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This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. As the killing continues in Jerusalem, Hebron and other parts of the West Bank, the viral video of Rabbi Arik Ascherman’s encounter with a Jewish settler in the West Bank continues to […]
Archive for October, 2015
Ghada Karmi comes to New York and DC
October 31st, 2015 
Awake Goy Thank you for this intro and information, Phil. I’ll let folks know. Somewhat related to your piece, I found this article and link over at Taxi’s site: “I’m Longing for Palestine While Living the American Dream My father was born in Palestine and raised in a refugee camp; I was born and raised in our […]
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Tags: attacks, blame, citizens, fear, govt, israel, limit, majority, movements, palestinian, revenge, Violence 
No Comments »Majority of Palestinian citizens of Israel blame gov’t for violence, fear revenge attacks, limit their movements
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy After violence took hold of Jerusalem at the beginning of October, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged that the fault lay with the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and the Islamic movement of northern Israel. He accused them of inciting attacks against Israelis, and spurring demonstrations across the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza that have led to […]
Posted in World News Tags: alleged, attacker, dead, injuries, israeli, palestinian, shot No Comments »‘No Israeli injuries’ — and another Palestinian alleged attacker is shot dead
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy Violence – West Bank and Jerusalem Palestinian killed after alleged attack attempt north of Jenin JENIN (Ma‘an) 31 Oct — A Palestinian was shot dead Saturday after an alleged attack attempt on an Israeli security guard at the al-Jalama military checkpoint north of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army and media said. […]
Israeli police raid East J’lem hospital three days in a row, injure patients with rubber bullets
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy Amid weeks of violence in Jerusalem, Israeli police and special forces raided an East Jerusalem hospital for a third day in a row on Thursday and fired tear gas, sound grenades and rubber bullets into the medical compound, injuring three patients. Israeli police first burst into Makassed hospital in the Mount of Olives neighborhood on Tuesday with […]
Video: Israeli soldiers run over Palestinian, attack medics
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 31 October 2015 This video shows Israeli soldiers in a military jeep deliberately running over a Palestinian youth at high speed on Friday and then attacking medics and journalists. Separately, on Saturday, Israeli occupation forces shot dead a Palestinian youth in the northern occupied West Bank. The incident […]
Posted in World News Tags: columnist, defends, Holocaust, lie, melanie, netanyahus, phillips No Comments »Columnist Melanie Phillips defends Netanyahu’s lie about the Holocaust
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy David Cronin Media Watch 30 October 2015 Benjamin Netanyahu is following a trend set by British imperialists. (IsraelinUSA/Flickr) Few pundits have defended Benjamin Netanyahu’s by now infamous claim that a Palestinian leader gave Adolf Hitler the idea of exterminating Europe’s Jews. One exception is the right-wing British columnist Melanie Phillips. Writing in The Jerusalem Post […]
Death as an Advisor
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy M.J. Higby, ContributorWaking Times “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” – Hunter […]
Record radiation at Fukushima power plant could kill person in under 1 hour – reports
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy The mortal radiation reading was taken in a small room, using a remote-controlled robot, where a pipe leads to the containment vessel of the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, JIJI Press reported, citing Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO). The reading of 9.4 sieverts (Sv) per hour was taken during […]
‘We are flying home:’ Grief & disbelief in Russia over shocking Sinai air crash
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy FOLLOW Russian passenger jet crashes over Sinai LIVE UPDATES Kolavia flight 7K9268 from Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh resort to Russia’s St. Petersburg was carrying 217 passengers and 7 crewmembers. An overwhelming majority of people on board were Russian nationals. Three Ukrainians and one Belarus national are also reportedly among the crash victims. The catastrophe is the […]
UN chief says Catalonia call for independence from Spain is illegitimate
