemble in Moscow to demand fair elections, march against Putin.
Activists, police clash at Syrian embassy in Kuwait
4 Feb 2012 - Protesters try to storm Syrian mission; activists in Egypt, Germany storm embassies there causing damage.
Iran says Europe oil ban won't halt its nuclear work
4 Feb 2012 - Tehran warns of turmoil in markets if EU oil ban enforced, says it can easily replace EU as buyer.
February kicks off with ample sunshine
4 Feb 2012 - First weekend in February sees rising temperatures and a drop in humidity after a rainy January - perfect hiking weather.
'Iran threats against Jewish targets in US growing'
4 Feb 2012 - Guarded and "soft" sites, such as synagogues, schools and community centers, are under increasing threat by Iran.
Middle East trails again in green energy growth
4 Feb 2012 - Vestas estimates renewables accounts for only 0.2 percent of power production in the Middle East and North Africa.
PA's Abbas, Hamas's Mashaal to meet in Qatar
3 Feb 2012 - Palestinian leaders set to negotiate "reconciliation measures," issues resulting from PA-Israel "peace talks failure."
Assad forces kill at least 217 Syrians in Homs
3 Feb 2012 - NGO says death toll rising as Assad forces crack down on protests mainly in city's Khalidiya district.
Sitting pretty: Gaza renews furniture exports
3 Feb 2012 - Though the shipment is small, it could point the way to a new source of jobs and economic growth.
UN council to vote on Syria resolution
3 Feb 2012 - Security council diplomats say vote on Syria's PM Assad scheduled; Russia's position on vote remains unclear as Moscow fails to submit promised revisions to Arab League draft proposal.
US anxious over possible Israeli plans on Iran
3 Feb 2012 - Two US officials say J'lem still undecided on Iran attack; Israeli strike would have implications for US election.
  Misc
 
New Voices: Occupying the occupiers
Jewish Voice for Peace 4 Feb 2012 - YJP organizers interviewed in Other Voices
Hard to believe..
Jewish Voice for Peace 4 Feb 2012 - Take action on defunding of UNESCO: Click here to tell Congress to change this punitive law
Exporting tears, exporting death
Jewish Voice for Peace 4 Feb 2012 -
Statement in Support of the PennBDS Conference, February 3rd-5th, 2012
Jewish Voice for Peace 4 Feb 2012 -
Counterpunch: Uproar over upcoming BDS conference at Penn
Jewish Voice for Peace 4 Feb 2012 -
Resolution on Syria vetoed at UN
BBC 4 Feb 2012 - Russia and China veto an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution condemning the violent crackdown in Syria, hours after scores are killed in Homs.
Live tweeting from the Penn BDS conference
Mondoweiss 4 Feb 2012 - @import "http://embed.tweetizen.com/embed.css"; Phil, Alex and Annie are in Philadelphia for the Penn BDS conference , and while we wait for their first report we thought we'd bring you up to speed on the story to this point. Here was our reporting in the lead up to the...
Praying while Shi’a: the NYPD’s latest religious profiling scandal
Mondoweiss 4 Feb 2012 - New York Police Chief, Ray Kelly How is it possible that New York police chief Ray Kelly still has a job? Days after news broke that Kelly gamely sat for an interview for The Third Jihad , the anti-Muslim agitprop-cum-police training video, the Associated Press (bless its...
Should Alan Dershowitz refuse to take himself seriously?
Mondoweiss 4 Feb 2012 - As Alan Dershowitz forcefully inserts himself into the BDS debate, it is helpful to recall Dershowtiz’s own insight into who should and should not be accepted as a “serious” thinker on peace in the Middle East. In his 2005 volume The Case For Peace , Dershowitz offers...
VIDEO: BBC team smuggled into Homs
BBC 4 Feb 2012 - Syrian government forces have bombarded the city of Homs with artillery shells and mortars, killing at least 55 people, according to opposition groups.
