Reaping What We Have Sown In Gaza

By Amira Hass

Those who turned Gaza into an internment camp for 1.8 million people should not be surprised when they tunnel underneath the earth. Continue

Why Do Television Producers Think a Grey Blob Over a Dead Person’s Face Shows Respect?

By Robert Fisk

Cruelly obliterating their image kills the child a second time. Continue

Bombing the Paralyzed
Stars of David on Rockets Bound for the Comatose

By Paul Haeder

What a sick-sick little world the white Jewish-Christian species have become. Continue

The Myth of Hamas’s Human Shields

By Kim Sengupta

Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas using “human shields” to gather “telegenically dead Palestinians for their cause”. Continue

Netanyahu’s ‘Telegenically Dead’ Comment Is Grotesque but Not Original

By Glenn Greenwald

One can say many things about a military operation that results in more than 75 percent of the dead being civilians, many of them children, aimed at a population trapped in a tiny area with no escape. Continue

Israel Has Discovered That It's No Longer So Easy To Get Away With Murder

By Mira Bar Hillel

All you now need is a mobile phone and a Twitter account to hold power to account, and help change history. Continue

The End of Israel

By Gilad Atzmon

Netanyahu acknowledged yesterday that the war on Gaza is a battle for the existence of the Jewish State. Netanyahu is correct. And Israel cannot win this battle. Continue

You're Paying for That War in Gaza

By Jesse Walker

The U.S. has been deeply involved with this war from the beginning, because the U.S. is underwriting it. Continue

How American Propaganda Works

By Paul Craig Roberts

Would the world be a safer place with less death, destruction and displaced peoples and more truth and justice if the United States and Israel did not exist? Continue

Foundation of the US Empire: Axes of Evil

By James Petras

It is not only the empire’s alliance with Israel which is driving the empire to crisis. Continue

Tony Blair Sees His Millions As Modest

By Simon Jenkins

“I spend two-thirds of my time on unpaid work,” such as bringing peace to the Middle East. How dare anyone suggest he was motivated by money? Continue

What Putin Knows

By Mike Whitney

Putin Knows What Happened to MH17, But He's Not Saying-- Yet .... Continue

What Are You Trying To Hide, Mr Obama?

By Finian Cunningham

Western leaders and their media would have us believe that Russian-backed terrorists and bandits are defiling the dead, kicking around body parts and robbing corpses. Continue

Obama Leads Republicans’ War Against Russia

By Eric Zuesse

In politics, like in religion, there’s not much of a market for truth. Continue

The Russian Military Finally Speaks!

By The Saker

The Russians are challenging their American colleagues to show the images they claim show the launch of the BukM1 rocket. Continue

Government Agents 'Directly Involved' in Most High-profile US Terror Plots

By Spencer Ackerman in New York

The lengthy report, released on Monday by Human Rights Watch, raises questions about the US criminal justice system's ability to respect civil rights and due process in post-9/11 terrorism cases. Continue

The Stealing of America by the Cops, the Courts, the Corporations and Congress

By John W. Whitehead

The American police state is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle, meant to keep the property and the resources of the American people flowing into corrupt government agencies and their corporate partners. Continue

The Actor and the Minister

By Chris Hedges

What does not feed the mania for profit and the cult of the self is superfluous and often ridiculed. Continue

Gaza death toll 'rises above 600': The death toll in Gaza rose above 600 on Tuesday as emergency teams pulled dead bodies from the rubble of homes destroyed by Israeli strikes on the 15th day of the assault. The deaths brought the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire on Tuesday to 31.

Palestinian boy clings to paramedic - story behind the viral photo: What the haunting photograph does not capture are the Palestinian boy’s screams at the paramedic: “I want my father, bring me my father!”

Another Gaza Hospital Hit by Israeli Strike; Four Dead, 40 Hurt: Israeli forces fired a tank shell at a hospital in Gaza on Monday, killing at least four people and injuring 40 others, health officials said. The facility in Al-Aqsa was the third hospital the Israeli Defense Forces has struck in Gaza

UN school sheltering Gaza displaced hit by Israel shells: UNRWA: - A United Nations school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza came under Israeli fire on Tuesday as a team was inspecting damage from a day earlier, a UN official said.

Greek Orthodox church in Gaza shelters Muslims fleeing war: Despite its thick walls dating back to the Crusades, the Church of Saint Porphyrius was still not a very safe haven. Shortly after they arrived, Israeli aircraft bombed a nearby field, spraying shrapnel on the church and damaging graves.

"We Are Going through Hell" - Report from Gaza: Video and transcript: On the 14th day of Operation Protective Edge, Gazan blogger Nalan al-Sarraj and TRNN Correspondent Yousef al-Helou discuss how Palestinians are responding to the massacre in Shujaiyeh, as well as the widespread support for the resistance against the siege

Rights groups accuse Israel of war crimes: Every single satellite orbiting Earth, in a single image: The image shows every single satellite in space that is currently orbiting Earth, in one graphic.

Hamas confirms 10 fighters killed in operation: It said that early Monday 12 al-Qassam fighters infiltrated an Israeli military site in eastern Beit Hanoun. The 12 split into two groups; the first fired an RPG shell at an Israeli military jeep completely burning it, while the other clashed with soldiers in another jeep.

