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Israel Demolishes Palestinian Home in East Jerusalem

The demolition took place without any prior warning...

(JERUSALEM Ma'an) - Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir on Monday, the owner told Ma'an.

Israeli military and police officers blockaded the al-Jisr neighbor early Monday to allow bulldozers to move in and destroy the apartment building, owner Muhammad Hasan Mousa Jaafira said.

Israelis Attack Palestinians in Jordan Valley near Deir Hijlah

Violence jumps as Israeli Apartheid week gets underway...

(BETHLEHEM) - Early this morning, Israeli forces brutally uprooted Palestinians who made presence in the Jordan Valley near Deir Hijlah. Many Palestinians were injured including our friend Abdullah Aburahma from Bil'in whose arm was broken.

Israeli media ignored this event...

Lifting the Siege of Yarmouk One Food Parcel & One Polio Vaccination at a Time

Many food parcel recipients quickly open the jar of jam inside the cardboard box and scoop the confections into the mouths of their children or the nearby infirm refugees, usually elderly.

(YARMOUK Palestinian camp, Damascus) - It’s been seven days since the first humanitarian aid, generally in the form of 56 lb. food parcels packed by UNWRA, entered Yarmouk.

This follows half a dozen aborted attempts by various militia and political groups to achieve consensus to deliver aid.

Viewpoint: Supporting Full and Equal Academic Freedom

Article from The Michigan Daily written by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality.

(DETROIT) - In early December, the Academic Studies Association — the largest academic organization devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history — decided to heed Palestinian civil society’s call for “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions,” and voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

The decision made headline news...

Forging a Socialist-Islamist Alliance

Review of Eric Walberg, From Postmodernism to Postsecularism: Re-emerging Islamic Civilization, Clarity Press, 2013

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Most western Middle East experts see Islam as a problem for the West -- a source of terrorism, religious fanaticism, unwanted immigrants -- and they see their job as helping to change the Middle East so it's no longer a problem for us.

Eric Walberg, however, recognizes that this is another instance of the Big Lie.

Super Bowl Ad Pits BDS Against SodaStream

The BDS campaign against SodaStream is only one of many such campaigns conducted by supporters of the BDS movement.

(CHICAGO) - A television ad which debuts during the Denver Broncos-Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl game Sunday, features Hollywood film star Scarlett Johansson (shown here in a poster picture).

The ad, for which the company SodaStream, paid $4 million, features Johansson as a sexy, convincing sales person for SodaStream’s home carbonation product.

Protests Against Kerry`s `Palestine Policy` Rock US Embassy in Jordan

The signs were provocative and antagonistic, yet protestors who reiterated their chants were against US foreign policy, not Americans.

(AMMAN, Jordan) - On Wednesday January 29th at 4:30 pm, the castle-sized US Embassy in Amman, Jordan (next door to the largest US Embassy of the world in Baghdad, Iraq) had a paltry amount of between 50 and 100 visitors.

The Jordanian police were lined up directly in front of the proliferating crowd, a police wagon was conveniently located to the left of the crowd prepared to take offenders away...

Researchers in Gaza ``Develop Cure for Hepatitis C``

Essentially cut off from the world, they are hoping that scientists in Sweden will take interest in further testing. (Includes Swedish translation)

(SALEM/GAZA STRIP) - A team of researchers on the Gaza Strip say they have created a cure for hepatitis type B and, more importantly, hepatitis type C.

The group conducted experiments on people who tested positive for hepatitis (B&C), and after the submission of these patients for the drug, all tested negative with the treatment ranging from 15 to 30 days.

Obama`s State of The Union Address

Congress is tabling an AIPAC-backed sanctions bill that would sabotage diplomatic efforts with Iran and lead America down the road to war. Again. However, President Obama reiterated in his State of the Union address that he would veto this bill.

(LONDON) - I listened with interest to Mr. Obama’s State of The Union address. If you’re not an American citizen or living and working in America it has nothing to offer you.

On the other hand, if you are a citizen of the world, or in particular, if you are a Palestinian it spells disaster. Just read this one paragraph and you will see what I mean.

State of the Union Underscores Obama`s Strong Commitment to Middle East Peace and Security

"APN strongly supports the Obama Administration's Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, recognizing that ending this conflict and achieving peace and a two-state solution are vital to the national security interests of both the U.S. and Israel..."

(WASHINGTON, DC) - In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama addressed in detail the issues that are at the heart of APN's mission and activities.

APN's President and CEO Debra DeLee, said President Obama's address to Congress and the American people highlighted the most important issues and priorities on the nation's agenda...