CounterCurrents: Ongoing Israeli Airstrikes Kill 14 In Gaza, Death Toll 121, Facts All US Citizens Need To Know About Israel and Palestine

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Ongoing Israeli Airstrikes Kill 14 In Gaza, Death Toll 121
By Ma’an News Agency

http://www.countercurrents.org/maan120714.htm

Ongoing Israeli airstrikes across the besieged Gaza Strip have killed 14 Palestinians since midnight Saturday, bringing the total death toll to 121, Gaza medical sources say


The Mindlessness of A Manifesto
By William A. Cook

http://www.countercurrents.org/cook120714.htm

Today’s invasion of Gaza is but a repetition of Israel’s savagery under Sharon and Olmert; I’ve written about this before. How horrible that we must revisit such horror! All I can do is to reassert what was true in Rafah, Jenin, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine again and again and again since 1947 and ’48


Horrendous Palestinian/Israeli Death Ratios - World Must Stop Latest Israeli Gaza Massacre
By Dr Gideon Polya

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya120714.htm

The world must urgently put a stop to the latest war criminal Apartheid Israeli massacre of Occupied Palestinians in the Gaza Concentration Camp that has, so far, killed over 100 Palestinians and wounded 700 as reprisals for Gaza rockets (zero Israeli deaths) and the murder of 3 Israeli teenagers who may well have been killed by Israeli state terrorists in a “false flag” operation to justify a further Gaza Massacre and other Apartheid Israeli excesses


Facts All US Citizens Need To Know About Israel and Palestine
By Robert Barsocchini

http://www.countercurrents.org/barsocchini120714.htm

Germany, Japan, and South Africa went from being the most reviled countries on Earth to being some of the most admired. Maybe Israel could undergo the same transformation, but not unless we, US citizens, help by ceasing to enable Israeli terrorism and war crimes by illegally supporting them


Can Hezbollah Prevent DAASH (IS) From Pulling Lebanon into its Caliphate?
By Franklin Lamb

http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb120714.htm

Bedawi Palestinian camp, North Lebanon: The answer to that question is—perhaps. But for a number of reasons, some suggested below, it’s not a happy picture, and it won’t be a walk in the park


TPP: A Thoroughly Predatory Pact
By Ron Forthofer

http://www.countercurrents.org/forthofer120714.htm

U.S. transnational corporations are working behind the scenes to change the rules governing them. You may say 'big deal, this doesn't affect me'. However if you use the internet, view movies, take pharmaceuticals, want a clean and safe environment, believe in democracy, etc., you likely will be negatively impacted


US-Europe Trade Deal: Corporate Power Grab
By Megan Darby

http://www.countercurrents.org/darby120714.htm

Protest is ramping up against a transatlantic trade treaty critics say could weaken environmental protection. The Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership is intended to boost commerce between Europe and the US , by cutting tariffs and aligning regulations. Green groups on both sides of the ocean have expressed fears this could mean watering down environmental safeguards and increasing fossil fuel consumption


Climate Crisis May Bring More Kidney Stones
By Countercurrents

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc120714A.htm

As daily temperatures increase, so does the number of patients seeking treatment for kidney stones. In a study that may both reflect and foretell a warming planet's impact on human health, a research team found a link between hot days and kidney stones in 60,000 patients in several US cities with varying climates


Pearls of Wisdom of A RSS Leader, ‘Elections equivalent to Independence Struggle’
By Subhash Gatade

http://www.countercurrents.org/gatade120714.htm

Suresh Soni broached another controversy by his utterances while addressing 161 first time BJP MPs at a two-day training camp organised by the Party at Surajkund near Delhi. He has compared BJP’s recent electoral victory with India’s freedom struggle