Russian foreign minister reveals the U.S. refuses to help identify terrorists in Aleppo
AL MASDAR NEWS — Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced on Tuesday that the US refuses to work to identify and sort terrorists in Aleppo. He pointed out that…
I.S.I.S selling own fighters’ organs – report
RT — Islamic State has resorted to selling organs from injured fighters on the black market to raise much-needed funds due to the terror group’s desperate financial straits, according to…
UK – Former BBC executive downloaded a haul of online child porn so massive it crashed his work’s entire internet connection
THE DAILY MAIL — A former BBC executive has admitted downloading more than 150 indecent images of children in folders named ‘teens’ and ‘candids’ onto a hard drive. Mark Deitch,…
UK – David Cameron will not be investigated over off-shore trust and tax affairs
THE INDEPENDENT — Standards watchdogs will not investigate Prime Minister David Cameron over the off-shore controversy revealed by the Panama Papers data leak.
UK – Osborne Agrees To Money-Laundering Amendment That Could Exempt MPs From Rules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWm4K0i-7EA
NETHERLANDS – Politicians and officials named in court as ‘boy brothel’ case begins
Among those implicated are Prince Claus, the late husband of former queen Beatrix, the former finance minister and executive director of the international monetary fund Onno Rudding, and former Amsterdam…
Obama Offers Saudi Arabia a Deal With NATO
FORT RUSS — Obama has arrived in Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, he had talks with King Salman and his son, crown Prince Muhammad. And on Thursday, also in Riyadh, the…
Professors sue American Studies Association over Israel boycott
Four members of the American Studies Association sue the body over its boycott of Israel, announced in 2013.
America’s Labor Unions Are Increasingly Standing with Palestine
ALTERNET — On March 28th, a “Stop the Boycott” conference was held in Jerusalem. Afraid of the support for the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the…
Pot Is Kosher for Passover, Says Leading Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi
ALTERNET — Good news, stoners who celebrate Pesach! Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, whom the Times of Israel identifies as “the leading living ultra-Orthodox halachic authority,” has ruled that marijuana is kosher…
What Exactly is Anti-Semitism?
Sabba – There was a time when an anti-semite was someone who hated the jews. Many have offered a new and more accurate definition: it is someone whom the jews…
Israel outraged by UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem sites
The United Kingdom and the US abstained from the vote.
UK – Bernie Ecclestone: We should get rid of Brussels and Putin should be in charge of Europe
THE GUARDIAN — Bernie Ecclestone has said he believes that Vladimir Putin should be put in charge of Europe, Donald Trump would make an excellent US president and immigration has…
Israel Will Be ‘Eliminated’ By International Community, Says Ex-U.S. Official Who Advised Sanders
BREITBART – Former U.S. official Lawrence Wilkerson, who has reportedly advised Sen. Bernie Sanders ’s presidential campaign, used a recent radio interview to claim that Israeli behavior will see the…
UK – Lords and Predators (10 min VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLoYyLkPu8A
Florida Lt. Gov. Lopez-Cantera has a quickie bar mitzvah in Israel
ed note (tony)…Ah yes, the bar mitzvah. Where one officially becomes Jewish, with all of the special rights, vanity, perks, privileges, and benefits that come with it….. link here
Fear and Loathing in the Arabian Nights
SPUTINK NEWS — US President Barack Obama landed in Saudi Arabia for a GCC petrodollar summit and to proverbially “reassure Gulf allies” amidst the oiliest of storms. The Doha summit…
Bernie Sanders Has Qualified As A Rabbi
BY GILAD ATZMON — The Times of Israel explained earlier this week “How Bernie Sanders just became the rabbi of the Jewish left.” For most of his campaign, “Sanders had…
‘Say Hello to Queen Zenobia’: A report from Palmyra rising from the ashes
MONDOWEISS – I.S.I.S is on the retreat in Syria, which is very good news for the people of that beleaguered country and for the world. However, the Syrian tragedy is…
Obama’s November surprise?
MONDOWEISS – The organized liberal Jewish community has a new vision: that President Obama will use the lame duck period of his presidency to make a major initiative on the…
Joe Biden ‘overwhelmingly frustrated’ with Israel’s Government
THE DAILY MAIL – Joe Biden voiced his ‘overwhelming frustration’ with Israel’s government which he said is leading the country in the wrong direction, in an unusually sharp rebuke of…
Palestinians Are Dying, But Only Israelis are “Vulnerable” in The NY Times
TIMES WARP – Isabel Kershner in The New York Times reports that Israelis are suffering from “a sense of vulnerability” after a bus bombing in Jerusalem this week. The event,…
Israel ‘banning’ entry of bulletproof vests for journalists in Gaza
MA’AN NEWS – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel has been banning the import of flak jackets into the Gaza Strip, a local committee for Palestinian journalists in Gaza said Tuesday.
The hidden treasures of Gaza
ELECTRONIC INTIFADA – A small room on a rooftop in the occupied Gaza Strip’s crowded Beach refugee camp resembles a miniature archaeological museum. It is the workshop of Nafez Abed,…
Longest-serving female Palestinian prisoner enters 15th year in custody
MA’AN NEWS – Lina Ahmad Saleh al-Jarboni entered her 15th year in Israeli custody on Monday — the longest prison sentence ever served by a Palestinian woman.Al-Jarbouni, 41, is currently…
Why Israel wants these bedouins to pay for their village’s demolition
AL MONITOR — RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Bedouin al-Araqib village (status unrecognized by Israel) in the Negev (Naqab) region is facing an ongoing demolition campaign that started on the…
Israel destroys Bedouin village in Negev for 97th time
MA’AN NEWS – Israeli forces on Tuesday destroyed the unrecognized Bedouin community of al-Araqib in the Negev for the 97th time in a row, amid a record-high wave of demolitions…
WSJ runs massive ad denying Armenian genocide
RT – The Wall Street Journal ran a full-page ad on Wednesday containing links to a Turkish project that denies the Armenian genocide – the 1915 massacre of 1.5 million…
FINLAND pitches in €100,000 for US study on Putin and Russia
SPUTNIK NEWS – Finland is planning to contribute 100,000 euros to an American study on Russia and Putin. The research will assess the likelihood of Russian president Vladimir Putin remaining…