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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 10 July 2013
10 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterActivists to launch flotilla from Gaza to Europe in defiance of Israeli-imposed blockageIMEMC – Canadian, European, and Palestinian activists plan to launch a flotilla – dubbed “Gaza’s Ark” – from Gaza to Europe carrying produce and textiles, with the goal of raising awareness of the… Continue reading
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Egypt: Staging a “Democratic” Military Coup By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
During the 2011 Egyptian uprisings, the military was jeered for cracking down on protestors and for the infamous virginity tests they conducted on detained female protestors. In June 2012, when Mohamed Morsi won the presidential race with 51% of the votes, crowds gathered in Tahrir Square to celebrate his victory, chanting : “God is great”… Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 9 July 2013: Echoes of South Africa’s ’District Six’ in the Negev
9 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Invades Al-QararaIMEMC – Palestinian sources have reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles advanced on Tuesday at dawn [July 9 2013] hundreds of meters into the Al-Qarara town, north east of Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. … Continue reading
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Treatment of Palestinians is Apartheid by Any Other Name By Franklin Lamb
Were it not for the razor wire, giant concrete blocks, steel gates, watchtower and standard-issue surly teenage soldier, it would be impossible to tell at what point the barren uplands of Israel’s eastern Negev give way to the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank. Continue reading
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Neither Coup nor Revolution? Egypt’s US-Backed Deep State Reasserts Control By Finian CUNNINGHAM
The numbers and claims are conflicting, but it seems that the Egyptian army has indeed committed a cold-blooded massacre – killing between 30 and 54 people and wounding hundreds more, including children, in the capital, Cairo, according to various media sources. The bloodshed pushes the North African country to the brink of civil war, already… Continue reading
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Snowden confirms NSA created Stuxnet with Israeli aid
The Stuxnet virus that decimated Iranian nuclear facilities was created by the NSA and co-written by Israel, Edward Snowden has confirmed. The whistleblower added the NSA has a web of foreign partners who pay “marginal attention to human rights.” Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 8 July 2013: When non-violence is criminal: Palestinian women stand trial for West Bank protest
8 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterMousa: “Hamas Will Be A Heavy Price For Interfering In Internal Egyptian Affairs”IMEMC – Legislator Yahia Mousa, a political leader of the Hamas movement, stated that the Hamas movement and the Gaza Strip will pay a heavy price for interfering in internal Egyptian affairs, and called on… Continue reading
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ICH 8 July 2013: UN Accuses Israel of Torturing Palestinian Children
8 July 2013 — Information Clearing House Massacre in Cairo By Al Jazeera At least 42 people killed at the site of a sit-in by Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Cairo, demanding the reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed Morsi. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35481.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 7 July 2013
7 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Bedouins attacked by right-wing Israeli settlers near NablusIMEMC – An armed gang of around 50 Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian Bedouin community of shepherds in Huwwara area, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Saturday. … Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 6 July 2013: Palestinians sue US groups over support for settler attacks
6 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterEgyptian officials indefinitely close Rafah border crossing with GazaIMEMC – As protests and unrest continue throughout Egypt, with over 40 people killed since Sunday, the Egyptian government closed the Rafah border crossing, which is virtually the only way in and out of the sealed Gaza Strip for… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 29 June – 6 July 2013: Egypt / Russia / Israel / Global Elite / Brazil / Qatar / Spies
6 July 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Gas Summit in Moscow: What Has Been Left Unsaid? 06.07.2013 | 00:00 | Igor TOMBERG …The leaders of 13 states – Algeria, Bolivia, Venezuela, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago, Equatorial Guinea, Oman and Russia, which together control more than 70 percent of… Continue reading
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The Hero’s Reward and the Judgment of History By Andrew Levine
Governments abhor transparency, and governments lie. To keep them (comparatively) honest, an engaged and informed citizenry is indispensable. That requires media that are aggressive and probing, and that are not afraid to speak the truth. We have precious little of that in the United States today. Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 4 July 2013: The ongoing humiliation of Palestinian prisoners
4 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael Denies Al-Eesawy Urgently Needed Medical AttentionIMEMC – The Hurryyat Legal Center has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority is denying Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, access to urgently needed medical attention and medications, and refuses to grant him medical checkups. … Continue reading
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Egypt’s Coup Churns up Regional Politics (II) By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
It has now come to light that none other than the US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel was in touch with Sissi from Washington. The Pentagon has been forced to admit that Hagel spoke with Sissi last week but refuses to divulge details of the conversation. Asked why the Pentagon kept this detail under wraps so… Continue reading
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The Israel-Argentina Yellowcake Connection
During 1963-64, the Israeli government secretly acquired 80-100 tons of Argentine uranium oxide (“yellowcake”) for its nuclear weapons program, according to U.S. and British archival documents published today for the first time jointly by the National Security Archive, the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project, and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 1 July 2013: Whitewashing apartheid with Israel’s dirty water
1 July 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Official: Israeli settlers torch Palestinian fields in Burin7/1/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers started several fires in Burin village south of Nablus on Sunday evening, a Palestinian Authority official said. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlements in the northern West Bank, said residents of Bracha and Yitzhar settlements torched… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 30 June 2013
30 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterReport: “1790 Palestinians Kidnapped, 16 Killed, In First Half of 2013”IMEMC – The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 1790 Palestinians in the first six months of this year, including 300 who were kidnapped in June, and added that… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 29 June 2013: Maximum Land with Minimum Palestinians: The Annexation of Area C
29 June 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Frequent border closures add to Gaza gas woes6/29/2013 – GAZA CITY (IRIN) — Frequent closures of the only crossing for commercial goods between Israel and the Gaza Strip have left the coastal territory short of gas for cooking and heating, businessmen say, affecting businesses, agricultural production and health services.… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 28 June 2013
28 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterKerry Holds Second Meeting With NetanyahuIMEMC – [Friday June 28 2013] Reuters has reported that U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, held a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem for the second time in 24 hours. The second meeting was supposed to be held… Continue reading
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Obama’s Wild Neocon Dream By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
The real reason behind the inability to hold the Geneva-2 conference, however, is the shift in the stance of the US toward focusing in immediate terms on the military track through the coming several weeks or months – predicated on the expectation that the Syrian regime can be put on the back foot by tilting… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 