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VTJP News & Articles 4 October 2012: Empire trapped: US role in a new Middle East
4 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Invade Tulkarem, Jenin And Hebron; Clashes ReportedIMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the northern West Ban districts on Tulkarem, Jenin and Hebron, broke into several homes and buildings leading to clashes with dozens of local youths, injuries were reported. Continue reading
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NATO Terrorists Mass Slaughter Civilians in Aleppo, Syria By Tony Cartalucci
NATO-backed terrorism swept the northern Syrian city of Aleppo this week, killing and maiming scores of civilians. Al Qaeda-style car bombings targeted public squares throughout the city in a coordinated attack the Western press has attempted to claim was “targeting government forces.” Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 3 October 2012: The deeply disturbing Israel court ruling on Rachel Corrie
3 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Believes Al-Qaida Was Behind Attack On Border With EgyptIMEMC – Israeli security sources reported that the Israeli investigations into an attack that took place on the border with Egypt last month, leading to the death of one Israeli soldier and three gunmen, was carried out Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 25 September 2012: UN Chief: “Door Closing To Two-State Solution”
25 September 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel To Build New Settler-Road Near QalqiliaIMEMC – The so-called Israeli Civil Administration Office, run under the Israeli Military in the occupied West Bank, is planning to pave a new road to be used by Jewish settlers, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia. … Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 20 September 2012: Has David Miliband Changed His Spots?
20 September 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center P.A Security Captures Three Soldiers In Nablus, Hand Them Back To IsraelIMEMC – Members of the Palestinian security forces in the northern West Bank city of Nablus captured, Thursday, three Israeli soldiers who infiltrated into the city using a civilian vehicle, and handed them back to Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 13 September 2012: Israel Seeks Expansion Of 40 Settlements
13 September 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center After Seeing Video Footage, Judge Orders Release Of Palestinian DetaineeIMEMC – Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that an Israeli Military Court Judge ordered the release of a Palestinian man who kidnapped and detained by the Israeli army three weeks ago, in the southern West Bank city of Continue reading
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Israel on the Offensive In Bid To Press President Obama To Attack Iran By Danny Schechter
Using an exaggerated if fictive Iranian threat to create nuclear weapons as their pretext, Israeli politicians are blatantly and publicly inserting themselves in America’s Presidential elections, demanding that President Obama do their bidding by articulating so-called “red lines” to further threaten Tehran. Continue reading
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Canada's diplomatic disaster By Eric Walberg
On 7 September, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced that Canada is suspending all diplomatic relations with Iran, expelling all Iranian diplomats, closing its embassy in Tehran, and authorizing Turkey to act on Canada’s behalf for consular services there. Baird cited Iran’s enmity with Israel, its support of Syria and terrorism. “Canada views the government… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 10 September 2012: Among the ruins of Bedouin al-Araqib
10 September 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 80 Injured In Clashes Between Residents, Security Forces In HebronIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Monday that eighty residents and members of the Palestinian security forces were reported when a number of residents attacked the City Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 7 September 2012: Settlers burn 130 olive trees in northern West Bank
7 September 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinians Hold Protests Against High Living CostsIMEMC – Several protests and demonstrations were held, starting on Thursday evening and extending to early Friday morning, as thousands of Palestinian youths took to the streets protesting the sharp increase of living costs despite the limited income of most Continue reading
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America’s Takeover of the United Nations By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The calls at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran for reforming the United Nations and democratizing the Security Council were not exactly new. These calls for UN reform were embodied by the conference’s dictum of “lasting peace through joint global governance.” These demands have been made over and over again by various countries and… Continue reading
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NAM Summit: Ban Ki-Moon in disgraceful show of US puppetry By Finian Cunningham
In the weeks leading up to the 16th summit of the NAM, Washington had been calling on the UN top official to decline attending the conference in Tehran. When Ban announced last week that he was going ahead, the US government was evidently peeved, calling his decision “a bit strange”. Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 29 August 2012: Jewish settlers burn a car and write racist slogans
29 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PCHR Condemns Continued Israeli Violations against Palestinian Fishermen in the Gaza StripIMEMC – The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns Israel’s continued violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, and expresses concern about the escalation of these violations. On Tuesday morning, 28 August 2012, Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 27 August 2012: Arrigoni’s Murder Trial in Gaza: Answers Not Just a Verdict
27 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel To Close Bribery Case Against Sharon, His SonsIMEMC – Israeli sources reported Monday that the Israeli prosecution is weighing the possibility of dropping bribery and corruption charges against former Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and his two sons, Omri and Gilad, due to the lack Continue reading
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Can the War Israel Wants With Iran Be Averted? By Danny Schechter
For more than a year now, the drums of war emanating from Israel have become louder and louder with weekly news leaks, and threats including the disclosure of alleged attack plans. The whole exercise seems designed to create a sense of alarm and inevitability. Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 24 August 2012: Israeli lies unchecked, Palestinian perspectives censored on BBC
24 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Police Repeatedly Taser Palestinian Vacationing With His FamilyIMEMC – Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Friday that a Palestinian man from Jerusalem was shocked by an Israeli Policeman with an electric gun five times; the incident took place at a park in Tel Aviv last Tuesday. The man Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 23 August 2012: Oil. Religion. Occupation: A Combustible Mix
23 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Zahhar Denies Connection To Facebook Page That Carries His NameIMEMC – Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, denied any relation to a Facebook page that carries his name and places statements allegedly made by him. … Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 22 August 2012: Report: Israel to evict Jericho farmers
22 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 8 Detainees Wounded In Ramon PrisonIMEMC – Palestinians Minister of Detainee, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that eight Palestinian detainees, imprisoned at the Ramon Israeli prison, were injured after Israeli soldiers broke into their rooms and searched them. … Continue reading
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