Category: Israel
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Google Recognizes Palestine – Which is Now the Accurate Term
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Google spokesperson Nathan Tyler announced that the company has changed “the Palestinian Territories” to “Palestine” on Google products. The truth is that there is nothing controversial about this. In November the UN General Assembly officially recognized Palestine as a ‘non-member observer state’. Now that Palestine has been officially…
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Google Recognizes Palestine – Which is Now the Accurate Term
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Google spokesperson Nathan Tyler announced that the company has changed “the Palestinian Territories” to “Palestine” on Google products. The truth is that there is nothing controversial about this. In November the UN General Assembly officially recognized Palestine as a ‘non-member observer state’. Now that Palestine has been officially…
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More Evidence That the US and UK Knew Iraq Had No WMDs
Before the US launched it’s attack on Iraq, despite the largest international anti-war demonstration in history, most people suspected that there were no WMD’s (weapons of mass destruction) and that there was no connection to Al Queda. Now, 10 years after the war started we know a great deal more than we did. We know…
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More Evidence That the US and UK Knew Iraq Had No WMDs
Before the US launched it’s attack on Iraq, despite the largest international anti-war demonstration in history, most people suspected that there were no WMD’s (weapons of mass destruction) and that there was no connection to Al Queda. Now, 10 years after the war started we know a great deal more than we did. We know…
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Don’t Blink: Volcanos Reduce Global Warming, Pirate Bay Moves to N. Korea and Segregated Buses in Israel
Some things I read about today: Canada is in trouble with the United Nations over poverty again. Israel has introduced a segregated bus system after complaints from settlers. Election day in Kenya has been marred by violence. Two former finance bureaucrats have accused the Stephen Harper’s Tories of damaging the “integrity and credibility” of the…
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Don’t Blink: Volcanos Reduce Global Warming, Pirate Bay Moves to N. Korea and Segregated Buses in Israel
Some things I read about today: Canada is in trouble with the United Nations over poverty again. Israel has introduced a segregated bus system after complaints from settlers. Election day in Kenya has been marred by violence. Two former finance bureaucrats have accused the Stephen Harper’s Tories of damaging the “integrity and credibility” of the…
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Video: Anonymous’ Year in Review
It’s been a big year for Anonymous as the recap / recruiting video shows. It is not paranoid to suspect that many of the draconian online spying bills this year are targeted at hacktivists. The MPAA and content producers generally may make a lot of noise but the truth is, in terms of wealth and…
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Video: Anonymous’ Year in Review
It’s been a big year for Anonymous as the recap / recruiting video shows. It is not paranoid to suspect that many of the draconian online spying bills this year are targeted at hacktivists. The MPAA and content producers generally may make a lot of noise but the truth is, in terms of wealth and…
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Noam Chomsky on Palestinian Statehood
Noam Chomsky, long an advocate of statehood for Palestine, piped in today on ZDnet: In late 2012 the US devoted extensive efforts to block a General Assembly resolution upgrading Palestine’s status to that of a “non-member observer state.” The effort failed, leaving the US in its usual international isolation on November 29, when the resolution…
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Noam Chomsky on Palestinian Statehood
Noam Chomsky, long an advocate of statehood for Palestine, piped in today on ZDnet: In late 2012 the US devoted extensive efforts to block a General Assembly resolution upgrading Palestine’s status to that of a “non-member observer state.” The effort failed, leaving the US in its usual international isolation on November 29, when the resolution…