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The Lies About the 1967 War are Still More Powerful than the Truth

On this 45th anniversary of the start of the Six Days War...

(LONDON) - In retrospect it can be seen that the 1967 war, the Six Days War, was the turning point in the relationship between the Zionist state of Israel and the Jews of the world.

Until the 1967 war, and with the exception of a minority of who were politically active, most non-Israeli Jews did not have - how can I put it?

William Gomes, Poetic Point Man on Human Rights, Battles Censorship: Experts Share Thoughts

"Very sorry to hear about the blocking of your site, surely an intolerable act. Very powerful words"
- Noam Chomsky

(SALEM) - Comments on the poem 'Anti State' and Bangladesh's blocking of William Gomes Website for this radical expression, are for the most part, incredibly supportive.

However there are those who believe he is 'rocking the boat' for a lack of better terms.

FUKUSHIMA: Pacific Ocean Will Not Dilute Dumped Radioactive Water

According to Previously-Secret 1955 Government Report

(WASHINGTON DC Global Research) - The operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has been dumping something like a thousand tons per day of radioactive water into the Pacific ocean.

Remember, the reactors are “riddled with meltdown holes”, building 4 – with more radiation than all nuclear bombs ever dropped or tested – is missing entire walls, and building 3 is a pile of rubble.

Conflict in North Kivu Province of the DRC

It would also be a grave mistake for Rwanda to allow the political instability and violence in the DRC to spill to Rwanda’s door steps.

(MALMO, Sweden) - Today is not a day for pointing fingers and trading accusations as to who is supporting who or who is fighting who in the DRC.

But it should be a day for consoling and showing our sympathy for the thousands of Congolese citizens who have been displaced and made homeless in their own country, and many forced to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.

Minutes From Behind Reuters Firewall Censor ICP on France, Sri Lanka

Reuters is going after a small media reporter who criticized the UN's use of a war crime suspect on a human rights panel.

(UNITED NATIONS) - Ten minutes after Inner City Press exposed Reuters' involvement in hosting the UN Correspondent Association minutes used to indict it, the link was changed away from Reuters.

But the screen-shot remains, even as Reuters brass continues to be unreachable as the company leads a purge of independent media at the UN.

Naksa to Peace

Occupiers/colonizers are of course always dependent not just on military might but also on propaganda and psychological manipulation to reach their goals.

(BETHLEHEM) - It seems like yesterday that we watched Israeli tanks rolling down the hills towards our sleepy town of Beit Sahour 45 years ago today. As a child it was the most frightening sight.

The second stage of the Zionist expansion on the land of Palestine unleashed terror that our generation experienced after my parents' generation experienced the Nakba of 1948.

Compare Responses to Israeli Massacres and Syrian Massacres

The Israeli human-rights organization B’Tselem filed a complaint, and the Israeli military opened an inquiry into the attack on the Samouni family.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned the massacre of more than 100 people in Houla, Syria.

But no Security Council resolution condemned Israel’s killing of 1,417 Palestinians, including 313 children, in Gaza in 2008/2009.

APN Opposes Knesset Bill `Legalizing` Illegal Settlement Construction

"... This week, yet again, Netanyahu shows that he is not serious about peace..." - APN President and CEO Debra DeLee

(WASHINGTON DC) - Americans for Peace Now joins its Israeli sister organization, Peace Now, in its strong opposition to a Knesset Bill that seeks to circumvent Israel’s Supreme Court and retroactively “legalize” West Bank settlements.

These are built illegally on land privately owned by Palestinians.

Bring Gaza Race-Car Students in from the Cold

Praised as “inspirational” they’re expected to scour local junk-yards for materials and parts.

(LONDON) - Praised as “inspirational” they’re expected to scour local junk-yards for materials and parts

Last year engineering students from the Gaza Strip took on the cream of Europe's technical universities in a competition to build a race car, despite obstruction by the Israeli regime.

War Crimes against Sri Lankan Soldiers Swept Under the Carpet

No one has uttered a word about the possibility of war crimes perpetrated by the Sri Lankan forces against its own soldiers.

(LONDON Sri Lanka Guardian) - Much has been spoken about and campaigned against on the war crimes perpetrated by the government forces and the LTTE.

But war crimes committed on the dead Sri Lankan soldiers by the state has never touched the conscience of the war victims, war crimes campaigners and the media yet.