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How the United States supports Israel's war crimes in Gaza

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Israel is the largest recipient of US taxpayer-funded military aid and these weapons are used by Israel to commit systematic human rights abuses against Palestinians.
ByJosh Ruebner
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27 December 2012

BBC journalist Jihad Masharawi holding his 11-month-old son, killed in Gaza on 14 November 2012 by an Israeli airstrike. On November 18, an Israeli air force pilot flying a US-made F-16 fighter jet fired a missile at the four-story home of the al-Dalu family in Gaza City, killing ten members of the family and two from the al-Muzannar family next door.

An on-site investigation conducted by Human Rights Watch concluded that the attack was a "clear violation of the laws of war" and demanded that those "responsible for deliberately or recklessly committing a serious violation of the laws of war should be prosecuted for war crimes."

Israel's bombing of the al-Dalu home was the single deadliest attack in an eight-day offensive last month against the blockaded and…
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Pumped: Palestinian Flag and New Palestinian Map as approved by "Arab Spring"

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Published Tuesday, December 13, 2011 In a significant diplomatic victory for the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian flag was hoisted on Tuesday at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, a first at a UN agency.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas proclaimed the flag raising as the first step towards full recognition of Palestine.
"This admission is a first recognition of Palestine," Abbas said at the ceremony in Paris. "It is moving to see our flag raised today at a UN agency. I hope that this will be a good omen for Palestine's admission to other international organizations."
Palestine won admission into the UN's cultural agency in October, with an overwhelming majority of nations in favor of the Palestinian bid, 107-14.
The bid is part of a campaign by Abbas to gain full recognition of an independent Palestinian state. Abbas is seeking full UN membership for Palestine, but his plans may be thwarted as any application would need to pass through the UN Secu…
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The real roots of Nusra front

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The "Nusra Front "armed group is the most organizedand most funded and widespreadin Syria, from the northern borderwith Turkeytothe Lebanese border, its fightersare the mosttrained and equippedbetweenarmed groups fightingagainstthe Syrian state, nottomentionthat its extensivespreadis the biggestproofofthelackofaffiliationtoal-Qaeda, as raisedinthemediaforreasons revealed in Nidal Hamadi's currentreport.

Nidal Hamada argues that the Frontvictory was founded in Turkey by the leadership ofthe Muslim Brotherhoodunder the leadership ofa military juntaled byFaroukTayfurDeputyComptroller General of thegroup. Because what is knownaboutthe political andleadership weaknessMohammedRayak Baynouni, Tayfur is consideredthe de facto leaderof the group,

FaroukTayfur isone of theleaders of the 1981 battleof Hama. Nusra fighters fighters follow directly the officeTayfurin Istanbuland the international operations chamber built onTurkish-Syrian border erated by French, Americans and Qataris a…
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Syria: External Opposition rejects Peace Talks in Russia

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By Reem
– December 29, 2012 – Posted in: Sideviews Syria: Staged opposition not interested in a peaceful solution.
Units of the Syrian Arab Army have eliminated several foreign-backed groups of extremists and religious fanatics near the Syrian capital Damascus.

According to some sources like Suria TV and contacts in the capital of Syria, these foreign-backed terrorist groups were liquidated by the Syrian Arab Army in the region between the two Syrian towns of Yabrud and Nabak.

Both Syrian towns are located about 55 kilometres away from Damascus and it is still the situation that some armed wings of the Islamist “Free Syrian Army” (FSA) are still active in the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus.

Although the Syrian Arab Army has already carried out a lot of operations against these armed groups of religious radicals, terrorists and mercenaries, which are mainly not Syrian but citizens from other Arab countries, there are still more and more which penetrate into Syria in o…
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What do they want from Syria?

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What do they want from Syria?


