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Are Palestinian Students in Lebanon Being Pressured to Choose Kalashnikovs Over College?

Outrageously, and in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and fundamental fairness, one of the very few “legal” jobs being allowed for Palestinians today in Lebanon, are as hired gunmen.

(BEIRUT) - Ein el Helwe Palestinian camp -- The choice for many Palestinian young men in Lebanon has come down to guns or education.

By force of Lebanese law and under threat of prison for violators, Palestinians are denied the elementary civil rights to work in more than 50 professions and are barred by a 2001 racist law from them or their families, more than six decades living as refugees in Lebanon, from even owning a home.

UK MP and Israel Critic David Ward is Suspended from Party

Israel lobby draws the ‘red lines’ and dictates ‘precise terms’ for future Liberal Democrat debate, apparently.

(LONDON) - Back in January the Liberal Democrat leadership threw a mighty wobbly when MP David Ward made this remark on his website:

"I am saddened that the Jews, who suffered unbelievable levels of persecution during the Holocaust, could within a few years of liberation from the death camps be inflicting atrocities on Palestinians in the new State of Israel and continue to do so on a daily basis in the West Bank and Gaza."

1973 - Allan Sherman Dies

1973 was a turning point in Jewish history, for me, for all of us.

(ST. AUGUSTINE, FL) - Mark Cohen is a writer and speaker specializing in the Jewish American scene, his latest work is: Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman

It's why the rise and fall of a big, self-destructive funnyman fits into a series of otherwise serious academic monographs from Brandeis University Press (2013).

A Russian Lady`s Brutal Rape and the Injustice of Sri Lanka

“They started beating me. I fell to the ground….. They killed Khuram and sexually assaulted me…”

(MOSCOW) - According to witnesses, Ms. Tkacheva was discovered in a room, naked and unconscious. The police subsequently confirmed that she was either raped or sexually assaulted: “She had been raped or sexually assaulted and had suffered vaginal injuries, according to a Sri Lankan police report”.

Ms. Tkacheva waived her right to anonymity as a rape-victim because she wanted justice. Sadly, justice, in Rajapaksa Sri Lanka, is the ultimate oxymoron.

Rachel Jeantel Says Police Didn`t Even Try to Contact Her Over Trayvon`s Death

“He told me a strange man, who we now know as George, kept following him toward his father’s fiancée’s house,” Jeantel said.

(SANFORD, FL) - Vinnie Politan held a one-on-one interview with Rachel Jeantel – the prosecution’s star witness in the George Zimmerman trial.

The 19-year-old Jeantel testifies in Zimmerman’s trial about the final moments of Trayvon Martin’s life. Jeantel was the longtime friend of Trayvon Martin, and was on the phone with him moments before he was gunned down...

Illinois NORML: `Help make Illinois the next medical cannabis state`

Includes a list of upcoming related events....

(CHICAGO) - Illinois NORML expects Gov. Quinn to sign House Bill 1 into law soon but we still need supporters to call his office and let him know how many people support medical cannabis in Illinois.

Please take a few moments to call his office at 217-782-0244 and ask that he sign the bill into law as soon as possible. If you want to call everyday until he signs it please be polite.

Could the West Partner with Iran to Bring Peace to the Middle East?

Iran and the Shiite alliance (extended in this case to include Alawites – centred in Syria) may be the last remaining safeguard in the powder keg that is the Middle East.

(PARIS) - EUROPE and the United States have an opportunity to consider Iran as an ally for peace in the Middle East as its new ‘moderate’ leader, Hassan Rouhani, prepares to take over its presidency.

Dr Rouhani will be inaugurated on August 3, 2013, as the 11th president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Dr Rouhani is considered a moderate - a centrist, half-way between conservatives, whose allegiance is to the ayatollahs, and reformists.

A Shattered Dream

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask for what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy.

(LA MANGA, Spain) - One of the most arduous tasks on earth now is being a Palestinian. No matter what direction we might look there is either a siege, a wall, an occupation, subjugation, deprivation and/or demonisation.

This hapless and hopeless position is born of many factors. The first is that the cause of the Palestinians was taken out of their hands from the moment that Zionist intentions in Palestine were made clear.

Oregon State Police Warn of Scam

Don't be Taken by These Scams

(SALEM, OR) - Following another reported phone scam attempt to get money for a non-existent arrest warrant, Oregon State Police (OSP) is again urging everyone to be aware of scammers making these calls to Oregon residents. OSP and the Oregon Department of Justice warn these calls are fraudulent and should be ignored.

On July 16, 2013, OSP was notified by a Mosier-area resident that he received a phone call from a person identifying himself as "Deputy James Anderson with the Oregon State Police". The caller provided a badge number, said the man had a warrant for his arrest, and directed him to call a "410" area code phone number to speak with a "Jason Washington".

BREAKING NEWS: America`s Favorite Weed Killer Linked to Cancer

Monsanto clearly does not want the world to know the truth about Roundup, one of its fattest cash cows.

(WASHINGTON DC) - It's shameful how few American media outlets have written about the latest scientific studies linking Roundup, the world's most popular and profitable weed killer, and cancer.

Might it be because Monsanto, makers of Roundup and as we all know a generally bad corporate citizen with a litany of alleged crimes against humanity, spends billions in advertising and marketing and dedicates a good portion of that budget to print and television ads?