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Saudi Coalition Attack on Fleeing Civilians Massacres Another 24 Yemeni Children

All political parties in independent Yemen, including Houthis, have condemned the latest attack, saying that the blood of children had again been spilled before the blood of those killed in the recent school bus attack had even dried.

Whitney Webb
Ahmed Abdulkareem
Par Whitney Webb
Et Ahmed Abdulkareem
saudi coalition attack

HODEIDA, YEMEN -- Just two weeks after bombing a school bus in Northern Yemen and killing scores of children, the U.S.-backed and Saudi-led coalition carried out another atrocity targeting mainly children near the port city of Hodeida early Thursday morning. Of the 31 casualties that resulted from the strike, 24 were children, while the seven

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Israeli Law Would Ban Public Display of Palestinian Flag Within Israel

While the proposed law specifically bans the use of such flags during protests and demonstrations, it defines a protest as any gathering where three or more people are present, essentially making the display of such flags illegal in the vast majority of public areas.

Whitney Webb
Par Whitney Webb
Independent Palestinian State

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- A new bill introduced in the Israeli Knesset on Wednesday seeks to prohibit the public use of the Palestinian flag within Israel and punish violators with up to a year in prison. The bill, authored by MK Anat Berko of the right-wing Likud Party, was presented in response to a protest that followed the passage of Israel’s

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US Imposes New Russia Sanctions « Until Change in Russian Behavior »

Among the most stringent measures being proposed in Congress are ones that would impose curbs on Russian sovereign debt sales and tougher limits on some of the country’s biggest banks.

ZeroHedge.com
Par ZeroHedge.com
russia sanctions

Having warned several weeks ago it would impose sanctions on Russia for its alleged use of the Novichok chemical agent in the UK, on Friday morning the US followed through with the threat when the U.S. released a notice of sanctions, saying they will take effect when published in Federal Register on Aug. 27. The sanctions will include foreign

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Israel Govt Revokes Citizenship of Israeli ISIS Members, Ignoring Own History of Assisting ISIS

While the recent decision to revoke the citizenship of alleged Daesh members has largely been framed as the Israeli government cracking down on terrorism, such narratives ignore Israel’s own past support for the terror group over the course of the Syrian conflict.

Whitney Webb
Par Whitney Webb

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- On Wednesday, Israel’s Interior Ministry announced that it would revoke the citizenship of 19 Israelis who are alleged to have fought on behalf of Daesh (ISIS). The move comes after a new law went into effect, giving Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri the ability to strip Israelis deemed to be members of foreign terrorist

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Jewish Voters in Jerusalem Elections Have 187 Polling Stations, Palestinians Only Have Six

Polling station in Jewish neighborhoods will serve an average of 2,000 voters, while in Palestinian neighborhoods that number will be 40,000.

Middle East Monitor
Par Middle East Monitor
jerusalem elections

Palestinians in Jerusalem will be given only six polling stations in the upcoming municipal elections while Jews will have 187, it emerged yesterday. Pointing to plans by Israel’s Interior Ministry, Haaretz reported that despite the fact that occupied East Jerusalem is home to 40 per cent of Jerusalem’s population, these Palestinian neighbourhoods

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Family of Mollie Tibbetts Tell Right-Wingers to Stop Exploiting Her Death for Racist, Anti-Immigrant Narrative

« We are not so fucking small-minded that we generalize a whole population based on some bad individuals. Now stop being a fucking snake and using my cousins death as political propaganda. »

Jake Johnson
Par Jake Johnson
Mollie Tibbetts murder

As Fox News, President Donald Trump, and right-wing commentators continue to shamelessly exploit the murder of 20-year-old Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts to advance their anti-immigrant narrative and cruel policy agenda, members of Tibbetts' family are forcefully pushing back against this "small-minded" effort to use the horrific killing of a young

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