Category: The Middle East

Those who are left behind

As well as killing hundreds of Gaza’s children, Israel has destroyed the lives of thousands more By Yara Hawari, Wednesday 6 August 2014   As with all wars, the war in Gaza is being measured by its dead. According to a UN report published three days ago, nearly 1800 Palestinians have died in this latest …

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Swallowing their own lies

Israel-Gaza conflict: What has Israel achieved in 26 bloody days? By Patrick Cockburn, Sunday 3 August 2014   As Gaza is devastated by a new paroxysm of violence, what has Israel achieved by its 26-day bombardment and ground intervention? The outcome so far is similar to that of past Israeli wars in Lebanon and Gaza: …

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Known unto God

First World War Centenary: My father threw away his poppy in disgust By Robert Fisk, Sunday 3 August 2014   Let the memorials gather grass and the commemorations be over. I wish all those dead men could lose their eternal youth beneath those ever-fresh graves, now that their natural lifespan has ticked past the final …

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Sign of latent anti-Semitism

AP bias   Why is the Associated Press so biased against Israel? Over the past few weeks, as the conflict instigated by Hamas raged, AP has shown numerous photos of the damage in Gaza. Remember the people of Gaza choose Hamas as their government! When you couple this with the considerable verbiage describing the number …

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Singapore of the Middle East

Gaza myths and facts: what American Jewish leaders won’t tell you By Peter Beinart, Jul. 30, 2014 1:44 PM   If you’ve been anywhere near the American Jewish community over the past few weeks, you’ve heard the following morality tale: Israel left the Gaza Strip in 2005, hoping the newly independent country would become the …

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Making a fetish of the word “freedom”

The United States Wants the World to Forget These Prisoners By Molly Crabapple, July 21, 2014   Andy Stepanian is one of the kindest humans I’ve ever met. An activist publicist, Andy draws attention to Americans imprisoned for their beliefs. He is straitlaced and gentle, and the only time he ever declined to buy me …

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The definition of anti-Semitism

Israel-Gaza conflict: ‘There’s nothing new about conflating criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism’ By Mira Bar-Hillel, Friday 25 July 2014   I have arrived! On Tuesday morning at 7.55am, live on Radio 4, I said something so horrible that the usually mild-mannered husband of a fellow hack stood up and left his breakfast table in disgust. …

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