Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with united_nations www.salem-news.com 2010 The West Bank and Gaza are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. Restrictions on movement, home destruction and widespread violence against Palestinians, have created an ongoing emergency. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/unrwa-gaza.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/unrwa-gaza.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:00 PST Pfc. Bradley Manning was just nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize!1 Last week, Major General Linnington gave the final recommendation for Manning to face court martial on all 22 charges, including the vindictive aiding the enemy charge. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/manning-nobel-bs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/manning-nobel-bs.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:00 PST "In contrast to the murderous vision of violent extremists, we are joining with allies and partners around the world to build their capacity to promote security..." wrote U.S. President Barack Obama. The report details the United States’ own vision of violent extremism being directed against Iran. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/violence-dollars-yaw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/violence-dollars-yaw.php Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:20:00 PST The United Nations Security Council has just voted on a draft resolution concerning the ongoing violence in Syria. Russia and China were the only voting members to oppose the draft. And as permanent members of the UNSC, they had the option to use veto power to block the draft’s passage. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/syria-veto.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/syria-veto.php Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:22:00 PST All we care about is being good Zionists, good Israelis..” -Sheldon Adelson The 3rd richest American, he gave over 10 million dollars of his own money to support Gingrich’s campaign for the Republican nomination which saved Gingrich’s campaign according to the NY Times. http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/gingrich-israel-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/gingrich-israel-ae.php Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:28:00 PST Last week The New York Times published an opine by Ronen Bergman, who answered his own question in “Will Israel Attack Iran?” “After speaking with many senior Israeli leaders and chiefs of the military and the intelligence, I have come to believe that Israel will indeed strike Iran in 2012...” http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/vanunu_update-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/vanunu_update-ef.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:11:00 PST Before the South Carolina primary, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson gave $5 million dollars to an independent PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. That worked so well that a second $5 million dollar gift was soon on its way to that same pro-Gingrich PAC, Winning Our Future, keeping the former House Speaker in a tight two man race with Mitt Romney. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/friedman-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/friedman-jw.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:44:00 PST We all know it is not just American and Lebanese politicians who use Palestinian refugees as political footballs during electoral campaigns. But they are currently the two most egregious apart from most Zionist politicians in temporarily occupied Palestine. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/sabra-shatila-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/sabra-shatila-fl.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:12:00 PST Despite the changes sweeping Libya, violence and bloodshed have not stopped. In shocking revelations, military and security forces stand accused of torturing detainees to death. Rights groups say Libya’s new rulers have not addressed the problem. http://salem-news.com/articles/january292012/tortured-freedom.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292012/tortured-freedom.php Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:54:00 PST Human rights, Genocide, peace, politics, a broken earth, and Salem-News.com. Our goal as an Oregon news family is to cover subjects that others ignore. Salem-News.com, our greater family, is essential media - more needed in this world than ever before. I won't mention every person with the group, though I wish I could, there are so many champions among them. http://salem-news.com/articles/january282012/tim-bonnie-king.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january282012/tim-bonnie-king.php Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:09:00 PST Dr. Elias Akleh is a Palestinian. In 1948 and again in 1967 his family were displaced, and like millions of other Palestinians, he now finds himself living outside of his homeland. It is perhaps fortunate that he did not move to the UK and join the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, because after their AGM on Saturday, he would most likely by now be facing moves to expel him from the same campaign that seeks to liberate him. http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/gilad-psc-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/gilad-psc-ga.php Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:03:00 PST This last weekend brought with it some vile manifestations of Jewish politics in its most horrific forms. In the USA, the owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu should consider ordering a Mossad hit team to assassinate U.S. President Barack Obama so that his successor will defend Israel against Iran. http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/imperial-jewish-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/imperial-jewish-ga.php Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:41:00 PST There can be few things more despicable than robbing a family of their home then destroying it in front of their eyes. But this is Israeli policy. ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions) took me to see Beit Arabiya, the much demolished and rebuilt Bedouin home, nearly six years ago. http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/home-demolition-sl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/home-demolition-sl.php Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:09:00 PST "Mubarak is neither a tyrant nor a bloodthirsty man... "He is a clean man, who could say no wrong. Mubarak has seriously and faithfully worked to the best of his abilities and energy for Egypt and its people and lived a life burdened by his nation’s problems” Said Fareed El-Deeb, Mubarak’s lawyer at a hearing just days prior to the first anniversary of the Egyptian revolution...” http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/revolution-anniv-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/revolution-anniv-ae.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:21:00 PST The survival of humanity is a concept of inter-dependency. Each time this essential synchronicity is stripped away, the dogs of war assume their battle stations and sickening patterns of brutality begin. The horror that enveloped Sri Lanka just over two years ago is beyond description. Sexual depravity accompanied mobs of morally disorganized soldiers who had orders to kill, everyone. http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/us-lanka-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/us-lanka-tk.php Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:22:00 PST A collective of students in Gaza has formed the Palestinian Students' Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI). These students are seeking to expand their collaboration and participation in events and activities with solidarity activists at international universities. http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/israel-boycott-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/israel-boycott-jc.php Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:11:00 PST At a time when U.S.