Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with murder www.salem-news.com 2010 Today, World Press Freedom Day 2012, Reporters Without Borders condemns the furious pace of physical attacks on news providers and reports that a total of 21 journalists, and 6 netizens and citizen journalists have been killed since the start of 2012, many of them in war zones such as Somalia and Syria. This is a rate of one news provider killed ever five days. http://salem-news.com/articles/may232012/journalist-deaths.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may232012/journalist-deaths.php Wed, 23 May 2012 13:55:00 PDT Eileen Fleming, author, reporter and now a candidate for US House of Representatives from Florida, began documenting the ongoing saga of Mordechai Vanunu, Israel's Nuclear Whistle Blower, in June 2005. In 1987, Vanunu was convicted of espionage and treason. Fleming contends he was only guilty of revealing Israel's nuclear Facility at Dimona. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/mordechai-vanunu.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/mordechai-vanunu.php Tue, 22 May 2012 23:12:00 PDT My beloved husband, Ziad Jilani, was executed by Israeli Border Policeman, Maxim Vinogradov on June 11, 2010. There is undeniable evidence that my husband was lying unarmed and wounded on the ground, posing no threat when Israeli Border Policeman Maxim Vinogradov shot him point blank in the head. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/gaza-death.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/gaza-death.php Mon, 21 May 2012 22:58:00 PDT On the face of it, Baron Cohen’s The Dictator is a horrid film. It is vulgar, it isn’t funny and if it has five good jokes in it, they appear in the two minute official trailer. In short, save your time and money – unless of course, you are interested in Jewish identity politics and neurosis. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/baron-cohen-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/baron-cohen-ga.php Mon, 21 May 2012 05:41:00 PDT For the global community, there is nothing more consequential than the catastrophic failure after World War II to learn the correct lessons. Instead, the world continued with the business of war as usual (and war is business). One of the most destabilizing forces in the world was created and sustained for 100 years before the USA took on nurturing it after WWII. I am of course speaking of Zionism. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/nakba-actions-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/nakba-actions-mq.php Sun, 20 May 2012 00:26:00 PDT Neve Gordon, a 47-year-old Israeli-born professor and author, greeted this year’s 64th anniversary of the Nakba with an essay for CounterPunch that included this revealing confession: "I first heard about the Nakba in the late 1980s, while I was an undergraduate student of philosophy at Hebrew University. This, I believe, is a revealing fact, particularly since, as a teenager, I was a member of Peace Now and was raised in a liberal home..." http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/neve-gordon-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/neve-gordon-jw.php Fri, 18 May 2012 13:21:00 PDT A political land activist was shot dead in the Philippines. Margarito Cabal opposed the construction of a hydro-electric dam that threatens to leave 22 villages under water. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/philippines-political-killing-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/philippines-political-killing-wg.php Fri, 18 May 2012 05:06:00 PDT Another letter of appeal over appalling treatment of human beings in India; this one worse than most; the murder of surrendered disarmed prisoners. Surrendered combatants were lured into laying down arms and surrendering, only to be killed for allegedly attacking Indian armed forces with the very weapons they turned in. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/india-assam-murders-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/india-assam-murders-wg.php Thu, 17 May 2012 22:28:00 PDT Ha'aretz reported yesterday that, “Israel, Iran, Pakistan and North Korea were ranked most negatively by 24,000 people surveyed in an annual BBC poll.” It would appear that in spite of the extensive Hasbara campaign and the Jewish lobby buying every morally lax living politician, people of the world increasingly see Israel for what it is. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/israel-popularity-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/israel-popularity-ga.php Thu, 17 May 2012 16:34:00 PDT Majid Jamali Fashi, who assassinated Massoud Ali-Mohammadi in January 2011, was brought to justice under the Iranian judicial system on Tuesday. Jamali Fashi was also found guilty of receiving training from Mossad inside Israel as well as $120,000 to assassinate the Iranian scientist. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/mossad-execution.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/mossad-execution.php Thu, 17 May 2012 00:57:00 PDT This is the final call to attend and register for the Munich Conference to launch the International Movement for One Democratic State in Palestine/Israel. It will be held in Munich Germany on June 30 - July 1, 2012. If you did not register, please take the time to do so and to read the information below. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/ods-conferencega.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/ods-conferencega.php Wed, 16 May 2012 17:51:00 PDT On this 64th anniversary of the Nakba we mourn the ethnic cleansing that began in 1948 and that continues today with silent transfer, home demolitions, land confiscation and more. But we also celebrate an amazing resilience and success of the Palestinian endogenous people against incredible odds: http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/nakba-anniversary-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/nakba-anniversary-mq.php Tue, 15 May 2012 21:49:00 PDT As President of RPP, I hereby once more write to you on the second anniversary of the founding of our party and commend all of you in Rwanda and in the Diaspora who have stood shoulder to shoulder with the party for the last two years. We have collectively made great strides and registered significant achievements. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/rpp-statement-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/rpp-statement-jf.php Tue, 15 May 2012 14:03:00 PDT After nearly a full month of fasting, 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners ended their mass hunger strike, reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service to attain certain core demands, according to Addameer. Supporters laud the achievements of the prisoners’ movement and can only hope that Israel will implement any policy changes in good faith. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/palestinian-hunger-strike.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/palestinian-hunger-strike.php Tue, 15 May 2012 12:49:00 PDT It is the dawn of yet another sad anniversary. Today, every Palestinian around the globe remembers the day we were all made homeless. When will it ever end? Much has been said and written about the so-called “Arab Spring.” Some of it welcoming, some hopeful and others down right hostile. