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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 March 2012: UK Voices ‘Concern’ Over Israeli Settlement Building
20 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Court Upholds Appeal To End Discrimination In “Feast Meals”IMEMC – For the first time in Israel’s history, the Israeli District Court upheld an appeal filed on behalf a Palestinian political prisoner from the northern West Bank city of Jenin demanding an end to discrimination in Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 March 2012: UN: Settlers grab Palestinian water springs
19 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 23 Detainees Holding Hunger-StrikeIMEMC – The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported, Monday, that there are 23 detainees who are currently on hunger-strike protesting the illegal policies of Administrative Detention used by Israel to keep hundreds of detainees behind bars without charges. … Continue reading
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Russian Position On Syria: Myths And Reality Russia By Alexander Yakovenko*
I consider it important to share with readers the basic elements of Russia’s real position on the situation in Syria. Unfortunately, public opinion has formed a distorted view of Russia’s approach to the current political crisis in the country with which we have long-standing bonds of friendship and whose fate is not a matter of… Continue reading
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Ezili's HLLN on truth in a time of universal deceit
“These insects invading Haiti are reprobates, racist and narcissistic, analogous to the rich and high-born serial killers conducting their depravity at private clubs – gated compounds left alone by police because of the pathology of power, respect for old money and Ivy League reputations. Continue reading
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Humanitarian Intervention: “Right To Intervene,” Overthrow Governments By Ruan Zongze*
Since the 1990s, the West has introduced an array of ideas, such as “humanitarian intervention”, “human rights above sovereignty” and “exceptionalism”, in an attempt to provide a theoretical basis for interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. Responsibility to protect is merely the latest addition to this list. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 15 March 2012: Shalabi’s hunger strike tests Israeli jailing policy
15 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PCHR Weekly Report: “24 Palestinians Killed, 74 Wounded”IMEMC – The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report on Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between March 8 and 14, 2012, and stated that Israeli soldiers killed Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 14 March 2012: More Fun Atrocities
14 March 2012— Information Clearing House Netanyahu is Preparing Israeli Public Opinion for a War on Iran By Aluf Benn Haaretz’s editor-in-chief says that what looks like a preparation for war, acts like a preparation for war, and quacks like a preparation for war, is a preparation for war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30821.htm Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 15 March 2012
15 March 2012 — williambowles.info UN expert criticizes Manning’s harsh detention NECN Juan Mendez said in a report to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council that the US military‘s “seriously punitive” detention of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has not been found guilty of any crime, is also “a violation of his right to physical and Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 14-15 March 2012
15 March 2012 — williambowles.info US soldier accused in Wikileaks case due in court The Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A US Army private accused of leaking classified material to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks could soon learn when his trial will start. Pfc. Bradley Manning was scheduled to appear in a military Continue reading
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Syria keeps everyone guessing By Denisova Olga
According to a Syrian foreign ministry spokesman, Syria hails the proposals and has replied positively to those which meet the country’s needs. However, the response provided by Syria has triggered new questions. Kofi Annan is now expected to address the UN Security Council in connection with it on March 16th Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 March 2012: “I can’t take part in these crimes”: Israeli refusenik interviewed
14 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Gaza: Boy Dies of Wounds Sustained on Monday; Jetfighters Bomb Gaza CityIMEMC – Seven year-old, Baraka Al Mughrabi, died, on Wednesday midday, after succumbing to wounds he sustained during an Israeli air raid targeting Gaza City on Monday. His death brings the death toll due Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 14 March 2012
14 March 2012 20:03:07 — williambowles.info Obama and Cameron: No intervention in Syria, pullout in AfghanistanRussiatoday.ru Today at 19:31The US and the UK are just as determined as ever to remove Bashar Assad from power, but are unlikely to go for a full-scale military intervention – at least for now. Military intervention would destabilize Syria – Continue reading
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NATO Proxies behind Syria Massacre by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
“There’s ample evidence from official statements from the Arab League observer mission, from the Israeli media, that there are terrorist organizations involved in killing civilians and this, in a very cynical mode, provides the justification for the so-called international community to blame Bashar al-Assad when in fact these civilian casualties were ordered by foreign forces.” Continue reading
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HLLN 14 March 2012: UN soldiers jailed for raping Haitian boy | Cholera, United Nations: Negligence and the Rule of Law | HLLN on Haiti's cholera case against the UN in light of UN-US recent admissions
14 March 2012 — HLLN In this post Two Pakistani UN soldiers jailed for raping Haitian boy UN soldiers patrol in Port-au-Prince, March 13, 2012, BBChttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17351144 Two UN Pakistani peacekeepers convicted in Haiti ?http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-03-13/Haiti–UN-peacekeepers/53515134/1 Haiti, Cholera and the United Nations: Negligence and the Rule of Law http://bit.ly/ABF3ox Link Ezili Danto’s Note on: Bill Clinton – Slick Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 13-14 March 2012: Manning Treatment “Cruel, Inhuman” Torture Chief Admits
14 March 2012 — williambowles.info 012 UN official critical of Manning detention CNN (blog) US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of aiding the enemy by passing reams of classified military documents to WikiLeaks, may have been treated inhumanely by the US military since his arrest in 2010, according to a report from the United Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: March 14, 2012: Western Demands For Syrian Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Russia
14 March 2012 — Stop NATO UN: Russia Calls For Probe Into NATO’s “Massive Bombings” In Libya Western Demands For Syrian Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Russia Caucasus, Central Asia: “Arab Spring” Brings Destabilization To Russia’s Borders U.S. Drone Strikes Kill At Least 16 In Pakistan No Missile Shield Deal Likely By NATO Summit: Russia CIA Chief, Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 March 2012: Haniyeh confirms ceasefire, says Israel agreed to stop assassinations
13 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center France Grants P.A. €10 MillionIMEMC – The French Foreign Ministry stated that it will be granting the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank €10 Million in direct financial aid to help it deal with and overcome the current financial crisis, the AFP reported. … Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 13 March 2012 (6/12)
Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org13 March 2012 1. EU-READMISSION: Turkey: Council of the European Union: Synthesis on Member States’ practical experiences2. EU: Council of the European Union: Summary of conclusions of the meeting of the JHA-RELEX Working Party (JAIEX) Continue reading
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