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Global boycott movement claims victories, arrests

by RAINman on 25. Aug, 2010 in Analysis

Report, The Electronic Intifada, 24 August 2010
This week, the Norwegian government announced that it has divested from two major Israeli companies involved in settlement construction and land theft in the occupied West Bank. Both companies, Africa Israel Investments and its subsidiary, Danya Cebus, are owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, and have been at the [...]

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Pakistan floods raise questions on the future of politics in Pakistan

by RAINman on 25. Aug, 2010 in Analysis

President Zardari announces that the country could take three years to recover from the Pakistan floods. Politicians have been notably absent in Pakistan recently.
By Issam Ahmed
Christian Science Monitor –  August 24, 2010
Lahore, Pakistan – Pakistan’s embattled President Asif Ali Zardari has warned the country could take at least three years to recover from the devastating floods that [...]

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Hurt Feelings and the Ground Zero Mosque

by RAINman on 24. Aug, 2010 in Analysis

Chronology of a Bizarre Controversy
By GARY LEUPP
Counterpunch – August 20 – 22, 2010
Here is the order of events producing this bizarre “controversy.”
2009: A Muslim organization having arranged to purchase an abandoned Burlington Coat factory on Park Place in Lower Manhattan plans to build a 13-story Islamic community center. It will feature a culinary school, conference [...]

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Israel/Palestine and the Apartheid Analogy: Critics, Apologists and Strategic lessons (Part 1)

by RAINman on 24. Aug, 2010 in Analysis

by Ran Greenstein*
I.  Introduction
In the last decade, the notion that the Israeli system of political and military control bears strong resemblance to the apartheid system in South Africa has gained ground.  It is invoked regularly by movements and activists opposed to the 1967 occupation and to various other aspects of Israeli policies vis-à-vis the [...]

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Arabs face increased discrimination at Tel Aviv University

by RAINman on 18. Aug, 2010 in Analysis

Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 17 August 2010
Measures designed to benefit Jewish school-leavers applying for places in Israeli higher education at the cost of their Palestinian Arab counterparts have been criticized by lawyers and human rights groups.
The new initiatives are viewed as part of an ongoing drive by right-wing politicians in Israel to demand [...]

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How Would Iran Respond to US Attack?

by RAINman on 13. Aug, 2010 in Analysis

The Illusion of a ‘limited war’ against Iran

By Mahan Abedin
Guest editorial for Informed Comment
August 12, 2010 “Information Clearing House“ – The frank admission by Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and America’s highest ranking officer, that the U.S. has plans to attack Iran to prevent that country from acquiring nuclear [...]

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Poisoning of Gaza water puts population at risk

by RAINman on 12. Aug, 2010 in Analysis

Report, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Electronic Intifada –  11 August 2010

The signs which dot the beach along the Gaza City waterfront are clear: “THIS BEACH IS POLLUTED,” they read, and yet they seem to serve only as obstacles for children running to the sea rather than warnings to be heeded of the serious [...]

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Pakistan No Obedient Ally

by RAINman on 04. Aug, 2010 in Analysis

WikiLeaks data shows how volatile nation is forced to act against own self interests

By ERIC MARGOLIS, QMI Agency

August 03, 2010 “Toronto Sun” – Information Clearing House
– -WASHINGTON — Release of 92,000 U.S. military field reports from Afghanistan by WikiLeaks has revealed the war’s ugly underbelly and embarrassed the hell out of Washington and [...]

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Daniel Pearl act identifies violations of press freedom globally

by RAINman on 22. Jul, 2010 in Analysis

Daoud Kuttab
Palestine Note – 21 Jul 2010
With little fanfare in Washington, and with few countries in the world noticing, President Barack Obama signed into law an act that will hold governments all around the world accountable for violations of human rights.
The Daniel Pearl Act of 2009, signed into law on May 27, 2010 is [...]

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Who’s aiding Judaisation?

by RAINman on 22. Jul, 2010 in Analysis

By Nicola Nasser*
Since 1860, when the American Jewish tycoon Judah Touro donated $60,000 — a fortune for that time — towards the construction of the first Jewish settlement outside the old walls of Jerusalem, public and private American funds have aided the creation and territorial expansion of Israel. Israel today is the foremost recipient of [...]

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East Afghanistan Sees Taliban as ‘Morally Superior’ to Karzai

by RAINman on 08. Jul, 2010 in Analysis

By Spencer Ackerman
Wired.com – July 6, 2010
The looming security operations — er, “rising tide” — in southern Afghanistan are getting all the attention. But the American-led coalition may be in serious trouble in eastern Afghanistan as well. According to a just-departed U.S. commander in charge of a big chunk of the area, locals in four critical [...]

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Judaizing Jerusalem

by RAINman on 08. Jul, 2010 in Analysis

By Stephen Lendman

Palestine Note – 7 Jul 2010

The Middle East Monitor (MEM) covers significant regional issues and events through its weekly newspaper and reports like Samira Quraishy’s September 2009 Briefing Paper titled, “The Judaization of Jerusalem,” discussing Israel’s “escalating campaign of land seizures, house demolitions and eviction(s) of Palestinians.”
Israeli scholars agree, including Ben-Gurion University [...]

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