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Flight MH17 Shoot-Down Scenario Shifts By Robert Parry, August 04 2014

Contrary to the Obama administration’s public claims blaming eastern Ukrainian rebels and Russia for the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, some U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded that the rebels and Russia were likely not at fault and that it

Anti-conscription Protests Grow in Ukraine By World Socialist Web Site, August 04 2014

Kiev’s imposition of a “third” wave of military mobilisation has reportedly led to anti-conscription protests in several towns and cities in Ukraine.

The measure, announced by President Petro Poroshenko on July 22, affects mainly young men aged between 18 and

Eastern Ukraine Faces Humanitarian Crisis as Kiev Steps Up Attack By Julie Hyland, August 04 2014

The Kiev regime is utilising western provocations against Russia over the crash of flight MH17 as the cover for a major military offensive in eastern Ukraine. Reports speak of a developing humanitarian crisis, with 230,000 people internally displaced due to

Over 400 Ukrainian Servicemen “Refuse to Fight Against their own People”, Seek Refugee Status in Russia By Anna Mihailenko, August 04 2014

438 Ukrainian troops escape to Russia

More than 400 Ukrainian military personnel requested refugee status from Russian border guards on Monday and Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a corridor for the soldiers.

“Overnight 438 Ukrainian military personnel turned

When Soldiers Lay Down their Arms – “I want to do Something Peaceful” By R. Teichmann, August 04 2014

But when the pawns refuse to play there will be no game.

The power lies not with the plans of the rulers but with the decision of each and every one of us, especially those in the military.

Refuse to

Defining Away Economic Failure: “Offshoring Manufacturing” and the Decline of America’s Industrial Base By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 04 2014

Last week’s government guesstimate that second quarter 2014 real GDP growth will be 4% seems nonsensical on its face.  There is no evidence of increases in real median family incomes or real consumer credit that would lift the economy from …

Israel’s Military Strategy:”Obliterate Them Completely”. Overwhelming Evidence of Genocide, Precise Data on Death and Destruction in Gaza By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 03 2014

Genocide directed against Palestinians has become a “New Normal” according to the Times of Israel. 

Under certain circumstances –according to the Times of Israel article–“Genocide is Permissible” because it is directed against Palestinians who are “terrorists” and who should be

Turning a Blind Eye to Israeli Atrocities: Middle East “Peace Envoy” Tony Blair Parties as Gaza Burns By Felicity Arbuthnot, August 03 2014

Friday 25th July was the eighteenth day of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. 1.7 million people, walled in, embargoed, with no place to hide, squeezed now in to just 66% of the forty mile long strip of land on orders

What Do We Mean by “Conspiracy Theories”? By James F. Tracy and Jaime Ortega, August 03 2014

Professor James Tracy was recently interviewed by Jaime Ortega of The Daily Journalist to address the topic of conspiracy theories and their impact on public discourse for the site’s forum, The Expert.

“Jaime Ortega stated in an introductory email

Killing Palestinian Children and New Born Babies: Rafah Maternity Hospital Bombed by Israel with Utmost Accuracy By Global Research News, August 03 2014

Press Release

Gaza Ministry of Health, Palestine

Kuwaiti Maternity Hospital in Rafah unable to cope with scores of dead and injured

The Ministry of Health Gaza is reeling from the reports coming out of Rafah, where scores have been killed

Threatening Russia: The Unanswered Questions of Malaysian Airlines MH17 By Mike Whitney, August 03 2014

“Recent history has repeatedly proven that nothing said by Washington and its officials should be accepted at face value. No other government in the world has been implicated in so many egregious lies as the United States.” Bill Van Auken,

“Culture Of Lying” of US Intelligence Leadership, Gets Obama’s “Full Support”. Clapper and Brennan Should Be Fired By Kevin Zeese, August 03 2014

This week it became clear that the head of the CIA, John Brennan lied when he said:

“As far as the allegations of CIA hacking into Senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth. We wouldn’t do that. I

Fracking’ in the Dark: Biological Fallout of Shale-gas Production still largely Unknown By Morgan Kelly, August 03 2014

In the United States, natural-gas production from shale rock has increased by more than 700 percent since 2007. Yet scientists still do not fully understand the industry’s effects on nature and wildlife, according to a report in the journal Frontiers

