The intention of the proposed new Basic Law that would define Israel as ‘the national home for the Jewish people’ is to deny the natural rights of Israel’s Arab citizens. By Salman Masalha Haaretz Wed, August 10, 2011 MK Avi Dichter (Kadima) sponsored, along with 40 other MKs from various parties, a [...]
Robert Fisk: Once untouchable, the old despot and his sons faced the wrath of the nation they had terrorised
by RAINman on 05. Aug, 2011 in Newsletter Links
This was a moment when a country proved not only that its revolution was real, but that its victims were real Independent Thursday, 4 August 2011 Just when the Arab dictators desperately need to drink the secure, cool waters of an Arab summer, along came the Egyptians yesterday to poison the well. Deep [...]
Robert Fisk: Egypt awaits first trial of an Arab Spring dictator
by RAINman on 04. Aug, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Former president Hosni Mubarak is charged with corruption and the killing of protesters The Independent Wednesday, 3 August 2011 We shall not speak his name. Along the road to his trial – if it actually takes place – are rows of watermelon stands, vast green hard-skinned “batiqs” piled on top of each other on [...]
Robert Fisk: Egypt’s revolutionary youth are being sidelined
by RAINman on 03. Aug, 2011 in Newsletter Links
The Independent Tuesday, 2 August 2011 Revolution betrayed. The Egyptian army now colludes with the hated Muslim Brotherhood to bring you – well, a new Egypt that looks much like the old one, cleansed of Mubarak and most (not all) of his henchmen, but with the Army’s corrupt privileges (housing, complexes, banks, etc) safely [...]
Bitter Divides Persist Below Bahrain’s Relatively Calm Surface
by RAINman on 22. Jul, 2011 in Newsletter Links
by Barbara Slavin Antiwar Forum (Inter Press Service) July 21, 2011 When Bahraini ambassador Houda Ezra Nonoo arrived in Washington three years ago, she was greeted as the representative of a close U.S. ally with a reputation for more openness and tolerance than most Gulf nations. Nonoo was also a novelty as a woman representing [...]
U.S. Standing Plunges Across Arab World
by RAINman on 15. Jul, 2011 in Newsletter Links
By Naseema Noor and Jim Lobe* Jim Lobe’s blog on U.S. foreign policy can be read at http://www.lobelog.com. IPS July 14, 2011 WASHINGTON, The United States’ popularity in the Arab world has plummeted to levels lower than the last year of the George W. Bush administration, according to a new survey of public opinion in [...]
The Super Rich Sabotage the Arab Revolutions
by RAINman on 06. Jul, 2011 in Newsletter Links
The Super Rich Sabotage the Arab Revolutions By Shamus Cooke Shamus Cooke is a social service worker, trade unionist, and writer for Workers Action ( www.workerscompass.org ). He can be reached at shamuscook@yahoo.com Information Clearing House July 02, 2011 With revolutions sweeping the Arab world and bubbling-up across Europe, aging tyrants or discredited governments are doing [...]
Chomsky: ”The West Is Terrified of Arabic Democracies”
by RAINman on 24. Jun, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Chomsky: ”The West Is Terrified of Arabic Democracies” Noam Chomsky is one of the major intellectuals of our time. The eighty-two-year-old American linguist, philosopher and activist is a severe critic of US foreign and economic policy. Ceyda Nurtsch talked to him about the Arabic spring in its global context June 22, 2011 Mr. Chomsky, [...]
U.S. conducting ‘mass surveillance’ against Arab world: report
by RAINman on 24. Jun, 2011 in Newsletter Links
U.S. conducting ‘mass surveillance’ against Arab world: report By David Edwards RAW Story Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 The former self-appointed spokesman for the collective of hacktivists known as “Anonymous” revealed Tuesday what he called a massive U.S spying program against the Arab world. In an email to about a dozen journalists, Barrett Brown said [...]
Bilderberg: world’s fate sealed behind closed doors
by RAINman on 14. Jun, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Bilderberg: world’s fate sealed behind closed doors RT Published: 10 June, 2011, 09:00 The Bilderberg Group, an invitation-only meeting of the world’s most powerful people, is taking place in Switzerland. Just what the political insiders, media moguls and industry magnates will actually discuss, remains top secret. This year the Bilderberg Group has occupied the grand [...]
Israel Prevents Jerusalem Mufti From Traveling To Jordan
by RAINman on 14. Jun, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Israel Prevents Jerusalem Mufti From Traveling To Jordan by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Sunday June 12, 2011 01:43 The Israeli Authorities prevented Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the Imam of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, from travelling to Jordan to participate in a conference in Jordan. [...]
Turki al-Faisal: Failed favoritism toward Israel
by RAINman on 14. Jun, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Turki al-Faisal: Failed favoritism toward Israel such strong words in support of the Palestinians?! has this anything to do with the Arab Spring? The writer is chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies in Riyadh. He was Saudi intelligence chief from 1977 to 2001 and ambassador to the United States [...]
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