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| March 9, 2012
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UNESCO Condemns Syria But Won’t Kick it Out

UNESCO condemns Syria for its brutal crackdown on protesters but stops short of dismissing it from its human rights committee.

UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural agency, condemned Syria on Thursday for its brutal crackdown on opposition protesters but stopped short of dismissing it from its human rights committee.

Fox News reported that the commission of the executive board of UNESCO voted 35-8 Thursday for the watered-down resolution.

Damaged houses in Baba Amr, Homs

Damaged houses in Baba Amr, Homs Handout photo / Reuters

The resolution, the report noted, urged Syrian authorities to end human rights violations, protect the population, restore freedom of expression and respect heritage.

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| March 4, 2012
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Liberman: World must intervene in Syria

FM decries “killing you only see in Hollywood”; ‘Washington Post’ quotes US officials as saying Iran aiding Assad.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman - By REUTERS/Uriel Sinai

The international community must intervene to end the massacres in Syria, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Sunday in an interview with Army Radio.

“These sights of killing, you only see in Hollywood – we must put and end to this immediately,” Liberman said. “In this case we must leave political calculations aside,” Liberman said. “We are humans first, before we are politicians, leaders, commentators and journalists. What is happening there in the 21st century is intolerable, and we must help.” Continue Reading »

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| March 4, 2012
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Video blogger mocks Asma Assad’s hypocrisy

Reedited video shows footage from 2009 interview with Syria’s first lady commenting on Operation Cast Lead applied to massacre in Syria

A video blogger reedited segments from a CNN interview Syria’s First Lady Asma Assad gave in 2009 during Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza to make it seem as if she is in fact referring to the current violent crackdown in her own country.

Asma and Bashar Assad vote in last week's referendum Photo: Reuters

Asma and Bashar Assad vote in last week's referendum Photo: Reuters

In the remixed video uploaded to Youtube, Assad is seen declaring that “the barbaric assault on innocent civilians has been horrific,” and, “this is the 21st century, where in the world could this happen?” Continue Reading »

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| March 3, 2012
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Lieberman: Israel ready to provide aid to wounded Syrians

FM says Israel willing to supply Syrians wounded in uprising against Assad ‘all humanitarian aid at any minute it is requested.’

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday that Israel is ready to help treat Syrians wounded in the uprising against President Bashar Assad.

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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman - Photo by: Daniel Bar-On

A Friday statement from Lieberman’s office quotes him as saying that Israel is willing to provide wounded Syrians “all humanitarian aid at any minute it is requested.”

Lieberman’s spokesman Tzachi Moshe says Israel would provide the aid through the United Nations or other international organizations. The aid would be purely humanitarian, and Israel would not get involved in Syria’s affairs.

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