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[Editor's note: Today is Al-Quds Day, an international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people that is held annually on the last Friday of Ramadan.]Al Quds - Jerusalem: The city of martyrs; the occupied city. A city painted a deep shade of crimson with the blood of the oppressed. A ... [Link] [Cache]

Two nights back I received the following email from The Israel Project TIP after a long day of watching the Middle East peace circus that has descended on Washington :Subj: Netanyahu: “We Seek a Peace That Will Last for Generations”· At White House dinner, Netanyahu tells Abbas, “You are my ... [Link] [Cache]

I learned recently that Avigdor Lieberman’s Foreign Ministry is spending money, and I want some.Ha’aretz reports that sixty to seventy million shekels will be funneled towards “hosting figures the ministry has identified as having significant influence on public opinion.” The article goes on to say that “the first step in ... [Link] [Cache]

Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 2 September 2010 The BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights recently published Rights in Principle — Rights in Practice, which examines a rights-based approach to crafting durable solutions for Palestinian refugees. The Electronic Intifada contributor Adri Nieuwhof interviews BADIL director Ingrid Jaradat ... [Link] [Cache]

By George Bisharat Friday, September 3, 2010 “Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” pundits occasionally ask. But after these latest Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington fail — as they inevitably will — the more pressing question may be: “Where is the Israeli de Klerk?” Will an Israeli leader emerge with the ... [Link] [Cache]

By Marcus Dysch, September 2, 2010 The Trades Union Congress is expected to call on its members at its annual conference to strengthen opposition to Israel by extending boycotts and encouraging disinvestment. A motion on Israel and the Palestinians, backed by the GMB, the Fire Brigades’ Union, the Public and ... [Link] [Cache]

See: Cambodia plans Asia’s tallest building Is it just me, or has the media been subliminally pushing airplanes and skyscrapers as the ninth anniversary of 9/11 approaches?Related: Cambodian War Crimes ConvictionI didn't know they were building a jail.Also see: Lowell's Little Cambodia [Link] [Cache]

Camagüey, Cuba, Sept 3.- Thousand throats cried in unison the name of Fidel on the broad stone staircases of the University of Havana on Friday, as a prove of the stalwart support the Cuban youth is giving to leader of the Revolution in his effort to avert a nuclear holocaust. ... [Link] [Cache]

Submitted by Will Seaman on Sun, 08/29/2010 – 7:40am program: One Land Many Voices program date: Fri, 08/27/2010 This week, OLMV welcomes Producer Relations Manager for Canaan Fair Trade, Vivien Sansour, and Palestinian-American doctor and professor, Jess Ghannam. Dr. Ghannam has done extensive humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip; he ... [Link] [Cache]

"Benin’s government caught up in costly Ponzi scheme" by Virgile Ahissou and Artis Henderson, Associated Press | September 2, 2010COTONOU, Benin — More than a hundred thousand people in the tiny West African nation of Benin have lost their savings in a Ponzi scheme run by a now-defunct company that ... [Link] [Cache]

EU Commissioner apologizes for ‘irrational Jews’ remark JTA, Sep 3 2010 The EU’s trade chief apologized for saying that rational discussion about Israel was impossible with Jews and that the Jewish lobby is the most influential in Washington. Karel De Gucht, a former Belgian foreign minister who is now the ... [Link] [Cache]

"Gunmen attack aid plane in Congo" by Associated Press | September 2, 2010JOHANNESBURG — Gunmen in eastern Congo fired yesterday on a private plane carrying international aid workers who escaped into the forest and were rescued, aid workers from the International Medical Corps said.... The aid workers are members of ... [Link] [Cache]

William Parry Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack tells William Parry why he is boycotting Israel. The movement for a cultural boycott of Israel in response to its treatment of the Palestinians, modelled on the boycott of apartheid South Africa, could eclipse decades of disingenuous political charades in engaging western ... [Link] [Cache]

TWN:"... I don't know whether the Saudi King wanted to attend, but through the grapevine have learned that France's political CEO was miffed not to be included. France takes affairs in the Middle East and what is unfolding with Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria -- as well as Iran -- very ... [Link] [Cache]

World Trade Center WTC security company Stratesec has been a topic of considerable discussion among independent 9/11 investigators. One topic discussed has been the possible familial relationship between Stratesec’s CEO, Wirt Dexter Walker III, and its director Marvin Bush, whose brother was President of the United States on 9/11. Although ... [Link] [Cache]

"Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: Some of the donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets.--more--"Related: Obama Abandons Africa to AIDSAlso see: Around New England: Cleaning ... [Link] [Cache]

"Deadly protests rage in Mozambique" by Associated Press | September 3, 2010MAPUTO, Mozambique — Protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique’s capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed yesterday, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and rioters. Mozambique’s ... [Link] [Cache]

Kevin Pina’s Sept. 2 Update on Haiti with guest, on-the-ground correspondent, Ansel Herz. Segment starts at minute 22:00. The audio from Ansel’s line in Haiti is not the greatest, but try to hang in there. [Link] [Cache]

Those three little letters seem to override everything except Israel when it comes to policy. "Aid groups accuse Sudan army of looting" by Associated Press | September 1, 2010 JUBA, Sudan — The army of Southern Sudan has been looting food convoys and carrying out other attacks on aid groups, ... [Link] [Cache]

Camagüey, Cuba, Sept 3 – In an open-air rally before myriads of university students, Fidel Castro commented on several dispatches published by international news agencies over the last days, which reveal the U.S. and Israeli intensions to attack Iran. [Link] [Cache]

Blogger Alex Kane who previously demonstrated the far-right origins of the anti-”Ground Zero Mosque” campaign, has the scoop on the latest muzzling campaign. This time the target is Arab American professor Moustafa Bayoumi. In an opinion piece for the Post, Ronald Radosh, a neo-conservative adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, ... [Link] [Cache]

photo: b4b2 via Flickr The Labor Department released its initial employment report for August, and it showed a topline job loss of 54,000. When you take out the 114,000 jobs lost by the Census, you get a modest uptick in private payrolls of 67,000 jobs. In addition, the June and ... [Link] [Cache]

Make sure you get a room, readers. "Somali militants intensify attacks; Gaining strength in bid to overtake US-backed regime" by Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post | August 30, 2010Ah! The CIA'S newspaper! Straight from the horse's mou... well, try the other end.MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali militants linked to Al Qaeda are ... [Link] [Cache]

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Even though I was left out of those mentioned, it gives me great pleasure to see that my Associate, Carlos Latuff, is the target of a new zionist attack. This is the best publicity any artist/activist can ever hope for. The article is written by a former commando at the ... [Link] [Cache]

Here, then, is the executive summary that the Martian sends to his government: “Israel today is a very strange country. There is a large group of people who insist on calling themselves Zionists, even though the Jews have a state. Even more strangely, they pursue a policy that seems to ... [Link] [Cache]

'Die Marionette'In JungeWelt/ here"... Bereits vor dem Anschlag am 1. September bei Hebron, bei dem vier Siedler im Westjordanland auf dem Weg zu einer illegalen, auf geraubtem Land gebauten Siedlung in ihrem Auto getötet wurden, hatten viele Beobachter die trilateralen sogenannten Nahost-Friedensgespräche in Washington als Totgeburt bezeichnet. Einer der Gründe ... [Link] [Cache]

I guess that makes him a threat? "Khadafy gives Italian women lesson on Islam" by Associated Press | August 30, 2010ROME — Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy gave a lesson on Islam and copies of the Koran to a few hundred young Italian women yesterday as he arrived in Rome for ... [Link] [Cache]

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