Is the US Blackmailing and Intimidating Venezuela’s Top Military Brass? By Nil Nikandrov, August 03 2014

The United States has started to avoid the burden of looking for evidence in case it wants to accuse someone of criminal activities. In recent years the US has become accustomed to ignore legal responsibility. The pretext of fighting terrorists

Anti-Semitism: The Ultimate Zionist Weapon By William Hanna, August 03 2014

Differentiating between Zionism and Judaism requires recognition of certain basic facts. To begin with, Theodor Herzl (the founder of Zionism) was an atheist whose personal awareness of Jewishness appears to have been awakened during the 1894 trial, wrongful conviction, and …

Suppression Order and Freedom of Expression: WikiLeaks, Corruption and the Super Injunction By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 03 2014

“With this order, the worst in living memory, the Australian government is not just gagging the Australian press, it is blindfolding the Australian public.” Julian Assange, July 29, 2014

The Westminster system has always been seen, in some select circles, …

The Logic of Israeli Violence By Greg Shupak, August 03 2014

“I have to go, I said: I have to. The barbarians are besieging time and place, besieging this rapid breathing in the side-alleys of frustration’s long journey. Explosions ripple, fear controls the situation. Justified and upstanding fear in the face

Israel Intensifies Gaza Slaughter After Ceasefire Collapses By Peter Symonds, August 03 2014

The 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip collapsed yesterday morning within hours of coming into force resulting in an intensification of the Israeli military’s slaughter of Palestinians. At least 140 Palestinians were killed on Friday bringing the overall death toll …

The U.S. Has Repeatedly Lied About Satellite Photographs as a Justification for War By Washington's Blog, August 03 2014

U.S. Busted Faking Satellite Photographs In Both Iraq Wars

U.S. government claims that satellite photographs prove that Russian separatists are responsible for the shootdown of the Malaysian airplane over Ukraine, and that Russia has fired artillery into Ukraine.

Russia claims …

The Myth of Russian Aggression By Tony Cartalucci, August 03 2014

The term “Russian aggression” has been inundating headlines across the Western media and even graces the title of a US Senate bill introduce this year – S.2277 – Russian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014.

But what “aggression” is the

Devils’ Dance on the Malaysian Plane Tragedy By Arun Mohanty, August 02 2014

It is interesting to watch that after a week of full-blown Russia-bashing following the Malaysian Boeing crash in Donbas sky that took 298 innocent lives, there is an intriguing lull in the international media in its campaign to malign Kremlin

Spearheading Argentina into Bankruptcy: US Judicial System Upholds Wall Street Fraud By Peter Koenig, August 02 2014

Argentina must not follow NY Court’s dictated path to ‘bankruptcy’

Why would Argentina default on debt that was settled more than 10 years ago? – Not to everybody’s content, for sure, but settlement all the same. Settlement agreements were reached

Israel Speaks: “We Purposefully Attack Civilians… Because They Deserve It” By Steven Chovanec, August 02 2014

In a video recording dated in 2012, Netanyahu can be seen speaking to what presumably are family members, women and children, completely unawares to the fact that his remarks are being recorded the entire time.

Netanyahu explains that, “The main

Obama Defends CIA Torturers By Patrick Martin, August 02 2014

President Barack Obama went before the television cameras Friday afternoon to defend CIA Director John Brennan and the agency itself, while admitting for the first time that the CIA tortured prisoners at secret “black site” prisons. “We tortured some folks,”

Threatening China: Influential Washington Think Tank Pushes US War Drive in the South China Sea By Joseph Santolan, August 02 2014

On July 10–11, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a two-day conference on the South China Sea, from which they published a 22-page report entitled “Recent Trends in the South China Sea and US Policy.”

The CSIS …

Upholding the Legitimacy of Israel’s Invasion of Gaza: Charges of anti-Semitism used to Intimidate and Criminalise Opponents of War in Germany By Ulrich Rippert, August 02 2014

While millions of people are deeply shocked by the brutal bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli army, politicians and media commentators in Germany have attacked opponents of the war. Isolated anti-Jewish slogans have been highlighted in order to brand demonstrations …

If Nuclear War Doesn’t Exterminate Us The Ebola Virus Might By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 02 2014

I just heard on National Public Radio two things that have totally destroyed what tiny bit of belief I still had in American leadership.  I have concluded that the term “intelligent American” is an oxymoron. 

