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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 22 June 2013:Military police must decide: Is the IDF a gang or an army?
22 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFour Injured, Palestine TV Reporters Kidnapped In Kufur QaddoumIMEMC – The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, reported Frida [June 21, 2013] that dozens of Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest, wounding four Continue reading
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Racism and Institutionalised Discrimination: How Israeli Apartheid is Coming Unstuck By Jonathon Cook
Superland, a large amusement park near Tel Aviv, refused to accept a booking from an Arab school on its preferred date in late May. When a staff member called back impersonating a Jew, Superland approved the booking immediately. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 19 June 2013: One by one, Israel’s coalition members abandon two-state rhetoric
19 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterThe Closure ContinuesIMEMC – A Report on the Impact of the Israeli Closure on the Gaza Strip (01 January – 31 December 2012) This report is issued in the context of the closure policy imposed by the Israeli authorities on the Gaza Strip, which has been implemented Continue reading
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Sarin gas is as volatile as Washington’s promises by Thierry Meyssan
Did Syria or did she not use sarin gas against its armed opposition? After haunting newspaper columns, the question found a positive answer in Paris, London and Washington. The red line has apparently been crossed. War may therefore be imminent. In reality, this media game comes too late. In terms of international law, Syria is… Continue reading
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Former French Foreign Minister: The War against Syria was Planned Two years before “The Arab Spring” By Gearóid Ó Colmáin
‘’ I’m going to tell you something. I was in England two years before the violence in Syria on other business. I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that they were preparing something in Syria. Continue reading
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US-backed “rebels” carry out sectarian massacre in Syria By Bill Van Auken
At least 60 people, including women, children and the elderly, were killed in a massacre of Shia Muslims by US-backed “rebels” in eastern Syria Tuesday. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 6 June 2013: The Wandering Europeans and ‘The Vanishing Two-State Solution’
6 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Minister Released After Two Years In CaptivityIMEMC – Israeli released, on Thursday evening, former Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfy Qabha, 50, after holding him under Administrative Detention for two years without charges or trial. … Continue reading
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Assad’s army retakes control of strategic Lebanon-bordering Qusayr
Syrian regime forces seize control of the strategically important town of Qusayr on the Lebanon border after a long battle with rebel fighters. Victory is being hailed as a turning point in the civil war, rebels blame defeat on the exiled Council. Continue reading
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The Right to the City Movement and the Turkish Summer by Jay Cassano
As I write this, Istanbul is under siege. The might of Istanbul’s entire police force—the largest city police force in Europe—is violently cracking down on peaceful occupiers in Gezi Park. Continue reading
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A warning shot for Turkey-Qatar axis By Alper Birdal and Yigit Gunay
A bombing in the Turkish town of Reyhanli on May 11 killed 51 people but was largely ignored by Turkish media. Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Syrian government – with no evidence. Continue reading
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Interview Given by President al-Assad to Lebanese Al-Manar TV
DAMASCUS, (SANA)-President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to al-Manar TV broadcasted on Thursday Continue reading
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Armed Rebels Massacre Entire Population of Christian Village in Syria
The armed rebels affiliated to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) raided the Christian-populated al-Duvair village in Reef (outskirts of) Homs near the border with Lebanon today and massacred all its civilian residents, including women and children. Continue reading
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ICH 28 May 2013: How Obama and Al-Qaeda Became Syrian Bedfellows
28 May 2013 — Information Clearing House How Obama and Al-Qaeda Became Syrian Bedfellows By Shamus Cooke It’s now clear that Obama’s foreign policy in Syria is actively encouraging terrorism. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35115.htm Continue reading
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Mercenaries surrender to Syrian military in Qsseir By Luis Brizuela Bringuez
The Syrian Arab Army continued its advance today the offensive in Qsseir, central province of Homs, after mercenaries group members surrendered to the authorities in the northern and central districts of the city. Continue reading
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“The machiavelian threefold game of the neoconservatives” by Laurent Guyénot
To realize their fantasies of world domination, the neocons resorted to a triple discourse, as Laurent Guyénot shows in this study, i.e. a cynical political philosophy developed by their mentor Leo Strauss for domestic consumption; a cold analysis of Israeli strategic interests for the benefit of leaders in Tel Aviv, and a fear-mongering warning against… Continue reading
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On the Road to Damascus: An Eyewitness Report By Antonio C. S. Rosa
I participated, May 1-11, 2013 in the Mussalaha International Peace Delegation to Lebanon-Syria alongside fellow TRANSCEND member Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, from Ireland, and 15 others from eight countries. Keenly aware of my responsibility, especially to my newly made Syrian and Lebanese friends left behind, I shall try to report, describe, make sense of… Continue reading
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Syria : One Year After the Houla Massacre. New Report on Official vs. Real Truth By Adam Larson
A week from now it will be one year since the world first heard about the horrors of a place in Syria called “Houla.” On the afternoon and evening of Friday, May 25, 2012, a reported 108 civilians were massacred there. They were executed inside their homes, with guns and “sharp tools,” and maybe a… Continue reading
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Syria: how the violence began, in Daraa By Tim Anderson
There is no doubt that there was popular agitation in Syria in early 2011, after the events in Egypt and Tunisia. There were anti-government and pro-government demonstrations, and a genuine political reform debate. However the serious violence that erupted in March 2011 has been systematically misreported, in line with yet another US-NATO ‘regime change’ agenda. Continue reading
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A United Nations For the Rest of Us, But Not For Israel By Mohamed Khodr
On May 15, 2013 Israel will celebrate its 65th year of “independence” (from whom?), a celebration steeped in historical lies, myths, blood, and the forced expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians from their homeland with the political, economic, and military support of the U.S. and Britain, two colonial racist powers who themselves understand the meaning of… Continue reading
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