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Archives for July 2014

Apartheid
UN Official Breaks Down on Camera; another says: "Children Killed in their Sleep - a Source of Universal Shame"

UN Official Breaks Down on Camera; another says: “Children Killed in their Sleep – a Source of Universal Shame”

contributors

‘After a United Nations-run school sheltering more than 3,000 Palestinians was shelled early Wednesday, UN official Chris Gunness could not contain his grief while on camera with Al Jazeera Arabic. “The rights of Palestinians, and even their children, are wholesale denied… and its appalling,” Gunness, spokesman for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), told […]

Barack Obama
What is Congress Suing Obama about?  Drones?  Surveillance? Unauthorized War?  Guess!

What is Congress Suing Obama about? Drones? Surveillance? Unauthorized War? Guess!

contributors

RT Redacted Tonight: “House Speaker John Boehner is suing President Obama. Is it for drone bombing or NSA surveillance? Of course not!” RT America: “You Won’t Believe The Latest Constitutional Crisis”

Apartheid
 Gaza’s Schools on the Battlefield (HRW)

Gaza’s Schools on the Battlefield (HRW)

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By Bede Sheppard via Human Rights Watch Follow @BedeOnKidRights On July 30 a school in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) came under attack.  At least 15 people died and scores more were wounded, including women and children who were sheltering there. It was the […]

Apartheid
Washington Condemns Israeli Shelling of UN School w/out Mentioning Israel

Washington Condemns Israeli Shelling of UN School w/out Mentioning Israel

contributors

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — … [O]n Wednesday, another 16 people were killed when at least two Israeli tank shells slammed into a UN school in Jabaliya refugee camp in the north, in an attack angrily denounced by the UN chief and the world body’s agency for Palestinian refugees. The attack was also denounced by the White […]

Internet
Turkish Women Have Last Laugh on Twitter, Reject Gov't Puritanism

Turkish Women Have Last Laugh on Twitter, Reject Gov’t Puritanism

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Euronews: ‘ “A woman should not laugh in front of everyone. She should protect her honour.” These were the words which landed Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc in deep water this week.’ Euronews: “Turkey’s Women have the last Laugh” To be fair, Arinc used a word (kahkaha) that more means guffaw than laugh. But […]

Apartheid
Gaza and Soweto

Gaza and Soweto

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole On June 16, 1976, some 20,000 students rose up to protest in the slum of Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Here is a summary of the June 18 NYT article on the repression of the protests: “Rioting continues for 3d day in Soweto, black township outside Johannesburg, with rioters, mostly young, […]

Barack Obama
Impeachment is a Cash Cow (Colbert Report)

Impeachment is a Cash Cow (Colbert Report)

contributors

Colbert Report: “Rising Calls for Obama’s Impeachment” The Colbert ReportGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook ——

Israel Lobby
Veiled Mona Lisa, Missiles over Big Ben:  Israeli War Propaganda Hits New Lows

Veiled Mona Lisa, Missiles over Big Ben: Israeli War Propaganda Hits New Lows

contributors

By Lior Sternfeld It has been a month since the current war in Gaza started. The number of casualties is beyond our ability to comprehend. Every Israeli or Palestinian that dies breaks not only the heart but also any chance for rapprochement in the foreseeable future. While both sides are attempting to shape public perceptions […]

art and photography
Gaza and the Art of War:  Palestinians Illustrate their Suffering

Gaza and the Art of War: Palestinians Illustrate their Suffering

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By Mariam Elba via Waging Nonviolence A breathtaking piece of art highlighting the struggles of Palestinians in Gaza (Bushra Shanan) It’s hard to find the words to encapsulate how infuriating and sorrowful the situation is getting to be in Gaza. As of this writing, over 750 Palestinians — the overwhelming majority are civilians — have […]

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