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In this photo taken Dec. 21, 2012, former soldier Bobo, right, buys crack, right hand, and cocaine on the street in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Israeli Cabinet Minister Calls John’s Kerry Mideast Policy Speech ‘Pathetic’

The comments by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan were the latest salvo in a toxic exchange following the U.S.’s refusal to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution last week that called Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem a violation of international law.

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In this Nov. 9, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik, File)

JERUSALEM (REPORT) — A senior member of Israel's nationalist government on Wednesday called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's planned Mideast policy speech a "pathetic move," further heightening tensions between the two close allies as the Obama Administration prepares to leave office. The comments by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan were

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Russia: Mass Graves Full Of Tortured Civilians Discovered In Eastern Aleppo

‘The results of only an initial survey of Aleppo neighborhoods abandoned by the so-called “opposition” will shock many,’ stated a representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

MintPress News Desk
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Syrian army soldiers march through the streets in the Ansari neighborhood, east Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Dec 23, 2016. (SANA via AP)

ALEPPO, Syria --- Russian military forces have discovered mass graves in eastern parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo, with many of the bodies reportedly showing signs of torture. Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesperson for the Russian defense ministry, announced the horrifying discovery on Monday. “Many of the corpses were found with missing

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US Support For Palestine Shifts As Obama Abstains From UN Vote On Israeli Settlements

51% of young voters and 60% of Democrats want economic sanctions against Israel over its illegal settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.

Joe Catron
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Protesters demonstrate against a state-sanctioned backlash against the movement for Palestinian human rights after Gov. Cuomo signed a McCarthyite executive order requiring state agencies to divest from organizations that support the Palestinian call to boycott companies profiting from, or cultural or academic institutions complicit in, Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people. (Photo: Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/ Sipa via AP)

UNITED NATIONS --- The United States’ abstention from a Security Council vote condemning Israel’s West Bank settlements on Friday followed a sharp rise in support for Palestinians among U.S. voters, particularly members of President Barack Obama’s Democratic Party. “American attitudes on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” two polls released by

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Flint Mom-Turned-Activist Describes City’s Disturbing Declining Health

Melissa Mays tells Mnar Muhawesh on “Behind the Headline” why residents of Flint, Michigan, still depend on bottled water for everything from drinking to bathing almost two years after state and local officials knew the city’s water supply was poisoned.

Mnar Adley
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MINNEAPOLIS --- For almost three years, the residents of Flint, Michigan, have had poison running through their pipes. The city’s water supply has been tainted by lead and other dangerous pollutants since the city started drawing its water from the polluted Flint River in April of 2014 in an effort to cut costs in the economically depressed

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Israel’s Netanyahu Faces Criminal Fraud, Bribery Investigation

Benjamin Netanyahu could have received bribes in form of donations during the 2009 election.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. (Amir Cohen, pool via AP)

(REPORT) --- The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly facing a criminal investigation over alleged bribery and fraud, Israeli media said on Tuesday. According to a report aired by a local newscaster, police have recently gained access to a new document in a secret case which was opened some nine months ago and now believe

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