Palestine
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Updates on Libya war/Stop NATO news: October 3, 2011
3 October 2011 — Stop NATO Almost 200 Days Of Bombing: 24,574 NATO Sorties, 9,164 Strike Sorties Commander: NATO To Turn Libyan Operations Back Over To AFRICOM Pentagon Chief ‘Reaffirms’ Ties With Israel, Egypt, Palestine, NATO U.S. Army Africa: Massive Expansion Of Italian Base For American Troops Australian Defence Chief Flies To Brussels For NATO Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 September, 2011: The one-sided US veto: an astounding display of hypocrisy
23 September 2011 , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Full transcript of Mahmoud Abbas speech at UN General Assembly IMEMC – Saturday September 24, 2011 – 04:14, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addresses United Nations General Assembly after submitting application for recognition as independent Palestinian state to UN Chief Ban Ki-moon. Continue reading
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BDS update: Buttressing an independent Palestine By Eric Walberg
Palestine’s move to become an independent state has benefitted from the growing BDS movement, as the world wakes up the enormous and unjust suffering of the Palestinian people, writes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter September 22, 2011: Troy Davis' Last Words
22 September 2011 — Information Clearing House U.S. Night Raids Aimed at Afghan Civilians By Gareth Porter “If you can’t get the guy you want,” said the officer, “you get the guy who knows him.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29180.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 September, 2011: Knesset moves forward on bill granting Israel unchecked, draconian powers
22 September 2011 , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Military Storm Villages, Break Into West Bank Homes IMEMC – Thursday September 22, 2011 – 20:10, Israeli military stormed the villages of Burqin and al-‚ÄòArqah near the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday. Military vehicles patrolled the streets of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 September, 2011: PA goes to UN without Palestinian consensus behind it
20 September 2011 , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Supporting Palestinian-UN Bid, Protest Held In Front of U.S Embassy In Tel Aviv IMEMC – Tuesday September 20, 2011 – 21:27, Dozens of members and supporters of the National Democratic Assembly held on Tuesday evening a protest in front of the American Continue reading
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How Could the Largest Social Justice Movement in Israel’s History Manage to Ignore the Country’s Biggest Moral Disaster? By Joseph Dana
The decision to exclude the occupation from the grievances of the July 14 Tent City movement was entirely organic. The key question is why. Continue reading
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Murdoch Press and the Fictional Jewish Chocolatier By Samah Sabawi
The Murdoch press in its zeal to attack the Palestinian Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign has misrepresented facts and even ran an entire article quoting a fictional character that simply does not exist. The invention of Max Brenner the Jewish chocolatier demonstrated the lack of integrity and journalistic ethics employed within the Murdoch press’s campaign… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 23 August, 2011: The Truth About the Situation in Libya
23 August, 2011 — Information Clearing House Regime Change British Brains, Brawn and Bombs Bolster Libyan Rebels By RT On Tuesday, British newspapers revealed that the UK not only detached spies and former SAS gurus to train militants, but was also providing them with ammunition for the operation, including night-vision goggles, advanced communication equipment and Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 22 August, 2011: Libya – A Media War
22 August 2011 — Information Clearing House The Strange Calm Over Tripoli? By Franklin Lamb Looking over the skyline of Tripoli at 7:30 a.m. 8/22/11 from the 26th floor of the Corinthia Hotel it seems that it’s just about over for the Qaddafi regime. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28912.htm Continue reading
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Notice regarding the shooting of Franklin Lamb in Libya
The Palestine Civil Rights Campaign-Lebanon confirms reports that FranklinLamb was shot at approximately 11:45 a.m. on Sunday August 21 in Tripoli,Libya outside of the Corinthia Hotel where he has been staying. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 August, 2011: Ongoing Escalation Against Gaza, 7 Killed, Dozens Injured
19 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Gaza; 15 Palestinians Killed Due To Israeli Bombardment In 24 Hours IMEMC – Saturday August 20, 2011 – 03:20, As Israel continued the bombardment of the Gaza Strip since Thursday, Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that the number of slain residents arrived Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 August, 2011: Four years in prison for Facebook message
19 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Debt Crisis in West is Just a ‘Prelude to War’ By K. Selim The American dream no longer exists. The U.S. establishment, Democratic or Republican, is not prepared to cash in its last major comparative advantage – military supremacy. Continue http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28874.htm Continue reading
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FRANKLIN LAMB: TRIPOLI ON THE CUSP
Truth be told, some foreign observers, and certainly this one, having been based in Tripoli the past nearly eight weeks, have not taken very seriously occasional media predictions that Tripoli might soon be invaded by ‘NATO rebels’ and certainly not by NATO country forces putting their boots on the ground. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 August, 2011: Video survey: Racism rampant among Israeli youth
18 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Bombards Rafah Killing Six Palestinians; Child Killed In Gaza City IMEMC – Thursday August 18, 2011 – 20:51, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday evening that six Palestinians, including a senior resistance leader, and a child, were killed Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 18 August, 2011: Debt Crisis is Just a 'Prelude to War'
18 August, 2011 — Information Clearing House Shadow Warriors: Movin’ On Up By Conn Hallinan The U.S. is embarking on a military sea change that will replace massive deployments, like Iraq and Afghanistan, with stealthy night raids, secret assassinations, and death-dealing drones. Its implications for civilian control of foreign policy promises to be profound. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28877.htm Continue reading
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PA, Israel host fake peace rally | Palestine as neoliberal laboratory | UK bans settler rabbi | And more …
15 August 2011 — UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA RECENT BLOG POSTS ON THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA: Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 August, 2011: Israel to Recruit 70 Countries to Vote against Recognizing Palestine, Says Israeli Official
17 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestine UN Observer: “Settlements Jeopardize Peace Efforts” IMEMC – Thursday August 18, 2011 – 02:19, Palestinian Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, stated Wednesday that Israel’s insistence on constructing and expanding its illegal settlements in the occupied territories jeopardize all efforts Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 August, 2011: Palestinians in no hurry to join housing protests
13 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 81 US lawmakers in Israel on ‘tour’ sponsored by Zionist lobbying group IMEMC – Saturday August 13, 2011 – 21:55, One-fifth of the US Congress is currently in Israel on a free trip sponsored by the American Israel Educational Foundation, an affiliate of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 12 August, 2011: US Mideast policy: Well on its way to total irrelevance
12 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center USAID Threatens To Stop Funding Projects In Gaza IMEMC – Saturday August 13, 2011 – 04:59, A source at the US Department of State stated that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) would stop funding all projects in the Gaza Strip Continue reading