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Joe Catron

Joe Catron

Joe Catron is a MintPress journalist covering Palestine and Israel. He is also a solidarity activist and freelance reporter, recently returned to New York from Gaza, Palestine, where he lived for three and a half years. He has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

Saudi-Qatar Standoff Pushes Gaza Toward Uneasy Reconciliation

Longstanding rivalries between Gulf powers are pushing the Palestinian Authority to tighten Israel’s closure of the Gaza Strip, even as Egypt takes unexpected steps to ease it. Meanwhile, Gaza’s Hamas movement is seeking reconciliation with a faction of Fatah, its longstanding rival.

July 05th, 2017

By Joe Catron @jncatron

Saudi-Qatar Standoff Pushes Gaza Toward Uneasy Reconciliation

UNITED NATIONS -- Over a thousand miles from the heart of a tense diplomatic impasse between Qatar and its regional rivals, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a lesser known but closely related situation is developing in Palestine’s Gaza Strip. On June 18, 13 days after Saudi Arabia and the UAE, along with Bahrain, Egypt, the

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Joe Catron

Joe Catron

Joe Catron is a MintPress journalist covering Palestine and Israel. He is also a solidarity activist and freelance reporter, recently returned to New York from Gaza, Palestine, where he lived for three and a half years. He has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

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Palestinians attend a demonstration near the Gaza Strip border with Israel in eastern Gaza City, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

After 70 Years of Repression, Gazans’ Great Return March is Modern Exodus

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen through the view-finder of a video camera. (AP/Se bastian Scheiner)

Media Cover-up: Shielding Israel As a Matter of Policy

Hezbollah fighters advancing up a hill as they hold Lebanese, Syrian and their group's flags in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria, Aug 28, 2017. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

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U.S. Military’s Anti-Terror Efforts In The Philippines Fueling Human Rights Violations

U.S. forces have teamed up with the Philippines’ military to combat terrorist groups in the country, ostensibly to bring about peace. But numerous human rights violations have sprung up in their wake and some believe that the U.S.’ ultimate goal may be to oust President Rodrigo Duterte.

June 30th, 2017

By Joe Catron @jncatron

  MARAWI-- As United States special forces near their third week in Marawi, a city on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, observers say their participation in the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ battle to

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Joe Catron

Joe Catron

Joe Catron is a MintPress journalist covering Palestine and Israel. He is also a solidarity activist and freelance reporter, recently returned to New York from Gaza, Palestine, where he lived for three and a half years. He has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

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Palestinian medics evacuate a wounded colleague during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Friday, April 6, 2018. Palestinians torched piles of tires near Gaza's border with Israel on Friday, sending huge plumes of black smoke into the air and drawing Israeli fire that killed one man in the second large protest in the volatile area in a week. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

HSBC Faces Mounting Pressure Over Links to Israeli Human Rights Abuses

Soldiers and Airmen from the Arizona National Guard assemble in mass formation during the Arizona National Guard Muster at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. (U.S. Army/Brian A. Barbour)

The American Military Dissected: Few Volunteer the Rest Just Watch

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman shake hands in front the media after giving a statement in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Amid AIPAC Protests, Two Alleged JDL Members Charged With Assaulting Protesters

Two alleged members of the extremist Jewish Defense League have been charged with attacking protesters at last weekend’s AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. The attacks mark the group’s most violent public incident in years.

April 01st, 2017

By Joe Catron @jncatron

Amid AIPAC Protests, Two Alleged JDL Members Charged With Assaulting Protesters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djycAKu0RHk WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Two alleged members of the Jewish Defense League face charges of assault and hate crimes after a

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Joe Catron

Joe Catron

Joe Catron is a MintPress journalist covering Palestine and Israel. He is also a solidarity activist and freelance reporter, recently returned to New York from Gaza, Palestine, where he lived for three and a half years. He has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

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Palestinians attend a demonstration near the Gaza Strip border with Israel in eastern Gaza City, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

After 70 Years of Repression, Gazans’ Great Return March is Modern Exodus

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen through the view-finder of a video camera. (AP/Se bastian Scheiner)

Media Cover-up: Shielding Israel As a Matter of Policy

Hezbollah fighters advancing up a hill as they hold Lebanese, Syrian and their group's flags in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria, Aug 28, 2017. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

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Trump’s Military Budget Won’t Pass – But It Might Not Have To

Analysts agree that Trump’s military-heavy budget “is dead on arrival,” but the effects of its proposal may still be significant. The proposal has already stoked concerns about possible cuts to valuable domestic programs, as well as lined the pockets of defense contractors.

