<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:09:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 07:51:33 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Israel arrests PA security officers over 2011 settler death | Maan News Agency</title>
<description><![CDATA[
NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained three PA security officers overnight Tuesday accused of being involved in the 2011 death of a settler in Nablus, locals said.
The three men had recently been released from Palestinian Authority custody after serving a year in jail for &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18443069-israel-arrests-pa-security-officers-over-2011-settler-death-maan-news-agency</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18443069-israel-arrests-pa-security-officers-over-2011-settler-death-maan-news-agency</guid><category>palestinian-authority</category><category>settlers</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>nablus</category><category>holy-site</category><category>ben-yosef-livnat</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:08:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Is segregation really bad for everyone? | Bleader</title>
<description><![CDATA[A post on the Atlantic Cities blog asserts that "segregation is bad for everyone"&mdash;even for wealthy white suburbanites.
We know how segregation is bad for minorities, especially for African-Americans. It concentrates their poverty, resulting in dilapidated housing, more fir&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18403950-is-segregation-really-bad-for-everyone-bleader</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18403950-is-segregation-really-bad-for-everyone-bleader</guid><category>chicago</category><category>politics</category><category>poverty</category><category>racism</category><category>segregation</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney49FEDF79-4FE2-9190-3FED-32345E3D0F33.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney49FEDF79-4FE2-9190-3FED-32345E3D0F33.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>WATCH: &amp;#8216;My Neighbourhood&amp;#8217; &amp;#8211; the human impact of settlements in Sheikh Jarrah | +972 Magazine</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Just Vision&rsquo;s Peabody Award winning film,&nbsp;My Neigbhourhood&nbsp;(directed by Julia Bacha and Rebekah Wingert-Jabi), tells the story of Mohammed El Kurd, a Palestinian teenager in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah whose family is forced to share a secti&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338989-watch-my-neighbourhood-the-human-impact-of-settlements-in-sheikh-jarrah-972-magazine</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338989-watch-my-neighbourhood-the-human-impact-of-settlements-in-sheikh-jarrah-972-magazine</guid><category>protest</category><category>eviction</category><category>world-news</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>east-jerusalem</category><category>occupation</category><category>my-neighbourhood</category><category>sheik-jarrah</category><category>mohammed-el-kurd</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:58:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney37E11A00-FA20-3096-D873-99519C16B68D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney37E11A00-FA20-3096-D873-99519C16B68D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senior Fatah officials  call for single democratic state, not two-state solution - Diplomacy &amp; Defense - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper</title>
<description><![CDATA[New initiative would allow Palestinian refugees the right of return to 'a state of all its citizens.'
Calling the two-state solution unrealistic, senior&nbsp;Fatah&nbsp;members issued a document Wednesday calling for the establishment of one democratic country in the area betwee&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18327721-senior-fatah-officials-call-for-single-democratic-state-not-two-state-solution-diplomacy-defense-israel-news-haaretz-daily-newspaper</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18327721-senior-fatah-officials-call-for-single-democratic-state-not-two-state-solution-diplomacy-defense-israel-news-haaretz-daily-newspaper</guid><category>israel</category><category>democracy</category><category>settlements</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>occupation</category><category>annexation</category><category>amira-haas</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:39:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyC9327BCE-AEA9-6729-A26B-976D85D827A7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyC9327BCE-AEA9-6729-A26B-976D85D827A7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Strongbox: New Yorker's salvo in the 'war between data capture and privacy' | Technology | guardian.co.uk </title>
<description><![CDATA[New open-source drop box for leaked documents co-created by Aaron Swartz launches, provides 'secure route' for sources
When Kevin Poulsen, a former hacker who now edits at Wired magazine, came up with the idea two years ago of creating an open-source drop box for leaked document&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18327626-strongbox-new-yorkers-salvo-in-the-war-between-data-capture-and-privacy-technology-guardiancouk</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18327626-strongbox-new-yorkers-salvo-in-the-war-between-data-capture-and-privacy-technology-guardiancouk</guid><category>privacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>leaks</category><category>press-freedom</category><category>wikileaks</category><category>open-source-drop-box</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:31:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney678C3DAF-867D-C273-CF84-63540B1E4FDE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney678C3DAF-867D-C273-CF84-63540B1E4FDE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>On Political Preconditions </title>
