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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 21 April 2013: UNICEF tones down report on child detainees in wake of Israeli pressure
21 April 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Lawyer: Sick prisoner stops taking medication4/21/2013 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A sick prisoner on Sunday stopped taking medication in protest against Israeli medical negligence, according to a lawyer from the Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs. Ahmad Saed al-Damouni, 43, from the Gaza Strip, has been held in Ashkelon jail… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 20 April 2013: Senior EU officials: ’Oslo process has nothing more to offer’
20 April 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Israeli forces raid Jenin villages, no arrests4/20/2013 – JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Saturday morning raided residential communities in the Jenin district. No detentions were recorded, locals said. An Israeli military force raided Beit Qad, Dier Abu Daif, and Jalqamus villages east of Jenin. They also stationed… Continue reading
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ICH 20 April 2013: Congressman Calls for ‘Surveillance’ of Muslims
20 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Preparing For Israeli strike On Iran? Reversing policy, US will sell Israel aerial refueling planes By Times of Israel staff Israel will for the first time be permitted to purchase US aerial refueling planes and other ultra-sophisticated military equipment that could prove vital to any Israel strike against Iran’s nuclear… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 14-20 April 2013: Middle East / Boston / Russia-USA / Romania-oil / Kosovo / Europe / Syria
20 April 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Mediterranean: Winds of Change (I) 20.04.2013 | 11:54 | Andrei AKULOV …The recent discoveries of enormous oil and gas reserves in the little-explored Mediterranean Sea between Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Syria and Lebanon suggest that the region could become literally a «new Persian Gulf». But there is a reverse… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 19 April 2013: Detained: Testimonies from Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel
19 April 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News 17 injured in clashes in Beit Ummar4/19/2013 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Seventeen Palestinians were injured with rubber coated steel bullets in clashes in Beit Ummar village near Hebron, a local official said. A spokesman of the popular committee against the wall and settlements told Ma’an that the injured… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 18 April 2013: The quiet population transfer that dares not speak its name
18 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterUC Berkeley student senate votes to divest from companies that profit from Israeli OccupationIMEMC – After a ten hour debate that began Wednesday evening and continued through the night, the Student Senate at the University of California – Berkeley voted to divest University funds from three… Continue reading
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ICH 18 April 2013: Before the Collapse, A Call to Action
18 April 2013 — Information Clearing House New Report Is Critical Of US Sanctions On Iran: Urges White House to Rethink Policy By DAVID E. SANGER A panel of former senior American officials, issued a surprisingly critical assessment of American diplomacy toward Iran on Wednesday, urging President Obama to reconsider the likelihood that harsh sanctions will… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 17 April 2013: Israel is the only country in the world that has devised military courts for children
17 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Opens Fire At Palestinian Ambulance In BethlehemIMEMC – Wednesday evening, April 17, 2013, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian Red Crescent Ambulance while trying to provide medical care to family members, including an infant, injured by gas bombs fired by the army at their home, in… Continue reading
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ICH 17 April 2013: Did The FBI Know About Boston Bombing Beforehand?
17 April 2013 — Information Clearing House After Reports of a Bombing Suspect in Custody, Boston Police Say No Arrest http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34646.htm Continue reading
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Growing Voices Among Palestinians Calling for a Single Democratic Secular State
With negotiations for a two state solution going nowhere, more Palestinians are calling for a single state solution Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 16 April 2013: Israeli occupation: You have to see it to believe it
16 April 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Official: 3 men attacked by settlers near Nablus4/16/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Three men were injured late Monday after being attacked by settlers near Nablus, a PA official said. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that a group of settlers from Homesh attacked… Continue reading
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Netanyahu calls Palestinians “subhuman”
16 April 2013 As if anyone needed reminding, but perhaps they do, Benjamin Netanyahu once more exposed his racist, nay fascist mindset when in a speech, he referred to Palestinians as “sub-human”: “As if anyone needed it we got a reminder that a stone is a lethal weapon,” he said. “The terror of stones thrown in… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 15 April 2013: Israel destroys West Bank community center, arrests 20
15 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFor The First Time Since 1990, Palestinian Embassy Opens in KuwaitIMEMC – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, conducts his first visit to Kuwait for the first time since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and officially participates in the official ceremony to open a new Palestinian embassy in… Continue reading
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ICH 15 April 2013: US Secretary of State Blackmails China over North Korea
15 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Bombs In Boston Kill 3 By Erin McClam New England Cable News, said on Twitter that she saw people’s legs blown off. “Runners were coming in and saw unspeakable horror,” she said. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34627.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 14 April 2013
14 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterTurkish PM To Visit Gaza In MayIMEMC – Turkish Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, stated that he intends to visit the Gaza Strip by the end of this coming May following his trip to the United States. Erdogan did not set an exact date for the visit, but… Continue reading
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Video: Bill Evans Trio at the BBC
‘Jazz 625’, recorded at the BBC Studios, London, on March 19th, 1965. Bill Evans – Piano, Chuck Israel – Bass, Larry Bunker – Drums. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 13 April 2013
13 April 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Israeli forces prevent visit to Samer Issawi4/13/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Israeli forces on Saturday refused to let 12 Israeli leftist visit hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi at Israel’s Kaplan Medical Center. Israeli media said two female activists were briefly detained after they tried to break into Issawi’s room. Earlier… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 12 April 2013: Israel destroys West Bank community center, arrests 20
12 April 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Israel offers to exile Issawi abroad4/13/2013 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel on Friday offered long-term hunger striker Samer Issawi a deal to exile him to a UN member country, Israeli spokesman said. Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office,said that an offer was presented to exile… Continue reading