News/Politics

 
by Bob Dreyfuss

 
by Stuart Littlewood             Intifada-Palestine.com
(London)  Do world leaders today even know the underlying causes of the Holy Land’s misery?

 

 
(RT) – Intelligence reports say there is a threat of a terrorist attack on US soil by an Al-Qaida-linked group based in Syria.
But despite the Mideast country increasingly resembling a haven for terrorists, the US is still not convinced it wants to deal with the government.

 
By Elizabeth Dias
The stories told by five top Syrian Christian leaders about the horrors their churches are experiencing at the hands of Islamist extremists are biblical in their brutality.

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By Ira Chernus
 
As the media spotlight shines on U.S. negotiators talking with Iranians and Syrians, the Israeli-Palestinian talks have faded into the background. They’re still grinding on, slowly, with several contentious issues unresolved.

 

 
Among dozens of Syrian and foreign journalists covering the Syria peace talks in Geneva, Elissar Moualla stands out.
The popular Syrian news anchor, working for the state-sponsored Syrian TV, never misses an opportunity to confront the opposition delegation.

 

 
Israeli occupation forces shot and wounded 10 Palestinians near the West Bank town of Ramallah Friday during a protest over the killing of a teenager, Palestinian medics and security sources said.
In Gaza, meanwhile, medics said five more Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire near the border in two separate incidents.

By Juan Cole
 

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by Peter Jenkins

The subtitle of Gareth Porter’s new book, The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, is well-chosen. Large parts of A Manufactured Crisis are indeed untold till now. They amount to what the author terms an “alternative narrative”.

“Checkpoint” is based on the oppression and discrimination Jasiri X witnessed firsthand during his recent trip to Palestine and Israel “Checkpoint” is produced by Agent of Change, and directed by Haute Muslim.