Human Rights violated in #Holland. Once a Showcase of Tolerance. Now of Apartheid

LIVE BLOG | Daily updates translated into English, incl sources below this blogpost Last Update Aug 2, 2012 | Below this post May 18, 2012 by occpal My “Two Cents” on Dutch Refugee Deportation Policies Colonial mentalities never seem to die. In the aftermath of the fallen cabinet lead by xenophobia and foreign silenced lobbies, […]

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The Crime of Making Americans Aware of Their Own History

The Anti-Empire Report by William Blum |  October 5th, 2011 | Dissident Voice Is history getting too close for comfort for the fragile little American heart and mind? Their schools and their favorite media have done an excellent job of keeping them ignorant of what their favorite country has done to the rest of the […]

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9/11 – Ten Years On ~ by @Ammoun_

Kharabeesh weblog | September 14, 2011 by Ammoun Thirteen years old.  Who would have thought back then that ten years on, I would be here commenting on the consequences of what is presented as an event that changed the world? I had the opportunity to be on BBC World show World Have Your Say. There, […]

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Al Quds Day 2011 Worldwide Solidarity with Palestine – in pictures

The late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini declared the last Friday of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan as “al-Quds Day,” a day of protest to show the importance of Jerusalem to Muslims. Jerusalem is the third holiest site in Islam after the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Medina Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Egypt France Demo […]

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US citizen in Jerusalem arrest video speaks to Electronic Intifada

  Maureen Clare Murphy | The Electronic Intifada |14 June 2011 American-Jewish young man is being harassed and treated unfairly he is then arrested in Jerusalem   American Jewish activist and university student Lucas Koerner was arrested in Jerusalem on 1 June — when thousands of right-wing Israelis, including settlers, marked “Jerusalem Day” by provocatively […]

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Hamas Criticizes PA Over US Consulate Blackwater Contract

PNN – Palestine News Network – 17.01.11 – 10:50 Bethlehem – PNN – The Islamic movement Hamas expressed its objection to the American hiring of the infamous Blackwater contracting firm, now under the name Xe Services Worldwide, for security services in the West Bank. Hamas called the move “a suspicious step” to protect Israeli and Fatah security agencies […]

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Fayyad: “Blackwater Is Not Operating In The West Bank”

Monday January 17, 2011 09:51 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Faayyad, stated Sunday that the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is not dealing with American security company, Blackwater, and that the United States hired Blackwater to provide protection for senior American figures visting the West Bank and […]

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ANN WRIGHT : YOUTH RESISTANCE IN AFGHANISTAN AND GAZA | Veterans Today

January 16, 2011 posted by Debbie Menon You might ask yourself, what can you do? Wright recommends contacting the Youth Peace groups directly. Get involved. By Barb Forsyth — The Hawaii Independent Ann Wright, a former United States Army colonel and retired official of the State Department HONOLULU—One of Hawaii’s most outspoken peace activists recently […]

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Blackwater Related Firm to Provide “Protective Security” in West Bank

Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:36 Tania Kepler for the Alternative Information Center (AIC) The U.S. State Department has awarded a 5 year, $84 million contract to a security group formerly connected to the infamous Blackwater firm, to provide “protective security” in the West Bank. International Development Solutions, a joint venture that includes U.S. Training Center, […]

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