The Betrayal of Helen Thomas By Barbara Lubin and Danny Muller, July 23, 2013 When the news spread through Washington this weekend that the unwavering, pioneering journalist Helen Thomas had died, there must have been a collective sigh of relief throughout the halls of Washington. News articles and obituaries are obligatorily mentioning her retirement …
Category: The Middle East
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Jul 09 2013
Modern ideologies masquerading
The myth of the 1,400 year Sunni-Shia war By Murtaza Hussain, 09 Jul 2013 11:14 During the period of European rule over Rwanda, the Belgian colonial administrators of the territory accomplished an extraordinary feat in their subjugation of the local population – the deliberate manufacture of new ethnic divisions. By formulating ethnic categorisations based …
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Jul 06 2013
Repellent
Wall Street Journal says Egypt needs a Pinochet – can it get away with that? By Martin Pengelly, Saturday 6 July 2013 09.09 EDT On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial entitled “After the Coup in Cairo”. Its final paragraph contained these words: Egyptians would be lucky if their new ruling generals …
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Jun 28 2013
Tools of resistance
For Palestine By Susan Abulhawa, 26 Jun 2013 17:32 For once, we won! Mohammad Assaf, that brilliant, joyful, beautiful young man with a voice from heaven sang. And we all hung onto every note, every lyric, every smile and gesture he made on the stage of the Arab Idol contest over the past few …
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Jun 23 2013
Dismal journey from defeat and humiliation
The three things that always accompany occupation By Robert Fisk, Sunday 23 June 2013 On 20th November 2001, in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, the Taliban stamped into my passport their very last visa, number 001518, valid only for Kandahar and printed on a paper of varying shades of green. At the top were …
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Jun 16 2013
Before the war
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Jun 01 2013
The question of why Israel rubs
Why do people hate Israel? (a self-test) By Bradley Burston, May.28, 2013 | 8:15 PM Every year, the BBC World Service publishes a Country Ratings opinion survey, meant to indicate which of the world’s nations are among the most popular, and which the most disliked. In 2013, as in years past, more than 26,000 …
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