September 19, 2018
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Palestinians suffer as Trump tears up rules-based order By Jonathan Cook
Washington’s decision to intensify swingeing aid cuts to the Palestinians – the latest targets include cancer patients and peace groups – reveals more than a simple determination to strong-arm the Palestinian leadership to the negotiating table. Continue reading
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The West Hates Peace in Syria: From De-Escalation to Almost World War III in Just Two Hours By Federico PIERACCINI
On the 17th of September, an important meeting was held in Sochi between Erdogan and Putin to discuss Syria, in particular Idlib. A few hours after the agreement between the two leaders was reached, there was a French-Israeli strike on Syria’s coastal area of Latakia, causing the loss of a Russian Air Force Il-20 aircraft… Continue reading
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Israel’s Failed Attempt to Start WWIII Is the Beginning of the End in Syria By Tom Luongo
There is one thing that Israel fears more than anything else in Syria. The loss of its ability to fly its F-16’s with impunity and hit whatever targets it wants claiming defensive measures to stop Iran, their existential enemy. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Propaganda Blitz – A New Media Lens Book And An Urgent Appeal For Support
When we started Media Lens in 2001, our guiding aspiration was that independent, web-based activism would have a profoundly positive impact on public discourse. Continue reading
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The Dutch Investigation into Flight MH17 and Kiev’s Veto By Prof. Kees van der Pijl
The Dutch government, soon to be given charge of the investigation, ruled out any dealings with the insurgency. After foreign secretary Timmermans at the UN called local volunteers ‘thugs’ on 21 July, falsely accused them of robbing the victims’ corpses, the option of negotiating with the insurgents was effectively closed. Although the Dutch government later… Continue reading
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White Helmets keep conjuring up chemical weapons provocation in Idlib — diplomat
UNITED NATIONS, September 18. /TASS/. Militants entrenched in Syria and activists of the White Helmets grouping continue conjuring up a provocation in the Idlib zone of de-escalation, the Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya said on Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council that discussed the situation in Syria. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 19 September 2018
19 September 2018 — William Bowles Moscow blames downing of Russian plane near Syria on Israeli “provocation” http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/19/syri-s19.html In the Aftermath of Israeli Attack http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGreanvillePost/~3/I6DSFPjQthw/ Continue reading
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UK: Fresh novichok allegations used to escalate anti-Russia offensive By Thomas Scripps
While the facts remain obscured in the case of Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov and their alleged role in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the political significance of the story is crystal clear. The novichok scandal is at the centre of the British government’s ratcheting up of diplomatic, economic and military tensions against… Continue reading
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Labour’s John McDonnell embraces Blairite “new economy” plan By Laura Tiernan
Its authors present a damning picture of falling living standards, stagnating wages, a wealth divide between London and the regions, and 40 years of declining investment in the real economy while financial wealth and CEO pay has soared. However, the claims made that the plan marks a historic “paradigm shift” that would overturn decades of… Continue reading
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Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un Meet in Pyongyang. Preamble to a North-South Peace Agreement By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Washington has attempted to block the inter-Korean dialogue and sabotage the peace process. The negotiations are led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who is accused by the DPRK of carrying out “gangster like tactics”. The Trump administration has no intention of reaching a peace agreement which would annul the Armistice Agreement of 1953. Under… Continue reading
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