Army Destroys Convoy of Terrorists in Northwestern Syria

Army Destroys Convoy of Terrorists in Northwestern Syria

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TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army destroyed a convoy of vehicles transferring Al-Qaeda-linked armed rebels in the Northwestern province of Homs and killed all the terrorists on board.

The army’s units targeted and destroyed a convoy of Al-Nusra terrorists in the two villages of Jebab Hamd and Rasm Hamid of Jeb Al-Jarah region in Homs province, an army spokesman told FNA on Tuesday. 

The spokesman stressed that all the terrorist on the vehicles have been killed in the army operation.

The conflict in Syria started in March 2011, when sporadic pro-reform protests turned into a massive insurgency following the intervention of western and regional states.

The unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history.

As the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in sight, the US government has boosted its political and military support to Takfiri extremists.

Washington has remained indifferent to warnings by Russia and other world powers about the consequences of arming militant groups.

Syrian Army Besieges Armed Rebels in Reef Idlib

Syrian Army Besieges Armed Rebels in Reef Idlib

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TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army continued its advances in the forests of Al-Arbaeen mountainous region in Reef (countryside of) Idlib in Northwestern Syria on Tuesday and laid a tight siege on armed rebels in Kafrlateh area.

The army discovered and seized a huge amount of weapons and foreign-made medical equipment from armed rebels’ concentration centers in Kafrlateh of Reef Idlib, FNA dispatches said.

Meantime, the Syrian army took full control of Al-Fanar restaurant and Kafrzeiba village in suburban Ariha region.

The Syrian army has launched a wide-scale military operation to clean the country from al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front terrorist militiamen active in the state.

Syria was hit by a violent unrest since mid-March 2011, where the Syrian government accuses foreign actors of orchestrating the conflict by supporting the militant opposition groups with arms and money.

Russia Sends Destroyer Smetlivy to Syria

Russia Sends Destroyer Smetlivy to Syria

Russia Sends Destroyer Smetlivy to Syria

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia has dispatched another warship to Syria, the Navy’s spokesperson announced.

The guard-ship Smetlivy of the Black Sea Fleet is sailing from its home port in Sevastopol to patrol the waters off the Syrian coast, Voice of Russia reported.

The guided missile destroyer is to set sail between September 12 and 14. The spokesman said the warship would not drop at Novorossiysk and would head directly to the Mediterranean.

Russia previously sent three ships to the Eastern Mediterranean to bolster its fleet there. These include the Moskva missile cruiser, which is due in the Syrian coastal waters on September 17, as well as the corvette Shtil and missile boat Ivanovets that will approach Syria by September 29.

The Priazovye reconnaissance ship has also reportedly boosted the group of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ships in the Eastern Mediterranean. On Friday, the intelligence ship passed through the Dardanella Strait accompanied by two landing ships, Minsk and Novocherkassk, and joined the Mediterranean armada.

Lawmaker: Syrian War to Lead to Expulsion of US from Region

Lawmaker: Syrian War to Lead to Expulsion of US from Region

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TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian legislator stressed that any US-led war against Syria would not topple the government of President Bashar Assad, and would rather lead to the expulsion of Washington from the region.

"The Assad government will not be overthrown by a US attack and it will remain and this will hit a blow to the Americans' reputation," member of the parliament's Presiding Board Mohammad Dehqan said on Wednesday.

He said if any serious war is waged against Syria, supporters of Damascus, including Iran, Russia and Hezbollah in Lebanon, will not remain silent and the US interests in the region will be endangered.

Dehqan underlined that any attack against Syria will eventually kick the US out of the region.

In relevant remarks earlier this week, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan also warned the advocates of war on Syria against its unpredictable consequences, saying such a war will engage numerous countries and lead to a regional war.

"The Syrian government and Bashar Assad will not stand still to allow others to topple their political system or bomb their people without facing any reaction," Dehqan said in a televised interview with Iran's state-run channel one TV on Monday night.

"Certainly, this reaction will be shown on the basis of the decision made by the Syrian political leaders and will cause a new round of reciprocal attacks in the region and it will possibly entangle others with battle and put them in battlefield," he added.

Dehqan advised the Americans to think about the consequences and results of invading Syria and do a cost-and-benefit before embarking on an attack on the Middle-Eastern country.

"I believe that the US intervention with any quality will lead to the spread of the crisis, creation of a security vacuum and make the Americans get stuck in the region like in Afghanistan and Iraq," he added

Iranian Deputy FM: Israel Prime Victim of War on Syria

Iranian Deputy FM: Israel Prime Victim of War on Syria

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian warned of the dire consequences of an attack on Syria by the US and its allies, saying that the Zionist regime of Israel will be the first target of retaliatory operations by the regional forces, if Damascus comes under aggression.

