By Mutasem Awad and Hiyam Noir November 20, 2011 Richard Goldstone’s op-ed published for New York Times and dated October 31 2011, with the offensively noticeable title: “Israeland the Apartheid Slander”, astounded us because of the fallacies, aimed at blurring the truth and to justify the policies pursued by the Israeli occupation for [...]
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Video: Brutal eviction of Palestinian family in Jaffa caught on tape
by Kate Mondoweiss October 6, 2011 JPost 6 Oct — An Israeli-Arab family from Jaffa said Thursday they plan to file a lawsuit against the police, after officers used what appears to be excessive force to evict them from a south Tel Aviv house they were squatting in on Tuesday. In an amateur [...]
Middle East Empire: The Prequel (Book Review)
by Leon Hadar Leon Hadar is the author of Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East. The American Conservative September 29, 2011 The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Jonathan Schneer, Random House, 464 pages Good morningAmerica! It’s a new day in the Middle East as the Arab Spring—now the [...]
Robert Fisk: A President who is helpless in the face of Middle East reality
Obama’s UN speech insists Israelis and Palestinians are equal parties to conflict The Independent Friday, 23 September 2011 Today should be Mahmoud Abbas’s finest hour. Even The New York Times has discovered that “a grey man of grey suits and sensible shoes, may be slowly emerging from his shadow”. But this is [...]
Top media ethics expert: Times’ Ethan Bronner is in ‘very dicey ethical territory’
by Max Blumenthal Mondoweiss on September 15, 2011 Yesterday I reported for the Columbia Journalism Review that New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Ethan Bronner is on the speaker’s bureau of Lone Star Communications, an Israeli public relations firm that pitches him stories. Bronner has provided extensive coverage to several of the firm’s [...]
Arab Sources: Bishara on Palestine’s UN bid
by Simone Daud Mondoweiss on September 16, 2011 Azmi Bishara has emerged as the Arab world’s leading political analyst. A few years ago he anticipated thatTunisiawould be the first Arab dictatorship to face a democratic revolution. His nightly coverage of the Arab uprisings on al-Jazeera has not only been intelligent and accurate, it [...]
Mabrouk! Israel to launch its first Arab satellite TV station
Pilots have also been shot for a current events program, a children’s show, and series for young people that will begin with a competition to choose young hosts for the shows. By Gili Izikovich Haaretz Tue, September 13, 2011 The Hala TV group was granted a license yesterday to operate an Arabic-language cable [...]
(Video) Noam Chomsky : Hegemonic Powers Show Extreme Contempt For Democracy
Chomsky: ‘As long they get the backing of dictators, it doesn’t matter to western governments what Arab populations think’ – video The 19th century … 2001 … today. Noam Chomsky sees hegemonic powers showing extreme contempt for democracy – and acting in ways they know will increase terrorism The Guardian September 01, 2011 [...]