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/2012-nakba.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/2012-nakba.php Tue, 15 May 2012 08:58:00 PDT Police and the Rwandan Secret Service faced approximately 30 Rwandan, Burundian and Congolese protesters in Iowa this week. They gathered to object to the convocation speech and granting of the Honorary Doctorate degree of Humane Letters upon Rwanda Pres. Paul Kagame. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/kagame-visit-jf-1.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/kagame-visit-jf-1.php Mon, 14 May 2012 17:26:00 PDT America has always been a bully. Americans are convinced that they have a God-given right, or destiny, to expand the country’s borders from “sea to shining sea”. “The land of the free and the home of the brave” was conquered with complete disregard for the rights of America’s original inhabitants. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/american-bully-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/american-bully-pb.php Sat, 12 May 2012 20:58:00 PDT Victors’ celebrations harbor shadows that lurk in the soul as revelers dance in remembrance. They bury in laughter the suffering screams of those displaced and destroyed, furiously hiding forgotten faces framed in fear from mocking the glorious dance should they be awakened once more by the reverie. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/sins-fathers-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/sins-fathers-bc.php Sat, 12 May 2012 20:31:00 PDT On behalf of the Rwanda National Congress, let me take this opportunity to bring to your kind attention concerns regarding the deepening humanitarian and security crisis in eastern DRC. More than 300,000 internally displaced people in North and South Kivu in the first quarter of this year alone. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/kagame-memo-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/kagame-memo-jf.php Sat, 12 May 2012 19:48:00 PDT In the Philippines, government forces are conducting unprecedented and unannounced operations in Ansili, Zapanta, Kitcharao, and Agusan del Norte. Families are seeking sanctuary from soldiers who continue to pursue them even in the evacuation center in Bangayan. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/philippine-military-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/philippine-military-wg.php Fri, 11 May 2012 15:06:00 PDT One of our regular contributors and good friend, Anthony Lawson, recently sent us an interesting article, which was, in turn, sent to him by a young Californian, Nicolaus Jannasch. The article started as a senior class project, and before writing it, Nicolaus had contacted Anthony about a series of videos which Anthony has put together on AIPAC, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/young-americans-al.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/young-americans-al.php Thu, 10 May 2012 20:10:00 PDT *"We did not go into the battle [the hunger strike] because we love to be hungry or in pain, but for our dignity and the dignity of our nation,"* Thaer Halahlef, 33 years old from Hebron, 73 days on Hunger strike. Dignity is such a word that makes us shudder. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/dignity-palestine-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/dignity-palestine-mq.php Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:00 PDT A group of students at Cornell University have been accused of racism, when it was reported that they were throwing bottles at black students while referencing the Trayvon Martin shooting. The Cornell Sun is reporting that members of the Sigma Pi fraternity house were throwing the objects at black students early Sunday morning. http://salem-news.com/articles/may082012/cornell-racism.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may082012/cornell-racism.php Tue, 08 May 2012 18:42:00 PDT As news about Israeli political parties merging dominates headlines, this one is being overlooked. The US House of Representatives Defense Appropriations Subcommittee yesterday approved almost $1 billion for Israel's anti-missile defense programs - the Arrow 3, upgrading the current Arrow system, David's Sling, and Iron Dome. http://salem-news.com/articles/may082012/israeli-missiles.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may082012/israeli-missiles.php Tue, 08 May 2012 14:39:00 PDT On the afternoon of 28 March 2012, two teams of soldiers entered the adjacent villages of Polilio and Sto Nino, Cabanatuan City, province of Nueva Ecija in military vehicles. Before the ordeal was over one man was shot by the soldiers, and five people in the villages were taken under arrest. http://salem-news.com/articles/may082012/nueva-ecija-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may082012/nueva-ecija-wg.php Tue, 08 May 2012 13:33:00 PDT Since joining in solidarity with OCCUPY MARINES, we have been hearing and seeing amazing things. One is a weekly TV show that is being produced from two points; El Paso and Tehran; yes you read that right. OWS Week is the professional weekly roundup of OCCUPY News and Marines and other Veterans and the graphics, the tempo, everything about it is interesting and highly informative. http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/ows-week-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/ows-week-tk.php Mon, 07 May 2012 20:40:00 PDT Take this test to find out how much you know about the gradual shift in Israeli political thought over the decades. Not long after Israel celebrated its 64th Independence Day on April 26, a friend prepared a quiz of sorts. She read out loud political quotes to about ten guests who were having dinner at my house, and asked us to identify the politician who had uttered each statement. http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/zionist-quiz-ng.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/zionist-quiz-ng.php Mon, 07 May 2012 12:15:00 PDT On May 2, 2012, Israeli press reported that the Military Censor announced that the Israeli Defense Forces have launched a new system to monitor information on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and news sites. “The new system will examine information using keywords labeled in advance.” http://salem-news.com/articles/may062012/vanunu-punished-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may062012/vanunu-punished-ef.php Sun, 06 May 2012 17:19:00 PDT Palestinian political prisoners illegally held in Israeli jails are on hunger strike and some are near death. The population of strikers includes 200 child prisoners, 27 Palestinian legislative council members, and 456 prisoners from Gaza who have not been allowed family visits since 2007. http://salem-news.com/articles/may052012/resistance-update-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may052012/resistance-update-mq.php Sat, 05 May 2012 19:19:00 PDT This is a very interesting review of The Wandering Who by Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh in the current Holy Land Studies Journal. "I see in Atzmon writings a number of memes that are seeping into the common discourse. A meme is a persuasive idea that spreads in a population like a useful gene spreads in a population..." http://salem-news.com/articles/may052012/mazin-gilad.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may052012/mazin-gilad.php Sat, 05 May 2012 17:27:00 PDT