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VTJP News & Articles 5 October 2012: Why Israel’s “refugee day” is a smokescreen to deny Palestinian rights
5 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Solidarity Ship Sailing to GazaIMEMC – The Helsingin Sanomat Swedish paper reported that Estelle, a Swedish-owned ship sailing under a Finnish flag, is on en route to the besieged Gaza Strip carrying tons of aid supplies to the besieged coastal region. … Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 4 October 2012: Empire trapped: US role in a new Middle East
4 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Invade Tulkarem, Jenin And Hebron; Clashes ReportedIMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the northern West Ban districts on Tulkarem, Jenin and Hebron, broke into several homes and buildings leading to clashes with dozens of local youths, injuries were reported. Continue reading
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ICH 20 September 2012: “They” Hate Us Because We Bomb Them
20 September 2012 — Information Clearing House Italy Upholds Rendition Convictions For 23 Americans By Andrea Vogt and agencies Rome Ruling is world’s first judicial review of CIA practice of abducting terror suspects and transferring them to third countries. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32503.htm Continue reading
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Brought to You by…Big Oil?
The Washington Post had a two-page spread in its September 11 edition devoted to a “debate” on energy policy. But industry critics were missing from the picture. Why? Perhaps because the oil industry, undisclosed to Post readers, was sponsoring the discussion. Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 28 August 2012: Continuing Impunity for the Death of Rachel Corrie
28 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center France To Investigate Arafat’s DeathIMEMC – The French Prosecution decided to open an official investigation into the death of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004 after becoming sick while surrounded by the Israeli military in his Ramallah headquarters. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 July 2012
5 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Maher Abu Rmeileh First Palestinian to Qualify for Olympics in JudoIMEMC – Judoka Maher Abu Rmeileh becomes the first Palestinian to qualify for the Olympic games based on his performance in a recent qualifying match in Japan. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 4 July 2012: Palestinian Recognition Set Back by Israeli-American Roadblock
2 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settlers Uproot 41 Olive Trees Near NablusIMEMC – A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted, on Wednesday morning, 41 Olive trees that belong to a resident of Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 July 2012: Time to abandon never-ending futile talks with Israel
1 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center P.A. Security Forces Assault & Detain Protestors, JournalistsIMEMC – For consecutive days protests by Palestinians in Ramallah have been broken up with violence by Palestinian Authority security forces. … Continue reading
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Video: Bifront Saudi Arabia: Mediaeval freedoms for export
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is bound for Riyadh this week to mull over the Syrian crisis with Saudi King Abdullah. But while the Arab Kingdom rules with an iron fist at home, double standards abound in every way imaginable abroad. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 21 March 2012: Justice for Trayvon / Obama's Magic Wand / The Assassin President / BATV
21 March 2012 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left Barack Obama, Democratic Expectations and the Magic Wand by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon What are the people who tell us President Obama hasn’t got a “magic wand” really saying? That we have no right to expect a president Continue reading
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Fighting the “Rising Tide” of Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Syrian Crisis By Andrew Gavin Marshall
The following sample is a compilation of unedited research, largely drawn from official government documents of the State Department, CIA, Pentagon, White House, and National Security Council, outlining the development of the Eisenhower Doctrine and the American imperial perceptions of the threat of ‘Arab Nationalism.’ Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 March 2012
3 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Accepts Appeal Against New Settlement Plan In HebronIMEMC – The Israeli Higher Planning Council, running under the Military leadership in the occupied West Bank, accepted an appeal against a construction plan for a new Israeli settlement, south of the southern West Bank city of Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 21-22 February 2012: US to pump weapons into Syrian warzone?
22 February 2012 14:37:51 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 012 Turkish Secret Agents Trained by the Mossad Captured in Syria GlobalResearch.ca Today at 21:40 For more details, please click on the link to read the article.”= Continue reading
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Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
This press conference concludes a 10 day visit to the region, carried out within the framework of my mandate as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. I have had meetings with representatives of Governments, intergovernmental organizations, and civil society actors, as well as with… Continue reading
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What is ACTA? – Max Keiser
Although the proposed treaty’s title might suggest that the agreement deals only with counterfeit physical goods (such as medicines) what little information has been made available publicly by negotiating governments about the content of the treaty makes it clear that it will have a far broader scope and in particular will deal with new tools… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 January 2012: Witnesses: In Palestine, to Exist Is to Resist
24 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Residents Detained in Hebron IMEMC – On Tuesday Morning, the Israeli army kidnapped two Hebron residents near Ibrahim Mosque, and moved them to undisclosed location, the Palestinian news agency, Ma’an, reported. … Continue reading
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BREAKING NEWS: European Union Protests Israeli Policies in the Occupied West Bank
European Union Ambassador to Israel, Andrew Standley, submitted a formal protest to the Israeli Foreign Ministry over plans to displace Bedouin, and demolition of Palestinian homes in the E1 area near the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, reported Haaretz on Friday. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 22 December 2011: Are We Living in a Fool's Paradise?
22 December 2011 — Information Clearing House Pakistan Needs to Declare Its Independence By Yasmeen Ali Pakistan lies ravaged, with her economy destroyed, thanks to the country’s deep involvement in the “War on Terror.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30055.htm Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 21, 2011
21 December 2011 — Stop NATO CSTO Warns U.S., NATO Over European Missile System Israel: U.S. Commander Finalizes Largest-Ever Interceptor Missile Drill NATO Doubles Georgian Troop Deployment To Afghanistan NATO Pushes Permanent Mission In Baltic Sea Hungary: U.S.-NATO Strategic Airlift Operation Logs 6,000 Flight Hours AFRICOM-Trained Djibouti Troops Arrive In Somalia Troops Out, U.S. Military Continue reading