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White Nationalist Richard Spencer Lauds Israel’s New Nation State Law

Spencer Tweeted: “I have great admiration for Israel’s nation-state law,” Spencer tweeted over the weekend. “Jews are, once again, at the vanguard, rethinking politics and sovereignty for the future, showing a path forward for Europeans.”

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Richard Spencer, the founder of the so-called “alt-right” movement, an offshoot of conservatism mixing racism, white nationalism and populism. (AP Photo)

A white nationalist known to harbor Nazi sympathies has given a ringing endorsement to Israel’s Nation State bill. In his effusive support, which critics have denounced as the institutionalization of apartheid in Israel, white supremacist Richard Spencer expressed his admiration of the controversial law in a series of tweets. “I have great

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The Independent Joins Saudi Arabia to Launch Middle East News Sites

“Four new websites will offer the highest-quality, free-thinking, independent news, insight and analysis on global affairs and local events,” the Independent said in a statement.

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Saudi King Salman, right, receives British Prime Minister Theresa May, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (AP Photo)

The British news website the Independent is partnering up with a Saudi media firm to launch four news portals in Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Urdu. The Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) already operate publications to promote state propaganda, and have links to the royal family. The Independent claims it will stick to its own editorial

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Evacuations Are Underway of Two Syrian Villages

An evacuation began overnight of thousands of people from two loyalist villages in Syria that are besieged by rebels in the northwest.

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An evacuation began overnight of thousands of people from two loyalist Syrian villages that are besieged by rebels in the northwest, a war monitor said, with the government expected to release hundreds of detainees in return, Reuters reports. The Shi’ite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya are expected to be emptied of all their residents and

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UK Drone Personnel Could Be Liable for War Crimes

The inquiry called upon the British government to immediately publish its “targeted killing” policy, just as the United States and Israel have done previously.

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UK Drone operators

A two-year probe by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on drones claims that British military personnel could be prosecuted for murder and complicit in alleged war crimes, a report launched today reveals. The inquiry – ‘The UK’s use of Armed Drones: Working with Partners’ – received 17 written evidence submissions and conducted six oral

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Israel Okays Law Limiting Palestinian Access to Courts

The Israeli judicial system is paving the way for the “Judaization” of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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Palestinian Access to Courts

The Knesset (Israel’s parliament) on Tuesday approved the second and third readings of legislation that critics say will limit Palestinian access to the Israeli judicial system and pave the way for the “Judaization” of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The controversial legislation, which was introduced by Israel’s right-wing Jewish Home party, was

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How Rohingya Are Lynched and Held Responsible

Burma’s killing campaigns are now impossible to hide, and no clumsy government attempts at cover-up will conceal the facts.

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A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim Mohamed Rafiq, center, comforts his wife Noora Khatum and his children as they reach Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Rafiq could go no further. He collapsed onto a muddy spit of land cradling his wife in his lap, a limp figure so exhausted and so hungry she could no longer walk or even raise her wrists. (AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

“In my four years as High Commissioner, I have heard many preposterous claims. That claim is almost in its own category of absurdity. Have you no shame, sir, have you no shame? We are not fools.” These were some of the remarks made by outgoing United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, in his final briefing to the

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Ireland’s Advancement of Boycott Bill Could Be Tipping Point for Justice for Palestine

The Palestinian people are in need of some good news to boost their morale at an extremely difficult time in their struggle for freedom, justice and equality.

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Justice for Palestine

The Palestinian people are in need of some good news to boost their morale at an extremely difficult time in their struggle for freedom, justice and equality. There has been little good news, particularly since US President Trump took office, recognised Jerusalem as capital of Israel, moved the US Embassy from Tel Aviv in record time, defunded

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