<description><![CDATA[The reason for addressing this subject at this time is the feverish efforts by the&nbsp;American Secretary of State, John Kerry, to stimulate the resumption of direct peace negotiations betweenIsrael and Palestine. On neither side are the political preconditions present. The Neta&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18299901-on-political-preconditions</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18299901-on-political-preconditions</guid><category>us</category><category>israel</category><category>resistance</category><category>palestinian</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>peace-talks</category><category>negotiations</category><category>preconditions</category><category>richard-falk</category><category>settlement-expansion</category><category>palestinian-people</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:04:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyED3C491B-9277-14F4-9576-92A469398E14.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyED3C491B-9277-14F4-9576-92A469398E14.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Newseum Stands By Decision To Honor Slain Hamas-Linked Journalists</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- The Newseum announced Friday that it will continue with plans to honor two Hamas-linked Palestinian journalists killed during&nbsp;Israeli airstrikes last November, despite criticism from conservative outlets and a pro-Israel think tank over adding the names to the mu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18179315-newseum-stands-by-decision-to-honor-slain-hamas-linked-journalists</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18179315-newseum-stands-by-decision-to-honor-slain-hamas-linked-journalists</guid><category>israel</category><category>palestinians</category><category>hamas</category><category>journalist</category><category>journalism</category><category>international-law</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-aqsa</category><category>pillar-of-cloud</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:24:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney8C23D61B-9489-2D6B-D86A-7D5F3AD29D8E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney8C23D61B-9489-2D6B-D86A-7D5F3AD29D8E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israeli troops arrest dozens in West Bank raids </title>
<description><![CDATA[
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained dozens of Palestinians on Thursday in dawn raids across the West Bank. ...
In East Jerusalem's Abu Dis, forces raided the home of Nafez Jaffal and detained his sons Mahmoud, 15, and Muhammad, 14. Several  jeeps raided Abu Dis at 4.3&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18171616-israeli-troops-arrest-dozens-in-west-bank-raids</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18171616-israeli-troops-arrest-dozens-in-west-bank-raids</guid><category>israel</category><category>palestinians</category><category>raid</category><category>harassment</category><category>kidnapping</category><category>west-bank</category><category>abduction</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>intimidation</category><category>idf</category><category>humiliation</category><category>ransacking</category><category>breakining-and-entering</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:14:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney247986A3-F4CB-DA8C-E6D6-3C4D72B685FB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="345" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney247986A3-F4CB-DA8C-E6D6-3C4D72B685FB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israeli Police Question Muslim Cleric After Scuffle - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
JERUSALEM &mdash; The Israeli police on Wednesday detained the Palestinians&rsquo;  top Muslim cleric for questioning about disturbances a day earlier at a  fiercely contested holy site in Jerusalem known to Jews as Temple Mount  and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
Sheik Mo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18129052-israeli-police-question-muslim-cleric-after-scuffle-nytimescom</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18129052-israeli-police-question-muslim-cleric-after-scuffle-nytimescom</guid><category>israel</category><category>world-news</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>detention</category><category>mufti</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 20:32:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney945DE393-21C2-1064-6561-26C65080283E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney945DE393-21C2-1064-6561-26C65080283E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>God's promise on Israel: not a place but the reign of peace and justice | Jews for Justice for Palestinians</title>
<description><![CDATA[In both a significant break with that past, and a continuation of its emphasis on Biblical authority, this 2013 report says;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18122609-gods-promise-on-israel-not-a-place-but-the-reign-of-peace-and-justice-jews-for-justice-for-palestinians</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18122609-gods-promise-on-israel-not-a-place-but-the-reign-of-peace-and-justice-jews-for-justice-for-palestinians</guid><category>israel</category><category>holy-land</category><category>zionism</category><category>world-news</category><category>bible</category><category>christian-zionism</category><category>promised-land</category><category>church-of-scotland</category><category>biblical-claim</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 11:35:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title> Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel | World news | The Guardian </title>
<description><![CDATA[Physicist pulls out of conference hosted by president Shimon Peres in protest at treatment of Palestinians

