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Who Wants War on Iran?

There are those who would have bombed or invaded Iran years ago to make sure there would be no Iranian Bomb, and their voices are getting louder again as another day of high level talks approaches.  Even though Iran’s Supreme … read more »

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Why did Israel attack Syria now, and why did the Syrians admit it?

By Amos Harel, haaretz The alleged Israeli attack came one day after an Iranian announcement that Tehran will view any attack on Syrian territory as an attack against Iran itself. Two days before the night when Israeli planes attacked a … read more »

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Israeli government imposition of contraception on Ethiopian Jews causes 50% drop in birth-rate

Samira Shackle, middleeastmonitor Birth rates among Israel’s Ethiopian Jewish community have fallen by nearly 50 per cent in the last 10 years. Now, for the first time, a government official has acknowledged that women of Ethiopian origin were being injected … read more »

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First Female Ethiopian Jew Elected To Knesset

A female Ethiopian Jew, Pnina Tamano-Shata, was elected to Knesset yesterday as number 14 on the Yesh Atid Knesset list. She is the first Ethiopian woman to be elected to serve in the Knesset. Pnina Tamano-Shata First Female Ethiopian Jew … read more »

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Israeli minister seeks approval to deport all Sudanese, Eritrean refugees

Israel’s Interior Minister has requested for legal approval to allow authorities to carryout the mass deportation of tens and thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers and migrants. According to Israeli news outlets, interior minister, Eli Yishai, has called on the … read more »

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Israelis protest alleged rape by Eritrean

Right-wing demonstrators rally against sexual assault of 83-year-old South Tel Aviv woman by African migrant man. Around 150 Israelis have marched though a run-down Tel Aviv neighbourhood in protest against the alleged rape there of an 83-year-woman by an Eritrean … read more »

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A Jewish State that still couldn’t be

Successive leaders of Israel have been running out of workable ideas and sustainable policy objectives for more than half a century since the forceful creation in 1948 of their would-be the only Jewish State of Israel in the middle of … read more »

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Measures taken by Israel reduced the influx of illegal African migrants

Measures taken by Israel to stem a flow of illegal African migrants coming across its desert border with Egypt have had a dramatic effect in recent months, reducing the influx of newcomers to a trickle, according to recent government figures … read more »

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A Different War in Gaza, and the War Ahead

By Ramzy Baroud In life, some phenomena cannot be explained by ordinary logic or technical language, let alone official discourses. How did Gaza manage to fight back with such ferocity and undying vigor in quelling the latest Israeli war despite … read more »

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Netanyahu: Israel has halted infiltration of African migrants

Premier tells cabinet that 54 migrants crossed border in October and were all taken into custody- a steep decline from the some 2,000 migrants who came through monthly in mid-2012. Israel has stopped the unapproved influx of African migrants across … read more »

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Isreal shut the door against African asylum-seekers

Israel has turned away dozens of African asylum-seekers, mostly Eritreans trying enter the country from Egypt, human rights groups have said. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and two Israeli NGOs said that “since June, Israeli forces patrolling Israel’s newly constructed border fence … read more »

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Africans in Israel protest Negev detention facility

By BEN HARTMAN Photo: Ben Hartman Fearing a wave of impending arrests by Israeli authorities, around a hundred Eritrean migrants rallied outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Thursday, to protest the construction of a Negev detention facility … read more »

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Today’s world news wrap up

Kenya Annan warns of ethnic violence ahead of polls FORMER UN general secretary Kofi Annan said yesterday he was “deeply concerned” by recent bouts of ethnic violence in Kenya as it prepares for polls early next year. Annan was speaking … read more »

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Israeli policy on asylum-seekers from Eritrea and Sudan is denial

Gershom Gorenberg, prospect.org Levinsky Park is where you meet a friend if you’re an African refugee living in South Tel Aviv. One recent afternoon, I found around 50 Sudanese and Eritreans sitting on the small stretch of lawn in groups … read more »

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Obama Condemns Attack on Libya Consulate That Left Four Dead

