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  • German Media Censorship on Gaza? Merkel’s Will
    23 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    German Media Censorship on Gaza? Merkel’s Will
    by Ali Fathollah-Nejad
    Global Research, January 22, 2009
    Germany’s most prominent political debate TV program “Anne Will” had announced to run a show on Gaza on 11 January, but in what many observers believe to be an unprecedented step canceled the topic only three days earlier. The talk show is broadcast every Sunday night by the country’s foremost public-service broadcaster ARD while attracting on average 3.6 million viewers. The “Anne (…)

  • Video: Charge: Israel’s Phosphorus Bomb Use Violated “Rules of War”
    23 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Joe Stork is the Washington Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, “Human Rights Watch.” On Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, he gave a talk at the Palestine Center, in Washington, D.C. His remarks focused generally on the humanitarian consequences of the Israeli Occupation Forces’ 19 month highly restrictive blockade and recent, 23-day war directed at the 1.5 million people trapped in Gaza. About an estimated 1,300 Gazans were killed, many of them children, and over 5,300 more were (…)

  • Video: “No Legal Basis for Federalization of State Guard Members”
    22 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    At the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2009, the “Bring the Guard Home! It’s the Law” campaign held a press conference. One of the speakers was Rep. Michael Fisher (D) of the Vermont legislature. He was recently elected to his fifth term in office. Rep. Fisher is one of the leaders of an initiative to have state governments pass a law to “bring the National Guard home.” In his remarks, he charged: “The war in Iraq has no proper legal authorization. The authorization (…)

  • Israel recruits ’army of bloggers’ to combat anti-Zionist Web sites
    21 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Cnaan Liphshiz
    The Immigrant Absorption Ministry announced on Sunday it was setting up an "army of bloggers," to be made up of Israelis who speak a second language, to represent Israel in "anti-Zionist blogs" in English, French, Spanish and German.
    The program’s first volunteer was Sandrine Pitousi, 31, from Kfar Maimon, situated five kilometers from Gaza. "I heard about the project over the radio and decided to join because I’m living in the middle of the conflict," she said. (…)

  • Latest hasbara weapon: ’Army of bloggers’
    21 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    by JONATHAN BECK
    Israel’s newest weapon on the public relations front is "an army of bloggers," according to a statement issued by the Absorption Ministry Sunday afternoon.
    In cooperation with the Foreign Ministry’s Public Relations Department, the Absorption Ministry has initiated a statewide effort to locate volunteers who speak other languages, to take part in the country’s PR efforts over the Internet.
    The volunteers will post comments in their native languages - including English, (…)

  • The Beginning of the End for Israel
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Beginning of the End for Israel
    By Yvonne Ridley
    January 19, 2009 "Information Clearinghouse" — - TRY as he might, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert can not snatch any sort of victory out of the jaws of defeat that are closing down on the failed Zionist project.
    This, quite simply, is the beginning of the end for Israel.
    The only thing Israel has proved it can do militarily better than anyone else is kill innocent women and children. And in its genocidal drive to wipe the (…)

  • PFLP: Our Position on the "Ceasefire"
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine reaffirmed on January 18, 2009 its position on the so-called "ceasefire" stating that the PFLP regards with the utmost respect, the decision of our brothers and sisters in the resistance of declaring a one-week ceasefire with the enemy.
    As we share in the declarations of victory with all of our people today, we want to reaffirm our rejection of any ceasefire and the politics of the so-called "calm"...the politics of "calm" becomes a trap (…)

  • Abbas’s Spies Worked for Israel
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Abbas Spies Worked for Israel
    Salah Bardaweel a Hamas legislator and spokesman, accused Abbas of playing a "major role" in the assassination of its Interior Minister Said Siamand and the military offensive against Hamas...
    Bardaweel claimed that Abbas loyalists in the Gaza Strip had been spying on Hamas leaders and members on the instructions of senior Fatah leaders in the West Bank. He said the information had been passed on to Israel so that it could launch attacks on Hamas members (…)

  • Video: Lori Perdue’s “All You Can Eat” Poem
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, hundreds of antiwar activists expressed their outrage over President George W. Bush’s eight warmongering, economically disastrous, torture approving and lawbreaking years in the Oval Office (2001-2009). The “good riddance” to Bush rally was held at DuPont Circle, in Washington, D.C. One of the featured speakers at the event was Ms. Lori Perdue. She is a poet, activist and a member of “Code Pink.” She did a dramatic reading of her excellent poem, “All You Can Eat.” (…)

  • Palestinians and American Indians: Russell Means Breaks the Silence on Obama.
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    American Indian activist Russell Means said President-elect Obama was selected by the colonial powers as president to improve the US image globally in the aftermath of George Bush. Further, Means said Obama’s appointments show that he is a Zionist controlled by Israel. Speaking on Red Town Radio today, Means said what is happening now to Palestinians is what happened to American Indians.
    “Every policy the Palestinians are now enduring was practiced on the American Indian,” Means said on (…)