A statement published with Stephen Hawking's approval said his withdrawal was based on advice from academic contacts in Palestine. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18110684-stephen-hawking-joins-academic-boycott-of-israel-world-news-the-guardian</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18110684-stephen-hawking-joins-academic-boycott-of-israel-world-news-the-guardian</guid><category>israel</category><category>palestine</category><category>boycott</category><category>world-news</category><category>activism</category><category>bds</category><category>stephen-hawkings</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 00:03:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyBA309BD1-F906-E76F-5D2C-4EB553E84273.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyBA309BD1-F906-E76F-5D2C-4EB553E84273.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Human Rights Watch panders to the Israel lobby</title>
<description><![CDATA[In response to another smear campaign Scott Long defends his colleague and exposes ideological corruption inside HRW:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18086026-human-rights-watch-panders-to-the-israel-lobby</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18086026-human-rights-watch-panders-to-the-israel-lobby</guid><category>human-rights-watch</category><category>world-news</category><category>scott-long</category><category>hrw</category><category>state-security</category><category>palestine-authority</category><category>mona-seif</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 15:02:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyFC3C390C-5E21-6B5B-F53F-38BFDC557F02.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="165" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyFC3C390C-5E21-6B5B-F53F-38BFDC557F02.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>THE EXILING OF MY FILM , &quot;EXILE A MYTH UNEARTHED&quot;, IN THE BBC | Outsider on the inside</title>
<description><![CDATA[As some of you know, my film EXILE, A MYTH UNEARTHED, which examines the myth of the Jewish EXILE and its political impact on both Israeli Jews and Palestinians in the Middle East, was going to be shown on the BBC Thursday April 25th. It was pulled out of the schedule only a few &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18053162-the-exiling-of-my-film-exile-a-myth-unearthed-in-the-bbc-outsider-on-the-inside</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18053162-the-exiling-of-my-film-exile-a-myth-unearthed-in-the-bbc-outsider-on-the-inside</guid><category>film</category><category>palestinians</category><category>bbc</category><category>myths</category><category>documentary</category><category>exile</category><category>world-news</category><category>archeology</category><category>jewish-people</category><category>taboos</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 May 2013 13:24:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney07202CB4-1DD2-928C-D7C5-83BA868AAB60.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="115" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney07202CB4-1DD2-928C-D7C5-83BA868AAB60.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="35" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Palestinians' West Bank: Squeeze them out | The Economist</title>
<description><![CDATA[A snapshot of the scope of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine today:
As Jewish settlements expand, the Palestinians are being driven away
IT WAS just another day for the Israeli army on the West Bank. Having  parked its jeeps in the hills south of Hebron, a unit of soldiers  che&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18038334-the-palestinians-west-bank-squeeze-them-out-the-economist</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18038334-the-palestinians-west-bank-squeeze-them-out-the-economist</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>west-bank</category><category>settlers</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>idf</category><category>ethnic-cleansing</category><category>area-c</category><category>military-zones</category><category>population-transfer</category><category>live-fire-range</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 15:13:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyA9448361-F810-3E88-9D6A-A43D5FB8D86F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="427" width="290" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyA9448361-F810-3E88-9D6A-A43D5FB8D86F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Bradley Manning is off limits at SF Gay Pride parade, but corporate sleaze is embraced | Glenn Greenwald |</title>
<description><![CDATA[News reports yesterday indicated that Bradley Manning,  widely known to be gay, had been selected to be one of the Grand  Marshals of the annual San Francisco gay pride parade, named by the LGBT  Pride Celebration Committee. When the predictable backlash instantly ensued, the pre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17987906-bradley-manning-is-off-limits-at-sf-gay-pride-parade-but-corporate-sleaze-is-embraced-glenn-greenwald</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17987906-bradley-manning-is-off-limits-at-sf-gay-pride-parade-but-corporate-sleaze-is-embraced-glenn-greenwald</guid><category>us-news</category><category>glenn-greenwald</category><category>corporatism</category><category>national-security-state</category><category>bradley-manning</category><category>sf-gay-pride-parade</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:02:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney239E4C53-38E2-6223-9A5C-DD5DC59703E6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney239E4C53-38E2-6223-9A5C-DD5DC59703E6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>&amp;#8220;Homeland Security&amp;#8221; Spending Overtakes New Deal |  FDL News Desk</title>
