March 17th, 2010 | by Jesse Bacon By Jesse Bacon The United States and Israel are having a lovers’ quarrel, between grotesquely overprivileged and dysfunctional lovers at that. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters The decision of Israel to announce new construction in Occupied East Jerusalem during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden was met with disbelief and rueful humor. For … [Read more...] about Biden’s “Insulted,” What About Palestinians?
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After Seven Years: Iraq War “Forgotten”
DAHLIA WASFI, info@liberatethis.com, http://liberatethis.com Born in New York to an American Jewish mother (daughter of Holocaust survivors) and an Iraqi Muslim father, Wasfi has a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She spent three months in Iraq with her family in 2006. She has been speaking against the occupation since 2004. She is … [Read more...] about After Seven Years: Iraq War “Forgotten”
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【パレ スチナ／イスラエル関連のイベント情報】 アル・ガド パレスチナ／イスラエル関連を中心としたイベント、テレビ番組、書籍、映画などの情報メモ 【パレ スチナ関連の主なブログ】 P-navi info 『パレスチナ・ナビ』管理人によるミニ情報、速報＆コラム（パレスチナ・ナビ）<!-- 中東の言語問題と文学の今後を考えるページ 「イスラエル／パレスチナの言語ポリティクスとアラブ文学を中心にイスラエル（歴史的パレスチナ）北部の町ハイファから発信しています」 --><!-- 浅井久仁臣『今日の中東』 「1971年のパレスチナ初取材から、30有余年パレスチナ問題を見続けてきた独自の視点をお届けします」 -->つつがある日々 主にガザの日常生活が書かれています。パレスチナに関する記述は、2005 年 4月 24日 … [Read more...] about パレスチナ・アーカイブス
Dueling Demagogues At Durban 2
By Moshe Yaroni Virtually everything that emerged from the Durban II conference in Geneva was overwhelmed by the vile words of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Though some intrepid folks, like the amazing Cecilie Surasky of Muzzlewatch, tried to get the word out about everything that was going on at the conference, most of the attention remained on the issue of Israel and ignored … [Read more...] about Dueling Demagogues At Durban 2
Are leading Democrats Afraid of a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Torture?
by Jeremy ScahillPublished on Friday, April 24, 2009 by RebelReports There are not exactly throngs of Democratic Congressmembers beating down the doors of the Justice Department demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder appoint a special Independent Prosecutor to investigate torture and other crimes. And now it seems that whatever Congress does in the near term won't even be … [Read more...] about Are leading Democrats Afraid of a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Torture?