Nine IDF soldiers killed, death toll rises to 27: The four IDF soldiers killed near Nir-Am were: Lt. Col. Dolev Keidar, 38, of Modi’in; Sgt. Nadav Goldmacher, 23, of Be’er Sheva; Warrant Officer Baynesain Kasahun, 39, of Netivot; and 1st Lt. Yuval Heiman, 21, of Efrat.

Israeli soldier 'kidnapped' by Hamas is dead, says army: Israeli army confirms soldier who Hamas militants claimed they had kidnapped is dead but body missing

Israeli Mood Turns Dark With Mounting Casualties: In a country where military service is mandatory for most citizens, and military losses are considered every bit as tragic as civilian ones, the reaction to the setbacks was electric. Newspapers and broadcasts have been dominated by images and tales of the fallen — mostly young faces barely out of high school

How Do Ceasefires End?: How did the recent ceasefire unravel? The mainstream media in the US and Israel places the blame squarely on Hamas. However, this account leaves out crucial facts.

Palestinians in Israel clash with police over Gaza assault: The clashes came as Nazareth and cities in the West Bank observed a general strike to mourn the victims of the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas -- the bloodiest since 2009 -- that has cost more than 500 Palestinian lives in two weeks.

Gunshots fired at Al Jazeera bureau in Gaza: Shots fired into Al Jazeera's office in Gaza, a day after Israeli FM said Israel will work to close down the network.

UAE ‘offered to fund Israel’s Gaza offensive’: The UAE knew in advance of Israel’s plans for an offensive in Gaza and even offered to fund the operation provided the militant Palestinian outfit Hamas was eliminated in the process, Israel’s Channel 2 claimed in a recent report, according to local Arabic daily Al Sharq.

STOP THE MASSACRE IN GAZA - DEMONSTRATE SATURDAY 26 JULY
ASSEMBLE 12 NOON ISRAELI EMBASSY - MARCH TO PARLIAMENT

Demonstration called by: Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Friends of Al Aqsa, British Muslim Initiative, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain

Last Saturday, cities and towns across the world demonstrated against Israel's barbaric attack on Gaza. The biggest was in London, where up to 100,000 marched. Continue

San Francisco: Thousands protest Israel's bloody war on Gaza: Some of the protesters expressed anger at the Obama administration's inability or unwillingness to do more to prevent Israel from killing so many innocent people.

'British Bulls**t Corporation': Protest in Belfast accuses BBC of 'biased' Gaza coverage: Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast, expressing their concerns over what they see as "biased" reporting by the BBC on the current Israeli military offensive in Gaza.

FAA: All U.S. Flights To Tel Aviv Prohibited Tuesday: Police: Rocket Fired From Gaza Lands Near Ben Gurion International Airport

Israel said to bomb Sudan : The site allegedly stored arms bound for Hamas; report disputes Sudanese army claim that a fire caused the explosion; IDF mum

Sudan denies providing rockets to Hamas: The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Monday denied press reports claiming that the Sudanese army provides Palestinian fighters of Hamas movement with long range missiles used to shell the Jewish state.

Sudanese editor beaten unconscious after calling for ties with Israel: Attack comes at end of day with especially bloody images from Gaza

257 Killed Across Iraq, Mostly In Security Ops: In Rawa, air strikes left 38 militants dead. Two civilians were also killed and 13 more were wounded.

Children among ten killed in air strike north of Baghdad: Ten people were killed, including a mother and three children, in a government air strike on a militant-controlled town north of Baghdad on Monday, hospital sources and witnesses said.

Three soldiers, 6 PYD militants killed in clash on Syria border: Three Turkish soldiers and six militants of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), an offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), were killed during a clash on the Turkish-Syrian border, the Turkish army has said.

Turkey's Erdogan: 'I stopped talking to Obama': Erdogan, a supporter of rebel fighters opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, was upset, he said, that the United States did not follow through with military action against Damascus amid the fierce civil war there.

Dozens of Turkish police detained for alleged spying on government: Dozens of Turkish police including high-ranking officers were detained on Tuesday, accused of spying and illegal wire-tapping of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his inner circle in what the chief prosecutor said was a concocted probe of an alleged terrorist group.

18 killed in Philippines clash: The clash occurred at 1.15 a.m when the rebels from Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) attacked a reconnaissance company of the 61st division of the Philippines military in North Cotabato province, Xinhua reported.

Four foreigners killed in suicide attack inside Kabul security compound: A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle packed with explosives struck inside a security compound in the Afghan capital Tuesday, killing four foreigners and injuring six, police said.

16 killed as Libyan army, Islamist fighters clash: “Most of the dead and injured are soldiers. Three civilians, including an Egyptian, were killed when a rocket hit their house,” a hospital source said on condition of anonymity. A military official said fighting broke out after an alliance of Islamist militia attacked an army barrack, killing five soldiers.

Suicide bomb kills at least four at army base in Benghazi: security source: At least four people were killed in a suicide bombing at an army base in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday, a security source said.