American elites have decided that

Israel’s Propaganda Machine: “Terrorist” Gaza and the “Tora Bora Tunnels”, A Zionist Psyop By Zen Gardner, August 02 2014

We’ve seen these tricks before and the images they conjure for the unwary. 

Not only are these supposed “massive tunnel networks” they’re screaming about “secret and hidden”, but like stories about the big ogre we only hear about but never …

West Africa: What are US Biological Warfare Researchers Doing in the Ebola Zone? By Jon Rappoport, August 02 2014

This is a call for an immediate, thorough, and independent investigation of Tulane University researchers (see here and here) and their Fort Detrick associates in the US biowarfare research community, who have been operating in West Africa during the

MH17 in Context: “Empire of Chaos”, Isolating Russia By Chris Macavel, August 02 2014

World public attention is now fixed on the aftermath of the destruction of  Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Donbass in the midst of the Ukrainian civil war. This horrific event is doubtless an immense tragedy worthy of unequivocal condemnation. Before

MH17 Shoot-Down Mystery Deepens. Is War with Russia on the Pentagon’s Drawing Board? By William Boardman, August 02 2014
 “Black Boxes Show Shrapnel Destroyed Malaysia Airlines Plane, Ukraine Says”

 That headline in the Wall Street Journal of July 28 creates the immediate false impression that there is new information: shrapnel destroyed plane! Before the headline is over, the WSJ

Obama Admits U.S. “Tortured Some Folks”. Here’s WHAT HE DIDN’T SAY By Washington's Blog, August 02 2014

What You Need to Know …

Obama said today:

We tortured some folks ….

We did some things that were contrary to our values.

We applaud Obama admitting to this unsavory chapter in U.S. history. 

The government has denied for

The Ukraine Civil War: Latest Developments By Global Research News, August 02 2014

We bring to the attention of our readers information concerning the Ukraine civil war. 

We are not in a position to corroborate the statements contained in this report from Rebel HQ of the Ministry of  Defense of the Donetsk People’s

UK Parliamentary Defense Committee demands NATO Prepare for Confrontation with Russia By Julie Hyland, August 01 2014

The UK’s parliamentary Defence Committee has demanded that Western military powers strengthen NATO to prepare for confrontation with Russia.

The report by the cross-party group of Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs complains that the “NATO alliance has not considered …

A Law Unto Themselves: the CIA and the Torture Cover-up By Eric London, August 01 2014

A report by the Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) marks a significant escalation in the constitutional crisis over the systematic cover-up of the CIA’s widespread torture programs.

According to the Inspector General David Buckley, five CIA …

The Times of Israel: Genocide is Permissible “to Achieve Responsible Goals?” By Global Research News, August 01 2014

Genocide against Palestinian has become of a “New Normal” according to an Op Ed article published by the Times of Israel. 

Under certain circumstances —according to the Times of Israel article–“Genocide is Permissible” because it is directed against …

Air Algerie AH5017, Air France 447, Malaysian MH370 and MH17: Vanishing Aircraft, “Numerology”, and the Global Elite By Prof Jason Kissner, August 01 2014

Vanishing Aircraft

We have been told by much of Western MSM that Air Algerie flight 5017 (hereinafter AH 5017) and its 117 passengers (according to the airline) lost contact with the ground and subsequently crashed in Mali on 7/24due to

The West’s Liberal “Left” and the “Rationalizing” of Genocide in Historic Palestine By Phil Greaves, August 01 2014
The latest Israeli massacres in Gaza have once again laid bare the genocidal policies of the Zionist regime and its imperial backers in the United States-led NATO alliance.

Since its violent colonial inception in 1948, known as the Nakba,  يوم

Crossing the Threshold of Political Madness: A Looming First Strike on Russia? Where is the U.S. Antiwar Movement? By Renee Parsons, August 01 2014

If there were an anti-war movement in the US, the Russian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014 (S.2277) which will cost American taxpayers $117 billion, might be at the top of the list for defeat as a totally provocative, irrational piece

Ukraine: Antiwar and Anti-Conscription Protests. Kiev Regime Wages All-Out War in East Ukraine, NATO Threatens Russia By Roger Annis, August 01 2014

A rising wave of antiwar and anti-conscription protest is taking place in cities and towns across western Ukraine.

