May 12, 2018
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Israel’s Violence on Gazans’ Non-Violence
Norman Finkelstein says that Israeli forces have conducted “a murderous assault on non-violent protesters” in Gaza’s Great March of Return because non-violent protest threatens not Israel, but its occupation Continue reading
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Israel’s Violence on Gazans’ Non-Violence
Norman Finkelstein says that Israeli forces have conducted “a murderous assault on non-violent protesters” in Gaza’s Great March of Return because non-violent protest threatens not Israel, but its occupation Continue reading
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Hamas and Fatah: Why the two groups are failing By Jonathan Cook
The Palestinian national movement, which has led the decades-long struggle against Israel’s takeover of the Palestinians’ homeland, has reached the lowest ebb in its history, according to analysts. But as Palestinians mark this week the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, the “Catastrophe” that followed the dispossession of their homeland and the creation of Israel in… Continue reading
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Ecuador hints it may hand over Julian Assange to Britain and the US By James Cogan
Julian Assange is in immense danger. Remarks made this week by Ecuador’s foreign minister suggest that her government may be preparing to renege on the political asylum it granted to the WikiLeaks editor in 2012 and hand him over to British and then American authorities. Continue reading
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Jeremy Corbyn silent on persecution of Julian Assange By Laura Tiernan
Since he was elected leader in September 2015, Jeremy Corbyn has made no public statement in Assange’s defence. Corbyn has refused to condemn the May government’s preparations to arrest Assange should he leave the embassy and has offered no guarantee that a Labour government will block his extradition to the US. Continue reading
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D-Notices, State Censorship And The Cynical Collusion of Mainstream Media
A DSMA-Notice (Defence and Security Media Advisory Notice) — formerly a DA-Notice (Defence Advisory Notice), and before that called a Defence Notice (D-Notice) until 1993—is an official request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for “reasons of national security.” Continue reading
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Countdown To War On Iran
The U.S. administration, the neoconservatives and the media are running a remake (recommended) of the propaganda campaign they had launched to wage war on Iraq. This time the target is Iran Continue reading
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Media Debate Best Way to Dominate Iran By Gregory Shupak
The New York Times‘ Bret Stephens (5/8/18) is glad Trump canceled the Iran deal because that allows the US to threaten Iran with “economic ruin and possible war.” The debate in the New York Times and Washington Post over President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known… Continue reading
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Iran News links 11-12 May 2018
12 May 2018 14:26:32 — williambowles.info Iraq and Syria: of memory and maps https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-africa-west-asia/darius-kamali/iraq-and-syria-of-memory-and-maps If Europe Wants to Remain on the World Stage, It Must Resist Trump on Iran https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/05/12/if-europe-wants-remain-world-stage-must-resist-trump-iran.html Continue reading
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