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Two Fishermen Arrested and Fishing Equipment Confiscated; PCHR Condemns the Israeli Forces' Assaults on Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza Waters (The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 - The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli forces’ attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip and expresses deep concern over the rise in such attacks. In the past two days, the Israeli forces arrested 2 fishermen and held their boat while they were fishing nearly 70 meters off the seashore. The Israeli forces also fired at other fishermen in the central Gaza Strip and confiscated their fishing equipment. According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 21:30 on Sunday, 19 May 2013, an Israeli gunboat approached a Palestinian fishing boat boarding 2 fishermen, sailing nearly 70 meters of al-Waha Resort shore in the north of the Gaza Strip. Israeli soldiers fired around the boat and then forced the two fishermen to take their clothes off, jump into the water and swim towards the gunboat. They arrested the two fishermen and held their boat. The two fishermen were identified as Mahmoud Mohammed Zayed, 25, and his brother Khaled, 20. They were released at 11:30 on Monday, 20 May 2013...
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CIA to Continue Waging Drone War in Pakistan (by John Glaser) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013- Despite rumors that the Obama administration was planning to shift the drone program from the CIA to the Pentagon for the sake of accountability, U.S. officials say the CIA will continue to run to targeted killing program in Pakistan. According to the officials, who remained anonymous, the decision to keep the CIA in charge of the program for the time being is so that it can remain secret and so that the Obama administration can maintain deniability...
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Prisoners who starved for art honored by Gaza show (Joe Catron) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 - For former Palestinian detainee Abdelfattah Abu Jahil, prison art is a victory."At the beginning, it was really hard," he said of painting, embroidery and sculpture during his first detention by Israeli forces in 1983. "It wasn’t allowed. We had to keep it hidden from the guards. And we had to smuggle the tools, like beads and threads, to make the art."That changed, he said, when a mass hunger strike forced the Israeli Prison Service to let Palestinian detainees keep and use art supplies."The greatest achievements of the prisoners’ movement were in 1985," Abu Jahil said. "We went on hunger strike to force the Israelis to allow us to make art, among other things. I myself went on hunger strike for 79 days."...
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Over 400 Killed in a Week of Iraqi Violence (Jason Ditz) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 - After a massive series of sectarian bombings killed 133 people on Monday, more bombings hit Tuesday, killing scores of additional people. They cap a solid week of fighting that has seen more than 400 people killed and many hundreds more wounded. The month of April had sparked major concerns about the rise of sectarian violence in Iraq, with a death toll the highest it had been since Summer 2008. The overall toll was 460, for the entire month, meaning May is set to blow past it dramatically...
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Iraq snapshot - May 21, 2013 (The Common Ills) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013. Chaos and violence continue, one of the protest organizers in Anbar is assassinated, Nouri has a 'big shake up' (AFP) that amounts to nothing, Zebari puts on brave face for American TV, a public servant announces (through her attorney) she will plead the Fifth in a Congressional hearing tomorrow (IRS scandal), Congress discusses pending veterans legislation and if the White House is being fully honest about Benghazi why have they not released the State Dept's September 14th communications with NSS?..
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Israeli Bulldozers Demolish House in Jerusalem (Palestine News Network) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 -On Tuesday 21st May, Israeli bulldozers demolished a house in Jerusalem belongs to Abu Sha'lan in Khelit al-Ain area in al-Tur neighborhood in Jerusalem. Israeli forces, escorted by bulldozers, closed the area and started demolishing the house under the pretext of "being built without a permit". Eyewitnesses said that Israeli bulldozers demolished the house that resides nine family members...
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Iraq: Organizer of Anbar protest killed (NINA) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013– Sheikh Malik al-Dulaimi, one of the Anbar protest organizers, killed when an improvised explosive device, attached to his car, went off on Tuesday evening, May 21. Security source told NINA that an improvised explosive device attached to Sheik al-Dulaimi's car went off in downtown Ramadi, killing him instantly. Sheikh al-Dulaimi, along with other capable tribal chiefs of Anbar, took care of supplying tents, food and other requirements to the protestors in Ramadi...
