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Syria
Where are women’s voices in the Syria peace talks?

Where are women’s voices in the Syria peace talks?

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Lisa Davis | (OpenDemocracy) | – – The US may be tempted to congratulate itself for wrangling Russia to the table for today’s meeting on Syria’s peace talks. Yet an indispensable party is missing: Syrian women. Today, we face the prospect of a Middle East peace conference with disappointment at its delay and frustration that, yet again, […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israelis shoot 78 Palestinians & repress Santa Claus Protest in Bethlehem

Israelis shoot 78 Palestinians & repress Santa Claus Protest in Bethlehem

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Ma’an News Agency | – – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Friday shot and injured at least 78 Palestinians, two critically, when clashes broke out across the occupied Palestinian territory for the second day in a row. Medical sources told Ma’an that a Palestinian was hit with live fire in the chest during clashes […]

Islam-hatred
Dutch Pranksters tell People Bible verses are from Qur’an & Hilarity Ensues

Dutch Pranksters tell People Bible verses are from Qur’an & Hilarity Ensues

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RT | (Video report) | “Dutch pranksters have conducted an experiment aimed at testing public prejudice towards Islam. They took to the streets and read extracts from a book which they claimed was the Koran. Then came the big reveal. What people had originally believed were extracts from the Koran were actually being read from […]

Islam-hatred
Fearmongering against Muslims is a Bipartisan Sport & Hurts us All

Fearmongering against Muslims is a Bipartisan Sport & Hurts us All

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By Olivia Alperstein | (Otherwords.org) | – – Representative Loretta Sanchez’s bogus claims about Muslims reflect the kind of prejudice that holds America back. Representative Loretta Sanchez voiced the fears of a growing number of Americans when she spoke recently with Larry King as details about the San Bernardino shooters emerged. “We know that there […]

Education
Pakistan’s New Weapon Against Taliban Is Education

Pakistan’s New Weapon Against Taliban Is Education

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AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “One year after 132 kids were killed in a school attack, Pakistan’s army has found another way to fight the Taliban. ” Pakistan’s New Weapon Against Taliban Is Education

Displaced and Refugees
Syrian Refugees from Civil War spiraling down into Extreme Poverty

Syrian Refugees from Civil War spiraling down into Extreme Poverty

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By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Dec 16 2015 (IPS) – When German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her immigration policies early this week — and announced plans to absorb about one million refugees, mostly from Syria — she was apparently greeted with a nine-minute standing ovation by members of […]

Syria
Could an end to Syria’s civil war be in sight?

Could an end to Syria’s civil war be in sight?

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By James Gelvin | (The Conversation) | – – If, as cliché has it, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, isn’t the recent flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at bringing about a negotiated settlement to the Syrian civil war insane? None of the previous attempts […]

Israel/ Palestine
UN Secretary-General Accuses Israel of ‘Breeding’ Palestinian Attacks

UN Secretary-General Accuses Israel of ‘Breeding’ Palestinian Attacks

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By IMEMC | – – This past Tuesday, in Jakarta, Indonesia, the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem was organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. It was sponsored by the United Nations. In a statement delivered on his behalf […]

Islam-hatred
Nobelist Malala to Trump: Your Islamophobia is creating the grounds for Terrorism

Nobelist Malala to Trump: Your Islamophobia is creating the grounds for Terrorism

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Wochit News | (Video report) | – – “Malala Yousafzai had a few words for Donald Trump and other politicians for attacking the Muslim Religion She stated in an interview directed towards trump. “The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create,”. This comes after Trump’s proposition to end […]

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