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Israel/ Palestine
US: Israeli Defense Minister ‘undermining’ two-state solution

US: Israeli Defense Minister ‘undermining’ two-state solution

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Ma’an News Agency | – – ISRAEL (Ma’an) — The United States came down Friday on a decision by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon to incorporate a southern West Bank church compound into the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc.

Far Right
Paiute Native Tribe: Oregon Militia is Polluting our Ancestral Land

Paiute Native Tribe: Oregon Militia is Polluting our Ancestral Land

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AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “The armed group occupying a federal wildlife refuge in Burns, Oregon, are being sent a message from the indigenous Paiute tribe whose actual ancestral land is being occupied.” AJ+: ” Native American Tribe’s Answer To Oregon Militia”

Health
People in Lead-Poisoned Flint Still without clean Water

People in Lead-Poisoned Flint Still without clean Water

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By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Important Reminder in the Flint Crisis: People Still Have No Safe Water Emergency declared by governor, but there is no city- or state-run distribution of water. “[P]eople knew from the beginning, as soon as the switch was made in April of ’14, that the water […]

Displaced and Refugees
Yemen: Coalition Drops Cluster Bombs in Capital: Indiscriminate Weapon Used in Residential Areas

Yemen: Coalition Drops Cluster Bombs in Capital: Indiscriminate Weapon Used in Residential Areas

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Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces airdropped cluster bombs on residential neighborhoods in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, early on January 6, 2016. It is not yet clear whether the attacks caused civilian casualties, but the inherently indiscriminate nature of cluster munitions makes such attacks serious violations of the laws of […]

Foreign Policy
The Ultimate Blowback from U.S. Foreign Policy? Donald Trump.

The Ultimate Blowback from U.S. Foreign Policy? Donald Trump.

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By Walden Bello | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – How the CIA, bad trade deals, and wanton military intervention caused the social crises that gave us the Donald. (Really.) When the late Chalmers Johnson introduced the word “blowback” to describe the adverse consequences of Washington’s actions in the world, he wasn’t […]

Far Right
Burns, Or. Residents to Armed Bundy Men:  'Leave!  Now!'

Burns, Or. Residents to Armed Bundy Men: ‘Leave! Now!’

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AJ+ | (Video News Report) – – “The town of Burns, Oregon, has mixed messages for Ammon Bundy and his crew of armed occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Dena Takruri heard from both sides at last night’s community meeting. Shot by video journalist Jessica Sherry.” AJ+ “Oregon Standoff: Burns Gives Armed Occupiers An […]

Iran
In Cartoons: How Iranians, Saudis See Each Other

In Cartoons: How Iranians, Saudis See Each Other

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By Joanna Paraszczuk and Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | – – Cartoonists on each side of an Iranian-Saudi diplomatic dispute are highlighting what they perceive as the other's double standards.   The confrontation over Riyadh's execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric has sent tensions between the regional rivals soaring. Nimr al-Nimr's execution on terrorism […]

Far Right
Turning to the Dark Side: US Candidates Compete to Promise the Most Torture and Slaughter

Turning to the Dark Side: US Candidates Compete to Promise the Most Torture and Slaughter

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By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – They’re back! From the look of the presidential campaign, war crimes are back on the American agenda. We really shouldn’t be surprised, because American officials got away with it last time — and in the case of the drone wars continue to get away with […]

Israel/ Palestine
Airline apologizes for letting Racist Israelis force Palestinian-Israeli passengers off Plane

Airline apologizes for letting Racist Israelis force Palestinian-Israeli passengers off Plane

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Greek Aegean airlines on Wednesday apologized to PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat for the forced removal of two Palestinians from a flight. CEO of the Greek airline, Dimitris Gerogiannis, sent a letter to Erekat expressing the airline’s “greatest regret” after a group of Jewish Israelis reportedly pressured […]

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