Tag Archives: Middle East

Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 3

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Then Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, left, meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on March 19, 2006 in Gaza City. Haniya continues to function as Prime Minister, despite having been dismissed by Abbas the next year. Photo from … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 2

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A graffiti artist paints the face of a Palestinian child on a wall in Beirut, Lebanon. Image from EPA.Part 2: Breaking the blockadeIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 1

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

President Barack Obama walkd with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Oval Office at the White House Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP.Part 1: Change is in the windIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Gaza Flotilla as Exodus ’47 Revisited

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

SS Exodus 1947 after British takever. Banner says “HAGANAH Ship EXODUS 1947.” Image from Wikimedia Commons.Is the Gaza flotilla story‘Exodus ’47’ with roles reversed? By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / June 8, 2010 See ‘Kill a Turk … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : The U.S. Must Stop Israel’s Drunk Driving

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Peace World Journal.Don’t let your friends drive drunk:U.S. must do more than wring its hands By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / March 18, 2010 “Cursed be he who moves back his neighbor’s territory-marker. And all … Continue reading →

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A History of Relations with Iran

Posted on February 27, 2010 by RagBlog

Mohammad Mosaddeq (1882-1967), Iranian Prime Minister and a major political figure in the modern history of Iran. This photograph was taken ca 1965 in Ahmadabad, Iran.Accusing Iran; Ignoring history By Ted Snider / February 26, 2010 Did Hillary Clinton seriously … Continue reading →

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David McReynolds : Gaza ‘Footnotes’ and Israel’s Legacy

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“The people were afraid. There was no shouting there. No screaming.” Families look for their relatives after a massacre in the Gaza Strip in 1956. Illustration from Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco.Times’ review of graphic novel suggestsshifting attitude towards … Continue reading →

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Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn : Gaza Freedom Marchers Clubbed by Cairo Cops

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cairo riot police confront Gaza Freedom March. Top photo from AP. Bottom photo by Brandon Delyzer from rabble.ca.Gaza Freedom March:Lively demonstration at the Egyptian Museum By Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn / The Rag Blog / January 1, 2010 Also … Continue reading →

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Bernardine Dohrn : Gaza Freedom March: Reimagining Change

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

UPDATE: See ‘Gaza Freedom march converges on Midan Tahrir,’ Below. Above, photo from Palestine Chronicle / Aljazeera. Below, holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein, center, and Gaza Freedom March activists in Cairo Tuesday. Photo by Amr Nabil / AP / Christian Science … Continue reading →

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UT-Austin’s Kuperman : Bomb Iran’s Nukes

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Crusader Rabbit.UT non-proliferation ‘expert’ calls forMilitary strikes against Iran nuclear facilities [Alan J. Kuperman is] ‘director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas at Austin,’ but his Christmas eve call to war relies on … Continue reading →

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Tiger Woods : It’s How You Play the Game

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from Reuters.Slave labor and toxic dumping:Tiger Woods and his corporate partners This is business as usual for Woods who would sooner swallow a five-iron than take anything resembling a political stand. By Dave Zirin / December 1, 2009 During … Continue reading →

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Israel and Iran : A Countdown to Tragedy?

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

During Iranian street demonstrations this summer a protester displays a photo of Mohammed Mossadegh, deposed by the Americans and the British in 1953 and replaced with the much-hated Shah Reza Pahlavi. Photo posted on Daily Kos, June 19, 2009. Who … Continue reading →

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