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy “When one speaks of self-determination, certain areas have been recognized by the United Nations as non-autonomous territories. But Catalonia does not fall into this category,” Ban said in an interview with Spanish newspapers El Pais, El Mundo, ABC and La Vanguardia. Since the beginning of decolonization after World War II, the UN has considered “non-autonomous” […]
Scientists design ‘bio-grenades’ to hit cancer
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy The new method of treating cancer is based on the use of liposomes – tiny globular structures that normally carry molecules around the body delivering them to different cells. A team from the University of Manchester, UK, has turned these bubbles into “bio-grenades” by filling them with cancer-killing drugs usually used in chemotherapy and enhancing […]
Israel legalizes 800 homes in W. Bank settlements, says homes aren’t new
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy The homes include 377 in the Yakir settlement, 187 in Itmar and 94 in Shilo in the northern West Bank, and 97 homes in the Sansana settlement in the West Bank’s southern Judaean Mountains, the ministry said. Israeli authorities took this decision two weeks ago, but it was only revealed to the media on Friday. […]
I’m a Physicist At CERN.. We’ve Done Something We Shouldn’t Have Done
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy My name is Dr. Edward Mantill and I was (technically still am) a physicist at CERN, located in Geneva, Switzerland. I specialize in particle and subatomic research, focusing on quark interactions. In other words, I study very very small particles and how they interact with one another at very high speeds. Until Thursday, Jan. 15, […]
Here’s Why You Usually Want A Cigarette Only When You’re Drinking
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy If you’ve ever attended a hipster party in Brooklyn, then you’re familiar with this pattern. After a few drinks, your friend who smokes is in desperate need of a cigarette. Wait few minutes, and they suddenly want another beer. It’s no secret that booze and nicotine perpetuate each other’s cravings, but the biological underpinnings remain […]
Posted in World News Tags: attack, discovery, doctors, forces, hospitalunexpected, leaves, man, shark, thankful No Comments »Shark Attack Forces Man To Go To Hospital….Unexpected Discovery Doctors Make Leaves Him Thankful For Attack
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy A Massachusetts man is crediting a shark attack for saving his life after doctors discovered a cancerous tumor as a result of his trip to the hospital. “The shark was a real message to me,” Eugene Finney told WBZ-TV. Finney was on vacation in California swimming near Huntington Beach when he felt something make contact […]
This Guy Straps A Piece Of Wood Onto The Tire Of His Truck. The Reason? Brilliant!
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy By definition, when things get “stuck” it usually means they are not going anywhere anytime soon. Unless, of course, something is done to get them un-stuck. When it comes to freeing a car or truck trapped in mud, the process of getting out can be a really messy pain in the rear. If you have […]
Posted in World News Tags: Alaska, big, disturbance, earthquake, moving, records, seismic, station No Comments »Seismic Station in Alaska Records a Disturbance That Wasn’t an Earthquake: ‘Something Big Moving Out There’
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy Recordings taken at a station that detects seismic activity at Kultieth River Mountain in southeast Alaska would suggest that the area experienced a strong disturbance earlier this month. But it was no earthquake. “We aren’t sure for certain it was a bear, but the data shows indicates it was something big moving out there before the […]
Posted in World News Tags: beginning, chemical, communities, contamination, fight, Monsanto No Comments »The Beginning of the End for Monsanto? Communities Fight Back Against Chemical Contamination
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy 1st November 2015 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World One of the most hated corporations on the planet, Monsanto is on the hot seat once again. This time, the city of San Jose in the United States is suing the biotech giant over waterway chemical pollution. According to the lawsuit, Monsanto knew […]
Waking Up, Speaking Up and Stepping Out
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy 1st November 2015 By Zen Gardner Contributing Writer for Wake Up World I often pose the question why more people aren’t voicing their outrage and concerns about what’s going on in the world regarding the many programs being executed upon humanity in plain sight to all. I know this isn’t always easy to present to […]
