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Systematic segregation and racism is the norm in Israel

Jonathan Cook
Middle East Eye
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:55 UTC
wall West bank
Town freezes new housing project to stop entry of Palestinian citizens. But the mayor insists he's not racist

How would you describe a white town in a southern state in the United States that froze the tender for plots of land in a new neighbourhood because it risked allowing blacks to move in? As racist? What would you think of the town's mayor for claiming the decision was taken in the interests of preserving the "white character" of his community? That he was a bigot?

And how would you characterise the policy of the state in which this town was located if it enforced almost complete segregation between whites and blacks, ghettoising the black population? As apartheid, or maybe Jim Crow?

And yet, replace the word "white" with "Jewish" and this describes what has just happened in Kfar Vradim, a small town of 6,000 residents in the Galilee, in Israel's north. More disturbing still, Vradim's policy cannot be judged in isolation. It is a reflection of how Israeli society has been intentionally structured for decades.
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'Shut it down!' Thousands demand closure of toxic landfill in Moscow Region


RT
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:06 UTC
Protesters
© vk.com/protiv.yadrovo
Protests in Volokolamsk.
Thousands took to the streets of the Moscow region town of Volokolamsk on Sunday as locals continued protesting against a leaking waste depot nearby, blaming authorities for not doing enough to solve the crisis.

Around 6,000 people took part in the rally in the center of Volokolamsk, Mayor Petr Lazarev said. The turnout was considered large given that the town, located some 130km northwest of Moscow, has a population of just 23,000.

Protesters of all ages chanted "Shut it down!" demanding the closure of the local Yadrovo waste-deposit site, which has been leaking landfill gas in recent months and was linked to illness among nearly 60 children in March. There were also calls for the resignation of acting Volokolamsk District head Andrey Vikharev, and the release of protest leader, Artyon Lyubimov, who was detained for disobeying police orders of Saturday.

"We want Yadrovo to be shut down. We want to breathe clean air. We don't want our kids and us to be sick. Living here is simply impossible due to the awful smell," one of the protesters told RT.
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Mainstream media says in unison: 'This is extremely dangerous to our democracy'

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 15:55 UTC
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When the propaganda 'snake' starts eating its own scripted 'tail' you know the end is close...

Paul Joseph Watson shows how mainstream media outlets are gushing the same prepared rhetoric about fake news, warning viewers to trust 'them' and not 'the other fake news media'...

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MSNBC and CNN employ lying CIA apologists to spin intelligence stories

Mel Goodman
Counterpunch
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 20:56 UTC
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© MSNBC
Former CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin
MSNBC prides itself for progressive reporting on national security issues but continues to use apologists for the Central Intelligence Agency in reporting on key intelligence issues. The network's reliance on former deputy director of the CIA John McLaughlin is an excellent example of the skewed and tailored information that it offers to viewers on matters dealing with CIA. McLaughlin, a former colleague of mine at the CIA who I remember as an amateur magician, regularly pulls the wool over the eyes of such MSNBC veterans as Andrea Mitchell.

The most recent example took place over the past several days, when McLaughlin made the case for confirmation of Gina Haspel as the first woman to become director of the CIA. McLaughlin and former CIA directors Leon Panetta and John Brennan referred to Haspel as a "seasoned veteran" who had the support of senior CIA leaders. Perhaps MSNBC should acknowledge the fact that Deputy Director McLaughlin was Haspel's boss during this terrible period in American history.

Comment: Yet another reason to tune out the MSM.There are better source of information out there.

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Stock Up

China's four-decade plan made it the world's strongest economy

Peter Wong
South China Morning Post
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 11:03 UTC
china factory
Within our lifetimes, China has transformed from an agrarian economy to a world-beating digital and consumption-led powerhouse, driven by smartphone-wallet shoppers.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's economic reform and opening. In December 1978, China's "open door" policy signposted a turning point in its economic management and trajectory.

Over the period, the character of China's economic management has evolved from being strictly centrally planned, export oriented and state led to one that is more market led and oriented towards domestic consumption.

China's gross domestic product has achieved an average annual growth rate of 10 per cent in the past 40 years - three times the rate in the United States over the same period.


Comment: The opposite of what is going on in the US, hence: US-China trade war: Trump imposes $60bn in tariffs - China vows to retaliate - US says 'buy more American gas' to avoid more tariffs


Comment: See: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: 'Containing' Russia-China and Global Economic Collapse

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Biohazard

Israel drops hundreds of tear gas cannisters on Gaza marchers


Middle East Monitor
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 15:02 UTC
Israel drones Gaza
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) used drones to drop tear gas canisters on the unarmed Palestinian civilians taking part in the Great March of Return in Gaza on Friday. As tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered at five locations along the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip, the occupation IDF used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse them, as well as the occasional artillery and tank shells.

The drones flew between 10 and 20 metres over the heads of protesters and dropped tear gas canisters on every flypast, causing huge panic among the people. It is believed that they carry 20 tear gas canisters on each flight.

Comment: Listen in to today's Behind the Headlines for a discussion of Israel's latest assault on Palestinians.

