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The Goldstone Commission on Gaza

By Shafiq Morton – Cape Town When the most recent Goldstone Commission, appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, announced its intentions to probe human rights violations and the possibility of war crimes during […]

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Matter of the Heart

By Uri Avnery Every German child knows the story of the Captain of Koepenick. The scene is 1908 Germany, with the Second Reich at the peak of its power, ruled by a Kaiser who is […]

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After America

By Jim Miles After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age. Paul Starobin. Viking (Penguin), New York, 2009. After a half decade of books on the ‘American empire’ and many more on the politics, military, religion, […]

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Still Avoiding Clash with Israel

By George S. Hishmeh Why are Barak Obama and his senior colleagues in the US administration weak kneed in confronting Israeli shenanigans, whether over Israeli colonialist policies in the occupied Palestinian territories or its regional […]

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Zionist Tactics Condemned in France

Crowds in Paris protesting an attack on a French bookstore have called on officials to dismantle the allegedly responsible Jewish militant group. Four members of the Jewish Defense League were arrested on Sunday for breaking […]

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The Two-State Solution, Israeli-Style

By Jonathan Cook – Ramallah Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has been much criticized in Israel, as well as abroad, for failing to present his own diplomatic initiative on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to forestall US […]

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Reawakening Ghosts of Ayodhya

By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Hyderabad One is not sure what had been the context of William Gladstone’s prophetic warning that justice delayed is justice denied. But it’s as though the British politician had India’s […]

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US Agrees to Settlement Building: Maariv

The Obama administration has reportedly back-down on its earlier demand for a full freeze of Jewish settlement activities, allowing Israel to continue building 2500 settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories and linking the freeze […]

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Israel Takes War on Iran Underground

Israeli intelligence services are trying to sabotage Iran’s military and nuclear programs through tainted equipment and cyber attacks, a recent report says. Israeli officials, weary of Iran’s achievements in the nuclear field, have turned to […]

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Al Franken, Chickenhawk

By Anthony Gregory I used to love Franken on Saturday Night Live. Although his Stuart Smally character got old very quickly, he did a wonderful Paul Tsongas impression. I’d link to an example on YouTube, […]

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France Risks Return to Old Europe

By Belen Fernandez A June 23 article in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera entitled "Berlusconi: ‘Rapporti con Iran? Solo se condivisi con Usa e Israele’" registers the Italian premier’s pledge to tailor his country’s […]