Israeli police shoot international activist in the neck during weekly Nabi Saleh protest
Mondoweiss 4 Feb 2012 - From the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee : Border Police Shoot French Woman in the Neck During Nabi Saleh Demo The woman was hit in the back of her neck with a tear-gas projectile shot directly at her by a group of Border Police officers during the weekly...
World Cancer Day: Survivors' stories
BBC 4 Feb 2012 - Survivors share experiences on World Cancer Day
VIDEO: Hormuz closure threat to shipping
BBC 4 Feb 2012 - The Middle East's experts on maritime security are meeting in Abu Dhabi this week and talk of Iran's threats of closing the Strait of Hormuz will feature prominently.
Occupy Oakland’s landslide BDS endorsement
Mondoweiss 4 Feb 2012 - Video streaming by Ustream U Stream of BDS proposal at Occupy Oakland, starts at 13:20. (Video: Spencer Mills / OakFoSho ) Last Wednesday at the amphitheatre in front of Oakland’s city hall, occupiers endorsed Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the state of Israel in a 135-to-one vote....
Is Israel’s Iranophobia Virus Contagious?
Tikun Olam 4 Feb 2012 - Coming soon to a synagogue or embassy near you...the IRG bogeyman (AFP/Getty) ABC News today publishes a leaked (from whom?) memo drafted by Israeli intelligence sources warning of terror threats against Israeli government sites in this country and American Jewish communal facilities from the dreaded “Iran...
VIDEO: Warning from Iran over attack risk
BBC 3 Feb 2012 - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has warned that any attempt to attack his country's nuclear programme will meet a forceful response.
Turkey’s Erdogan, Paul Auster Debate Relative Press Freedom in Israel, Turkey
Tikun Olam 3 Feb 2012 - Over the past day or so, a fierce fight has erupted between Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan and New York Jewish author, Paul Auster.  The controversy began when Auster, whose new book was recently published in Turkey, announced to an opposition newspaper that he refused to...
Israel prepares for war against Iran
WSWS 2 Feb 2012 - The Israeli political and military establishment is preparing to attack Iran, and pushing the US to advance its own plans for war.
US military preparations for war on Iran
WSWS 2 Feb 2012 - Iran has repeatedly denied plans to build a nuclear weapon, but that has not stopped the barrage of unsubstantiated allegations in the media.
The New York Times and the drive to war against Iran
WSWS 2 Feb 2012 - The New York Times on Sunday published a lengthy article in its weekly magazine that sympathetically and clinically lays out the arguments of Israeli policy makers in favor of a military attack on Iran sometime this year.
American intelligence agencies, media stoke war drive against Iran
WSWS 2 Feb 2012 - Provocative testimony by US intelligence agencies has become the focus of a hysterical media campaign accusing Iran of posing a terrorist threat to the US.
US pushes for renewed military presence in Iraq
WSWS 2 Feb 2012 - Iraq’s refusal to allow a permanent US military presence was a setback for the Obama administration as it prepared for a confrontation with Iran.
Obama Administration: U.S. Would ‘Come to Israel’s Defense’ If Iran Attacked It
Tikun Olam 2 Feb 2012 - David Ignatius published an alarming story in today’s Washington Post , in which he quotes Leon Panetta predicting an Israeli attack on Iran in “April, May or June.”  Buried deeper within the article is an even more chilling passage: Administration officials caution that Tehran shouldn’t misunderstand: The...
  Misc2
 
Pro-Israel and Pro-BDS
The Magnes Zionist 2 Feb 2012 - Students at the University of Pennsylvania are hosting this weekend the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) Movement’s National Convention . May I take this occasion to wish the speakers and organizers a good conference, with a healthy debate on issues surrounding BDS. This is a wonderful opportunity...
America on Israel’s Altar
Sabbah report 4 Feb 2012 - The Republican candidates, except Ron Paul, all go overboard in their attempts to prove to the supporters in America that they will serve the interests of Israel at any cost.
