next previous The Crisis of Zionism: Undeterred by unavoidable realities Joseph Dana Apr 20, 2012 Save this article On my first trip to the West Bank, I was struck with a strange sense of familiarity. I left my apartment in Jerusalem and set off driving south, passing Bethlehem on my left and Israeli settlement blocks [...]
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – China signed accords on energy cooperation and the Arctic in Iceland on Friday as Premier Wen Jiabao started a tour of northern Europe that will focus on Chinese investment in a continent eager for funds and to trade with the rising world power. Centrepiece of the trip will be a [...]
Irainian Ship Photo by: Glenn Klasner Amid nuclear talks, Iran warns of cutting oil to more EU states Recent Iranian measures against Britain, France, Greece and Spain, meant as pre-emptive retaliation ahead of an EU oil embargo that is due to go into effect in July. By The Associated PressTags: Iran nuclear Iran threat link http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/amid-nuclear-talks-iran-warns-of-cutting-oil-to-more-eu-states-1.425548 Iran’s oil minister [...]
Ten Rules of the “War on Terrorism” by Jacob G. Hornberger I confess that I have trouble sometimes figuring out the nature and logic of the so-called war on terrorism. The following are what seem to be the principles of this “war”: 1. Since the “war on terrorism,” according [...]
Israeli army Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner hits an unidentified activist with an M-16 rifle, April 14, 2012. Photo by: AP / ISM WATCH: New video shows shamed IDF officer struck several left-wing activists In clip taken by Palestinian TV, and released by left-wing NGO B’Tselem, Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner seen [...]
Robert Fisk: This is politics not sport. If drivers can’t see that, they are the pits Supposing it was Assad shelling out £40m for a race. Would Ecclestone be happy to give him a soft sporting cover for his repression? ROBERT FISK SATURDAY 21 APRIL 2012 When the Foreign Office urges [...]
The soft corruption of $300 dinners 7:09 am April 11, 2012, by Jay Corruption, like bigotry, greed and other human failings, comes in degrees. There’s hard corruption — outright bribes and cash payoffs that if brought to light can result in prison time. Then there are softer forms of corruption that those enmeshed in the system do [...]
(Photo: Elvert Barnes / Flickr)Coumba Toure | Bamako, Mali The Link to Humanity – Gift Economies Saturday, 21 April 2012 10:15By Beverly Bell, Other Worlds | “Birthing Justice” Series All of Coumba Toure’s work is aimed at keeping African values alive. As part of this, she is deeply involved in a women-led movement to keep the gift economy thriving. West [...]
Members of the initial contingent of UN ceasefire monitors in Syria tour the Damascus suburbs. Photograph: EPA The UN security council has unanimously voted to send 300 unarmed military observers to Syria to monitor the fragile ceasefire between President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces and opposition groups. The resolution approved on Saturday increases the number of observers in the [...]
Bahrain protester found dead on eve of grand prix Bahrain to investigate death of Salah Abbas Habib, who was allegedly beaten by riot police on eve of grand prix Jo Adetunji, Peter Beaumont and agencies guardian.co.uk, Saturday 21 April 2012 15.30 BST Article history Bahrain protester’s family: ‘we were not allowed to see the body’ Link to this videoAn [...]
The ‘hero’ of the affair is Lieutenant Colonel Shalom Eisner. By Uri Avnery ‘In blood and sweat / A race will arise to us / Proud and generous and brutal…’ Thus wrote Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky, the founder of extreme right-wing Zionism, who was also a writer and a poet. Present-day Likud leaders see him as [...]
Much like what is currently happening in Afghanistan, the Tet Offensive of 1968 served as an exemplar of a war that could not be won [AP] San Pedro, CA - As I first heard about coordinated attacks in the heart of Kabul and three other locations across Afghanistan last Sunday, my thoughts turned immediately to the [...]
Electing the US candidate Jim Yong Kim to the presidency of the World Bank may have been a missed opportunity to ameliorate animosity stemming from the global economic meltdown [AFP] Santa Barbara, CA - The unsurprising announcement that the Board of the World Bank had voted in favour of the American candidate, Jim Yong Kim, presents [...]
David Cameron‘s father set up offshore investment funds which explicitly boasted of their ability to remain outside UK tax jurisdiction. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/PA Ed Howker and Shiv Malik guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 April 2012 22.01 BST Article history The Jersey, Panama and Geneva connection Ian Cameron’s will David Cameron‘s father ran a network of offshore investment funds to help [...]
Alan Carr: the Prince of Mince clearly has his eye on the throne. Photograph: Jay Brooks Simon Hattenstone guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 April 2012 23.01 BST Article history The first time you come across Alan Carr, you notice one thing. He’s screamingly camp. He couldn’t be more camp. Imagine the love child ofKenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd, and you might [...]
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