Peace Warriors

Villaraigosa selects Beck to be next LAPD chief

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:15 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Seeded by caroaber

A well-liked police veteran has been selected to head the beleaguered LAPD.

politics, los-angeles, california, police, l-a-p-d

LAPD's inspector general likely choice for U.S. attorney in L.A.

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:47 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Seeded by caroaber

A candidate has emerged as the likely choice for Pres. Obama to fill a vacant seat for U.S. attorney.

politics, los-angeles, california, police, lapd, u-s-attorneys, legal-affairs

Obama picks MN woman as 1st openly gay US marshal

Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:39 PM EDT

By Associated Press (Clipped by caroaber)

President Barack Obama has nominated a Minnesota policewoman to become the first openly gay person to serve as a U.S. marshal.

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us, first, gay, marshal, barack-obama, politics

IAF testing new Black Hawk helicopters

Seeded on Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:02 PM EDT (JPost.com)

Seeded by aRTieA (Clipped by benji27)

In an effort to upgrade its attack helicopter fleet, the Israel Air Force is conducting flight tests with a new version of the Black Hawk utility helicopter that has been equipped with offensive air-to-surface missile launchers.

world-news, israel, iaf, military

The lost Palestinian Jews are found

Seeded on Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:28 PM EDT (JPost.com)

Seeded by benji27

This is a story of what may be one of the best-kept secrets in history - one that could, in time, heal the terrible rift that has torn the Land of Israel asunder.

israel, world-news, palestine, jews, muslim, gaza, west-bank, family-ties, fratricide

Israel quietly halts settlement building permits

Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:13 AM EDT

By Mark Lavie, Associated Press Writer (Clipped by benji27)

Israel has quietly moved to halt new housing projects in the West Bank, while outwardly rebuffing U.S. pressure to stop construction in its settlements, Israeli government officials, peace activists and settlers said Tuesday.

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ml, israel, palestinians, human-rights-watch, world-news, west-bank

A VISIT TO THE SETTLERS…..(watch the video)

Seeded on Fri Aug 7, 2009 12:35 PM EDT (Desertpeace)

Seeded by Fulcrum (Clipped by benji27)

Members of Peace Now paid a visit to the new Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem. They are not just 'settlers', by the slogan you will see posted on the video below you will see that they are members of Kach. So try to figure this one out…..

world-news, corrupt-politics, ethnic-cleansing, extremism, human-rights, illegal-evictions, israel, occupation, status-of-jerusalem, zionist-harassment

Palestinians can die in their village but not live there

Seeded on Thu Aug 6, 2009 1:38 AM EDT (Kuwait Times)

Seeded by Rohit Kumar (Clipped by benji27)

IQRIT: Unlike other Palestinian refugees, the residents of the Arab village of Iqrit know for certain that Israel will one day allow them to return to their ancestral home. When they are dead.

world-news, palestinians-can-die, iqrit, israel, maruf-ashqar, israeli-arab-war, christian, jewish-kibbutzim, idf, israel-defence-forces

50 Palestinians evicted from their Jerusalem homes

Sun Aug 2, 2009 12:53 PM EDT

By Ben Hubbard, Associated Press Writer (Clipped by benji27)

Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families in east Jerusalem on Sunday, then allowed Jewish settlers to move into their homes, drawing criticism from Palestinians, the United Nations and the State Department.

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ml, israel, palestinians, united-nations, state-department, world-news

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