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Conscientious Objector Omar Saad Sentenced to Prison for Refusing to Join Israeli Army

"I refuse that because I am pacifist, and I hate any kind of violence, and I believe that the army institute is the top of physical and psychological violence..." - Omar Saad

(TEL AVIV) - Omar Saad, 18 years old from Mghar, a village in the Galil, arrived, Wedensday 4/12/2013, to the Induction Base in Tiberias, where he declared his refusal to serve in the Israeli Army.

He arrived with many supporters and objectors to the mandatory military service imposed on Arab-Palestinian Druze Comunity in Israel. On 5/12/2013, Omar was sentenced to 20 days of imprisonment for his refusal, in the military prison No. 6 near Atlit.

After the Humiliation of the Last Papal Visit
Will the Pope Insist on Seeing Gaza this Time?

Or should he, too, boycott Israel until Jerusalem and the Christian and Muslim communities are freed from occupation?

(LONDON) - CNN reports on Israeli PM Netanyahu's reception at the Vatican and plans for the Pope to visit Israel in May.

Recalling the shabby treatment of religious leaders on previous visits to the Holy Land, let us hope Pope Francis takes a firmer line than his predecessor and insists on seeing Gaza and ministering to his terrorised flock there. In May 2009, when Benedict was Pope, the Vatican told the Israeli press that the Holy Father would refrain from visiting Gaza. The word ‘refrain’ was a peculiar one in the circumstances. "The Pope will refrain from visiting Gaza...." smacks of abstinence, as in refraining from sexual intercourse.

What Would You Tell Netanyahu?

Opposition to the Prawer Plan is coming from every corner — over a thousand youth in Haifa last weekend, hundreds of rabbis in the US, tens of thousands of people of conscience across the world.

(OAKLAND) - What if you could deliver a direct message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the same week that a Knesset Committee was voting to forcibly relocate over 40,000 Bedouin citizens of Israel? What would you tell him?

Our friends in the Jewish Reform movement will have that opportunity next week—and they need a firm but supportive push from you to show some courage.

Human Rights Prawer and PA Shame

The people of Nablus buried their latest victim of Israeli racism. An Israeli simply shot him at point blank range.

(BETHLEHEM) - On Friday, all demonstrations in many Palestinian villages had the theme against the Prawer Plan. On Saturday in 30 countries, events were held to counter this plan to ethnically cleanse 40,000 Palestinians from the Negev in the 65 year colonial Zionist program to make Palestine a “Jewish state”.

The demonstrations locally in Palestine were held in Haifa, the Triangle, Jerusalem, AlBireh, and the Negeb with the same message: Prawer shall not be passed or implemented and we emphasize the unity of all 12 million Palestinians.

French Whore Gives Zionism a Blow Job

A much respected expert investigation indicated there was as high probability that Arafat was poisoned with polonium.

(LONDON) - I don’t wish to offend readers other than perhaps those of the parties of my headline, but I have to say that it, the headline, was the first thought that came into my mind when I learned from the BBC that, according to leaks to the French media, a team of French scientists do not believe Arafat was poisoned and that he died of a “generalized infection.”

And I have to ask, if he really did die of a generalized infection, why the hell did the doctors at the French military hospital fail to detect it before he died?

Netanyahu`s Flawed Vatican Charm Offensive

Pope Francis does not have to make a gift to Netanyahu of either the Vatican 1917 Jaffa report or Scott Anderson’s book, should the two leaders meet in Tel Aviv.  What he can do is prepare for his meeting by reading both the Vatican document and Lawrence In Arabia.

(CHICAGO) - With the U.S. Congress safely in his back pocket, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned his charm offensive on the Vatican. How is that working out for him?

It does not look promising. The Prime Minister forgot the first rule of charm school: Target your prey gently.

Opinion/Editorial: How Obsession With `Nonviolence` Harms the Palestinian Cause

Oppressed people do not and should not have to explain their oppression to their oppressor, nor tailor their resistance to the comfort of the oppressors and their supporters.

(RAMALLAH The Electronic Intifada) - In recent years, western discourse surrounding the Palestinian cause has employed a few new — and superficial — adjectives to describe Palestinian resistance: Palestinian “nonviolent” resistance, Palestinian “peaceful” resistance, Palestinian “popular” resistance, Palestinian “unarmed” resistance. And the ever so popular Palestinian “Gandhi-style” resistance.

This discourse has been adopted by the Palestinian popular struggle committees...

Tim King on Barry Chamish Radio Program Tonight at 7:00 PM (Eastern)

It's the most popular show on FirstAmendmentRadio.com.

(SALEM) - Tim King is the scheduled guest for the Barry Chamish radio program this Tuesday evening, 3 December 2013. Tim is known for taking on huge human rights issues in the world along with Genocide and War Crimes. He has reported from Iraq and Afghanistan and is also a passionate advocate for Veterans, motorcyclists and the human race.

Barry is the outspoken reporter from Israel considered to be Israel's top investigative journalist. Barry's writings anger, empower and educate his Israeli and American readers with his candid review of political developments.

Gilad Atzmon on Ken O`Keefe`s Middle East - TPV pt.1

If you aren't familiar with these two you should be.

(LONDON) - Two of the world's most outspoken critics of the Zionist government of Israel, Gilad Atzmon and Ken O'Keefe, scrutinize the role of language in political discussion and Palestine solidarity discourse in particular.

In this segment they examine Zionism, Israel, Jewish tribalism and the usage of the 'J word'.

Press TV Interviews Anna O`Leary, Political Commentator in Ireland About Developments in Gaza

Here we are with no fuel. The sewerage is on the streets of Gaza because the power plants are out. It is such a big humanitarian crisis and we the people of the world must push America, must push Israel. These are the two parties that are behind it.

(DUBLIN) - Press TV has conducted an interview with Anna O’Leary, political commentator, Ireland, about Amnesty International saying the Israeli siege of Gaza for many years is collective punishment of all Gazans.

Amnesty International has called on Israel to immediately lift its siege on Gaza.