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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 October, 2011: The Alleged Saudi Envoy Assassination Plot: Mossad at Work
19 October 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abu Obaida Provides Details On The 2nd Phase of Swap Deal IMEMC – Thursday October 20, 2011 – 02:56, Abu Obaida, spokesperson of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated that the second phase of the prisoner-swap deal will include the Continue reading
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Dahr Jamail: Environmental Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico – The Escalation of BP's Liability
During a recent discussion in his office, Blanchard told Al Jazeera that the fishing waters off Louisiana are only producing one per cent of the shrimp they formerly produced. ‘Half of the local fishermen have shut down,’ he stated. ‘They are dying. And [as] for the fishing, every day they are hauling dead porpoises in… 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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Interrogating Contemporary News: Asking the Right Questions By Natalie Fenton
The Leveson inquiry has been launched to investigate phone hacking and the culture, practices and ethics of the press; there is a Lords Select Committee on the future of investigative journalism; a joint Select Committee on privacy and injunctions; all of which will feed into a Communications Review leading up to the New Communications Act… Continue reading
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Gowans: Libya: Imperialism and the Left By Stephen Gowans
The relevant consideration in explaining why interventions occur is not the political orientation of the government under siege, nor its relations with its citizens, but whether it accommodates the profit-making interests of the dominant class in the intervening countries. Continue reading
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Media Lens: To Avert A Bloodbath – Libya And The Press – Part 2
On August 23 and 24, the media once again abandoned all pretence of objectivity in celebrating the ‘fall’ of Tripoli, as they had in celebrating the ‘fall’ of Kabul and Baghdad. This, again, was a moment of national triumph, of vindication – the famed concern with ‘balance’ was brushed aside as mean-spirited, even nasty (the… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 17-19 August 2011
19 August 2011 — williambowles.info Why the WikiLeaks cable about Syrian regime is spot on The Guardian In the Wikileaks cable the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is described as ‘nasty’ and ‘abrasive’ by US diplomats. Photograph: SANA / HO/EPA Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s apparently disingenuous statement to the UN secretary general, … http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/18/syria-wikileaks-cable-assad-regime Continue reading
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Damn it or fear it, the forbidden truth is an insurrection in Britain By John Pilger
On a warm spring day, strolling in south London, I heard demanding voices behind me. A police van disgorged a posse of six or more, who waved me aside. They surrounded a young black man who, like me, was ambling along. They appropriated him; they rifled his pockets, looked in his shoes, inspected his teeth.… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 August, 2011: Veolia, major target of Palestinian BDS campaign, in financial crisis
10 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Fatah Report Claims Dahlan Poisoned Arafat and Stole Millions IMEMC – Wednesday August 10, 2011 – 13:00, An official Fatah report claims that former Gaza security chief, Mohammad Dahlan, was responsible for the poisoning of Yasser Arafat. It also accuses Dahlan of stealing Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 1 August 2011
1 August 2011 — williambowles.info Libya rebels hunt ‘pro-Gaddafi infiltrators’ Aljazeera.net Opposition leaders say they arrested dozens of armed men loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in their eastern bastion, but have suffered a blow in Libya’s west, losing a village at the foot of a key mountain range. At least 63 people suspected of having links Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 30 July, 2011: Jewish association launches tourism project promoting the West Bank as “part of Israel”
30 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli troops attack 3 non-violent protests in West Bank, injuring four IMEMC – Sunday July 31, 2011 – 01:09, On Friday four people were injured and four arrested, as Israeli troops attacked anti-wall protests organized in a number of West Bank communities. Protests Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 July, 2011: Israel To Apologize For “Mistakes” During Flotilla Attack
28 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Declares Ties With Newly-Born Republic Of South Sudan IMEMC – Friday July 29, 2011 – 01:23, Israel announced Thursday that it will be holding official ties with the newly-born Republic of South Sudan, while Israeli officials visiting the country received an official Continue reading
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What did PM tell Murdoch about the BSkyB takeover? By Andrew Grice and Oliver Wright
David Cameron admitted that he may have discussed the bid by News Corp for full control of BSkyB during his 27 meetings with Murdoch executives since last year’s election. Downing Street had previously insisted that the £8bn takeover was not mentioned. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 July, 2011: Israel Prepares To Stop “Welcome To Palestine” Activists
7 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center UN Rapporteur Slams UN Report Backing Israeli Raid On Flotilla IMEMC – Friday July 08, 2011 – 03:52, Olivier De Schutter, Special United Nations Rapporteur on the Right to Food, voiced strong criticism of a highly anticipated UN report that is said to Continue reading
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‘Public Opinion’: The Phantom Menace By John Brissenden
Any 11 year old who saw Avatar or The Matrix has a basic understanding of constructed reality; teenagers carefully construct and reconstruct their online identity; politicians and pundits alike talk without shame or irony about presentation, optics and symbolism rather than policy. It is no different on the left. Resistance to the cult of austerity… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 June, 2011: Israel passes draft law requiring Palestinians to pay for their own home demolitions
29 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Remove Structures In Illegal Settlement IMEMC – Wednesday June 29, 2011 – 14:38, Five structures and two tents were raised in the illegal settlement outpost of Ramat Migro in the Northern West Bank on Wednesday morning. Two teenage girls were arrested for allegedly Continue reading
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Media Lens: Rape, Mercenaries, And Bloodbaths On The Scale Of Yemen? The Media Blank Amnesty’s Failure To Find Evidence In Libya
It ought to be surprising that Amnesty and Human Rights Watch exposed US-UK propaganda in a way that the entire pack of Western media hounds was unable or unwilling to do. But as we have described many times, with rare exceptions, journalists function as stenographers to power. Continue reading
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This is what empires do By William Bowles
Surely it must be obvious that it’s the act of being there that counts? Occupation, as they say, is nine tenths of the imperial law. Wherever in the world the Empire has gone to ‘install democracy’ or whatever the excuse used to invade, it has stayed, every single time and built bases, hundreds of them… Continue reading
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