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UK Deputy Prime Minister slams Israeli attacks against Palestinians as 'indiscriminate and disproportionate'

RT
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:33 UTC

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has lashed out at the Gaza military operation, urging Israel to cease its offensive.

Speaking in his weekly phone-in program on radio LBC, Clegg said that Israel had gone too far in its attacks after four Palestinian children were killed on a beach by Israeli shells.

He also accused Israel of imposing a "disproportionate form of collective punishment" on to Gaza citizens, which would lead to "truly unimaginable" and "unacceptable" humanitarian crisis.

The statements echo the guidelines set out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to define breaches of international law.

In a paper defining international conventions during war, the ICRC classifies collective punishment as a war crime, as it constitutes 'cruel treatment'.

U.S. government caught adding propaganda to Russian-related Wikipedia pages

RT
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:12 UTC

Several Wikipedia entries on Russia were edited by someone using the IP address of the US House of Representatives. Crimea was called "'de jure' part of Ukraine, illegally annexed by Russia" and RT host Abby Martin became "a Russian propagandist."

The new 'propagandist changes' have been recorded by a Twitter bot that watches for anonymous Wikipedia edits from various IP addresses from the US Congress, reported Mashable, a British-American news website, technology and social media blog.

According to this Twitter bot, someone used the IP of the US House of Representatives and re-edited at least 13 articles on Monday July 14.

A few moments after the changes were made; another user re-edited all the articles back. The versions could be seen in Wikipedia section "Difference between revisions."

User talk:143.231.249.138 Wikipedia article edited anonymously by US House of Representatives http://t.co/pix4jtEyPT

- congress-edits (@congressedits) July 16, 2014

U.S. privately gave 'green light' to Israel for its 'genocidal attack'

PressTV
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:09 UTC

A senior lecturer at the University of Sydney says the United States privately gave "the green light" to Israel for its "genocidal attack" on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Tim Anderson told Press TV in a phone interview on Monday that Israel "can't take a step without getting the green light from Washington" as he commented on the recent deadly attacks by the Zionist regime on Gaza.

"We can take it for granted that Washington would have been informed about it and has given the green light privately to this operation against Gaza," he added.

At least 39 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have lost their lives in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll from Israel's attacks on the besieged enclave to 175. Over 1,270 others have also been injured and Palestinian families are fleeing their homes in northern Gaza.

Meanwhile, Palestinian fighters have launched more rockets into Israel in retaliation for the bombardment of Gaza.

Ex-U.S. presidential candidate: 'Zionists control U.S. political apparatus'

PressTV
Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:25 UTC

The US government's support for Israel in the massacre of Palestinians is another example of the influence of Israel lobby in the United States, where "Zionists control the political apparatus in Washington, D.C.," a former US presidential candidate says.

Since July 8, Israeli warplanes have struck more than 1,300 targets across Gaza, which is home to around 1.7 million Palestinians. According to latest figures, released by the Palestinian Health Ministry, the strikes have so far claimed the lives of 220 with more than 1,600 others injured.

Hamas rejected an Egyptian-proposed Gaza ceasefire with Israel on Wednesday, saying they had only found about it through the media and was angry that it did not deal with some of the group's major demands, including a conclusive end of Israel and Egypt's blockade on Gaza, and the release of certain prisoners from Israeli jails.

"The current assault on Gaza and a request for a ceasefire, it seems to always be on Israel's terms," said Merlin Lloyd Miller, and independent film director, writer, and producer who was the 2012 US presidential nominee of the American Third Position Party.

Putin's six-day tour of Latin America ends with creation of BRICS and signing of energy agreements as opposition to Western powers gains strength

RT
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:56 UTC

© AFP Photo
(L to R) Russia's President Vladimir Putin, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, China's President Xi Jinping and South Africa's President Jacob Zuma join their hands during the official photograph of the 6th BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, on July 15, 2014

A six-day tour by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Latin America ended with a long anticipated creation of the BRICS bank and the signing of energy agreements, as Russia looks to build alliances to counter Western influence.

The Latin America tour started with the visit to Cuba, where Putin signed a new agreement on oil exploration in Caribbean waters which contain most of the estimated 124 million barrels of the Island's crude. The exploration will take place a few dozen miles from the US coast.

"We will provide support to our Cuban friends to overcome the illegal blockade of Cuba," Putin said on July 11, referring to the US ban on trade with the island nation.

Earlier on July 12 Russia wrote off 90 percent of Cuba's $32 billion soviet era debt putting the remaining 10 percent in investment of joint infrastructure projects in the island.

Israeli ambassador to U.S. receives fierce backlash for Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Twitter Q&A

RT
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:27 UTC

Israel's Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer received fierce backlash on Thursday as he defended his country's Operation Protective Edge offensive on Gaza during a Twitter Q&A.

According to the latest Pew Research polling on the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, Americans still heavily lean toward sympathizing with Israel. Yet Dermer urged those who oppose Israel's military actions to ask him any questions so he could clarify his government's position. So they did, but the result was probably not the one that Dermer expected.

