Daily Archives: 13 July 2012
Israeli Soldier Holds Hunger Strike in Solidarity With Palestinians in Detention
An Israeli Defense Forces soldier has begun a hunger strike to show solidarity with Palestinian administrative detainees.
The soldier, Yaniv Mazor, is currently in military prison for refusing to serve in part of an “occupation army.”
Ann Harrison of Amnesty International has said, “Israel has used its system of administrative detention – intended as an exceptional measure against people posing an extreme and imminent danger to security – to trample on the human rights of detainees for decades. It is a relic that should be put out to pasture.”
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Romney: The President Doesn’t Need Congress’ Approval For War In Iran
“I can assure you if I’m president, the Iranians will have no question but that I will be willing to take military action if necessary to prevent them from becoming a nuclear threat to the world,” Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Face The Nation Sunday. “I don’t believe at this stage, therefore, if I’m president that we need to have a war powers approval or special authorization for military force. The president has that capacity now.” (Read more)