Over 500 civilians killed in eastern Ukraine during army operation: More than 500 civilians have been killed in the south-eastern regions of Ukraine during the army operation there, the Ukrainian Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Four Killed as Minibus Explodes at Ukrainian Checkpoint: Three servicemen and a driver were killed when a minibus exploded at a checkpoint as clashes between pro-Russian separatists and government troops in the country’s eastern regions continue.

Kiev forces attack city of Donetsk, civilian casualties reported: Ukrainian troops equipped with tanks and armored vehicles are making an attempt to break into Donetsk, a city of approximately 950,000 people, an official of the rebels' self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Sergey Kavtaradze, informed Reuters.

Ukraine air force strikes 30km from plane crash site despite ban - reports: Earlier on, the Ukrainian air forces carried out a missile strike in 30 kilometers from the MH17 crash site – despite the 40-kilometer ceasefire.

Ukrainian Su-25 fighter detected in close approach to MH17 before crash - Moscow:The Russian military detected a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet gaining height towards the MH17 Boeing on the day of the catastrophe. Kiev must explain why the military jet was tracking the passenger airplane, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Instead of Providing Evidence for Russian Guilt in Plane Shootdown, U.S. Says: Just TRUST Us … Because Those Iraq War Lies Are Ancient History

Russia challenges accusations that Ukraine rebels shot down airliner: Russia's Defence Ministry on Monday challenged accusations pro-Russian rebels were to blame for shooting down a Malaysian airliner and asked the United States to produce satellite images to support its assertions.

This Grandpa Has Had Enough of Police Killing People: Video - On July 17 the NYPD killed Eric Garner, husband and a father of 6 children.

Appeals Courts Disagree Over Obamacare: In a potentially lethal blow, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. ruled that the federal government may not subsidize health insurance plans for people in 34 states that decided not to set up their own marketplaces under the law.

Price of Beef and Bacon Reach All-Time High: A decade ago, in June 2004, a pound of ground chuck cost $2.49, which means that the commodity has increased by 57 percent since then. Bacon has increased by 78.7 percent from the $3.42 it cost in June 2004 to the $6.11 it costs now.

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July 20, 2014

Dozens of Civilians Killed in Fresh Attacks on Gaza

Video - Warning - Graphic Images -

This video shows the horror and reality of the Israeli attack on the people of Gaza. It should only be viewed by a mature audiance. Continue

Israel kills relentlessly, but no 'Al-Shejaia moment'
A doctor writes from Gaza - 'there are lakes of blood'

By John Hilley

Pictures show the horror and reality of the Israeli attack on the people of Gaza. Should only be viewed by a mature audience.

Israelis Gather on Hillsides to Watch and Cheer as Military Drops Bombs on Gaza

By Harriet Sherwood in Sderot

People drink, snack and pose for selfies against a background of explosions as Palestinian death toll mounts in ongoing offensive. Continue

Netanyahu: Erdogan's 'Anti-Semitic' Jibe Desecrates Memory of Holocaust

By Barak Ravid

Prime Minister's remarks follow Erdogan's claims that Israel massacring Palestinians in Gaza and committing war crimes worse than Hitler's. Continue

Watch Worm Squirm
Kerry Slams Gaza Incursion: 'It's a Hell of a Pinpoint Operation'

By Haaretz

U.S. secretary of state speaks candidly to his advisers, without noticing open microphone. Continue

64 Public Figures, 7 Nobel Laureates, Call for Arms Embargo on Israel

By Haaretz

Tutu, Chomsky, Waters, Pappe, others accuse country of 'war crimes and possible crimes against humanity.' Continue

Bill Maher and Conservative Agree on Israel and Gaza, Or
Why Maher is a Piece Of *hit

Video

Does Bill Maher pretend to be an idiot, or is he really one? This is the question that came to my mind when I watched his latest puke-worthy fawning piece about Israel. Continue

What Happened to the Malaysian Airliner?

By Paul Craig Roberts

Washington’s propaganda assault against Russia is a double tragedy, because it has diverted attention from Israel’s latest atrocity against the Palestinians locked up in the Gaza Ghetto. Continue

What Did US Spy Satellites See in Ukraine?

By Robert Parry

With the scramble to blame Putin for the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down – the shoddy journalism has grown truly dangerous. Continue

What the Media Won’t Report About Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17

By Ron Paul

While western media outlets rush to repeat government propaganda on the event, there are a few things they will not report. Continue

Germany Pivoting East
The wars are to defend the USDollar, in the last stages of its reign of terror.

By Jim Willie

The Germans have had enough, fed up with destructive US activities of all kinds. For the last few months, they have been laying out their indictment, their justification, their reasons to abandon the corrupt US-UK crowd. Continue

People Are Mobilizing to Finally Put an End to the Disastrous U.S. Empire

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers

The faltering US economy can no longer afford the expensive US military. The people of the United States no longer support war and the people of the world are rebelling against US rule. Continue

Israel kills 100 Palestinians in Gaza assault on Sunday alone: - Israeli forces killed at least 100 Palestinians on Sunday including 66 in a single neighborhood of Gaza City, bringing the 13-day death toll to 437.

13 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza Sunday: - An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that 13 soldiers have been killed in intense fighting in the Gaza Strip on Sunday alone, bringing the total to at least 18 since the beginning of a ground invasion late Thursday.

