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Palestinian Protests: Differences between Intifada III and Previous Ones

Palestine has been on the verge of a widespread Intifada, which in Arabic means "to shake off".

(SALEM, Ore.) - For more than two weeks, the atmosphere in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and other cities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip border is tense and inflamed.

The intensity and extent of unrest in the Palestinian West Bank is increasingly high and has been making the Israeli regime more confused than ever.

Palestinian Baby Burns to Death in Arson Attack by Suspected Israeli Settlers

The child was sleeping when the firebomb landed on his bed.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A gang of suspected Israeli regime settlers have burnt to death an 18-month-old Palestinian baby boy while three of his family members were injured at dawn Friday after their house was deliberately set on fire in Duma, a town south of Nablus.

The one-and-a-half year old toddler, Ali Saad Dawabsha, died after sustaining serious burns when a firebomb was thrown through the window near his bed while he slept. It was 3 a.m., all the family was asleep and defenseless.

President of the United Nations General Assembly has called Israel a Wild Country

Lykketoft was the unanimous choice of European and other Western nations.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician and also General Assembly chief met with Palestinian officials on a visit to the region last year but was accused of refusing to meet with Israeli officials.

In June 2015, Mogens Lykketoft was elected President of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly. In February 2014, he was set to meet with Israeli officials, but...

Judaism versus Jewish Identity Politics: Religion versus Tribalism

Witness historic dialogue between ultra orthodox Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and Gilad Atzmon, starting May 6th.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Two prominent thinkers, the ultra orthodox Rabbi vs. philosopher, Jazz artist and ex-Jew, meeting to discuss hard questions about Judaism, Jewish politics and the meaning of Jewishness.

This unique gathering, the first of its kind, promises to help you unravel the tangled web of secular Jewish politics, right and left.

Documentary Film, The War Around Us Showing May 14 in Eugene

May 15 is observed as an annual day of mourning by Palestinians worldwide, a commemoration of the Nakba, the 1948 ethnic cleansing of 3/4 million Palestinians.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - In solidarity with the annual observance the Nakba, Al Nakba Awareness Project will show the film, "The War Around Us" in Eugene, Oregon on May 14th.

Filmed during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza in 2008-09, the Al Jazeera reporters who assembled this footage were the only journalists there to witness and record the facts for the world.

NETANYAHU WINS, PEACE LOSES

The slim hope for a Palestinian state lies with the United Nations.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Benjamin Netanyahu has probably retained power in Israel as his Likud party won 29 seats in Parliament while the center-left Zionist Union had 24 seats. The Likud Party is likely to form a coalition to put together a 61-seat majority.

Netanyahu said there would be no Palestinian state under his watch, a Palestinian must condition for any agreement.

It`s Time to Sanction OFAC

...Not the Civilian Populations of Syria and Iran

(DAMASCUS) - Without much doubt, the US Congressional Zionist caucus was energized this week by PM Netanyahu’s appeal to scuttle the Obama administration’s negotiations with Iran. Even as it spent roughly 27% of his 40 minute speech wildly applauding.

According to Capitol Hill sources, the caucus is salivating over its soon to be announced legislative scheme that demands yet more “cut em off at the knee’s sanctions”.

Netanyahu`s Farcical Fear Mongering

What Netanyahu really wants is war, an American war, on Iran.

(LONDON) - My Chambers dictionary defines farce (a noun) as "comedy of extravagant humour, buffoonery and improbability"; and farcical (the adjective) as "comical, risible, ludicrous. ridiculous."

Those are my terms of reference for this very short article on Netanyahu's address to the political whorehouse known as the Congress of the United States of America.

From a Pile of Rubble to a Dance Center thru Crowdfunding

"We want to replace the piles of rubble, full of death, with a dance academy full of life." ~ Shaark Cb Crew

(GAZA STRIP, Palestine) - We are a group of youths who live in various refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. We are united by art, peace and love. In 2003, we established a dance team and historical art movement for the community of Gaza, and started performing and spreading the art of dance around the Strip.

After the 2009 war, we found our rented dance studio bombed and demolished. But we did not to give up on our dancing.

Mavi Marmara Trial Continues in 2015

The next hearing is March 11-12, 2015, and many victims and witnesses will be called.

(Istanbul, TR) - The hearing on the Mavi Marmara attack - in which 10 Turkish citizens were killed by Israeli soldiers while taking humanitarian aid to Gaza - continued in the 7th criminal court in Istanbul today, on 9 Dec 2014 Tuesday.

During the 7th hearing, the court heard the testimonies of IHH’s Board Member Att. Gulden Sonmez, Turkish activist Mehmet Yıldırım, British activist Laura Stuart and Palestinian activist Ahsan Shamruk who was wounded on the head during the Israeli attack.