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Netanyahu`s Exploitation of the Murders at Itamar

To right-wing politicos, cabinet ministers, Knesset members and West Bank rabbis, the five murdered members of the Fogel family are a catalyst for realizing the great dream: the dream of messianic redemption, of the Greater Land of Israel.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - The horrific murders in Itamar were a crime against humanity. Entering a home in that manner and slaughtering five people in their sleep is a base, cowardly act, and it makes no difference whether the victim is an adult or an infant. Murder is murder is murder.

Motti Fogel, brother of Udi Fogel, said at the Har Hamenuhot cemetery on Sunday that the funeral should have been a private affair.

Israel Intervenes in Libya... for Gaddafi

50,000 mercenaries to be deployed against rebels; Al Qaeda Fighters Included in Israeli Force.

(CINCINNATI) - n a move that surprises all but Middle East experts, Israel has promised Libya’s dictator of over 40 years, Colonel Gaddafi, 50,000 troops to aid in crushing rebels set on overthrowing his his murderous rule.

According to news sources inside Israel, “troops” are being hired across Africa, Uganda, Sudan, Chad and the Central Africa Republic, including Al Qaeda fighters, to be deployed against demonstrators and rebel forces currently involved in heavy fighting in a two week old attempt to overthrow the Libyan ruler that has left thousands dead.

Hamas Denies Responsibility for Itamar

Hamas, Fatah and Abbas himself all condemn murder of Israeli settler family, but few listen to that.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It took Israeli media sources no time to indict "Palestinians" in the recent murder of an Israeli settler family, even though not a shred of proof existed. However "proof" is a concept that has little bearing on statements made by Israel.

Those just awakening to this concept simply need to ask themselves this question; if you lived surrounded by walls and barbed wire and were made to live like a second class citizen knowing that raising a hand against Israel is a death sentence, would you go stab a family to death, including a baby?

Israeli Curfew Over Settler Murders Means ISM Activists Face Arrest

Israeli soldiers are beating people, raiding houses, cutting off electricity, and polluting the drinking water by throwing mud in the water-tanks.

(AWARTA, Occupied Palestine) - Today the village of Awarta, near Nablus, is facing the second day of a severe curfew imposed by the Israeli military, following Friday morning’s murder of a settler family in the settlement Itamar.

Three International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activists–Cinda, 23, Chad, 25, from Sweden, and Cissy, 53, from Norway–are currently trapped in the village. Anyone caught stepping outside of their house is arrested.

Murder of Israeli Family Sparks Hasty Conclusions

This killing has furnished Israel's leaders with an opportunity to further vilify the Palestinian population.

(TEL AVIV) - The murder of a father, mother, and 3 of their 6 children in a settlement this week is horrid. Of this there is no argument.

And it is horrid even though it occurs in a colony, and not only a colony, but one of the worst insofar as it is a fervent religious idealist colony, or, in other words, one of our Jewish fundamentalist colonies.

The March is On! Palestinian Youth Movement Protests Go Global

March 15th March in Palestine: End Of Division (الشعب يريد انهاء الانقسام)

(SALEM / GAZA) - The Palestinian Youth Movement has planned a mass protest on March 15th for Gaza, for all Palestinians and to give hope to all occupied peoples. Organizers believe this youth initiative marks a turning point in the Middle East because it is a united effort to rise above all divisions in hopes of long overdue justice.

The mass protests are gaining momentum. Groups are congregating around the globe, in support of Palestine's right to be free.

Has the Lebanon Tribunal Drama Become Farce?

It is clear proceedings get a bit wild in the Zahle Courthouse. They also appear to be getting out of control at the Special Tribunal of Lebanon.

(ZAHLE, Lebanon Al Manar) - This observer had a wild day in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley yesterday.

Then again, for one reason or another, it seems that every time I go to the Bekaa it turns into a wild day.

In Re Barak, `Bullahs,` Blackwater, Bounties & the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)

Barak to Gates - 'How About Your Guys Bust Em'?

(BEIRUT AL MANAR) - When the US marines were in and out of Lebanon in 1983-1984 some of those I met, when visiting their barracks with American journalist Janet Stevens, to discuss Israel’s use of American cluster bombs against civilians had the habit, as did sailors from the USS New Jersey, of referring to the Lebanese Capital simply as “Root.”

Or sometimes they would call it: “The Root” as in, “We came to “The Root” to kick some butt!”

First Iranian ships Cross Suez Canal

Two Iranian warships have crossed the Suez Canal and are heading towards the Mediterranean Sea after Egypt issued authorization for the move.

(TEHRAN PRESS TV) - The two Iranian vessels, Khark and Alvand, crossed the Suez Canal, a strategic international shipping route in Egypt, on Tuesday.

"They entered the canal at 5:45 a.m. (0335 GMT)," Reuters quoted an official of the canal as saying.

From Tahrir Square To Shatila Camp, `Hurriya` (freedom)

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon seem mesmerized by what’s been happening.

(BEIRUT, Lebanon) - Panicked Israeli leaders and their agents in Congress are busy trying to convince the American public how vital and cheap the $3 billion per year cost of Camp David is for America’s security while they know the truth is precisely the opposite.

The Tahrir Square “Hurriya!” tremors spreading across the Middle East may or may not be impacting today’s events in the historically liberal Wisconsin and other areas of America, yet most of us would agree that the Tunisian-Egyptian revolutions are being felt far and wide and appear to be dramatically gaining steam.