A Camp Follower Who Aims to Please: How Anthony Cordesman Proved that “Israel” Fought a Clean War

Sections: By Norman G. Finkelstein Anthony H. Cordesman, a leading military analyst from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, published a “strategic analysis” of the Gaza massacre shortly after it ended. [1] He reaches the remarkable conclusion that “Israel did not violate the laws of war.” The report is based on “briefings in Israeli [...]

Fearing One State Solution, Peres Serves Pabulum to Washington

By Franklin Lamb – Ain el Helwe Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon “Whatever will happen in the future, we shall not repeat the mistakes we made in leaving Gaza.” – Shimon Peres to members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, 2/18/09. “You take my water. Burn my Olive Trees. Destroy my house. [...]

Israeli channel ten insults Jesus and Mary!

Can the Israeli regress any lower than being genocide makers and racists? Apparently they can by attacking religion and making fun of prophets and their mothers. Israelis have no sanctity for human life why should they have it for great people as Jesus and Mary (peace be upon them). Of course they would be against [...]

Chasing mirages in the Middle East

by Hasan Abu Nimah I remember learning at school about the mirage effect. It never struck me as real or possible, but only theory. Later as a young diplomat I drove repeatedly from Amman to Kuwait, via Baghdad. In the endless flat desert, I saw large areas covered with what appeared to be blue, gently [...]

Former Guantanamo camp guard Brandon Neely speaks out

All the Testimony of Spc. Brandon Neely Sections: One day, while on duty at Camp X-Ray, I was assigned to escorting duties. I was at the very back of the camp. There was like a big shed there. This was also where the IRF team was stationed at until called upon. On this day the [...]

Lab tests verify white phosphorus in Gaza soil

Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Laboratory tests conducted by a Turkish university on Gaza soil have confirmed the use of phosphorus bombs by Israel in the coastal sliver. Istanbul’s Yildiz Technical University conducted the tests on soil transferred by the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (MAZLUM-DER). The tests yielded results confirming the [...]

Tyrants have similar characteristics

I noticed that tyrants tend to have characteristics that are similar to each other. It seems when humans gain power and then abuse it manifests itself in certain ways. The following are ayat (verses) from the Qur’an about the story of Pharaoh and prophet Musa (Moses) (peace be upon him), it shows some of these [...]

“Israel” Braces for Wave of Lawsuits

By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, Feb 17 (IPS) – Israel is bracing for a wave of lawsuits accusing the Jewish state of substantial human rights violations during its 22-day military assault on Gaza which left more than 1,300 Palestinians dead and nearly 5,000 wounded, more than half of them civilian. The International Committee of the Red [...]

Criminalising Resistance

Following yesterday’s article on the criminalisation of dissent by Seumas Milne  in The Guardian , The Guardian today reveals that the Government’s new ‘counterterrorism’ strategy due next month called Contest 2 will define as ‘extremist’ anyone who believes in ‘armed resistance, anywhere in the world. This would include armed resistance by Palestinians against the Israeli [...]

Challenging Zionist Indoctrination: Birthright Israel “Unplugged”

Tuesday February 17, 2009 16:30 by Corey Balsam – AIC There are few international educational trips that can boast a higher participant rate. In just under 10 years, Birthright Israel has flown over 200, 000 young Jews to Israel for a 10 day adventure of touring, partying and a good dose of Zionist indoctrination. Despite [...]

Rebuilding the Islamic University of Gaza

Akram Habeeb and Marcy Newman, The Electronic Intifada, 16 February 2009 Since Israel’s bombing of the buildings housing scientific laboratories at the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) on 28 December, the rubble that remains debunks Israeli claims that those labs were used to manufacture weapons. Of course such allegations are preposterous; indeed it would be [...]

Avoiding conflict…

Yesterday I listened to someone who made me feel serene in these tough times of conflict and economic crisis. There aren’t many things in the world that can do that with the stresses and chaotic world we live in. He emphasized the basic commonality between us all, humanity. He also focused the most on monotheistic [...]

“Israel” intends to use the unlawful combatant law against Gaza POWs

GAZA, (PIC)– The PA ministry of prisoners’ affairs in Gaza said on Monday that Israel intends to use the law of “unlawful combatant” against more than 200 civilians kidnapped during its war on the Gaza Strip whose fate and whereabouts are still unknown and concealed by the IOA. In a statement received by the PIC, [...]

Chris Hedges condemns Israeli Gaza Massacre

Jewish editor sacked for publishing an article by an anti-Zionist Jew

This article was published in 2001 but it is still a reflection of what is happening in Palestine. This article was sent to Debbie Ducro, a American-Jewish journalist with the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle. She published it, and was fired the next day. Quest for justice By Judith Stone I am a Jew. I was [...]