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For the powerful: socialism, privacy, charity - For the powerless: capitalism, surveillance, rugged individualism

Caitlin Johnstone
Medium
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 01:00 UTC
Andrew McCabe
© South China Morning Post
Andrew McCabe
"The crowning achievement in hypocrisy must go to those staunch Republicans and Democrats of the Midwest and West who were given land by our government when they came here as immigrants from Europe. They were given education through the land grant colleges. They were provided with agricultural agents to keep them abreast of forming trends. They were granted low interest loans to aid in the mechanization of their farms, and now that they have succeeded in becoming successful, they are paid not to farm. And these are the same people that now say to black people, whose ancestors were brought to this country in chains and who were emancipated in 1863 without being given land to cultivate or bread to eat, that they must pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. What they truly advocate is socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I gotta get rid of this stuff. Man, I don't know what I'm gonna do with it. The more money you make, the more free shit they give you. It makes no sense."
~ Adam Sandler, Funny People (2009)
A GoFundMe for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired two weeks ago by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, has raised over $400,000 in less than a day.

Another way to say that would be that a former officer from the US intelligence community, who is married to a successful physician and will surely receive a book deal worth millions of dollars, just had a charity drive which in less than a day raised an amount of money it would take the average American years to earn.

Meanwhile, an impoverished American recently died because his GoFundMe failed to raise enough money for his insulin and an FBI whistleblower was just arrested for trying to bring transparency to the Bureau's secret domestic surveillance practices while banks receive massive bailouts, global fossil fuel subsidies total trillions of dollars, and Amazon paid zero federal taxes last year despite earning billions.
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Arrow Up

You want trade war? China to slap US with 15-25% import tariff increase


RT
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 19:07 UTC
shipping containers
Beijing is hiking up tariffs on more than 128 US imports, including fruit and pork, as part of a tit-for-tat response to US President Donald Trump's $60 billion package of tariffs imposed against China.

The additional fares, which range from 15 to 25 percent, will take effect on Monday, the Chinese Finance Ministry said on their website. It added that the measure, aimed at "safeguarding China's interests," was in response to Washington's package of tariffs targeting more than 100 types of Chinese goods, from clothing to electronics.

The statement said China has suspended duty concessions on imported goods originating from the US, and has imposed a duty rate of 15 percent on 120 items of imports, such as fruits and products. The tariff rate for eight items of imported goods, such as pork and food products, is now 25 percent.

China's current tax-free and tax-exemption policy "remains unchanged," the ministry noted, adding that the move comes in compliance with multilateral trading mechanisms and rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Comment: See also: How China can unite Eurasia and help avert the West's psychopathic war against it

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Moscow: Billionaire tycoon Magomedov arrested on suspicion of embezzling $44M


RT
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:37 UTC
Ziyavudin Magomedov
© Tatyana Makeyeva / Reuters
Ziyavudin Magomedov, co-owner of Russia's Summa investment and trading group.
Russian billionaire businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov, a co-owner of the Summa investment group, was arrested on Saturday on charges of misappropriating millions in state funds designed for infrastructure and energy projects.

Magomedov was arrested in Moscow together with his brother and Summa co-owner, Magomed Magomedov, and the head of one of the companies involved in Summa, Artur Maksidov.

The businessmen brothers are suspected of theft by fraud and embezzlement while acting as part of an organized crime group. The prosecution believes the stolen money, some 2.5 billion rubles ($44 million), have been transferred from Russia to be deposited in offshore accounts controlled by Magomedov. The exact whereabouts of the money is unknown, the prosecutor's office admitted on Saturday.

Magomedov, who has stakes in construction, logistics, transportation and energy companies through his multi-profile Summa group, landed the sixty-third spot on the Forbes' list of Russia's richest businessmen. His personal assets are estimated to be worth $1.4 billion. His brother, Magomed Magomedov, has an estimated net worth of $0.45 billion.
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No Entry

US' expulsion of Russian diplomats from United Nations HQ violates all international deals says envoy


RT
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:16 UTC
United Nations
© The National Interest
The US acted unlawfully when it expelled Russian diplomats from the UN headquarters in New York and has failed as the host country for the international body, Gennady Gatilov, Russia's envoy to the UN Office in Geneva, said.

Washington's decision to include 12 Russian UN mission employees to the list of diplomats expelled from the US over the Sergei Skripal case, is "absolutely illegal and contradicting all international agreements and conventions on diplomatic relations," Gatilov told RIA Novosti.

"This is absolutely unlawful because... those diplomats are accredited at the United Nations and have a completely different status. They work as representatives of Russia at the UN, but not with the US government," he explained.

The envoy said that the US used "unscrupulous methods" to put pressure on Russian diplomats at the UN long before announcing the expulsion on Monday. One of these means was through the "non-renewal of visas for our diplomats working in New York," he said.

Comment: Washington had notified the UN of its decision, made under Section 13b of the Treaty between the United Nations and the United States as the host country.

See also: Russia's UN envoy: US abusing its rights as host country by expelling Russian diplomats at UN

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