Finally! – Ed. Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-hall/european-jewish-group-to_b_605987.html BEIRUT: A Jewish European peace group is to launch a boat to break the blockade of Gaza in the coming months, organizers said, almost a week after nine activists were killed making the same trip. European Jews for a Just Peace (EJJP) – an umbrella organization […]
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One of the most striking trends following the flotilla attack has been how quickly Israeli hasbara is being exposed by internet journalists. The doctored IDF audio clips, where amateurs with mock Arab accents hiss ‘Go back to Aushwitz’ to Israeli naval officers. Well they didn’t take long to pull apart […]
Falls The Shadow by Helen Pollock – Artist from Scott Ewing on Vimeo. A spectacular sculpture by Auckland ceramic artist, Helen Pollock, using a mix of New Zealand clay and clay from the battlefields of Passchendaele. “Falls the Shadow” depicts a grove of hands reaching up in a way that […]
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Two mercenaries, one of them British, were sentenced to death by a Congolese court yesterday for allegedly killing their driver. Joshua French, 28, who has dual British and Norwegian nationality, and Tjostolv Moland, 29, a Norwegian, face execution by firing squad after being found guilty of espionage and murder. Both […]
A British newspaper has claimed that Saudi Arabia intends to allow Israeli fighter jets to use its airspace in any bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The Times newspaper reported on Saturday that Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences for Israel for such a scenario. “The […]
Kyrgyzstan begs Russia’s help to quell ethnic violence Kyrgyzstan imposed a state of emergency in a second southern city as its interim leader warned ethnic violence is spiralling “out of control” and asked Russia to send in troops. Interim President Roza Otunbayeva appealed to Moscow to intervene militarily after at […]
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Julian Assange hopefully on the run The Daily Beast is reporting the Pentagon has a manhunt currently underway for Wikileaks‘ founder Julian Assange. Investigators from the Pentagon are flocking out and “are desperately searching” for the white-haired sage of openness and accountability. The US is apparently convinced that whistleblower Bradley Manning, who was […]