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Democracy Now! – July 30, 2014

“They Thought They’d Be Safe. They Were Wrong”: 20 Gazans Killed in Israeli Bombing of U.N. Shelter; Rabbi Henry Siegman, Leading Voice of U.S. Jewry, on Gaza: “A Slaughter of Innocents.” HeadlinesJuly 30, 2014     Dozens Killed in Israel’s Worst Bombardment of Gaza So Far    U.N. Blames Israel for Deadly Shelling of School Housing Displaced … Continued


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Democracy Now! – July 29, 2014

“Nowhere to Go”: Gaza Suffers One of Deadliest Days So Far as Israel Vows “Protracted” Assault; Palestinian Journalist Mohamed Omer: Lifting the Blockade Isn’t a Hamas Demand — It’s a Human Right; Jeremy Scahill: Leaked U.S. Terrorist Watchlist Rulebook Reveals “Global Stop and Frisk Program”; Mass U.S. Surveillance Targeting Journalists and Lawyers Seen As Threat … Continued


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Democracy Now! – July 28, 2014

During Brief Lull, Gazans Return to Neighborhoods Destroyed and Bodies Beneath the Rubble’ What Do Gazans Endure? A Palestinian Student Who Lost 2 Brothers, 4 Cousins Tells His Story; Professor Ilan Pappé: Israel Has Chosen To Be A “Racist Apartheid State” With U.S. Support. HeadlinesJuly 28, 2014     Kerry Denies Israeli Rejection of Ceasefire Offer    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – July 25, 2014

Sharif Abdel Kouddous: In Gaza, Unrelenting Israeli Assault Causes “Grave Humanitarian Crisis”; “No Safe Place”: After Deadly Attack on Gaza School, U.N. Warns 150,000 Seeking Shelter Are at Risk; Shelter Are at Risk; Turning Point? Largest West Bank Protest in Decades Raises Spectre of a 3rd Intifada; Doctor: After “Losing Everything,” Gazans Cling to Hope … Continued


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Democracy Now! – July 24, 2014

Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Bombed in Their Homes and in the Streets, Where Can Gazans Flee; Amidst “Brutal Operation in Our Name,” Israeli Military Reservists Declare Refuse to Serve; Katrina vanden Heuvel: With 100,000+ Displaced, Why is U.S. Ignoring Ukraine’s Civil War? Botched 2-Hour Arizona Execution “Shrouded in Secrecy” Fuels Outrage Over Lethal Injection Methods. HeadlinesJuly … Continued


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Democracy Now! – July 23, 2014

“Growing Humanitarian Crisis”: Palestinian Toll Tops 650 as Israel Attacks Gaza’s Sole Power Plant; Not In Our Name: Jewish Activists Arrested in Sit-in at Friends of Israel Defense Forces NYC Office; MSNBC’s Sole Palestinian Voice Rula Jebreal Takes on Pro-Israeli Gov’t Bias at Network & in US Media; A Debate on Gaza: Ali Abunimah of … Continued


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Democracy Now! – July 22, 2014

“A Place of Indescribable Loss”: As Ceasefire Talks Begin, Israel Bombs Hospital, Mosques and Homes; What Does Hamas Really Want? Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy on Ending the Crippling Blockade of Gaza; How the West Chose War in Gaza: Crisis Tied to Israeli-U.S. Effort to Isolate Hamas & Keep the Siege; Israeli Writer Gideon Levy: If … Continued


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Democracy Now! – July 21, 2014

Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Israel’s Gaza Massacres: F-16 Kills 24 Relatives After 72 Die in Shejaiya; Breaking: In Latest Attack on Gaza Medical Site, IDF Shells al-Aqsa Hospital; 5 Dead, Dozens Hurt; Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani Likens Netanyahu to Bin Laden For Killing Civilians; Israeli Peace Demo Violently Disrupted, Dozens Injured as Counter-Protesters … Continued