Mint Press: Why Palestinian Statehood Poses Such A Threat To Israel

“Israel fears Palestine, as its existence simply denies and poses a challenge to its territorial claims. Everything Israel has done since 1948 has been toward the annihilation of Palestine. There is no tip-toeing around it. Of course Tel Aviv will oppose Palestine’s statehood claim.” By Catherine Shakdam  MintPressNews.com  December 29, 2014 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu More

▶ Mark Fiore: Not Equal: Gaza in Over 1000 Frames

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/102184380] To watch the video click on the white letters Watch on Vimeo on the blue background. from MarkFiore PLUS  ALL AUDIENCES There's a tendency in most of the Gaza reporting to treat both sides as tough, equally-matchedadversaries.  Israel must stand up to those evil, deadly Hamas terrorists before the nation is overrun, eek!  But if More

Palestinian Loss of Land 1946 to Present

Israel to Take Over Land in West Bank in Its Biggest Seizure in 30 Years Days after a cease-fire in Gaza was agreed to by Hamas and Israel, the latter announced it was taking over 1.5 square miles of West Bank territory south of Bethlehem as “a response to the kidnapping and killing of three More

Peter Hart: How to Decode the New York Times

 The New York Times muddies the waters about the deaths of the three Israeli teens that started the recent attacks on Gaza by Palestine...By Peter Hart  FAIR.org  September 5, 2014    Israel blamed Hamas for the deaths of three Israeli teens–and started a war over it. Now Israeli legal documents "depict the plot as more More

Chris Marsden: Evidence of Israeli war crimes mounts as Gaza cease-fire continues

Israel’s truce with Hamas held for a second day Friday, as talks continued between the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and all three main Palestinian factions—including Fatah and Islamic Jihad. By Chris Marsden  wsws.org  16 August 2014 The talks, mediated by Egypt, have produced statements from all three Palestinian groups claiming that a breakthrough More

Noam Chomsky: The Nightmare in Gaza

"There is no place in the prison of Gaza safe from Israeli sadism." By Noam Chomsky  AlterNet  09 August 14  ReaderSupportedNews.org Amid all the horrors unfolding in the latest Israeli offensive in Gaza, Israel’s goal is simple: quiet-for-quiet, a return to the norm. For the West Bank, the norm is that Israel continues its illegal More

Noam Chomsky: For Gaza, ‘The Norm’ Is Devastating

 'We have no dignity, no pride; we are just soft targets, and we are very cheap. Either this situation really improves or it is better to just die.' With its latest offensive, Israel’s objective is simple: to return to the status quo. An IDF paratrooper takes aim in Gaza as part of Israel's Operation Protective More

The Intercept: Who’s on the [government surveillance] Watchlist?

The government adds names to its databases, or adds information on existing subjects, at a rate of 900 records each day. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise Up Times is also on  Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. Find More

The Intercept: Who's on the [government surveillance] Watchlist?

The government adds names to its databases, or adds information on existing subjects, at a rate of 900 records each day. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise Up Times is also on  Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. Find More

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