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Israeli PM Cancels Meeting With German FM Over Dialogue With Human Rights Groups

An Israeli official said Netanyahu was upset that German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel was meeting with Breaking the Silence, a whistleblower group critical of Israeli military actions.

Associated Press
作者 Associated Press
German Foreign Minister, Sigmar Gabriel looks on during his meeting with Israel's President, Reuven Rivlin at the President's residence in Jerusalem, April 25, 2017. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday canceled a meeting with the visiting German foreign minister over the latter's plans to sit down with Israeli rights groups, sparking a rare diplomatic feud with one of Israel's closest and most important allies. The last-minute cancellation cast a cloud over a visit that had been meant to draw

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The Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices Slam Lack Of Review In Police Shooting

The court’s two left-leaning justices say thlower courts should have let a jury decide instead of taking the word of a police officer over that of the man he shot

Kevin Lessmiller
作者 Kevin Lessmiller

The Supreme Court’s decision Monday not to hear an excessive-force case drew a fiery dissent from two left-leaning justices, who say the lower courts should have let a jury decide instead of taking the word of a police officer over that of the man he shot. Ricardo Salazar-Limon was shot in the back by a Houston police officer just after midnight

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‘For-Profit Presidency:’ 100 Days Into Trump’s Corporate Takeover

“The true depth of the administration’s unswerving commitment to an especially savage version of corporate capitalism is now, as we approach the first 100 days under the Trump administration, utterly clear.”

Lauren McCauley
作者 Lauren McCauley
President Donald Trump, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, meets with members of the media regarding the health care overhaul bill, March 24, 2017. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Donald Trump approaches his 100th day in office the most unpopular U.S. leader in modern history for a reason. Exacerbating his failure to uphold his populist campaign promises, a new report found that Trump spent the majority of his presidency enriching his own business empire while appointing fellow "corporate cronies" at the highest

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象征性法庭认定孟山都公司的行为违反全球食品，健康和环境权利

有争议的agrotech公司孟山都公司一直是国际法庭为调查该公司可能存在的不法行为而举行的听证会的主题。仲裁庭认定该公司侵犯了有关食品和公共卫生的多项权利。

MintPress News Desk
作者 MintPress News Desk
Judges, witnesses and experts gather for the first session of the People's Assembly, the hearings of the Monsanto Tribunal at the Hague in the Netherlands. (Photo: Monsanto Tribunal Follow/flickr/cc)

THE HAGUE-- Six months after hearings were held, the Monsanto tribunal – an international group created to assess the many accusations surrounding the controversial corporation – issued its findings last week in a public presentation in The Hague. Monsanto has drawn strong criticism from around the world for years, most recently following

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Pot And Kettle: Israel Points Fingers At Assad While Stockpiling Its Own Chemical Weapons

While Israel has been quick to condemn Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons, the apartheid country has consistently refused to ratify the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, despite having the largest stockpile of WMDs in the Middle East.

Whitney Webb
作者 Whitney Webb
Palestinian Akram Abu Roka is treated for white phosphorous burns

TEL AVIV– During a visit to Israel, Secretary of Defense James Mattis declared at a press conference that the United States is confident that the Syrian government continues to hold stockpiles of chemical weapons, telling reporters on Friday: "I can say authoritatively they [the Syrian government] have retained some [chemical weapons]. It's a

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“Collateral Damage”: Dehumanizing Millions Of Victims In America’s War On Terror

‘No matter how many times the U.S. bombs us, no one bats an eye.’ These are the words of just one of millions of Iraqis who have died needlessly in America’s ongoing ‘War on Terror.’ The country’s endless war has figuratively and literally destroyed the lives of countless non-combatants.

Roqayah Chamseddine
作者 Roqayah Chamseddine
A resident carries the bodies of six people killed during fights between Iraq security forces and Islamic State on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Friday, March 24, 2017. Residents of the Iraqi city's neighborhood known as Mosul Jidideh at the scene say that scores of residents are believed to have been killed by airstrikes that hit a cluster of homes in the area earlier this month (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- In the Iraqi city of Mosul, local residents have retrieved almost 300 bodies from underneath buildings that were leveled by a U.S. airstrike that took place on March 17. The strike killed hundreds as part of an attempt by a U.S.-led coalition to combat Daesh (ISIS) forces by bombing their network of tunnels. Lt. Gen. Stephen

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