Israel, Yemen, the Gold Watch and Everything!

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

WRITTEN BY Keith Johnson The fingerprints of Israel’s meddling are all over the place in Yemen. And you better believe that we’ll be hearing a lot more about Yemeni connections to all manner of atrocities committed in the name of “Allah” against the United States. Israel will make darn sure of ...

Fawaz A. Gerges – The Transformation of Hamas

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

From The Nation – WRITTEN BY FAWAZ A GERGES Something is stirring within the Hamas body politic, a moderating trend that, if nourished and engaged, could transform Palestinian politics and the Arab-Israeli peace process. There are unmistakable signs that the religiously based radical movement has subtly changed its uncompromising posture on ...

Nonviolent protest continues across Iran as people chant : "Referendum, referendum, this is the people’s slogan".

Friday, February 12th, 2010

WRITTEN BY: Mozhgan Savabieasfahani The coup d'etat government of Iran must step down and the constitution must be rewritten according to the wishes of the people. That is what the people of Iran are demanding on the 31st anniversary of their 1979 revolution. For the eighth straight month, hundreds and thousands of ...

Ramzy Baroud – Gaza and Lebanon: Beware the Iron Wall, the Coming War

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Yossi Peled The Israeli military may be much less effective in winning wars than it was in the past, thanks to the stiffness of Arab resistance. But its military strategists are as shrewd and unpredictable as ever. The recent rhetoric that has escalated from Israel suggests that a future war in ...

Haniyeh – Inter-Palestinian reconciliation, Arab Unity, strategic choice and national need

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya on Friday called for having a new Arab strategy based on the rehabilitation of the historic axis of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria in order to create a kind of power of balance in the face of Israel.   During the weekly Friday khutba (sermon), Haneyya ...

Why Iran’s is a ‘regime’ and Afghanistan’s a ‘government’?

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

 WRITTEN BY: Grupo Antimilitarista Tortuga (Alicante, Spain) Translated by Ana Atienza, Revised by David Brookbank (Tlaxcala)  If we paid attention to the terminology used by the mass media to refer to certain issues, perhaps we would learn more than a few lessons about the interests behind those media and the subterfuges they ...

Obama bombs Yemen again, as he claims to stand "with those who seek their universal rights."

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

WRITTEN BY Mozhgan Savabieasfahani What a charade!  I learned the word "charade " from my Texan English teacher in Teheran long ago.  I later found out she was the wife of a U.S. military advisor for the Shah's puppet regime. I still remember my teacher's meticulous attention to English pronunciation and her glittering diamonds.  ...

Egypt Approves Gaza Freedom March Passage, Viva Palestina Blunders Paperwork and Blames Egypt

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

In a press conference conducted earlier this evening, the Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced some threats, warnings, surprises as well as some good news. The press conference that aired on Egyptian official TV a few hours ago was boiling with Aboul Gheit's very firm and angry answers to ...

Obama and Suleiman: Forget the Rhetoric – Let the Face and the Money tell the Story

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

 WRITTEN BY BRENDA HEARD  On 14 December 2009 Lebanese President Michel Suleiman met with US President Barack Obama in Washington.  The photo above gives an idea of the underlying tension.  You can read the full transcript of their public meeting here and watch it on video here.  Obama gets the conversation ...

Jeff Blankfort – What the U.S. Elite Really Thinks About Israel

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

The Council on Foreign Relations is always near the top of the Left's list of bogeymen that stand accused of pulling the strings of US foreign policy. It is right up there with the Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral Commission, right? Wrong. If that was the case,  those arguing that US support for Israel ...