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A schoolgirl was arrested by Israeli soldiers this week as the US media ignored abuses of Palestinian rights. Muhesen Amren APA images

by Rania Khalek                              The Electronic Intifada

Image: Courtesy Fort Russ
 
by James Petras
Introduction
            The major influential western print media are engaged in a prolonged, large-scale effort to demonize Russian President Putin, his politics and persona.  There is an article (or several articles) every day in which he is personally stigmatized as a dictator, authoritarian, czar, ‘former KGB operative’ and Soviet-style ruler; anything but the repeatedly elected President of Russia.

 
 
 by Stuart Littlewood
British politics hit a new low last week at the UK Conservative Party conference when David Cameron made an unseemly personal attack on Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition. Here he is in full prime ministerial flow:

 
by Jamal Kanj*
Tension in Jerusalem has escalated to dangerous levels in response to deliberate Israeli provocation at Haram Al Sharif or the Noble Sanctuary. This fragile situation was further worsened by new Israeli government decrees to blow up Palestinian homes and grant its army a free rein to deal with protesters.

Two of the injured family members hold hands, Gaza (11 October 2015)
 
 
(PNN/ Gaza/) – An Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip at dawn Sunday has killed a 5-month pregnant woman and her little daughter, injured three other family members, and turned their home into rubble.

Putin doesn’t distinguish between the “moderate” terrorists and the “radical” terrorists, the good terrorists and the bad terrorists. It’s a joke. They’re all in the same pool and they’re all going to meet the same fate. They all have to be rooted out, apprehended or killed. End of story.

 
by Mike Whitney
Counterpunch

It is bad enough that Palestinians in Israel have to face security forces that treat them like an enemy. But things will get much, much worse when even the highly prejudicial rule of law in Israel is replaced by the lynch mob.

 
by Jonathan Cook
In the age of phone cameras, we have become increasingly used to photos and videos of Palestinians in the West Bank being shot by soldiers in unjustifiable circumstances.

North Hama: Russian Attack Helicopters Mi-24’s brings fury from extremely low altitude onto ISIS positions.

 
Source: Fort Russ

by David Price – Roberto J. González
Counterpunch
 

Russian Military Will Determine Length of Operations in Syria - © Sputnik/ Alexander Vilf