Former CIA analyst, Ray McGovern, has written an article that can be seen at link to article. What McGovern proposes to look at in the article is,” For reasons that are painfully obvious, the FCM have done their best to ignore or bury the role that Israel’s repression of the Palestinians has played in motivating [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Iran War to Come
November 28, 2009
The increasing pressure on Iran is relentless. Remember that I have always said that the detonation of a nuclear device there by Israel is a matter of certainty. But it may be that the US and its UN Security Council cohorts beat them to the punch. There is a wonderful report in the Palestine Telegraph [...]
Climate emails
November 28, 2009
If you are interested in looking at a discussion of the effect and meaning of the recent hacked/stolen global warming emails saga in the UK there is an excellent and short video at the Real News site. The interview is with Michael Brklacic who has been involved in research on the topic and is a contributor to [...]
Wonderful Wonderful Copenhagen
November 27, 2009
In breathless anticipation of the talks at Copenhagen or as the song goes wonderful Copenhagen the Australian build up is interesting to say the least. We have the tawdry spectacle of the two major parties unable to agree on whether to or how to do nothing as far as any real climate change policy is [...]
Bush Blair Iraq UK Inquiry
November 27, 2009
There are excellent videos available at the Real News site that deal with a Channel 4 UK coverage of the Iraq Inquiry in the UK. The idea of “regime change” is dealt with in the first video. It seems highly likely that just before the first announcement from Blair on the topic the meeting at [...]
Jews Open Letter to Times
November 26, 2009
There are voices against the calls for the Goldstone Report to be consigned to the scrapheap. An article found at the Jewish Community Online, talks about a whole page being taken, by Independent Jewish Voices and Jews for Justice for Palestinians, among others in the UK Times to put their position openly.(ikners.com)
Brazil and Iran
November 25, 2009
There are talks between Iran and Brazil. The Brazilian President described by Obama as the most popular leader in the world and Ahmadinejad from Iran are discussing mutual trade and of course nuclear power. There is a very good video available by Pepe Escobar that can be seen on the Real News site at link ikners.com
Israel and Arab Youth Justice
November 24, 2009
Being a lawyer I always like to see the legal system in action, particularly when it is fulfilling one of its roles to oppress the population in an equally oppressive political system. However, on occasions the courts can be seen to apply logic that is somewhat different to the rat trap logic of precedent, where [...]
King Kevin and Majestic Malcolm
November 23, 2009
The only thing really being decided by these two puppets today or this week is which industry or industries of the elite will benefit most from whatever emissions trading is. Perhaps the only thing being traded is the future for the present well being and continued bank accounts of the wealthy elites who control areas [...]
Israel business as usual
November 21, 2009
A recent article sent by Gilad Atzmon has this comment. “The Jerusalem post reported yesterday that the Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, visited Israel earlier this week to study “IDF tactics and methods that the military alliance can utilise for its war in Afghanistan.” A senior Israeli defence official added “The [...]
Malalai Joya (Update)
November 21, 2009
If you have been able to read the book Raising My Voice by Malalai Joya it would be impossible not to be impressed by this woman’s resolve to put her position about Afghanistan. She of course enjoys the advantage of once being a member of the government until she was forced out. There is a [...]
Propaganda
November 20, 2009
“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” – Aldous Huxley “In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell
Afghan Corruption How we use and create it
November 20, 2009
Just in case you think that the recent talk about the corruption in Afghanistan is somehow new or a recent discovery, you should remember that people like Malalai Joya have not only been writing about it. But also risking life and limb in the process. Do not think however, that the ‘corruption’ is some sort [...]
Fuel Food and Disaster
November 19, 2009
There has been yet another informative article prepared and published by George Monbiot. The title perhaps says it all,” If Nothing Else save Farming.” You can read the article at link ikners.com
War with Iran
November 12, 2009
You may have read in other articles on this site just what the true consequences of an attack and war on Iran would mean. It is not an idle picture to paint the effects as devastating for all concerned. I have said that it is my firm view that Israel will detonate some sort of [...]
