Israel breaking settlement records, says Peace Now
A mosque in the Palestinian West Bank village of Abdullah Ibrahim is seen behind houses in West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, near Bethlehem (Baz Ratner Reuters, REUTERS / December 22, 2011)
Date: January 10th, 2012
IDF Chief: Israel ready to absorb some Syria refugees once Assad falls
Assad has not fallen yet, nor is it clear he would be killed, hanged, arrested; or that Alawites will be persecuted. What good does it bring to Israel, to appear as meddling in Syrian internal affairs, when the entire damn anti-Semitic world would want to invent conspiracy theories? If Gantz believes Asad will fall, and [...]
Army: Muslim sect kills 2 Christians in Nigeria
(AP) – 1 hour ago MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s army says suspected members of a radical Muslim sect have killed two Christians in separate attacks despite an increased security presence in the area. Col. Victor Ebhaleme said Boko Haram gunmen attacked two Christian homes Monday evening in back-to-back attacks in the northeastern city of [...]
China dissident Gao Zhisheng’s family denied prison visit
BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese authorities on Tuesday prevented relatives of prominent dissident and human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng from visiting him in prison, his brother said. Gao, who has defended some of China’s most vulnerable people including Christians and coal miners, was arrested in February 2009 and has been held largely incommunicado by authorities except [...]
Coptic Christian billionaire taken to court accused of ‘insulting Islam’
REPORTING FROM CAIRO — Christian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 14 after he was charged Monday with “blasphemy and insulting Islam” by Cairo prosecutors, state newspaper Al Ahram quoted judiciary sources as saying on its website. The telecommunications mogul, who also heads the secular Free Egyptians political party, is charged [...]
Tea Party, Occupiers meet on TV
Print this Article Email this Article In a political climate that pegs the Tea Party as far right and Occupiers as far left, Ashland activist-broadcaster Jeff Golden is drawing both sides into a conversation to find common ground and explore possible goals — all as part of his television show, “Immense Possibilities.” Called “Tea Party [...]
Why the Tea Party needs Mitt
Mitt Romney: The hero the Tea Partiers deserve and really need right now [GALLO/GETTY] Washington, DC – Dear Tea Party Movement, For the past few months, the world has been fascinated by your frenzied search for a presidential candidate who is not Mitt Romney. We know that you find the man inauthentic and that you [...]