“The war option will further complicate the situation,” Amir Abdollahian said in Moscow on Tuesday.

“Our studies over the past days indicate that any war that breaks out in Syria will not remain confined to Syria, and although the US speaks of a limited war, the Middle-East realities show that in the event of war, it will not remain limited,” the Iranian official stated.

“The Zionist regime of Israel will be attacked by certain players including terrorist groups that have had activities in Syria over recent years,” Amir Abdollahian pointed out.

On Monday, Amir Abdollahian underlined that Tehran is resolved to try all diplomatic ways to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria.

In a meeting with his Russian Counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow, Amir Abdollahian called for further consultations between Tehran and Moscow to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis.

Iran and Russia are against any use of chemical weapons in Syria and oppose military intervention in the country, Amir Abdollahian added.

He warned that any form of military intervention in Syria would lead to an unlimited war in the region.

On Tuesday, Amir Abdollahian discussed the latest developments in Syria, particularly Russia's proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control, with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Mualem in Moscow. 

Amir Abdollahian left Tehran for Moscow on Monday to confer with the senior Russian officials on the latest developments in Syria.

The call for military action against Syria intensified after foreign-backed opposition forces accused the Syrian government of launching a chemical attack on militant strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus on August 21.

Damascus has vehemently denied the accusations, saying the chemical attack was carried out by the militants themselves as a false flag operation.

Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011. According to reports, the western powers and their regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey -- are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.

According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people have been killed and a total of 7.8 million of others displaced due to the violence.

Poll: 74% Oppose Bombing Syria, Half Think DC Establishment Wants War More

Poll: 74% Oppose Bombing Syria, Half Think DC Establishment Wants War More

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Via Emily Ekins at Reason.com, polling showed 74 percent of Americans think bombing Syria would be "unwise" and half of Americans believe the D.C. establishment wants war more than the public.

We’ve known about the low public support for strikes in Syria form the beginning, but the latest polling in this Reason-Rupe poll, among others, shows opposition growing still, Antiwar.com said in a report.

On the second point, it’s notable that the public thinks, accurately, that the D.C. establishment typically wants war more than ordinary Americans. As Peggy Noonan wrote in a recent piece at the Wall Street Journal, the debate over war in Syria doesn’t look like a fight between Republicans and Democrats, "it looks more like a fight between the country and Washington, between the broad American public and Washington’s central governing assumptions".

When The Atlantic‘s Conor Friedersdorf kept seeing headlines in the news at the end of August about "growing pressure" for Obama to bomb Syria, he asked, "pressure from whom?"

    Where is this pressure coming from? Strangely, that question doesn’t even occur to a lot of news organizations. Take this CBS story. The very first sentence says, "The Obama administration faced new pressure Thursday to take action on Syria." New pressure from whom? The story proceeds as if it doesn’t matter. How can readers judge how much weight the pressure should carry? Pressure from hundreds of thousands of citizens in the streets confers a certain degree of legitimacy. So does pressure from a just-passed House bill urging a certain course of action, or even unanimous pressure from all of the experts on a given subject.

    What I’d like is if news accounts on pressure to intervene in Syria made it clear that the "growing calls … for forceful action" aren’t coming from the people, or Congressional majorities, or an expert consensus. The pressure is being applied by a tiny, insular elite that mostly lives in Washington, D.C., and isn’t bothered by the idea of committing America to military action that most Americans oppose. Nor are they bothered by the president launching a war of choice without Congressional approval, even though Obama declared as a candidate that such a step would be illegal.

The insularity of the DC establishment is important. On the one hand, they are ideologically insular, tending to hear only one set of dominant ideas throughout their careers. But they also have their own interests at stake. The all-too-prevalent revolving door between government, military, policy analyst, academic, media pundit, etc. is an incestuous pool of isolated ideologues who believe themselves truly to be objective.

"Warnings about a dangerous world," writes Micah Zenko in Foreign Affairs, "benefit powerful bureaucratic interests. The specter of looming dangers sustains and justifies the massive budgets of the military and the intelligence agencies, along with the national security infrastructure that exists outside government — defense contractors, lobbying groups, think tanks, and academic departments."

Supreme Leader Calls on US to Prove Honesty in New Approach on Syri

Supreme Leader Calls on US to Prove Honesty in New Approach on Syria

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei expressed the hope that the US would prove honest in its new approach which annuls its earlier declaration of war on Syria, but meantime, underlined that Iran continues to pursue the regional developments thoroughly and vigilantly.

