Tag Archives: international community

The Massive Palestinian Hunger Strike: Traveling below the Western Radar

Richard Falk

Can anyone doubt that if there were more than 1300 hunger strikers in any country in the world other than Palestine, the media in the West would be obsessed with the story?  It would be featured day after day, and reported on… Continue reading

Posted on May 2, 2012 by FG

One state solution featured on NPR and in Carter ‘IHT’ Op-Ed

Adam Horowitz

As the possibility of a two-state solution fades into the horizon (cue the flatline), the discussion of alternatives continues to expand. Building off last month’s One State conference at Harvard, NPR‘s Morning Edition featured a story… Continue reading

Posted on April 12, 2012 by FG

Hasbara in 1988: ‘despite difficulties, South Africa is a vital, progressive state with much to admire’

Phan Nguyen

First of an ongoing series by Phan Nguyen on the use of the apartheid analogy. Defenders of South African apartheid said blacks were doing better there than in other African countries and South Africa was… Continue reading

Posted on April 9, 2012 by FG

The Ghost and the Machine: Drone Warfare and Accountability

Kathy Kelly and Afghan Youth Peace

Fazillah, age 25, lives in Maidan Shar, the central city of Afghanistan’s Wardak province.  She married about six years ago, and gave birth to a son, Aymal, who just turned five without a father. Fazillah tells her son… Continue reading

Posted on February 29, 2012 by FG

US WikiLeaks Soldier Manning Court-Martialed

The Voice of America (VOA)

The U.S. Army has ordered a court-martial for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged with passing classified documents to WikiLeaks.

A military spokeswoman said Friday the Army approved a recommendation that Private First Class Bradley Manning stand trial. A date for the trial… Continue reading

Posted on February 5, 2012 by FG

The Afghan Dust is Settling

A Sourcebook on Media Censorship in America

Book Review of Project Censored’s Censored 2012

Dr. Paul W. Rea

Even more than its predecessors, Censored 2012 makes for highly engaging and informative reading. This collection is a well mixed bag containing much that we need to know… Continue reading

Posted on January 21, 2012 by FG

IOA interview with Haneen Zoabi: Challenge Zionism; demand equality and co-existence

Jonathan Cook

The Israeli Occupation Archive – 14 Jan 2012

Haneen Zoabi is a Palestinian member of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset.  A member of the Balad party (the National Democratic Assembly), she has served as a Member of Knesset (MK) since

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Posted on January 16, 2012 by FG

A.I.P.A.C.

Persuading Americans to break the law?

Clive Hambidge

Habituation writes James Austin M.D “means that repeated stimuli yield a decreasing response.” Conversely and importantly he goes on, “Sensitization implies that responses increase when stronger stimuli are repeated.” For in this understanding, “we are addressing the… Continue reading

Posted on January 15, 2012 by FG

Afghan solutions for Afghan women

Lael A. Mohib

Audiences around the world were horrified to see the image of Bibi Aisha, a young Afghan girl whose nose had been cut off by her husband and his family, on the cover of an August 2010 issue of TIME Magazine. Western media outlets… Continue reading

Posted on January 15, 2012 by FG

American Presidents: Romancing A Stone

An American past in an Israeli future for an ever present and brutal occupation

Clive Hambidge

Happy Christmas Mr President or may I call you Barack this Yule Tide? As you know “Christmas is the day that holds all time together” (Alexander Smith)

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Posted on January 11, 2012 by FG

The road map to the Afghan endgame

Pepe Escobar

Once upon a time they favoured Dubai – their smuggling Mecca. Now the Taliban go-to destination of choice will be Doha.

So the Taliban will open a political office in Qatar to be engaged in negotiations “with the international community”, according to Taliban… Continue reading

Posted on January 8, 2012 by FG

Obama Avoids Alignment With Israel Against Iran

 Analysis

Gareth Porter

WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (IPS) – President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are engaged in intense maneuvering over Netanyahu’s aim of entangling the United States in an Israeli war against Iran.

Netanyahu is exploiting the extraordinary influence his right-wing… Continue reading

Posted on January 6, 2012 by FG

Gaza: Remembering Cast Lead

Stephen Lendman

December 27 marks the third anniversary of Israel’s lawless war on Gaza. Without provocation, three weeks of terror bombing and invasion devastated the Strip.

Missiles, bombs, shells, and illegal weapons were used against defenseless people. Mass slaughter and destruction followed.

Brazen crimes of

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Posted on December 28, 2011 by soraya

Silence is Complicity in Assassinating Humanity

Dr Rachael Rudolph

Human rights bodies have consistently warned states that their actions must conform to and operate within the boundaries of existing international legal frameworks and obligations, especially concerning the use of torture, summary executions and other acts that violate human rights… Continue reading

Posted on November 16, 2011 by FG