Who Did Hariri´s Assassination Benefit?

by Yusuf Fernández, Al Manar An important question about Rafiq Hariri´s assassination, which sometimes is concealed by other questions, is “why”. Although some few ones in Lebanon, for purely political reasons, have played down the significance of Sayyed Nasrallah´s revelations, most Lebanese (about 70%, according to the polls) have understood the importance of this evidence. [...]

“Israel” and the Rise of Ultra-Semitism

    by M. Junaid Levesque-Alam, source A prominent Israeli rabbi whose party shares power in the Netanyahu government called for the extermination of Arabs in a recent sermon. The 89-year-old Ovadia Yosef urged God to strike “these Ishmaelites and Palestinians with a plague; these evil haters of Israel.” He then singled out the Palestinian [...]

Israeli Activity Near Lebanon Border; Mizrahi Predicts Major War Next Year

by Mohamad Shmaysani, Al Manar 31/08/2010 The Israeli daily Maariv reported Monday that the Israeli army will deploy the “Kfir” infantry brigade to the border with Lebanon further north. Maariv said that the security situation in the West Bank, where the brigade has been operating for the past 20 years, has improved and other army [...]

Israeli municipality to Jerusalem man: Take down your house or pay us to do it

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation’s Jerusalem municipality has given the family of Nasri Abu Rajab, 60, from the Al-Qawmi neighborhood in Old City, Jerusalem the option to tear down his own house or pay a huge fee for the municipality to undertake the demolition work, local sources said. The “municipality court” ruled that the [...]

“Israel’s” shameless mouthpiece

by Dr. Hanan Chehata, MEMO, August 29, 2010 In yet another revealing speech, this time delivered at a symposium at IDC University in Herzliya, Tony Blair has exposed himself for what he truly is; not a “peace envoy” by any stretch of the imagination but a shameless mouthpiece for the State of Israel. Just days [...]

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Hamas, the I.R.A. and Us

by ALI ABUNIMAH, source GEORGE J. MITCHELL, the United States Middle East envoy, tried to counter low expectations for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations by harking back to his experience as a mediator in Northern Ireland. At an Aug. 20 news conference with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, announcing the talks that will begin this [...]

Obama Resists Pressure for Red Line on Iran’s Nuclear Capability

by Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Aug 26, 2010 (IPS) – President Barack Obama’s refusal in a White House briefing earlier this month to announce a “red line” in regard to the Iran nuclear programme represented another in a series of rebuffs of pressure from Defence Secretary Robert Gates for statement that the United States will not [...]

40% of Jenin prison population denied family visits

JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli prisons authority (IPA) is fully denying more than 40% of the Jenin prison population the right to family visits against 30% who are denied partial visits, the Palestinian Prisoner Society reported. Director of PPS in Jenin, Ragheb Abu Diak said in a press statement Monday that banning family visits from prisoners [...]

“Israel” afraid of increasing boycott of its products in Europe

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli businessmen expressed fears that the European campaign to boycott Israeli products could widen after a sharp decline in exports. The Israeli Maariv newspaper on Sunday published a report on the dangers of growing economic boycott of Israeli products in Europe in which it affirmed that the recent months have seen a [...]

Miliband: US Tortured Terror Suspects

Al Manar 30/08/2010 The United States did “bad things” to “terror suspects” in the wake of 9/11 which Britain was too slow to realize, David Miliband acknowledged Sunday as he brandishes his record as Foreign Secretary to bolster his Labor leadership ambitions.   In an exclusive interview with The Independent, the contest’s frontrunner speaks bluntly [...]

Putin slams deceitful US missile deal

Press TV Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, most NATO member states have been unfair in their dealings with Russia, and have constantly broken their commitments, Putin told Kommersant daily in a Monday interview. “At time of the withdrawal from East Europe, the NATO secretary general promised the USSR it could be confident that [...]

Abbas, Netanyahu Talks on Course of Collapse, before They Begin

Al Manar 30/08/2010 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday just before leaving for Washington for the launch of the direct talks that Israel alone will bear responsibility should talks collapse due to continued settlement building.   Abbas said during a speech in Ramallah that negotiations will be based on the Mideast Quartet statement emphasizing [...]

Clashes erupt in Silwan during Israeli arrest raid

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Violent clashes broke out early Monday morning between Palestinian residents of several Silwan neighborhoods and Israeli troops amid an extensive campaign of raids against Palestinian homes in search of “wanted” people to arrest them. Several Palestinians were arrested over confronting extremist Jewish groups in Silwan settlements over the past few days, locals [...]

The Petulant Prince of Blackwater

by CHRISTOPHER BRAUCHLI, source Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation. You do not find it among gross people.   Samuel Johnson, “ Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides” It’s hard to understand why Eric Prince is mad.  The settlement sounded like such a good deal for him and his company.  And furthermore, he’s trying to [...]