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Torture Victim’s Body Is Found Near U.S. Base, Afghans Say (By ROD NORDLAND) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 - KABUL, Afghanistan — The footless corpse of an Afghan man missing since November was found on Tuesday near the former American Special Forces base to which he was last seen being taken, according to Afghan officials and victims’ representatives. Afghan investigators said that after his disappearance, the man, Sayid Mohammad, was seen in a video being tortured by an Afghan-American named Zakaria Kandahari, whom the officials identified as the chief interpreter for an American Army Special Forces A Team stationed at the base. The American military denies that Mr. Kandahari is an American citizen and said he was no longer working for the A Team when the video was made..
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Video: Sons of Lifta – BADIL Production (BADIL) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 - Sons of Lifta' follows refugees from the village as they return to Lifta on Land Day 2013, more than 65 years after their original forced displacement. Through the eyes and actions of Lifta's new generations, following in the footsteps of their ancestors, it becomes clear that the Zionist belief that 'the old will die out and the young will forget' never accounted for the strength of Palestinian sumoud (steadfastness) or the deep-rooted connection to home...
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Tales in a Kabul Restaurant (by Kathy Kelly) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 - ...It’s one thing to chronicle sparse details about these U.S. led NATO attacks. It’s quite another to sit across from Afghan men as they try, having broken down in tears, to regain sufficient composure to finish telling us their stories. Last night, at a restaurant in Kabul, I and two friends from the Afghan Peace Volunteers met with five Pashtun men from Afghanistan’s northern and eastern provinces. The men had agreed to tell us about their experiences living in areas affected by regular drone attacks, aerial bombings and night raids...
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Guantánamo Hunger Strike: Obama Administration Hints at Progress on Releasing Yemenis (Andy Worthington) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013- 100 days after the majority of the remaining 166 prisoners in Guantánamo embarked on a hunger strike, and after a weekend of actions in the US, the UK and elsewhere to highlight the continuing injustice of the prison, the world is waiting — again — to hear from President Obama.As news of the hunger strike filtered out of the prison in late February, and, throughout March, spread like wildfire throughout the world’s media, attracting criticism of the administration from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations, as well as critical coverage in the US, President Obama remained silent...
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The State Explodes Itself (Arthur Silber) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013- ...Top Obama aides, including Obama's chief of staff, all knew of the specific nature of the IRS abuses. They all "intentionally kept Obama in the dark." We are informed that systematically depriving the president of critical information is their job.This is your government at work. "Serious" has been banished to another world. I ache for the moment when a single person, finally rebelling against the ludicrous pretense of treating muttered blurps and smuffles as language that signifies meaning, stands up at a press briefing, and cries in despair: "When you lie in bed in the middle of the night unable to sleep, do you ever weep for your shattered soul, that you find it so easy to be such a goddamned liar? And are we any better, that we refuse to acknowledge that you are a goddamned liar, and that we are all liars too?"...
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Tales in a Kabul Restaurant (by Kathy Kelly) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 - ...It’s one thing to chronicle sparse details about these U.S. led NATO attacks. It’s quite another to sit across from Afghan men as they try, having broken down in tears, to regain sufficient composure to finish telling us their stories. Last night, at a restaurant in Kabul, I and two friends from the Afghan Peace Volunteers met with five Pashtun men from Afghanistan’s northern and eastern provinces. The men had agreed to tell us about their experiences living in areas affected by regular drone attacks, aerial bombings and night raids...
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Israel desecrates 2350 holy sites in Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 (Middle East Monitor) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 -A Palestinian organisation located in the territories occupied in 1948 that maintains Islamic sanctities and monitors violations against them by the Zionist occupation authorities has said that, "Zionist gangs have been using malicious methods and means of destruction and Judaisation of Islamic and Christian sanctities in order to alter real Palestinian landmarks over past 65 years in what is known as the "Nakba" or [Palestinian Catastrophe]." It also noted that this "still goes on today at the hands of the Israeli establishment and its various branches."...
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Settlers severely beat handicapped boy near Hebron (Ma'an news) - 23-may-2013
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May 21, 2013 -- Settlers assaulted a 16-year-old handicapped boy in Yatta on Tuesday, leaving him with bruising all over his body, official news agency Wafa reported.Mohammad Shawaheen, 16, was attacked east of Yatta by settlers from Maon. He was taken to hospital for treatment. Last week, settlers from Maon torched two dunams of wheat fields in the south Hebron hills, which villagers managed to prevent from spreading to nearby land and homes...
