Citizens International

April 2018

With more Palestinians than Jews, Israel is waging a numerical war of attrition

    The Israeli army’s trigger-finger against Palestinian protesters close to the fence surrounding Gaza at the weekend, killing at least 18 and injuring hundreds more, has an explanation rooted in more than normal conceptions of security. Even before Israel’s creation, its leaders were obssessed with demography and winning a zero-sum numerical war of attrition

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With Eyes on Iran, U.K. Opens Permanent Military Base in Bahrain

  Britain announced in 2014 it had sealed a deal to expand and reinforce its naval presence in Bahrain, allowing it to operate more and bigger ships in the Gulf     The United Kingdom opened a permanent military base in Bahrain on Thursday, Bahrain’s state news agency BNA reported. The ceremony formally opening the U.K. Naval

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Ankara summit focuses on Syria’s fate once war ends

  Ankara summit focuses on Syria’s fate once war ends The leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia met this week in Ankara to discuss potential political solutions to the Syrian civil war, while solidifying their positions as decision-makers, working to settle their own differences and agreeing to counter external “challengers” in the Syrian peace process:

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UK Labour leader slams Israel’s killing of over 30 Palestinians

  UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the West’s silence over Israel’s killing of over 30 Palestinians during anti-occupation rallies in the Gaza Strip. Corbyn read a message at a rally on Saturday outside Downing Street in London, saying “The silence from international powers with the responsibility of bringing a just settlement of

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Insidious Colonialism

  By Boaventura de Sousa Santos*   The German word Zeitgeist has come to be used in different languages to designate the cultural, intellectual and moral climate of a given moment – literally, the spirit of the times, or the combination of beliefs and ideas that make up the specificity of a given historical period.

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End the Zionist Genocidal Siege of Gaza

  Press release 2 April 2018 End the Zionist Genocidal Siege of Gaza   Citizens International strongly condemns the cowardly shooting and killing of peaceful Palestinian protesters demonstrating at the Gaza-Israel border. The Palestinians were protesting against the international community’s indifference to their right, under international law, of return to their homes and lands stolen

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