"We hope that the new US approach on Syria will be serious and far from political games," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing Iranian Hajj officials in Tehran on Wednesday.

"If so, it will mean that the US is returning from its self-centered and wrong approach (that it had adopted) in the last few weeks," he added.

Ayatollah Khamenei also blasted the US and its allies for threatening Syria with military attack, and said, "They even embark on setting fire and trampling other countries and nations' interests for their alleged national interests which are, in fact, the interests of the Zionists and the big capitalists."

He stressed that Tehran is following the regional developments attentively and vigilantly.

His remarks came after US President Barack Obama said Monday he will stop a US plan to strike Syria if the country agrees with the Russian proposal to surrender its possible chemical stocks to international control.

Obama said the Russian proposal could lead to a "breakthrough," but added that the US will maintain pressure on Syria by continuing his push for Congress to authorize military action.

As the US Congress debates authorizing an attack on Syria, Russia on Monday proposed Syria put its chemical weapons under international control.

The idea is a "potentially positive development", Obama said, adding that Washington will work with Moscow and the international community "to see if we can arrive at something that is enforceable and serious", the Islam Times reported.

The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has welcomed the Russian proposal.

Obama on Monday gave a series of television interviews in an attempt to gain support from lawmakers and public for a limited military strike on Syria.

Media reports suggest that even international allies of the United States are skeptical of Obama’s war plan in the Middle-East.

Recent polls show that the majority of Americans oppose any US military action against Syria.

In recent days, the US, Israel and France have adopted the rhetoric of war against Syria over allegations that the Syrian government was behind a recent chemical attack near Damascus.

The call for military strike intensified after the militants operating inside Syria and the foreign-backed Syrian opposition claimed on August 21 that hundreds had been killed in a government chemical attack on militant strongholds in the Damascus suburbs of Ain Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar. The Syrian government has strongly denied the claim, accusing the militants of the attack.

John Kerry and the Orwellian Language of War

John Kerry and the Orwellian Language of War

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TEHRAN (FNA)- When is a war not a war? According to John Kerry, launching cruise missiles at Syria is not a war. Testifying before the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry said, "President Obama is not asking America to go to war."

Kerry’s argument seems to hinge on the idea that no American ground troops will likely be deployed. Of the proposed strikes, Kerry said, "I just don’t consider that going to war in the classic sense of coming to Congress and asking for a declaration of war and training troops and sending people abroad and putting young Americans in harm’s way." Perhaps no Americans will be put in harm’s way, although claims of possible Iranian plans for retaliation cast doubt on that hope. But regardless, innocent Syrians will still be killed by American missiles. People’s homes and possessions will still be destroyed. Mass aggressive violence will still be waged by the US government in a foreign land. That’s a war.

And while Kerry is not currently proposing sending ground troops to Syria, he acknowledges that it’s a possibility. Kerry also told the Senate: "But in the event Syria imploded, for instance, or in the event there was a threat of a chemical weapons  falling into the hands of al-Nusra or someone else and it was clearly in the interest of our allies and all of us, the British, the French and others, to prevent those ( alleged ) weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of the worst elements, I don’t want to take off the table an option that might or might not be available to a president of the United States to secure our country."  But to be clear, Secretary Kerry and President Obama are not proposing a war. Yes, they will use cruise missiles to slaughter Syrians, and if they don’t like the Syrian government’s response they may even send ground troops. War profiteers like Raytheon will certainly profit. But the Secretary of State will insist it’s not a war.

So, why the Orwellian "War is Peace" attitude here? Partially because Kerry recognizes this war is not popular with the American public. Polls show substantial public opposition. When explaining that he would not consider American attacks on Syria a war, Kerry went a step further and said "when people are asked, do you want to go to war with Syria, of course not! Everybody, a hundred percent of Americans will say no." When most Americans oppose war, the best solution apparently is to change the name to something else.

But this attitude makes sense for another reason: The state wants to conceal the truth about its wars. This is why it employs so many Newspeak terms when discussing war. Murdering civilians becomes "collateral damage." Any military age male killed by an American drone strike is automatically labeled a "militant." And a war against Syria becomes not war but "an action that can degrade the capacity of a man who, in their thought, is willing to kill his own people by breaking a nearly hundred-year- old prohibition."

The US government doesn’t want you to know the truth about their wars. This is why Chelsea Manning is in prison for blowing the whistle on war crimes, including an attack in which "US troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence." It’s why the military denied for years that they used white phosphorus, a chemical weapon, in Fallujah.

This rampant dishonesty is precisely why we should never trust them when they want to go to war. Especially when they refuse to call war by its name.