Roger Runningen and Hans Nichols, ©2012 Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obamacondemned “in the strongest terms” an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that left the ambassador and three other American embassy staff dead. He ordered tighter security … read more »

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Only in Israel Series: On the Receiving End of Iran

Dr. Harold Goldmeier Israel certainly doesn’t want war; it’s doing fine without ‘peace’ too – and It also doesn’t make its decisions with US elections in mind. The press is saturated with jabber about Israel attacking Iran to set back … read more »

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NAM: Towards Breaking Western Stranglehold of Power

By Ismail Salami – Tehran Despite the West’s deliberate inattention to and willful disregard for Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran, there is no denying the fact that the summit has occasioned extreme chagrin in Washington and Israel and that dialogue … read more »

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Legal Despots and the Threat to Israeli Democracy

Originally published in the Jerusalem Post. By Tuesday, 50 Israeli families will have been tossed out of their homes in their village of Migron, which is set for destruction. They will not be dispossessed because they unlawfully squatted on someone else’s property. … read more »

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Why Israel Could Strike Iran Before November

If the Obama administration still vehemently opposes an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities for fear of hampering his chances for reelection, the latest Debka report reveals that Tehran is closer than ever to an atomic bomb. “The months of negotiations … read more »

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Is Israel the Last Jewish Ghetto?

By the end of 2012, all of Israel’s borders, over a thousand kilometers, will be protected by walls, fences and barriers. You can compare it to Hadrian’s Wall (the monumental border of the Roman Empire in Britain), the Maginot Line … read more »

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Israel deports first group Africa Migrants

Israel is deporting a first planeload of African migrants back to their home country. Israel says the deportation of 120 Africans to South Sudan is the first step toward expelling thousands more. More than 4,000 migrants who came from African … read more »

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Deportation of illegal African migrants divides Israeli public

TEL AVIV: African migrants chosen for deportation from Israel were nervously awaiting a knock on the door or a tap on the shoulder Tuesday as immigration officials rounded up hundreds for departure flights due to begin over the weekend. “The … read more »

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Out of Israel, back to Africa

African migrants chosen for deportation from Israel were nervously awaiting a knock on the door or a tap on the shoulder on Tuesday as immigration officials rounded up hundreds for departure flights due to begin at the weekend. “The people … read more »

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Netanyahu orders mass deportation of African migrants

Orders acceleration of holding facility construction for citizens of Eritrea and Sudan who cannot be deported due to conditions in their home countries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his ministers to accelerate efforts to deport citizens of South Sudan, the … read more »

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Four hurt as Africans’ home torched in Jerusalem

Four African migrants were taken to an Israeli hospital with burns and smoke inhalation on Monday after a potentially deadly arson attempt on the Jerusalem building in which they were living, police said. The incident, which police described as “very … read more »

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What Israel’s anti-African pogroms tell us about Zionism

ceasefiremagazine A week ago, on the night of Wednesday 23rd May, South Tel Aviv erupted, becoming the epicentre of an attack by an angry, violent mob against members of the city’s African migrant population, deliberately targeted because of no other … read more »

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Netanyahu condemns violence against African migrants

PM: We will soon begin sending infiltrators back to their countries of origin; Peres: Hatred of foreigners contradicts foundations of Judaism; dozens demonstrate in south Tel Aviv, Jerusalem against anti-foreigner violence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Thursday that his … read more »

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Tel Aviv: African migrants injured in race riots

Violence breaks out after inflammatory speeches as protesters join politicians to demonstrate against rising Israeli immigration Dozens of African asylum seekers were injured as race riots broke out in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night. Thousands of protesters joined politicians to … read more »

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Unannounced war on Iran

By Adel Safty A diplomatic solution can avert disastrous consequences of conventional warfare and unpredictable results of cyber attack At a recent fund-raising dinner for US President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign a woman interrupted the president’s speech and shouted: “No … read more »

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Egyptian Soldiers Kill Israel-Bound Illegal Immigrant

Egyptian security officials said Wednesday that border guards shot to death a female African migrant trying to illegally cross into Israel, and arrested three others. The officials say the slain woman refused to stop early on Wednesday when guards fired … read more »

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