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BBC defends false claims linking Rachel Corrie to killings of Israeli soldiers By Amena Saleem
The extent to which the BBC is prepared to misreport on the Israeli occupation has been made clear once again. A new ruling by the BBC Trust has defended the corporation’s coverage of the Rachel Corrie case, even though it falsely implied that the unarmed activist was in some way responsible for the deaths of… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 3 April 2013: BBC defends false claims linking Rachel Corrie to killings of Israeli soldiers
3 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Kidnaps 16 Palestinians In West BankIMEMC – Wednesday at dawn, April 3, 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank districts of Hebron, Bethlehem and occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped 16 Palestinians after breaking into their homes, and searching them. … Continue reading
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ICH 3 April 2013: US Protection Racket at Root of Korea Conflict
3 April 2013 — Information Clearing House The Long History of Lies about Iran By Muhammad Sahimi If the lies about Iraq taught us anything, it is that we must pay attention to the massive campaign of lies about Iran. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34495.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 2 April 2013: Stand With Us poster sends truly universal message – accidentally
2 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Attacks Palestinians Protesters In JerusalemIMEMC – Israeli soldiers, attacked on Tuesday, a nonviolent protest that was held in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and claimed that the protest was held without a permit from the Police in the occupied city. … Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 1 April 2013: Dying prisoner treated cruelly by Israeli doctors over many years
1 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settlers Attack A Child In JerusalemIMEMC – Monday April 1, 2013, The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, reported that a group of settlers attacked a Palestinian child in Ash-Sharaf neighborhood as he was heading to school, causing various injuries that required hospitalization.… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 30 March 2013: This year’s Land Day serves as a reminder of the on-going ethnic cleansing
30 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli settler attack lands 80-year old farmer in hospitalIMEMC – A Palestinian elderly farmer who was attacked by a group of settlers while working his lands near Tulkarem Friday remains in the hospital and will likely require surgery, according to medical sources. … Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 29 March 2013: Netanyahu Idiocracy: ‘Kill a Turk’ and Apologize…
29 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Six Injured, Reporter Kidnapped, By The Army In JerusalemIMEMC – Jerusalem March 29, 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that six Palestinians, including an elderly man, have been injured, and one reporter has been kidnapped, after Israeli soldiers attacked Muslim worshipers who tried to enter the Al-Aqsa… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 28 March 2013: Just where does Israel’s legitimacy stem from anyway?
28 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PCHR Weekly Report: 4 wounded, 30 abducted by Israeli troops this weekIMEMC – In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 21- 27 March 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli forces… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 27 March 2013: Israel To Build Settlement Units On Palestinian Lands In Bethlehem
27 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Mada: 238 Violations Of Media Freedoms In 2012IMEMC – The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms” MADA” held a press conference on Wednesday which reviewed the Annual Report on the violations against Media freedom in Palestine during 2012. The conference was held at MADA’s headquarter… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 26 March 2013: Time to Freeze Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Profits in Israel
26 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Journalists detained in Hebron, two civilians abducted by Israeli troopsIMEMC – On the afternoon of the 24th March, two Palestinian Al Jazeera journalists arrived into Hebron to interview a Palestinian family living near the illegal Israeli settlement in the area of Tel Rumeida. When they arrived,… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 24 March 2013: Dismantling the myth of peace in Obama’s discourse
24 March 2013 — VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles News International Middle East Media Center Army Evicts Palestinian Protest VillageIMEMC – Sunday at dawn March 24, 2013; dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Ahfad Younis Palestinian protest village, installed by nonviolent activists five days ago, and removed it after detaining several activists. … Continue reading
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The BBC: Impartial Reporting or Pro-Israel Bias? By Lesley Docksey
Is the BBC anti-Semitic as Israel claims or, as many others claim, does the BBC have a pro-Israel bias in its reporting? Continue reading
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ICH 23 March 2013: Capitol Hill, Calls for Attack On Syria
23 March 2013 — Information Clearing House CIA Passing Info to Syrian Rebels: Report By AFP The US Central Intelligence Agency has been feeding information to select rebel fighters in Syria to try to make them more effective against government troops, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34378.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 22 March 2013: Israeli Settlers Continue to Attack Palestinians with Impunity
22 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas’ Speech in the news conference in Ramallah with President ObamaIMEMC – Below is the full text of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech in Ramallah in the press conference with US President Barack Obama on Thursday as interpreted. … Continue reading
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How to Read Stories About Israel in the NY Times (Hint: Very Carefully) By Peter Hart
Some days the Newspaper of Record says a lot–not always in ways you might expect. Today (3/21/13) a story by Mark Landlerand Rick Gladstone about allegations of chemical weapons in Syria includes something you see often–anonymous government sources. That can often be a bad thing; but today it’s pretty useful: Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 21 March 2013: Obama the tourist seeks Israel Lobby approval
21 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Obama reiterates calls for two-state solution in RamallahIMEMC – On his second day of the first presidential visit to Palestine U.S. President Barack Obama met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Although Obama condemned the rocket attacks that hit Sderot, yet, he insisted that… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 19 March 2013: ‘It’s Not Your Homeland’: An Interview with Shlomo Sand
19 March 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Sheikh Jarrah family fears eviction3/19/2013 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An 82-year-old grandfather and his family are awaiting an Israeli Supreme Court decision that could evict them from an East Jerusalem home they have lived in since 1964. Ayyoub Shamasnah, 82, lives with his wife, children and grandchildren in a… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 18 March 2013: Israel’s new war cabinet
18 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center ISR Police Kidnaps Two Children In JerusalemIMEMC – Monday March 18, 2013, Two children identified as Deena Morad Jweiles, 14, and her brother Mohammad, 12, have been kidnapped by the Israeli Police after being attacked and harassed by an Israeli settler in Wadi Hilweh, in Silwan,… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 17 March 2013:
17 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center EU Grants P.A €20.8 To Pay Salaries, PensionsIMEMC – The European Union (EU) has granted the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank approximately €2.8 so that it can pay pensions and salaries to nearly 82.000 retired persons, and government employees, in the West Bank and the… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 14 March 2013
14 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settler Woman, Her Children, Injured In The West BankIMEMC – Israeli Ynet News reported Thursday that a settler woman and her 3-year-old toddler have been injured after a number of Palestinians hurled stones at settlers vehicles driving on Route 5 that connects Tel Aviv with the… Continue reading
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