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Why Latin American Leaders Are Standing Up To Israel August 18, 2014 "ICH" - "Al Jazeera America" --Since the Israeli offensive against Gaza began, images of Palestinian children murdered in their homes and schools and bombs exploding in neighborhoods have outraged people around the globe. Many governments have followed the United States, making empty declarations against the violence, as if the death dealing were equal and not overwhelmingly of Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli bombs and bullets. But as the U.S. government backpedals to reconcile its unconditional support of Israel with basic principles of human rights and Europe waffles, one region stands out in its opposition to the siege of Gaza: Latin America. Leaders from across the region have condemned the Israel Defense Forces’ attacks on Gaza as excessive and unfair.

Rights group condemns Nigerian army "massacre" at pro-Palestine protest | The Electronic Intifada On 25 July  Nigerian soldiers attacked the annual al-Quds Day demonstration in support of Palestine in Zaria, a city in Kaduna State in northern Nigeria. The attack killed 33 demonstrators and bystanders including three children of the prominent scholar Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, head of the Islamic Movement. The movement, which organized the demonstration, is a Nigerian Shia group. The UK-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) sent a fact finding mission to Zaria and “returned to the UK with harrowing details of human rights abuses committed by the [Nigerian] armed forces,” it stated in a press release on Saturday . The group says its full report is forthcoming.

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Video: "Obama and Netanyahu are war criminals," says Dr. Cornel West in Washington | The Electronic Intifada Thousands of protesters from cities all over the world gathered on 9 and 10 August to protest Israel’s continued attacks on Palestinians and call for an end to the siege on Gaza. The Bethlehem-based International Middle East Media Center reports that “Hundreds of thousands of people participated in marches and rallies Saturday in hundreds of cities around the world, including Washington DC, Cape Town South Africa, Birmingham and Dublin, with an estimated 150,000 people protesting in London alone.”

Migrant rights group on US-Mexico border urges boycott of Israel | The Electronic Intifada (Wissam Nassar / Maan Images) Migrant rights group on US-Mexico border urges boycott of Israel Submitted by Jimmy Johnson on Tue, 08/12/2014 - 11:14 chickenfarm.jpg A chicken farm was destroyed by Israel shortly before the current 72-hour “truce” came into effect; the US is a key supplier of military aid to Israel’s forces of occupation. ( Abed Rahim Khatib / APA images ) The Arizona -based migrant justice and humanitarian group No More Deaths/No Más Muertes  has endorsed the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. The group has also condemned Israel’s attacks on civilians, while connecting the militarization of the US-Mexico border to Israeli repression of Palestinians. In a statement, No More Deaths/No Más Muertes notes that, “Although the Israel-Palestine conflict may seem remote from the Sonoran desert borderlands, there are ma...

The Root Cause of the Never-Ending Conflict in Palestine; and How to Fix It The Root Cause of the Never-Ending Conflict in Palestine; and How to Fix It By a Dutch Jewish WWII Survivor " Anti-Zionism, in fact, is the form that much of today's anti­-Semitism takes. " ~ Alvin Rosenfeld 1   August 08, 2014 " ICH " - " Huffington Post " - - The view that Jews are a nation is the primary belief underlying Zionism. Other ideas too are inherent to Zionism, but no useful purpose would be served by discussing them all here. The notion of Jewish nationhood is a 19th-century invention, 2 and like many other 19th-century inventions it is taking a long time to unravel and lay to rest. The following addresses the question ...