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APN to Congress: Stand up to AIPAC on Problematic Iran Initiatives

APN is urging House and Senate members to refuse to cosponsor HR 850 and S. Res. 65.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Americans for Peace Now (APN) today released the following statement with respect to two new AIPAC-backed legislative initiatives on Capitol Hill:

Today members of the House and Senate will be meeting with AIPAC supporters. One of the goals of these visits will be to tell members of Congress what is "pro-Israel" when it comes to Iran.

Citizen Arrest Warrants Issued Today to Detain Former Pope, Queen of England and Other Church-State Officers

- Property and Assets to be Seized

(BRUSSELS) - Thirty officials of church and state who were convicted last week of committing and concealing Crimes against Humanity in Canada have defied a lawful Court Order, and now face immediate arrest.

Today, The International Common Law Court of Justice has issued an International Citizens Arrest Warrant, of one year duration, authorizing the detaining and imprisonment of these thirty fugitives...

Sri Lanka`s Navy Accused of Helping People Smugglers

Australia has known of the allegations for several months.

(COLOMBO Fairfax Media) - Sri Lanka's navy is alleged to be a major player in the island's people-smuggling operations, helping asylum seekers leave the country in boats bound for Australia.

At the same time as the navy receives equipment and training from Australia to combat people-smuggling operations, it has been accused of allowing certain boats to pass, even escorting some out of Sri Lankan waters...

There Is No Business Like Shoa Business

The Holocaust Memorial Museum can also look into the role Jewish lobbies are playing in the destruction of Palestinine – a crime taking place before our very eyes.

(LONDON) - Yesterday, the Independent reported “Astonishing new research shows Nazi camp network targeting Jews was twice as big as previously thought.”

Rethinking South Africa

To be human is to care about others, struggle for freedom and justice in a world of injustice. Come to think of it to be human is then to be revolutionary!

(JOHANNESBURG) - I did some research with South African scientists on gerbils and had worked briefly in the 1980s against apartheid in South Africa.

I have also been talking and reading about South Africa for the past thirty years as a model for Israel/Palestine.

Israel Flag Wavers Plan to `Re-Educate` MP David Ward

Those who don’t wish to be tarred with the Jewish state’s brush might consider doing something about it. A good number of Jews, to their great credit, already have.

(LONDON) - British MP David Ward, champion of the oppressed, is to be put on probation and ‘re-educated’ after ruffling Jewish feathers with his "use of language".

Ward, you’ll remember, wrote 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."

Brian Senewiratne`s Testimony for UNHRC on Sri Lanka War Crimes

Statement of Sinhalese advocate for Sri Lanka's Tamils delivered to UNHRC.

(GENEVA) - The following report was prepared by Dr. Brian Senewiratne for presentation at the United Nations Human Rights Council as it considers the war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil people.

The military operation against the Tamils that culminated in 2009 was a bloody genocidal massacre.

Migraines: Marijuana Vs. 26 Fake Medicines

Marijuana wins hands down.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I posted my first article on this subject Marijuana Vs. Migraines: Modern Medical Miracle June 30 2008 in Salem-News.com.

Gun Free Kitchen Tables

New Profile is one of the partner organizations in the Gun Free Kitchen Tables Campaign. Gun Free Kitchen Tables is the only arms control project in Israel’s civil society.

(TEL AVIV) - The Hebrew version of this update, distributed first, shared GFKT’s excited news of a first rate investigative article on the small arms of private security firms in Israel.

Activists Symbolically Close Nuclear Weapons Base With Acts of Nonviolent Resistance

The resisters carried a letter addressed to the Bangor base commander.

(SILVERDALE, WA) - Twenty peace activists from around the United States were arrested as a result of their nonviolent protest against nuclear weapons at a U.S. Naval base.

The Bangor Trident base is home port to eight of the nation’s 14 Ohio class nuclear ballistic missile submarines.