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Fearing the Palestinian Narrative: Why Israel Banned ‘Jenin Jenin’ | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 17, 2021 On Jan. 11, the Israeli Lod District Court ruled against a Palestinian film-maker, Mahmoud Bakri, ordering him to pay hefty compensation to an Israeli soldier who was accused, along with the Israeli military, of carrying out war crimes in April 2002, in the Palestinian Jenin refugee camp located in the northern occupied West Bank. The ...

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Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine? | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 9, 2021 In an interview with the British newspaper, The Times, in 2015, former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld vehemently denied that expo ...

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“All Men Are Trash” (Don’t Judge a Book By Its Title): My Interview with Gina Ranalli — Mickey Z.

(image courtesy of Gina Ranalli) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 18, 2021 The last time I interviewed Gina Ranalli was all the way back in August 2008. I opened that article like this: “Upon fir ...

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5 Ways to Feel Spiritual Even If “Spirituality” is Not Your Thing — Mickey Z.

Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose January 11, 2021 For the record, there is an official definition of spiritual: “Relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material ...

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"Because Science" Can Be a Dangerous Argument - Here's Why — Mickey Z.

Screenshot from teechip.com Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 8, 2021 “Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.” (George Bernard Shaw) This article is not any of the following: “A ...

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Lockdowns Devastate Yemen (and the Third World), But YOU Can Help — Mickey Z.

Abdo, aged 4, with his uncle Yahya in Al Sadaqah hospital. Abdo passed away on December 3, 2020 from the effects of severe acute malnutrition. (Courtesy of Giles Clarke/U.N. Office for the Coordinati ...

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What I Learned at the Laundromat — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 4, 2021 For more than eight years, I did my wash in the same laundromat. Called “Sparkle Plenty,” it was a relic. It first opened in 1973 and appeared a ...

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2021: Palestine’s Chance of Fighting Back | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 3, 2021 2020 will go down in history as the year that terminated the American-sponsored "peace process." While 2021 will not reverse the monument ...

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What Will Your 2021 MixTape Sound Like? — Mickey Z.

(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 30, 2020 There was a time when I was a very popular mixtape maker. (Mixtape = “a compilation of favorite pieces of music, typically by different ...

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The US Money Tree: The Untold Story of American Aid to Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 27, 2020 On Dec. 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spendin ...

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How the Richest Man in the World Made Us Trust the COVID Vaccine — Mickey Z.

(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World New Trust December 27, 2020 Preface: In August 2020, I wrote an article entitled, “Can a 'Warp Speed' COVID-19 Vaccine Be Safe?” It covers a lot of ground and if yo ...

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