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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 27 October 2012: ‘Let us not be brought down’: Last legal recourse for Holy Land Five
27 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center A young Druze man refuse to serve in the Israeli ArmyIMEMC – A young druze man sent out a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak, explaining why he refuses to be part of the Israeli army. Young secular… Continue reading
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ICH 21-22 October 2012: Bush, Blair Wanted For Crimes Against Humanity
21-22 October 2012 — Information Clearing House Bush, Blair Wanted For Crimes Against Humanity: Boyle Video “We will keep after Bush and Blair for sure for crimes against peace, war crimes and torture in general,” Francis Boyle, a professor of international law. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32818.htm Continue reading
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ICH 19/20 October 2012: Implosion of Syria Myths a ‘Nervous Breakdown’ for US, Allies
012 — Information Clearing House The End of the New World Order By Seumas Milne In the late summer of 2008, two events in quick succession signaled the end of the New World Order. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32804.htm Continue reading
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The Sabra-Chatila massacre: Thirty years on By Franklin Lamb
Authors, photo-chroniclers and historians of the 1982 massacre, Mya Shone and Ralph Schoenman, replied to a recent New York Times article on the massacre by reminding us this week that “Haaretz recounted on September 26, 1982 the high level planning that preceded the invasion in service to “the long term objective aimed at the expulsion… Continue reading
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ICH 8 October 2012: Romney: ‘We’ll Arm the Syrian Rebels’
8 October 2012 — Information Clearing House The Maimed: On Eleven Years of War in Afghanistan By Chris Hedges We envy those who, in their innocence, believe in the innate goodness of America and the righteousness of war and celebrate what we know is despicable. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32691.htm Continue reading
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Putting Palestine On The Agenda: At The Russell Tribunal In New York By Danny Schechter
Today, the Russell Tribunal focusing on “the complicity and responsibility of various, national and international and corporate acts and the perpetuation of Israel’s impunity under international law.’ It seeks to provide a platform for “international personalities who advocate for an end to Israeli occupation and the denial of Palestinian rights.” Continue reading
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TIFF: Cultural Starwars By Eric Walberg
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival highlights the new direction in filmmaking: Iran is the enemy du jour, but at the same time it is not longer kosher to praise everything Israel does, notes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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PCHR: Occupied Lives: No justice for my son’s death
On Tuesday, 16 August 2011, Saad al-Majdalawi, a 17-year-old mentally disabled boy, died when he was targeted with live fire by Israel’s forces positioned on the border between Nusseirat, in the central part of the Gaza Strip, and Israel. Saad was unarmed and posed no threat to Israeli soldiers when he was shot and killed. Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 8/20/2012: From ‘Crippling Sanctions’ to Total War
20 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers destroy Palestinian Car in HebronIMEMC – Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers smashed, Sunday, the windshield of a Palestinian car that was parked in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and used a metal barrier to smash its… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Blocked By The BBC on Twitter By David Cromwell
Has the internet made journalists more accountable to the public? Only if media professionals are actually willing to engage with those who consume their output. In the case of the publicly-funded BBC, the onus on editors and journalists is surely all the greater. Continue reading
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Video: Lifta – film-in-progress (must watch)
Lifta is the only remaining Arab village depopulated in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence that has not been completely destroyed or re-populated by Jews. Lifta’s Arab heritage, architecture and history are about to be erased by Jerusalem’s municipality that plans to build over 250 luxury villas, shops and a hotel on this site. An international… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 28 June 2012: The American People Are Angry?
28 June 2012 — Information Clearing House Obama Stalling His Way To War With IranBy Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann LeverettObama is locking America into a path that is increasingly likely to result in yet another U.S.-initiated war in the Middle East during the first years of the next presidential term. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31714.htm Continue reading
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Palestine: Bound, Blindfolded and Convicted: Children held in military detention
The report is the culmination of four year’s work by DCI-Palestine, with the support of the European Union, focusing on verifying reports of ill-treatment and torture of children held in military detention. The findings of the report are based on 311 sworn affidavits taken from children between January 2008 and January 2012. Continue reading
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Occupied Palestine: The Freedom Bus – Ride for Justice!
From Sept 23rd – Oct 1st 2012, people from around the world will take part in a solidarity ride through the West Bank. Interactive performances will give voice to personal stories about popular struggle, political imprisonment, home demolitions, the Separation Wall and daily life under Israeli occupation. Continue reading
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A Call for the Disavowal of Splittism By Kim Petersen
I have not read every word or heard every speech by Atzmon, but I never came to a conclusion that he was defining anything for Palestinians. Atzmon has been focused on the occupiers, a group he stems from, and what makes them occupier-oppressors, and as a member of the group (he has since renounced allegiance… Continue reading
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PCHR_e Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (08 – 14 March 2012)
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), and Launch a New Offensive on the Gaza Strip Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 12 March 2012: Yemen says U.S. attack killed 64 people
12 March 2012— Information Clearing House Yemen says U.S. attack killed 64 people By UPI “The United States did not inform us on the attacks.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30788.htm Continue reading
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PCHR_e 12 March 2012: IOF Continued Offensive on Gaza for 4th Consecutive Day
5 Palestinians, Including a Child and an Old Man and His Daughter, Killed and 38 Others Wounded Since Yesterday Afternoon, Raising Deaths to 23 and Injuries to 73 Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 March 2012: Israel bombards Gaza for second day
10 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFifteen Palestinians Killed, 30 Injured, In 24 HoursIMEMC – As Israel continues its military offensive against the Gaza Strip since Friday evening, Palestinian medical sources reported that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles arrived to 15, while more than 30 were wounded. … Continue reading
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Not Quite “Ordinary Human Beings” — Anti-Imperialism and the Anti-Humanist Rhetoric of Gilad Atzmon
Atzmon’s statements, besides distorting the history of Jews and constituting a brazen justification for centuries of anti-Jewish behavior and beliefs, also downgrade anti-Zionism to a mere front in the broader (anti-Jewish) struggle. Atzmon has specifically described Zionism not as a form of colonialism or settlerism, but as a uniquely evil ideology unlike anything else in… Continue reading
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