News/Politics

Syria in-depth analysis: Where the anti-Assad coalition went wrong
Damascus has seen mass demonstrations in support of the regime
Sonia Mansour Robaey for RT

The US and its allies are working to open a new front of the Syrian conflict inside Lebanon
(Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

Israel approves plan to displace Negev Bedouins
A photo of Al-Araqib in the southern Negev, one of many Bedouin villages not recognized by Israel. (MaanImages/Eva Pilipp)
 
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Israel approved a draft law on Monday to implement a plan which will displace thousands of Bedouins in the Negev desert, an Israeli rights group said.

Iraq Vet Kills Himself After Being Ordered to Commit “War Crimes”
 
“These things go far beyond what most are even aware of”
Paul Joseph Watson – Prison Planet.com
Iraq war veteran Daniel Somers committed suicide following an arduous battle with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that was caused by his role in committing “crimes against humanity,” according to the soldier’s suicide note.

Enemies of Syria Plan Escalated Aggression
Friends of Syria” meeting in Doha: 110 no-shows out of 121 members
by Stephen Lendman
So-called “Friends of Syria” are their worst enemies. They’re a rogue’s gallery of scoundrels. They’re complicit with Washington’s imperium. They violate core international law principles.

 South Africa Ambassador rejects gift from Israel, condemns “replication of apartheid”
 
JNF certificate presented to South African Ambassador Ismail Coovadia.(BDS South Africa)

The FSA Commander threatens to use chemical weapons and wants Sharia in Future Syria
Northern Front Commander, Abdel Baset Tawileh

Hezbollah’s Palestinian problem………and vice versa

Franklin Lamb  – intifada-palestine.com
 

CLARE DALY IRISH PARLIAMENT SLAMS OBAMA WAR CRIMES

Irish politician Clare Daly slammed President Barack Obama as a “war criminal” and “hypocrite of the century” in a blistering speech before Parliament Wednesday, following the conclusion of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.

How Israeli apartheid is coming unstuck

by Jonathan Cook
One incident of racism, though small in relation to the decades of massive, institutionalised discrimination exercised by Israel against its Palestinian Arab citizens, has triggered an uncharacteristic bout of Israeli soul-searching.