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Anger as Cameron Tries to Superglue Britain to Israel

Prime Minister is asking to be targeted by BDS

(LONDON) - The other day I signed a 'Get Well' petition for Palestinian youngsters Adam and Johar who were viciously maimed and crippled by the British Government's 'friends' in Israel http://www.petitions24.com/adam_and_johar.

The two cousins, 17 and 20 years old, were returning home from football training when they were attacked by Israeli soldiers who shot them in the legs then set their dogs on them. They were taken to an Israeli military camp and again badly beaten, and Johar’s knees were broken.

Multiple Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza

The Israeli air forces also launched a strike on al-Quds Brigades in al-Qara neighborhood in Khan Younis, and another site belonging to the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing on Hamas, west of Rafah.

(GAZA) - Israeli air forces launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip late Wednesday, with no immediate reports of injuries.

The Israeli air strikes came after Islamic Jihad said that it launched 130 rockets into southern Israel in response to Israel's killing of three of its members on Tuesday.

Petitioning FIFA: Suspend the Israeli Football Association`s FIFA Membership

I call on FIFA to suspend membership of the Israeli Football Association until Israel respects the human rights...

(LONDON) - Membership of the Israeli Football Association (IFA) should be suspended until Israel respects the human rights of Palestinians and observes international law, thus enabling Palestinian footballers to play and compete nationally and internationally.

Since 1967, Israel has maintained a brutal military occupation of Palestine...

A Cri de Coeur: Stop the Empire from Blowing Up the World!

We need to do something to stem this tide of lunacy emanating from Washington, DC. Obama is hopeless – a feckless Uncle Tom, a sock-puppet easily manipulated by the Sanhedrin.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Madness reigns as the Atlantic Empire, riding its imposing, armed-to-teeth sinking ship, tries to maintain their imaginary control of the world while neglecting to repair the leaks in the hull - not to mention their heads and hearts.

A $5+ billion dollar effort to further destabilize an already unstable Ukraine and add it to the Imperial holdings...

Israel: A Significant Shift in U.S. Public Opinion...? And What if the Answer is ``Yes``?

If AIPAC wanted to show true friendship for Israel, it would have stopped cheering long ago and started whispering.

(LONDON) - A recent public opinion poll asked Americans which of two options they would favour if a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict was no longer on the table. (It is in the rhetoric of leaders and diplomats but not in reality). The two options were:

“The continuation of Israel’s Jewish majority (presumably this assumes permanent Israeli occupation of the West Bank and continuing ethnic cleansing of it by stealth) even if it means that Palestinians will not have citizenship and full rights.”

Sexist Culture Still Bars Women from Driving in Saudi Arabia

International Women’s Day (March 8th) sees women in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia with little to celebrate.

(DUBLIN) - A strong system of customs and laws in Saudi Arabia keep women heavily reliant on men for their basic day-to-day survival. A song satirizing Saudi Arabia’s driving ban for women, ‘No Woman, No Drive’, has the desert kingdom rocking. Dozens of Saudi women’s rights activists have been in trouble for defying the driving ban by staging "protest drives".

In the past, women have had a grim acceptance of their lot, but old ways are quietly being questioned for nowhere in the Koran does it say women cannot drive or lead a normal life.

The War on Emotions is Driving Us Insane

What can we do if abusers will not (or, more accurately, cannot) listen to us, because they are too afraid?

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - Have you ever been provoked by someone into fear, anger or pain, and then blamed, punished or humiliated for feeling and expressing these feelings?

This is a form of psychological torture which has very serious consequences. Here are three stories that demonstrate how commonly this form of torture occurs in human society.

Erasing Academic Freedom in America

“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” (Mark Twain)

(LAVERNE, CA) - Mark Twain died 104 years ago, but his truth goes marching on.

Witness two of our exalted Congressmen who recently launched a resolution of such ineptitude that it twists facts inside out without batting an eyelash, indeed while fluttering their eyelashes like some street harlots beckoning the innocent to join them in their frolic.

Barack to Bibi: `Time is running out`

Prime Minister Netanyahu came to Washington Sunday night.

(CHICAGO) - When President Obama consented to an interview with Bloomberg columnist Jeffrey Goldberg, the President sent an ultimatum to israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “Time is running out”.

Obama does not choose a reporter for an individual interview without a clear purpose.

Settlement Surge Looms Large over Netanyahu-Obama Meeting

“This report will loom large over Netanyahu in his meeting with President Obama today..." - Debra DeLee, the President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now

(WASHINGTON, DC) - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Washington today, the Israeli government’s Central Bureau of Statistics issued a new report.

It shows a whopping 123% surge in West Bank settlement construction in 2013, more than double the number of new settlement homes built in 2012.