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Welcome to /noose/, 8chan's premiere news boardRules
1. All threads must begin with a link to an a news article that has been published in the last 30 days that is either written in English or is accompanied by a sufficient translation. Please include a short blurb or excerpt from your article in the OP post. All threads not conforming to this standard will be deleted.
2. This is a SFW board - Use spoiler tags for nudity, gore, etc.
3. Whenever possible, use a service like archive.today for OP article links.
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Nationalism and Its Effects on Peace in Europe
With global crisis, unemployment, dissatisfaction, poverty and intolerance has increased and with it also nationalism. Political parties with nationalist platforms are rising and gaining more support around the world and Europe is no exception.
In Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom and across Europe we can see the rise of the right. The financial crisis in the Eurozone and beyond has triggered rising of nationalists and far-right political parties.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) on 9th of July released a report about the dramatic increase in anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, online hate speech and xenophobic political discourse as the main trends in 2014.
Nationalism can be positive with legitimacy, promotion of nations and inspiration for citizens or negative by creating tensions between different ethnicity and groups in or outside the country. Some negative aspects of ideology or political movement can be seen in the latest football matches in the Balkans, where supporters of team groups have burned many national flags and hooliganism that is the result of long lasting hatred and nationalism on the ground. Every country has its own history and different positions, but still similarities could be found.
The country all news is regarding to in recent times is Greece. A known slogan “Greece for Greeks” is well known in its anti-austerity party. Attacks against minorities and immigrants with racism are seen in one of the European Union (EU) members. Golden Dawn neo-Nazi party is linked to hundreds of violent attacks against minorities.
It is known for anti-immigration, racist-nationalist worldview. With elections being held this year in January the party captured 6.3% of the vote and 17 senate seats in Hellenic parliament and become the country’s third largest party. In 2014 the party won 9.4% of votes in European parliamentary election and with it 3 seats out of 21.
The party has been put on a trial this year for its criminal activity.
Nationalism in Greece has divided citizens and noncitizens to us and them and created the gap between both. With the economic crisis, Greeks debt, overall economic meltdown, unemployment and increasing number of refugees from different countries, the party led by Nikos Michaloliakos has gained more support and caused even greater intoIerance to foreign people in need. Unfortunately, they are not the only one spreading intolerance. Many politicians have a stance against immigrants, which shapes the Greeks’ attitude towards nationalism.
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>Just one in three schools now hold traditional Christmas nativity plays, despite the majority of parents wanting their children to learn about the birth of Jesus. Instead, more than half of schools have opted for modernised versions, featuring aliens, punk fairies, spacemen and Elvis.
>Netmums co-founder Siobhan Freegard said: “While the UK is a diverse and multicultural society and it’s right children learn about all religions and cultures, many parents feel the traditional nativity is being pushed aside.
>Writing on the Archbishop Cranmer blogsite, Gillian Scott commented “I’ve sat through […] Christmas with the Aliens, and it’s actually quite good."
Traditional Nativities Are Ditched in Favour of ‘Christmas with the Aliens’ in British Primary Schoo
Traditional Nativities Are Ditched in Favour of ‘Christmas with the Aliens’ in British Primary Schools>Just one in three schools now hold traditional Christmas nativity plays, despite the majority of parents wanting their children to learn about the birth of Jesus. Instead, more than half of schools have opted for modernised versions, featuring aliens, punk fairies, spacemen and Elvis.
>Netmums co-founder Siobhan Freegard said: “While the UK is a diverse and multicultural society and it’s right children learn about all religions and cultures, many parents feel the traditional nativity is being pushed aside.
>Writing on the Archbishop Cranmer blogsite, Gillian Scott commented “I’ve sat through […] Christmas with the Aliens, and it’s actually quite good."
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>In a video posted online Sunday, astrophysicist Vladimir Lipunov says the newly discovered asteroid could collide with Earth during its three-year orbital cycle. A giant meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013.
Russian scientist spies mountain-sized asteroid heading our way
http://news.yahoo.com/russian-scientist-spies-mountain-sized-asteroid-heading-way-170022867.html>In a video posted online Sunday, astrophysicist Vladimir Lipunov says the newly discovered asteroid could collide with Earth during its three-year orbital cycle. A giant meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013.
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>The revision to an annualized 1.9 percent contraction from a preliminary 1.6 percent fall confirmed Japan slipped into recession and confounded a Reuters poll projecting a 0.5 percent contraction.