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Syria News - May 20 2013 (Warning: Graphic Videos) (Local Coordination Committees of Syria + Videos) - 23-may-2013
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May 20 2013- By the end of Monday, the Local coordination committees were able to document 115 martyrs including 6 women, 12 children and 3 martyrs under torture:30 martyrs were reported in Damascus and its suburbs; 24 in Homs; 22 in Aleppo; 10 in Idlib; 10 in Raqqa; 8 in Deir Ezzor; 6 in Daraa; and 3 in Hama.The Local Coordination committee documented 371 points of Shelling where the fiercest was reported in Qusseir for the second day: Aerial shelling was reported in 30 aerial strikes ( fiercest in Qusseir); shelling with surface-to-surface missiles in 3 points of sieged neighborhoods of Homs, Jouret Shayah in Aleppo; Shelling with Explosive barrels in 4 points in Salma in Latakia, Raqqa, Ghota Sharqieh in Damascus Suburbs and in Wadi Seyah in Homs; as for Mortar shelling was reported in 98 points, Rocket shelling in 106 points and artillery shelling in 130 points across Syria...
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Military Resistance 11E13: Now and Forever (Thomas F Barton) - 22-may-2013
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May 20, 2013 - The United States may keep a force of 6,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when Afghan forces will be responsible for security across the country, a top American Senator has said. "We are planning to keep a force of perhaps 6,000 to 12,000 after 2014 when all combat forces are to be out of Afghanistan," Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said during a Congressional hearing...
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Deep in Enemy Territory – Fast Times in Palestine (By Pamela Olson) - 22-may-2013
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May 20, 2013 - A friend from college named Cameron was in Israel visiting family for Passover. He was an adventurous soul, a world traveler and entrepreneur, with curly brown hair, blue eyes, and a slim athletic build. When his family learned I was in the Holy Land, they invited me to their Passover seder — until they realized I lived in Ramallah, at which point they promptly rescinded the invitation.Cameron was a strong supporter of Israel and hawkish on security issues, but he was embarrassed by his family’s behavior. I told him he could make it up to me by visiting the West Bank for a week and seeing the occupation for himself. To my pleasant surprise he agreed. In order not to upset his family, he told them he was heading to the Sinai for a week. He arrived in Ramallah just as the Dancing Traffic Cop was beginning his shift in Al Manara. Tall, lanky, and graceful, wearing reflective silver aviator sunglasses, the man didn’t just direct traffic. He made a show of it. Cameron and I watched in amazement as his long arms moved in quick, precise, exaggerated arcs and twirls to match his intricate, impeccable footwork....
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Syrian army displays an old Israeli-made Jeep as "proof of aid to rebels" (Video) (By Amos Harel) - 22-may-2013
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May 20, 2013 -The Syrian army on Monday displayed an Israeli-made Jeep it said was captured from a rebel organization during recent battles for control of Qusayr, a Syrian city near the Lebanese border. Damascus claimed the vehicle was proof of Israeli and U.S. aid to the Syrian opposition...The vehicle is identifiable as a relatively old, armored model of the Sufa Jeep, which is manufactured in Israel under license from Chrysler.Such vehicles have been used by the IDF for decades in the territories and were used by Israeli forces in the South Lebanon buffer zone until Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000. The IDF license number, 669491, is clearly visible in the clip, as are the maximum speed limits and other markings typical of IDF vehicles.A preliminary IDF investigation conducted after the vehicle's capture was reported showed the Jeep was taken out of IDF service at least 10 years ago. It is thought that the Jeep may have been left behind in Lebanon in 2000, or sold as army surplus. The IDF Spokesman's Office confirmed that the model in the video has not been used by the IDF for more than 10 years ..
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Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture (by Stephen Lendman) - 22-may-2013
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May 20, 2013 - Guantanamo detention constitutes torture, abuse and ill-treatment. Long-term detention compounds it. Force-feeding increases unconscionable pain and suffering. Doing so violates core rule of law principles. Around 130 of 166 Guantanamo detainees refuse food. They're hunger striking for justice. They began in February. They passed 100 days. They'd rather die than endure injustice. Their only escape route is death. Pentagon officials at first maintained silence. Belatedly they admitted what's well-known. They consistently downplayed it. Now they admit 102 detainees refuse food. At least 130 are involved. Obama dismissively said nothing. His belated acknowledgement reflected disdain for their pain and suffering...
