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America`s interest in Syria is Israel

The Ugly Truth and Ha'aretz bring us the story everyone expected.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In the long run, the events in Syria are part of the Israeli success story. This region is changing rapidly.

Egypt’s decline into a conflict between the secular and fundamentalists appears to be the epitome of that story.

Syria: Journalists set up to be Shot by the Rebels

"I’m quite clear the rebels deliberately set us up to be shot by the Syrian Army. Dead journos are bad for Damascus." - Channel 4 journalist Alex Thomson

(ROME / DAMASCUS) - Standing outside the Safir Hotel in Homs as the white UN Nissan landcruisers stood waiting, the Irish officer in charge, Mark Reynolds, came over:

“Usual rules Alex OK? We’re not responsible for you guys. If you get into trouble we’ll leave you, yes? You’re on your own.”

Expelling Diplomats Undermines Vienna Convention, Endangers Americans

The gratuitous chest thumping political theater led by Washington undermines international treaty law...

(BEIRUT Press TV) - The Houla massacre has whipped up a new wave of outrage at the claimed brutality of Syria’s government.

Syrian envoys were kicked out of Western capitals, Damascus received more financial sanctions, and more furious demands are being made for a regime change toppling Bashar al-Assad and more calls for military intervention issued.

Palestine and Optimism

We remain optimistic because our children and grandchildren are optimistic and we should not try to dissuade them from optimism or from acting to improve their lives. As we free our minds of dark thoughts, we can see the light.

(BETHLEHEM) - Overall life is good and people are good. Some people do foolish things once in a while: oppress, kill, steal land, destroy trees etc.

But life continues and people survive, adapt, and struggle to get to a better place. Here in Palestine, the apricots are in season and they are as sweet as can be.

Israel: Illegal Arrest and Incommunicado Detention of Nabil Al-Raee

Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu over the arrest of Freedom Theatre Director.

(SALEM) - Many who keep up on the tragic saga of Palestine know the story of the Freedom Theatre in richly historic Jenin, a place recognized from the Bible, today a refugee camp for Palestinian people.

The theatre was raided at 3:00 a.m. by police from Israel and the matter has activists alarmed.

Israelis Arrest Palestinian Theater`s Artistic Director at 3:00 A.M.

Juliano was murdered just over a year ago and now they're after his theater.

(JENIN, Palestine) - Last night, Israeli armed forces raided the home of Nabil Al Raee, arresting the artistic director of The Freedom Theatre.

The Freedom Theatre manager, Jonatan Stanczak asked the soldiers why they were detaining Al Raee. They refused to say, “The only answer you get is a gun in your face.”

Vanunu`s Invite, Israel`s Nuclear Apartheid and The Real Deal About Iran

Today from east Jerusalem, Mordechai Vanunu issued the following Global invitation: "The court hearing June 6, Wednesday 11:30, Israel Supreme Court. It is open for all. See you there."

(CLERMONT, FLA) - The day before his latest historic trial, Mordechai Vanunu issued the following Global invitation:

"The court hearing June 6, Wednesday 11:30, Israel Supreme Court. It is open for all. See you there."

Naksa to Peace

Occupiers/colonizers are of course always dependent not just on military might but also on propaganda and psychological manipulation to reach their goals.

(BETHLEHEM) - It seems like yesterday that we watched Israeli tanks rolling down the hills towards our sleepy town of Beit Sahour 45 years ago today. As a child it was the most frightening sight.

The second stage of the Zionist expansion on the land of Palestine unleashed terror that our generation experienced after my parents' generation experienced the Nakba of 1948.

Compare Responses to Israeli Massacres and Syrian Massacres

The Israeli human-rights organization B’Tselem filed a complaint, and the Israeli military opened an inquiry into the attack on the Samouni family.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned the massacre of more than 100 people in Houla, Syria.

But no Security Council resolution condemned Israel’s killing of 1,417 Palestinians, including 313 children, in Gaza in 2008/2009.

The Devilish Plan of Saudi-Bahrain Merger

Unquestionably, Bahrain's annexation to Saudi Arabia will pose a serious threat to the security and stability of the Persian Gulf.

(TEHRAN) - Members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council plan to annex the soil of Bahrain to Saudi Arabia and form a greater Arab union.

The move attests to the fact that the tyrannical and merciless rulers of Arab sheikhdoms in the Persian Gulf are still obliviously living in the colonial era.