By Nathan Goodman

This article originally appeared on the website of Center for a Stateless Society on September 06

Syrian Army Destroys Al-Nusra’s Military Base in Reef Lattakia

Syrian Army Destroys Al-Nusra’s Military Base in Reef Lattakia

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TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army continued its military operations in Reef (countryside of) Lattakia in Western Syria on Wednesday and destroyed a strategic base of Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in the area.

The army units attacked the Al-Nusra Front’s gathering centers and positions in Reyhania village in Reef Lattakia destroying their military base.

The Syrian troops also raided and destroyed several concentration points of Al-Nusra terrorists in Marj Khukheh village of Salmi region in Reef Lattakia. More than 20 terrorists were killed during the army operations in Marj Khukheh.

The Syrian army also attacked terrorists’ positions in Al-Qasatel and Marj Al-Zawiya villages and killed 15 militants.

The rebels were targetting the nearby villages with mortar attacks launched from Ma’arasteh and Mayer villages in the vicinity of Nabl and Al-Zahra.

The conflict in Syria started in March 2011, when sporadic pro-reform protests turned into a massive insurgency following the intervention of western and regional states.

The unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history.

As the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in sight, the US government has boosted its political and military support to Takfiri extremists.

Washington has remained indifferent to warnings by Russia and other world powers about the consequences of arming militant groups.

Iranian Lawmaker Urges Taking Back Nobel Peace Prize from Warmonger Obama

Iranian Lawmaker Urges Taking Back Nobel Peace Prize from Warmonger Obama

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TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian legislator underlined the necessity for revoking the Nobel Peace Prize given to US President Barack Obama in 2009 due to his warmongering policies against other countries, specially Syria.

"The parliament will support any Iranian campaign to take back Obama's Nobel Peace Prize," Chairman of the parliament's Cultural Commission Ahmad Salek told FNA on Wednesday.

"Obama and the White House leaders are warmongers and not peace advocates and wherever there is a war, the Americans are involved. Now how can the warmongers receive the peace prize?" he asked.

Salek called Obama an international villain who should be tried for war crimes.

In relevant remarks on Tuesday, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) said that he's willing to reverse his opposition on a military strike against Syria if President Obama agrees to answer a number of questions, including whether the president is willing to return his Nobel Peace Prize.

In a Tuesday statement, Stockman said he'd "like to offer President Obama a deal" ahead of his national address on the Syria conflict.

“I am prepared to vote in favor of Obama’s folly if he can fully and truthfully answer eleven questions about the Syria operation and his bungling of it," Stockman said.

A Stockman spokesman told The Hill that Obama would "indeed" have to answer "yes" to the Nobel Prize question in order to receive the congressman's support.

Americans call on Ice Cream Co to boycott Israel

Americans call on Ice Cream Co to boycott Israel 1:20 | 20\06\1392 Over 150 US bodies urged Ben & Jerry to to ensure its products are not sold in Israeli settlements

More than 150 civil society organizations in the United States and worldwide signed a letter to the American ice cream company’s Ben & Jerry’s CEO, Jostein Solheim, urging the company “to stand by its Social Mission and to ensure that its products are not sold, catered and distributed in Israeli settlements” in the occupied West Bank, including East 'Jerusalem' (al-Quds), a press release said Monday. The letter, organized by Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel (VTJP), calls on Solheim “to take all necessary contractual and legal measures to bring your franchise's settlement business to an end in a verifiable way, and to release a public statement of your company's commitment to end its business ties to Israel’s occupation and settlement enterprise.” It said that by ending its commercial complicity with Israel’s occupation, the Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s “would help to expose the devastating consequences and illegality of Israel’s settlement enterprise. It would also set a powerful example of socially responsible engagement in Israel/Palestine for other companies to emulate. ” VTJP launched an international campaign in March calling on Ben & Jerry’s to end its commercial complicity with Israel’s occupation and settlement regime. Marc Estrin, a VTJP activist, said, “We hope Ben & Jerry’s will be persuaded by the strong worldwide support our letter has garnered to sever its commercial ties to Israel’s settlements.”

AL no longer qualified to represent Arab umma

AL no longer qualified to represent Arab umma 12:25 | 18\06\1392 Hamdeen Sabahi said the Arab League is no longer qualified to represent the great Arab umma.

