Egypt
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 9 August 2013: Where is the BBC’s objectivity where Palestine is concerned?
9 August 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News US: Israeli-Palestinian talks Aug. 14 in Jerusalem8/9/2013 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will resume talks on ending their long-standing conflict on August 14 in Jerusalem, the US State Department said Thursday. The talks restarted last month in Washington under US mediation, and both sides agreed to Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 8 August 2013
8 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterU.S: Next Round Of Talks August 14 IMEMC – United Foreign Secretary, Jennifer Psaki, stated Thursday [August 8, 2013] that the next round of direct Palestinian-Israeli talks will be held on August 14 in Jerusalem, then in the West bank city of Jericho. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 7 August 2013
7 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterTel Aviv Sets Timeframe For Releasing 104 DetaineesIMEMC – The Israeli Government has officially announced a timeframe for the release of 104 Palestinian detainees, imprisoned since before the first Oslo peace accord was signed in 1993, and said that the detainees will be released in four stages, Continue reading
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ICH 7 August 2013: US; The Real Global Terror Alert
7 August 2013 — Information Clearing House A Familiar Script in Egypt By Sarah Gold Anyone who thinks military rule bends toward democracy in Egypt has misread the country’s history. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35779.htm Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 641: TRAYVON MARTIN, EGYPT AND THE QUEST FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
6 August 2013 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 3 August 2013
3 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAbbas Welcomes Barcelona Soccer Team In BethlehemIMEMC – Thousands Of Palestinians Welcome Barca [Saturday Evening August 3, 2013] Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed at his Presidential Headquarters in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, the players and coach of Barcelona soccer team, who are conducting their first Continue reading
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ICH 4 August 2013: What Google Knows About You
4 August 2013 — Information Clearing House In Rare Interview Egypt’s Commanding General Sharply Criticized U.S. By Lally Weymouth “You left the Egyptians. You turned your back on the Egyptians, and they won’t forget that,” said an indignant Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35749.htm Continue reading
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ICH 2 August 2013: Why Have So Many Liberals Been Silent about NSA Spying?
2 August 2013 — Information Clearing House Empire Project in Syria Reaches New Low By Michael Collins How did SSG get a special fundraising license for Syrian rebels from the U.S. Department of the Treasury? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35730.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 2 August 2013: Once More into the Peace Process Dead End
2 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPCHR Weekly Report: 9 civilians wounded, 26 abducted in 51 Israeli invasions this weekIMEMC – In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 25 – 31 July 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 1 August 2013
1 August 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Hundreds rally in Negev against Israeli plan to displace Bedouins8/1/2013 – NEGEV (Ma’an) – Hundreds of Palestinian residents of Israel rallied Thursday afternoon against Israel’s Prawer Plan which could displace thousands of Bedouin residents of the Negev from their land. The protestors gathered near al-Arakib village where Israeli forces Continue reading
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ICH 1 August 2013: ‘I’ve Killed Lots Of Arabs In My Life And There’s No Problem With That’ : Israeli Minister
1 August 2013 — Information Clearing House Fresh Evidence of CIA Drone Strikes on Rescuers By Chris Woods The tactic has previously been labelled a possible war crime by two UN investigators. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35723.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 30 July 2013: Israeli-Palestinian negotiations: why now?
31 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Fatah dismisses papers that describe plot against HamasIMEMC – The two documents allegedly written by Fatah, that describe a plot against the Hamas party, were dismissed today as fabrications by members of Fatah s revolutionary council. On Tuesday, Hamas members attended a conference concerning Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 30 July 2013: Israel advises Sri Lanka on slow-motion genocide
30 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterKerry appoints former pro-Israel lobbyist to oversee peace talksIMEMC – On Monday [July 29], US Secretary of State John Kerry named Martin Indyk as the administration’s special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Indyk, 62, who is Jewish, has worked for AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobby group, and he helped Continue reading
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ICH 30 July 2013: Egypt: Divide and Conquer?
30 July 2013 — Information Clearing House West War Crimes in Syria Exposed By Finian Cunningham Western government and media silence over the latest massacres in Syria is not just a matter of indifference or sloppy journalism. It is indicative of their complicity in the covert genocidal war on Syria. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35702.htm Continue reading
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Egypt: The officers’ war of terror; latest statements from the Egyptian left
Since the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has become a battlefield of narratives. Each narrative has sought to appropriate and define the January 25 Revolution. The wielders of power, most notably the army, along with its allies, advanced a narrative claiming that the revolution succeeded—thanks to the intervention of the officers. The time had… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 29 July 2013: Images of Bedouin displacement foreshadow a ‘Nakba in the Negev’
29 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPCHR Calls Upon Abbass To Intervene To Save Lives Of 36 Patients Suffering From “Leukemia”IMEMC – The Detainees Have Been With No Treatment For 8 Months The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is gravely concerned over the lives of 36 patients, who suffer from Leukemia in Continue reading
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ICH 29 July 2013: In Defense of Hezbollah, a “Terrorist” Organization
29 July 2013 — Information Clearing House The Boycott of Israel Eight Years In By Lawrence Davidson In the private and public sectors of Western society, greater numbers of people no longer follow the line of historical interpretation set down by the Zionists. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35685.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 28 July 2013: Workers on Israel’s illegal railway robbed of half their pay
28 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterProtest tent evicted by Israeli troops south of BethlehemIMEMC – A group of around thirty protesters, including Palestinian, Israeli and international supporters of a Palestinian family whose home was recently demolished, were evicted Saturday from a protest tent they had set up on the family’s land in Continue reading
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Reading Marx in Cairo By Kaveh L Afrasiabi
In Marx’s book we find a timeless grasp of farcical repetitions in history, by comparing the French coup of December 1851 by a nephew of the great Napoleon who, even though he lacked the minutest genius of his uncle, called himself Emperor Napoleon III. From Marx’s point of view, the 1851 coup was a caricature… Continue reading
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