Category: Palestine

A fact beyond peradventure

Whichever of Obama or Romney wins, US dealings with the Arab world will change By Robert Fisk, Sunday 28 October 2012   After last week’s Obama-Romney love-fest for Israel, the Arabs have been slowly deciding which of the two men would be best for the Middle East. It looks like Barack Obama is their man; …

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More artfully than Izvestia ever did

New York Times covers Morsi’s U.N. speech but refuses to mention Palestine By Paul Woodward, September 27, 2012   Egypt’s newly elected president, Mohammed Morsi, gave an historic speech at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. The focus of Morsi’s speech was Palestine — yet you wouldn’t know it if you read the New York …

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Some are guilty, but all are responsible

The forgotten massacre By Robert Fisk, Saturday 15 September 2012   The memories remain, of course. The man who lost his family in an earlier massacre, only to watch the young men of Chatila lined up after the new killings and marched off to death. But – like the muck piled on the garbage tip …

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Voice from an impostor?

The Lord is watching Dear editor: This letter is for the evangelicals, those who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, adhering to the New Testament as their source for moral and ethical guidance. Let me ask you a question. How can you continue to be a Democrat? The 2012 Democratic National Convention didn’t …

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Naked on the national stage

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cEwnivdr0[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cEwnivdr0 In caving on Jerusalem, Dems pulled back the curtain on the lobby By Philip Weiss, September 6, 2012   Last night was an amazing moment at the Democratic National Convention; for an instant, we saw the Israel lobby naked on the national stage. When party bosses stuffed the phrase, “Jerusalem is and will remain …

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Keeping clean is a dirty business

The Syrian army would like to appear squeaky clean. It isn’t By Robert Fisk, Monday 27 August 2012   Every day, a new massacre is reported in Syria. Yesterday, it was Daraya. Slaughter by Syrian troops, according to those opposed to Bashar al-Assad. Slaughter by Bashar’s “terrorist” opponents, the Syrian army said, producing the wife …

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An ethos that will continue

A good Jew hates Arabs By Zvi Bar’el, Aug.22, 2012 3:18 AM   The young criminals who mercilessly beat Jamal Julani and his cousins simply because they’re Arabs don’t live in settlements, haven’t occupied any cities and haven’t taken control of any terraced hills in the territories. Perhaps they participated in one of those tours …

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