Palestinian Children Detained Oppressively in Isolation
Sabbah report 4 Feb 2012 - "I was in a very bad psychological state, so I decided to confess. I confessed to throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at army jeeps," even though he was innocent.
2011 Ends on a Sour Note… Is Hamas Really a Mean-Minded Christmas Scrooge*?
Sabbah report 4 Feb 2012 - In the past Hamas has shown great respect for the Christian tradition of Christmas and, I hear, Hamas officials in Bethlehem used to dress up as Santa Claus to distribute gifts to Christian children. So the question remains: has Hamas really become such a Scrooge* as...
The Camp David treaty is not a sacred text
Sabbah report 4 Feb 2012 - Is it a pre-condition to recognize Israel in order to govern? This is not possible, no matter what the circumstances are. We don't recognize Israel at all. It is a criminal occupier.
Two US Delegations Endorse BDS and Call for Action in the US
US Campaign to End the Occupation 4 Feb 2012 - The Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel has been endorsed by two US delegations recently returned from fact finding missions to occupied Palestine and Israel. US Campaign member group US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) organized a...
PennBDS: Hate-fest or Human Rights Conference?
US Campaign to End the Occupation 4 Feb 2012 - Posted today by the Institute for Middle East Understanding... This weekend, the first national conference bringing together American supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement takes place at the University of Pennsylvania. We discuss the conference, the controversy surrounding it, and the growing international...
Policy Brief Explores Palestinian Leadership Strategies
US Campaign to End the Occupation 4 Feb 2012 - Noura Erakat, a former US Campaign National Organizer and Legal Advocate, published today an important policy brief--" Beyond Sterile Negotiations: Looking for a Leadership with a Strategy "--examining alternatives for both rights-based and political program-based strategies for achieving Palestinian human rights and national liberation. Although the...
Media Tell State Department: The Emperor Has No Clothes
US Campaign to End the Occupation 4 Feb 2012 - When it comes to the so-called Israeli-Palestinian "peace process," the State Department daily press briefings have truly degenerated into a farce in which the mainstream media refuses to believe any longer. Take, for example, yesterday's briefing , during which a succession of members of the media poked...
  Ma'an News
 
13 injured in Nabi Saleh demo
2/3/2012 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces injured 13 people in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, during a Friday demonstration against Israeli land confiscation, witnesses said. A French national sustained an injury from a tear-gas canister, activists said. She was taken...
Medics: Israelis attack shepherd in northern West Bank
2/3/2012 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- A 20-year-old Palestinian shepherd was injured on Friday after being attacked by Israelis in the northern West Bank, medics said. Red Crescent medics told Ma'an that Mahdi Daraghma was beaten by Israelis from the Mehola...
Palestinian aids Israeli soldier left behind in raid
2/3/2012 - JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- An Israeli soldier stranded after a raid in occupied territory was escorted to safety by a Palestinian man in the same village the troops had targeted, witnesses and media reports said. The Israeli military said Friday a batallion commander had...
Warning of 'health disaster' due to power crisis
2/3/2012 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The health minister in Gaza, Basem Naim, warned Thursday of a health and environmental crisis due to an increase of power cuts and their dangerous implications. Naim said hospitals and health facilities, subjected to 10-hour power...
Official: Israeli settlers tour Beit Ummar
2/3/2012 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- For the second time in two weeks, settlers made a tour of Beit Ummar north of Hebron, according to a spokesman for the town's popular committee. Muhammad Ayyad Awad said that more than 100 Kfar Etzion...
Report: Panetta thinks Israel may strike Iran this spring
2/3/2012 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, US media reported on Thursday. The Washington Post first reported that Panetta was...
Soldiers break up weekly Qalqiliya demonstration
2/3/2012 - QALQILIYA (Ma'an) -- Israeli military forces clamped down on a weekly non-violent demonstration on Friday in the Qalqiliya village of Kafr Qaddum. The demonstration started after traditional Friday prayers and included hundreds of locals, internationals and Israeli peace activists, Murad Eshterwi...
