Lebanon
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Syria: The Obama administration confirms Israeli intel as the source
According to the representative Elliot Engel, who presides the democrat minority on the Foreign Affairs Commission, the Obama administration confirmed the communication interception of the Syrian government, proving it’s responsibility in the chemical attack of August 21st, as revealed by Foreign Policy. Yet, these ’’interceptions’’ are in fact of Israeli origin [1]. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 30 August 2013: Israel forced me to destroy my own house, says Jerusalem father
30 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSeveral Injured By Army Fire North Of JerusalemIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation while others were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes with local residents at the Continue reading
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Yinon’s Revenge? A Panoramic of Chaos in the Arab World By Mahdi Darius NAZEMROAYA
The Middle East and North Africa have been turned into an arc of instability all the way from Iraq and the Persian Gulf to Libya and Tunisia. Chaos and violence seem to be in almost every corner of the Arab World and the Middle East. The bloodletting does not seem to stop. One country in… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 18-24 August 2013: Syria / Iran / Eurasia /Egypt / Lebanon / Europe / Greece
24 August 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Chemicals Seep Through the Cracks in Western-led Axis Against Syria 24.08.2013 | 09:31 | Finian CUNNINGHAM A recurring pattern throughout the Syrian crisis is the coincidence of massacres suspiciously at times when there is a shift in the political backdrop. This is important to bear in mind when assessing Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 23 August 2013: Authorities threaten displaced community’s return to village
23 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFrench FM To Meet Abbas, NetanyahuIMEMC – The French Foreign Ministry has reported that Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, will be visiting the Israel and the Palestinian territories to encourage the recently resumes peace talks between Ramallah and Tel Aviv. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 22 August 2013: Why won’t BBC let Nigel Kennedy denounce Israeli apartheid?
22 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAbbas: “We Will Not Demand To Return To Akka, Safad and Jaffa”IMEMC – During a meeting with members of the Israeli Meretz opposition Party, who visited him Thursday in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the Palestinian Authority will not Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 21 August 2013: It was all part of the plan
21 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSoldiers Invade Village Near Nablus, Kidnap Five PalestiniansIMEMC – Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the village of Beita south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians; clashes and injuries have been reported. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 17 August 2013
17 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSoldiers Invade Village Near Nablus, Kidnap Five PalestiniansIMEMC – Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the village of Beita south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians; clashes and injuries have been reported. … Continue reading
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The Stark Reality Behind Obama’s Russian ‘Statesmanship’ By F. William Engdahl
In a press conference Obama described the Russian President as having a “slouch…looking like that bored schoolboy in the back of the classroom.” Yet behind the childish form of the latest White House refusal to meet President Putin before the G-20 St. Petersburg Summit is a grim reality Continue reading
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The Stark Reality Behind Obama’s Russian ‘Statesmanship’ By F. William Engdahl
In a press conference Obama described the Russian President as having a “slouch…looking like that bored schoolboy in the back of the classroom.” Yet behind the childish form of the latest White House refusal to meet President Putin before the G-20 St. Petersburg Summit is a grim reality Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 10 August 2013: Fear of isolation gets Israel talking
10 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterBritain Denounces New Israeli Settlement PlanIMEMC – Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, Alastair Burt, denounced the recent Israeli government decision to construct 1096 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. The Minister said that the focus should be on peace talks. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 9 August 2013: Where is the BBC’s objectivity where Palestine is concerned?
9 August 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News US: Israeli-Palestinian talks Aug. 14 in Jerusalem8/9/2013 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will resume talks on ending their long-standing conflict on August 14 in Jerusalem, the US State Department said Thursday. The talks restarted last month in Washington under US mediation, and both sides agreed to Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 8 August 2013
8 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterU.S: Next Round Of Talks August 14 IMEMC – United Foreign Secretary, Jennifer Psaki, stated Thursday [August 8, 2013] that the next round of direct Palestinian-Israeli talks will be held on August 14 in Jerusalem, then in the West bank city of Jericho. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 3 August 2013
3 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAbbas Welcomes Barcelona Soccer Team In BethlehemIMEMC – Thousands Of Palestinians Welcome Barca [Saturday Evening August 3, 2013] Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed at his Presidential Headquarters in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, the players and coach of Barcelona soccer team, who are conducting their first Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 1 August 2013
1 August 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Hundreds rally in Negev against Israeli plan to displace Bedouins8/1/2013 – NEGEV (Ma’an) – Hundreds of Palestinian residents of Israel rallied Thursday afternoon against Israel’s Prawer Plan which could displace thousands of Bedouin residents of the Negev from their land. The protestors gathered near al-Arakib village where Israeli forces Continue reading
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Syrian war hits Beirut By Franklin Lamb
DAHIYEH, Beirut – This observer’s neighbors seemed to believe, especially over the past year, as most of us did, that the war in Syria would, in one form or another, spill into our neighborhood, Dahiyeh, the Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut near the Shatila and Burj el Barajeh Palestinian refugee camps. And now it has… Continue reading
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Escalation of Syria War: Ahmed Al-Assir, America’s Pawn in Lebanon By Phil Greaves
This weeks conflagration near Sidon, a majority Sunni city in the South of Lebanon has been on the cards for some time. Sheikh Al Assir, the instigator of the street battle’s with the Lebanese Armed Forces, (LAF) has been on a concerted campaign to incite sectarian strife and division between the Sunni and Shi’a sects… Continue reading
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Escalation of Syria War: Ahmed Al-Assir, America’s Pawn in Lebanon By Phil Greaves
This weeks conflagration near Sidon, a majority Sunni city in the South of Lebanon has been on the cards for some time. Sheikh Al Assir, the instigator of the street battle’s with the Lebanese Armed Forces, (LAF) has been on a concerted campaign to incite sectarian strife and division between the Sunni and Shi’a sects… Continue reading
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