Senior Egyptian politician Hamdeen Sabahi has regretted the Arab League’s stance over the Syrian crisis, adding it was unfortunate that the US was going to attack Syria backed by several Arab states. Sabahi said the Arab League is no longer qualified to represent the great Arab umma. Founder of the Egyptian Popular Movement made the remarks in a conference called ‘the Arab umma against the US invasion of Arab homeland’ held in Cairo. He said the forthcoming US invasion of Syria as an Arab country amid silence of several other countries which profess to be Arab is a blot of humiliation on the forehead of those countries. The politician said it was ironic that the British House of Commons refuses to join the US in the assault. “It has become more Arab than the Arab League in this regard,” Sabahi quipped. The Egyptian politician said the Arab backers of the US would be the first to sustain the blows of the US assault, adding that the assault would turn Syria into a country where terrorists rule. The senior politician who is known for his anti-US stance lauded the Syrian-led regional resistance against the US and Israeli stooges in Syria. Sabahi also said that any invasion of Syria would amount to aggression against Egypt and a threat to the entire Arab umma. The senior politician rejected the White House excuses for assaulting Syria, adding that the US had already made such false claims concerning Iraq. The Egyptian leader warned that the US actually seeks to divide Syria.

Israel usurping more Palestinian land in Jordan valley

Israel usurping more Palestinian land in Jordan valley 17:50 | 18\06\1392 World Zionist Organization has allocated to Jewish settlers in the Jordan Valley more than 1,235 acres of private Palestinian land

A Haaretz report says that the World Zionist Organization has allocated to Jewish settlers in the Jordan Valley more than 5,000 dunams (1,235 acres) of private Palestinian land located east of the border fence, namely, between that fence and the actual border with Jordan. This area between the border fence and the actual border — the Jordan River — is a closed military zone that in some places is two kilometers wide. A military order prevents the Palestinian owners from accessing their lands in this area. On the other hand, Jewish settlers are allowed to farm the lands. Following this report, the Israeli Civil Administration began to investigate how this situation had come about and how much land had been allocated in this manner. The documents that have come into the possession of Haaretz indicate that following the June 1967 Six-Day War and after the border fence was completed, Palestinians continued to farm their lands located close to the border. But afterwards the entire area was declared a military zone. Several Palestinians who owned plots in the area submitted applications requesting permission to farm their lands; however, their requests were denied.

Al-Quds Brigades denies Egyptian claims

Al-Quds Brigades denies Egyptian claims 0:57 | 20\06\1392 The brigades categorically denied the claims about the impounding of weapons belonging to it in the Sinai

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, categorically denied the claims made by some Egyptian websites about the impounding of weapons belonging to it in the Sinai, stressing that Palestine is the only arena for its activities. "Our only and main activity arena is the whole Palestinian land an our resistance is directed against the Zionist enemy, the central enemy of the nation, so it is not in our interest at all to interfere in the affairs of the Arab countries, especially Egypt," a senior official from the Brigades stated. The official affirmed that the things that were claimed to be found out with the Al-Quds Brigades emblem on them are fabricated and the Brigades have nothing to do with them. "It has never happened that we were a party to any internal conflict of any country in the region and our position in this regard is known, declared, and irrevocable," he underlined. This came in response to what had been published earlier by Sada Al-Balad website affiliated with the Egyptian army about the confiscation of Palestinian weapons. The website claimed that weapons and military equipment belonging to Palestinian resistance movements, including Al-Quds Brigades, were found by the Egyptian army during a recent operation in the Sinai.

Renowned authors back Palestinian villagers

Renowned authors back Palestinian villagers 1:15 | 20\06\1392 44 internationally-acclaimed writers have signed a petition supporting the campaign of Palestinian villagers

Daily Telegraph: Ian McEwan, John le Carré and Julian Barnes are among British authors backing impoverished Palestinian villagers against Israeli army attempts to evict them to make way for a shooting range. They are among a coalition of 44 internationally-acclaimed writers to have signed a petition supporting the campaign of around 1,300 inhabitants of eight West Bank hamlets to remain in their homes. The villagers - many of whom live in caves – were to confront Israel's armed forces in the Israeli supreme court in 'Jerusalem' (occupied al-Quds) on Monday. They are seeking to defeat the plan to demolish the primitive villages in the South 'Hebron' (al-Khalil) Hills, where their families have lived since the 19th century. The 44 writers - who also include five Nobel Prize winners, among them the Turkish novelist, Orhan Pamuk, as well as Philip Roth, Yann Martell and Roddy Doyle - condemn the army's plan as "a shameful policy that must end". Linda Grant, Nicholas Blincoe and Neil Gaiman are the other British writers to have signed the petition. The authors' declaration voices supports for an earlier petition signed by 25 leading Israeli writers that demanded an end to the villagers' "unceasing harassment" by the army and Jewish settlers.

