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U.S. Foreign Aid: A Blank Check for Israel
Monday, 22 November 2010, 2:11 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
The US Congress report - link below - provides an overview of U.S. foreign assistance to Israel. It includes a review of past aid programs, data on annual assistance, and an analysis of current issues. More >>
The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 6:04 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
Shir Hever, a radical Israeli economist, recently wrote an article, which posed the question: ‘ Why does Israel continue to occupy the Palestinians? ’ That is also one of the major questions addressed in his new book, an ambitious work on the political ... More >>
Turkey May Ban Facebook
Sunday, 10 October 2010, 7:35 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
The 22.5 million Turkish members of Facebook may lose access to the popular social-networking site, Facebook, as a result of a court case filed by an opposition leader. More >>
On Trial for Kurdish Books in Turkey
Saturday, 2 October 2010, 12:59 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
The trial against publisher Zarakolu and writer Güler on the grounds of the book "The KCK file/Global state and Kurds without a state" has started. Güler demanded to lift the ban of the book. The case was postponed to 2 December. More >>
Prospects for a just peace in Palestine
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 12:47 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
As Southeast Asians, we deeply feel the pain and suffering that has gripped the ancient holy land. Our region has been at the crossroads of different cultures and religions. Islam, and its rich cultural heritage, has been part-and-parcel of many Southeast ... More >>
Two Kurdish newspapers suspended
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 12:30 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
“The article entitled "Rights of (Kurdish) children in the dungeon", written by Ali Dagdeviren, was given as the reason for the seizure…” More >>
Solidarity with the entire Palestinian people…
Saturday, 4 September 2010, 10:40 am | Patrick Mac Manus
“…We again find a situation where governments and UN institutions and bodies, people in the UN absolutely refuse to recognize that Israel is a colonial apartheid regime. They have the information — there is an unwillingness to engage. More >>
PKK and the US State Department’s Terror Report
Monday, 16 August 2010, 6:59 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
Description: The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) or Kongra-Gel (KGK) was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on October 8, 1997. The PKK was founded by Abdullah Ocalan in 1978 as a Marxist-Leninist separatist organization. The group, composed ... More >>
Popular Fatah Leader Complicates Prisoner Swap
Sunday, 1 August 2010, 11:40 am | Patrick Mac Manus
Marwan Barghouti, the popular imprisoned Palestinian leader, embodies the promise and the peril Israel faces as it negotiates with Hamas to trade hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a long-held Israeli soldier. More >>
Turks Let Kurdish Forests Burn
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:52 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
"The fire started when soldiers from the military base near Ikizce indiscriminately launched missiles into wooded areas in Cudi mountain," shepherd Cem Guney explains. "Soldiers helped us subdue the flames the first day, but since then they've done ... More >>
Court Finds Colombia Guilty In Senator's Murder
Sunday, 27 June 2010, 11:01 am | Patrick Mac Manus
Finding the Colombian state guilty in the murder of Patriotic Union Senator Manuel Cepeda, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights considered the 16 years of impunity enjoyed by the masterminds behind the killing an aggravating factor. More >>
Trade Union Rights in Turkey
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:19 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
Full trade union rights have yet to be established in Turkey. There were improvements to the legal framework on freedom of association, but the rights to organise, to strike and to bargain collectively still need to be brought in line with EU standards ... More >>
Leyla Zana Sentenced to 3 Years Imprisonment
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 11:43 am | Patrick Mac Manus
Northern Kurdistan- Diyarbakir: the final trail of the Kurdish female politician Leyla Zana was ended on Thursday morning. The Diyarbakir Court sentenced her to 3 years imprisonment for supporting the Kurdistan Worker Party (PKK). More >>
Evolution Of The "Non-Islamic" National Movement
Monday, 1 February 2010, 11:56 am | Patrick Mac Manus
The object of this report is to deal with the evolution of the non-Islamic national movement since the end of the 1980s. That is why I have chosen to “amalgamate” the two reports that had originally been suggested into only one, inasmuch as it ... More >>
Israel Crushes Local Dissent, Global Criticism
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 12:26 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
Israel is lashing out at international criticism and attempting to crush local dissent in what appears to be growing sensitivity to reproach of its policies. Several recent incidents have dominated media headlines, including the arrest of a Jewish-American ... More >>
The Dangers of Two States Solution
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 11:06 am | Patrick Mac Manus
The Two States Solution (Israeli and Palestinian states) to the Zionist/Arab conflict has been, lately, revived as the only practical solution to the conflict. More >>
Power Of Economic Sanctions
Saturday, 8 August 2009, 1:39 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
To stop the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Obama administration could threaten to suspend the $3 billion a year it sends to Israel. That’s a move urged by former US Rep. Paul Findley, founder of a nonprofit ... More >>
Palestinian child prisoners
Monday, 3 August 2009, 11:33 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
Ramallah, 30 July 2009 – On 29 July 2009, Defense for Children International (DCI-Palestine) submitted an Alternative Report to the UN Human Rights Committee which is scheduled to review Israel’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political ... More >>
Isreal undermines Palestinian achievements
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 5:01 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
The Ministry involved in the issues of political prisoners said this evening that the situation for Palestinians in all Israeli detention centers is worsening by the day. More >>
300,000 residents living in West Bank settlements
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 4:58 pm | Patrick Mac Manus
There are now more than 300,000 residents living in Jewish West Bank settlements, according to a Israel Defense Forces Civil Administration report covering the first half of 2009. More >>