'Death and horror' in Gaza as thousands flee Israeli bombardment: The fiercest fighting of the 13-day war in Gaza erupted on Sunday as Israel dramatically widened its ground offensive, sending tanks and troops into urban areas and causing thousands of panicked civilians to flee.

UN chief condemns 'atrocious' Gaza killings: Ban Ki-moon condemns killing of civilians by Israel as UN Security Council prepares to meet on Gaza.

2 American Members Of Israeli occupation Forces Killed in Fighting in Gaza Strip: The young men's love of Israel ultimately led them to join the Israel Defense Forces, and they ended up fighting for the Jewish state in the Gaza Strip this week

Obama facilitates Israeli war crimes. Put him on trial.: The number one recipient of US aid is not a poor country: it is Israel, a rich, developed society, which receives billions of dollars in military aid every year. This makes the US directly complicit in Israel's deliberate and indiscriminate assaults against Palestinian civilians

Hamas claims it's captured an Israeli soldier: The solider was taken during an early morning operation, according to Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas' military wing, al-Qassam Brigades. He provided the supposed soldier's name and ID.

Hamas commends withdrawal of Ecuadorian ambassador from Tel-Aviv: "We condemn the Israeli military incursion into Palestinian territory, we require cessation of operations and indiscriminate attacks against civilians," Patino said.

US to help Abbas and PA rule over Gaza after conflict ends: According to the Times of Israel the American Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro indicated on Saturday night that the US may have plans to see the Palestinian Authority and Mahmoud Abbas rule Gaza once this current conflict comes to an end.

On 'human shielding' in Gaza : Op-Ed: Since hi-tech states can and do kill hundreds or thousands of civilians, they have to provide moral justification for their action in order to preserve their standing in the international arena; they have to demonstrate that they are protecting the principles of liberal democracy.

Tens of thousands rally in London against Israel’s slaughter: In huge demonstration, protesters denounce Israel as terrorist state, castigate PM Cameron for backing right to self-defense

Anti-Israel protesters rally across France, defying ban imposed after synagogue clash: Thousands march through French cities in protest of Israeli operation in Gaza Strip; French president says will not allow violence to spill over into France.

131 Killed In Iraq As Deadline Passes for Christians To Leave Mosul: Fourteen people were killed and 21 more were wounded during shelling in Falluja.

Iraqi bishop urges world to act after Mosul's Christians forced to flee: A senior Iraqi bishop urged the world to act on Sunday after Islamic hardliners drove Mosul's Christians from the northern Iraqi city, effectively ending a presence there dating back to Christianity's earliest years.

Syria: 65 members from Assad's forces killed in Homs: At least 65 members from Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime forces were killed in eastern Homs, which has been witnessing fierce battles for two days, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a press statement Sunday.

60 Syria Soldiers Killed in Battle With Jihadists: Newspaper: At least 60 soldiers have died as the army battles to retake a gas field in central Syria where jihadists killed 270 people, a pro-gov newspaper reported today.

Jihad fatigue: Hundreds of Syrian rebels give up fight: Many exhausted, disillusioned fighters lay down guns, rejoin civilian life

Iran completes process of eliminating enriched uranium: Iran has turned all of its enriched uranium closest to the level needed to make nuclear arms into more harmless forms, the UN nuclear agency says.

At least 47 killed in fighting at Libya airport: health ministry: At least 47 people have been killed in fighting between rival militias for control of Libya's main airport, the health ministry said on Sunday.

Filipinos ordered to quit Libya: The Philippines yesterday ordered its estimated 13,000 nationals in Libya to flee that country due to the worsening unrest there.

Suspected Islamists killed 40 Nigerian civilians : - Suspected Islamists raided the remote northeast Nigerian town of Damboa over the weekend, shooting dead more than 40 residents and burning down houses in a familiar pattern of killing that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes this year.

Gunmen in Kenya kill four in Mombasa: Gunmen on a motorcycle have killed at least four people and injured several others in the Kenyan city of Mombasa.

33 "Militants" Killed, 28 Injured In Afghan Army Operations: At least 28 militants were also injured during the operations and 10 others were arrested along with some weapons, ammunition and explosives, MoD said.

Afghan election vote audit suspended following disagreements: According to reports, the audit of presidential votes have been halted due to misunderstandings between the electoral teams of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.

With disregard for civilians: Pakistan Bombs North Waziristan Killing 28 People: It was not possible to independently verify the casualties as the offensive is ongoing and media are banned from the area.

MH17 plane crash: Kerry points finger at Russia: US Secretary of State John Kerry says there is overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine. Mr Kerry called on Russia to take responsibility for the actions of the rebels, saying their handling of the dead had been "grotesque".

Sky News apologises for rummaging through MH17 luggage: In a news broadcast, presenter Colin Brazier was shown rooting through personal belongings in an opened suitcase at the site, picking up a set of keys before saying: "We shouldn't really be doing this."

Jay Carney cashes in: The former Obama administration spin doctor signed on this month with the Washington Speakers Bureau, a gig that came with a signing bonus and is likely to yield payments as high as $100,000 per speech to share his personal presidential anecdotes and analysis of the next two election cycles.

New Yorkers rally over alleged police brutality: Protests follow the death of Eric Garner who died after officer placed him in what appeared to be chokehold.

July 19, 2014

Gaza: Charity Official Likens Job To ‘Patching up Torture Victims in an Open-air prison’

By Robert Fisk

A senior official in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) humanitarian charity has described his organisation’s work among the 1.8 million besieged Palestinian refugees as akin to being “in an open-air prison to patch up prisoners in between their torture sessions”. Continue

Escalate The International Resistance
Occupy the Occupier’s Embassies and Consulates!

By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

The occupier’s embassies and consulates must not be allowed to operate as normal and engage in business as usual while its forces are conducting a murderous occupation. Continue

Harper's One-sided Approach to Gaza is a Betrayal of Canadian Values

By Linda McQuaig

Certain minimal standards are expected of a national leader in what is known as the ‘civilized world’. Continue

A Future in Hell:
The Bitter Fruits of Bellicose Policy

By Chris Floyd

When the Soviet Union fell, there was an opening -- a genuine opening -- to make a better world. But America's bipartisan elites refused to take that path. Continue

It Was Putin's Missile!

By Pepe Escobar

Why? Because the CIA said so. Continue

Blame Russia
Memories, Recollections, Guesses and Speculations About MH17

By The Saker

Like 9/11, there is no way, no amount of evidence, which would affect the unanimous chorus of Imperial doubleplusgoodthinkers in their conclusion that obviously it could only have been "the Russians". Continue

Transcripts of Alleged Conversations Between Russian Intelligence and Pro-Russian Rebels Released

By Haaretz

Transcripts appear to capture the moments when the rebels realized they had shot down a civilian passenger jet, rather than a military transport plane. Continue

MH17: World See Tragedy, US Sees “Game Changer”

By Tony Cartalucci

NATO needed a “game changer,” because it was playing a game it was clearly losing. Continue

Facts Needed on Malaysian Plane Shoot-Down

By Ray McGovern

The history of U.S. government’s deceptions might be reason to pause and let a careful investigation uncover the facts. Continue

Stephen Cohen: Downed Malaysian Plane Raises Risk of War Between Russia and the West

Video

This is horrible for Putin and for the Russian position. Continue

You Know Your Country Sucks When You Look Wistfully Back at Stalin

By Ted Rall

America isn't broke, but most Americans are. The reason is simple: Continue

Zero Point
The End.  Of Everything

By Scott Thomas Outlar

Who will fight like a cornered wolf when they come to take you away? Continue

Death toll in Gaza reaches 337 on second day of ground invasion: As Israel's assault on Gaza enters its twelfth day, the death toll has reached 337, including 77 children, 24 women and 18 senior citizens. More than 2,385 people have been injured in the onslaught.

More than 100 Gazans killed in Israeli assault in less than 48 hours: 110 Palestinians have been killed in less than 48 hours since Israel launched a ground invasion of the besieged Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of dead in the 12-day assault to 339.

4 members of Gaza family killed in Beit Hanoun shelling: Medics told Ma'an that Mahmoud Zuwaid, his wife Daliah Zuwaid, and their children Nagham, 3, and Ruyah, 2, were killed in the attack.

Hamas armed wing: 5 Israeli soldiers killed in new cross-border attack: Hamas' armed wing said Saturday that a group of its operatives infiltrated Israeli territory for the second time in a day and killed five Israeli soldiers.

Israel confirms 2 soldiers killed in cross-border attack: The Israeli army announced Saturday the deaths of two Israeli soldiers by resistance fighters who had escaped occupied Gaza, hours after they had been reported wounded.

Israeli killed, 3 injured as rocket falls near Dimona: - A 33-year-old Palestinian Bedouin citizen of Israel was killed and three others injured after a rocket from Gaza hit a village near the southern town of Dimona on Saturday.

1 in 5 of Gaza dead are children: Sobbing and shaking, Ismail Abu Musallam leaned against the wall of a hospital Friday, waiting for three of his children to be prepared for burial. They were killed as they slept when an Israeli tank shell hit their home, burying 11-year-old Ahmed, 14-year-old Walaa and 16-year-old Mohammed under debris in their beds.

Israel recruits over 100 British teens to join Gaza war: The recruitment of dozens of British citizens to join the ranks of the Israeli military behind the onslaught in Gaza has sparked anger. The Israeli military has confirmed the presence of over 100 British “lone soldiers” serving 18-month tours of duty in its ranks.

'In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians': Global anger grows as 15,000 protestors mass outside Israel's London embassy

Take action: Protests around the world to assault on Palestine: Upcoming protests

Ed Miliband: horrifying deaths of hundreds of Palestinians 'can not be justified': Video - "I cannot explain, justify or defend the horrifying deaths of hundreds of Palestinians, including children and innocent civilians.

War criminal: Hillary Clinton makes rounds on TV shows defending Israel's attack on Gaza: Video - Presumed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton took to the airwaves in the United States to voice criticism of Hamas and express support for the Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip.

How the West Chose War in Gaza: Israel and much of the international community placed a prohibitive set of obstacles in the way of the Palestinian “national consensus” government that was formed in early June.

Egypt blocks aid convoy from reaching crossing with Gaza: Egyptian soldiers in north Sinai prevented an aid convoy of activists from reaching the Rafah border crossing and entering the Gaza Strip Saturday, an AFP correspondent reported.

ISIS surge: Over 270 killed in Syria, former US base stormed in Iraq's Tikrit: The Islamic State militant group is on the rise in Iraq and Syria after crushing Baghdad’s plans to retake Tikrit. Hundreds of troops have been captured and 270 people were murdered in a Syrian gas field following the jihadists’ biggest attack yet.

Rebels kill 100 Syrian Govt soldiers in Hama: The Free Syrian Army has killed 100 regime soldiers and captured 15 in Syria's Hama province, according to opposition activists

Western supported Jihadists stone Syria woman to death for 'adultery': NGO: Jihadists in the northern Syrian province of Raqa have accused a woman of adultery and stoned her to death, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As - 35 Iraqis killed, dozens injured in series of blasts around Baghdad: - Thirty five people were killed and 86 injured in a series of car explosions targeting the Iraqi capital, police said Saturday.

Islamic State overwhelms Iraqi forces at Tikrit in major defeat: The worst military reversal Iraqi troops have suffered since the Islamist forces captured nearly half the country last month.

Report: Iran, six powers agree to extended nuclear talks by four months: Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China had set a July 20 deadline to complete a long-term agreement that would resolve the decade-old dispute over Tehran's alleged nuclear ambitions.

Boko Haram kills 100 in Nigeria: Survivors said that insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and lobbed home-made bombs into homes, and then gunned down people as they tried to escape the fires in the attack on Damboa town launched before dawn on Friday.

At least 21 Egypt soldiers slain in attack at checkpoint near Libya: The attack was the second to target the same military checkpoint in less than two months, after a similar assault June 1 left five soldiers dead.

Two Egyptians killed in rocket attack in Libya: Two Egyptian workers were killed in Libya on Saturday when rockets hit the area of Abou-Atny in Benghazi where a special forces camp is located.

Shebab militants claim attack on Kenya bus that killed seven: Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on a bus and police vehicle in Kenya's restive southeastern coast that killed at least seven people.

Nineteen 'suffocate' aboard boat from Africa:crowded boat travelling from North Africa to Italy. Nineteen migrants have died, reportedly by suffocating, aboard a boat from Africa.

Ukraine: 20 civilians killed as Ukrainian forces shell city of Lugansk : Video - “Today intense bombardment of Lugansk has continued. Shells are falling in almost all districts of the city,” the administration said in a statement. “According to preliminary information, more than 20 civilians have been killed since this morning.”

Militia fights off Ukrainian army offensive on Luhansk: The Ukrainian army tried to approach the city from two sides, the press service of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic said.

Russia slams US for implicating rebels in jet crash: Russia on Saturday launched a blistering attack against Washington after US President Barack Obama said that a missile fired from territory controlled by Moscow-backed rebels downed the Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine. "The statements of representatives of the US administration are evidence of a deep political aberration of Washington's perception of what is going on in Ukraine," he told Russian news agencies.

Malaysia MH17 crash: 10 questions Russia wants Ukraine to answer: Some Western states and Kiev rushed to find Russian involvement in the MH17 crash having no evidence to back their claims, Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister told RT. He invited Ukraine to answer 10 questions to prove their commitment to an impartial probe.

'It is suspicious the plane has deviated from the route it usually takes' : Video - Questions have arisen over unusual circumstances of the tragedy

Mechanism of Provocation: The machinations with the "Boeing" route are absolutely identical to a well-known provocation with a South-Korean "Boeing", which the americans led into the USSR airspace in 1983, after which it was shot down.

Ukraine rebels accused of blocking jet probe: Observers from the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) arrived at the crash site for a second time on Saturday, a day after they were asked to leave after being given limited access to the farmland where the jet went down.

Russia bars entry to 12 Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib-linked Americans: “We have mentioned before that it is futile to communicate with us in the language of sanctions. Such measures will not be allowed to pass without consequence,” said a statement on the foreign ministry website.

‘Doomsday sputnik’: Russia said to launch new missile-attack warning satellite: After years of delay, Russia plans to deploy this year the first satellite of its new constellation replacing the space component of the early warning system, Russian media reported. It will also double as an emergency communication satellite.

Afghan clash leaves 14 Taliban, 1 soldier killed; - Gun battle between Taliban militants and Afghan forces claimed 15 lives including 14 insurgents and one Afghan soldier in Khost province on Friday, a local official said Saturday.

US Murders 11 People In NW Pakistan: A U.S. drone fired several missiles at a sprawling compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing eleven alleged militants.

I, spy: Edward Snowden in exile: Video - America’s most wanted talks frankly about his life as a hero-pariah – and why the world remains ‘more dangerous than Orwell imagined’.

Human Rights Watch is Roundly Criticized By… Human Rights Activists: Human Rights Watch, a group that claims to “defend the rights of people worldwide” has come under fire from two Nobel Peace Laureates and a hundred other scholars and human rights activists.

