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 its [...]
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Daniel Pearl act identifies violations of press freedom globally
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, [...]
Who’s aiding Judaisation?
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 [...]
East Afghanistan Sees Taliban as ‘Morally Superior’ to Karzai
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 [...]
Judaizing Jerusalem
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 [...]
Turkey, the new emerging regional power
by Seyfuddin Kara Seyfuddin Kara, a free-lance writer, gets featured on Media Monitors Network (MMN) with the courtesy of Crescent International. Media Monitors Network – July 8, 2010 No one could have imagined that an ordinary passenger ship would have such a dramatic impact on Middle East politics. Until it became the leading ship of [...]
American Opinion On Israel – And The Congress’s
By Andrew Sullivan Information Clearing House – July 06, 2010 “The Atlantic” — Frank Luntz’s focus-group assessment of US reaction to the assault on the Mavi Marmara is striking. Some of the Israeli propaganda is simply not working. Take, for example, Charles Krauthammer’s claim that “there is a larger issue here. What exactly is the [...]
The deceptive rhetoric of “Invest for Peace”
Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 6 July 2010 The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is gaining significant momentum cross the United States and Europe, including at US campuses. In response, opposition to the movement is devising new ways to divert attention from efforts to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law and [...]
Iraq looks to spectacular oil boom to revive its political fortunes
What is being called the great Iraqi oil rush has gained momentum in the wake of BP’s Gulf of Mexico disaster By Patrick Cockburn The Independent – Thursday, 1 July 2010 The map of the world’s main energy suppliers is about to change as Iraq’s oil output quadruples over the next 10 years according to [...]
Jerusalem politicians face expulsion :: Israel creating loyalty test, warn lawyers ::
by Jonathan Cook Media Monitors Network – Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Israeli human-rights groups and Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, have condemned a decision by Israel to expel four Palestinian politicians from East Jerusalem by the end of this week. The Israeli government revoked their residency rights in Jerusalem a few weeks [...]
Israel’s ‘unspoken alliance’
By Laila El-Haddad Al Jazeera English – 28 June 2010 Sasha Polakow-Suransky, a senior editor at Foreign Affairs, poured through 7,000 pages of never-before-seen classified South African documents while researching his book, Israel’s Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa. In it, he relays the minutes and details of conversations between top level officials on both [...]
More of the Same Promised in Petraeus’ Afghanistan
Reassurances from All Parties that McChrystal Plan Will Remain in Place by Jason Ditz Antiwar.com – June 23, 2010 Having unceremoniously dismissed of Gen. Stanley McChrystal just one year after installing him as the commander and public face of the Obama Administration’s favorite war, the President has brought in a “new” general, but all parties involved [...]
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