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How to Spot an Anti-Semite

Standing for the rights of battered kids in Palestine brings harsh reviews.

(PROVIDENCE, RI) - Anyone who describes Israel’s actions must be anti-Semitic. Recent comments on the projo web site (in response to a letter to the editor) include:

“Rod, your hatred for everything Jewish is well known” and “Driver is a bigoted S O B.”

`Decent, Honest and Truthful`?

How the pro-Israel lobby fails this simple test.

(LONDON) - Does anyone seriously expect Palestinians to recognise a state whose jackboot is on their throat? Israel has ethnically cleansed and confiscated Palestinian lands and water resources and obliterated Arab heritage.

It has deposited more than 500,000 Jewish “settlers” on the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies with the clear intention of making the occupation permanent.

Egyptians Must Continue Struggle in Midst of Political Hi-jinx

The world continues to keep its eyes and ears, as well its heart, on the revolution in Egypt.

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - The announcement, today, by the ruling military of Egypt offers a HOLLOW VICTORY for Mohamed Morsi and Brotherhood in EGYPT.

There is very little chance that the actual ruling military will allow Morsi to appropriately seat himself as head of the Egyptian government.

US Think Tank Provides Forum for the Syrian National Council and Cover for Israel

AIPAC team first from west to interview new head of SNC; as Israel’s media friends continue supporting Syrian opposition.

(OSAKA, Japan) - It’s very revealing that the newly elected head of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Abdulbaset Sieda, gave his first extended Western media interview since assuming the post on June 10 to Fikra Forum.

The group is a project of the AIPAC-created Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Conflicting Reports over Mubarak`s Death

No official statement yet but Egyptian medical sources and state news agency say deposed president is "clinically dead".

(WASHINGTON DC) - Hosni Mubarak, the deposed Egyptian leader, has been revived and is on an artificial respirator after he suffered stroke, sources in the interior ministry and from his family told Al Jazeera.

Earlier on Tuesday the state news agency, MENA, quoted medical sources as saying that the former president, aged 84, was "clinically dead"...

America`s interest in Syria is Israel

The Ugly Truth and Ha'aretz bring us the story everyone expected.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In the long run, the events in Syria are part of the Israeli success story. This region is changing rapidly.

Egypt’s decline into a conflict between the secular and fundamentalists appears to be the epitome of that story.

Syria: Journalists set up to be Shot by the Rebels

"I’m quite clear the rebels deliberately set us up to be shot by the Syrian Army. Dead journos are bad for Damascus." - Channel 4 journalist Alex Thomson

(ROME / DAMASCUS) - Standing outside the Safir Hotel in Homs as the white UN Nissan landcruisers stood waiting, the Irish officer in charge, Mark Reynolds, came over:

“Usual rules Alex OK? We’re not responsible for you guys. If you get into trouble we’ll leave you, yes? You’re on your own.”

Mubarak`s Verdict: A Revolution One Step Too Late

Something is obviously wrong with the Egypt revolution.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Last Saturday, The deposed Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, was sentenced to life in prison, a sentence that was deemed fair by many political analysts and observers.

But against all odds, the verdict which, in my opinion, has been tailored to placate an angry people, has instead infuriated the majority of Egyptians...

Compare Responses to Israeli Massacres and Syrian Massacres

The Israeli human-rights organization B’Tselem filed a complaint, and the Israeli military opened an inquiry into the attack on the Samouni family.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned the massacre of more than 100 people in Houla, Syria.

But no Security Council resolution condemned Israel’s killing of 1,417 Palestinians, including 313 children, in Gaza in 2008/2009.

Strategies of Deception

Under a Republican president we could revive the spirit of revolt and mobilize the people of the world against the empire.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - To get a preview of Obama's strategies for winning a second term, we just need to read the liberal press. They are giving lip-service praise to the current protests while trying to steer them in a direction that serves the Democratic Party.

They believe if Obama is given a second term, his true nature will emerge and he'll crack down on the greed and corruption of the 1% and lead the country in a progressive direction.