Disobedience campaign to support Jihad leader
2/3/2012 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- The PA Minister of Prisoners Affairs said Friday that detainees in Israeli jails have launched a disobedience campaign to support detained hunger-striking Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan. Issa Qaraqe said Palestinian detainees are returning food, and refusing outdoor...
World Bank president meets Fayyad
2/3/2012 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- World Bank President Robert Zoellick met PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Ramallah on Wednesday, and stressed the importance of Palestine moving on from a donor-driven economy." World Bank research shows that the economic growth in West Bank...
Khamenei warns Israel, US over pressure
2/3/2012 - TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the Islamic Republic would not yield to international pressure to abandon its nuclear course, threatening retaliation for sanctions aimed at Iran's oil exports. Khamenei's defiant...
Quartet 'proposes incentives for Palestine entry to talks'
2/3/2012 - TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- PLO official Wasel Abu Yousef said Thursday that the diplomatic Quartet has proposed a series of measures to ease Israeli restrictions on Palestinians in order to restart stalled peace talks, according to news reports. The plan...
Israel: Quick Iran curbs may obviate need for strike
2/3/2012 - MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -- Iran "will blink" if sanctions aimed at deterring it from building a nuclear bomb are imposed rapidly, meaning outside powers may never need to decide on possible armed action, an Israeli minister said Friday. Speaking on the sidelines of...
PA security forces 'arrest state TV journalist'
2/3/2012 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority security services arrested a journalist for the government's official news agency in Ramallah on Tuesday after he criticized PLO officials, a media rights group said. Rami Samara, a journalist for the PA's...
Rights group: Gaza court upholds death sentence
2/3/2012 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A military court in Gaza on Thursday upheld a death sentence issued last year to a man convicted of treason, a Palestinian rights group said. The High Military Court confirmed the sentence of death by hanging against a...
Mother and son killed in heater accident
2/3/2012 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- A 40-year-old woman and her young son died of suffocation from a firewood heater on Thursday in the Nablus village of al-Naqura, police said. The heater sucked all the oxygen from the room as the windows and...
Analysis: Anti-Semitism and Israel's inherent contradictions
2/3/2012 - By Ramzy Baroud - In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as 'anti-Semitic'. He also denounced Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi for writing a forward to White's latest book, Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination...
Egypt protesters besiege Cairo interior ministry
2/3/2012 - By Marwa Awad and Tom PerryCAIRO (Reuters) -- Protesters hurled rocks through clouds of tear gas and riot police fired live rounds on a second day of fighting around Egypt's Interior Ministry triggered by the deaths of 74 people in the...
Arabs, West re-draft Syria UN resolution to avert Russian veto
2/3/2012 - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- Arab and Western drafters of a UN Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Syria's bloody upheaval revised their text on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to avoid a Russian veto, though the new draft includes language Moscow...
Gunmen kidnap two US tourists in Egypt's Sinai
2/3/2012 - CAIRO (Reuters) -- Gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula kidnapped two American women on Friday in an apparent attempt to hold them for ransom, security sources said. Security in the isolated desert region has deteriorated since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak...
Syria forces break up Hama protest marking killings
2/3/2012 - BEIRUT (Reuters) -- Syrian forces shot dead one person in the city of Hama on Friday as they broke up a protest marking the anniversary of a 1982 massacre by troops loyal to President Bashar Assad's father, activists said. The opposition...
  The Guardian
 
Iran military manoeuvres heighten Middle East tensions
4 Feb 2012 - Revolutionary Guards exercises follow threats by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei against US and Israel Iran's Revolutionary Guards are carrying out military exercises amid...
Jacqueline Rose: a life in writing
3 Feb 2012 - 'Victimhood is something that happens but when you turn it into an identity you're psychically and politically finished' One day, Jacqueline Rose came across...
Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran will continue nuclear programme – video
4 Feb 2012 - Iran's supreme leader spoke to worshippers at Friday's prayers in Tehran on the anniversary of the 1979 revolution
Khamenei: Iran will help anyone confront Israel
3 Feb 2012 - Supreme leader affirms Iran has helped militant groups attack Israel before and will continue nuclear programme Iran will help any nation or group that...
Equality for Palestinians? Israel won't have it | Ben White
3 Feb 2012 - Elected representatives of the Palestinian community in Israel face growing harassment by the state, fellow MKs and the media The presence of a few...
Iran 'trying to attack Israeli targets in retaliation for scientists' deaths'
3 Feb 2012 - Head of Shin Bet says three attempted attacks by Iran have been thwarted in the past year Iranian agents are attempting to attack Israeli...
Tewfik Mishlawi obituary
3 Feb 2012 - Tewfik Mishlawi, who has died aged 76, was a father-figure and guru to at least three generations of journalists who went to the Middle...
  Stop The Wall
 
Mohammad placed in administrative detention
November 25th, 2009 --, On 23 November 2009, after 61 days of detention for the purpose of interrogation by Israeli Security Agency officers, human rights defender Mohammad Othman received his first administrative detention order. The administrative detention order is set for a three month period, during which time Mohammad will be held without charge or trial. The judicial review of the order is scheduled to take place on 25 November at the Military Court of Administrative Detainees in Ofer Military Base. [
Jayyus still held hostage by invasions
November 24th, 2009 --, Military incursions into Jayyus continued this past week, as many as three times daily. Clashes and curfews have characterized village life, and undercover units have attempted to trap local youth. Although there has of yet been no serious injuries among the villagers, a group of young men were arrested several days ago. [
  Daily Star
 
Russia, China veto Syria resolution at U.N. security council
4 Feb 2012 Russia, China veto Syria resolution at U.N. security council
U.K. condemns 'chilling' Syrian violence in Homs
4 Feb 2012 Foreign Secretary William Hague Saturday condemned as "chilling" violence in the Syrian city of Homs, accusing President Bashar Assad of "cold-blooded cynicism."
Obama to Syrians: US stands with you and Assad must go
4 Feb 2012 President Barack Obama is telling the Syrian people that the U.S. stands with them following a brutal attack that Syrian activists say killed at least 200 people.
McCain ruffles Beijing with talk of Chinese Arab Spring
4 Feb 2012 U.S. Senator John McCain warned China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun on Saturday that "the Arab Spring is coming to China" and highlighted the number of Tibetans burning themeselves to death in his country.
Bellemare held secret meeting with Siniora: Al-Akhbar
4 Feb 2012 During a farewell visit to Beirut, chief prosecutor for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare had a secret meeting with former Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported.
New U.N. special coordinator arrives in Lebanon
4 Feb 2012 Derek Plumbly, the new United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon, has arrived in Beirut.
Bosnian authorities declare state of emergency
4 Feb 2012 Bosnian authorities have declare state of emergency in the capital Sarajevo after it was paralyzed by snow.
Tele Liban employees intensify demand for punctual pay: report
4 Feb 2012 Employees at Tele Liban television station are threatening an unspecified "escalation" if their demand for timely payment of wages remains unmet, reported The National News Agency.
Iranian warships dock at Saudi port
4 Feb 2012 Iranian naval ships docked on Saturday in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on a mission to project the Islamic republic's "power on the open seas."
Nassib Lahoud extolled as ardent democrat at funeral
4 Feb 2012 Politicians, diplomats and religious leaders of different affiliations gathered together Saturday to pay their respects to former MP Nassiab Lahoud, who died Thursday at age 68 after a long battle with illness.
Russia foreign minister to visit Syria for Assad talks
4 Feb 2012 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Damascus on Tuesday for talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Indiana election chief found guilty of voter fraud
4 Feb 2012 Indiana's top elections official was convicted of multiple voter fraud-related charges on Saturday, leaving in flux the fate of one of the state's most powerful positions.