March 07th, 2017

By Joe Catron @jncatron

Trump’s Military Budget Won’t Pass – But It Might Not Have To

NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump plans to request a massive shift in funding from the civilian sector to the military in his first budget proposal to

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Joe Catron

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Joe Catron is a MintPress journalist covering Palestine and Israel. He is also a solidarity activist and freelance reporter, recently returned to New York from Gaza, Palestine, where he lived for three and a half years. He has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

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President Donald Trump, flanked by Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, speaks during a bicameral meeting with lawmakers working on the tax cuts in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Financial Industry to Rake in $250 Billion From Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts

Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy, left, former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, center, and Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, March 22, 2018. (AP/Evan Vucci)

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Israeli Comptroller Report Reveals 2014 Gaza Massacre Was A War Of Choice

A new report issued by Israel’s state comptroller provides disturbing new details surrounding the country’s 2014 attack on Gaza.

March 06th, 2017

By Joe Catron @jncatron

Israeli Comptroller Report Reveals 2014 Gaza Massacre Was A War Of Choice

NEW YORK-- Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have criticized an Israeli report on the country’s 2014 military operation against the besieged coastal enclave. The report was released by Israeli state comptroller Yosef Shapira on Tuesday. “I understand from the report that Gaza was

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Joe Catron

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Joe Catron is a MintPress journalist covering Palestine and Israel. He is also a solidarity activist and freelance reporter, recently returned to New York from Gaza, Palestine, where he lived for three and a half years. He has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

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Palestinians attend a demonstration near the Gaza Strip border with Israel in eastern Gaza City, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

After 70 Years of Repression, Gazans’ Great Return March is Modern Exodus

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen through the view-finder of a video camera. (AP/Se bastian Scheiner)

Media Cover-up: Shielding Israel As a Matter of Policy

Hezbollah fighters advancing up a hill as they hold Lebanese, Syrian and their group's flags in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria, Aug 28, 2017. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

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Fordham University Employs Bizarre Tactics To Curb Student Activism

Following previous efforts to block SJP, Fordham’s Dean of students insisted that University policy required he meet alone, behind a closed door, with a student representing the group, with a white noise machine turned on.

February 27th, 2017

By Joe Catron @jncatron

Fordham University Employs Bizarre Tactics To Curb Student Activism

NEW YORK --- Fordham University sanctioned a student leader on Thursday, sending senior and Fordham Students for Justice in Palestine lead campus organizer Sapphira Lurie a hand-delivered

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Joe Catron

Joe Catron

Joe Catron is a MintPress journalist covering Palestine and Israel. He is also a solidarity activist and freelance reporter, recently returned to New York from Gaza, Palestine, where he lived for three and a half years. He has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

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Palestinians attend a demonstration near the Gaza Strip border with Israel in eastern Gaza City, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

After 70 Years of Repression, Gazans’ Great Return March is Modern Exodus

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen through the view-finder of a video camera. (AP/Se bastian Scheiner)

Media Cover-up: Shielding Israel As a Matter of Policy

Hezbollah fighters advancing up a hill as they hold Lebanese, Syrian and their group's flags in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria, Aug 28, 2017. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

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US Intelligence Apparatus Seems ‘Hellbent’ On Escalating Tensions With Russia

‘Improvement is possible,’ one activist tells MintPress, but ‘it’s going to be a real challenge to push back effectively against the whipped-up hostility toward Russia.’

February 27th, 2017

By Joe Catron @jncatron

US Intelligence Apparatus Seems ‘Hellbent’ On Escalating Tensions With Russia

UNITED NATIONS --- Despite President Donald Trump’s divisive policies and inflammatory rhetoric, many of his opponents have instead concentrated for months on hurling accusations of collusion with Russia against him. The steady drumbeat of charges, which began soon after the Trump campaign

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Joe Catron

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Joe Catron is a MintPress journalist covering Palestine and Israel. He is also a solidarity activist and freelance reporter, recently returned to New York from Gaza, Palestine, where he lived for three and a half years. He has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

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Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomurdin, right, attends the funeral of slain Russian banker Ivan Kivelidi, Aug. 8, 1995, in Moscow. Ivan Kivelidi, the director of a major Russian bank and head of a politically influential enterpreneurs' group, died from poisoning Friday in an apparent contract killing. (AP/Sergei Karpukhin)

UK Government Overlooks Russian Mob’s Use of Novichok for Assassination

President Donald Trump, flanked by Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, speaks during a bicameral meeting with lawmakers working on the tax cuts in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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