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The editor of Allvoices, Joel Schalit is the former managing editor of Tikkun magazine, and associate editor of the award-winning politics and culture 'zine Punk Planet.

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Italy to Fingerprint Gypsy Population
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Rome :: Italy | 5 months ago

In a throwback to the Second World War, Italy's new Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni , has announced an initiative to fingerprint all Roma adults and children living in the country. Using a planned census of the community as cover, the...

49 news stories / 14 blog posts / 8 images / 16 videos / 0 voices

 Taking Responsibility
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San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago

Glowing in the aftermath of his victory over Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama told the U.S' most powerful 'pro-Israel' organization, AIPAC, that the war in Iraq had in fact weakened Israel's security, because of how...

204 news stories / 51 blog posts / 16 images / 30 videos / 0 voices

To Israel's America Lobby
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San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago

It was an event that held a little significance for everyone. For Israelis, because of the commitment that the US President reiterated to their security. For Americans, because of the opportunity that their leader took to excoriate their country's opposition...

399 news stories / 147 blog posts / 8 images / 30 videos / 1 voice

The Last in Line
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San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago

Three quarters of the way through his speech, the President's mouth seized up, as though he were about to say something important that he just could not figure out how to put into words. Alas, this moment would be forever...

30 news stories / 22 blog posts / 31 images / 30 videos / 1 voice

Beirut Readymade
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San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago

Amongst the photos we received from Reuters today, this remarkable shot of a Hezbollah-identified adolescent chanting slogans in front of the UN headquarters in Beirut really stood out. Between the teddy bears, fake blood and barbed wire, Banksy has finally...

149 news stories / 3 blog posts / 2 images / 13 videos / 1 voice

Israel As a Vocation
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San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago

Today, Israel commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of it's founding. Unlike the celebrations of the country's 50th birthday in 1998, today's events have a far more somber quality to them, as though they are observing the passing of something far more...

262 news stories / 133 blog posts / 12 images / 18 videos / 1 voice

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