Japan economy shrinks more than expected, backs Abe's tax decision
>The hit from an April sales tax hike turned out to be bigger than expected, the revised gross domestic product data indicated, underscoring the challenges Abe and the Bank of Japan face in pulling the world's third-largest economy sustainably out of deflation.>The revision to an annualized 1.9 percent contraction from a preliminary 1.6 percent fall confirmed Japan slipped into recession and confounded a Reuters poll projecting a 0.5 percent contraction.
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>China is preparing to arm its stealthiest submarines with nuclear missiles that could reach the U.S., cloaking its arsenal with the invisibility needed to retaliate in the event of an enemy strike.
>Fifty years after China carried out its first nuclear test, patrols by the almost impossible-to-detect JIN class submarines armed with nuclear JL–2 ballistic missiles will give President Xi Jinping greater agility to respond to an attack.
China Takes Nuclear Weapons Underwater Where Prying Eyes Can’t See
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-08/china-takes-nuclear-weapons-undersea-where-prying-eyes-can-t-see.html>China is preparing to arm its stealthiest submarines with nuclear missiles that could reach the U.S., cloaking its arsenal with the invisibility needed to retaliate in the event of an enemy strike.
>Fifty years after China carried out its first nuclear test, patrols by the almost impossible-to-detect JIN class submarines armed with nuclear JL–2 ballistic missiles will give President Xi Jinping greater agility to respond to an attack.
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>Consumer virtual reality is kind of, sort of, almost a reality. It's basically a reality today, actually, as Samsung's virtual reality headset -- "Gear VR" -- is available for purchase online. As previously reported, the headset will set you back $200 and it requires a Note 4 smartphone to act as its screen.
Samsung's virtual reality launches
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/08/gear-vr-release-date/>Consumer virtual reality is kind of, sort of, almost a reality. It's basically a reality today, actually, as Samsung's virtual reality headset -- "Gear VR" -- is available for purchase online. As previously reported, the headset will set you back $200 and it requires a Note 4 smartphone to act as its screen.
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>The market for barebones computers will be getting a new addition soon from Imagination named the Creator CI20. The microcomputer is in many ways an improvement over Raspberry Pi with more processing power, on board storage, and memory. In the past, Imagination has mostly been the developers of MIPS processors and PowerVR graphics cards. For the Creator CI20, MIPS and PowerVR will be brought together “for the first time in the history of computing.”
http://techraptor.net/content/imaginations-creator-ci20-to-compete-with-raspberry-pi
Imagination’s Creator CI20 to Compete with Raspberry Pi
Any /tech/ies out there?>The market for barebones computers will be getting a new addition soon from Imagination named the Creator CI20. The microcomputer is in many ways an improvement over Raspberry Pi with more processing power, on board storage, and memory. In the past, Imagination has mostly been the developers of MIPS processors and PowerVR graphics cards. For the Creator CI20, MIPS and PowerVR will be brought together “for the first time in the history of computing.”
http://techraptor.net/content/imaginations-creator-ci20-to-compete-with-raspberry-pi
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141205175027.html
Anti-Malarial shows promise
>A promising anti-malarial compound tricks the immune system to rapidly destroy red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite but leave healthy cells unharmed, an international group of researchers has found. Planning has begun for safety trials of the compound in healthy adults.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141205175027.html
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Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in France, says minister
> Anti-Semitic threats and incidents have more than doubled so far this year in France, said the interior minister at a rally on Sunday to protest a violent attack on a young Jewish couple.
> Speaking to a crowd of several hundred protesters, France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the government would defend the Jewish community with "all its force".
> "We must make the fight against racism and anti-Semitism a national cause," he said.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/anti-semitic-incidents-rise-france-says-minister-145904949.html
Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in France, says minister
> Anti-Semitic threats and incidents have more than doubled so far this year in France, said the interior minister at a rally on Sunday to protest a violent attack on a young Jewish couple.
> Speaking to a crowd of several hundred protesters, France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the government would defend the Jewish community with "all its force".
> "We must make the fight against racism and anti-Semitism a national cause," he said.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/anti-semitic-incidents-rise-france-says-minister-145904949.html
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>The European Court of Human Rights has ruled the French government should compensate a group of Somalian pirates, because they had their 'right to freedom and security' “violated” after they were arrested in 2008.
>The court found that because it took too long to get the pirates before a judge in France – they had been arrested over 6,000 kilometers away from French territory – they had been wronged, and therefore should be paid between £6,300 and £8,700 each in compensation.