-Iran tensions are the highest I have experienced in my lifetime, Danger Room of wired.com breaks a news story that a new US commando special operations team is operating near Iran. Meanwhile, a columnist in Lebanon writes that Syria increasingly looks like Libya. http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/white-house-p.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/white-house-p.php Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:47:00 PST The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued, in blatant violation of human rights, their violent attacks on peaceful weekly marches organized in West Bank villages against settlement activities and the segregation wall. Two young Palestinian men and one paramedic were wounded Friday in a barrage of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at the anti-wall march in Nabi Saleh; many others suffered suffocation. http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/israeli-attacks.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/israeli-attacks.php Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:43:00 PST Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: Francis Clark-Lowes, an academic, former Chair of the National PSC and former chairman of the Brighton branch for Palestinian Solidarity, appealed today to the PSC AGM against his recent expulsion from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign. Clark-Lowes has been maintaining, for a while. that the opposition to the Jewish State and Zionism, should attempt to grasp the true nature of the Jewish State and Jewish ideology. http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/clark-lowes-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/clark-lowes-ga.php Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:20:00 PST Newt Gingrich is the current holder of the Republican crown. Saturday night, NBC projected Gingrich as the winner in the South Carolina Republican primary over his closet rival, Mitt Romney. With 94% of the votes counted, Gingrich was winning by a 40% to 27% margin over Romney, much larger than advance polls has predicted. http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/carolina-republicans-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/carolina-republicans-jw.php Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:33:00 PST Constitutional Rights groups submitted evidence from Wikileaks cables obtained that show U.S. and Spanish officials seeking to shield Americans from criminal prosecution for torture and unlawful killing. The complaint focuses on three criminal cases currently before the Spanish courts in which all potential defendants are U.S. citizens. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/spain-torture.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/spain-torture.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:47:00 PST Touting the rule of law at the UN on Thursday, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon claimed to oppose amnesties and support international prosecutions, saying that people want accountability and transparency. But after Ban spoke with Yemen strongman Ali Saleh on November 23, Inner City Press asked him if he had raised to Saleh his push for the immunity he is now in the process of obtaining. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/ban-doubts-mrl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/ban-doubts-mrl.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:35:00 PST In his weekly newspaper Adler listed three options for Israel “to counter Iran’s nuclear weapons”. Never mind that, unlike Israel, Iran does not possess nuclear weapons and that the latest assessment of Israel’s intelligence community – an usually honest assessment – is that Iran has not yet taken a decision to go nuclear for weapons) http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/adler-threat-ah.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/adler-threat-ah.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:32:00 PST Hey, hey. Ho, ho. Guantanamo has got to go!” chanted protestors marking the tenth anniversary of the American detention camp. Two years ago President Obama signed an executive order to close the detention centre. Last March, Obama formally created an indefinite detention system at 'Gitmo' for those held prisoner. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/gitmo-anniv-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/gitmo-anniv-pb.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:43:00 PST In a stunning departure from recent Israeli threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday used an interview with Israel's Army radio to assert that any attack on Iran "is very far off." He added, "We haven't made any decision to do this." http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/obama-iran-israel-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/obama-iran-israel-rm.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:26:00 PST As the AGM of Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) approaches, the drive to control, fragment, agitate and to steer away PSC from its fundamental core issues is at all times high. The crusade against PSC was ignited by Zionists from outside the movement beginning in September, following an article published on the Zionist hate-website Harry’s Place... http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/psc-challenge-ni.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/psc-challenge-ni.php Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:51:00 PST The Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention was predicted to be a dud. According to a number of BWC watchers, the expectations for this conference accomplishing very much at all were quite low. John Bolton was Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security back in 2001 when the US stonewalled the long awaited verification protocols... http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/microbial-gestapo-jp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/microbial-gestapo-jp.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:48:00 PST Five men convicted of supporting Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers (LTTE) last October began their appeal against conviction Monday in The Hague. The case marks the first time an EU member state has considered the question of whether the Tamil Tigers is a terrorist organization. http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/ltte-appeal.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/ltte-appeal.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:53:00 PST Further to Omanthai checkpoint, one could see housing estates being built with Indian and Australian funding. Vibrant Kilinochchi is going through a rapid transformation since the end of the war in Sri Lanka. This one time capital of the LTTE that symbolised the group’s activities is no longer there. The shops and various offices of the LTTE reflecting heavy grammatical Tamil names have disappeared. http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/lanka-visit-rj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/lanka-visit-rj.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:01:00 PST The ‘Arab hackers’ attack on Israel escalated today. The Israeli Stock Exchange’s and El Al’s sites collapsed on Monday. The hackers say that it is within their capability to crash every Israeli server. “If Israel apologises to the people of the Gaza genocide, we may reduce the attacks," said Saudi Hacker OxOmar to Ynet in an interview via email. http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/israel-cyber-attack-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/israel-cyber-attack-ga.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:14:00 PST