America’s War for Global Domination by Michel Chossudovsky 12/15/03: (Global Research) We are the juncture of the most serious crisis in modern history. The Bush Administration has embarked upon a military adventure which threatens the future of humanity. The wars on Afghanistan and Iraq are part of a broader military [...]
The Stolen War by Uri Avnery, January 07, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Is there no limit to the villainy of Hamas? Seems there isn’t. This week, they did something quite unforgivable. They stole a war. For some weeks now, our almost new Chief of Staff, Benny Gantz, [...]
America’s War for Global Domination by Michel Chossudovsky 12/15/03: (Global Research) We are the juncture of the most serious crisis in modern history. The Bush Administration has embarked upon a military adventure which threatens the future of humanity. The wars on Afghanistan and Iraq are part of a broader military agenda, which [...]
And the flag that refuses to lie down. (Julie Webb) By Mohammed AlNadi – GazaIn Israel, nothing is more rewarding than committing systematic mass killings and war crimes against Palestinians. It seems, according to Israel’s moral system and code of conduct, nothing is more trivial than a Palestinian life. Inflicting death on Palestinians is not [...]
Fighting Settlers’ Impunity and Immunity by Pierre Klochendler, December 16, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum JERUSALEM – The outer stone walls of the unused 12th century Ayyubid mosque in the Israeli center of the city carried the black scars of attempted arson and hatred. “Price tag”, [...]
Allegiance must not lie with any particular faction. (Latuff) By Ramzy Baroud The Palestinian Uprising or Intifada of 1987 remains the single most significant triumph of popular mobilization in Palestinian history. The First Intifada, as it is commonly known, had, once and for all, placed the Palestinian people as a collective on the political map [...]
Many Palestinians have been left homeless after occupying Israeli forces demolished their homes [EPA] Washington, DC - Much was made of what many in the media described as a “confrontation” between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama over the building of illegal Israeli settlements (or colonies) in Occupied Palestinian Territory. From the [...]
On the 64th Anniversary of UN Resolution 181 Lebanon’s Palestinians Continue Their Descent by Franklin Lamb Posted on December 5, 2011 by dandelionsalad by Franklin Lamb Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Embassy of Palestine, Tripoli, Libya November 29, 2011 Every year on November 29, as part of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Palestinians in Libya as [...]
Palestinian youth throw stones towards Israeli soldiers during protests in the West Bank village of Beit Fajjar, near Bethlehem in 2010. (MaanImages/Luay Sababa) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli official said Saturday evening on live television that if the Palestinian Authority collapses it would not be the “end of the world for Israel.” Israeli Deputy Foreign [...]
Netanyahu is now the last hope for Israeli democracy Netanyahu is liable to find himself very quickly in a situation in which he won’t be able to stop the weakening of Israeli democracy. By Gideon Levy Benjamin Netanyahu is a democrat, though of course there are people who are more democratic than he. He [...]
Lieberman walked out of Shalit deal debate, leaving ‘no’ vote behind Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon. Photo by: Tomer Appelbaum Haaretz goes behind the scenes of the stormy cabinet meeting that led to approval of the deal to secure the release of captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. By Barak RavidTags: Gilad [...]
Netanyahu‘s messianism could launch attack on Iran The Lubavitcher Rebbe, whose followers stood behind Netanyahu’s victorious campaign in the 1996 election. Photo by: AP Relying on the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his teachings in a speech that was ostensibly in favor of a Palestinian state is like relying on a racist who fervently supports slavery in [...]
Is the Window Closing on Israel? by Patrick J. Buchanan, September 23, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In June 1967, with ex-Vice President Richard Nixon, this writer toured an Israeli military hospital full of wounded Egyptian soldiers. An Israeli officer told us that in the hospital was an Egyptian officer he had captured in [...]
Anti-American sentiment has grown steadily in the years since 9/11 and the deaths of countless civilians in the conflicts associated with the ‘war on terror’ [EPA] 9/11 did not start or end at midnight All too often we view 9/11 from the perspective of the nation-state rather than from a global standpoint. Richard Falk [...]
Triumph of groupthink Olmert, left, and Gates, right, shake hands at Olmert’s office in Jerusalem, April 19, 2007. by LAWRENCE DAVIDSON on SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 … careerism and narrow interests over honesty and moral courage There is an interesting phenomenon which we can call “the political retiree’s confession”. I don’t mean all those hyped memoirs, ghost written [...]
By Uri Avnery Since the beginning of the conflict, the extremists of both sides have always played into each other’s hands. The cooperation between them was always much more effective than the ties between the corresponding peace activists. “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” asked the prophet Amos (3:3). Well, seems [...]
By Hatim Kanaaneh The last session of the Rachel Corrie court case in Haifa had been repeatedly postponed on account of the weightiness of the witness. Colonel Pinhas Zuaretz, better known by his nickname, Pinky, was the commanding officer of the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade at the time the late peace activist was killed. I [...]
It is one thing to analyse what the Israelis may think of their own actions and how it will all change sooner or later but the plain fact is that murder, detention, walls, checkpoints and oppression are unlawful acts. There is a lot at stke for the Palestinians. It is worthless to think that all [...]
Rachel Corrie died in Gaza in 2003 while protesting against house demolitions. Photograph: Denny Sternstein/Associated Press The family of Rachel Corrie, the US activist killed in Gaza while protesting against house demolitions in 2003, on Monday claimed the Israeli military authorities withheld video evidence during the Corries’ civil lawsuit and misled US officials on crucial details. Craig [...]
