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Did anyone truly think that after Israel called for a unilateral ceasefire, and Hamas begrudgingly followed suit, that Hamas wouldn’t eventually start firing rockets into Israel again? The question wasn’t if but when, and it certainly didn’t take...
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Iran’s nuclear threat was never in doubt during its presidential campaign, but the post-election resistance raised the possibility of some sort of regime change....
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In an effort to intimidate Iran, Israel has recently been undertaking training missions that are designed to show off its military superiority. A few months back,...
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It is fitting that the two most oppressive and cruel regimes in the Middle East, and two that should not and will soon not exist, would also be the two to build walls....
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The false claim that Israel is the only established democracy in the Middle East never rings more hollow when one considers how Israel treats Palestinians in general...
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“The Yes Men” have developed somewhat of a cultural following. The act is simply: impersonate the CEOs of corporations engaging in malfeasance in order to...
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Every Fourth of July, U.S. embassies around the world open their doors to world dignitaries inviting them to a celebration of American independence.
The U.S. embassy...
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The “only democracy in the Middle East” routinely arrests Palestinian children and detains them with no charges. And when it does often charge them, the...
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The international community has condemned the military coup against Honduras’ president. The United States and the Organization for American States has called for...
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French President Nicholas Sarkozy’s blunt speaking has finally uttered something right: get rid of fascist Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
While...
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For years the Israeli government, which refuses to officially acknowledge the practice, has been sending text messages to Lebanese asking them if they have any...
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Ali Qarmoot will not make the New York Times or the Washington Post. He is not a child who can be forgotten by the Western media for he was never noticed in the first...
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A poll sponsored by the right-wing Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post reports that only 6% of the Israeli public consider American President Barack Obama to be...
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As a sincere classical liberal, I am not the biggest fan of what Neomi Klein has to say. But on Palestine, her and I are soul mates.
Klein wrote a piece in The Nation...
made popular Jun 29 2009
This killer thug will receive a slap on the wrist:
The Jewish youth, Vitaly Sayenko, 18, made a decision to kill Karuwani for no other reason than that Karuwani was...
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One of Israel’s greatest challenges is its international public representation. Israel is constantly fighting a PR war against a sometimes biased media that sees...
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Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani spoke on al-Jazeera recently and stated that an unidentified businessman sought to buy the popular Arabic-language news...
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British celebrities lined up to support Palestinian refugees and their cause at London’s Cafe de Paris on June 18.
The annual Hoping Foundation event was...
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Renault has a number of cars lined up for its electric fringe and the one that most probably will hit the roads first is the Fluence. Interestingly, other than charging...
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An Israeli woman has been denied public benefits for years all for the “crime” of marrying a Palestinian man and visiting him in the occupied West Bank....
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Eli Raz was peering into a narrow hole in the Dead Sea shore when the earth opened up and swallowed him. Fearing he would never be found alive, he scribbled his will on...
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In the Bible, Isaiah, in one of his more memorable prophesies, says that there will come a time when, “…They beat their swords into plowshares and their...
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In an unprecedented move, Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday have announced their intentions to strictly follow a Norway-brokered ceasefire that the Sri Lankan government...
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Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, due to face parliament dissolution bill, has lost last chance to make ceasefire negotiations with Hamas mediated by Egypt work in...
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Pakistani troops violated ceasefire twice in 24 hours — once on the Line of Control on Thursday and the second time at the international border on Friday morning —...
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The United States has accused Russia of sabotaging airfields and other military infrastructure in Georgia, while Russia has expressed concern about the American airlift...
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Yesterday, hours after the two countries had stopped fighting for real, their respective teams confronted each other before a baying, partisan crowd in a sporting arena...
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an end to military operations against Georgia, the Kremlin says.
He told officials he had decided to end the campaign...
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The US has strongly criticised Russian military action against Georgia, in the bitter conflict over South Ossetia.
In a telephone call to Georgia’s leader...
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Despite Georgia’s call for ceasefire, the Russian airstrikes are showing no signs of abatement. The bitter conflict over South Ossetia is escalating with Russia...
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Pakistani forces on Wednesday opened fresh unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the LoC in Northern Kashmir, a day after army commanders of the two sides met to...
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Ulfa peaceniks will face the “people’s court” when leaders of the two pro-talks companies of the outfit’s 28 battalion will take questions from “the...
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Will the people of Israel land Gaza ever find peace in their land? I hope so. With the ceasefire beginning, Gaza will stop firing rockets into Israel and Israel...
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Peace talks have resumed between Hamas and Israel with Egypt playing the mediator role. This is a historic time as Israel has consistently claimed that it refuses to...
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After the demise of Benazir Bhutto (murder/accident whatever), Pakistan looked ‘broken down’. The steam blew away of all the grudges mustered against then President...
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Pakistani authorities and pro-Taliban militants declared a cease-fire Friday in the volatile Swat Valley in the latest bid to curtail an explosion of violence along the...
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ETA spearheading the demand for a separate Basque nation is to continue its violent struggle against the Government of Spain abandoning foregoing ceasefire of 17...
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The six-decade lingering Naga problem is yet to find a final solution. Periodic ceasefire agreements between the Government of India and the NSCN (I-M), though brought...
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The U.S. military is eyeing forging a cease-fire with Iraqi militants in order to quell the violence around Baghdad, amidst estimates that 80 percent of enemy...
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The Sri Lankan government forces have sunk two vessels near the southeastern coast of the island country that were allegedly carrying arms to the Liberation Tigers of...
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Men clean up a barber shop as shops started reopening in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 11, 2008. On the first day of a cease-fire in Baghdad’s Sadr City between Shiite militants and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces,...
