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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 October, 2010: Israel’s ethnic cleansing drill a result of nationalists adopting the two-state solution
11 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Asad Slams Israel’s New Citizenship Law IMEMC – 11 Oct 2010 – Tuesday October 12, 2010 – 01:41, Syrian President, Bashar Asad, strongly denounced on Monday the new Israeli citizenship law requiring all non-Jews in the country to pledge allegiance to Israel as a… Continue reading
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“We will not be citizens of a fascist state purporting to be Israel” say hundreds of Israeli academics and public figures.
A protest rally against the government’s “Loyalty Oath Bill” was held outside the Tel Aviv house where Ben-Gurion read the 1948 the Declaration of Independence. There, today, the “Declaration of Independence from Fascism” was signed. Continue reading
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No positive evidence supporting accusations against Ameer Makhoul By Rela Mazali
On May 8th, Jewish Peace News posted news of the arrest or, more precisely, abduction, of human rights defender Ameer Makhoul, “Director of Ittijah – The Union of Arab Community-Based Associations – … in the dead of night, while he and his family slept in their home in Haifa.” The arrest of this “Israeli citizen… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 11 October, 2010: S&P: 60% of Countries Will Be Bankrupt Within 50 Years
11 October, 2010 — Information Clearing House In the Crosshairs of US Drones By Kamal Hyder Residents live under a constant fear of being hit as dozens of unmanned drones buzz the skies over North and South Waziristan. The drones frighten children and women who sometimes become the victims, especially if the intended targets are… Continue reading
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Tell Me Again, Who Made The Desert Bloom? By Lawrence of Cyberia
In December 1945 and January 1946, the British Mandate authorities carried out an extensive survey of Palestine, in support of the work of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. The results were published in the Survey of Palestine, which has been scanned and made available online by Palestine Remembered; all 1300 pages can be… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 October, 2010: Israeli Settler Runs over Palestinian Kids, Escapes
10 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Lieberman To European Counterparts: “Go And Solve Your Problems First” IMEMC – 10 Oct 2010 – Monday October 11, 2010 – 04:07, Israeli Foreign Minister of the fundamentalist right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, told his French and Spanish counterparts that Europe should first solve its… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 9 October, 2010: Weekend Edition – Israel and Monty Python's Dead Parrot
9 October, 2010 — Information Clearing House America’s Third World Economy By Paul Craig Roberts The ladders of upward mobility that made American an “opportunity society” have been dismantled. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26544.htm The Secret Big-Money Takeover of America By Robert Reich Not only is income and wealth in America more concentrated in fewer hands than it’s been… Continue reading
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IDF Soldier Belly Dances Beside Bound Palestinian
Newsy: Video of an Israeli soldier dancing around a bound female prisoner causes outrage. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 October, 2010: Israeli security forces practice dealing with “riots following population exchange”, mass detentions of Israeli-Palestinians
9 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas Hints Dismantling P.A Should Peace Talks Fails IMEMC – 10 Oct 2010 – Saturday October 09, 2010 – 09:40, During a Friday night meeting with the Arab Follow-up Committee in Sirt Libyan city, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, cast doubts on the future of… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 October, 2010: Israel’s Arab Citizens Are Not a Negotiating Chip
8 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settler Leader Claims His vehicle Accidentally Rammed Into Two Palestinian Children IMEMC – 8 Oct 2010 – Saturday October 09, 2010 – 02:14, Israeli sources reported that a well-known extremist settler leader, head of the so-called City of David group, stated that his vehicle… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 7 October, 2010: Obama Accused of Exaggerating Terror Threat
7 October, 2010 — Information Clearing House The Tenth Year In Afghanistan By Steve Hynd Today is the anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan. Welcome to the tenth year of occupation. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26539.htm Barack Obama Accused of Exaggerating Terror Threat for Political Gain By Simon Tisdall and Richard Norton-Taylor A US terror alert issued this week… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 October, 2010: Woman filmed by soldiers describes torture, humiliation
7 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eleven Palestinians Wounded In Several Israeli Military Attacks In Gaza IMEMC – 7 Oct 2010 – Friday October 08, 2010 – 04:30, Palestinian medical sources reported that eleven Palestinians were wounded Thursday after the Israeli army conducted several aerial attacks, and attempted to assassinate… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: DEATHLY SILENCE: OBAMA’S LETTER, NETANYAHU’S REJECTION AND THE MEDIA’S NON-RESPONSE
Earlier this week, independent journalist Jonathan Cook reported facts that blow a hole through the standard deceit that the United States is an “honest broker” for peace in the Middle East. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 6 October, 2010: America's Deepening Moral Crisis
6 October, 2010 — Information Clearing House Birth of the National Security State By Philip Giraldi Three elements are necessary for the creation of a National Security State. First, there must be a narrative that can be sold to the public justifying the transformation. Second, a system of laws and regulations must be created that… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 October, 2010: “Jewish State” loyalty oath to become Israeli law
6 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli settlers looted olive trees in Nablus IMEMC – 6 Oct 2010 – Wednesday October 06, 2010 – 16:46, On Wednesday afternoon,Israeli settlers cut down dozens of olive trees and looted the harvested fruits from villages of Yanoun and al-Hawara near the city of… Continue reading
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Israel in America: Obama’s dance of death By Eric Walberg
The writing is on the wall: Obama is a one-term president. That is if he is even allowed to finish his first term. Obama was never popular in Israel. When he tried to add Israeli critic Chas Freeman to his team as chair of the National Intelligence Council in 2009 AIPAC blew a fuse. Now… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 October, 2010: Israeli Bar Ilan University sacks top academic for her critical views
5 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Rabbis visit a mosque in Bethlehem, torched by settlers IMEMC – 5 Oct 2010 – Tuesday October 05, 2010 – 18:01, On Tuesday a number of Israeli Rabbis visited the mosque that Israeli settlers burned in the village of Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 1 October, 2010: I'll Quit Whining When You Start Fighting
1 October, 2010 — ICH Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran Obama Pressed to Weigh Iran Strike By Yitzhak Benhorin Both Senator Joe Lieberman and Howard Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, have urged the president to consider setting a time limit of just a few months on the effectiveness of the most… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 October, 2010: Platini: ‘I’ll Kick Israel Out Of Europe’
2 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Uproots Farmlands, Prepares To Annex Them IMEMC – 2 Oct 2010 – Saturday October 02, 2010 – 08:08, Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli army bulldozers uprooted farmlands close to Tiqoua’ settlement, built on lands initially taken away from residents of the Tiqoua’ Palestinian village,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 October, 2010: Settlers expand settlement, burn, bulldoze fields
1 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu Accuses the Palestinians Of Stalling Peace Talks IMEMC – 1 Oct 2010 – Saturday October 02, 2010 – 01:30, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused on Friday that Palestinian side for staling peace talks, and claimed that renewing the construction of settlements in… Continue reading