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The Cost of Israel to US Taxpayers

So long as America’s mainstream media, Congress and president maintain their pact of silence, few Americans will ever know the true cost of Israel to U.S. taxpayers.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In 2007, the Bush Administration and the Israeli government agreed to a 10-year, $30 billion military aid package.

It is one that gradually would raise Israel’s annual Foreign Military Financing grant from a baseline of nearly $2.55 billion in FY2009 to approximately $3.1 billion for FY2013 through FY2018.

Crucial Update: Netanyahu Says No to Ground Operation

By the time they win the battle they are shocked to find out that they’ve lost the war.

(LONDON) - Ynet reported a few hours ago that Netanyahu gave private assurances to US President Obama that Israel is not planning a ground operation in Gaza yet.

Interestingly enough, Israel and Netanyahu’s paralysis is the natural and inevitable outcome of the Jewish collective obsession with power.

Rohingya Crisis is Bangladesh`s Responsibility Too, Says Suu Kyi

The UN has called on all countries in the region to open their borders to Rohingya boatpeople—many of whom are fleeing the violence

(RANGOON, Burma Mizzima News) - Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday described the sectarian violence in Burma’s Rakhine State a “huge international tragedy”.

She said illegal migration from Bangladesh to Burma had to be stopped.

For Israel`s PR War on Gaza, it May be all Downhill from Here

Within 72 hours, more or less, newspaper editorials begin to question Israel’s motives and to wonder it isn’t using excessive force.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - Israelis are resolute. World Jewry is united. President Obama has been unequivocally supportive.

Many foreign leaders have shown understanding, even sympathy. Media coverage has been balanced, at worst. In the social media universe, the IDF Spokesman rules.

Cuba: Detained Human Rights Defender Mr Antonio González Rodiles Charged with Resistance to Authority

Mr. González Rodiles is only one such human rights defender and activist who has been targeted by this government

(SALEM) - Five days ago, the family of noted Cuban human rights defender Mr Antonio González Rodiles, learned that he is being charged with resistance to authority.

He was arrested in Havana in a wave of police beatings and arrests of human rights defenders on 7 and 8 November 2012.

Israeli Activists Protest in Tel Aviv Against War on Gaza

Nearly 150 Israeli activists have staged a demonstration in Tel Aviv to protest against the Isralei regime’s airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - The demonstrators, who rallied at Tel Aviv’s Habima square on Saturday night, slammed the military aggression as part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “election campaign.”

They chanted, “Children in Sderot and Gaza want peace.”

Behind the Presidential Curtains: the Panel vs Greening and Kagame`s Aid

When President Kagame became very close to Andrew Mitchell and Cameroon he then benefited from what was known as generosity of sympathy from what had happened in Rwanda in 1994.

(SALEM) - In 2008 President Paul Kagame visited David Cameroon in the UK who was the head of the opposition party the conservatives. Among all, he met Andrew Mitchell who was the main contact and among the conservative party donors.

Andrew Mitchell was and is still a very close friend of David Cameroon.

BREAKING: Democratic Republic of Congo: Trouble in Goma

M23 rebels threatening city of Goma; capital of North Kivu province in the DRC.

(GOMA/SACRAMENTO/WASHINGTON) - "Things are very tough nowadays here on ground".

In the span of a single five minute Facebook chat, a contact in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says residents were concerned about reports of rebels massing on the outskirts of town, then he began hearing explosions.

Is There Hope for Palestine?

Israel's preferred outcome of their aggressive warfare would likely be to annex Gaza.

(BOSTON) - Israel is bombing Palestinians in Gaza again. Al-Awda reports that “on November 9, 2012 Israel's army killed a teenage child playing soccer in Gaza and then launched an unprovoked bombardment of the Gaza strip.”

The strip is home to 1.5 million Palestinians, 80% of whom are refugees denied by the Zionist state the right to return to their homes...

Californians Have No Right to Know Anything Crucial

This article is useful in beginning to understand who is behind the GMOs in food and vaccines, and what are they doing.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The California Right to Know campaign focused on passing Prop 37, an initiative to get genetically engineered food labeled so people would be able to know what is going in their own and their children’s bodies.

The corporations involved in producing and selling GMOs poured millions into stopping the initiative, putting out stunning lies to do so.