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May 30, 2011

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 30, 2011: House Resolution Asks Feds to Counter Anti-Muslim Sentiment  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 29, 2011: Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) Wonders Why Arab Passenger Not Patted Down  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 28, 2011: GOP Goes from Courting Muslim Voters to Antagonizing Them  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 27, 2011: CAIR Asks Secretary Napolitano to Probe Use of Islamophobic Trainers

 

May 29, 2011

 

G-8 Statement Succumbs to Israeli-Led Canadian Pressure, Drops Reference to the 1967 Borders for a Palestinian State  

 

Egypt Reopens its Border with Palestinian Gaza Strip, After 4 Years of Israeli-Led Siege

 

NATO Airstrike Kills 14 Women, Children in Afghanistan, May 29, 2011  

 

2 British, 3 German, 2 Afghani Soldiers Killed in Attacks, May 28, 2011  

 

Syrian Tanks Attack Towns of Rastan and Talbiseh, Security Forces Fire at Protesters in Dair El-Zoar, May 29, 2011  

 

Yemeni Tribes, Government Agree to Temporary Truce, May 29, 2011  

 

Libyan Opposition Leader Welcomes Russia's New Position Against Qadhafi  

 

NATO Warplanes Hit Qadhafi’s Command Centers, May 29, 2011  

 

Russia Offers to Help Mediate Gaddafi Departure

 

May 26, 2011

 

US Congress Applause & 25 Standing Ovations to Netanyahu: Pathetic and Resemblance of Parliaments in Totalitarian Regimes  

 

"Move Over AIPAC" Activist, Rae Abileah, Injured By AIPAC Members, After Heckling Netanyahu in US Congress  

 

Egyptian Revolutionary Government Lifts Restrictions on Rafah Border Crossing, a Blow to the Israeli Siege of Gaza Strip  

 

Egyptian FM, Nabil Al-Arabi, Trying to Amend Camp David Accords with Israel

 

May 24, 2011

 

Netanyahu Speaks in US Congress, Invited by Israel-Firsters, in Opposition to US National Interests and President Barack Obama  

 

Videos of AIPAC Speeches of Netanyahu, Eric Cantor, Steny Hoyer, Tony Crisp, May 22-23, 2011  

 

Texts of AIPAC Speeches  of the US House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and the House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, May 22, 2011  

 

67 Senators, 270 Representatives Pledge Allegiance to Israel at AIPAC, in Support of Netanyahu Against Obama  

 

 "Move Over AIPAC" Interrupts Netanyahu Speech To AIPAC  

 

Call For Global Marches On "Naksa" Day, Anniversary of Israeli War of Aggression, on June 5, 1967  

 

May 21, 2011

 

The Empire Wars:

 

6 Afghanis Killed, 23 Injured in Suicide Attack in Kabul Military Hospital, May 21, 2011  

 

64 Afghanis Killed in NATO Attacks, 12 Killed During Protest Against NATO Killing of Civilians, May 19, 2011  

 

Pakistan Stops NATO Supplies After 16 People Killed in Blast  

 

4 US Soldiers, 36 Afghani Construction Workers Killed in Taliban Attacks, May 16-19, 2011  

 

At least 25 killed, 70 wounded in Iraq's Kirkuk twin bomb attacks  

 

Arab Revolution:

 

44 Syrian Protesters Killed on Friday, 5 Killed During Funerals on Saturday, May 21, 2011  

 

Thousands of Spaniards Take to Streets Protesting Unemployment, May 21, 2011  

 

May 19, 2011

 

The Empire Wars:

 

4 US Soldiers, 36 Afghani Construction Workers Killed in Taliban Attacks, May 16-19, 2011  

 

At least 25 killed, 70 wounded in Iraq's Kirkuk twin bomb attacks  

 

Arab Revolution:

 

Text and Video of Obama's Speech on the Middle East, May 19, 2011  

 

Netanyahu Rejects Obama's Call for Withdrawal 1967 Borders, Approves 1600 Illegal Settlement Units in Defiance  

 

Reactions to Obama's Middle East Speech: Christopher Walker: Just Rhetoric, Eugene Michael Jones: Placating Israel Lobby  

 

Spaniards Protest Economic Crisis, Spirit of Arab Revolution Spreads to Europe, May 19, 2011  

 

US Slaps Sanctions on President Assad  

 

Yemenis Continue Demanding Departure of Saleh, White House Urges the Dictator to Agree on Transition  

 

Defection of Libyan Oil Minister, Shukri Ghanem, Revolution Council Wants to be Represented in OPEC Meeting  

 

Power Elite Lifestyle:

 

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Resigns as IMF Chief Following his Arrest in New York on Sexual Assault Charges, May 19, 2011  

 

