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Netanyahu Wants  Apartheid Wall Around Israel To Keep Out 'Wild Beasts'
By Andrea Germanos

http://www.countercurrents.org/germanos110216.htm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a plan to encircle his entire country with a fence as protection against "wild beasts," referring to those in neighboring Arab states. He made the comments Tuesday while visiting an 18-mile stretch of fence already under construction on the Israel-Jordan border


Gaza Patients Battle Cancer And Israeli Siege 
By Isra Saleh el-Namey

http://www.countercurrents.org/namey110216.htm

In January, dozens of female patients staged a protest to voice their anger over the draconian restrictions, which Israel threatens to tighten, on patient movement. One of the protesters, Rawan Lubad, has lived with breast cancer for 10 years. The 61-year-old is in constant pain. She has twice applied to get a permit for referral. She was twice denied. “I am dying here. I feel that I have been sentenced to death,” she said


Zionist And Nazi Moral Disengagement 
By Vacy Vlazna

http://www.countercurrents.org/vlazna110216.htm

Empathy is power. Empathy’s identification and connection with the Other evokes profound understanding of the interdependence of humanity which transforms moral concern into actions, like BDS, that, individually and communally, can defeat moral disengagement and the banality of evil


Death Sentence Is Tehran's Answer To Ahwazi Calls For Freedom
By Rahim Hamid

http://www.countercurrents.org/hamid110216.htm

The human rights situation has been worsening quickly in Iran. More than 2,000 people have been hung during Hassan Rouhani’s tenure as President of the regime. This is the biggest scale of executions in the past 25 years. These mass executions will be added to the black pages of the Iranian regime's history of human rights violations since the Iranian revolution in 1979. The large-scale execution of political and ideological prisoners has resulted in Iran being named one of the top countries committing executions per capita during the past few years


Trojan Horse Arguments And The GMO Issue: Indian Food And Agriculture Under Attack
By Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter110216.htm

Farmers have indeed 'bet' their farms and livelihoods on a crop – and have lost or are being taken for a ride. Where, therefore, is the logic in promoting GM varieties which produce less than existing improved varieties that are not genetically modified? Improving production should not be based on a supposed GM techno quick-fix, which the pro-GMO lobby would like us to believe in. The answer lies in adopting appropriate trade policies that favour indigenous production and local farmers and which, as Devinder Sharma notes, provides assured procurement and assured prices to farmers


'White Nights', A Path Breaking Venture In Malayalam Cinema
By P. Baburaj

http://www.countercurrents.org/baburaj110216.htm

Razi's film is inspired by the story WHITE NIGHTS written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in 1848. Dostoyevsky tells the story of the companionship of the two lonely people during the white nights in St. Petersburg in Russia. The film is dedicated to the great writer but Razi's story is placed in Attappady, the remote tribal area in Palakkad District in central Kerala. WHITE NIGHTS is divided into two sections. Five nights in the forest where two strangers meet and reminisce their past and five days elsewhere in Attappady where a deprived and oppressed tribal community grapple with their present

Ukraine, Masks Of The Revolution 
By Paul Moreira

http://www.countercurrents.org/moreira110216.htm

In the new cold war that opposes Russia to the USA, Ukraine is a decisive pawn. A tactical pawn to contain Putin’s ambitions. “Ukraine, masks of the revolution” by Paul Moreira sheds light on this blind corner.


Assange’s UN Victory And Redemption Of The West 
By Nozomi Hayase

http://www.countercurrents.org/hayase110216.htm

It is not too late for the West to step onto the right side of history. We can all respond to this call to show the rest of the world how we can become nations that honor the enlightenment values and realize the promise the West once made to the world


Caste Is Everywhere 
By Akhileshwari Ramagoud

http://www.countercurrents.org/ramagoud110216.htm

Caste is the blight that this country suffers from, and we should have the courage to admit it. Only then reform will be possible. Only fools live in denial


Kandhamal Survivors Extend Solidarity With Middle East Christians
By Kanakalata Nayak

http://www.countercurrents.org/nayak110216.htm

We invite all the people of goodwill across the globe to join the efforts to protect and bring back the endangered fellow Christians and others who have become victims of violence. We call on the Nations and communities to respect and protect freedom of religion or belief as a fundamental human rights guaranteed by art of 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We appeal United Nations, Vatican and ecumenical, interreligious bodies and civil society groups to work towards for promotion of peace, harmony and religious tolerance in every state, especially in the Middle East, especially in Syria


People’s Movements And CSOs Write To PM On AIIB
By National Alliance of People’s Movements

http://www.countercurrents.org/napm110216.htm

In a letter to the Prime Minister sent today, people’s movements and other civil society organisations demanded a transparent process while making Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) operational. They said, “Banks with a focus on investing in infrastructure, need to ensure that the investments do not bring in displacement and deprivation to the poor and vulnerable communities.”


ABC’s Of The US Empire 
By Gary Corseri

http://www.countercurrents.org/corseri110216.htm

“A” Is for “Asininity”. That’s a particular kind of stupidity. “B” Is for “Belligerence”. “C” is for “Cupidity”. Cupidity rhymes with “stupidity,” but like asininity, it’s special—a special kind of greed! “C” is also for Corporatism. “C” is also for all-embrasive Culture… and ours is sinking rapidly


American Muslim Community One Year After The Murder Of Three NC Muslim Students
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali110216.htm

The Muslim American community observed Wednesday (Feb. 10) the first death anniversary of three North Carolina University Muslim students amid rising anti-Muslim bigotry and hate crimes. On February 10, 2015, Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha, and Razan Abu-Salha were brutally murdered simply because they were Muslim. A neighbor, who had expressed anti-Muslim animus in the past, fatally shot each of them in the home that newlyweds Deah and Yusor shared


Global Terrorism Destroying The Humanity: How To Change The Future?
By Mahboob A Khawaja

http://www.countercurrents.org/khawaja110216.htm

The informed global community wishes to see meaningful dialogue, reconciliation and opportunities for peaceful settlement of the merging conflicts in the Arab world. Have the Two World Wars resolved any problems facing the humanity? What is the cure to raging indifference and cruelty to the interests of the whole of the mankind? The 21st century new-age complex political, economic, social and strategic challenges and the encompassing opportunities warrant new thinking, new leaders and new visions for change, conflict management and participatory peaceful future-making


Politicians On A Holiday! 
By Mohammad Ashraf

http://www.countercurrents.org/ashraf110216.htm

The dithering in government formation has forced the Governor to take charge in terms of the constitution. The Politicians should now be kept on a holiday till the rotten system gets overhauled!