>Up to £4,000 of that compensation per pirate was for “moral damage” caused to them by the government reports Russia Today.
https://archive.today/UY4Ph
Big Payout to Somalian Pirates After Human Rights Case
Big Payout to Somalian Pirates After Human Rights Case>The European Court of Human Rights has ruled the French government should compensate a group of Somalian pirates, because they had their 'right to freedom and security' “violated” after they were arrested in 2008.
>The court found that because it took too long to get the pirates before a judge in France – they had been arrested over 6,000 kilometers away from French territory – they had been wronged, and therefore should be paid between £6,300 and £8,700 each in compensation.
>Up to £4,000 of that compensation per pirate was for “moral damage” caused to them by the government reports Russia Today.
https://archive.today/UY4Ph
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>“Is it possible that they became the dominant species of earth, using advanced technologies that still, to this day, make human technology look retarded in comparison, millions of years before man ever became intelligent enough to, so much as, know about fire?”, writes Flynn. “It is may be so. History reveals Reptiles all over the place, in religions, carvings, paintings, etchings and more”.
http://www.neonnettle.com/videos/436-shocking-video-explains-how-the-reptilians-are-among-us-
Shocking Video Explains How The Reptilians Are Among Us
Alien race inhabited Earth millions of years before humans>“Is it possible that they became the dominant species of earth, using advanced technologies that still, to this day, make human technology look retarded in comparison, millions of years before man ever became intelligent enough to, so much as, know about fire?”, writes Flynn. “It is may be so. History reveals Reptiles all over the place, in religions, carvings, paintings, etchings and more”.
http://www.neonnettle.com/videos/436-shocking-video-explains-how-the-reptilians-are-among-us-
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>A chlorine gas leak that sickened 19 people Sunday during an annual furry convention at a suburban Chicago hotel was intentionally caused, police say.
>The Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont was reportedly evacuated early Sunday because of high levels of chlorine gas in the air. Investigators are treating the leak as a criminal matter after powdered chlorine was found in a 9th floor stairwell, The Associated Press reported.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/7/chlorine-gas-leak-at-furry-convention-was-intentio/
Chlorine gas leak at furry convention was intentional, police say; 19 hospitalized
Chlorine gas leak at furry convention was intentional, police say; 19 hospitalized>A chlorine gas leak that sickened 19 people Sunday during an annual furry convention at a suburban Chicago hotel was intentionally caused, police say.
>The Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont was reportedly evacuated early Sunday because of high levels of chlorine gas in the air. Investigators are treating the leak as a criminal matter after powdered chlorine was found in a 9th floor stairwell, The Associated Press reported.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/7/chlorine-gas-leak-at-furry-convention-was-intentio/
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> Internet privacy and child safety campaigners have called for dramatically improved parental controls in cyberspace after Google revealed it is developing products aimed at the under-13s.
> The California-based search giant is the first of the big internet companies openly to tailor its services to children aged 12 and under – an age group hitherto considered off-limits for marketing purposes and data collection.
> Google declined yesterday to say which of its panoply of products – ranging from its basic and highly lucrative search facility to YouTube and its Google Plus social media service to the Chrome browser – are to be made child-friendly.
> But a government adviser told The Independent last night that Google would have to satisfy the public that it was not seeking to deepen the commercialisation of childhood by using its vast size to hoover up information about the behaviour of minors online.
> A senior executive with the firm, whose corporate motto is famously “Don’t be evil”, insisted any services would be “fun and safe” with parental supervision at their heart.
https://archive.today/wjnlI
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/fears-for-children-as-google-targets-under13s-9907313.html
Fears for children as Google targets under-13s
Fears for children as Google targets under-13s> Internet privacy and child safety campaigners have called for dramatically improved parental controls in cyberspace after Google revealed it is developing products aimed at the under-13s.
> The California-based search giant is the first of the big internet companies openly to tailor its services to children aged 12 and under – an age group hitherto considered off-limits for marketing purposes and data collection.
> Google declined yesterday to say which of its panoply of products – ranging from its basic and highly lucrative search facility to YouTube and its Google Plus social media service to the Chrome browser – are to be made child-friendly.
> But a government adviser told The Independent last night that Google would have to satisfy the public that it was not seeking to deepen the commercialisation of childhood by using its vast size to hoover up information about the behaviour of minors online.
> A senior executive with the firm, whose corporate motto is famously “Don’t be evil”, insisted any services would be “fun and safe” with parental supervision at their heart.
https://archive.today/wjnlI
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/fears-for-children-as-google-targets-under13s-9907313.html
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1. Shouldn't we have a contact/meta thread? I tried posting this in the Rules thread originally but that is locked.
