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[Israel is a racist apartheid state that has been waging a genocide against the Arab peoples since its founding. Israel is now displacing Arabs who have lived in their communities for decades under the pretense of military testing. Why doesn't Israel test their military equipment in Jewish areas? This is part of a wider campaign... Continue Reading →
[Whether this number includes refugees outside of Palestine, we do not know. However, shifting demographics may change the balance of power in the region. --NP] Palestinians will outnumber Israeli Jews by 2020 (AP) JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian statistics bureau estimates that Arabs will outnumber Jews in the Holy Land by the end of the... Continue Reading →
Stop the killing of the children of Bahrain (new-power.org) The United States is almost completely silent on the killing of the Shia majority protesters by the dictatorship in Bahrain. In fact, the United States and its allies support the dictatorship there. At the same time that the United States claims to support "democracy" in Syria,... Continue Reading →
[The United States and its allies are supporting the brutal repression of the people of Bahrain. The United States claims to be for democracy in places like Syria, where the United States has helped to create a bloody civil war, yet the United States supports brutal dictatorships like the monarchy of Bahrain in its crackdown... Continue Reading →
[As public opinion worldwide moves to support Palestine, Israel’s apartheid, zionists dig in... -- NP] Israel presses on with contentious settlement plan (AP) JERUSALEM — An Israeli military planning committee has unveiled plans for a contentious new West Bank settlement outside Jerusalem, pressing forward with the project in the face of heavy international pressure. The... Continue Reading →
Human rights violators cannot judge Iran: Christian MP (PressTV) A Christian Iranian MP has said the UN resolution on the human rights situation in Iran was a political move and known violators of human rights are in no position to judge Iran. “Every now and then, Western countries adopt such resolutions against the Islamic Republic... Continue Reading →
U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case says he was held in a "cage" By Medina Roshan (Reuters) FORT MEADE, Maryland - A U.S. Army private facing court-martial on suspicion of leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website testified on Thursday he was confined to a "cage" in the early days after his arrest in 2010, and... Continue Reading →
[Since NATO deposed the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has been thrown into chaos. The people of Libya suffer under warlordism. Black Africans are lynched and abused. At the same time, the imperialists loot the oil resources of the country. Gaddafi was taken down because he would not play the game by their rules. Just... Continue Reading →
Afghan students denounce Israel over Gaza fighting By RAHIM FAIEZ (AP) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Several thousand university students demonstrated in eastern Afghanistan on Monday to denounce Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, burning Israeli and U.S. flags as well as a Christian cross. The students — some shouting "Death to Israel!" and "Death... Continue Reading →
Iran condemns Israel's Gaza strikes as "terrorism" (Reuters) UBAI - Iran condemned on Thursday as "organized terrorism" an offensive by Israel against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. "Iran considers the criminal act of Israeli military forces in killing civilians as organized terrorism and strongly condemns it," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said, according to... Continue Reading →
Hamas says now in 'open war' with Israel, promises 'gates of hell' (RT) Hamas says that it is now in a state of "open war" indefinitely with Israel after the killing of the Hamas commander Ahmed Jabari by an Israeli airstrike. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES The assassination has "opened the gates of hell," the Ezzedine al-Qassam... Continue Reading →
