March 2010
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The Biden vs. Netanyahu Flap by John Spritzler
The recent flap between America’s Vice President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu over Israel’s building 1600 new Jews-only housing units in East Jerusalem is, at its root, a disagreement about whether or not Israel should take the “new path” advocated by Israel’s previous Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert. Continue reading
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Haiti’s Earthquake Victims in Peril By Roger Annis
It’s been nearly eight weeks since the devastating earthquake in Haiti and familiar patterns of interference and neglect by the major powers that dominate the country are firmly entrenched. Notwithstanding heroic efforts of ordinary Haitian people, Haitian government officials and agencies, and many international organizations, a grave health risk hovers over the people residing in… Continue reading
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HLLN 22 March, 2010: Clinton apologizes for neoliberal policies that destroyed Haiti's rice production…| Haitian NGOs Decry Total Exclusion
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton – now U.N. special envoy to Haiti – … publicly apologized this month for championing policies that destroyed Haiti’s rice production. Clinton in the mid-1990s encouraged the impoverished country to dramatically cut tariffs on imported U.S. rice. Continue reading
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Israel’s new strategic arm: Cyberwarfare
Amid swelling tension across the Middle East, Israel is preparing for a new kind of conflict: cyberwarfare. Amid swelling tension across the Middle East, Israel is preparing for a new kind of conflict: cyberwarfare. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Update on the arrest of Huwaida Arraf: Thanks everyone – I’m OK
I was arrested on Friday at around noon as I tried to get the Israeli soldiers to stop shooting at people in Nabi Saleh (a small village of about 400 people), especially after ISM volunteer Ellen Stark was shot in the arm. Continue reading
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Depleted Uranium: A War Crime Within a War Crime By William Bowles
As if destroying a country and its culture ain’t bad enough, how about destroying its future, its children? I want to scream it from the rooftops! We are complicit in crimes of such enormity that I find it difficult to find the words to describe how I feel about this crime committed in my name!… Continue reading
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Undercover police in Jerusalem protests
Riots took place all over East Jerusalem this week in protest of settlers threatening to force their way into the Al Aqsa Mosque. As a result, Israeli security forces shut down major areas of the Old City, including the mosque compound to Muslim men under 50. The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky spoke to Toufic Haddad,… Continue reading
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The True Meaning of Never Again – For Anyone
Camden New Journal article letters arising out of the House of Commons meeting of the Never Again – For Anyone tour on Holocaust Memorial Day. Continue reading
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To rob a country, own a bank Pt2 By William Black
20 March, 2010 — The Real News Network http://therealnews.com/permalinkedembed/mediaplayer.swf Watch Part 1 Here Continue reading
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“The best way to rob a bank is to own one” Part 1 By William Black
19 March, 2010 — The Real News Network Watch Part Two Here Bio William K. Black, author of THE BEST WAY TO ROB A BANK IS TO OWN ONE, teaches economics and law at the University of Missouri — Kansas City (UMKC). He was the Executive Director of the Institute for Fraud Prevention from 2005-2007. Continue reading
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Strategic Culture Foundation online magazine – Latest publications from 14-19 March, 2010
2010-03-15 Aleksandr SALITZKY & Vladimir TATSIY China’s Accelerating Economic Growth (I) “China’s leaders described 2009 as the year when the country’s economy had to face the toughest challenges since the turn of the century while navigating increasingly complicated domestic and international situations. The job done by China to meet the challenges must have been remarkable Continue reading
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Is Israel an Apartheid State?
The Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, in its efforts to eliminate and prevent the kind of suffering the South African and Namibian people suffered under apartheid, commissioned a legal study of the Israel-Palestine situation. “The aim of this project was to scrutinize the situation from the nonpartisan perspective of international law, rather than… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 