2. Is there any standard of material, or does anything up to fringe fly here? Not that I have a problem with much of the stuff, but will things like "aliums are real, ayy lmao check out this "news" link" be tolerated here?
3. Do you want board promotion? (I can do it for free). The rules seem like they would keep the board safe from any shitposters that follow the breadcrumb trail.
4. Where can one go to efficiently search many alt news sources? I doubt there will be much, if any, MSM on this board.
5. Will memeposting and off topic posts within threads be culled? Is the board 100% straight and serious or is there fun allowed? I don't mind either way, but the former would probably be better for getting news out.
Maybe sticky this as a Meta? Sorry to break the rules but there are some questions to ask
I love the board's rules, in fact I was thinking of creating one with a fairly similar setup (must have links and excerpts, etc.) though I do have a few questions for you, Owner.1. Shouldn't we have a contact/meta thread? I tried posting this in the Rules thread originally but that is locked.
2. Is there any standard of material, or does anything up to fringe fly here? Not that I have a problem with much of the stuff, but will things like "aliums are real, ayy lmao check out this "news" link" be tolerated here?
3. Do you want board promotion? (I can do it for free). The rules seem like they would keep the board safe from any shitposters that follow the breadcrumb trail.
4. Where can one go to efficiently search many alt news sources? I doubt there will be much, if any, MSM on this board.
5. Will memeposting and off topic posts within threads be culled? Is the board 100% straight and serious or is there fun allowed? I don't mind either way, but the former would probably be better for getting news out.
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The Long Slow Inexorable Demise Of America's Working-White-Male
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-06/long-slow-inexorable-demise-americas-working-white-male
The Long Slow Inexorable Demise Of America's Working-White-Male
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-06/long-slow-inexorable-demise-americas-working-white-male
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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says 'rich ethnic mix' can be good for schools
> Nicky Morgan has insisted that a ‘rich ethnic mix’ can improve the quality of education of Britain’s schools.
> The Education Secretary said there is good evidence that having classes full of children from different backgrounds thanks to immigration ‘can drive up standards’.
> The comments directly contradict warnings from her own Cabinet colleague, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who last month said new arrivals were changing the ‘character’ of schools.
> And Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools, has said that schools are struggling to cope with an ‘influx’ of migrant pupils.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2864289/Cabinet-split-impact-immigration-Education-Secretary-Nicky-Morgan-says-rich-ethnic-mix-good-schools.html
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/06/nicky-morgan-battle-michael-gove-schools
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says 'rich ethnic mix' can be good for schools
> Nicky Morgan has insisted that a ‘rich ethnic mix’ can improve the quality of education of Britain’s schools.
> The Education Secretary said there is good evidence that having classes full of children from different backgrounds thanks to immigration ‘can drive up standards’.
> The comments directly contradict warnings from her own Cabinet colleague, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who last month said new arrivals were changing the ‘character’ of schools.
> And Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools, has said that schools are struggling to cope with an ‘influx’ of migrant pupils.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2864289/Cabinet-split-impact-immigration-Education-Secretary-Nicky-Morgan-says-rich-ethnic-mix-good-schools.html
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/06/nicky-morgan-battle-michael-gove-schools
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FBI charges Saudi-born naval engineer over plans to sink aircraft carrier
> A Naval engineer is facing federal charges for allegedly giving an undercover FBI agent secret documents on a new aircraft carrier being built in Norfolk, Va.
> Saudi-born Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 35, of Yorktown, Va., was arrested Friday on an FBI affidavit claiming he planned to use a dead-drop location along a secluded hiking trail to hand off secret information about the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, set to be delivered to the Navy in 2016, Fox News reported Saturday.
> During a hotel meeting on Oct. 9, Mr. Awwad gave the undercover agent, posing as an Egyptian spy named “Yousef,” secret drawings of the vessel and “discussed where to strike the vessel with a missile in order sink it,” the affidavit says.
> He also asked for $1,500 to buy a tiny camera to photograph restricted material around the shipyard.
> Mr. Awwad is accused of two counts of attempted exportation of defense articles and technical data, punishable by 20 years in prison for each count.
> According to the affidavit, Mr. Awwad was born in Saudi Arabia, married a U.S. citizen in Cairo in 2007 and took steps to become a U.S citizen.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/6/fbi-charges-saudi-born-naval-engineer-over-plans-s/
FBI charges Saudi-born naval engineer over plans to sink aircraft carrier
> A Naval engineer is facing federal charges for allegedly giving an undercover FBI agent secret documents on a new aircraft carrier being built in Norfolk, Va.
