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Israels racist in chief

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Israel’s Racist in Chief

By Chris Hedges

It was unthinkable, when I was based as a correspondent in Jerusalem two decades ago, that an Israeli politician who openly advocated ethnically cleansing the Palestinians from Israeli-controlled territory, as well as forcing Arabs in Israel to take loyalty oaths or be forcibly relocated to the West Bank, could sit on the Cabinet. The racist tirades of Jewish proto-fascists like Meir Kahane stood outside the law, were vigorously condemned by most Israelis and were prosecuted accordingly. Kahane’s repugnant Kach Party, labeled by the United States, Canada and the European Union as a terrorist organization, was outlawed by the Israeli government in 1988 for inciting racism. 

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Bush era secret memos reveal torture techniques

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Bush-era secret memos reveal torture techniques

      

President Obama has released Bush-era secret memos that approve harsh CIA terror interrogations including the use of insects and waterboarding.

The graphic memos offer a stunning glimpse inside the covert interrogation program introduced after the September 11 attacks in 2001, which critics say equated to torture.

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