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Christmas Resistance Activities in Palestine: The Best Christmas Ever

I urge all to come visit us and see what is happening in the "little town of Bethlehem": 170,000 people nearly half refugees, crowd into 13% of the original district of Bethlehem surrounded by 27 ft high walls and electrified fences.

(BETHLEHEM) - I have spent 26 Christmases in our homeland but never had a more meaningful one than this one.

In the traditional 12 days of the holiday season, we finished with class work at Bethlehem University.

IF Obama Could Put America`s Own Real Interests First...

Obama (possibly at the risk of assassination) could create a whole new Middle East, one in which justice for the Palestinians and peace and security for all could flourish.

(LONDON) - The headline is not meant to imply that I think he will. As things are he can’t because of the stranglehold on American policy for Israel/Palestine of the Zionist lobby and its stooges in Congress, the mainstream media and many institutions of state including the Pentagon and intelligence agencies.

My purpose is only to offer an answer to this question: What could happen if President Obama was able to put America’s own real interests first?

VanunuLeaks: Dubai and Spies

“The Shin Bet is like the FBI and the Mossad is like the CIA.” - Mordechai Vanunu

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Mossad is Hebrew for “institute” and was formed and formerly known as the Central Institute for Coordination and the Central Institute for Intelligence and Security, on April 1, 1951.

Mossad was established by Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, “For our state which since its creation has been under siege by its enemies. Intelligence constitutes the first line of defence...

Putting a Stop to the Spreading Sands of the Sahel

Once the dunes have been halted with hand-woven fences, the process of creating long-term barriers begins.

(SAHEL REGION, Mauritania) - Throughout the Sahel, recurrent drought since the late 1960’s is turning once crop covered land into desert.

And the sand is spreading. Picked up by wind, dunes created by soil particles from the West African coastline and the Sahel are covering villages, roads, crops, and irrigation systems, making it increasingly difficult to farm and maintain infrastructure.

At Least 4 Seriously Hurt in Icy Jacknife Crash

Two had to be lifeflighted from the scene.

(LA PINE, Ore.) - Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are investigating a head-on crash Monday morning that seriously injured at least four people and closed Highway 97 near La Pine for nearly four hours.

OSP says Monday at approximately 9:07 a.m. a 2006 Ford pickup pulling an empty 20-foot horse trailer operated by a 40-year old female was southbound on Highway 97 near milepost 169.

The `Trickle Down` Effect of Whistleblower Retaliation

Life hasn't been easy for Kimble since he testified for a guard who blew the whistle on racism in the Oregon State Prison.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Is retaliation legal when Oregon state officials are the culprits?

An inmate we have written about several times, Terrence Kimble, told our source that he is continuing to receive harassment from prison officials who he believes are seriously abusing their power against him because he tried to keep an innocent corrections officer from being convicted for crimes he didn't commit.

UPDATE: Officer-Involved Shooting Under Investigation in SW Portland

The man shot by police is expected to survive.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland Police were involved in a shooting Monday evening in the 3500 block of Southwest Dakota Street.

Police say a 911 caller stated that her son was outside the house breaking windows, throwing things at the house and that he was armed with a machete and pacing in front of the residence.

MCAS El Toro: Evidence Supports Cover-Up of Toxic Deadly Well Contamination

“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans” -Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997)

(IRVINE, Calif.) - I don’t believe in ghosts. If I ran into one or two, maybe I’d change my mind. The stories of lights in MCAS El Toro’s control tower when the power was cut off in July 1999 may be just someone’s wild imagination, but maybe they're the ghosts of Marines who served on the base and returned to haunt the place.

No question there’s good reasons for haunting the former base.

2nd Anniversary Reflections of Operation Cast Lead

"Gaza cannot sleep...the cries of hungry children, the sullen faces of broken men and women who are just sitting in their hungry emptiness with no light, no hope, no love. These actions are War Crimes!"

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - The 22 day long Israeli attack on the people of Gaza was enabled by US-supplied weapons and taxpayers who contribute over $3 billion annually to Israel.

Americans will also provide another $30 billion in military aid to Israel over the next decade. Look at the result of that investment; it's called genocide.

Wind of Change

At the end of the day, there can not exist a single human being who would approve of such barbaric and uber cruel mechanisms of destruction.

(LONDON) - This poem written by Arthur Jewell during the Israeli attack on Gaza that we refer to as 'Cast Lead' (consider that name for a moment...) was sent into the newsroom today by our correspondent in London, Gilad Atzmon.

It injects into a few simple verses, the magnitude of Israel's seemingly endless attack on mostly civilian targets.