Tymoshenko Arrest Hurts Ukraine, Benefits Russia

On August 5, Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister and heroine of Ukraine’s 2004 pro-western Orange Revolution, was arrested during her trial. Tymoshenko was in court defending herself against charges of overstepping her authority and allegedly making an illegal gas price deal with Russia in 2009. The presiding judge, Rodion Kireyev, accused her of systematically […]

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Nothing Stops Assad (Video)

Nothing stops Syrian President Bashar Assad. Saudi Arabia recalls its envoy. The Arab League calls on him to stop the violence. The United Nations talks and his army shoots to kill. When it seemed things could not get worse in Syria, they did, as Assad leads a daily war on protesters. The death toll has […]

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HR: Elevating Action Against the UK Media

The UK has been recognized as one of the globe’s major centers of anti-Israel activity in the assault on Israel’s legitimacy. This is reflected in the amount of material that HonestReporting continues to dedicate to the UK media, which is itself a major contributor to the hostile environment that has encouraged the demonization of Israel […]

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A Cuban Slap on the Wrist: The Alan Gross Case

The Obama Administration has in recent months made efforts to improve relations with Cuba contingent upon the release of Alan P. Gross. A subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Gross was arrested in December 2009 for making the Internet available to members of Cuba’s minuscule Jewish community. He was sentenced to 15 […]

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Iran Loves Protests in Disintegrating Zionist Regime

The truth from Iran: The protest movement in Israel is anti-Zionist and further proof that the Zionist regime is coming apart at the seams”. Iranian news agencies, controlled or under the influence of the regime headed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are informing Iranians that the social protest movement actually is a Facebook-inspired revolution that […]

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How to Waste Money, Persian Gulf Edition

by Daniel Pipes July 20, 2011 updated Aug 6, 2011 This weblog entry is dedicated to the oil rich who find creative new ways to burn through excess funds, listed in reverse chronological order. Spell your name out on sand in kilometer-high letters: A member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family, Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, […]

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