assassinations

The Logic of Murder in Israel: A Culture of Impunity in Full View of the Entire World

“Whether he made a mistake or not, is a trivial question,” said an Israeli Jewish man who joined large protests throughout Israel in support of a soldier who calmly, and with precision, killed a wounded Palestinian man in al-Khalil (Hebron). The protesting Jewish man described Palestinians as ‘barbaric’, ‘bestial’, who should not be perceived as people.

Indigenous Activist Berta Cáceres Assassinated in Honduras

HONDURAS – At approximately 11:45pm last night, the General Coordinator of COPINH, Berta Caceres was assassinated in her hometown of La Esperanza, Intibuca. At least two individuals broke down the door of the house where Berta was staying for the evening in the Residencial La Líbano, shot and killed her. COPINH is urgently responding to this tragic situation.

SERENA SHIM: An Artist’s Tribute to Brave Journalism…

Serena Shim and Michael Hastings are two examples, among numerous others, of journalists being harshly silenced for getting too close to exposing highly inconvenient truths. Serena Shim (October 10th 1985 – October 19th 2014) was an American-Lebanese journalist. Her tragic death came just two days after a video interview in which she claimed Turkish intelligence […]

Media More Outraged by Possible Murder by Putin than Definite Murder by Obama

The British government, whose foreign policy is overtly hostile to their Russian counterpart, declared last week that their investigation into the killing of a former Russian intelligence agent in London nearly a decade ago concluded there is a “strong probability” the Russian FSB security agency was responsible for poisoning Alexander Litivenko with plutonium. They further declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin “probably approved” of the act.

George Jonas Who Once Wrote Brilliantly about Zionist Madness Dies

George Jonas died on January 10th in Toronto.   The Hungarian born Canadian writer, who was a brilliant and successful journalist, broadcaster, essayist, librettist and poet, died at age 80.  No cause of death has been given, but he had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease.  Jonas, who was well-known throughout Canada, was the subject of numerous newspaper obituaries and fond remembrances there.

Drone Strike Assassinates Prime Minister Cameron’s “Transparency” Mandate

One of the tasks that we clearly have is to rebuild trust in our political system … it’s about making sure people are in control and that the politicians are always their servants and never their masters.
— David Cameron, First speech as Prime Minister, May 11, 2010

David Cameron has made “transparency” a mantra. In May 2010 he vowed to rip off the: “cloak of secrecy” around government, extending transparency and stating: