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Boycott Israel News: [Boycott - Other News] Socialists unite with Zionists against Palestine Demo This years annual Al-Quds Day demonstration in support of the oppressed peoples of Palestine was opposed by an organised counter-demonstration. We didn't think anything special of it as we are used to zionists attacking our demos and take such attacks in our stride as part of the price for standing up for justice. During one demonstration an elderly rabbi, one of our speakers, was punched in the face by a zionist right in front of the police. At another demo, the family of one of our activists was targeted at home whilst the activist was at the demo. Apart from the zionists, the IHRC has also been the target of many far right groups including receiving death threats through the post from Combat 18, the "armed wing" of the British neo-Nazi organization Blood & Honour. But what was so surprising and sad about this counter-demo was that it was an alliance of f...

Uganda rebels killed over 500 civilians in DR Congo: UN - Yahoo! News : "GENEVA (AFP) – The Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army has slaughtered at least 537 people and kidnapped another 408 in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo since September, the UN said Tuesday. 'We are increasingly concerned about the humanitarian situation and continuing attacks by the LRA on the civilian population in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale province,' said Ron Redmond, spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)."

Palestinian teen shot dead by settler | World Breaking News | News.com.au : "A 15-year-old Palestinian boy has been shot dead by a Jewish settler in the northern West Bank, Palestinian emergency services and Israeli police say. Nasser Awdi was killed near the town of Qalqilya when the settler opened fire at him from a passing car. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the gunman from the nearby settlement of Emmanuel was believed to have opened fire after his car was stoned. 'The police are currently questioning him to determine the exact circumstances behind this incident,' he said."

How American News Media Works In Favor Of Israel : Information Clearing House - ICH

In an interview with Brit Hume that aired today on Fox News Sunday, President Bush admitted that he personally authorized the torture of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He said h : "In an interview with Brit Hume that aired today on Fox News Sunday, (Jan 11) President Bush admitted that he personally authorized the torture of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He said he personally asked “what tools” were available to use on him, and sought legal approval for waterboarding him: BUSH: One such person who gave us information was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. … And I’m in the Oval Office and I am told that we have captured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the professionals believe he has information necessary to secure the country. So I ask what tools are available for us to find information from him and they gave me a list of tools, and I said are these tools deemed to be legal? And so we got legal opinions before any decision was made. Watch it:"

BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'More than 1,000 killed in Gaza' : "Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip have passed 1,000, medical sources in Gaza say, as diplomatic efforts continue to reach a ceasefire. Nearly a third of the dead are reported to be children and nearly 5,000 people have been injured. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said he wanted to find a durable and sustainable ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian fighters. But clashes were reported to intensify as Mr Ban began a Middle East tour. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said 1,010 people have died in the conflict which started 19 days ago. More than 300 of the dead are said to be children and about 4,700 people in Gaza have been injured. Thirteen Israelis have been killed, including three civilians and one soldier from rockets fired from Gaza and nine soldiers killed in fighting in Gaza."

The Humiliation of America : Information Clearing House - ICH : "“Early Friday morning the secretary of state was considering bringing the cease-fire resolution to a UNSC vote and we didn’t want her to vote for it.” Olmert said. “I said ‘get President Bush on the phone.’ They tried and told me he was in the middle of a lecture in Philadelphia. I said ‘I’m not interested, I need to speak to him now.’ He got down from the podium, went out and took the phone call.” “Let me see if I understand this,” wrote a friend in response to news reports that Israeli Prime Minister Olmert ordered President Bush from the podium where he was giving a speech to receive Israel’s instructions about how the United States had to vote on the UN resolution. “On September 11th, President Bush is interrupted while reading a story to school children and told the World Trade Center had been hit--and he went on reading. Now, Olmert calls about a UN resolution when Bush is giving a speech and Bush ...