Schwarzenegger's Wife, Maria Shriver, Confronts Mistress, Mildred Baena,  Over Love Child, May 20, 2011

 

May 18, 2011

 

Arab Revolution:

 

Secret UAE Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater's Founder to Fight Internal and External Foes  

 

 Noam Chomsky on Video: "The US and Its Allies Will Do Anything to Prevent Democracy in the Arab World"  

Islamophobia in the US:

 New York Man Puts 'Bomb Making Next Driveway' Sign In Mosque-Adjacent Yard

Islamophobia in the US, May 18, 2011, Defacing and Vandalism Against Mosques and Muslim Property

 slamophobia in the US, May 18, 2011, CAIR, ACLU Urge Court to Uphold Ruling Blocking Oklahoma Sharia Ban

Islamophobia in the US, May 17, 2011, Anti-Muslim Agitators Speak in Events

Islamophobia in the US, May 16, 2011, Mosque Vandalism, Anti-Shari'a Suits, Barring Imams from Flights

 

May 15, 2011

 

Arab Revolution:

 

Secret UAE Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater's Founder to Fight Internal and External Foes  

 

 Noam Chomsky on Video: "The US and Its Allies Will Do Anything to Prevent Democracy in the Arab World"  

 

Islamophobia in the US:

 

New York Man Puts 'Bomb Making Next Driveway' Sign In Mosque-Adjacent Yard  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 18, 2011: CAIR, ACLU Urge Court to Uphold Ruling Blocking Oklahoma Sharia Ban  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 18, 2011: Defacing and Vandalism Against Mosques and Muslim Property  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 17, 2011: Anti-Muslim Agitators Speak in Events  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 16, 2011: Mosque Vandalism, Anti-Shari'a Suits, Barring Imams from Flights

 

May 15, 2011

 

Palestinians Observe the Nakba, Catastrophe Day, With Marches, Israeli Occupation Forces Attack them with Live Bullets, May 15, 2011  

 

Palestinians Observe the Nakba, Catastrophe Day, With Marches, Israeli Occupation Forces Attack them with Live Bullets, May 15, 2011  

 

14 Palestinians Killed, Hundreds Injured by Israeli Occupation Forces in the Nakba, Catasrophe, Day, May 15, 2011  

 

40 Palestinian Protesters Injured by Israeli Occupation Soldiers at Qalandiya Crossing Point, May 15, 2011  

 

Haniyah: Nakba Marked in Changed Region, May 15, 2011  

 

Dozens of Palestinians Injured in Al-Khalil Marches on Nakba Anniversary  

 

Teen killed in Gaza protest marking Nakba  

 

Egyptians Rally at Rafah for Palestinian Rights, May 15, 2011  

 

May 15, 2011: Thousands March at United Nations in New York for Palestinian Right to Return

 

May 14, 2011

 

US Mideast Peace Envoy, George Mitchell, Resigns, Reflecting Obama's Failure to Restart Talks, May 13, 2011

 

Arab Revolutions

 

Six Syrian Protestors Killed by Security Forces in Various Cities, Despite Regime's Dialogue Pledge, May 14, 2011  

 

Yemenis Continue Demanding Departure of Dictator Saleh, Pro-Government Sniper Fire at Protesters in Taez, May 14, 2011  

 

Libyan Revolution Council Leaders in London, Paris, and Washington for Aid and Recognition, May 14, 2011  

 

Support for the Palestinian People Against Israeli Aggressors

 

Egyptian March to Rafah, in Support of Palestinian Right of Return, May 14, 2011  

 

 Italian and Malaysian Peace Activists Arrive In Gaza, Breaking the Israeli Siege, Commemorating Vittorio Arrigoni

 

Israeli Aggression

 

US Mideast Peace Envoy, George Mitchell, Resigns, Reflecting Obama's Failure to Restart Talks, May 13, 2011  

 

Palestinian Teenager, Milad Samir Ayyash, Killed, 33 Abducted in East Jerusalem by Israeli Occupation Forces  

 

Palestinians Protest Against the Apartheid Wall and Illegal Settlements in Billin and Nabi Salen, 22 Wounded, May 13, 2011  

 

Israeli Occupation Forces Tighten Security Measures to Disturb 63rd Nakba Commemoration  

 

Israeli Occupation Army Burns Palestinian Jordan Valley Grazing Fields, May 14, 2011  

 

May 11, 2011

 

Greeks March in Protest at Austerity Measures, Riot Police Use Tear Gas and Stun Grenades to Disperse them  

 

Arab Revolution

 

Arab Monarchs Respond to Spreading Revolutions, Jordan, Morocco to join GCC, May 11, 2011  

 

Yemeni Protesters March to Prime Minister's Office, Main Cities Shut Down With Daily Protests, May 11, 2011  

 

