Archives for مارس 2016

Bernie Sanders: Don’t Count Out anti-Semitism As Factor In Israel Boycott Movement

Democratic presidential hopeful says ‘Israel has done some very bad things, like every country on earth,’ adding that the needs of the Palestinian people shouldn’t be ignored.

بواسطة haaretz
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

It would be a mistake to count out anti-Semitism as a driver of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, Senator Bernie Sanders said Monday evening on MSNBC. “I think there is some of that, absolutely,” the Vermont senator said after being asked if he would link BDS to anti-Semitism like his rival for the Democratic

Protesters Amass Outside White House, AIPAC Conference In Support Of Palestine

“The American public needs to realize what AIPAC’s doing. It’s tragic. It’s doing damage to humanity,” said one man who traveled all the way from Australia to protest AIPAC’s annual policy conference.

بواسطة Joe Catron

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How Neocons Seized On 9/11 To Create New World Order

In this episode of MintPress News’ ‘Behind the Headline,’ host and MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh talks to filmmaker Robbie Martin about ‘A Very Heavy Agenda,’ a documentary series tracing the history of how neocons took power, and kept it, in America.

بواسطة Mnar Adley
King Salman, the current ruler of Saudi Arabia, poses with former U.S. president George W. Bush. (AP Photo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmh7rbC--Q MINNEAPOLIS --- How does a nation build support for war? Immediately following the 9/11 attacks, Americans were riddled with panic and anxiety. Talking heads and even our elected leaders stoked our fears, warning there would be more attacks to come unless we stop the terrorists in their

Critics Aghast At ‘Disgusting Speech’ Clinton Just Gave To AIPAC

Democratic presidential candidate speech praises “everything that is bad about Israeli policy and U.S. imperialism.”

بواسطة Lauren McCauley
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, March 21, 2016, at the Verizon Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Palestinian and human rights advocates were aghast over remarks made by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention on Monday, saying that her speech represented "everything that is bad" with U.S. imperialism and policy in the Middle East. During the address, Clinton

What Is Encryption? ‘A Matter Of Human Rights’ – Amnesty International

Global charity Amnesty International has warned that reducing encryption of electronic devices could threaten human rights across the globe.

بواسطة Sputnik News
A man holds up his phone during a rally in support of data privacy outside the Apple store Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in San Francisco. Protesters assembled in more than 30 cities to lash out at the FBI for obtaining a court order that requires Apple to make it easier to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by a gunman in December's mass murders in California. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The new report has been published as the Apple-FBI row seems to near its closure after months during which the tech giant and US authorities clashed over bypassing the encryption of a terrorist's iPhone. https://twitter.com/sherifea/status/712067365727559684 In the report, Amnesty argues that people worldwide should be able to use encryption

The US Gov’t Finally Admits That The People They Armed In Syria Have Committed Genocide

Only through educating ourselves and others about who is behind this theater of constant war and terror, will we ever begin to stop it.

بواسطة Matt Agorist
Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan near Idlib, Syria.

Monday night, the US he House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to declare that Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians and other minority groups in Iraq and Syria. In a unanimous 393-0 vote, the House resolution comes just days before the State Department is legally mandated by Congress to determine whether Islamic State