Refugees deserve proper treatment and care
November 12, 2009
Being a refugee is not a crime. It is not an unlawful activity to want to get away from a country or place where you fear for your life on an almost minute by minute basis. The criminals are the ones who would see you locked up if you got here, or stopped if they [...]
Israel rations water to Palestinians to a trickle
November 12, 2009
I have taken the opportunity of downloading an entire article from Amnesty International. There is also an associated video referred to in another article on this site. you can view the video at link
Palestine Links
November 12, 2009
If you are interested in links to Palestine topics these links can be very useful
Marx, Karl and Groucho an hour with Zizek
November 11, 2009
There is an hour long video at the Democracy Now site that is well worth watching. It features Slavoj Zizek who has been described by Pepe Escobar as a “bad boy” Slovenian philosopher. The New York Times referred to him as “the Elvis of cultural theory” and the National Review called him the “most dangerous [...]
Afghanistan more troops Reports
November 11, 2009
This short report from Democracy Now site. Obama to Send Up to 40,000 Troops to Afghanistan (George Ikners ikners.com Joomla)
Children in Gaza
November 11, 2009
There is an article worth reading at the Al Jazeera site. You can view it at link. The article is by Iqbal Tamimi who set up the Palestinian Mothers site. It is an extremely good site. In the article she talks about young Palestinian children in Gaza and what they do to survive. (ikners.com Joomla [...]
Peace Hopeless Updated
November 8, 2009
It seems that the death knell has sounded on any hope of peace in Palestine. The US Congress has seen fit to conclude that the Goldstone Report is “irredeemably biased” and that the US should block any attempt for it to be considered by the United Nations. As a gauge of the sentiment that [...]
Israel and Hypocrisy
November 5, 2009
If you must read nonsense and total absurdity, I heartily recommend the latest discussion coming from Israel and pro Israeli sources over an arms shipment between Iran and Syria. (ikners.com Joomla)
Jimmy Carter a view on Gaza and Goldstone
November 5, 2009
It is very good to see former President, Jimmy Carter, contributing to the Goldstone debate. Particularly because he has visited the area and has a first hand knowledge of the type of destruction that has occurred there. In an article, Carter states that,” The Goldstone committee examined closely the cause of deaths of the 1,387 [...]
Ellsberg talks. We should listen
November 5, 2009
At the same talk where the former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, spoke, Daniel Ellsberg continues with a talk on the efforts in Afghanistan and the similarity to Vietnam. Ellsberg starts with the realisation he now has that his former role was a as a servant of Empire. In the unlawful war that occurred [...]
Israeli treatment of children and students
November 4, 2009
At times you read something that is both disturbing and paints a hopeless picture. A recent article by Stuart Littlewood has been published at Counterpunch and on the al Jazeera site. It deals with how the Israelis treat the young and also university students. Any other country in the world resorting to these type of [...]
Torture and its supporters
November 4, 2009
There are a large number of videos at the RealNews site that are of interest. This is a link to the site where the three latest ones are available. The topics vary from, the Goldman Sachs saga to allegations of the use of torture by the US and the UK in Uzbekistan to a discussion with Ralph [...]
Monbiot “We’re losing”
November 3, 2009
George Monbiot has a recent article in the Guardian at link. He starts with some disturbing words. “There is no point in denying it: we’re losing. Climate change denial is spreading like a contagious disease. It exists in a sphere which cannot be reached by evidence or reasoned argument; any attempt to draw attention to scientific [...]
War Criminals
November 3, 2009
There is a video at the Real News site at link. Shir Hever looks at the true cost of the occupation of Palestine by Israel. He does this to highlight the enormous amount of money being spent in pursuing an unlawful activity. The colonization of an occupied territory is of course a war crime, and Israel [...]