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The Israeli Scramble for Palestine’s Energy Reserves (Pt. 1)
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The Israeli Scramble for Palestine’s Energy Reserves (Pt. 1)

Dan Steinbock

For 25 years, Israel’s Gaza policies have been motivated not just by security concerns, but by efforts to exploit the Palestinians’ energy reserves. With the […]

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“You Cannot fight the World:” The Hidden Meaning behind Trump’s Warning to Israel

“You Cannot fight the World:” The Hidden Meaning behind Trump’s Warning to Israel

10/16/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

The Gaza ceasefire Deal could be a ‘Strangle Contract’, with Israel holding all the Cards

The Gaza ceasefire Deal could be a ‘Strangle Contract’, with Israel holding all the Cards

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Snowden Docs.:  UK Telecom Conspired to Turn over millions of our Emails to British Intelligence

Snowden Docs.: UK Telecom Conspired to Turn over millions of our Emails to British Intelligence

Channel 4 News | — “An unprecedented grab of personal data: this programme reveals that a communications firm not only handed over its own information […]

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Barack Obama
Taiwan Animators wonder if anyone paid attention to Obama Immigration Speech

Taiwan Animators wonder if anyone paid attention to Obama Immigration Speech

Tomo News: Tomo News: “Obama announces immigration reform, America forgets to watch”

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Iraq:  Daesh/ISIL executes 26 Sunni Tribesmen in Campaign to Take Ramadi

Iraq: Daesh/ISIL executes 26 Sunni Tribesmen in Campaign to Take Ramadi

By Juan Cole: Daesh (the Arabic acronym for ISIS or ISIL) has mounted a major offensive in a bid to take Ramadi, the capital of […]

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"Iran too big a fish for Israel to fry" - Former IAEA Head Hans Blix on Nuclear Talks

“Iran too big a fish for Israel to fry” – Former IAEA Head Hans Blix on Nuclear Talks

RT | — “The latest negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program are entering their final days – the deadline set for November 24. Officials say there […]

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Colonialism
Israeli Occupation forces wound dozens of Palestinian Protesters across West Bank

Israeli Occupation forces wound dozens of Palestinian Protesters across West Bank

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces opened fire and injured dozens of Palestinians across the West Bank on Friday, as hundreds marched in a number of […]

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Climate Change
South Dakota Native Tribe: Keystone XL an “act of war”

South Dakota Native Tribe: Keystone XL an “act of war”

RT | —- “The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota says that congressional approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline will be considered an act […]

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Climate Change
Top 6 Green Energy Good News Stories, November 2014

Top 6 Green Energy Good News Stories, November 2014

By Juan Cole 1. There has been a lot of reporting and angst over the possibility that India will turn to coal to electrify the […]

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censorship
Junta arrests Thai Protesters using 'Hunger Games' 3-finger Salute at Mockingjay Premiere

Junta arrests Thai Protesters using ‘Hunger Games’ 3-finger Salute at Mockingjay Premiere

TomoNews & The Telegraph | — [Taiwan Animators (TomoNews)] “I’m sure you remember this touching scene from ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ where Katniss shows her […]

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Dissent
An Israeli-Arab Spring?  1.6 mn Palestinian-Israelis are Marginalized, Angry and Defiant

An Israeli-Arab Spring? 1.6 mn Palestinian-Israelis are Marginalized, Angry and Defiant

By Emile Nakhleh | — WASHINGTON, Nov 20 2014 (IPS) – The recent killing of an Arab youth by the police in the Israeli Arab […]

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