Category: History

Last remnants of modern-day colonialism

Excuse Me, But Israel Has No Right To Exist By Sharmine Narwani, Thu, 2012-05-17 21:46 … The phrase “right to exist” entered my consciousness in the 1990s just as the concept of the two-state solution became part of our collective lexicon. In any debate at university, when a Zionist was out of arguments, those three magic …

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When your neighbour bleeds

Must we stand idly by while world leaders spout this codswallop? By Robert Fisk, Monday 14 May 2012 … Funny how the news agenda gets tired. Like the quotes. Only a couple of months ago, we were all bracing for Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear installations. And for serious pressure on Bashar al-Assad to end …

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Dystopian drug-­addled nightmare state

The Book of Mitt By Alex Pareene, Sunday, May  6, 2012 08:00 AM CDT … “The precipitous mountain pass that led the [Mormon] pioneers down into the Salt Lake Valley and still is the route of access from the east on Interstate 80, was first explored by my great-grandfather, Parley P. Pratt,” Mitt Romney cheerfully …

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Dorking fowls delights to send

A little bit of nonsense is the secret of a sane life By David Quantick, Sunday 06 MAY 2012 … One of the most interesting things about Edward Lear – interesting, that is, if you’re one of those creepy murderers who like to dissect comedy and look inside its wallet to see where it gets …

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And it’s over?

‘We’ve gone way beyond Apartheid’ By Frank Barat, 02 May 2012 14:27 … I caught up with Jeff Halper, long time Israeli peace activist, director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and author of numerous books, while he was on a European speaking tour. Here is what he had to say about the …

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While the fields go fallow

Palestinian Christians Against the Occupation By Philip Farah, 05/ 1/2012  6:29 am … In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren claimed that Christians in Israel are better off than their brethren anywhere else in the Middle East. Two Sundays ago, “60 Minutes” made clear he attempted to intimidate Bob …

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Disgusted and amazed

Osama Bin Laden anniversary: Torture apologists try again to justify the unjustifiable By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, 12:23 PM ET, 04/30/2012 … Torture apologists are at it again, attempting to justify the unjustifiable. One year ago, former Bush administration officials like Vice President Dick Cheney, said torture (by the euphemism “enhanced interrogation”) produced “some of the …

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