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An Israeli settler sleeps under a banner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Jewish settlement of Beit El after a night stand off with police, near the West Bank town of Ramallah, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The Israeli Prime Minister's office said Wednesday it has approved the "immediate construction" of 300 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beit El. The announcement came amid a standoff, where Israeli settlers clashed with Israeli forces as authorities began to dismantle the contested West Bank settlement housing complex after Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that it must be demolished. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Netanyahu Defends New Illegal Settlements In Jerusalem & Golan Heights As Tensions Build

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US Refuses To Recognize Israel’s Annexation Of Syria’s Golan Heights

Reacting to Monday’s comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said they weren’t sure if Netanyahu was even serious but that the US had no intention of changing its position on the occupation.

Jason Ditz
Por Jason Ditz
An old Israeli tank sits in a position in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights near the border with Syria,Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Reacting to Monday’s comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House ruled out calls to formally recognize the Israeli occupation and subsequent annexation of the Golan Heights away from Syria, saying they weren’t sure if Netanyahu was even serious but that the US had no intention of changing its position on the

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US Program To Save Child Refugees Has Welcomed This Many: Zero

More than 5,400 minors from Central America applied to get in to US as refugees. All of them are still waiting.

Nadia Prupis
Por Nadia Prupis
Immigration Overload Central American Gangs Q&A

A year after President Barack Obama launched a program to grant asylum to Central American children fleeing violence or seeking to reunite with family members, the statistics are in: not one child has made it to the U.S. through that initiative. New analysis by the New York Times published Thursday reveals that the Central American Minors

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Gen. Allen: US May Be ‘Condemned’ To Fight ISIS Forever

Recently Replaced as the special envoy to fight ISIS, Gen. Allen offers a grim assessment of the ‘long term’ war.

Jason Ditz
Por Jason Ditz
FILE- In this March 26, 2012, file photo, Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan listens during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. The Afghan government says it has reached a deal with the U.S. to govern controversial night raids by American forces. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

Interviewed on CNN, retired Gen. John Allen, recently replaced as the US Special Envoy to the war against ISIS, offered an extremely pessimistic assessment of the war, saying that the US needs to address the causes of “symptoms” like ISIS and al-Qaeda, and failing that will be “condemned to fight forever.” Historically, the US hasn’t been

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Congress Seeks To Privatize Space With ‘Off-Planet’ Mining Bill

Extraterrestrial ‘Finders Keepers’ law allows US citizens and companies to legally claim ‘abiotic’ natural resources including water and minerals.

Deirdre Fulton
Por Deirdre Fulton
Asteroid Ida and its moon. (Photo: NASA APPEL/flickr/cc)

In a bipartisan bid to encourage commercial exploitation of outer space, the U.S. Senate this week unanimously passed the Space Act of 2015, which grants U.S. citizens or corporations the right to legally claim non-living natural resources—including water and minerals—mined in the final frontier. The legislation—described by IGN's Jenna Pitcher

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US OK With New EU Labeling Rule For Goods Grom Israeli Settlements, Doesn’t Consider It A Boycott

We do not believe that labeling the origin of products is equivalent to a boycott,» State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. «And as you know, we do not consider settlements to be part of Israel. We do not view labeling the origin of products as being from the settlements as a boycott of Israel.»

Associated Press
Por Associated Press
an Israeli worker inspects barrels in a winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Thursday it doesn't consider a new European Union rule outlawing "Made in Israel" tags on goods from the West Bank as a boycott of the Jewish state, only a technical guideline for consumers. The long-awaited EU rule has triggered a fierce backlash from the Israeli government. The U.S. clarified

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New Report Finds Civil Forfeiture Laws Are Fueling Explosive Growth in Property Seizures

Under civil forfeiture laws, police and prosecutors can seize cash, cars, homes and other property on the mere suspicion that it is connected to criminal activity.

Institute For Justice
Por Institute For Justice
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=KhAa2vep1z0 Arlington, Va.—Draconian state and federal civil forfeiture laws are fueling an unprecedented rise in property seizures nationwide, according to a new national study—and federal laws are among the nation’s worst. The study provides the most comprehensive examination of civil

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