A general view of the scene of a car bomb explosion in Jaramana, a mainly Christian and Druze suburb of Damascus, on November 28, 2012 Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:25AM By Finian Cunningham
The terrorist war on Syria, which the Western media trumpet as a 'pro-democracy uprising,' is aimed at precisely the opposite of pluralist coexistence. What the terrorists want is to tear the tolerant soul out of the country and plunge its people into an internecine, hate-filled sectarian bloodbath." "What do they want from Jaramana? The town brings together people from all over Syria and welcomes everybody.” These were the anguished words of one distraught resident in the Syrian town of Jaramana that was devastated by multiple deadly explosions this week.
The death toll has yet to be confirmed. Early reports on the blasts said 34 were killed. Later, the toll was put at more than 50, with over 120 injured, many critical. All of the victims were ci…
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"A disaster for the revolution!"

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"...It wasn't the government that killed the Syrian rebel commander Abu Jameel. It was the fight for his loot. The motive for his murder lay in a great warehouse in Aleppo which his unit had captured a week before. The building had been full of rolled steel, which was seized by the fighters as spoils of war.
But squabbling developed over who would take the greater share of the loot and a feud developed between commanders. Threats and counter-threats ensued over the following days.
Abu Jameel survived one assassination attempt when his car was fired on. A few days later his enemies attacked again, and this time they were successful. His bullet-riddled body was found, handcuffed, in an alley in the town of al-Bab.
Captain Hussam, of the Aleppo military council, said: "If he had died fighting I would say it was fine, he was a rebel and a mujahid and this is what he had set out to do. But to be killed because of a feud over loot is a disaster for the revolution. ..." Posted…
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Iran: Terrorists not Allowed to Attend Syrian Dialogues

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As he was elaborating Iran's peace plan for Syria, Iranian ambassador to Lebanon said Friday that those who have killed innocent Syrian civilians are not allowed attending any of meeting negotiating future of Syria.

According to IRNA, Ambassador Ghadanfar Roknabadi made the comment in a meeting with the Roman Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut, Priest Elias Odeh, while congratulating the auspicious birth anniversary of Jesus Christ (P) and the beginning of the Christian New Year.

Roknabadi in the meeting elaborated on Iran's Six Article Peace Plan for Syria, reiterating that Iran has taken practical steps aimed at implementing this plan by sponsoring the Tehran Conference on Syria in the presence of Syrian dissidents, hoping that by implementing this plan peace and stability would be resorted in Syria.

Also, at a press conference, he said, “The entire military engagements in Syria have reached a dead-end and it is high time for getting involved in talks.”

Roknabadi referred to Ir…
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US-NATO-Israeli Agenda: Syria to be Subdivided into “Three Weaker States”

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Egyptian media pundit Tawfik Okasha, owner of the Egyptian opposition TV channel al-Fara’een, blamed the Mainstream Media of being complicit with the Muslim Brotherhood in feeding the Egyptian people lies about the Syrian crisis.

He calls for all free Syrians to back President Bashar al-Assad as the issue is not about him but goes beyond to include the destruction of Syria and its transformation into three weaker states incapable of confronting Israel.

Transcript of Tawfik Okasha’s statement

Bashar Al Assad’s war is with Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. The issue is not about Bashar it is about the destruction of Syria and its transformation into three states It is about Syria being owned by the muslim Brotherhood and its Security Apparatus being destroyed and replaced by that of the Muslim Bportherhood. There’s a deal being struck between Israel, Turkey and the EU to transform Syria into three states, so that the issue of the Golan Heightsa as well as Syria. So there won’t be any …
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New Egypt draft constitution upholds Sharia

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Flanked by bodyguards, Egypt's Islamist then president-elect Mohammed Mursi salutes tens of thousands of Egyptians he addressed in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square on June 29, 2012. Mursi paid tribute to Egypt's Muslims and Christians alike and symbolically swore himself in as the country's first elected civilian president. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Hossam) Published Thursday, November 29, 2012 An assembly drafting Egypt's new constitution voted on Thursday to keep the principles of Islamic law as the main source of legislation, unchanged from the previous constitution in force under former President Hosni Mubarak.

The issue was the subject of a long dispute between hardline Salafi Islamists and liberals in the assembly which will vote on each of 234 articles in the draft constitution before it is sent to President Mohamed Mursi for approval.

After that, Mursi must put it to a popular referendum.

The Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group that nominated Mursi for…
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