LA school reeling from arrest of 2nd teacher
4 Feb 2012 A teacher was charged with taking bondage-style photographs of children.
In Lebanon, a refuge for Syria's wounded
4 Feb 2012 Abu Hamza was in a crowd of thousands in the Syrian border town of Qusair, shouting for President Bashar Assad to leave power, when a sniper's bullet tore through his leg.
Palestinians call for PM's fall over taxes
4 Feb 2012 Hundreds of Palestinian protesters have called for their prime minister's resignation over recent tax and price increases.
Iran mass producing anti-ship cruise missile: TV
4 Feb 2012 The Zafar missile, as it is dubbed in the report, "is a short-range, anti-ship cruise missile capable of destroying small- and medium-sized targets with high precision."
Gemayel rebukes Charbel for belittling assassination fears: report
4 Feb 2012 Former President Amin Gemayel has criticized Interior Minister Marwan Charbel for dismissing his concerns over an assassination plot targeting his son, the National News Agency reported.
Tunisia to withdraw Syria government recognition
4 Feb 2012 Tunisian president says only solution to Syria crisis is for Bashar Assad to leave office.
Militants attack Yemen army base in south
4 Feb 2012 Militants attacked a Yemeni army base in the country's south, a local official said on Saturday, highlighting a security breakdown just weeks ahead of a presidential election
  Relief Web
 
Syrian Arab Republic (the): Press conference by Security Council President on work programme for February
3 Feb 2012 - Source: UN Department of Public Information , UN Security Council Country: Syrian Arab Republic (the) , Guinea , Haiti , Libya , occupied Palestinian territory , Senegal While it was currently seized with the ongoing situation in Syria and a range of issues around the world,...
Somalia: Negotiating Medical Aid in Conflict Zones
3 Feb 2012 - Source: Voice of America Country: Somalia , Afghanistan , Niger (the) , occupied Palestinian territory , Sudan (the) Joe DeCapua The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders works in many of the world’s hot spots, including Somalia, Afghanistan and the Palestinian Territories. However, humanitarian...
Lebanon: Denmark donates 1 million kroner for Nahr el-Bared reconstruction
3 Feb 2012 - Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Country: Lebanon , Denmark , occupied Palestinian territory Beirut, Lebanon The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced today a new...
Lebanon: Turkey donates USD 250,000 for Nahr el-Bared reconstruction
3 Feb 2012 - Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Country: Lebanon , occupied Palestinian territory , Turkey Beirut, Lebanon The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced today a new...
occupied Palestinian territory: WHO Signs Funding Agreement with Norway for Establishment of Palestinian Public Health Institute
3 Feb 2012 - Source: World Health Organization Country: occupied Palestinian territory , Norway Jerusalem: The Head of the WHO West Bank and Gaza Office, Mr. Anthony Laurance, signed a funding agreement today with the Head of Development Section of the Norwegian Representative Office, Mr....
occupied Palestinian territory: Protection of Civilians Weekly Report 25 - 31 January 2012 [EN/AR]
3 Feb 2012 - Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: occupied Palestinian territory Key issues Israeli restrictions on Palestinian access to areas near the fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip continue, resulting in the injury of one Palestinian civilian...
occupied Palestinian territory: Kuwait supports Palestinian housing sector with USD 90 mln
2 Feb 2012 - Source: Kuwait News Agency Country: occupied Palestinian territory , Kuwait GAZA, Feb 2 (KUNA) -- The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has supported Palestinian housing projects with USD 90 million, said Mohammad Ashtyeh, member of the Fatah movement's Central...
occupied Palestinian territory: Visiting Gaza, Ban reiterates commitment to plight of Palestinians
2 Feb 2012 - Source: UN News Service Country: occupied Palestinian territory 2 February 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled today to the Gaza Strip, where he underlined his commitment to continue working for peace and stability in the Middle East, and voiced his...
occupied Palestinian territory: Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 Jan. – 01 Feb. 2012)
2 Feb 2012 - Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Country: occupied Palestinian territory Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) * A Palestinian civilian was wounded by IOF in Gaza City. - IOF...
occupied Palestinian territory: Foreign Minister Westerwelle: 11 million euro in support of Palestinian refugees
2 Feb 2012 - Source: Government of Germany Country: occupied Palestinian territory , Germany In 2012 Germany will provide a total of 11 million euro to support Palestinian refugees. Commenting on this, Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle issued the following statement in Ramallah today (1...
  YNet News
 
Argentines seek peaceful resolution in Falklands
4 Feb 2012 - ....
5.7 quake recorded off Vancouver, no tsunami
4 Feb 2012 - ....
Death toll in latest Egypt clashes climbs to 12
4 Feb 2012 - ....
France plans Syria contact group to find crisis exit
4 Feb 2012 - ....
Twins abuse case: Mother arrested, questioned again
4 Feb 2012 - ....
Man suspected of locking his blind father in flat
4 Feb 2012 - Police alerted to Petah Tikva apartment find 80 year old covered in own feces. Officers who have 'seen it all' shocked ....
Shell from British Mandate era found at TA University
4 Feb 2012 - Police sappers neutralize shell, expect to find more weapons at site ....
Don't bow to the Vatican
4 Feb 2012 - Op-ed: State of Israel should not be giving up its sovereignty over holy sites in Jerusalem ....
'Israeli officials abroad on alert due to terror threat'
4 Feb 2012 - Confidential memo shows Israeli security officials' concern that Jewish sites could become target of Iranian terror attack, ABC reports ....
Commander of solider left in PA village suspended
3 Feb 2012 - IDF chief orders full inquiry into the incident, suspends 188th Armored Brigade commander pending investigation's results ....
Katsav meets with wife for first time since jailed
3 Feb 2012 - Gila Katsav, four family members visit former president in prison for the first time since he was jailed for rape ....
Israel's religious majority
3 Feb 2012 - Op-ed: Israel's anti-religious camp needs to internalize decisive results of recent religiosity survey ....
French FM: Prosecute Lee Zeituni's killers
3 Feb 2012 - Alain Juppe says France 'doing everything' to bring Zeituni's killers to justice; stresses Israel must file official motion to enable France to start legal proceedings against two suspects ....
Firefighters oppose gov't reform
3 Feb 2012 - Government aims to dismantle municipal unions, subject Fire Department to Public Security Ministry. Officials say reform will pass despite objections ....
  Ha'aretz National News
 
Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution on Syria
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
WATCH: Video shows French woman wounded by IDF grenade in West Bank protest
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Obama: UN must take stand against Assad's 'relentless brutality'
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Tunisia expels Syrian ambassador over 'bloody massacre'
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Iran: Oil ban will not halt nuclear program
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Tens of thousands of Russians rally against Putin in Moscow
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Zvi Bar'el / Slaughter in Syria as the UN continues to chatter
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Russia: UN vote on Syria resolution will end in scandal
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Death toll in Egypt clashes rises to seven
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Revolutionary Guard starts military exercise in Iran's south
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Report: Abbas to meet with Hamas leaders in Qatar
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Romney poised for easy win as Nevada holds Republican caucuses
Ha'aretz - 4 Feb 2012
Over 200 killed in Syria's Homs, as UN prepares to vote
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
U.S. anxiety grows over possible Israeli plans on Iran
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
Russia refuses to support UN draft resolution against Syria
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
Report: French woman wounded by IDF gas grenade in West Bank demonstration
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
IDF suspends officer after soldier left behind in West Bank
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
Three killed in clashes with Egypt security forces after soccer riot
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
Is this man the next Yair Lapid?
