The Wheels Of Justice Won’t Budge For A Scottish Woman Killed In Israel

The case of Julie Pearson is bigger than the death of one woman and her family’s ongoing struggle for justice. It’s a lens through which to view larger institutional and cultural failings that allow violence against women to go unpunished almost as a matter of routine in Israel.

Richard Silverstein
By Richard Silverstein
Julie Pearson was found dead in Israel last November, allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend. Her family in Scotland has waited, with increasing frustration, for the creaky wheels of Israeli justice to turn for Julie. This week marks the one-year anniversary of her tragic death.

SEATTLE --- When you’ve studied the Israeli-Arab conflict for as many decades and from as long a geographical distance as I have, you tend to emphasize major events and phenomena: the Occupation, wars, armies, Zionism, Palestinian nationalism, etc. It seems only natural to focus mainly on the Big Picture. Of course, the real tragedy is writ

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Scotland Bans Fracking Forever

Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse claimed the government remains “deeply sceptical” of fracking and none would be allowed to proceed unless distinct evidence proved the practice ‘causes no harm.

Claire Bernish
By Claire Bernish
a machine mixes sand and water, left, before it is pumped underground during a hydraulic fracturing operation

In one fell swoop, Scotland banned fracking — permanently — when parliament narrowly voted in favor of cementing the country’s temporary moratorium on the controversial practice. With the original intention of conducting full health and environmental impact assessments before continuing with all unconventional oil and gas extraction — including

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Scotland Bans GM Crops

The ban will see Scotland formally opt out of the European Union’s pro-GM farming regime.

Scottland Herald
By Scottland Herald
A woman attends a protest against genetically-modified foods as she holds a banner which reads: "No GMO!

Genetically modified crops are to be banned in Scotland. The rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead says the move will protect Scotland's 'clean, green status'. The ban will see Scotland formally opt out of the European Union’s pro-GM farming regime. The Scottish Government will be applying to Brussels to be excluded from approvals for GM

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Scottish Police Investigating British Role In CIA Kidnapping, Torture

A British human rights nonprofit turns up evidence that CIA planes refueled at Scottish airports, prompting Scottish police to open an investigation into Britain’s role in the U.S. post-9/11 torture program.

Billy Briggs
By Billy Briggs
Romanian military staff stands at the end of a corridor on the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, some 250 kilometers east of Bucharest, in this Nov. 9 2005 file photo. Establishing the exact nature of Romania's involvement in a suspected secret U.S. program is crucial to building the case that Washington sidestepped international human rights conventions by persuading allies to perform dirty work on terror suspects that would have otherwise been illegal in the United States.

A small plane taxis at the airport in Szymany, Poland, Tuesday,  Oct. 19, 2010. Lawyers and rights activists believe that this was the airport used to ferry terrorism suspects in and out of Poland when the CIA ran a secret prison in the eastern European country. Police in Scotland are now investigating CIA rendition programs in their own

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Nae To Independence, So What’s Next For Scotland?

Voters rejected the referendum that would have granted Scotland independence. Yet the pro-independence movement is still gaining strength, and politicians and analysts are eager to point out that the referendum is “only one of a number routes” for achieving that goal.

Billy Briggs
By Billy Briggs

GLASGOW --- Violence erupted in Scotland last week following a referendum in which the nation rejected leaving the United Kingdom to become an independent state. The historic vote, which could have ended 307 years of political union between Scotland and England, saw the largest voter turnout in British history, with 85 percent of the electorate at

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VIDEO: It’s No: Scotland Votes To Stay In UK

Scots have voted to stay in the UK, following an intense campaign which saw both pro-independence and pro-union campaign groups scraping for last-minute support. The ‘No’ campaign rallied 55 percent of votes against 45 percent ‘Yes’ votes.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
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