<description><![CDATA[The only thing we have to fear is fear itself and we are apparently very  afraid. The ever mutating concept of &ldquo;homeland security&rdquo; has garnered more public funds since 9/11 than President Franklin Roosevelt&rsquo;s New Deal. Pretty amazing, who knew fighting phantoms &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17974069-homeland-security-spending-overtakes-new-deal-fdl-news-desk</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17974069-homeland-security-spending-overtakes-new-deal-fdl-news-desk</guid><category>homeland-security</category><category>fear</category><category>us-news</category><category>dhs</category><category>government-spending</category><category>new-deal</category><category>spying-on-citizens</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:17:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyBF28C155-BDDF-10C4-D7ED-C6E5AF995EBB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyBF28C155-BDDF-10C4-D7ED-C6E5AF995EBB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PBS Drops Another Bombshell: Wall Street Is Gobbling Up Two-Thirds of Your 401(k)</title>
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If you work for 50 years and receive the typical long-term return of 7 percent on your 401(k) plan and your fees&nbsp;are 2 percent, almost two-thirds of your account will go&nbsp;to Wall Street. This was the bombshell dropped by Frontline&rsquo;s Martin Smith in this Tuesday e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17959068-pbs-drops-another-bombshell-wall-street-is-gobbling-up-two-thirds-of-your-401k</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17959068-pbs-drops-another-bombshell-wall-street-is-gobbling-up-two-thirds-of-your-401k</guid><category>mutual-funds</category><category>wall-street</category><category>pension</category><category>retirement</category><category>us-news</category><category>401-k</category><category>financial-industry</category><category>wealth-transfer</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:57:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyAB91C1D2-A06A-D434-41D7-6D06E154B9C6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="49" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyAB91C1D2-A06A-D434-41D7-6D06E154B9C6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="15" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Thegodmolecule, here is a tribe in Africa where the birth date of...</title>
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here is a tribe in Africa where the birth date of a child is counted not from when they were born, nor from when they are conceived but from the day that the child was a thought in its mother&rsquo;s mind. And when a woman decides that she will have a child, she goes off and si&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17957971-thegodmolecule-here-is-a-tribe-in-africa-where-the-birth-date-of</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17957971-thegodmolecule-here-is-a-tribe-in-africa-where-the-birth-date-of</guid><category>community</category><category>family</category><category>village</category><category>identity</category><category>world-news</category><category>association</category><category>alienation</category><category>african-tribe</category><category>life-song</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:56:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyA9CB966B-D2BC-5E38-0922-A1DD79B298C0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyA9CB966B-D2BC-5E38-0922-A1DD79B298C0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Police ordered shutdown of tower the day before its deadly collapse</title>
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SAVAR, Bangladesh // With deep cracks visible in the walls, police had  ordered the building to be evacuated the day before its deadly collapse -  but clothing factories flouted the order and told more than 2,000  people to go inside and keep working, officials said yesterday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17933766-police-ordered-shutdown-of-tower-the-day-before-its-deadly-collapse</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17933766-police-ordered-shutdown-of-tower-the-day-before-its-deadly-collapse</guid><category>labor</category><category>world-news</category><category>workers-rights</category><category>garment-factory</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:15:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney08FD7CFE-2FD6-718A-B7C7-DB587E735FC0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="213" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney08FD7CFE-2FD6-718A-B7C7-DB587E735FC0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Banging the drums of war: Christians United for Israel </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Like everyone else, my email inbox is constantly plagued by waves of junk mail. Lately I seem to have a new addition &mdash; I&rsquo;ve somehow ended up on the mailing list of&nbsp;Christians United for Israel, the most militant of Christian Zionist groups. CUFI&rsquo;s regular&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/20/17838047-banging-the-drums-of-war-christians-united-for-israel</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/20/17838047-banging-the-drums-of-war-christians-united-for-israel</guid><category>israel</category><category>zionism</category><category>world-news</category><category>christian</category><category>propaganda</category><category>bds</category><category>occupation</category><category>pro-israel</category><category>cufi</category><category>christian-zionists</category><category>christian-zionist</category><category>mezuzah</category><category>eastern-gate</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:55:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney21A1B9F5-F5CD-F675-D93A-4B15828A4EB4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney21A1B9F5-F5CD-F675-D93A-4B15828A4EB4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israeli forces hold Palestinian-American teenager</title>