What response do you expect when you steel my land, destroy my house and kill my kids?#AskDermer

- Ahmad Enaya (@Ahmad_Enaya) July 17, 2014

After killing so many kids in #Gaza can you see into your own child's eye when you read him bedtime stories? #AskDermer

- Sameer Bhat (@sameerft) July 17, 2014

How do justify killing over 200 and injuring roughly 2,000, when 80% of the victims are civilians? #Askdermer @ambdermer

- Global Revolution (@GlobalRevLive) July 17, 2014

While enacting policies of occupation and ethnic cleansing, does your spine ever shudder with the shame of your ancestors? #AskDermer

- Sarah Slamen (@VictorianPrude) July 17, 2014

An increase in pro-Palestinian protests against the genocide in Palestine prompts France to ban rallies!

RT
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:10 UTC

© AFP/Phillipe Merle
People protest on July 16, 2014 in the central French city of Lyon against Israel's deadly bombing of Gaza.

As thousands of protesters took to Parisian streets in demonstrations this week against the rising Palestinian death toll in Israeli military operations, French authorities reportedly imposed a full ban on pro-Palestinian marches in several cities.

The ban comes at a time when Jewish-Muslim tensions in the country have reached their peak. France is already known for such emotions spilling over into violence. Among them was last Sunday's rally, which started out peacefully, but ended in stone-throwing and sporadic violence, with some Jews holed up inside two synagogues, as police quickly upped the security around Jewish establishments and businesses. There were several injuries.

Another event was planned for Saturday, but was called off due to "the serious risk of disruption of public order that such a protest could engender, in a context of heightened tension," according to an anonymous police source speaking to the AP.

The world's biggest concentration of both Jewish and Muslim communities continues to stand on the brink of chaos that mirrors the Gaza-Israel standoff.

Comment: Your average person with a conscience is going to get emotional and angry about Israel's wholesale slaughter of women and children. The people in Gaza are being completely annihilated and the world needs to pay attention regardless of "sporadic violence" that may occur.

Latest Gaza bombardment: What you're not being told

Gruesome images of Malaysian Flight MH17 crash scene appear online

RT
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:11 UTC

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was traveling from Amsterdam to Malaysia when it went missing near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday. There were 285 people and 15 crew members aboard the Boeing-777.

The passenger plane was expected to enter Russian airspace at 5:20pm local time - but the plane had failed to do so.

"The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace," the airline tweeted shortly after early news of the plane's disappearance began to emerge.

U.S. intel: Missile brought down Malaysian flight - all sides deny responsibility

Michael Birnbaum, William Branigin and Ernesto Londoño
Washington Post
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:40 UTC

A Malaysia Airlines plane crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday with 295 people on board, and U.S. intelligence later confirmed that it was brought down by an antiaircraft missile.

Comment: And how, pray tell, do they know?

The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine immediately blamed each other for the crash, which occurred as the Boeing 777 was flying its regular route from Amsterdam to the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.

President Obama said his administration was "working to determine whether there were American citizens on board" the downed plane. "It looks like it may be a terrible tragedy," he told an audience in Wilmington, Del. Russia's Interfax news agency said as many as 23 Americans may have been among the passengers. More than half the passengers were Dutch, the airline said.

Comment: "May" be a terrible tragedy? I guess it's only a tragedy when Americans die... Just like it's only a tragedy when Israelis die, not Palestinians.

Obama said U.S. national security officials are in close contact with the Ukrainian government. "The United States will offer any assistance we can to help determine what happened and why," he said. Vice President Biden called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to extend that offer, the White House said.

Comment: Yeah, and if you call the cops you can expect polite service! Does anyone really trust the U.S. to offer impartial assistance?!

Hours later, a U.S. official said American intelligence agencies had confirmed that the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. The official, who was not authorized to speak on the record about an early intelligence assessment, said government analysts were scrambling to determine who fired the missile.

Apple to pay consumers up to $400 mn for illegal price-fixing

phys.org
Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:23 UTC

Apple will pay up to $400 million to compensate consumers for illegal price-fixing conspiracy for electronic books, officials said Wednesday.

The settlement would reimburse consumers in 33 states whose authorities sought damages for Apple's price-fixing, according to a statement from New York's attorney general.

But the settlement is contingent on the verdict being upheld in a July 2013 federal court ruling that Apple violated antitrust laws by orchestrating a conspiracy with five publishers to raise e-book prices.

If Apple's federal conviction is overturned, no money will be paid. If the case is retried, the settlement amount will be $50 million, the statement said.

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Puppet Masters

UK Deputy Prime Minister slams Israeli attacks against Palestinians as 'indiscriminate and disproportionate'

U.S. government caught adding propaganda to Russian-related Wikipedia pages

U.S. privately gave 'green light' to Israel for its 'genocidal attack'

Ex-U.S. presidential candidate: 'Zionists control U.S. political apparatus'

Putin's six-day tour of Latin America ends with creation of BRICS and signing of energy agreements as opposition to Western powers gains strength

Israeli ambassador to U.S. receives fierce backlash for Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Twitter Q&A

An increase in pro-Palestinian protests against the genocide in Palestine prompts France to ban rallies!

Gruesome images of Malaysian Flight MH17 crash scene appear online

U.S. intel: Missile brought down Malaysian flight - all sides deny responsibility

Apple to pay consumers up to $400 mn for illegal price-fixing

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