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Ahed Tamimi Speaks at Greek Communist Party Event About Palestinian Resistance

Ahed Tamimi, the 17-year-old resistance icon deliberated on various issues plaguing her country due to illegal Israeli occupation.

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
Ahed Tamimi stans between her father Bassam and mother Nariman during a press conference on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 29, 2018. Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi and her mother Nariman returned home to a hero's welcome in her West Bank village on Sunday after Israel released the 17-year-old from prison at the end of her eight-month sentence for slapping an Israeli soldier .Majdi Mohammed | AP

Ahed Tamimi, the 17-year-old face of Palestinian resistance, spoke about Palestine and its struggle on Saturday in Greece at a press conference organized by the Communist Youth of Greece (widely known by its Greek acronym KNE). KNE’s Culture and Youth Creation conference saw the participation of Ahed and Palestinian Ambassador to Greece Marwan

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From Students to Child Soldiers or Teen Brides: The War’s Cruel Impact on Yemen’s Children

“It is rare to find a normal child, even among kindergarteners. Both at home and at school; words like surrender, warplane, shoot, enemy, kill, and Kalashnikov are often heard as children play together.” — Yemeni social worker Asma Juhaff.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
بواسطة Ahmed Abdulkareem
saudi arabia

SADAA, YEMEN -- September is the month when students around the world head back to school and, despite enduring years of brutal war, Yemen’s children are no exception. In the Khulah School in the northern city of Sadaa, fifth-grader Saleem Ahmed Mutaher sits on the floor with about 70 other students, his mind distracted by the pain of sitting on a

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The Palestinian Authority Endorses the Blocking of Palestinian Rights

Trump and Israel are holding themselves beyond any accountability whatsoever and are willfully eliminating Palestinian rights.

Ramona Wadi
بواسطة Ramona Wadi
occupation of Palestine

As the UN General Assembly meeting approaches, the entire international community is engaged in a collective spectacle discussing the obsolete two-state compromise as the only way forward for Palestinians. There is no debate about how the facts on the ground contradict the diplomatic hyperbole. Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is

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Steve Bannon Declares ‘War Rooms’ to Win European Elections – and That’s Not Meddling?

America has relentlessly meddled in scores of countries to determine election outcomes. Steve Bannon is but the latest brazen expression of US malign activity.

Finian Cunningham
بواسطة Finian Cunningham
Steve Bannon Elections

One trait of imperial decadence is untrammeled hubris. Given the increasingly arrant arrogance on display by United States’ officials, public figures and news media we can safely conclude that this empire is accelerating into decadence. A recent spectacular example comes with separate visits to Europe by US defense secretary James Mattis and

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Russian S-300 Air Defense System May Make Syria “Untouchable,” But Israel Seems Ready to Test It

With the US support for Israel unwavering under the Trump administration, Israel may risk sparking a larger war in Syria knowing that the Americans will likely back them — no matter the cost.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Syria anti aircraft

MOSCOW --  After the Russian Ministry of Defense held the Israel Air Force solely responsible for the recent downing of a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane in Syria, Russia has announced that it will move forward with a long-standing Syrian government request for more advanced air defense systems, namely the Russian-made S-300. Syria purchased the

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The Dow of Inequality: Counting the Casualties of America’s Class War

The neoliberal approach to handling a dire economic downturn may soon produce a political crisis, reminiscent of the debt crisis that led to Hitler’s rise 80 years ago. The political class seems to be taking note: the stark inequality reflected in the soaring stock market and shrinking paychecks is unsustainable.

Jon Jeter
بواسطة Jon Jeter
Banksy Class War Inequality

NEW YORK -- The revelation that the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard and Poor's stock index closed at historic highs this past Thursday afternoon reminded me of an early autumn afternoon a dozen years ago in a glorious San Francisco apartment high in the sky. The apartment, perched atop a rise in the city’s Russian Hill

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