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Archives for August 2014

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Is Israel Committing a Genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza?

Is Israel Committing a Genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza?

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By Luke Peterson Yes, Israel is committing genocide. What we are witnessing now is the extension of the program of national erasure against the Palestinians that the Zionist project has always entailed, at times overtly, but more often covertly. As defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Article […]

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Are Israelis and Zionists really talking about a Final Solution of the Palestinian Problem?

Are Israelis and Zionists really talking about a Final Solution of the Palestinian Problem?

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By Juan Cole The Times of Israel published and then removed from its site an essay by Yochanan Gordon that openly called for genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. A cached version is still on the internet as of this writing. Gordon’s logic, if one wants to dignify it with that term, is that Hamas […]

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Gaza:  Israel has Left 1.7 mn. with no Clean Water, Little Electricity

Gaza: Israel has Left 1.7 mn. with no Clean Water, Little Electricity

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By Luisa Gandolfo, University of Aberdeen When Operation Protective Edge commenced on July 8, Israel pledged to draw on lessons learned from previous conflicts to ensure that this operation would not near the duration of the 2008-2009 Gaza War. But it’s been three weeks and one day since the conflict began, bringing it in line […]

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CIA Chief Shocking Admission:  We spied on Senate staffers

CIA Chief Shocking Admission: We spied on Senate staffers

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By Jon Queally, Commondreams Yes, Admits CIA Chief, We Spied on Senate Panel Investigating Torture The findings of an internal investigation at the Central Intelligence Agency made available to the public on Thursday show that CIA agents did, in fact, spy on the Senate Intelligence Committee panel set up to investigate post-9/11 government torture under […]

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About a Girl: To ‘Liesel’ in Gaza…

About a Girl: To ‘Liesel’ in Gaza…

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Girl in Gaza. (origin of photos unknown) by ROBIN KIRK for ISLAMiCommentary Of all of the images of the destruction being visited upon Gaza and Israel, why did the picture of a girl retrieving her books from the rubble stop me cold? The image was originally posted, as far as I can tell, by the […]

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Gaza: Analysis shows Israel Keeps Changing Justification

Gaza: Analysis shows Israel Keeps Changing Justification

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AJ+ Analysis of tweets from Israeli military over past few weeks shows that the justification for its attack on Gaza keeps changing, with previous narratives admitted to be untrue. AJ+ “Why Does Israel Keep Changing Its Story On Gaza?”

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Wiping another Country off the Map:  Israel does it to Palestine

Wiping another Country off the Map: Israel does it to Palestine

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By Juan Cole Back when the warmongers had hopes of ginning up a war between the United States and Iran during the Bush administration, one of their propaganda talking points was the Iran had “threatened to wipe Israel off the map.” When we look at Gaza’s before and after pictures (below) it becomes clear that […]

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