Local Police Stockpile Weapons Of War: Video report: - - A massive military build-up is underway right here in Tennessee. Local law enforcement agencies are snatching up huge amounts of weapons -- from the Department of Defense -- used in fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US terrorist database growing at rapid rate: — The U.S. government is rapidly expanding the number of names it accepts for inclusion on its terrorist watch list, with more than 1.5 million added in the last five years, according to numbers divulged by the government in a civil lawsuit.

Water Rights March in Detroit: On Friday, July 18, thousands of people marched through downtown Detroit to call attention to a major public health crisis as the city shuts off the water for residents who are behind on their bills.

California City Will Fine Couple $500 For Not Watering Brown Lawn, State Will Fine’em $500 If They Do: Laura and Mark received notice from Glendora, Calif. that they’d get a $500 penalty for not watering their brown lawn… on the same day the state approved mandatory outdoor watering restrictions with the same fine for violating that attached, $500.

US states with higher minimum wages gain more jobs: The 13 U.S. states that raised their minimum wages at the beginning of this year are adding jobs at a faster pace than those that did not, providing some counter-intuitive fuel to the debate over what impact a higher minimum has on hiring trends.

Criminalization of homelessness on the rise in U.S. cities: The report cites these legislative bans as punishing homeless individuals for “being in public even when they have no other alternatives”.

July 18, 2014

Israel Ends “Humanitarian Ceasefire” With New Massacre of Gaza Children

By Ali Abunimah

Three children from a single family were killed when an Israeli air strike hit their home in the Sabra section of Gaza City. Continue

US Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution Supporting Israeli Attack on Gaza

Updated - By Chris Carlson

No dissenting vote was cast, and no mention was made of the hundreds of Palestinian civilians, most of whom are women and children, that have been killed by Israel in the past ten days. Continue

'The Jimmy Savile of Nation States'
Israel's Historical Abuse Still Being Hushed

By John Hilley

America, Israel's principal 'parent', has spoiled, protected and indulged this occupying, apartheid state now for over six decades. Continue

Who is Winning?

By Uri Avnery

When a tiny fighting force in a tiny territory achieves a standoff with one of the mightiest armies in the world, it can be considered a victory. Continue

Gaza: This Shameful Injustice Will Only End If The Cost Of It Rises

By Seumas Milne

The idea that Israel is defending itself from unprovoked attacks is absurd. Occupied people have the right to resist. Continue

Israeli Crowd Cheers As Missile Hits Gaza Live On CNN

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“I think you can probably see there are lots of Israelis gathered around who are cheering when they see these kinds of Israeli strikes.” Continue

"Evacuate to Where?" - Report from Gaza

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Gaza-based blogger Nalan al Sarraj and TRNN's Lia Tarachansky report on the mood of the people in Gaza and Israel as Israeli ground troops join the attack. Continue

The Dementedness Destroying Israel

By William A. Cook

Demented minds thrive on demeaning the economically less fortunate, those of a different complexion, those who speak a different language, and those not of the tribe and its beliefs. Continue

“The Israeli Dream”
The Criminal Roadmap Towards “Greater Israel”?

By Felicity Arbuthnot

Ethnic Cleansing Planned in the Middle East? History, Legality Ignored. Continue

Covert War Against Iran's Nuclear Scientists: A Widow Remembers

By Scott Peterson

The wife of the first scientist to be assassinated speaks about her husband's growing fear of a net closing around him – and of meeting his Israeli-trained assassin before his execution. Continue

Sanctions and Airliners

By Paul Craig Roberts

As there is no act too dastardly for Washington to undertake, Putin and Russia could become victims of a devious machination. Continue

Ukraine Releases YouTube Clip "Proving" Rebels Shot Down Malaysian Flight MH-17

By Tyler Durden

Something here smells very fishy... Continue

Obama Caused the Malaysian Airliner to Be Downed

By Eric Zuesse

Obama has put in place the ethnic-cleansing campaign, which directly caused, as one of its tragic responses, the erroneous shoot-down of the Malaysian Boeing 777 airliner. Continue

Should We Celebrate US War Crimes?

By Andy Piascik

We should counsel young people to emphatically reject the military – no matter how bleak the alternatives may be. Continue

A Competing Currency?
Jim Rogers: Only a Russian/Chinese/Brazil Joint-currency Can Battle Dollar Dominance

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BRICS members are capable of challenging the United States' financial dominance. Continue

Israel kills 274 Palestinians amid fierce fighting: Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said the number of displaced Gazans had almost doubled in the past 24 hours with more than 40,000 seeking sanctuary with the UN.

38 Palestinians killed as Israel presses Gaza ground assault: 38 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by airstrikes and artillery fire since Israel launched a ground operation late Thursday, medics said.

Israel okays draft of 18,000 more reservists: A spokeswoman told AFP the decision raised the overall number of soldiers called in since the start of Operation Protective Edge to 65,000, without saying how many of them had actually been mobilised.

Israeli tanks withdraw from Beit Lahiya after clashes with Hamas: Hamas' military wing the al-Qassam Brigades has claimed responsibility for hitting multiple Israeli military vehicles in the area, confirming direct hits with mortar shells and 107 rockets.

