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Despite Documented Human Rights Abuses, De Blasio Refuses To Denounce NYPD’s Mott Haven Beatdown

No tiene huevos… NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea and Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference in February.

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea and Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference in February.

Asked why he would trust the word of the NYPD — a frequent source of misinformation about protesters — over the findings over Human Rights Watch, the mayor seemed to suggest that the report was lacking the perspective of law enforcement. [ more › ]

Erdogan: ‘Jerusalem is our city, a city from us’ – The Jerusalem Post – (Erdoğan thinks he is Caliph reincarnate… LOL)

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened the Turkish parliament’s legislative session on Thursday with a long speech that addressed the city of Jerusalem and the Palestinian people and stated: “Jerusalem is our city.”

Erdoğan referred to the Ottoman Empire’s rule over Jerusalem, which lasted four centuries (1517-1917), to justify his claim.

Source: Erdogan: ‘Jerusalem is our city, a city from us’ – The Jerusalem Post

Why Modi’s government is not up to the task | New Europe

in such a period, there is a fall in government revenue; but to reduce government spending because of this, so that the fiscal deficit does not increase, is the height of folly. It worsens the contraction of the economy and greatly increases the sufferings of the people. This, however, is exactly what the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has done.

What is more, the Modi government is persisting with this folly.

Source: Why Modi’s government is not up to the task | New Europe

Former US diplomat Dennis Ross: Annexation of the West Bank ‘is off the table’

hope so

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In an interview with FRANCE 24, Dennis Ross, a former top US adviser on the Middle East, reacted to the recent agreements signed between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain. Ross said he believes the two Gulf states did not betray the Palestinian cause but merely decided to pursue their own national interests. He stressed, however, that the UAE had obtained in return an Israeli decision not to annex the West Bank. He added that West Bank annexation was now “off the table” because both US President Donald Trump and his election challenger Joe Biden have endorsed that position.