> Saudi-born Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 35, of Yorktown, Va., was arrested Friday on an FBI affidavit claiming he planned to use a dead-drop location along a secluded hiking trail to hand off secret information about the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, set to be delivered to the Navy in 2016, Fox News reported Saturday.
> During a hotel meeting on Oct. 9, Mr. Awwad gave the undercover agent, posing as an Egyptian spy named “Yousef,” secret drawings of the vessel and “discussed where to strike the vessel with a missile in order sink it,” the affidavit says.
> He also asked for $1,500 to buy a tiny camera to photograph restricted material around the shipyard.
> Mr. Awwad is accused of two counts of attempted exportation of defense articles and technical data, punishable by 20 years in prison for each count.
> According to the affidavit, Mr. Awwad was born in Saudi Arabia, married a U.S. citizen in Cairo in 2007 and took steps to become a U.S citizen.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/6/fbi-charges-saudi-born-naval-engineer-over-plans-s/
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Israel ‘launches airstrikes’ near Damascus airport
> Syrian state television said on Sunday that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.
> “The Israeli enemy committed aggression against Syria by targeting two safe areas in Damascus province, in all of Dimas and near the Damascus International Airport,” state television said, adding that there were no casualties.
> An Israeli army spokesman said he would “not relate to the foreign reports.”
> Residents in Damascus said they heard loud explosions. Lebanon’s Hezbollah-run al-Manar television said Israeli jets bombed areas near the smaller airport at Dimas.
> The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the conflict, said that 10 explosions were heard near Dimas.
http://www.france24.com/en/20141207-israel-airstrikes-near-damascus-airport-syrian-state-tv/
Israel ‘launches airstrikes’ near Damascus airport
> Syrian state television said on Sunday that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.
> “The Israeli enemy committed aggression against Syria by targeting two safe areas in Damascus province, in all of Dimas and near the Damascus International Airport,” state television said, adding that there were no casualties.
> An Israeli army spokesman said he would “not relate to the foreign reports.”
> Residents in Damascus said they heard loud explosions. Lebanon’s Hezbollah-run al-Manar television said Israeli jets bombed areas near the smaller airport at Dimas.
> The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the conflict, said that 10 explosions were heard near Dimas.
http://www.france24.com/en/20141207-israel-airstrikes-near-damascus-airport-syrian-state-tv/
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GOP lawmakers press administration on ‘sanctions’ claim
> Republicans in Congress are asking the Obama administration to explain a murkily sourced claim that it is considering “sanctions” against Israel.
> “Recent reports suggest that your administration has held classified meetings over the past several weeks to discuss the possibility of imposing sanctions against Israel for its decision to construct homes in East Jerusalem,” said the letter sent Friday and signed by 48 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.). “Israel is one of our strongest allies, and the mere notion that the administration would unilaterally impose sanctions against Israel is not only unwise, but is extremely worrisome.”
> Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) issued similar statements.
> The appeals are apparently based on a Dec. 4 story in Haaretz reporting that the Obama administration “is examining taking action against the construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, rather than making do with issuing denunciatory statements.”
> The article, which is based on a claim from an anonymous Israeli official who said he was briefed by an American official, does not cite any “sanctions.”
http://www.jta.org/2014/12/07/news-opinion/politics/gop-lawmakers-press-administration-on-sanctions-claim
http://meadows.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/meadows-authors-letter-to-president-demanding-answers-on-israel
GOP lawmakers press administration on ‘sanctions’ claim
> Republicans in Congress are asking the Obama administration to explain a murkily sourced claim that it is considering “sanctions” against Israel.
> “Recent reports suggest that your administration has held classified meetings over the past several weeks to discuss the possibility of imposing sanctions against Israel for its decision to construct homes in East Jerusalem,” said the letter sent Friday and signed by 48 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.). “Israel is one of our strongest allies, and the mere notion that the administration would unilaterally impose sanctions against Israel is not only unwise, but is extremely worrisome.”
> Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) issued similar statements.
> The appeals are apparently based on a Dec. 4 story in Haaretz reporting that the Obama administration “is examining taking action against the construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, rather than making do with issuing denunciatory statements.”
> The article, which is based on a claim from an anonymous Israeli official who said he was briefed by an American official, does not cite any “sanctions.”
http://www.jta.org/2014/12/07/news-opinion/politics/gop-lawmakers-press-administration-on-sanctions-claim
http://meadows.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/meadows-authors-letter-to-president-demanding-answers-on-israel