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Apartheid
On 'Human Shielding' in Gaza: The Israeli army has tried to justify striking civilian areas

On ‘Human Shielding’ in Gaza: The Israeli army has tried to justify striking civilian areas

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By Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini All fighting within cities and all bombardments of urban spaces, even the most "precise and surgical", is a potential death trap for civilians. Consequently, the permeation of war into cities inevitably transforms their inhabitants into potential human shields. For Palestinians living in Gaza today, simply spending time in their […]

Internet
Mohammed Suliman’s Twitter-Journal on Surviving Israel’s War on Gaza

Mohammed Suliman’s Twitter-Journal on Surviving Israel’s War on Gaza

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Journalist Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine), in Gaza, has been tweeting sardonic observations about living through the Israeli bombardment of his friends and family. They together form a sort of stream-of-consciousness journal: I look forward to surviving. If I don't, remember that I wasn't Hamas or a militant, nor was I used as a human shield. I […]

Eastern Europe
Wagging the Dog:  Gaza & MH17  Plane Deaths Stem from Netanyahu, Putin, Search for Popularity

Wagging the Dog: Gaza & MH17 Plane Deaths Stem from Netanyahu, Putin, Search for Popularity

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By Martin Shaw Russia-Israel: domestic politics and serious blowback The Ukraine and Gaza crises alike demonstrate the risks of aggressive policy based on short-term calculations. Vladimir Putin and Binyamin Netanyahu’s war-as-politics invites damaging long-term consequences. The slaughters in Ukraine and Gaza have one thing in common. Both result from governments authorising violence which is overwhelmingly […]

Israel
What Has $121,000,000,000 US Aid to Israel Really Bought?

What Has $121,000,000,000 US Aid to Israel Really Bought?

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AJ+ Labs “The special relationship between Israel and the United States goes deep…real deep. It’s based on security, conflict and most of all money. Most of it for the Israeli military. But with over 400 killed in Gaza just this July and the Israeli military’s long list human rights abuses, is this special relationship worth […]

Climate Change
Green Energy Robin Hood:  India Doubles Tax on Coal to Fund Solar and Wind

Green Energy Robin Hood: India Doubles Tax on Coal to Fund Solar and Wind

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By Smiti Mittal 22,000 MW solar power capacity by 2022, a dedicated national-level program for promoting wind energy generation, implementation of the world’s largest solar power projects (with capacity of up to 4,000 MW), covering canals with solar panels, implementing dedicated transmission corridors for distributing electricity from renewable energy projects, and cleaning one of the […]

Climate Change
Ignore the Smears:  Germany's Green Energy is 1/3 of its Power, Price Falling, Coal Down

Ignore the Smears: Germany’s Green Energy is 1/3 of its Power, Price Falling, Coal Down

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By Roy L Hales Originally Published on the ECOreport Germany’s renewable sector (RE) is flexing its muscles, with solar production up 28% and wind up 19% during the first half of 2014. As a result, the renewable sector accounted for 31% of the nation’s electricity. If this trend continues, this may be the third year […]

Apartheid
Dodging Israeli Bombs in Gaza:  A Personal Journal of Survival

Dodging Israeli Bombs in Gaza: A Personal Journal of Survival

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By Omar Ghraieb Gaza – Every night I seem to think it’s the worst night, until I go through the next one. I got so used to the house shaking and moving from the consecutive blasts that it now feels weird when everything is still. Flashing lights, the ground shaking all around, that’s my house […]

Dissent
Noise and Silence in Israel/Palestine Today

Noise and Silence in Israel/Palestine Today

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By Shachar Pinsker This is a rather long and not very happy post. You wouldn’t find here much that is new in terms of facts or even analysis of what’s going on in Israel/Palestine. It’s just a personal account of, and some reflections on one eventful night around here. If you are reading it, please […]

Immigration
The Colbert Report: “Questionable Compassion for Child Immigrants”

The Colbert Report: “Questionable Compassion for Child Immigrants”

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The Colbert Report: “Questionable Compassion for Child Immigrants” The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive ————-

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