The protests are prompted by the announcement of Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko ten days ago that a “third” military mobilization is now

Gaza: “It’s not Really Violence, It’s a Massacre” By Norman Finkelstein, August 01 2014

 Some people have suggested that instead of writing up my analyses I use video in order to convey what I think is going on in the current Israeli massacre in Gaza. And so this will be my first attempt, and

“Children Killed in their Sleep” by Israel: UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Challenges Israel’s Account of Gaza School Massacre By Amjad Yaghi, August 01 2014

United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl inspects the damage at an UNRWA school following an Israeli strike. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Abed)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) says it had sent 17

Caught in the Crossfire: Establishing a Casus Belli for the Malaysian Airlines MH17 Tragedy By Wan Ahmad Fayhsal, August 01 2014

In classical and historical view of international law, any form of aggression that affected assets or legitimate interests of a particular nation done by external parties is tantamount to an “act of war” or in its original Latin – casus

Israel-Palestine: Guess Who Cheers When Cease-Fires Collapse By David Swanson, August 01 2014

Among those who cheer when a cease-fire ends and killing resumes are those who want more Palestinians slaughtered as a form of mass punishment for fictional offenses.  Also among those cheering are certain mainstream U.S. newspaper columnists.  In fact, at …

Five Latin American Countries Withdraw Envoys from Israel By Global Research News, August 01 2014

The decision of the Latin American countries to recall their ambassadors in Tel Aviv is a “deep disappointment”, says Israel.

El Salvador on Wednesday became the fifth Latin American country to withdraw its ambassador from Israel in protest at Israel’s …

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Ebola 2: Here Come the “Global Pandemic” Promoters By Jon Rappoport, August 01 2014

Now in the UK, the government has absurdly decided it wants to hunt for 30,000 people who might have “come in contact” with air traveler Patrick Sawyer, who is said to have died from Ebola.

At first, the search …

Obama Signs Executive Order to Detain Americans With ‘Respiratory Illnesses’ By Paul Joseph Watson, August 01 2014

As the Ebola outbreak continues to cause concern, President Barack Obama has signed an amendment to an executive order that would allow him to mandate the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of “respiratory illness.”

The executive …

Hillary Clinton as Moral Philosopher on Responsibility for Wars and Killing By Jan Oberg, August 01 2014

A number of Western/NATO politicians – Hillary Clinton foremost among them – and media people have recently introduced a new ethical principle in international affairs:

When A delivers weapons to B, A is responsible for what B does with these

The Experts’ Verdict: Every Israeli Missile Strike is a War Crime By Jonathan Cook, August 01 2014

Today’s Guardian includes an article that appears to be excusing Israel of responsibility for the massive death toll it has inflicted on Palestinian civilians. But, more significantly, it includes a lot of useful – and damning – information about just

A Watershed Moment in Human History: The Slaughter in Gaza and Humankind’s Response By R. Teichmann, August 01 2014

This moment in history is a watershed moment for Humankind.  It has been triggered by the senseless and premeditated extermination of innocent and largely defenseless children, women and men in the largest open-air concentration camp on earth called Gaza by

Human Rights Watch (HRW): Hypocrites Representing Washington By Eric Draitser, August 01 2014

Unlike previous centuries and epochs, modern warfare is not restricted solely to the battlefield. Rather, it extends into the information sphere where the dissemination of propaganda and the construction of narratives are of equal importance to weapons and soldiers. For

Israel and the “G” Word: Gaza Genocide And Arab Fratricide By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, August 01 2014

 Lets not mince words.   Israelis are committing genocide in Gaza.   But the United Nations is loath to use the “G” word and it us using the “C” (condemn) word instead.   Why?  Money talks.     The top financier of the United Nations

Israel Bombs Gaza Back to the Stone Age … as Collective Punishment By Washington's Blog, August 01 2014

Israel Commits War Crimes In Gaza

We previously noted:

Israel is currently bombing Gaza back to the stone age ….