Obama: 'No nation should accept terrorists tunneling into its territory': "While I was having the conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, sirens went off in Tel Aviv," said Obama. "No nation should accept rockets being fired into its borders or terrorists tunnelling into its territory."

Institutionalised Disregard for Palestinian Life: Over the past 14 years, Israel has killed Palestinian children at a rate of more than two a week. There seems to be no Israeli child in harm’s way that Barack Obama will not compare to his own daughters, but their Palestinian counterparts are brushed aside with mantras about Israel’s right to self-defence.

Merkel says, Israel has right to defense: "Both sides must accept painful compromises but we stand by the side of Israel when it comes to self-defense," she said at a news conference in Berlin.

Israel Evacuates Diplomatic Families in Turkey Following Attacks: Palestine suppoprters pelted the Israeli diplomatic missions in Ankara and Istanbul with stones, following Israel's decision to launch a ground invasion into Gaza

Why Jews oppose Israel's occupation of Palestine and attack on Gaza: Tapping into a profound collective memory of discrimination and dispossession, Jews should feel no solidarity with Israel's occupation. Our solidarity is firmly with the Palestinian people.

Reports: 115 killed in seizure of Syria gas field: Islamic extremists killed at least 115 Syrian troops, guards and workers as they captured a gas field in central Syria following daylong clashes, activists said Friday.

Over 5,000 Iraqi’s civilians killed this year – UN: Insurgents seized swathes of northern Iraq, including the area’s largest city Mosul and of the 2,400 people killed in June, 1,531 were civilians.

11 killed in Iraq attacks: Two bomb attacks, one of which ripped through a sprawling Baghdad market, killed at least 11 people in Iraq today, officials said.

Militants Storm Iraqi Airbase: Military Sources: "Last night, gunmen infiltrated the base. There were snipers and suicide bombers among them, they managed to reach the runway," the officer, who witnessed the attack, told AFP on condition of anonymity.

New militant group replacing Isis in Mosul, says city governor: Atheel Nujaifi says main strike force has withdrawn, with rebels linked to Saddam Hussein regime taking over

Iraq Christians told to convert or face death: Islamic State group tells Christian community in Mosul they face death if they do not embrace Islam or pay tax.

U.S. officials defend $60B "wartime" request: The Pentagon is requesting the money for its fiscal 2015 "wartime" budget, the overseas contingency operations fund (OCO), but only $11 billion of the total would go toward U.S. operations in Afghanistan

Nine killed in shootout and blast in Pakistan: Two policeman and a fighter killed in gun battle in Lahore, as six people die in a bomb attack on a bus in northwest.

Eight soldiers killed in northwest Pakistan: Eight paramilitary troops were killed when heavily armed militants attacked a security checkpoint in northwestern Khyber Agency -- one of the seven semi-autonomous tribal areas in Pakistan -- on Friday, officials said.

Libya: Fresh fighting breaks out in Tripoli airport despite truce: The clashes came as the government sought United Nations help to prevent the country from becoming a “failed state.” 

Ukraine : At least 20 are killed in heavy shelling across country: Just hours after flight MH17 was shot down, the eastern city of Lugansk was hit by shelling leaving hundreds of residents wounded. Pictures show bodies lining the streets covered in blankets in the wake of the attack which was reportedly carried out by Ukrainian forces.

Shocking - FIRST FOOTAGE Malaysia flight MH17 Boeing 777 crash site, ukraine reporter : Warning -

Obama blames Russia for downed passenger jet: Mr. Obama said that the evidence points to the separatists, who are allegedly armed and trained by Russia, firing the missile that brought down the Boeing 777 and killed all 298 passengers and crew aboard.

Ukrainian Buk battery radar was operational when Malaysian plane downed - Moscow: The battery was deployed at a site from which it could have fired a missile at the airliner, the ministry said in a statement. It said radiation from the battery’s radar was detected by the Russian military.

Ukraine Army with SAMs near Donetsk on July 5th : Video - Here is a video from a few days ago showing Ukraine Army in the region in possession of SAM BUK.

Did MH17 pilot divert INTO the danger zone? Aviation expert claims captain made last-minute change of course over Ukraine because he 'felt uncomfortable'

Lavrov: Russia won’t take control of Malaysian plane’s black boxes: The seizure of flight records would violate international law as it’s up to relevant international agencies to investigate of the incident, he explained.

Russia Today reporter resigns in protest at MH17 coverage: Sara Firth criticises Kremlin-backed news channel’s ‘disrespect for facts’ in reports about Malaysia Airlines plane disaster

This Isn't the First Time: 5 Other Commercial Airliners That Were Shot Down: Passenger jets have been shot down in the past. Below is a list of five previous episodes.

Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova to obtain non-NATO ally status, increase in transfer of military assets: The U.S. Congress passed in two readings a Russian aggression prevention bill that provides major non-NATO ally status for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova for purposes of the transfer or possible transfer of defense articles or defense services.

Top American spy in Germany has left country: Germany demanded that the "representative of the U.S. intelligence services" depart shortly after authorities uncovered two cases of alleged American spying.

Snowden: NSA Employees Are Passing Around Nude Photos: Analysts working for the National Security Agency routinely pass around private, intimate photos found in the stream of communications data intercepted, according to Edward Snowden.