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Franklin Lamb in Tripoli - Libyans ask `Why Now?`

The bottom line is that there is support for Gaddafi in Libya and the west isn't paying attention.

(TRIPOLI, Libya) - A fresh report from Tripoli on the mood and situation on the ground. Franklin Lamb is a well known International lawyer who provides regular updates from the Arab world.

Recent reports have seen other writers take exception to Franklin's point of view.

Netanyahu Panics When Folks Like Kathy Kelly Come to Visit Palestine by Sea or By Air

Allegations of Israel's blockade of West Bank were proven to be exactly what Israel's critics claim.

(CHICAGO) - When the Israeli government discovered that a large contingent of American and European activists were coming to visit Palestine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went into his full military stance.

He made one huge mistake. He forgot to ask: What is the enemy’s goal?

Holder Lied: DOJ News Release Shows Obama Admin Approved ATF Mexico Weapons Smuggling

Eric Holder gave false info. to a Congressional Committee about ATF operations tied to the deaths of two U.S. Agents: we have the proof.

(SALEM, Ore.) - New information indicates that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's actions are squarely behind the ATF operation known as "Fast and Furious", which orchestrated the delivery of almost 2,000 weapons to Mexican drug cartels.

Holder told a Congressional Committee last May that he had only known about the operation for a few weeks. Now we know he openly proclaimed his connection to the operation in April 2009 in a recorded speech in Mexico.

The Tahrir Will Sail Again - Le Tahrir finira par naviguer

We will keep coming by sea, by air, by land and in the media until the blockade collapses and Palestine is free

(ATHENS) - As the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the whole of Palestine has been outsourced to Greek ports and European airports, our resolve to help free Palestine has never been stronger.

Israel may be buying, bribing and bullying its way to the decision-makers in governments and multinationals worldwide, but Palestine is securing its place in the hearts of all freedom-loving people of the world. These people are the majority and they will ultimately decide.

A Palestinian State Redeems the U.N`s Historic Nakba (Catastrophe)

May the United Nations ever be vigilant and potent to defeat the swallowing up of any nation, at any time, by any means-by armies with banners, by force or by fraud, by tricks or by midnight treachery.” --Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Nakba Day Yawm an-Nakbah, meaning "day of the catastrophe" is generally commemorated on May 15, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israeli independence day.

For the Palestinians it is an annual day of commemoration of the displacement that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948. - Wikipedia

Yes, I am

“To smile when confronted with the most severe oppression, is an act of Resistance rooted in unparalleled beauty.” ~ Jonathan Azaziah

(LONDON) - Yes, I am a Palestinian
Yes, I am a Muslim
Yes, I am a humanist
Yes, I am a woman
Yes, I am a mother
Yes, I am a grandmother
And YES I am a freedom fighter

I fight for my right to think freely
I fight for my right to speak my mind

Life, Faith, and What Must be Said

Get over yourselves and stop being the EXACT thing that your faith commands you NOT to be!

(NEW YORK) - Let the true Jewish voice be heard as well! The true Jews who are scared to speak out for fear of being silenced, imprisoned, tortured and killed.

Those four actions having been experienced by their brothers to this day!

The Pool Party Scandal

An incident involving the corruption of minors is leading to a new resolve.

(CIUDAD, Juarez Mexico) - Alerted about a loud gathering at a big house in the Real de San Jose neighborhood known as “The Mansion,” local cops broke up a party last June 29 and detained 115 people, including 77 minors.

Of the detained youth, an estimated 75 percent were 14 or 15 years of age. Police reportedly discovered an intoxicated 12-year-old girl at the scene. The officers also confiscated three kegs of beer and 72 large bottles of brew.

Christianity`s God and Politics

If America does not take care of its own, and allow other peoples to care for themselves, we eventually may lose the title as the greatest nation on earth, if in fact we still carry that honor.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Members of both Parties embrace Christianity, but of the two, Democrats accommodate to their religion more than do Republicans who commit to the cult of Jesus, or at least pretend to do so as not to offend their political base which is subservient to the Party will.

Clearly, there are Democrats who are tainted sufficiently by Christian belief to be cast with Republicans on occasion, but as people of logic they do not submit to the same extent as their counterparts.

Reviewing the Powers of Intimidation & Mainstream Media Sources

A growing scandal-expose highlights how corruption within public institutions of society can more easily arise with large media consolidations and the intimidating powers wielded by news press conglomerates over government actors.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Two ongoing cases exemplify how “unnamed sources” within government raise questions about mainstream media and government institutions: