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Seeing Part of the Story

Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Fake photo circulated on the Web
 
Israelis all over the country were putting up their defensive guards this week, as a photograph surfaced on www.facebook.com with the caption “An Israeli soldier holding down a Young Palestinian Girl”.  (more…)

The Cost of Living and How it Depends on your Standards

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Market in  Jerusalem, Israel
 
Jews and Christians world over donate generously to the Israeli cause, (more…)

NATO-Russian Faceoff Could Ensnare Israel

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Heightened Vigilance In Israel
 
TEL AVIV – President Barack Obama and his NATO partners remain delusional and are now probably quaking in their designer shoes over a potential military confrontation with the Big Russian Bear. (more…)

3 Years from Operation Cast Lead, Tensions in Gaza Escalating Once Again

Friday, December 30th, 2011

TENSIONS IN GAZA ARE ESCALATING ONCE AGAIN
 
It has been 3 Years since Operation Cast Lead, a 3 week offensive in Gaza which began in late 2008 and ended in January of 2009.  (more…)

A Return to Rosa Parks? Women in Israel must also fight for their place on the bus

Monday, December 19th, 2011

A Return to Rosa Parks? Women in Israel must also fight for their place on the bus.
 
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently commented that the status of Israel as a democracy is in danger, due mostly to its increasingly worrisome treatment of women. (more…)

Does Calderon’s Mexico Meet the Definition of a Failed State?

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011


 
According to Transparency International Mexico ranks 89th out of 180 countries surveyed in terms of corruption. Does this mark President Calderon’s Mexico as a failed state or just a troubled state? (more…)

Norway’s Darkest Day

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Anders Behring Breivik spent eight years planning two deadly attacks. In less than two hours, he had killed 76 innocent people and injured many others. Chaos and destruction had been bought to the peaceful country of Norway. (more…)

Ratko Mladic Is Finally Captured

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Srebrenica Massacre Memorial Gravestones

In July 1995,  Bosian Serb troops marched into the town of Srebrenica. After six days, around 7,500 Muslim men and boys were brutally murdered. One man ordered the execution of these innocent people, his name Ratko Mladic. The genocide of Srebrenica became the worst single atrocity in Europe since World War II. (more…)

Accused of Brutal Sexual Attack, I.M.F. Head Arrested aboard flight to Paris

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the leading candidate for president of France, was arrested Saturday at the JFK International Airport in New York just minutes before departure. (more…)

Thousands Feared Dead as Japan Prepares for its own “Chernobyl”

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Over 9,500 Reported Missing in One Japanese Coastal Town


Over 9,500 people are “unaccounted for” in just one town, Minamisanriku – roughly half the town’s population. This drives the potential casualty count well above the 2,500 already confirmed dead by Japanese officials. Sad as this is, the story gets worse, much worse: (more…)

Countless Sacrifices as Yemen Uprising Gains Further Momentum

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

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Anti-government protesters have been camped out in Sanaa for days demanding the president to step down [Reuters


SANA’A, YEMEN- Several people were killed and a countless number of others, hundreds maybe a thousand, injured, many seriously, in some Yemeni cities including the capital Sana’a where the security forces attacked early Saturday morning the tens of thousands of the sit-inners outside Sana’a University. (more…)

1 Dies, Scores Hurt as Live Ammunition, Prohibited Teargas Fired at Sit-Inners

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

An anti-government sit-inner died from his injuries on Wednesday a day after riot police and pro-regime bullies opened fire at and sniped a group of the thousands of the youths who have been conducting a sit-in outside Sana’a University in Yemen’s capital for a fourth week. (more…)

Persian Gulf now in range of Israeli drone fleet

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Military in Israel unveils a fleet of huge unmanned aircraft capable of reaching the Persian Gulf. The announcement comes as pressure mounts on Iran over it’s nuclear ambitions. (more…)

Bil’in demonstration reenacts the Avatar film

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Bilin Village "Advatar" Protest

Bilin Village "Advatar" Protest

The Palestinian village of Bil’in reenacts the James Cameron film Avatar in their demonstration against the Israeli security barrier. (more…)

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