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VTJP News & Articles 8/18/2012: Three Palestinian youth hospitalized after attack by Israeli lynch mob
18 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Report: “4550 Palestinians, Including 220 Children, Imprisoned By Israel”IMEMC – Palestinian researcher and former political prisoners, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, reported that Israel is currently holding captive 4550 Palestinians, held in 17 prisons, detention and interrogation centers, and added that 220 Palestinian children are still imprisoned by Israel.… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 12-18 August 2012: Italy / Syria / Kosovo / China-Africa / Egypt / USA / UN
18 August 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation Rethinking Italian National Interest and Strategy in a Changing World 18.08.2012 | 00:00 | Tiberio GRAZIANI, Daniele SCALEA Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 August 2012: ‘After Zionism’ puts forth debates on one-state solution
17 August 2012 — VTJP News Ma’an News Report: Palestinian, Israeli group clash in West Jerusalem8/17/2012 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — An 18-year-old Palestinian was seriously injured in a fight between a group of Palestinians and Israelis in West Jerusalem on Thursday night, Israeli media reported. Israeli news site Ynet said the man was taken to… Continue reading
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Russia in the Middle East: Return of a superpower? By Eric Walberg
The US “withdrawal” from Iraq last year and the planned “withdrawal” from Afghanistan in 2014 cannot help but change the face of Central Asia and the Middle East. But how does Russia fit in, asks Eric Walberg Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 16 August 2012
16 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Father, Mother And Children Injured By Settlers FirebombIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported Thursday that a cab driver, a Palestinian father, mother and their children, from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, suffered moderate to severe injuries after fundamentalist Israeli settlers hurled a firebomb at the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 July 2012:
27 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Several wounded in nonviolent anti-wall demonstrations in the W.B.IMEMC – In central West Bank, Palestinians organized anti-wall and settlements protests in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and al-Nabi Saleh. Israeli troops used chemical water in addition to tear gas to suppress protesters. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 July 2012: The Zionist-Nazi Collaboration
8 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settlers and soldiers attack village near Nablus, injuring 5IMEMC – On Saturday 7 July, 2012, the village of Yanoun, located 12km southeast of Nablus, was attacked by illegal settlers from the illegal Itamar settlement. Five Palestinians were injured in the attack and large sections of… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 July 2012: “Collaborator Confesses To Poisoning Arafat”, Al-Mayadeen Reports
5 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center General Assembly of US Presbyterian Church Narrowly Votes Against DivestmentIMEMC – The General Assembly of the US Presbyterian Church narrowly voted against divestment in three companies doing business with the Israeli military. The extremely close vote on Thursday, 333-331 against the resolution, came after the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 July 2012
5 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Maher Abu Rmeileh First Palestinian to Qualify for Olympics in JudoIMEMC – Judoka Maher Abu Rmeileh becomes the first Palestinian to qualify for the Olympic games based on his performance in a recent qualifying match in Japan. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 4 July 2012: Palestinian Recognition Set Back by Israeli-American Roadblock
2 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settlers Uproot 41 Olive Trees Near NablusIMEMC – A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted, on Wednesday morning, 41 Olive trees that belong to a resident of Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 July 2012: Caught on video: Israeli policeman kicking Palestinian boy
2 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Committee of US Presbyterian Church votes to divest from IsraelIMEMC – At its annual assembly in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, the Middle East Committee of the Presbyterian Church USA voted to divest from three companies involved in business with the Israeli military, citing human rights abuses… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 July 2012: Israel Continues To Pound Gaza, Injure Civilians
2 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Planning A Military College In Mount OliveIMEMC – The Israeli Regional Planning and Construction Committee in Jerusalem approved, Monday, a plan to build a Military College near the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Mount Olive, in occupied East Jerusalem. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 2 July 2012: Son Of Liberty: Born and raised in America
2 July 2012 — Information Clearing House An Act Of War? Iran Sanctions Will Halve Oil Sales But May Still Not Succeed By Julian Borger and Saeed Kamali Dehghan Embargo has led to huge increases in price of staple foods, while currency has lost half its value since 2010. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31741.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 July 2012: Time to abandon never-ending futile talks with Israel
1 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center P.A. Security Forces Assault & Detain Protestors, JournalistsIMEMC – For consecutive days protests by Palestinians in Ramallah have been broken up with violence by Palestinian Authority security forces. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 30 June 2012: Simulating an Iranian attack on Israel – why?
30 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Bethlehem church designated as Endangered World Heritage siteIMEMC – The United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization voted Friday to designate the Bethlehem Nativity church and pilgrimage route as a World Heritage site, which will provide the Palestinian Authority with funding to maintain and restore… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 June 2012: Israel, US blast UN vote on Palestinian heritage sites
29 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 22 Elected Legislators Still Imprisoned By IsraelIMEMC – Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, reported that the current number of elected Palestinian legislators imprisoned by Israel dropped to 22 after Israel released, on Thursday afternoon, two legislators, the… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 591: RIO +20, EGYPTIAN ELECTIONS, SUDAN CRISIS, AND HAITI
29 June 2012 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Advocacy & campaigns, 3. Letters & Opinions, 4. African Writers’ Corner, 5. Cartoons Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 June 2012: Israel treats every Palestinian child as “potential terrorist”: government-backed UK study
28 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Army Asks For Extensive Deployment On Egyptian BorderIMEMC – Israeli paper, Maariv, reported Thursday that senior leaders of the Israeli army are demanding the government to grant the army $15 billion over the coming five years, in order to deploy the military in full… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 June 2012: Israel Plans Demolition of Entire Palestinian Village
27 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli government fails to carry out terms of prisoner agreementIMEMC – Palestinian and international rights groups have condemned the Israeli government’s failure to live up to the agreement made one month ago in order to end the month-long hunger strike of over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 June 2012: G4S in Israel: The Soldiers of Global Occupation
26 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Begins The Evacuation Of Ulpana SettlementIMEMC – On Tuesday Israeli officials started removing the illegal Ulpana settlement outpost, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands, close to the Beit El settlement near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Israel vowed to build hundreds of new… Continue reading
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