Posted in World News Tags: crash, egypt, flight, kgl9268, petersburg, st, survived, tragedy No Comments »Tragedy in St. Petersburg: None survived Crash of Flight KGL9268 in Egypt
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy nsnbc : Tragedy plays out among the bereft families and loved ones of the passengers on board Kogalmavia Airlines a.k.a Metrojet Flight KGL9268. The plane left the Egyptian Red Sea resort Sharm el-Sheikh Saturday morning, heading to St. Petersburg, Russia. Relatives of passengers of crashed Russian A321 at Pulkovo airport. Photo courtesy of Alexander Demyanchuk/TASS Egyptian […]
Message to government: better media access to the public service wouldn’t be so scary
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy Michelle Grattan (TC) : Michael Thawley, surprised at finding so many closed doors – requiring swipe cards – when he became secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, has now opened most of the internal ones, so people can better communicate with each other. The secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and […]
Posted in World News Tags: crashed, elsheikh, passenger, PLANE, russian, sharm, takeoff No Comments »Russian Passenger Plane crashed after Takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy nsnbc : A Russian Airbus 321 bound for St. Petersburg, Russia, disappeared from radar minutes after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh airport in Egypt. The passenger jet, belonging to Kogalmavia Airlines a.k.a Metrojet, on Flight KGL9268 had reportedly 217 passengers and 7 crew on board. Kogalmavia Airbus 321. Photo courtesy of Flighttracker. The Director of Sharm […]
Vienna Talks aim at Ceasefire in Syria?
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy Fahwad Al-Khadoumi (nsnbc) : International talks on Syria in the Austrian capital Vienna, on Friday were held with the aim to reach a nationwide ceasefire as a foundation for a political solution to the war in Syria. Meanwhile, all of the belligerent parties continue to upscale military operations and support of their respective allied forces. […]
US Invasion of Syria Begins
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy Tony Cartalucci (NEO) : As previously warned about in June of 2015, the United States has announced that it will officially begin ground operations in Syria through the use of special forces. The Washington Post in its article, “Obama seeks to intensify operations in Syria with Special Ops troops,”would report that: President Obama is sending a small […]
First-Ever US Presidential Forum to be Held in Israel
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy Posted on October 30, 2015 [Ed. note – According to the report below, US presidential candidates have been invited to attend a candidate’s forum to be held next Tuesday and Wednesday in Israel–further proof, I would say (should any be needed) that America is a colonized nation. According to the Times of Israel, candidates have the […]
Le Figaro poll: Over 70% want Syria’s Assad to remain in power
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy The survey, published on Thursday, asked: “Should world powers demand Bashar Assad to leave?” At least 28 percent from 21,314 respondents have voted “Yes” so far, while the majority – 72 percent – have said “No”. READ MORE: Assad: ‘West uses terrorism as new instrument to subjugate Middle East’ The poll was conducted ahead of the Vienna talks, where 19 global […]
israel the ghoulish Halloween state
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy There has been several agreements to hand over bodies in recent years, but how many bodies have actually been given back to the families of the dead is unclear. Most of these bodies are buried in “cemeteries of numbers”, graves marked only by plaques with numbers, hence the name. But 28 bodies of victims of […]
Posted in World News Tags: al, decision, military, obamas, qaeda, revolt, support, Syria No Comments »US military revolt against Obama’s decision to “support Al Qaeda in Syria
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy A military revolt against the plan of the Obama administration to launch a potentially disastrous attack against Syria is gathering pace, with two senior officers and members of scheduled services who express their vehement opposition to what the United States s ‘entangled in the conflict. The reaction began to spread on social media yesterday with […]
Top Saudi Royals Struggle for Power as War on Yemen Causes Budget Deficit
October 31st, 2015 Awake Goy Local Editor A power struggle is emerging between Saudi Arabia’s two most powerful princes, analysts and diplomats say, as the secretive kingdom confronts some of its biggest challenges in years. “The Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, falling oil prices and rising extremist violence are putting the country’s leadership to the test, nine months after King […]
