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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis
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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

Juan Cole

The reason Gaza has this monstrous number of orphans is that the Israeli government killed their parents, including their mothers

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

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Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

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By Jon Queally, Commondreams Yes, Admits CIA Chief, We Spied on Senate Panel Investigating Torture The findings of an internal investigation at the Central Intelligence […]

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About a Girl: To ‘Liesel’ in Gaza…

About a Girl: To ‘Liesel’ in Gaza…

Girl in Gaza. (origin of photos unknown) by ROBIN KIRK for ISLAMiCommentary Of all of the images of the destruction being visited upon Gaza and […]

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Gaza: Analysis shows Israel Keeps Changing Justification

Gaza: Analysis shows Israel Keeps Changing Justification

AJ+ Analysis of tweets from Israeli military over past few weeks shows that the justification for its attack on Gaza keeps changing, with previous narratives […]

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Wiping another Country off the Map:  Israel does it to Palestine

Wiping another Country off the Map: Israel does it to Palestine

By Juan Cole Back when the warmongers had hopes of ginning up a war between the United States and Iran during the Bush administration, one […]

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UN Official Breaks Down on Camera; another says: "Children Killed in their Sleep - a Source of Universal Shame"

UN Official Breaks Down on Camera; another says: “Children Killed in their Sleep – a Source of Universal Shame”

‘After a United Nations-run school sheltering more than 3,000 Palestinians was shelled early Wednesday, UN official Chris Gunness could not contain his grief while on […]

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What is Congress Suing Obama about?  Drones?  Surveillance? Unauthorized War?  Guess!

What is Congress Suing Obama about? Drones? Surveillance? Unauthorized War? Guess!

RT Redacted Tonight: “House Speaker John Boehner is suing President Obama. Is it for drone bombing or NSA surveillance? Of course not!” RT America: “You […]

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 Gaza’s Schools on the Battlefield (HRW)

Gaza’s Schools on the Battlefield (HRW)

By Bede Sheppard via Human Rights Watch Follow @BedeOnKidRights On July 30 a school in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza run by the United […]

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Washington Condemns Israeli Shelling of UN School w/out Mentioning Israel

Washington Condemns Israeli Shelling of UN School w/out Mentioning Israel

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — … [O]n Wednesday, another 16 people were killed when at least two Israeli tank shells slammed into a UN school in Jabaliya […]

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Turkish Women Have Last Laugh on Twitter, Reject Gov't Puritanism

Turkish Women Have Last Laugh on Twitter, Reject Gov’t Puritanism

Euronews: ‘ “A woman should not laugh in front of everyone. She should protect her honour.” These were the words which landed Turkey’s Deputy Prime […]

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