Aug 03 2014
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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Aug 03 2014
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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Jul 25 2014
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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Jul 25 2014
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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Jul 25 2014
Eight hundred dead Palestinians. But Israel has impunity By Robert Fisk, Friday 25 July 2014 Impunity is the word that comes to mind. Eight hundred dead Palestinians. Eight hundred. That’s infinitely more than twice the total dead of flight MH17 over Ukraine. And if you refer only to the “innocent” dead – ie no …
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Jul 24 2014
Images from Gaza should trouble every Israeli By Gideon Levy, Jul. 24, 2014 8:50 AM That’s the number, as of Wednesday: 155 children. On Wednesday morning, another three were killed. Ten children per day, on average. According to the UN, it’s more than the number of Hamas combatants that were killed. The Al Mezan …
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Jul 21 2014
Reaping what we have sown in Gaza By Amira Hass, Jul. 21, 2014 5:42 AM I’ve already raised the white flag. I’ve stopped searching the dictionary for the word to describe half of a boy’s missing head while his father screams “Wake up, wake up, I bought you a toy!” How did Angela Merkel, …
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