The press’s failure to call waterboarding torture impedes honest discussion of the darkest years of the Bush presidency Dan Kennedy guardian.co.uk – 6 July 2010 On 18 September 1945, barely a month after the Japanese surrender had brought second world war to a close, a sickening story appeared on page two of the New York [...]
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For Netanyahu, to Freeze or Not to Freeze is the Question
by Joharah Baker Media Monitors Network – Tuesday, July 6, 2010 A follow-up to this article will certainly be written after September 25, the cutoff date for the end of the Israeli government’s so-called moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank. For now, however, the question is whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will [...]
Castro: Finding out the truth in time
(Taken from CubaDebate) By Fidel Castro Information Clearing House – June 29, 2010 “Granma” — When I was writing one of my previous reflections, as a disaster for humanity was rapidly approaching, my greatest concern was to fulfill the elemental duty of informing our people. Today I feel calmer than 26 days ago. As things [...]
National unity remains elusive under occupation
Rami Almeghari writing from occupied Gaza Strip Electronic Intifada – 24 June 2010 During his recent visit to the Gaza Strip, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa received from Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas a memorandum putting forward Hamas’ terms for signing an Egyptian-brokered reconciliation deal with its rival US-backed Fatah. Dr. Ahmad Yousef, [...]
Yvonne Ridley: US Fear Factory Kills Free Speech
Information Clearing House – June 22, 2010 America is still embarrassed by the infamous McCarthy Hearings which ruined the lives of thousands of innocents during the Fifties. Anyone then, suspected of being linked to communism was arrested, interrogated and either imprisoned or forced to give names of others suspected of communist tendencies. And so the fear [...]
Netanyahu’s psychiatrist commits suicide
by Bouthaina Shaaban Media Monitors Network – June 23, 2010 In the context of reactions to the crime Israel committed when it killed in cold blood nine international peace activists, former Spanish prime minister, José Maria Aznar, wrote in the London Times (June 17, 2010) an article under the headline “Support Israel: if it goes down, [...]
The neocon fantasy of an Iranian revolution
By Fareed Zakaria Washington Post – June 21, 2010 As Barack Obama goes through one of his most difficult periods as president, you might wonder what it would have been like if the other guy had won. We will never know, of course, but in one area John McCain provides us with some clues. He [...]
Prof. Stephen M. Walt: Defending the indefensible: a how-to guide
Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University. FOREIGN POLICY Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Powerful states often do bad things. When they do, government officials and sympathizers inevitably try to defend their conduct, even when those actions are clearly wrong or obviously counterproductive. This is called being [...]
Robert Fisk: The Truth Behind the Israeli Propaganda
Independent - June 5, 2010 I have, of course, been outraged at armed men boarding ships in international waters, killing passengers on board who attempt to resist and then forcing their ship to the hijackers’ home port. I am, of course, talking about the Somali pirates who are preying on Western ships in the Indian Ocean. [...]
After Throwing Shoes at Bush, Where Is al-Zaidi Now?
By David Swanson Scoop Independent News – 2 June 2010 Muntadhar al-Zaidi famously threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in December 2008, kicking off a stream of shoe-throwing protests around Iraq and the world. He then spent nine months in jail. TheRealNews.com has now posted a four-part video interview in which al-Zaidi reveals, to [...]
Neve Gordon: Pirates in the Mediterranean
The Nation – June 1, 2010 “Why didn’t they greet us with muffins and orange juice?” was my friend’s facetious question after listening all morning to the Israeli media’s coverage of the assault on the relief flotilla heading for Gaza, the navy assault that left nine citizens dead and many more wounded. Like a group [...]
Mark Steel: Of course, they were asking for it
The Independent – Wednesday, 2 June 2010 It’s time the Israeli government’s PR team made the most of its talents, and became available for hire. Then whenever a nutcase marched into a shopping mall in somewhere like Wisconsin and gunned down a selection of passers-by, they could be on hand to tell the world’s press [...]
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