OCCUPATION

Georgia sees Russia scheming to stay longer

At the Russian-controlled roadblocks around Gori, the deadpan soldiers are firm but restrained, searching cars and checking identification, but not too rigorously.

Media is Blacking Out Effort to Aid Gaza
Source: Salem-News.com

Tim King Salem-News.com Money from Israel is closely tied to all of the major networks and newspapers that ignore the plight of Gaza.

U.S.-Israeli Arms Cooperation Quietly Growing
Source: The Jewish Daily Forward

Israeli officials have been singing the praises of President Obama for his willingness to address their defense concerns and for actions taken by his administration to bolster Israel's qualitative military edge — an edge eroded, according to Israel, during the final year of t …

Palestinian Popular Struggle
Source: Haaretz

Over the past few months, the efforts to suppress the struggle have increased. The target: Palestinians and Jewish Israelis unwilling to give up their right to resist reign of demographic separation and Jewish supremacy.

Waiter!! Another order of West Banktustan Olive Tapenade - Don't cheat me on the barbed wire ripened tomatoes this time round!! Schnell !!
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Well kids - it's another baby step as we limp our collective way to stand up to rabid Zionist Lobby... Hmmmm....I wonder if little Davey Millibanned and Gordon's Brown shop at Waitrose? Doubt it. Excellent !

NGOs: World has broken faith with the people of Gaza
Source: JPost.com

The people of Gaza have been betrayed by the international community, which can and must do far more to end this illegal and inhumane blockade," the 18-page report says.

Should Israeli Leaders Be Subject To Arrest When Travelling Outside Israel.

Tzipi Livni, Israel's former foreign minister, faced a possible arrest if travelling to the United kingdom earlier this month.

Obama Approves $30 Billion in Military Aid to Israel Over Next Decade -- News from Antiwar.com
Source: AntiWar.com

The money is not a blank check, however. The US requires that Israel spend at least 75% of the money given in military aid with US military contractors, effectively using the foreign aid budget to subsidize domestic weapon-makers.

Iraqi Riyadh Mohammed writing in NY Times: "I Have No Living Friends in Iraq Now"
Source: The New York Times

"... My death list . The latest entry is my ex-girlfriend....Since the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, I had kept a list of every relative or friend killed in violence. As of late 2006, I counted 124 deaths....No. 125 was my father."

DAWN.COM | World | Iraqi journalist turns tables on shoe thrower
Source: dawn.com

PARIS: A protester who presented himself as an Iraqi journalist in exile hurled a shoe Tuesday at the colleague who one year ago found fame hurling his own footwear at then US president George W. Bush.

The West Banktustan or a South Pacifc Island Archipalego?
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Ahoy mateys ! Well gang - it seems La West Bank is looking more and more like some tropical island cluster - replete with Tahitian barbed wire coral reefs and concrete barrier beaches. Aloha Oy Vey ! Bien Sur Zzzzzzzzzzionism InAction !!

Cypriot representative: Turkish occupation of Cyprus a paradox
Source: Financial Mirror

Cypriot Representative to the Third Committee of the UN, Chrysostomos Stavrou, has said it is a paradox that Turkey, a country serving now as a non permanent member of the UN Security Council, occupies part of the territory of Cyprus, a UN and EU member state.

Why has the left in Israel vanished?
Source: Haaretz

"The threats uttered against a possible Palestinian declaration of independence by our leaders Benjamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman and Ehud Barak let the Israeli sanctimony (usually tedious and belabored) drop to the floor for a moment, like a woman's slip.

How long will it take the Israelis to realize the Battle is Lost
Source: Al-Manar TV

Gilad Atzmon - Information Clearing House November 12, 2009 Let's once and for all stop getting excited about America mounting pressure on Israel to freeze West Bank settlements. The entire fascination with the topic is a product of Zionist spin.

The truth about the Middle East is buried beneath the headlines
Source: Independent.co.uk

A feisty Robert Fisk takes on the "White House-State Department-Pentagon-CNN-Downing Street-Defence Ministry-BBC military-political-journalistic complex..."

Settlers force Palestinians out of East Jerusalem home
Source: Haaretz

Rioting settlers forced a Palestinian family from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah out of their home on Tuesday.....dozens of settlers stormed into the house with hired security guards, and demanded that the family vacate immediately.

When the Tough Should Get Going
Source: Truthdig

The former Marine officer Matthew Hoh, who resigned his Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and not worth dying for, deserves all the attention he's gotten and more.

WHO: "Israel Prevented Entry Of Medical Equipment Into Gaza Again"
Source: International Middle East Media Cente

The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that Israel had prevented, for the fourth time, the transfer of medical supplies and equipment to the besieged Gaza Strip.

JERUSALEM: Evicted Palestinian family keeps watch near home taken by settlers | Civil Rights/Human Rights |Axisoflogic.com
Source: axis of logic

"I told them we have ownership papers. They said they didn't want to see them. They said, 'it's not your house, it's our house.' They put a gun to my brother's back and said for him to leave the house. He is just 10 years old," she said.

Israel sees court rulings on Palestinian land as mere 'recommendations'
Source: Haaretz

"So what if the Supreme Court rules? In Israel those decisions are just recommendations, especially if they deal with Palestinian land.

Workplace study: 45% of food-service workers smoke
Source: USA Today

If you break smokers down by their occupations, the workers who are most likely to smoke are in the food-service industry, says a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Out of all U.S.

Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco
Source: Common Dreams

Those of us who love F. Scott Fitzgerald must acknowledge that he did get one big thing wrong. There are second acts in American lives. (Just ask Marion Barry, or William Shatner.) The real question is whether everyone deserves a second act.

Albania seeks to repatriate bones of exiled king
Source: msnbc.com

Albania's prime minister says the country wants to repatriate the remains of late King Ahmet Zog from France.

Who's afraid of young Israelis talking?
Source: MuzzleWatch

"Are Israeli youth allowed to speak about their views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Not always.

Afghan Taliban say they pose no threat to the West
Source: Reuters

The Afghan Taliban pose no threat to the West but will continue their fight against occupying foreign forces, they said on Wednesday, the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that removed them from power. U.S.-led forces with the help of Afghan groups overthrew the Taliba …