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“Evacuate Where? Have you Seen [how teeny] Gaza is?” –  Jon Stewart

“Evacuate Where? Have you Seen [how teeny] Gaza is?” – Jon Stewart

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Jon Stewart on Gaza (starts at 4:50 mins in:) The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive

Iraq
Kurdish Diva Backs Independence Defies "Islamic State" Fundamentalists

Kurdish Diva Backs Independence Defies “Islamic State” Fundamentalists

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Via RFE/RL Kurdish pop singer Helly Luv has racked up more than 2.5 million hits since she released her "Risk It All" video in February urging independence for Iraqi Kurds. The video, one of the few ever to appear in English on the subject, makes no bones about its message. "Let me out, let me […]

Israel/ Palestine
Life In Gaza Explained (Video)

Life In Gaza Explained (Video)

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“Gaza has been described as the world’s largest open air prison. Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip has had catastrophic results for average Palestinians living there. We look at the the unforgiving realities they face everyday.” AJ+ Labs “Life In Gaza Explained”

Israel/Palestine
 Israel/Palestine: Unlawful Israeli Airstrikes Kill Civilians

Israel/Palestine: Unlawful Israeli Airstrikes Kill Civilians

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Human Rights Watch Bombings of Civilian Structures Suggest Illegal Policy Israel’s rhetoric is all about precision attacks but attacks with no military target and many civilian deaths can hardly be considered precise. Recent documented cases in Gaza sadly fit Israel’s long record of unlawful airstrikes with high civilian casualties. -Sarah Lea Whitson (Gaza) – Israeli […]

Apartheid
Gaza: Families destroyed by Israel’s bombs

Gaza: Families destroyed by Israel’s bombs

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By: Orouba Othman His whole life passed before his eyes like a film uncut by memory. He dived into the rubble of his home, hoping to find something to defeat the idea of his family’s death. But death is always stronger and here, the smell of blood fills the air. Gaza – He calls them […]

Immigration
Border Wars in the Homeland  "Stop Stepping on the Pictures"

Border Wars in the Homeland “Stop Stepping on the Pictures”

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By Todd Miller Shena Gutierrez was already cuffed and in an inspection room in Nogales, Arizona, when the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent grabbed her purse, opened it, and dumped its contents onto the floor right in front of her. There couldn’t be a sharper image of the Bill of Rights rollback we are […]

Economy
Wealth Gap Costing US in Growth (John Oliver)

Wealth Gap Costing US in Growth (John Oliver)

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Wealth Gap (HBO)

Economy
What the West means by "stability" in the Middle East

What the West means by “stability” in the Middle East

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By Victor Argo “For them, a stable country is a country with a strong government favorable to the United States”: When Western governments pompously talk about “stability in the Middle East”, the interest and the security of the people of the region are seldom on their minds, writes Victor Argo. Stability, stability, stability. Comments on […]

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza War:  Tunnels, Targets and Rockets: Hamas/ IJ Strategy & Tactics

Gaza War: Tunnels, Targets and Rockets: Hamas/ IJ Strategy & Tactics

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Editor’s Note: Even Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas asked Hamas sarcastically what they expected to achieve with rocket attacks on Israel. As Human Rights Watch notes, Hamas’s indiscriminate firing of unguided rockets inevitably endangers innocent non-combatants and is therefore a war crime. The below article seemed interesting to me in explaining some of the tactical innovations […]

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