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At Least 65 Killed as US Drones Attack South Waziristan Funeral Procession -- News from Antiwar.com : "On Thursday, US drones launched an attack on a compound in South Waziristan, and when locals rushed to the scene to rescue survivors, they launched more missiles at them, leaving a total of 13 dead. The timing and target of the attack were controversial, as was the tactic of luring locals in with a first strike to maximize the kill count. Today, locals were involved in a funeral procession when the US struck again." Drones attacked what they suspected was a “militant hideout” early today, killing at least 17. When mourners gathered to offer prayers for those slain in the first attack, the drones struck again, attacking the procession it self and bringing the overall toll to at least 65, according to witnesses .

Free Ezra : "His name is Ezra Nawi Join Naomi Klein, Neve Gordon, Noam Chomsky and thousands of others and tell Israel not to jail Ezra Nawi, one of Israel’s most courageous human rights activists. His crime? He tried to stop a military bulldozer from destroying the homes of Palestinian Bedouins in the South Hebron region. Nawi, a Jewish Israeli of Iraqi descent, is a threat to the settlers and the Israeli government because he has brought international attention to efforts to illegally remove Palestinians from the Hebron region. He will be sentenced in July. (Watch the remarkable video of Nawi trying to stop the home demolition and his subsequent arrest.)"

Israeli police humiliate Palestinians in video - Yahoo! News : "JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israeli border guards have posted videos online in which they humiliate Palestinians, including ordering a young man to sing and slap himself, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported on Saturday. In one video clip posted on YouTube the man is ordered to repeatedly slap himself in the face while chanting 'I love the border police' as off-screen border guards laugh and cheer him on. 'Say one hummus, one ful (fava beans), I love the border guard,' the off-screen voice says. The Hebrew and Arabic phrase rhymes. Another video shows a Palestinian man sitting in what appears to be a police vehicle chanting the same song. A third clip includes still photos showing Palestinians bound and blindfolded in a room with an Israeli flag. In one of the photos an Israeli soldier is posing and smiling next to one of the detainees. The caption of the video says it was made in November 2007. A third clip ...

New Film Chronicles Civilian Slaughter In Afghanistan : Information Clearing House - ICH : "The footage you are about to see is poignant, heart-wrenching, and often a direct result of U.S. foreign policy. We must help the refugees whose lives have been shattered by U.S. foreign policy and military attacks. Support the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, an organization dedicated to helping women and children, human rights issues, and social justice. Then, become a Peacemaker. Receive up-to-the-minute information through our new mobile alert system whenever there are Afghan civilian casualties from this war, and take immediate action by calling Congress. http://rethinkafghanistan.com/"

Why aren't Jews outraged by Israeli occupation? : Information Clearing House - ICH : "June 18, 2009 'Haaretz' -- During this year's AIPAC conference in Washington, Executive Director Howard Kohr warned the 7,000-plus crowd that the global movement to 'delegitimize Israel' was gathering steam. 'These voices are laying the predicate for an abandonment,' he said. His sentiments were almost apocalyptic: 'The stakes in that battle are nothing less than the survival of Israel, linked inexorably to the relationship between Israel and the United States. In this battle we are the firewall, the last rampart.' The age of Barack Obama has unleashed a global wave of Jewish unease over Israel's future and the Diaspora's relationship to the self-described Jewish state. It's a debate that is long overdue. Zionist organizations in Australia campaigned loudly in May against the allegedly 'anti-Semitic' play Seven Jewish Children, a te...

BBC NEWS | Europe | World hunger 'hits one billion' : "One billion people throughout the world suffer from hunger, a figure which has increased by 100 million because of the global financial crisis, says the UN. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said the figure was a record high. Persistently high food prices have also contributed to the hunger crisis. The director general of the FAO said the level of hunger, one-sixth of the world's population, posed a 'serious risk' to world peace and security."

Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Khamenei: Vote protests must end : "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, has backed the outcome of the country's presidential elections and warned protests against it must stop. 'Street actions are being done to put pressure on leaders, but we will not bow in front of them,' he said in a sermon during Friday prayers at Tehran University. 'I want to tell everyone these [protests] must finish.'"