افشای اسناد سیا از زرادخانه سلاحهای شیمیایی اسرائیل

افشای اسناد سیا از زرادخانه سلاحهای شیمیایی اسرائیل 10:00 | 20\06\1392 مجله آمریکایی فارین پالیسی اسناد جمع آوری شده از سوی سازمان اطلاعات مرکزی آمریکا (سیا) درباره زرادخانه سلاحهای شیمایی و بیولوژیکی اسراییل را فاش کرد

بگزارش خبرگزاری قدس (قدسنا) نشریه آمریکایی " فارین پالسی" روز دوشنبه گذشته اسناد جمع آوری شده سازمان سیا را فاش کرد که براساس آن آمریکا شواهد و مدارکی دراختیار دارد که نشان می دهد رژیم صهیونیستی در دهه 1980 زرادخانه هسته ای در اختایر داشته و مرکز تولید گاز اعصاب و انباری برای ذخیره این گازها دارد. افشای این اسناد در زمانی صورت گرفته است که در حال حاضر دولت بشار اسد متهم به استفاده از سلاحهای شیمیایی است و این در حالی است که دولت سوریه این اتهامات را رد می کند و هیچ شواهد و مدارکی علیه این دولت برای استفاده از سلاحهای شیمایی وجود ندارد. دولت آمریکا به بهانه این ادعا در تدارک جنگ به کشور سوریه است. بر اساس اسناد سیا که مربوط به سال 1983 است، رژیم صهیونیستی علاوه بر اینکه 300 سلاح هسته ای در دهه 60 و 70 میلادی ساخته است، همچنین مخفیانه اقدام به توسعه و گسترش زرادخانه سلاحهای شیمایی و بیولوژیکی نمود. طبق گزارش این نشریه، مراکز تولید تسلیحات شیمیایی و بیولوژیکی پیشرفته رژیم صهیونیستی که توسط ماهواره های جاسوسی آمریکا تصویربرداری شده بودند، در منطقه دیمونا در استان جنوبی و در صحرای نقب واقع در سرزمینهای اشغالی قرار دارد. براساس گزارش فارین پالیسی، "آونر کوهن" مورخ اسراییلی در کتاب سال 1988 خود با عنوان "اسراییل و بمب" نوشته که دیوید بن گورین نخست وزیر رژیم صهیونیستی بطور محرمانه در زمان جنگ سال 1956 بین مصر و اسراییل دستور ساخت زرادخانه سلاحهای هسته ای را داده بود. سازمان سیا نیز معتقد است که اسراییل کار ساخت سلاحهای شیمایی را تا اواخر دهه 1960 یا اوایل 1970 شروع نکرده بود. فعالیتهای هسته ای رژیم صهیونیستی برغم تولید صدها کلاهک هسته‌ای هرگز مورد بازرسی آژانس بین‌المللی انرژی اتمی قرار نگرفته است. افشای اسناد سیا درحالی است که به گفته "فرانسیس پرین"، رئیس آژانس اتمی فرانسه در دهه 1950 و 1960، فرانسه به اسرائیل در توسعه سلاح های هسته ای آنهم برخلاف خواسته های ایالت متحده كمك مي كرد. پروژه ساخت بمب اسرائیل در واقع "با هدف استفاده از آن علیه آمریکایی ها(منافع آنها)" صورت مي پذيرفت نه به اين معني که اسرائیل می خواست از آن برای حمله به ایالت متحده(در آن زمان) استفاده كند، بلکه با هدف دارا بودن تنها زرادخانه هسته ای در خاور میانه–به قدرتي دست يابد كه ایالت متحده آمریکا ديگر در برابر اسرائيل نياستد حتي اگر سياست هاي اسرائيل برخلاف منافع آمريكا باشد به همین دلیل،اسرائیل مصمم به جلوگیری از شكل گيري هر گونه رقیب، در دستیابی به تسلیحات هسته ای در منطقه است تا بدين طريق انحصار آن را در اختيار داشته و بتواند در منطقه به زورگويي سياسي خود و جلب همراهي اجباري آمريكا ادامه دهد.

Israel lone enemy of Jordan

Israel lone enemy of Jordan 12:22 | 18\06\1392 A Jordanian delegation in Tehran for a public diplomacy visit says Jordan’s lone enemy is Israel.

