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The Demographic Success of Israel`s Settlement Project

The numbers suggest that Abbas's bid to the UN was too little, too late.

(JERUSALEM) - The United Nations General Assembly recognised Palestine as a "nonmember state".

But it may very well be that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has already missed the boat.

Now What?

Palestinians did not give up before, and they have no intention to give up now.

(LONDON) - We've just witnessed the warm embrace given to Palestine by the entire decent world, excluding of courses those who chose the side of evil, throwing themselves in an obscene disgrace, slaves at the feet of the "chosen".

Such memorable event might not change much on the ground, however, one cannot dismiss its huge significance, that event is a signal indicating shifting of power worldwide.

APN to President Obama: Demand that Netanyahu Reverse E-1 Decision

"As friends of Israel, we are hurt and incensed to see the government of Israel cutting off its nose to spite its face" - APN President and CEO Debra DeLee

(JERUSALEM) - Americans for Peace Now leaders toured E-1, the corridor that extends between East Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim Sunday.

They strongly condemned the government of Israel’s intention to expedite settlement construction at this sensitive spot.

Douglas Alexander on Israel and Settlements

"Building settlements on other people’s land is both illegal and wrong and the settlement decision is a body blow to hopes of a negotiated two state solution. Israel should reverse this damaging and destructive decision."

(LONDON Refugee News Network) - Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, said:

"If last week’s ill-judged abstention by the UK at the UN was supposed to secure continuing influence with Israel there is little evidence of that strategy working this week..."

Jaffna Under UPFA: A Grim Reminder Of LTTE Days

Travel to Jaffna: Then and Now...

(JAFFNA, Sri Lanka Sunday Leader) - When I returned home in 1995 with our pet Dalmatian with its spots, hostile crowds gathered around us at Katunayake with shouts of Koti-Balla (Tiger-Dog).

On other trips I had been taken straight to the Katunayake Police Station, and held up at Vanuniya and released after my friend travelling with me was arrested.

Now that Palestine Has its Birth Certificate...
The Game is Up for Israel`s Pimps and Hirelings

“It is not enough to deplore, condemn. What we need is for the United Nations - for you, excellencies, your governments and the General Assembly in which you serve - to take seriously its responsibility...”
- Roger Waters of Pink Floyd

(LONDON) - Hanan Ashrawi is a Palestinian Christian who has been around a long time in Palestinian politics and held many key posts.

As a student in Lebanon during the 1967 war she was prevented by Israel from going home to the West Bank for 6 long years.

Can the UN Learn From Its Own Grave Failures?

The Sri Lankan Civil War is one of several notable failings of the UN and in order to maintain any form of legitimacy the incidence of such shortcomings must decrease.

(COLOMBO) - In early November a damning internal United Nations report into the organisation’s actions at the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War was leaked.

The document, in uncharacteristically unequivocal terms, stated that the UN had shown “a grave failure” in its mandate to protect the lives of civilians as the conflict trudged towards its appalling climax.

Genocide of Tamil Nation in Sri Lanka

Sign this petition... add your voice to the call for justice for the Tamil people of Sri Lanka, victims of Genocide by their own government!

(LONDON) - The most recent Charles Petrie UN report acknowledges the UN role of inaction and actual complicity with the SL government and military in the slaughter.

The number of dead: 146,000, has always been maintained by Bishop Rayappu on the ground based on actual government figures that were suppressed.

The End of Jewish Power

The united opposition to Israel is not in response the Israeli strength. On the contrary, it is actually a reaction to Israeli weakness.

(LONDON) - Israel suffered a humiliating defeat at The UN this week.

The nations of the world stood up and said NO to the Jewish state - NO to Israeli occupation, NO to Israeli human rights abuse, NO to Jewish racism.

Greens Reflect `Grief and Courage of Tamils`

Disturbing images tell the story of ethnic cleansing.

(SYDNEY) - Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon spoke in parliament on November 27 to mark the the Tamil day, “Maaveerar Naal”, and detail the ongoing struggles of Tamil people to achieve justice and equality.

Her full speech is published below...