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We Mourn Another Friend... Vittorio Arrigoni

Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. we will have a gathering to remember him.

(BETHLEHEM) - We are heart-broken. To our hundreds of friends in Italy, to his family, to our global community, we in Bethlehem area send our condolences from the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People.

Our friend and fellow activist Vittorio Arrigoni, a most wonderful human being, was murdered in Gaza.

Does America have a Muslim Problem?

Muslims, slightly more than 1% of Americans, are currently the target of nearly 15% of all hate crimes.

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - Whatever becomes of the truly pathetic “Pastor” Terry Jones and his plans to appear later this month to condemn Islam and provoke Americans and people of good will with his hate speech, it won't be of any lasting lasting import to Muslim and American relations.

It reminds us that when it comes to intolerance, nothing is new under the sun in our land that beckons with its Statue of Liberty.

Lebanon Wiki-Cables Tell of Treason, US Interference

Veterans Today interview with Franklin Lamb in Beirut on the latest Wilkileaks from US Embassy Beirut and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)

(BEIRUT) - Franklin Lamb, a former Asst. Counsel of the US House Judiciary Committee, and a Professor at the NW College of Law in Oregon, earned his Law Degree at Boston Univ. and PhD degrees at the London School of Economics.

Lamb works with the Palestine Civil Rights Campaign in Lebanon. His new book, The Case for Palestinian Civil Rights in Lebanon, is due out shortly.

Time for Nassrallah and Obama to Talk?

“Just maybe!” hints the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE)

(BEIRUT) - An experienced Washington Post columnist dropped by our Hezbollah neighborhood the other day.

During a meeting with Hezbollah's Foreign Relations Officer and his assistant, the reporter came away apparently impressed with the quality of the discussion with the Lebanese political party that Israel's Shimon Peres claims “is now Lebanon!”

Sinking U.S.S. Liberty - New Findings

Who will write the final chapter on Israel’s 1967 confrontation with the U.S. Navy?

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - It’s time to open the windows and introduce a breath of fresh air. Lyndon B. Johnson is gone and so is his Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, both of whom left the USS Liberty to its fate.

But there are many survivors who are still looking for answers. It is time to provide what they need and give them peace.

Murdering Babies is `Permissible` When They`re Palestinian

Network news reports Israeli children’s deaths 14 times more than Palestinians.

(SACRAMENTO) - The awful murder of three small Israeli children and their parents has been widely reported in the US.

Gaza`s Youth: Hopes Broken at 15 March End Of Division Demonstration

“The people want an end to the division”

(GAZA CITY) - Yesterday the Gaza Strip woke up to bright sun, a sign of a new season heading our way.

But by the time evening fell upon us, you could count the broken bones among the Palestinians and this meant a new political season rather than a mere weather forecast.

On the 8th Anniversary of Rachel Corrie`s Stand in Gaza

A Message from Craig and Cindy Corrie:

(OLYMPIA, Wash.) - On Wednesday, March 16th, we mark the eighth anniversary of our daughter Rachel's stand in Rafah, Gaza, to protect a family's right to be safe and secure in their home, and the rights of all Palestinians to self-determination, freedom, equality, and security in the same measure as their Israeli neighbors.

Here in Olympia, Washington – our hometown and Rachel's – our family, the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, and our community will mark this anniversary with an event that emphasizes three components: community-building, education, and action.

Hamas Says Israel is Overlooking Prime Suspect in Itamar Settlement Murder

Press report: Itamar culprit an Asian worker

(NABLUS, Occupied Palestine) - An Asian worker is suspected of the murder of the Fogel family, a settler family from Itamar settlement near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to Palestinian press sources.

Quds Net news quoted local residents fro at infuriated with an Israeli settler for not paying him his wages carried out the killing of the settler's family in Itamar, Palestinian press sources reported.

Clearing Up Myths and Misconceptions about Gaddafi and the Libyan Uprising

Reviewing some of the myths and misconceptions that are used by Gaddafi’s backers to justify support of his murderous regime.

(LONDON) - Despite all the reports of mass murder and destruction wreaked on innocent civilians in Libya by dictator Mu’ammar Gaddafi’s home-grown thugs and foreign mercenaries, one cannot but be shocked by the fact that this criminal and thief still manages to delude some people who are fooled by his cheap tricks.

When you think of clever public relations and subtle propaganda, probably the last people who would come to mind are Gaddafi and his offspring.