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On IDF violence: My own private Lt. Colonel Shalom Eisner

And it’s not over because they are still out there.

(TEL AVIV +972Mag) - Nearly three years ago I also met a Shalom Eisner at a demonstration. He gashed my head with his blows for no reason.

Then too, like this week, a camera was filming as an IDF officer beat me up. To this day, my own private Shalom Eisner is running free.

New Footage Emerges of Eisner Attacking Activists

Prime minister in Ramallah, Salam Fayyad, met with Andreas Ias, the 20-year-old Danish activist who was initially thought to be the only person who was attacked by the officer.

(BETHLEHEM Ma'an) - An Israeli human rights group has released new footage of a dismissed army officer striking activists with his gun, days after his assault of a Danish national drew wide condemnation.

The footage, taken by the Palestinian Authority's official television network and released by the Israeli rights group B'Tselem, shows Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner striking several foreign solidarity activists with a machine gun.

Stupid and Mean and Brutal: Israel`s Settler-Officers in the Glare of Publicity

The more one sees the clip, the more one is shocked. The sheer brutality of this completely unprovoked act makes one flinch.

(TEL AVIV Redress) - “In blood and sweat / A race will arise to us / Proud and generous and brutal…” Thus wrote Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky, the founder of extreme right-wing Zionism, who was also a writer and a poet.

Present-day Likud leaders see him as their forefather, much as Stalin saw Karl Marx.

Survival Battle for Baby Boy Born with Six Legs in Pakistan

“Operating on such a baby is not an easy task as proper assessments need to be done first,” explained Dr Jamal Razza, from the National Institute of Child Health in Karachi.

(CHENNAI, India) - A newborn baby boy is fighting for his life in Pakistan, after being born with a rare condition that has left him with extra limbs.

The baby, who is thought to be one of parasitic twins, appears to have the extra limbs of his conjoined twin, who failed to develop properly.

Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton: `Finally`

"More than 2 million people joined our call for Zimmerman's arrest."

(SANFORD, FL) - We are still devastated by the loss of our son Trayvon Martin, and nothing can bring him back. But today, we are heartened to tell you that justice may finally be served for Trayvon.

This evening, Florida State Attorney Angela Corey announced that she will charge George Zimmerman with 2nd degree murder, weeks after he confessed to killing Trayvon -- and now he's in custody.

Yasumi Iwakami Tweets About His Recent Health Problems After His Visit to #Fukushima I Nuke Plant in February

(and boy he received some nasty tweets in response...)

(FUKUSHIMA) - Yasumi Iwakami is arguably one of the best known independent journalists in Japan covering the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident, particularly among net users.

I happened on Iwakami's live netcast of TEPCO press conferences on his USTREAM channel very early on in the crisis, and have followed him and his reporting since.

Medical Teams International Helps Children in Areas Brutalized by Joseph Kony

In 30 days, efforts are already showing results.

(PORTLAND, OR) - One month after launching a campaign to help Ugandan children affected by Nodding Syndrome in areas brutalized by Joseph Kony, Medical Teams International is seeing measurable progress among hundreds of children and their families.

Nodding Syndrome is a mysterious disease affecting more than 4,000. Specialists are working hard to determine the cause of the syndrome, which involves convulsions, malnutrition and disorientation.

Help the Family of a Rhode Island National Guard Hero

“Actions speak louder than words”

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Here is the letter I just wrote to the two Senators and the Governor of Rhode Island. If you can send a similar letter in behalf of the family this young man left behind, I would personally appreciate it. Thanks.

Here are the addresses you would need if you can find it in your heart to dedicate the time it takes to write those letters.

PAKISTAN: Ahmadi Leader Tortured to Death in Police Custody

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - The suspects in the dramatic police custody torture death of a school teacher in Punjab province, are with the Chenab Nagar police station.

The victim, a well respected teacher, was tortured without mercy; hung upside down and crushed; tortured to death over 35 days, several organs failing first.

Dennis Weichel Reminds Us Who Americans Really Are

Dennis Weichel's heroic death brings us the other side of the story in Afghanistan.

(SALEM) - The story of Rhode Island soldier Dennis Weichel makes it easy to remember why I left Afghanistan in 2007 thinking that a lot of good Americans were engaged in that conflict.

They were there then and they are there now, as this father of three who gave his life to save an Afghan child, showed us.