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Our Report on The Question of Apartheid in Israel. Open Letter to UN Ambassador Nikki Haley

Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley The Nation 25 April 2017 Dear Madam Ambassador: We were deeply disappointed by your response to our report, Israeli Practices Toward the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid , and particularly your dismissal of it as “anti-Israeli propaganda” within hours of its release. The UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) invited us to undertake a fully researched scholarly study. Its principal purpose was to ascertain whether Israeli policies and practices imposed on the Palestinian people fall within the scope of the international-law definition of apartheid. We did our best to conduct the study with the care and rigor that is morally incumbent in such an important undertaking, and of course we welcome constructive criticism of the report’s method or analysis (which we also sought from several eminent scholars before its release). So far we have not received any information identifying the flaws you have f...

EDITORIAL: 14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism

Ne News 7 April 2017 At the moment, there are concerns worldwide of moves towards fascism, and in particular a fascist world government that will be the centrepiece of the New World Order. However, the good news is that it is falling apart with the United Kingdom leaving the European Union (which is essentially the Fourth Reich, following the blueprint done by IG Farben during the Third Reich of Nazi Germany). However, it should be noted that work on this editorial started just a couple of days before Brexit was made official. A few years back, Dr. Lawrence Britt analysed the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes (most notably Pinochet in Chile). There were fourteen defining characters (which are indicated in bold with comments in normal text). 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other parap...