Archive for April, 2007
‘The UK Met Office has released figures showing that this month is likely to be the warmest April since records began. The provisional mean temperature for the UK is 10.0C (50.0F), beating the previous historical high of 9.2C (48.6), recorded in 1943. Forecasters say this month is on course to set new records in England, [...]
Filed under: News and politics, UK | 7 Comments
Tags: Environment
Deterring Democracy In Venezuela
Published at UK Watch.
There’s an extraordinary spectacle currently playing out in the broadsheets both here and in the United States with regards to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’ decision not to renew the license of a major Venezuelan TV channel, Radio Caracas Television (RCTV). The move is being portrayed as an attack on freedom of speech [...]
Filed under: Latin America, Media, News and politics, UK, US, Venezuela | 7 Comments
Tags: Chavez, Democracy
Taking Cynicism To New Levels
‘Israel will name a forest in northern Galilee after the late widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as the country replants thousands of trees destroyed during last year’s war with Hezbollah.The Coretta Scott King Forest will comprise at least 10,000 trees and be a living memorial to King’s legacy of peace and justice, [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics | 3 Comments
Tags: Martin Luther King, Racism
Courtesy of the ISM:
‘Israeli soldiers demolished homes in three Palestinian villages near bypass road 317 on February 14, 2007. Starting in Imneizil at around 9am about forty Israeli soldiers with two bulldozers demolished one home, an animal pen and a stone bake-oven. At noon the soldiers moved to Qawawis where they [...]
Filed under: Activism, Israeli / Palestinian, Videos | Leave a Comment
Tags: Hebron, IDF
‘Super Earth’ Discovered
Scientists have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star 20.5 light years away, which lies in the so-called “Goldilocks zone” where conditions are ‘just right’ to allow the existence of liquid water.’Super-Earth’ has got scientists very excited, and presumably they’re going to run all sorts of tests and experiments and sciency-stuff to try and find [...]
Filed under: Cool Stuff, News and politics | 4 Comments
Hamas Rockets End Truce
In response to the IDF’s recent killing of nine Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least three civilians, Hamas has announced that the ceasefire with Israel is over. Abu Obeida, speaking for Hamas’ Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades, spoke yesterday morning:
“The Zionist enemy will pay for the crimes of occupation, particularly the recent killings and assassinations in [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics | 4 Comments
Tags: Hamas
Quote Of The Day
‘Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has to be killed. Really be killed, I mean, physically. He should be eliminated, put to death, assassinated, and all those words that serve to say the same thing.’
Former Mossad Director Meir Amit, according to Uri Orbach.
Filed under: Iran, Israeli / Palestinian, Quote of the Day | Leave a Comment
Scorched Earth
John Rodsted is a campaigner against landmines and cluster bombs, a member of a Nobel Peace Prize winning team and a freelance photographer. He recently returned from Lebanon, where he examined Israel’s use of cluster bombs in the war last summer. Here’s an excerpt from an interview he conducted on ABC in Australia (Phill Adams [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, Lebanon, News and politics | 5 Comments
Tags: cluster bombs, War
From the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz:
‘Diplomatic sources on Sunday said Israel supports the implementation of the Dayton plan for the training and arming of the Palestinian Presidential Guard, loyal to Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas…
The sources said Dayton had procured a $59-million budget for two main objectives. The first of these is reinforcement of the Presidential [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, US | 4 Comments
Tags: Fatah, Hamas, International & Foreign Policy
Lessons In Rejectionism
Lesson One: Always declare that there is no “partner for peace” on the opposing side, regardless of who represents them and what position they advocate. When Arafat’s in power, it is he who is the “obstacle to peace”. When Abu Mazen replaces him, it is he who must stop standing in the way of progress. [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, Lebanon, Media, News and politics, US | 5 Comments
Tags: International & Foreign Policy, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Nations
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