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Is France to Start Killing People 'the American Way'? (By François Sergent) - 22-may-2013
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May 20, 2013 -War without a battlefield, without direct confrontation and without any risk to the attackers. Drones change not only the art of war, but also blur the laws of war. And American monopoly currently only shared by Israel, drones have become the weapon of choice of the "war against terror" - a phrase coined by George W. Bush after the September 11 - then continued and expanded by Obama. From Somalia to the frontiers of Pakistan, Yemen and Afghanistan, dozens of suspected terrorists, including senior al-Qaeda leaders, have been killed by missiles launched by drones operated from the comfort of sanitized bases in Virginia. These men were killed secretly and without trial, in the manner of extrajudicial executions. As sophisticated as these unmanned aircraft have become, however, hundreds of civilian men, women and children, have fallen - collateral victims of this shadowy war...
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Palestinian Refugees From Syria Especially Vulnerable (By: Samar El Yassir) - 22-may-2013
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May 20, 2013 - ... More than 50,000 Palestinians already have sought refuge in Lebanon. Thousands more arrive each month. They arrive with the clothes they are wearing and few or no resources to survive on their own. So they seek shelter with other Palestinian families who have been living for decades in Lebanon’s already overcrowded refugee camps. UNRWA, understandably, has been overwhelmed by the sudden influx and the challenge it presents to care for them.
In a survey we conducted in January to determine their needs, we discovered more than 90% of refugee families have no income, making it impossible for them to afford the cost of living in Lebanon, which is considerably higher than in Syria. Most exhausted much of their savings during the conflict and flight to Lebanon.Nearly all the Palestinian refugees interviewed in the survey cite food as their biggest expense. Families struggle to provide three meals a day ...
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New Sleaze Allegations Tarnish JPMorgan Chase's 'Teflon Don' (By Tom Burghardt) - 22-may-2013
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May 20, 2013 - While Barack Obama's "favorite banker" continues to receive the royal treatment in Washington, new sleaze allegations threaten to further tarnish the golden boy image of "teflon don" Jamie Dimon, the CEO and Chairman of JPMorgan Chase. Wearing multiple hats, Dimon is the Chairman of The Business Council, a long-time member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Trilateral Commission, a "Class A" Director of the New York Federal Reserve and Advisory Board member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, that is, until the Council was foreclosed on earlier this year. It doesn't hurt that JPM's embattled capo di tutti capi is also a leading light and Executive Committee member of The Business Roundtable, a corporatist "association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies with more than $7.3 trillion in annual revenues and nearly 16 million employees."...
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Israeli report on al-Dura case is vengeful and ‘surreal,’ says Haaretz — but ‘NYT’ treats it as gospel (by Philip Weiss) - 22-may-2013
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May 20, 2013 - Famously, 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura was killed in the second intifada, during a shootout in Gaza in September 2000; haunting footage of the boy's cowering with his father, first broadcast on French public television, became a symbol of the brutality of the occupation. But this weekend the Israeli government produced a report asserting that the boy and his father may well have escaped the shootout unscathed...Barak Ravid in Haaretz says the report is "surreal" because it comes out 13 years after the event, then he goes on to describe it as vengeful and : The report also appears to be a campaign of revenge launched by the State of Israel against a single French journalist, Charles Enderlin, who first reported Mohammed al-Dura's death. ...
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Walking Tours Connect Palestinians to Their Past (By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours) - 22-may-2013
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May 20 , 2013 - A reddish-brown dome sits atop an ancient stone house, used hundreds of years ago for prayer. It peeks out from the surrounding trees as the rolling green valleys and hills of the central West Bank stretch out into the distance. This shrine, known as the Al-Khawass shrine, sits 540 metres above sea level in the Palestinian village of Deir Ghassaneh. It is one of several stops along the Sufi trail, which begins in the valley below and takes visitors and locals alike back in time to when Sufism, a mystical form of Islam, was widespread in the area."I want foreigners to know Palestinian culture, our culture. And I want Palestinians to take [steadfastness] from it. This is your home. Be proud of the land, of the homeland," explained Rafat Jamil, director of tours and a guide at the Rozana Association...
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