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By IMEMC 
A lawsuit has been filed in a US court seeking to stop non-profit groups from sending billions of dollars worth of tax-exempt donations to support illegal Israeli settlements and the Israeli army.
A group of American citizens filed the suit on December 21 against the US Department of Treasury, claiming about 150 non-profits have sent an estimated $280bn to Israel over the past two decades.

Research shows that Jerusalem has existed for about 4,000 years. During the first 1,000 it had no connection to the Jewish people.

 
 
by  Gideon Biger
Once again Jerusalem Day arrived, and once again the prime minister repeated the clichéd mantra: “Jerusalem was and is the capital city of the Jewish people only.”
Is that really so – or is Benjamin Netanyahu, known for historic declarations that do not always accord with the historical truth, once again mistaken and misleading the masses?

Photo: Three young Muslims were killed on February 10, 2015 by a gunman in the US state of North Carolina  The victims of the shooting, from left to right: Dr. Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19
 

Despite Israel’s counteroffensive, boycott movement won some key victories in 2015. (Mark Esper/Polaris)

The Obama administration still sticks to the Cold War 2.0 script on Russia.
 

The bottom line is that in 2016 the option will continue to be stark; it’s either the hegemony of the War Party – with the subtext of a Washington “willfully” condoned Salafi-jihadi “offer” to young, disaffected Muslims; or the vision of a full, prosperous trade/commerce/communication network for the whole of Eurasia. Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets.  

 
by Pepe Escobar

Photo: General Moshe Dayan

Photo:(L) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (R) Israeli diplomat Dani Dayan. Despite pressure from Israel, Brazil will not accept Dani Dayan, a former head of the Jewish settlement movement, as its Israeli ambassador

Since Brazil is Israel’s largest trading partner in South America you’d think the Israelis would watch their manners. The Brazilians, hopefully, won’t allow themselves to pushed around by Tel Aviv’s insufferable thugs.

 
 
 by Stuart Littlewood

 Fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al Nusra

Let’s face it, Turkey is now a mafia state ruled by a criminal regime. It is also a NATO member state. Perhaps now the pernicious illusion of NATO as military alliance defending justice, human rights, and the rule of law can finally be put to rest. While the propagandists will continue the charade, Turkey has permanently exposed the US-NATO-GCC-Israel for the warmongers they are in Syria and around the world.