October 2010
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British passengers of Gaza flotilla seek to testify in Israeli probe By Danna Harman
Most of the 33 British passengers on May’s aid flotilla to Gaza have asked to give oral testimony to Turkel committee investigating the botched IDF raid on the ships, a lawyer acting on their behalf said yesterday. The group say they are resisting what they see as efforts by the commission to belittle their evidence… Continue reading
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Gilad Atzmon: Jews, Jazz & Socialism
How would you feel about a Radio show specialising in Aryan classical music? How would you feel about a radio show that features mainly, or only Aryan composers and performers? Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 21 October, 2010: Rate Of Israeli Settlement Construction Quadrupled In Last Month
21 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center The Changing Character Of East Jerusalem Is An Obstacle To Peace IMEMC – 22 Oct 2010 – Friday October 22, 2010 – 05:53, The possibility of a viable two-state solution being eroded by settlement expansion, Palestinian home demolitions and deportations Turkish Government Denies Direct Continue reading
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Gilad Atzmon And The OHE: 10th Anniversary Extravaganza
We will celebrate ten years of the Orient House Ensemble, with a special three set performance. featuring special guests Asaf Sirkis, Guillermo Rozenthuler, Tali Atzmon, Romanno Viazaani and the Sigamos Quartet. Materials from our early albums, will be followed by our acclaimed In Loving Memory of America tribute to Charlie Parker. We will also play… Continue reading
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Fascism in the Jewish state? By Uri Misgav
Over the years, leftist demonstrators here would chant the slogan “Fascism won’t pass!” yet the Left keeps on declining, while fascism is increasingly gaining a foothold here. Significant parts of the Jewish public endorse blatant nationalistic and fascist principles, as shown by the Yedioth Ahronoth and Dr. Mina Tzemach poll published last week, including limited… Continue reading
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3 Jews showed this video last night at NYU, challenging Zionism by Philip Weiss
The three Jews were Micha Kurz, Max Blumenthal and Joseph Dana. When Saba Quraishi, a member of the audience, said that she didn’t understand why her well-educated Jewish friends were so quiet when she sent them links about the Gaza slaughter or the Mavi Marmara– “what is this magic brainwashing?” –Max Blumenthal said the “sclerotic… Continue reading
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You cut me deep! UK loses global ambition with job & budget slashing
21 October, 2010 1st collector for You cut me deep! UK loses global ambition with …Follow my videos on vodpod The UK government has announced its largest cuts in public spending since World War Two. The new austerity plans will have the budget slashed by 83 BLN pounds and cut of around half a million Continue reading
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France paralyzed over retirement age rise
In France, public transport is paralyzed, flights cancelled and one million people protesting, demanding the government backs down from retirement age reforms. The protests erupted into violence after President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed his conservative party would press ahead with raising the retirement age from sixty to sixty-two, still lower than in most European countries. Young… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 October, 2010: Two Detainees Start Their Twenty-Fifth Year in Israeli Jails
20 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu Agrees With Rabin’s Approach IMEMC – 20 Oct 2010 – Wednesday October 20, 2010 – 17:50, At the 15 anniversary memorial of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claims: “I am a partner to Rabin’s approach that we must always Continue reading
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Wikileaks Calls on Internet Activists to Mirror ‘Insurance File’
In a tweet ‘Now is a good time to mirror this WikiLeaks ‘insurance’ backup’, the whistle-blower organisation Wikileaks — which is currently the target of threats from the U.S. Pentagon after having leaked close to 100,000 ‘Afghanistan Diaries’ files — has within the last hour called on Internet, human rights and transparency activists to download… Continue reading
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Driving with Fanon By Steve Mokwena
20 October, 2010 — Steve Mokwena DRIVING WITH FANON is a filmic meditation on violence, memory and the human condition in post-colonial Africa. Avant-garde filmmaker, Kwena Mokwena travels through Freetown, Sierra Leone with the ghost of Frantz Fanon in his back pocket. Continue reading
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“Liberal Zionism,” by Miko Peled
Setting aside for a moment the argument of whether dividing historic Palestine into two states was ever a good idea, clearly forty years ago it was a viable solution. Today as liberal Zionist Jews and others call for this solution, it is a sad and pathetic sight. Continue reading
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Sainsburys and the Occupation of Palestine
Throughout the onslaught on Gaza and even after the murders of the Convoy aid workers, Sainsbury’s have continued to trade with Israeli companies complicit in the occupation. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 October, 2010: Britain’s Welcome to War Criminals
19 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu: “Demolition of Outposts Carries Political Implications” IMEMC – 19 Oct 2010 – Tuesday October 19, 2010 – 17:35, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netenyahu, is still wary of razing six West Bank outposts waiting for demolition since 2004, while the High Court deliberates the Continue reading
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Dutch police raided the offices of a company leasing cranes for building the West Bank Separation Fence and settlements
Dutch police raided the offices of a company leasing cranes for building the West Bank Separation Fence and settlements. Company executives, including the Israeli Doron Livnat, may face trial for violating International Law. Dutch government warned the Riwal Company two years ago not to engage in construction in the Occupied Territories. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 October, 2010: Settlers flood vineyard with sewage
18 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu: “The Discussions About the New Building Permits Are Superficial” IMEMC – 18 Oct 2010 – Monday October 18, 2010 – 17:17, On Monday, during a Likud members meeting in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said that only a small percentage of Continue reading
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Israel’s Great Loyalty Oath Crusade By Charles Glass
Captain Black from Catch-22 is back, but this time he’s Israel’s Foreign Affairs Minister. Although Avigdor Lieberman only rose to the rank of corporal in the Israeli Defense Forces, he can stand in for Captain Black any day. His campaign to force immigrants to Israel who happen not to be Jewish to pledge full support… Continue reading
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Wallets Full of Blood By Eamonn Crudden
18 October, 2010 — MRZine Houses on the Moon Wallets Full of Blood: Houses on the Moon from aaronrip on Vimeo. Zombie Banker Blues Wallets Full of Blood: Zombie Banker Blues from aaronrip on Vimeo. Roscommon Death Trip Wallets Full of Blood: Roscommon Death Trip from aaronrip on Vimeo. Eamonn Crudden is an Irish filmmaker. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 October, 2010: Israeli Policies Are Manifestly Evil
17 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli inquiry calls on flotilla attack witnesses to testify; despite threatening to arrest them IMEMC – 18 Oct 2010 – Sunday October 24, 2010 – 20:01, After promising, on multiple occasions, to arrest any participants in the humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza, Israeli officials Continue reading
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Yanis Varoufakis, “First as History, Then as Farce: The Euro Crisis Revisited”
When the Crash of 2008 hit Wall Street, European capitalism was thrown into disarray. With the demise of the export-absorbing monster that was the US consumer market, what in 2003 Joseph Halevi and I called ‘The Global Minotaur, Europe not only lost a critical source of aggregate demand but also discovered that its own banks… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 