A Jordanian delegation in Tehran for a public diplomacy visit says Jordan’s lone enemy is Israel. The delegation made the remarks in a statement issued on Monday. The delegation is visiting Tehran upon the official invitation of Iran-based Society in Defense of the Palestinian Nation (SDPN). The statement touched on the Syrian crisis and said it would soon spread to other regional countries, Jordan in particular. “Any Jordanian national who has followed the political positions of his government has realized that Jordan’s diplomacy has degraded to joining the war camp against Syria,” the statement said, adding that any war on Syria would be an immediate threat for Jordan. The statement said Jordan has no enmity with the Arab or Islamic community, adding that Jordan only considers Israel as enemy. The statement lambasted certain Jordanian officials for openly holding meetings with Israeli authorities while Israel still threatens security of Jordan. The delegation said it has visited Iran to open a public diplomacy channel for securing the real interests of Jordan and helping foil the Israeli conspiracies against Jordan and Palestine. The delegation has already visited Lebanon. The statement has been signed by Jordan’s retired brigadier general, Sami al-Majali. The delegation is made up of several retired Jordanian officers, parliamentary members, intellectuals and representatives of popular unions.

UN calls for opening Rafah crossing

UN calls for opening Rafah crossing

19:07 | 16\06\1392

 

UN called on Saturday for opening all crossings before people and goods' movement to and from the Gaza Strip.

The United Nations (UN) has called in a statement issued on Saturday  for opening all crossings before people and goods' movement  to and from the Gaza Strip. U.N. Secretary-General's deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq stated that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) expressed deep concern over the recent restrictions and security measures imposed on Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip. Due to the recent restrictions, thousands of Palestinians including patients and students have been stranded on both sides of the border, the statement said, pointing to shortages in fuel, medicines, and building materials.

Israel has demolished over 400 Palestinian homes

Israel has demolished over 400 Palestinian homes 14:08 | 13\06\1392 At least 800 Palestinians have been displaced since the beginning of the year due to the demolishing campaign

Israel has demolished more than 400 Palestinian homes in the occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem') and the Jordan Valley since the beginning of the new year, al-Realeh Net reported. The Israeli demolishing campaign has displaced at least 800 Palestinians during the period, it added.

'Peace' talks so far futile: PA

'Peace' talks so far futile: PA 5:42 | 14\06\1392 Israeli talks with Palestinian Authority have so far proved futile, a senior PA official said on Wednesday

Israeli talks with Palestinian Authority have so far proved futile, a senior PA official said on Wednesday, calling for greater US participation in talks. "Until now there has been no progress," the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Yasser Abed Rabbo told Voice of Palestine radio, after several weeks of meetings between Israeli and PA negotiators. "Despite our decision to take part in talks, we're now seeing what we expected -- that there is little hope for their progress, in fact that hope is non-existent and negotiations are futile," he said. Abed Rabbo's comments echoed those of another senior official who said on Monday that after several rounds of US-brokered talks there had been "no breakthrough." "Saving this political process not only (requires) promises of more US meetings with the sides, but also a clear US stance and pressure on Israel," Abed Rabbo warned. PA officials have complained about the lack of direct American involvement in the talks, which began last month. But ahead of the first bilateral meetings on August 14, Israel announced plans to build more than 2,000 Jewish settler homes on Palestinian territory, in a move that angered PA negotiators. The last direct negotiations broke down in September 2010 weeks after they had started over the settlements issue. "Israel hasn't committed to halting settlement building. We've seen the continuation of settlement building, which is destroying any chance for this political process," Abed Rabbo said. "Either this occupation and all settlement building ceases, or the process is doomed to failure and collapse." "The number and dates of talks are not important. I'm not following exactly when the meetings have taken place, and this is not what we're interested in," Abed Rabbo said. "The fundamental issue is that until now there are no indications these talks have achieved any progress whatsoever."

Dutch engineering giant cancels Israel project

Dutch engineering giant cancels Israel project

15:16 | 16\06\1392

Royal HaskoningDHV announced it has decided to withdraw from a project it planned with occupied al-Quds

Dutch infrastructure giant Royal HaskoningDHV announced Friday that it has decided to withdraw from a project it planned with the 'Jerusalem' (occupied al-Quds) municipality because it will be built over occupied Palestinian lands. Two weeks ago, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported that the Dutch government has asked the company, Holland's largest engineering company to rethink its participation the sewage treatment plant because the project was based on the PA-controlled side of the 1967 border, and that this would violate international law. In a statement issued Friday, the Dutch company said that it had "advised the client it has decided to terminate the contract for the Kidron wastewater treatment plant project." "The project is in the early stages of the preliminary design phase. Royal HaskoningDHV carries out its work with the highest regard for integrity and in compliance with international laws and regulations," it stated. "In the course of the project, and after due consultation with various stakeholders, the company came to understand that future involvement in the project could be in violation of international law. This has led to the decision of Royal HaskoningDHV to terminate its involvement in the project." The Dutch government warned Royal HaskoningDHV about the possible consequences of carrying out projects for Israeli companies in the area. Dutch Foreign Ministry officials told Royal HaskoningDHV that such a project would violate international law, leading the company to consider pulling out of the project to avoid financial, legal and image problems. In the project, a sewage treatment plant would be built to battle the pollution in the Kidron stream, which runs from the Mount of Olives and the village of Silwan in the occupied al-Quds toward the Jewish settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim and the Dead Sea.

