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Sodastream boycott: Scarlett Johansson raises an eyebrow
SodaStream is suddenly facing widespread criticism in the media for making its seltzer devices in the occupied West Bank. The day after we published Rachele Richards jaw-dropping graphic of Scarlett Johansson drenched in red with sparkling bubbles in the background New York Magazine published Kat Stoeffel’s brand-slaying piece, “SodaStream: Guilt-Free Seltzer or Blood Bubbles?” Continue reading
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Infographic-Shrinking Palestine: 20 Years of talks Keep Palestinians occupied — with settlers and checkpoints
Twenty years ago, the PLO Central Council approved the Oslo Accord with the Israeli government. Israeli-Palestinian talks were slated to conclude within 5 years, yet two decades on Israel’s occupation continues, and the situation on the ground has only moved backwards for Palestinians. The infographic “20 Years of Talks,” produced in collaboration with AIDA (the… Continue reading
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Why, really, has Netanyahu put settlement expansion on hold? By Alan Hart
His own explanation was that he wants to avoid or minimise the prospects for an “unnecessary confrontation” with the international community, for which read President Obama and the European leaders who would follow his lead (with the arguable exception of the French whore). Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 18 October 2013: Report: EU to bypass its own anti-settlements guidelines
18 October 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterBody Of Slain Palestinian Still Held By IsraelIMEMC – The Israeli Authorities are still holding the body of Younis Radayda, who was shot and killed on Thursday allegedly after he drove into a military base, and said that his body will be handed to the Palestinians Sunday, Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 19 August 2013: Despite outcry, EU guidelines on settlements will have little effect
19 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center“Tamarrod” Calls For Rebelling Against Hamas In GazaIMEMC – The group said it would not resort to guns and violence in its rebellion A Gaza-based group known as “Tamarrod”, Arabic for Rebellion, published a video through its Facebook page, and other social media outlets, stating that November Continue reading
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‘You don’t oppose settlements… once they’re built’ — AP says to State Dep’t By Philip Weiss
John Kerry’s statement that settlements are illegitimate has opened up new lines of questioning about US foreign policy. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 12 August 2013: Why settlements will lead to one state
12 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAl-Khoffash: “Israeli List Of Detainees To Be Free, Disappointing”IMEMC – Fuad Al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, stated that not a single detainee from the Jerusalem and historic Palestine is included in the list of detained to be released by Israel, Continue reading
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EU stance on settlements threatens Israeli participation in bonanza called ‘Horizon 2020′
Israel is cringing under the European Union’s “guideline” requirement– the demand by the EU to “recognize in writing that the West Bank settlements are not part of Israel.” And Israel is drawing red lines of its own. Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 16 July 2013
16 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSettler Stabbed In JerusalemIMEMC – Israeli TV Channel 7 has reported on Tuesday at night [July 16, 2013] that an Israeli settler, 33, was moderately injured after being stabbed in Bab Al- Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem. … Continue reading
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Palestinian statehood idea at ‘dead-end’: Israel minister
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett says that the idea of establishing an independent Palestinian state has reached a dead end. Continue reading
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President of International War Crimes Tribunal may have Worked to Shield Israelis from Prosecution By Alison Weir
The Times says that the Israeli-American judge, Theodor Meron, “… has led a push for raising the bar for conviction in such cases, prosecutors say, to the point where a conviction has become nearly impossible.” Continue reading
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Growing Voices Among Palestinians Calling for a Single Democratic Secular State
With negotiations for a two state solution going nowhere, more Palestinians are calling for a single state solution Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 21 March 2013: Obama the tourist seeks Israel Lobby approval
21 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Obama reiterates calls for two-state solution in RamallahIMEMC – On his second day of the first presidential visit to Palestine U.S. President Barack Obama met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Although Obama condemned the rocket attacks that hit Sderot, yet, he insisted that Continue reading
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Omar Barghouti: We won’t be silenced about Israel’s crimes
Controversy continues to swirl around a planned forum scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 7, at Brooklyn College to discuss the growing global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. In a letter to Brooklyn College President Karen Gould, nine members of the New York City Council threatened to cut funding for the… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 31 January 2013: The Gatekeepers: ’If this film does not lead to change, there is no hope for Israel’
31 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center France, Britain Said To Be Preparing Peace InitiativeIMEMC – The Al-Hayat Arabic Language Paper in London reported that France and Britain are preparing an initiative reportedly meant to ensure the resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. … Continue reading
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How 20 Tents Rocked Israel: Palestinians Take the Fight to their Occupiers By Jonathan Cook
At a time when Palestinians hoped for a watershed moment in their struggle for national liberation, the Fatah and Hamas leaderships look as mutually self-absorbed as ever. Last week they were again directing their energies into a new round of reconciliation talks, this time in Cairo, rather than keeping the spotlight on Israeli intransigence. Continue reading
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Video: US Blocks UN Condemnation of Israeli Settlements
Vijay Prashad: Most European countries including UK support statement denouncing new settlements (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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ICH 19 December 2012: Unbelievable – Outrageous! – Do you agree?
19 December 2012 — Information Clearing House Egypt’s New Pharaoh By Chris Hedges Morsi and the Brotherhood have been exposed as the heirs of the old dictatorship in new garb. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33380.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 15 December 2012: Unsettling realities of Israeli settlements
15 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settlers Attack Residents, Vehicles, Near NablusIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that several injuries took place in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, after extremist Israeli settlers, and soldiers attacked Palestinian homes and vehicles; the army also fired dozens of gas bombs Continue reading
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ICH 10 December 2012: U.S. Militarism Threatening World War III
10 December 2012 — Information Clearing House US Seen as ‘First Among Equals’ in 2030: Intel Report By Shaun Tandon The study predicted that Asia’s economy, military spending and technological investment would surpass those of North America and Europe combined by 2030, but warned of major uncertainty over an emerging China. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33279.htm Continue reading
The New Dark Age 