from Elia Photo Service via Mashriq Note that when this picture was taken the British counted roughly a million Palestinians in British Mandate Palestine, scheduled to achieve statehood as Palestine when the British left. The British likely did not count the Bedouins in their statistics and probably under-counted the Palestinians in general. When the picture […]
Egyptian Constitution: Army Strengthened, Religious Parties Banned, Freedom of Belief, Speech Enshrined
Over half the articles of the proposed constitution for Egypt were approved by the “Committee of 50” on Saturday. The rest will be taken up on Sunday. The voting was on a majority vote basis, but in any case only rare articles attracted more than one or two “no” votes. This constitution replaces both the […]
Israel to Ethnically Cleanse 70,000 Palestinians in Massive Negev Land Grab
Determined to derail the US press for peace negotiations with the Palestinians, the far-right Likud government of Israel is moving ahead with among the biggest projects of ethnic cleansing in the sad history of the Palestinian people, who have been made homeless and stateless by relentless Zionist colonization of their land. World Bulletin reports: “World […]
Egypt: Military Regime arrests Dissident Ahmad Maher of April 6 Youth
Activist Ahmad Maher turned himself in to Egyptian police on Saturday. He and the April 6 organization played a major role in the 2011 revolution against Hosni Mubarak and went on to organize many protests insisting that the military should go to its barracks. He called for protests against the recently-passed Draconian anti-protest law, hence […]
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Tamikrest, “Imanin bis Zihoun” (Tuareg Rock Band from Mali)
Tamikrest is a Tuareg rock band from Mali who sing for peace and reconciliation in that troubled country. They also just played at the annual Sahel Music Festival in the desert. Tamikrest plays Imanin bis Zihoun Channel 4 News interviews Tamikrest on the Mali troubles:
Thousands of Egyptians Protest Anti-Protest Law
On Friday, thousands of Egyptians protested Egypt’s Draconian anti-protest law. Most were Muslim Brothers, but leftists and liberals also rejected the law, which requires protesters to apply to police for permission to gather at least 3 days beforehand. Reuters reports: On Thursday, the dreaded state security police arrested famed blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah […]
Climate-Changing US Methane Emissions 2.7 Times Higher than Estimates (Chamberlain)
For some oil and gas producing regions, the study found the methane levels not 1.7 times higher but 2.7 times higher. I think in my research I saw that they even found 5 times more in some particular regions. Jacob Chamberlain writes at Commondreams.org The amount of the potent greenhouse gas methane the U.S. is […]
Syrian Refugee Children by the Tragic Numbers
The United Nations High Commission on Refugees has issued a new report on the plight of Syrian refugee children. The numbers are horrifying: Population of Syria: 22 million Number of Syrians made refugees in other countries by the civil war: 2.2 million Number of Syrian refugee children: 1.1 million Percentage of Syrian refugees who are […]
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