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Bringing Palestinian Justice to Canadian Courts
Typical activity in Bi’lin, PalestinePalestinian village sues Canadian contractorsBy Zosia Bielski / July 10, 2008 They Want Their Land The Palestinian village of Bil’in in Israel’s Occupied West Bank has launched a lawsuit against two Canadian construction companies accusing them … Continue reading
The Uniqueness of Israel’s Democracy
Mohammed OmerFrom Triumph to TortureBy John Pilger / July 03, 2008 Israel’s treatment of an award-winning young Palestinian journalist is part of a terrible pattern Two weeks ago, I presented a young Palestinian, Mohammed Omer, with the 2008 Martha Gellhorn … Continue reading
Tutu Visits Scene of Massacre; Calls For End to Blockade
Archbishop Desmond Tutu To try this out I googled “Desmond Tutu Gaza” and sure enough I got not one U.S. media hit. Democracy Now! radio had something but no newspaper at all. I went to the New York Times web … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Desmond Tutu, Israel, Journalism, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian Blockade, Peace Movement, Religion
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Zbigniew Brzezinski on Israel and Palestine
Zbigniew Brzezinski has been accused of being ‘anti-Israel’ by some Jewish academics, writers and bloggers.Barack Obama supporter accuses Jewish lobby members of McCarthyismBy Alex Spillius A foreign policy expert consulted by Senator Barack Obama, the leading contender for the Democratic … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Semitism, Israel, Middle East, Obama, Palestine, Presidential Campaign
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Robert Fisk on Junior’s Words in Israel
Photo by Michael TottenSo Just Where Does the Madness End?All the monsters buried in the mass graves of the civil war have been dug upby Robert Fisk / May 17, 2008 I am not sure what was the worse part … Continue reading
Witnessing a Terrible Human Rights Crime in Gaza
A Human Rights CrimeBy Jimmy Carter / May 8, 2008 The world must stop standing idle while the people of Gaza are treated with such cruelty The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million … Continue reading
Arabs in Israel : Still Strangers in a Strange Land
Abu Abed, 84, returned recently to what remains of Hittin, the former Arab village in northern Israel where he was born. He fled with his family in 1948. Photo by Rina Castelnuovo/NYTAfter 60 Years, Arabs in Israel Are OutsidersBy Ethan … Continue reading
Endlessly Banging Our Heads Against History
Raw sewage in the GazaIsrael is suppressing a secret it must faceBy Johann Hari / April 28, 2008 How did a Jewish state founded 60 years ago end up throwing filth at cowering Palestinians? When you hit your 60th birthday, … Continue reading
John McCain – How Absurd Can It Get?
John McCain’s Serious Foreign PolicyBy Glenn Greenwald / April 26, 2008 John McCain was on a conference call with right-wing bloggers yesterday and boasted: I think that people should understand that I will be Hamas’s worst nightmare. What possible reason … Continue reading
The Time Has Come to Turn a New Page
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter greets Nepalis during his visit to a polling station as an election observer, in Katmandu Nepal, Thursday, April 10, 2008.Uri Avnery congratulates Carter for decision to meet with Hamas leaders Tel-Aviv / April 13, 2008 … Continue reading
"Not You! You!!!"
Tibet and PalestineBy Uri Avnery [Uri Avnery is an Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom. He is a contributor to CounterPunch’s book The Politics of Anti-Semitism.] “Hey! Take your hands off me! Not you! You!!!”–the voice of a … Continue reading
The Killing of Civilians Has to Stop, on Both Sides
Bare survival is now a way of life for Gaza’s children Gaza’s Crushed Childhoodsby Queen Rania Al Abdullah Ayman is a soft-spoken 14-year-old boy in Jabalia City, Gaza. His family is poor, and his parents have already sold almost all … Continue reading
