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Month: February 2008
Palestine in the Mind of America
By Kathleen and Bill Christison You would think that showing maps clearly delineating the truncated, obviously non-viable area available for a possible Palestinian state and showing pictures that define Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories would […]
No Valentine’s Day in Iraq
BAGHDAD – Small glass boxes inscribed with the words "I Love You" in English sit on shelves alongside red cushions in the shape of hearts with the scene of flowers freshening the air. But no […]
Will Iraq War Define US Elections?
By Ramzy Baroud As the race for the presidential nominations progresses, the stances of and attitudes towards both Republican and Democratic candidates continue to bring up causes for concern, in terms of their past behaviour, […]
The Hamas-Fatah War on Media: Gagging the Written Word
By Joharah Baker On February 3, a court under the deposed Hamas government in the Gaza Strip ordered a ban on the distribution of the Palestinian daily, Al Ayyam. Apparently, the court order came after […]
Muslim Girl Promotes Faith-in-Action Philosophy
By Suzanne Baroud It was a typical blustery, cold evening in Seattle, Washington, the US. The mixture of snow and rain pounded down on our heads and faces as my family and I ran for […]
Hizbullah Commander Assassinated
BEIRUT – The Lebanese resistance movement Hizbullah on Wednesday, February 13, accused Israel of assassinating its military commander Imad Mughnieh in a blast in the Syrian capital Damascus a day earlier. "After a life full […]
Gaza Siege Intensified after Collapse of Natural Gas Deal
By Mark Turner Israel has dramatically intensified its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, stepping up air strikes and shelling of the beleaguered coastal strip. UN officials and human rights advocates warn that Gazans now […]
Book Review: Mission Al-Jazeera
By Jim Miles Mission Al-Jazeera. Josh Rushing. Palgrave MacMillan (St. Martin’s Press). New York, 2007. Just about every day I scan various internet websites to see what is happening in world events. At the bottom […]
Was Dimona Bombing Inevitable?
By Ahmed YousefExclusive The bombing in Dimona on February 5, was the first ‘martyrdom’ operation committed by Hamas for over five years. For some time we have been warning the world that the relentless pressure […]
Israel Claims Iran Building Nuclear Arms
BERLIN – Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, says he is certain Iran is engaged in a secret operation to build nuclear weapons. "We are of the view that the Iranians are continuing to pursue […]
Palestine Chronicle Re-launches: New Features, Fresh Outlook
SEATTLE, Washington/ Anaheim, California (Feb 12, 2008) – A leading progressive online publication, the Palestine Chronicle (www.PalestineChronicle.com) announced Tuesday February 12, the launch of its most professional edition yet, which introduces a new user friendly […]
Bill Maher, Politically Correct
By Michael Nolan HBO’s Bill Maher is a real bad boy, a thorn in the side of traditional America, and if you don’t believe it, just ask him. “I’m out of the mainstream,” he congratulated […]
Western Civilization: A Good Idea
By Ron Forthofer The U.S. corporate mainstream media have done a terrible job covering the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, a catastrophe created by Israeli assassinations, raids and blockade. Here are a few statements that […]
The Arc of Insurgencies
By Uri Avnery A wise person once said: "A fool learns from his experience. An intelligent person learns from the experience of others." To which one could add: "And an idiot does not even learn […]
How the World Sees Muslims
By Aijaz Zaka Syed Looks like the debate on growing India-Israel ties is far from over. I’ve been overwhelmed by the response to the questions I raised in my emotional piece last week (How can […]
British Ministers Stonewall Criticism of Israel
By Stu Littlewood Last week there was a debate on Gaza in the UK Parliament. Very few people turned up. MP Jeremy Corbyn reminded everyone that 36 of the 39 Hamas Palestinian Legislative Council members […]
The Lies of the Murdock Empire
By Stephen Lendman For Big Media, truth is a scare commodity and in times of war it’s the first casualty, or as esteemed journalist John Pilger noted: "Journalism (not truth) is the first casualty (of […]
Starvation as a Method of Warfare
By Hussein Al-Alak In January 2007, the Iraq Solidarity Campaign informed the international community about the damage which the growth of poverty has caused to the children of Iraq, through the much- publicised paper "Western […]
From Stalingrad to Winograd
By Uri Avnery For some days, the country looked like the Place de la Concorde in 1793. The entire public sat expectantly facing the guillotine, waiting for the tumbril to bring the marquis, for the […]
Satire: Advancing the Civilized State
By William A. Cook, PhD There are those who condemn Israel’s siege of Gaza, penning plaintive polemics against the inhumane behavior exhibited by the IDF forces as they seal the inhabitants behind cement walls that […]
Hamas Unfazed by Israeli Power Cuts
GAZA CITY – Gaza has launched dozens of rocket attacks into Israel after a reduction in electric supplies to the strip – the move by Israel to stop the attacks from the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory. Hamas […]
Manufacturing Convenient Realities
By Ramzy Baroud In the competitive world of media today, swift and conveniently selective reporting is of prime importance. Google News, for example, claim to scan 4,500 news sources, of which only a few are […]
Rights Group Says Gaza Fuel Cuts Violate War Law
Israel’s power cuts to the 1.6 million population of the besieged Gaza Strip are not only a collective punishment of civilians but a violation of the law of war, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, […]
Palestinian Art: Knocking on Heaven’s Door
By Christopher Kuhl Cultural Shock and Awe: The first art exhibition by visual artists from Palestine, in the USA. Previously, one never read of Palestinian cultural figures—writers, poets, visual artists or their productions in the […]
Where Are the American Jewish Condemnations?
By Sherri Muzher For years now, I have heard demands that those of us Americans and of Palestinian descent condemn various military actions. And we do because innocents should never pay for the sins of […]
American Glasnost
By Roger H. Lieberman Toward the end of the sixteenth century, the young German astronomer Johannes Kepler was teaching mathematics in the Austrian town of Graz. One afternoon, as the story was recounted by Carl […]
It’s All About Women
By Tariq A. Al-Maeena Two news items, not necessarily unrelated to each other, passed by me this week giving me some cause to pause and ponder. In the first instance, a letter from a professor […]
Orientalism 25 Years Later
By Edward Said Nine years ago I wrote an afterword for Orientalism which, in trying to clarify what I believed I had and had not said, stressed not only the many discussions that had opened […]
Yes, Canada, There is Torture in Israel
By Louis Frankenthaler Israeli Ambassador, Alan Baker recently expressed his indignation over Canada’s listing of Israel as a state that engages in torture in a training manual for diplomats. The ambassador asserts that torture is […]
Book Review: Nuclear Danger
By Jim Miles The Seventh Decade – The New Shape of Nuclear Danger. Jonathan Schell. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. New York, 2007. Humanity is now living through it seventh decade with the threat […]