And:

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai said:

We must blow Gaza back to the Middle Ages

Internationalists are Pushing The World Towards Globally Engineered Economic Warfare By Brian Smith, August 01 2014
Over a year ago I published an essay entitled ‘The Linchpin Lie: How Global Collapse Will Be Sold To The Masses’. This essay addressed efforts by the ever malicious Rand Corporation to create a false narrative surrounding the possibility …
Ukraine and Crimea’s Vanishing Gold By John Goss, August 01 2014

Since a United States-sponsored coup d’état removed Ukraine’s legitimately elected government and installed an ultra right-wing regime with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the Prime Minister, Ukraine has been brought to its knees by a needless civil war and faith in the …

The West’s Reckless Rush Towards War With Russia. “Moscow has a Nuclear Arsenal as large as Washington’s” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 01 2014

The lies that the Obama regime and Western presstitute media are hurling at President Putin are even more blatantly false that the lies Washington used against Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, Assad, the Taliban, and Iran, and the lies are far more …

Will the Global Financial System Survive? What are the Triggers for a Crash? By Lars Schall, August 01 2014

In view of the public debate they have raised in Germany, Matterhorn Asset Management is extremely pleased to feature the below written interview Lars Schall did, on our behalf, with Marc Friedrich and Matthias Weik this past week. German economists

Gaza: Intense and Indiscriminate Artillery Fire. The Evacuation of Civilians By Global Research News, August 01 2014

Gaza Ministry of Health, Palestine

 August 01, 2014

Urgent call for international assistance to evacuate civilians

The Ministry of Health Gaza calls for immediate international assistance to evacuate thousands of civilians trapped under heavy Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in which …

Vladimir Putin: The Dangers of Escalation. Sanctions and Economic Warfare directed against the Russian Federation By Pres. Vladimir Putin, July 31 2014

President Vladimir Putin. Press Conference

Putin points to a breakdown of international relations, focussing on the impacts of US policies on the institutions of sovereign countries.

US-Russia relations are in a stalemate which makes it very difficult to establish a …

Neo-Nazis Travelling to Ukraine to Fight Against “Separatists” and Establish a “Fascist Dictatorship” By Julie Lévesque, July 31 2014

Emblem of the Azov Battalion of the National Guard

According to reports neo-Nazis from Sweden, Bulgaria and Hungary are travelling to Ukraine to join it’s fight against its own citizens in the East:

“They are fighting with the Azov Battalion,

Rio Tinto’s ‘Sustainable Mining’ Claims Exposed By Kemal Özkan, July 31 2014

Global mining giant Rio Tinto markets itself as a ‘sustainable company’. But serious failures in its reporting, and its attempt to hold an Australian indigenous group to ransom, reveal a very different truth: the company is driven by a reckless

GMO Corn No Longer Resistant to Bugs, Leads to Increased Use of Pesticide By Deirdre Fulton, July 31 2014

An unintended outcome is almost certainly an increased use of pesticides. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Brazilian farmers say their GMO corn is no longer resistant to pests, Reuters reported Monday.

The Association of Soybean and Corn Producers of the Mato …

When Will the UN Pay For Its Crimes in Haiti? When Will Anyone? By Joe Emersberger, July 31 2014

A cholera outbreak has killed 8,500 Haitians since 2010 and UN forces are responsible, the author argues. Not only that, but the UN helped consolidate Gérard Latortue’s post-coup regime.

Since 2010 the UN has been dodging responsibility for a cholera …

“Boycott from Within”: Citizens of Israel Charge Israel with Genocide, Letter to the United Nations By Global Research News, July 31 2014

Boycott from Within has sent the following letter to the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. We encourage others to do the same at http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/adviser/contactform.asp?address=1. You may use this letter.

Dear Madame/Sir,

We …

Why Is Israel Attacking Gaza? Shouldn’t More Journalists Press Israeli Officials About their Claims? By Peter Hart, July 31 2014

Why is this war happening?

The conventional answer tells us that the June abduction and murders of three Israeli teenagers is the answer. This crime was carried out by Hamas, Israeli officials claim, and it led to a brutal crackdown …

As Atrocities Mount in Gaza, US Approves Israeli Request for More Bombs By Rania Khalek, July 31 2014

Smoke from the explosion of an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City on 29 July. (Ashraf Amra / APA images)

Hours after Israel shelled yet another UN school sheltering internally displaced families and a marketplace in Gaza, killing

Gaza, Ukraine and the Fraud of “Human Rights” Imperialism By Bill Van Auken, July 31 2014

July 30 saw back-to-back atrocities in Gaza that made it clear to anyone with eyes to see that Israel is carrying out a war of terror against civilians. Its aim is to break the will of the Palestinian people through

Suppressing “MH17 Truth”: Kiev Regime’s Assault on East Ukraine Blocks Access to MH17 Crash Site By Chris Marsden, July 31 2014

The US-backed Ukrainian government and its armed forces blocked access to the Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) crash site amid heavy fighting in towns in east Ukraine targeted by the far-right US- and European-backed regime in Kiev.