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
Pleasure Hunting / Winter on the Mount of Olives
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
Iran Supreme Leader: U.S., Israel will suffer for threats on nuclear program
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
Einstein letters to anti-Nazi organization sold in U.S. for $8,226
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
'Certain countries' could take Iran nuclear matter into their own hands, U.K. official says
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
Israeli architecture with eastern promise
Ha'aretz - 3 Feb 2012
  Palestinian Information Center
 
Zionist plans to build a shopping centre on Armenian Church land
The Jerusalem occupation municipality announced a plan to build a new shopping centre with a car park on a piece of land that is owned by the Armenian Church in the old city.
Hamas accuses Ban Ki-moon of double standards and bias
Hamas said that the refusal of UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, to meet with the families of Palestinian victims of the Israeli occupation exposed his double standards and bias to occupation.
Haneyya invites Sheikh Qaradawi to visit Gaza
The Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haneyya, visited on Friday evening Sheikh Yousuf al-Qardawi at his residence in Doha and discussed with him the situation in Palestine..
PA security raid home of a liberated captive
PA security forces on Friday afternoon raided the home of liberated captive Burhan Shreteh from the town of Yatta to the south of al-Khalil.
Settlers invade al-Khalil villages and set up a settlement outpost
Israeli settlers on Friday established a new settlement outpost in the southern part of al-Khalil district. They invaded the village of Karmel to the east of Yatta ..
Jihad captives threaten to go on hunger strike in solidarity with Adnan
Islamic Jihad captives in the Negev desert prison threatened to go on hunger strike to express solidarity with Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan who has been on hunger strike for 48 days.
Two Palestinians wounded in Israeli occupation airstrikes
Israeli occupation aircraft, at dawn Friday, carried out a number of strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip wounding two residents.
Hamas extends condolences to the Egyptian people
Hamas expressed deep sorrow and solidarity with the Egyptian people following the regrettable incidents in Port Said city that led to the death of more than 70 people on Wednesday night.
Naim warns of health tragedy due to electricity blackouts
Palestinian health minister Dr. Basim Naim has warned of a health tragedy in the Gaza Strip in the event the power outages in the besieged enclave continued.
Totah and Abu Arafa refuse to see in their cell Red Cross delegates
Palestinian lawmaker Mohamed Totah and former minister Khaled Abu Arafa refused to see Red Cross delegates who tried on Monday to visit them in Al-Maskobiyeh interrogation center.
  IRIN
 
ISRAEL-OPT: Key West Bank settlement outpost slated for evacuation
RAMALLAH 01 February 2012 (IRIN) - Israel’s High Court of Justice has ordered Israeli settlers in the Migron settlement outpost in the West Bank to leave by 31 March in response to a 2006 petition filed by seven Palestinian landowners and Israeli pressure group Peace Now.
  Intifada Palestine
 
The Case Of Uri Avnery II: Hasbara, Supremacism And The Future Of Solidarity
by Jonathan Azaziah   Intifada-Palestine.com NATO supporter and Zionist warmonger Uri Avnery; seen here as a young ethnic cleanser in the 'Israeli' occupation army. Prelude: In the first part of this series, Uri Avnery was lambasted for his crimes against the... more
TV Satellites of Instigation Partners with Armed Terrorist Groups
DAMASCUS , ( SANA )_ The ongoing distortion, falsification and instigation media campaigns by some satellite channels are but to cover the crimes and aggressions of the armed terrorist groups in Syria, an information source underscored. Some satellite channels earlier Saturday aired... more
Democracy, Utopia or Opiate?
by Paul Balles The real safeguard of democracy is education. –Franklin D. Roosevelt After a few hours of following the current debates between the Republican candidates for the presidency in America, I couldn’t resist the thought that “democracy” had become... more
Malvinas in Britain’s Imperialist Claws
Dr. Ismail Salami The simmering tensions over the Malvinas Islands or Falkland Islands (off the coast of Argentina in the South Atlantic) as called by the British occupiers have become a matter of great concern as the UK decided to... more
 

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