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Renowned Physicist Stephen Hawking Joins Academic Boycott Of Israel
Stephen Hawking has pulled out of the conference hosted by Israeli President Shimon Peres as a protest against Israel’s aggression towards the Palestinians.
The renowned scientist and cosmologist has expressed his support for the academic boycott of Israel which has also been endorsed by the Teachers Union of Ireland along with the members of the Association for Asian American Studies in the United States.
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Barack Obama: It Is Good To Get Away From Congress (Video)
The U.S. President Barack Obama was caught on camera muttering about Congress as he landed in Israel on Wednesday this week.
Obama expressed his happiness to be away from Capitol Hill for a little while. He said to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they posed for pictures on the airport tarmac, “It’s good to get away from Congress.”
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President Obama Plants A Magnolia Tree In Jerusalem Which May Be Uprooted For Inspection (Photos)
President Barack Obama planted a magnolia tree in Israeli President Shimon Peres’ Jerusalem garden. It symbolizes the ever-growing strong friendship between the two countries. It also signifies the United States’ commitment to stand alongside Israel against nuclear-armed Iran.
But news has emerged that before the plant’s roots can take hold, the Israeli government will inspect it. A source told ABC News that the magnolia tree will be uprooted in a week by the Israeli Agriculture Department. The roots of the tree were covered with plastic when it was planted by Obama as Israel doesn’t allow plants within its borders from other countries.
Here are some pictures from the planting of the tree in the Holy Land:
Despite 1.5 Million Arabs, New Government To Define Israel As ‘National State Of Jewish People’
According to news media, Israel’s new government is planning onto pass a new controversial law that will make the democratic status of the country, questionable.
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Beitar Jerusalem FC Fans Walk Out Over Signing Of Two Muslim Chechen Players
Fans of Beitar Jerusalem FC, one of Israel’s biggest football clubs, are angry and upset over the signing of two Muslim players Zaur Sadayev and Dzhabrail Kadiyev. The team’s hardcore right-wing supporters even walked out of the stadium on Sunday night at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Israel Opens Palestinians-Only Bus Lines In W. Bank
Israel launched two Palestinians-only bus lines in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a step an Israeli rights group described as racist and which the Transport Ministrycalled an improvement in service.
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George Galloway Accused Of Racism After Refusing To Debate With Israeli Student At Oxford (Video)
Controversial MP George Galloway is now being accused of racism after he stormed out of an Oxford University debate.
Mr Galloway, who is the Respect party MP for Bradford West horrified students during an Oxford University session by refusing to debate with the opponent, who’s a third year student, telling him: “I don’t debate with Israelis.”
According to reports, the Respect MP had been booked to attend the debate at Christ Church college and had spoken for a few minutes in favor of the motion that ‘Israel should withdraw immediately from the West Bank’.
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Israeli Sniper Mor Ostrovski Posts Controversial Photo Of Palestinian Child In Crosshairs On Instagram (PHOTO)
A young Israeli soldier, 20-year-old Mor Ostrovski, a sniper in the Israel Defense Forces, posted this image to his Instagram account (now deleted) showing a Palestinian boy in the crosshairs of his sniper rifle.
Needless to say the image has created ripples of outrage around the world. The photo went viral, and things got really testy, really fast.
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Israeli Airstrikes Inside Syria Amid Fears Of Aiding Hezbollah Might Be Another Violation Of the UN Charter
Israel military forces bombed a target inside Syria which is being considered as a warning to Damascus to stop providing weapons to a Lebanese Islamic militant group.
The New Statehood of Palestinian (Video)
Palestinians celebrate but international reaction mixed over UN vote for de facto state recognition. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad says the U.N. vote is an important step in the right direction.
Palestine Statehood by UN Receives Mix Reactions from the World and Social Web
Following a historic United Nations General Assembly vote, which elevated the status of Palestine from‘observer’ to ‘non-member observer state’ is being considered a breakthrough that the country and its people have been struggling for decades.
New York Times Bureau Chief Isn’t Chief of Her Own Tweets
Jodi Rudoren, the Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the New York Times, is pretty active on Twitter and Facebook. Or so people thought. It has been revealed that her Twitter account has been assigned a Twitter Editor who is actually behind all the posts and interactions.
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Jon Stewart is Confused Differentiating Gaza Strip from Gosling Stripped? (VIDEO)
This video can simply be described as Jon Stewart’s point of view on the Middle East situation. Apparently, when it comes to the crisis in the Middle East, the Daily Show host seems to be a little confused differentiating between a political conflict and the celebrity star Ryan Gosling. Talking about the violent standoff that erupted this month between Israel and Hamas, instead of an illustration of the Gaza Strip provided a shot of Ryan Gosling under the headline,
‘Conflict in the Gosling Stripped’.
‘I think I found a way to solve this conflict, somebody needs to surrender some holy land,’ Stewart added.
The CERN of Middle East: the World’s Most Impossible Science Project
The region of Middle East has for long been either about the atrocities taking place in Syria, or Israeli bombardment in Gaza. But this time the reason Middle East is making news all over the world is a science project of a wholly unexpected kind.
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Image of Palestinian Child in Bunny Costume Hiding from IDF Soldiers Creates a Buzz
Palestine and Israel may have reached a ceasefire agreement, but the feeling of fear and intimidation following six days of massive bombardment still remains in the air. This feeling of fear is quite clearly demonstrated by an image that was recently posted by a Redditorjonscotchon the website.
Read More: Palestinian Child in Bunny Costume Hiding from IDF Soldiers
