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Syria News Roundup 14 July 2011: Good Protesters, Bad Protesters
“Yesterday, a US official referred to the protesters at the US embassy as ‘thugs.’ But if they were attacking a Ba’th office or a Syrian government building, I am sure that they would not have been described as thugs. So thuggery is not an act in itself: it is a description of an act directed… Continue reading
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Arab Awakening By Joel Beinin
The ‘Palestine Papers’ published by the pan-Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera in early January confirm that, under US pressure, PA negotiators offered concessions to the government of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert well beyond the Palestinian national consensus. Nonetheless, these offers were insufficient to reach an agreement. Continue reading
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Protests in Israel. Why and how much they matter
This is without a doubt the influence of the “Arab Spring.” While Israel has been one of the most viciously neo-liberalized societies in the Western world, and the level of pain inflicted cuts wide and deep, this wave of protests would have been unimaginable before Mubarak fell. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 30 July, 2011: Jewish association launches tourism project promoting the West Bank as “part of Israel”
30 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli troops attack 3 non-violent protests in West Bank, injuring four IMEMC – Sunday July 31, 2011 – 01:09, On Friday four people were injured and four arrested, as Israeli troops attacked anti-wall protests organized in a number of West Bank communities. Protests… Continue reading
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Videos: Overview of Anti-NATO Rebel Alliance & Pro Government Demonstrations in Libya
In the view of these green people (green being the color of the Libyan flag and now the color of all who oppose the NATO Rebel Alliance) NATO has declared war on all those millions of Libyans by officially backing those ‘traitors of the East’ (as they are called) who would be helpless without the… Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Torture still rampant in post-revolution Egypt, activists say MiamiHerald.com The only difference in post-revolution Egypt, they say, is that victims empowered by the uprising are speaking publicly of their brutal experiences. Hossam Bahgat, the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, offered a grim … http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/28/2334670/torture-still-rampant-in-post.html Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 22-28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Tough bipartisan questioning by Congress of US policy on Syria Los Angeles Times Republican and Democratic members of a House panel complain that the effort to calibrate a message on Syria has failed to make it clear the US stands with protesters against an oppressive regime. By Paul Richter, Los… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 July, 2011: Undercover Forces Captured On Film Kidnapping A Palestinian Child in Jerusalem
27 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Knesset Grants Fundamentalist Settlement Groups Admin “National Gardens” Rights IMEMC – Wednesday July 27, 2011 – 23:40, On Wednesday, The Israeli Knesset approved in Preliminary Reading a law that allows “nonprofit” and nongovernmental fundamentalist Israeli settler groups, especially the El Ad group, administrative… Continue reading
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Wayne Madsen: NATO’S “Drang Nach Osten” (Thrust to the east)
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet bloc, many observers believed that NATO’s raison d’etre had ceased to exist and that the collective ‘defensive’ organization would join the Warsaw Pact in historical oblivion. Continue reading
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Wayne Madsen: NATO’S “Drang Nach Osten” (Thrust to the east)
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet bloc, many observers believed that NATO’s raison d’etre had ceased to exist and that the collective ‘defensive’ organization would join the Warsaw Pact in historical oblivion. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 July, 2011: Israeli left’s awakening too little, too late
25 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Likud MK Calls For More Settlements In the West Bank, Jerusalem, The Negev IMEMC – Tuesday July 26, 2011 – 02:50, Tzipi Hotovely, Israeli member of Knesset of the Likud party headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called on the Israeli government to… Continue reading
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War on Libya leaves Africa at a crossroads By J L Samboma
The Horn of Africa is today within the stranglehold of drought and famine. Libya, a significant player in the so-called African Union under any reckoning, is currently under sustained imperialist assault by the Western powers, a mass-murdering adventure led by the first black president of the United States of America. Continue reading
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News Corp scandal just tip of privacy-breaching iceberg — RT
As the scandal over voicemail and phone-hacking by the Murdoch media empire rages, public and political fury has focused on ruthless tabloids out of control. But some say in this day and age, the whole concept of privacy is falling apart. Continue reading
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News Corp scandal just tip of privacy-breaching iceberg — RT
As the scandal over voicemail and phone-hacking by the Murdoch media empire rages, public and political fury has focused on ruthless tabloids out of control. But some say in this day and age, the whole concept of privacy is falling apart. Continue reading
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New a Strategic Culture Foundation 7-15 July 2011: Afghanistan / Syria / India / USA / Tunisia /
16 July 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Wali Karzai Assassination and Its Consequences 15.07.2011 | 12:00 | Najmuddin A. SHAIKH What is not contested is that Ahmad Wali’s untimely death will add another layer of high uncertainty to the political and administrative turbulence that now prevails in Afghanistan. Ahmad Wali was indisputably, from the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 15 July, 2011: Confused strategy: How the PA sold out Palestinian unity
15 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Sheikh Salah, Detained By Britain, To Be Released On Bail IMEMC – Saturday July 16, 2011 – 03:49, The British Authorities decided to release Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 territories, on bail after… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 15, 2011: The Truth Behind the U.S./NATO War on Libya
15 July 2011 — Information Clearing House Outrageous Nato and “Rebels” Co-ordinate Attacks By Associated Press “It proves Nato is not interested in democracy, protecting civilians or peace,” added Mr Ibrahim. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28584.htm Continue reading
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New York Times stands by Ethan Bronner’s Facebook fabrications By Ali Abunimah
The New York Times has told The Electronic Intifada it stands fully behind an article by its Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner despite compelling evidence that the article contains fabrications, misleading statements, and gross exaggerations. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 July, 2011: Israel’s Crackdown Grows with Boycott Bill
14 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Army Airstrikes Gaza; Four Residents, Including Two Children, Wounded IMEMC – Friday July 15, 2011 – 04:42, The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip leading to damages and four injuries among the… Continue reading
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