Letters to Editor

By MWC News

The aggressive conduct at the airport exhibits to the entire world the image of Israel as a police state

"In the height of demagoguery, Binyamin Netanyahu calls upon peace and human rights activists to go Syria and Iran, and this pack of absurdities go echoing though the official and unofficial government mouthpieces. The Prime Minister did not notice that exactly by making this comparison he is putting the State of Israel on one level with these oppressive regimes and himself significantly contributes to the delegitimation of Israel" said former Knesset Member Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom activist.

Read more: Israel as a police state

By MWC News

The United Nations Security Council may vote as early as Friday on the following draft resolution, which would create an unarmed military observer force to implement the negotiated ceasefire in Syria.

Read more: Draft UN resolution on Syria peacekeepers

By Richard Falk

I am publishing here my press release of today expressing urgent concern about the fate of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian activist, who is near death resulting from his continuing hunger strike that expresses his refusal to accept the humiliating conditions of imprisonment without charges and accompanied by an Israeli court approved denial of visitation rights to his wife. Please do whatever you can to exert pressure to obtain the immediate release of Mr. Adnan, and to make the world aware that Israel is responsible for respecting his rights and protecting his wellbeing. The text below is released under the auspices of the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, and prepared in my role as Special Rapporteur for Occcupied Palestine of the Human Rights Council.

Read more: Help End the Hunger Strike of Khaled Adnan

By MWC News

Obama: Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Please, be seated.

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans, last month I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought, and several thousand gave their lives.

Read more: Transcript: President Obama's State of the Union speech

By MWC News

January 23, 2012 is Chinese New Year.

January 23, 2012 is the 11th Anniversary of the Self Immolation/False Fire in China.

January 23, 2012 is the Tenth Anniversary of singing"Falun Dafa Hao" in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

Read more: Chinese New Year--Celebrate or not

By MWC News

State asks Supreme Court for another postponement in answering Supreme Court appeals against "Boycott Law"; Gush Shalom: State Attroeny's Office finds it hard to a defense for a law to which it strongly objected.

Read more: Israeli State Attorney finds it difficult to defend 'Boycott Law'