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JERUSALEM&nbsp;&mdash; Israeli forces have been holding a Palestinian-American teenager in a military lockup for nearly a week after bursting into his family home and arresting him in an overnight raid for allegedly hurling rocks at Israeli motorists in the West Bank, his fathe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17808984-israeli-forces-hold-palestinian-american-teenager</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17808984-israeli-forces-hold-palestinian-american-teenager</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>israel</category><category>palestinians</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>idf</category><category>rock-throwing</category><category>us-citizen</category><category>children-international</category><category>khalek</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:05:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney23138BF6-4FED-B89C-7012-2ACACCEE4C2E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="57" width="57" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney23138BF6-4FED-B89C-7012-2ACACCEE4C2E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="57" height="57" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IRIN Middle East | A who's who of fighters in Gaza </title>
<description><![CDATA[Photo: Ahmed Dalloul/IRIN
Ruins  of Palestinian house, where at least 10 people were killed in an  Israeli airstrike during the November 2012 escalation of hostilitiesGAZA, 15 April 2013 (IRIN) - This month, tensions have escalated in Gaza  following the first Israeli air strike&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17782911-irin-middle-east-a-whos-who-of-fighters-in-gaza</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17782911-irin-middle-east-a-whos-who-of-fighters-in-gaza</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>israel</category><category>palestinians</category><category>rockets</category><category>gaza</category><category>airstrikes</category><category>palestine</category><category>missiles</category><category>idf</category><category>fighters</category><category>popular-resistance-committees</category><category>hrw</category><category>rocket-fire</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:24:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney2DC2D7FE-4FFA-914B-DDA5-04FCFD03DC02.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="100" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Meloney2DC2D7FE-4FFA-914B-DDA5-04FCFD03DC02.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>      Embattled Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad quits| Reuters</title>
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(Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad quit on Saturday after months of tension with President Mahmoud Abbas, leaving the administration in disarray just as the United States tries to revive peace talks with Israel.
Abbas, who has been unhappy with Fayyad's handli&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17746912-embattled-palestinian-prime-minister-fayyad-quits-reuters</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17746912-embattled-palestinian-prime-minister-fayyad-quits-reuters</guid><category>palestinians</category><category>abbas</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestinian-authority</category><category>palestine</category><category>foreign-aid</category><category>world-news</category><category>fayyad</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:24:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyEEDDF429-D792-9989-9A41-AE4B32E6A584.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyEEDDF429-D792-9989-9A41-AE4B32E6A584.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PBS Airs Documentary on the Failed 'War on Drugs' </title>
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The 32-year initiative hasn&rsquo;t been successful, but it has destroyed millions of lives and contributed to a graying prison crisis.
The House I Live In, winner of the Grand Jury prize for documentaries at Sundance last year, airs tonight (April 8, check local listings) on &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17686999-pbs-airs-documentary-on-the-failed-war-on-drugs</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17686999-pbs-airs-documentary-on-the-failed-war-on-drugs</guid><category>pbs</category><category>us-news</category><category>eugene-jarecki</category><category>independent-lens</category><category>prison-for-profit</category><category>house-i-live-in</category><category>documentary-war-on-drugs</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:22:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyE1DB4DEF-1FBE-5650-D4FE-C2835F040E8A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyE1DB4DEF-1FBE-5650-D4FE-C2835F040E8A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israel's definition as a 'Jewish state' </title>
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The alternative to Israel as a "Jewish state" is not a Palestinian Arab state, but a state where all have equal rights.
In recent years, there has been a growing, critical questioning of  Israel's definition as a "Jewish state", and the system of privilege  (and discrimination&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17655701-israels-definition-as-a-jewish-state</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17655701-israels-definition-as-a-jewish-state</guid><category>israel</category><category>palestinians</category><category>democracy</category><category>jewish</category><category>palestine</category><category>jews</category><category>world-news</category><category>citizenship</category><category>equality</category><category>statehood</category><category>self-determination</category><category>jewish-state</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:32:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyCCCDFB30-EF79-189E-BB30-965ACA0689BC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyCCCDFB30-EF79-189E-BB30-965ACA0689BC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>