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Obama-Netanyahu row: a diversion from the real issues

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By Jonathan Cook For many months now, the western media has presented the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in terms of a new and deepening rift. Israel is supposedly positioned on one side of the divide and the US and Europeans on the other, trying as best they can to defend Palestinian rights. In the past few days alone, European diplomats have leaked …

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The charade of Europe’s annual ‘threats’

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By Jonathan Cook There is something deeply mendacious and cowardly about this ritual leaking by European diplomats of their annual report on Jerusalem. This year they’ve chosen to deposit the “confidential” report in the hands of the Guardian. Obviously, the Europeans – and Americans – want this information about how angry they are with Israel disseminated as widely as possible in the …

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With isis here and isis there, here Isis, there isis, everywhere isis

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By Salam Kareem This is the reality, and I don’t mean individuals who are connected with the group called Isis. I mean that fascists and bigots are everywhere. They all share the same principles and ideology. Yes same ideology. The ideology of hatred and intolerance. the ideology of forcing their ideology on others. The ideology of violence. The ideology of …

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Netanyahu’s recruitment of the Hebdo attack

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By Jessica Purkiss – MIDDLE EAST MOINTOR On Wednesday two gunmen attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine, killing eight of the publication’s journalists, including its chief editor, along with four other people, including a maintenance worker, a visitor and two police officers. Paris is mourning the tragic incident, and condolences have flooded in from across the …

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Oscar-winning documentarian to make film on Israeli occupation

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Filmmaker Marcel Ophuls, whose four-and-a-half-hour documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” on the Nazi occupation of France was banned on French television, is looking to crowd-fund his newest film “Unpleasant Truths” on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. The 87-year-old, who is collaborating with Israeli filmmaker Eval Sivan on the film, has appealed for $62,000 on KissKissBankBank, a French crowd-funding …

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Morocco: desert town risks losing ancient treasures

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The town of Erfoud in the middle of a palm grove in Morocco’s eastern desert watches over a rare treasure – petrified skeletons of prehistoric creatures. The oasis town, home to around 30,000 people, has been called by archaeologists and geologists as “the largest open air fossil museum in the world”. According to locals, the town was under the sea …

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Indonesia: Ancient cave paintings to get more protection

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Indonesia has pledged to protect ancient cave paintings which researchers say could prove that Europe was not the birthplace of art. Indonesian authorities plan to place the caves, located on the central island Sulawesi, on a list of Indonesia’s official “cultural heritage” and are applying to get them included on the UNESCO World heritage list. “This is certainly something that …

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UN: Europe needs to do more for Syrian refugees

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The UN’s refugee agency on Friday said that Europe has hosted only a “miniscule” number of Syrian refugees, and needs to do more the help Syria’s neighbors shoulder the refugee burden. “We’re calling on European countries to strengthen their response to the Syrian crisis.We’re urging states to ensure access to their territory, we’re urging states to ensure fair and efficient …

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Ukraine: separatists kill 23 Ukrainian troops, truce unlikely

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On Friday, the Ukrainian military reported that it had lost 23 soldiers in clashes in eastern Ukraine that threaten to shatter slim hopes of  truce in the deadliest conflict in Europe in decades. The official spokesman for the assault on eastern Ukraine added that 93 soldiers had sustained “wounds and contusions of varying severity”. According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, …

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The BDS’ continuing endeavor for Palestinian rights

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BDS is a ” global movement for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel” which aims to force Israel to comply with international law by using   non-violent punitive measures,like the boycott against apartheid in South Africa. It was initiated by Palestinian civil society in year 2005, and coordinated by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which was established …

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