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G8 and Abbas Still Block Road to Middle East Peace

Palestinians should not be bullied into pleading or bargaining with a brutal occupier for their freedom.

(LONDON) - Yesterday the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London issued the following statement on the British government's website...

It is a driveling, sniveling way to mark 65 years since the massacre at the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, near Jerusalem.

Is the Burmese Military Keeping Rohingya Women As Sex Slaves?

Young beautiful Rohingya women reportedly kept as sex slaves at Sittwe Burmese military camp.

(SITTWE, Burma) - Burma's Muslims are still having a pretty awful time of it.

Last year, the country's Buddhist majority launched a series of attacks on the minority Rohingya Muslim population, supposedly because they're not "ethnically pure".

Oregon Company Changes Lives of Ugandan Women

The women Sseko Designs supports today will not make sandals forever...

(PORTLAND, OR) - Some of the brightest and most committed young women in Uganda are getting a chance to continue their education thanks to Sseko Designs and the sale of their unique handmade sandals and fashion here in the U.S.

Every year, women in Uganda struggle to fund their university education after completing secondary school.

A Border Turned Upside Down

Big changes are underway across the Rio Grande in El Paso as well.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - In the Paso del Norte borderland these days, an interested observer gets the distinct impression of the world being turned upside down.

And the Great Upheaval isn’t necessarily due to immigration, drugs and border security-the flashy topics media typically pounce on to paint a caricature of a complex place.

The Tarnished Truth

Not even a man of God and peace is safe from the Zionist Hasbara.

(LONDON) - Since the late nineteenth century the Zionist movement and its drumbeaters have perfected the art of propaganda.

This last week has seen a renewed vigour in this art form, simply because of the visit of Mr. Obama to the Middle East followed by his Secretary of State, Mr. Kerry, trying to inject some life into the dead and buried so-called ‘peace process’.

Cardoza Law School Ignores Dershowitz To Honor Jimmy Carter

Law School’s decision to honor former President Jimmy Carter generated a lot of bluster and outrage from the reactionary wing of the Jewish community.

(CHICAGO) - Despite vicious opposition from Alan Dershowitz, Cardoza Law School honored former President Jimmy Carter this week for his career of work on peace and conflict resolution.

The International Advocate for Peace award was given to Carter by the student-run Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution.

Immediately and Unconditionally Release Abdullah Fairouz-Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes

Kuwait must take all necessary measures to guarantee the physical and psychological integrity and security of Abdullah Fairouz.

(YORK, UK) - Our Human Rights Ambassador, William Nicholas Gomes, believes the detention of Abdullah Fairouz is solely motivated by his peaceful and legitimate human rights work.

Mr. Gomes views this act as part of an ongoing campaign of judicial harassment against human rights defenders in Kuwait.

To Throw or Not to Throw a Stone

The people of Deir Yassin did not go gently into that good night; they, like their Jewish brothers and sisters in Warsaw, fought valiantly against terrible odds, against a systematic brutality...

(REDLANDS, CA) - A debate rages in Israel today on the truth of Amira Hass’s words:

“Throwing a stone is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance”

IRS Claims Right to Read Your Emails Without a Warrant

Congress is currently working to update the outdated ECPA to better cover online communications.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In a breathtaking display of government overreach, the IRS has claimed the right to read people’s emails internet without a warrant.

According to documents obtained by the ACLU through the Freedom of Information Act, the IRS expressed its belief that the Fourth amendment does not apply to the agency...

Anti-Iran Bill 521 in RI Senate Committee

The committee has not voted. So letters and calls to committee members would be most relevant.

(PROVIDENCE, RI) - Yesterday's Senate Finance committee hearing on bill 521 was scary. There was no attempt to hide the fact that 521 is an Israeli bill.

They had scheduled the hearing so that a certain high Israeli official could be there to testify.