Groups urge Norway to reinstate ban on Israeli Co

Groups urge Norway to reinstate ban on Israeli Co 15:23 | 16\06\1392 Three Palestinian and one US-based organizations have urged Norway to reinstate investment prohibition Government Pension Fund Global

Three Palestinian and one US-based civil society organization have urged Norway’s Ministry of Finance to reinstate a prohibition on investment by Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global in two Israeli companies – Africa Israel and its subsidiary Danya Cebus – due to their ongoing construction of illegal units in Jewish settlements, a press statement by the groups said Thursday. The call was made in a letter signed by representatives from the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, The Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem, and The Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, and emailed to Norway’s Council on Ethics on Wednesday. The organizations believe that Norway’s August 2013 decision to lift the ban was based on misleading information provided by Africa Israel, denying current settlement construction. “We are writing to express our concern that Norway’s Ministry of Finance has lifted its 2010 ban on investing funds from Norway’s Global Pension Fund in the Israeli company Africa Israel and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus,” said the letter. “The lifting of the ban was based on April 2013 statements by Lev Leviev’s company Africa Israel falsely suggesting that the company was not involved in the construction of illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory. However, as the Israeli civil society Coalition of Women for Peace’s Who Profits project yet again documented with photos, video and a pamphlet immediately after learning of Norway’s decision, Africa Israel and Danya Cebus are currently building homes in the illegal Israeli settlement of Gilo. They have been doing so for more than two years,” it added. Additionally, another Leviev-owned company, Leader Management and Development, continues to develop the Israeli settlement of Zufim on the land of the Palestinian village of Jayyous in the West Bank, and Leviev has donated to settlement organizations. The groups called on Norway’s Ministry of Finance “to swiftly re-impose the prohibition on investment in Africa Israel and Danya Cebus". They said the Norwegian Council on Ethics has failed to consult with Palestinian civil society organizations before making its decision

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World Civilian Coalition Gathers for Global March to Jerusalem

World Civilian Coalition Gathers for Global March to Jerusalem

Published on January 11th, 2012 by gm2j.admin in Global March Updates

Beirut- The International Executive Committee (IEC) of the Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) announces the completion of the preparations for the second International Conference where the representatives of the International committees involved in the organization of the Global March to Jerusalem will meet. The conference will be held in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday 17th-18th January 2012.

Global March to Jerusalem supported by Association of free cyber activists Friday 21 October 2011 0:08

The Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) planed for March next year got boost today when newly formed “International Association of free cyber activists” declared full support for the march. The group vowed to mobilize its members and their networks to make the march a successful one.

The association was formed at the end of a summit held on the side of International Digital Media Fair, Tehran 9^th to 15^th Oct 2011. More than 50 cyber activists from Italy, France, Australia, Chili, Cuba, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Norway, Turkey, Palestine, Lebanon, UAE, Bosnia and UK participated in the work of the summit. The summit, which was organized by international union of unified ummah, was concluded with a decision to form the association to coordinate activities of free cyber activists around the world in resisting oppression, marginalization and socio-economic injustices.

“The association members declared their full support for the Global

March to Jerusalem (GMJ)” Said Jamal Daoud, the interim Secretary of the association. “The founding members expressed their deep concerns about the situation in the holy city and the Israeli authorities actions’ to change its demography”.

The association members discussed in the last day of the summit ways to raise awareness about the situation in the occupied Palestine and ways to support the Palestinians in their struggle for freedom and independence. They also discussed ways to actively participate in the GMJ.

“The members discussed the best practical ways to actively participate in the march. These could include mobilizing cyber networks, produce films and clips about the issue and post them on internet and organizing forums and exhibitions to encourage people to participate”.

The march is already attracting the support of many organizations and activists’ groups. While expecting many obstacles in achieving the goals, the groups are highly enthusiastic to expose the brutal nature of Israeli occupation of Palestine and the international community’s hypocrisy on this issue.

The group members noted that the Israeli occupation and brutality were going on for more than 63 years without any meaningful measures to end them.The members believe that it is the time that international activists and freedom-loving people unite to condemn Israeli atrocities and demand these atrocities end.

The founding committee is due to meet in two months time to finalize detailed documents and steps to achieve declared objectives.