White House tightens enforcement of Iran sanctions amid meetings with Israelis By Philip Weiss

16 December 2013 — Mondoweiss

What is the role of Israel in shaping US foreign policy? The White House has now tightened its enforcement of sanctions on Iran, potentially threatening the breakthrough deal with Iran, in the midst of high-level meetings between White House security officials and Israeli officials, at the White House.

VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 15 December 2013: Why can’t we walk back?: A conversation with Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir

15 December 2013 — VTJP

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Prawer Plan Defeat Official
IMEMC – Bedouins still under threat [Sunday, December 15, 2013] Alternative Information Center (AIC) – The Israeli government has officially announced that parliamental discussions in the Knesset concerning the Prawer plan will be halted. This is to say that the government has backed away from attempts to pass the “Prawer law”, in their displacement of Arab residents from the Naqab (Negev). … 

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Information Clearing House 15 December 2013: France Fuels Sectarian Killing in CAR

15 December 2013 — Information Clearing House

US/British Policy on Syria has Been Sunk, and Nobody Noticed
Free Syrian Army a Complete Pawn to Foreign Intelligence Agencies
By Patrick Cockburn
The final bankruptcy of American and British policy in Syria came 10 days ago as Islamic Front, a Saudi-backed Sunni jihadi group, overran the headquarters of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army. Continue reading

UN Syrian Chemical Weapons Report Exposes Washington’s Lies By Patrick O’Connor

16 December 2013 —  World Socialist Web Site

The release of a United Nations chemical weapons inspectors’ report pointing to multiple sarin gas attacks carried out by so-called “rebel” forces further exposes the Obama administration’s lies about Syrian government responsibility for an August 21 chemical shelling of the Ghouta area outside of Damascus.

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‘Immoral!’: Google refuses UK trial over iPhone tracking

16 December 2013 — RT

Google says that the plaintiffs suffered no harm and were “mistakenly” tracked. The company’s lawyers are calling for the lawsuit to be brought to California, where the company is based. Google’s attempt to move the lawsuit was met with furor by the plaintiffs, one of whom called the internet giant “arrogant and immoral”.

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Ukraine: NATO’s Eastern Prize By Wayne Madsen

15 December 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Ukraine: NATO’s Eastern Prize

Ever since the democracy manipulation efforts of international hedge fund brigand George Soros were joined with the artificial street revolution tactics of CIA tactician Gene Sharp to form the core strategy of the U.S. neo-conservative goal of imposing a «New American Century» on the entire world, Ukraine has served as the prize of America’s interventionist foreign policy. And the neocons are still alive and active as ever inside Secretary of State John Kerry’s State Department.

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Ukraine: NATO’s Eastern Prize By Wayne Madsen

15 December 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Ukraine: NATO’s Eastern Prize

Ever since the democracy manipulation efforts of international hedge fund brigand George Soros were joined with the artificial street revolution tactics of CIA tactician Gene Sharp to form the core strategy of the U.S. neo-conservative goal of imposing a «New American Century» on the entire world, Ukraine has served as the prize of America’s interventionist foreign policy. And the neocons are still alive and active as ever inside Secretary of State John Kerry’s State Department.

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Hospital closure clause battle heats up today By Caroline Molloy

16 December 2013 — Our NHS

Stormy scenes are likely in parliament today as the government tries to “rush through” changes that will make it far easier to close hospitals without public consultation. The changes,which OurNHS has campaigned on from the start, now face fierce opposition from doctors, 38 Degrees, the British Medical Association, NHS campaigners and charities.

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