January 9, 2019 /
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FPM News, News from Palestine, US Israel
The following article, by Alison Weir, was originally published at Information Clearing House on January 3, 2019. The Israel lobby has been busy taking a wide variety of government officials and opinion makers on fully expense paid trips to Israel this month. The trips cost in the range of $10,000 per person. Six newly elected House…
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January 7, 2019 /
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FPM News, US Israel
The following article, by Philip Giraldi, was originally published at Information Clearing House on January 3, 2019. American journalism has become in its mainstream exponents a compendium of half-truths and out-and-out lies. The public, though poorly informed on most issues as a result, has generally figured out that it is being hoodwinked and trust in…
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January 7, 2019 /
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FPM News, US Israel
The following article, by Adri Nieuwhof, was republished from the Electronic Intifada: Israel is demanding that Germany stop funding the Jewish Museum Berlin, an institution that has educated millions of people about the Jewish culture that the Nazis tried to exterminate. The museum is one of dozens of cultural and human rights organizations Israel wants defunded because…
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December 26, 2018 /
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News from Syria
The Jimmy Dore Show responds to Noam Chomsky’s October comments supporting a continued U.S. military presence in Syria, highlighting that the widely publicized article predates Trump’s withdrawal announcement and emphasizing that the priority must be for the U.S. to exit Syria immediately:
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December 26, 2018 /
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FPM News, Local News, US Israel
Sign on and show your support: https://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/academic-institutions-must-defend-free-speech?just_launched=true The International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity issued the following statement on 23 December, signed by 155 distinguished members of academia and human rights advocacy: Academic Institutions Must Defend Free Speech We, the undersigned, oppose the coordinated campaign to deny academics their free speech rights due to…
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December 21, 2018 /
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FPM News, News from Palestine
The following news updates from Palestine were originally presented by Kate at Mondoweiss: In Gaza protests, Israeli troops aim at the legsGAZA CITY, Gaza (AP) 9 Dec by Todd Pitman — Israeli forces deployed along the volatile border with the Gaza Strip have fired live rounds at rock-throwing Palestinian protesters ever since demonstrations against Israel’s…
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December 21, 2018 /
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FPM News, US Israel
The following article, by Philip Giraldi, is reprinted from Information Clearing House: In his recent article “Averting World Conflict with China” Ron Unz has come up with an intriguing suggestion for the Chinese government to turn the tables on the December 1st arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Canada. Canada detained Mrs. Meng, CFO of the world’s largest telecoms…
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December 17, 2018 /
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FPM News, News from Palestine
The following article is republished from the Israel Palestine Blog: Israel’s new Nation State Law, just over 1 month old, has already increased the discrimination against Palestinians in Israel to absurd levels: they’re being prohibited from raising chickens, planting potatoes, gathering traditional herbs. Small sewing and knitting factories are being closed down and moved to Jordan. The…
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December 17, 2018 /
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Gaza, News from Palestine
The following article by Shlomo Eldar was originally published at Al-Monitor: It happened on Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. I was sitting in the TV studio at Channel 10 when my phone began to ring. When I answered, I could hear Abuelaish scream: “They killed my daughters.” I immediately decided to hit the speaker button, so…
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December 17, 2018 /
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The following article is republished from Middle East Eye: New poll shows racism rife amongst Israelis A new poll by Israeli Channel 10 TV revealed that deep prejudice against Palestinians, including Palestinian citizens of Israel, is still the norm amongst Israeli Jews. Over three-quarters of respondents said they would object to their child forming friendships with Palestinian…
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