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Israel/ Palestine
Israel greenlights 3,000 new settler homes hours after ‘Legalization bill’ approved

Israel greenlights 3,000 new settler homes hours after ‘Legalization bill’ approved

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli government gave its approval for the construction of more than 3,000 new illegal settlement homes across the occupied West Bank, just hours after the widely condemned outpost “Legalization bill” — which would retroactively legalize dozens of illegal Israeli outposts — passed its final committee […]

Donald Trump
Trump Donated $10,000 to Beit El Israeli Squatter Settlement

Trump Donated $10,000 to Beit El Israeli Squatter Settlement

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IMEMC News | – – US president-elect Donald Trump made a $10,000 donation to the West Bank settlement of Beit El in 2003, Washington Post Newspaper revealed, Sunday. The newspaper said that Trump’s gift was made in honor of his friend David Friedman, who went on to become his adviser and whom Trump, last week, […]

Donald Trump
Trump sends heavier weapons to Leftist Syrian Kurds to Fight ISIL

Trump sends heavier weapons to Leftist Syrian Kurds to Fight ISIL

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TeleSur | – – A Syrian militia led by the Kurdish leftist group YPG said they received armored vehicles from the U.S. military, the first such support. The U.S. has boosted support for its Syrian ally, Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, alliance, supplying them with armored vehicles for the first time as they prepare for a […]

Dissent
The Superbowl of American Values:  Kaepernick and the Touchdown of Dissent

The Superbowl of American Values: Kaepernick and the Touchdown of Dissent

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By Robert Lipsyte | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The Super Bowl is superfluous this year. Who needs a reality show about violence, domination, and sexism, not to mention brain damage, now that we have Trumpball, actual reality that not only authenticates football’s authoritarianism but transforms us from bystanders into victims? Before this game is over, […]

Displaced and Refugees
Starbucks Plans to Hire 10,000 Refugees After Trump Travel Ban

Starbucks Plans to Hire 10,000 Refugees After Trump Travel Ban

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TeleSur | – – In a letter from the CEO, Starbucks told employees it would do everything possible to support affected workers. Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz said on Sunday that the company planned to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in 75 countries, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order […]

Displaced and Refugees
The Trump Effect: What will happen to 3 mn Syrian Refugees in Turkey?

The Trump Effect: What will happen to 3 mn Syrian Refugees in Turkey?

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By Katharine Jones and Esra Kaytaz | (The Conversation) | – – On Holocaust Memorial Day 2017 and amid the world’s greatest refugee crisis since World War II, Donald Trump imposed a four-month suspension of all refugee admissions into the US and indefinitely banned entry to all Syrian refugees. The president’s executive order suspends the […]

Donald Trump
72% of Refugees, Muslim & Otherwise, are Women and Children

72% of Refugees, Muslim & Otherwise, are Women and Children

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By Salil Shetty | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON (IPS) – The gloves are off. With today’s Executive Order on “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” President Donald J. Trump has declared war on Muslim refugees around the world. With the stroke of a pen, the President has – among […]

Islam
Demonizing Muslims:  White Quebec Terrorists kill 6 in attack on Mosque

Demonizing Muslims: White Quebec Terrorists kill 6 in attack on Mosque

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TeleSur | – – Incidents of Islamophobia have increased in Quebec in recent years amid a political debate over banning the niqab. At least two people have been arrested in the aftermath of the deadly shooting of a Quebec City mosque that has left five people dead in the eastern Canadian province, according to reports. […]

Banking
From ‘Draining the Swamp’ to Bankocracy: All Trump’s Betrayals

From ‘Draining the Swamp’ to Bankocracy: All Trump’s Betrayals

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By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – Irony isn’t a concept with which President Donald J. Trump is familiar. In his Inaugural Address, having nominated the wealthiest cabinet in American history, he proclaimed, “For too long, a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have […]

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