Syrian Army Shells Residential Areas in Homs, Snipers Ordered to Aim for the Head, May 11, 2011  

 

Libyan Revolutionary Fighters Claim Gains Against Qaddafi Forces in Misrata, EU Opens Office in Bani Ghazi, May 11, 2011  

 

Egyptian Revolution Hero, Wael Ghonim, to Write Book for US Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  

 

May 10, 2011

Israeli Aggression & Threat to World Peace

 

Mesha'al: “Recognizing Israel Cannot Be Done Before the Palestinians Establish their State”  

 

Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap 4 Palestinians, Construct Wall Around Qalandia, Invade Jenin and Jericho Village of Fasayel,   

 

Illegal Israeli Jewish Extremist Settlers Roam Palestinian Occupied East Jerusalem and Nablus Streets in Provocative  

Marches, May 10, 2011  

 

French Ship to Join International Flotilla to Break Israeli Siege of Gaza in June 2011  


Egyptian Revolution Hero, Wael Ghonim, to Write Book for US Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

 

May 9, 2011

 

Videos: Return to Palestine, Anti-Islam Hate & Bias, Facebook Spies, May 9, 2011  

 

Julian Assange Blasts Facebook as 'the Most Appalling Spying Machine Ever Invented'  

 

Who Rules America? Quick Facts About AIPAC  

 

Speaking Event About Preemptive Prosecution, Political Prisoners, and Civil Liberties in Atlanta, Georgia, May 14, 2011  

 

Canadian Capitulation to Zionism: Markham City Council Bans Criticism of Apartheid Regimes, May 9, 2011  

 

Islamophobia in the US

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 9, 2011: 3 US Muslim Leaders Barred from Flights  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 8, 2011: Speakers Spread Anti-Islam Hate  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 7, 2011: Florida Mosque Bombing Suspect Killed in Oklahoma Shootout  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 6, 2011: Hate Graffiti Targeting Muslim Family in Minnesota  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 5, 2011: DHS to Probe Complaints on US-Canadian Border Questioning of Muslims  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 4, 2011: Everett Community College in Washington State Hosts Islamophobe Raymond Ibrahim  

 

May 5, 2011

 

Biden Calls for Pairing Higher Debt Limit with Spending Cuts, Still Ignoring Military Spending  

 

Arab Revolutions & Wars

 

25 Iraqis Killed, 75 Wounded in Hillah Suicide Car Bombing, 23 Killed in Other Iraqi Cities in One Day, May 5, 2011  

 

Libya Contact Group Agrees to Fund Opposition at Rome Talks  

 

Syrian Army Crackdown Spreads to Damascus, Storming the Suburb of Saqba, After Withdrawing from Dera'a, May 5, 2011  

 

Yemenis Continue Protests Demanding Departure of Reluctant Dictator Saleh, May 4, 2011  

 

Former Egyptian Interior Minister, Habib Al-Adly, Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail for Corruption, Criminal Charges to Follow  

 

Photos from the Syrian Revolution, April 2011  

 

Israeli Aggression and Threat to World Peace

 

Abbas and Mesha'al Agree to Expedite Formulation of Transitional Government, Palestinians Celebrate Unity, April 5, 2011

 

France May Recognize Palestinian State If Peace Talks Remain at Stalemate, Says Sarkozy Ahead of Meeting with Netanyahu  

 

Israeli Occupation Forces Launch a New Kidnapping Campaign, Deprive Prisoners from Drinking Water for Two Days, Kill 22 Palestinians in April, 2011  

 

Netanyahu's Military Aide, Yohanan Locker, Off London Trip for Fear of Arrest on War Crimes Charges  

 

May 4, 2011

 

Abbas and Mesha'al Sign Palestinian Unity Agreement in Cairo, April 4, 2011  

 

Khaled Mesha'al Meets With Murad Muwafi and Nabil Al-Arabi Before Signing Palestinian Unity Agreement in Cairo, April 4, 2011  

 

May 3, 2011

 

AIPAC as Enron, IRS Refusal to Regulate, Conference, Sibel Edmonds - IRmep  

 

Phone Call by Kuwaiti Courier Led to Bin Laden  

 

CAIR: Bin Laden Death Leads to Maine Mosque Vandalism  

 

Islamophobia in the US, May 1, 2011: Car Driver Hits a Man in Cleanwater, Florida Because He looks-like a 'Terrorist'  

 

Islamophobia in the US, April 30, 2011: Bullying Targets Muslim and Arab Students in New Jersey Schools  

 

Islamophobia in the US, April 29, 2011: Travel, Files, and Attacks on Shari'a  

 

Islamophobia in the US, April 28, 2011: Mosque Fire in Stockton, CA, Denying Permits in WI  

 

 

 

 


  

 

 

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