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Apartheid
Palestinian Lives in Gaza at Risk if Israeli Blockade Continues: Ministry of Health

Palestinian Lives in Gaza at Risk if Israeli Blockade Continues: Ministry of Health

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — As millions around the world mark April 7th as World Health Day, the health situation in Gaza continues to worsen as the joint Israeli-Egyptian siege of Gaza continues in its eight year. Gaza Strip Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma’an that there are hundreds of patients in the besieged […]

Bill of Rights
Execution without Trial: A Short History of the Predator Drone

Execution without Trial: A Short History of the Predator Drone

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By Grégoire Chamayou | (Tomdispatch.com) Initially, the English word “drone” meant both an insect and a sound. It was not until the outbreak of World War II that it began to take on another meaning. At that time, American artillery apprentices used the expression “target drones” to designate the small remotely controlled planes at which […]

Houthi
4 Key Players In Yemen’s Chaos

4 Key Players In Yemen’s Chaos

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AJ+ | – “Yemen’s being torn apart in a struggle for power. The stakes are high, with many different groups involved in the current chaos. We’ve narrowed down the key players you should know about.” AJ+: “4 Key Players In Yemen’s Chaos”

Saudi Arabia
‘It’s like a war here’: Saudi police raid defiant Eastern Province amid wider conflict with Shia

‘It’s like a war here’: Saudi police raid defiant Eastern Province amid wider conflict with Shia

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RT | – One Saudi policeman was killed and four injured during raids on a Shia-dominated oil-rich eastern province, as the Saudi-led coalition bombardment of rebels in neighboring Yemen prompted fears of the fighting spilling over the border. It is thought the security raid in the eastern town of Amawiyah was aimed at subduing Shiite […]

Apartheid
Palestine Authority seeks to speed up ICC probe into Israeli war crimes

Palestine Authority seeks to speed up ICC probe into Israeli war crimes

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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority is providing new documents to the International Criminal Court to speed up a preliminary probe into possible Israeli war crimes, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Malki said Monday. The probe, which was opened on Jan. 16 by ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, is not a full investigation but an […]

Israel
Israeli Squatters’ Environmental Terrorism Cripples Palestinian Farmers

Israeli Squatters’ Environmental Terrorism Cripples Palestinian Farmers

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By Mel Frykberg AL SHUYUKH, Southern West Bank (IPS) – “Exactly which olive trees do you want to see? The Israeli settlers have cut down thousands. Can you be more specific?” asked the taxi driver, telling IPS that he wished to remain anonymous. About a week ago, Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Mezad, […]

Christians
Indiana:  Church of Marijuana founded to Exploit Religious Freedom Act

Indiana: Church of Marijuana founded to Exploit Religious Freedom Act

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Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) – ““In a classic case of “unintended consequences,” the recently signed Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in Indiana may have opened the door for the establishment of the First Church of Cannabis in the Hoosier State. While Governor Mike Pence (R) was holding a signing ceremony […]

Desertification
The War in Yemen is Political, Ecological: Forget Sunnis and Shiites

The War in Yemen is Political, Ecological: Forget Sunnis and Shiites

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By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) As the Saudi led coalition closes its second week of bombardment in Yemen, the dominant narrative in the mainstream media depicts this conflict as another episode of the Shi’a-Sunni sectarianism that has now spread into the southwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula. Representing the warfare in terms of […]

Apartheid
Joint Israeli-Palestinian March for justice for Negev Bedouin Villages

Joint Israeli-Palestinian March for justice for Negev Bedouin Villages

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By Silvia Boarini | — JERUSALEM (IPS) – There was a symbolic dimension to a recent four-day march from the periphery of Israel to the corridors of power in Jerusalem to seek recognition for Bedouin villages. The march, which began in the unrecognised Bedouin village of Wadi Al Nam in the Negev desert in southern […]

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