Moroccans demand release of prisoners

Press TV Moroccan protesters have once again taken to the streets to demand political reforms and the release of prisoners. Demonstrators also protested against the country’s high unemployment rate. According to activists, hundreds of people have been detained since the uprising in February. Opposition groups boycotted the parliamentary elections held on November 25. Protesters have [...]

Yemenis say US envoy must leave

Press TV Yemenis have called on the US ambassador to Yemen to leave Sana’a over his remarks about the recent popular march from the southern city of Taizz to the capital. Demonstrators took to the streets in Sana’a on Sunday after a group of former lawmakers issued a statement calling on Gerald Feierstein to “apologize [...]

Christmas in Gaza

by Ruqaya Izzidien, Al Akhbar This Christmas marks the third anniversary of the 2008-2009 Israeli war on the Gaza Strip; a winter in which 19-year-old Ramy El Jelda saw his home bombed just two days after Christmas. He returned to the site a couple of days later to find his Christmas decorations scattered across the [...]

A doomsday view of 2012

by James Petras Introduction: The economic, political and social outlook for 2012 is profoundly negative. The almost universal consensus, even among mainstream orthodox economists is pessimistic regarding the world economy. Though even here their predictions understate the scope and depth of the crises. There are powerful reasons to believe that beginning in 2012, we are [...]

Islamic-Christian commission slams Knesset bill stating J’lem Israeli capital

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Islamic-Christian commission for the support of Jerusalem and holy sites strongly denounced the Israeli Knesset for its intention to discuss a proposal calling for declaring the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem as a capital of Israel and the Jewish people. In a press statement to Quds Press, secretary-general of the commission [...]

Palestine: Settlers detain shepherd, threaten to kill anti-settlement activist, 8000 new units in OJ, arrests & troops shell Gaza

Jewish settlers detain shepherd, threaten to kill anti-settlement activist JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– Jewish settlers detained a Palestinian shepherd for three hours under gunpoint in the northern Jordan Valley and warned him against allowing his sheep to graze in the area. Local sources said that the settlers ambushed the shepherd, Mohammed Awad, while rearing his sheep [...]

Over 20 killed in two days by Saleh forces, protests continue

Al Manar Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Yemen Sunday calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to face trial, a day after his forces and loyalists killed 13 people and injured at least 50 others at a similar demonstration. Chants such as “the people want to bring the slaughterer to trial… [...]

Bahrainis continue anti-regime protests

Press TV Bahraini protesters continue to call for an end to the Al Khalifa regime despite the government’s crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in the country, Press TV reports. Demonstrators took to the streets of the village of Muqsha in the west of the capital Manama on Saturday. Regime forces used Molotov cocktails to disperse the [...]

“Israel’s” siege punishing Gaza orphans

by Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada GAZA CITY (IPS) – Yousef walks barefoot into a children’s room with four beds and points to a Snoopy-blanketed bed by the window. “That’s where I sleep,” he says. A red remote-controlled toy race car sits atop a new mini-laptop. The closet is full of clothes, a pot of [...]

Palestine: Marches against wall and settlement persist, Pal. stopped from crossing because a strip-search was refused & Gaza targetted

Despite Israeli quelling, peaceful marches against wall and settlement persist RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, along with peace activists were brutally attacked and injured on Friday during peaceful weekly marches held against the segregation wall and settlement activities in some West Bank villages. In Kafr Kaddum village near Nablus city, Israeli [...]

Egyptians rally against junta violence

Press TV Egyptians have staged mass rallies in Cairo to condemn the ruling junta’s deadly crackdown on protesters demanding a civilian government, Press TV reports. Thousands of Egyptians gathered in the capital’s iconic Liberation square on Friday to demand the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) to step down. They are blaming the junta, which [...]

Over dozen protesters injured in Bahrain

Press TV Over a dozen people have been wounded after Bahrain’s Saudi-backed forces attacked anti-regime protesters in several cities across the country, Press TV reports. On Friday, Bahraini security forces fired tear gas at protesters demanding the overthrow of the Al Khalifa regime in capital Manama. “The people demand the downfall of the regime,” the [...]

Syria mourns attacks victims

Syria Mourns Attacks Victims Al Manar Thousands of Syrians mourn on Saturday the victims of the terrorist attacks that have targeted Damascus a day earlier. Wrapped up with the Syrian flags, bodies of the victims arrived in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, where thousands of citizens flocked to participate in the funeral. Shiekh Mohamamd Said [...]

Stateless Kuwaitis protest discrimination

Press TV Hundreds of stateless Arabs residing in Kuwait have held a rally for the second week in a row in the capital Kuwait City, demanding rights of citizenship and other basic privileges. The demonstrators, including several Kuwaiti activists, former lawmakers and representatives from the Kuwait Association for Human Rights, gathered in Jahra, northwest of [...]

Iraq war: Moral victory, and selective body counts

by Ramzy Baroud, source Someone ought to let mainstream news producers know that the nearly 4,500 US soldiers killed in the Iraq war were not the only victims. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have also been killed as a result of the unwarranted US invasion, and many more have been wounded and/or forever maimed. Chances [...]