The military operation …

MH17 and the Economic Backlash of US Sanctions against Russia: The Rush to War? By Tony Cartalucci, July 31 2014

Citing the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as impetus, US President Barack Obama announced stronger sanctions against Russia leveled by both the US and EU. This comes after previous sanctions implemented before the downing of MH17 failed to garner

Kiev Deploys WMDs Against Eastern Ukraine By Ulson Gunnar, July 31 2014
 Ukraine’s Kiev-based regime has deployed OTR-21 Tochka ballistic missiles also known as SS-21 “Scarabs,” against the people of eastern Ukraine. The missiles measure 6.4 meters in length and carry warheads of up to 454 kg, making them without a doubt
Gaza Hospitals in Crisis: Surgery being Performed in Corridors, on the Floor By Global Research News, July 31 2014

Press Release

Gaza Ministry of Health, Palestine

 July 31, 2014                                                                                                                   

Gaza hospitals are operating under impossible conditions, with surgery now being performed in corridors and on the floor due to the sheer numbers of wounded from massacres such as Shati

Theater War in East Ukraine: The Kiev Regime’s Military Offensive against the People of Donbass By Global Research News, July 30 2014

Original: IAC Cassad – M.V. Litvinov

Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov

Military Offensive in Late July

As could have been expected, the last weekend of July was marked by yet another offensive gamble by the Kiev regime.

More precisely,

Ukraine Before the Storm: The Slow-Motion Collapse of the Ukrainian State and the Rada’s Capitulation By Andrew Korybko, July 30 2014

Acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk recently announced his resignation from the government amidst parliamentary infighting in the Rada, supposedly over none of the factions wanting to take the fall for the upcoming suicidal IMF stipulations. (His desire

“Eliciting the Truth” from the Zionist Elites: “Israel Tries Not to Kill or Hurt Civilians … Hamas is a Vicious, Medieval, Racist, Genocidal Organisation” By Dr. David Halpin, July 30 2014

Jon Snow, the lead journalist on C4 News, returned from Gaza a few days ago.  It was clear from this blog  and in the one written as he flew back to Britain that he had been deeply affected by the

From Victim to Colonial Settler: Shifting the Paradigm on Israel By Ajamu Baraka, July 30 2014

“… To be committed to justice we must believe that ethics matter, that it is vital to have a system of shared morality.” – Bell Hooks

Out of nowhere many soldiers jumped out and ambushed Samir. They shot him

Israel Bombs Yet Another United Nations School, Killing Women and Children By Washington's Blog, July 30 2014

6th UN Shelter Bombed by Israel

Many Gazans have been ordered by the Israeli military to leave their homes.

The Gaza strip was already very small and overcrowded – and Israel has just taken away 44% of it – and

“Eavesdropping on America”: The NSA’s Orwellian Surveillance State By Norman Solomon, July 30 2014

As a matter of faith, some people believe that God can see and hear everything. But as a matter of fact, the U.S. government now has the kind of surveillance powers formerly attributed only to a supreme being.

Top “national

Kiev Government Forces and National Guard Losses in Donbass. Heavy Casualties By Global Research News, July 30 2014

The following report based on Donbass governmental sources does not provide the most recent figures on casualties following the recent large scale attacks by the Kiev regime. This text first published by the Central News Agency Novorossia, Novorus.info  was translated

Ukraine: What Caused the Collapse of the Yatsenyuk Kiev Government. The IMF’s Harsh Conditionalities or the Downing of MH17? By Peter Koenig, July 30 2014

The collapse of the Kiev parliament came as a result of the harsh IMF conditions which the right wing coalition did not want to approve. – Really? – These conditions were known long in advance. The Yatsenyuk government was begging

Washington Pays Lip Service to Israeli War Crimes: U.S. Veto Power Ensures Israel’s Impunity from International Law By Kourosh Ziabari, July 30 2014

A renowned Palestinian-American professor of law is of the opinion that without U.S. moral support, the Israeli regime would not have been able to massacre the Palestinian people so ruthlessly.

“The United States veto power in the United Nations Security