Archive for May, 2007
Israel’s Commitment To Democracy
“In the last week, Israel has detained more than 30 Hamas officials in the West Bank, including two cabinet ministers. Israel now holds more than a third of the members of the 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council on security grounds.They include 40 Hamas MPs, one from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and four [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, Torture | Leave a Comment
Tags: Human Rights
The Democratic Disconnect
Below is a sample – all too representative – of quotes by Democrats and bills supported/introduced by Democrats relating to Israel, in particular its aggression against Lebanon last year and the ongoing occupation of the Palestinians, compared with reports and quotes by reputable witnesses and human rights NGOs describing the reality on the ground.
The Democrats’ [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, Lebanon, News and politics, US | 4 Comments
Tags: International & Foreign Policy
The Experiment Is Working
“Chaos reigns in the occupied territories, the prison’s inmates turning on one another while their jailors look on smugly. It is hard not to feel anger, especially at those responsible for the incarceration of the Palestinian people (now in their fortieth year of occupation), but also at those nominally responsible for the fate of this [...]
Filed under: European Union, Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, UK, US | 6 Comments
Tags: International & Foreign Policy
The Traitors Must Be Destroyed
So stated Col. Kav Burhanudin Siagian, Indonesia’s regional military commander of the (occupied) province of Papua. In his words,
“If I meet any one who has enjoyed the facilities that belong to the state but who still betray the nation, I honestly will destroy him”.
This announcement was eerily reminiscent of the then-British Defence Minister Geoff Hoon’s [...]
Filed under: News and politics, UK, West Papua | 1 Comment
Tags: Democracy, Free Speech
Quote Of The Day
“The occupation reminds me of the darkest days of apartheid, but we never saw tanks and planes firing at a civilian population. It’s a monstrousness I’d never seen before. The wall you built, the checkpoints and the roads for Jews only – it turns the stomach, even for someone who grew up under apartheid. It’s [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, Quote of the Day | Leave a Comment
Tags: apartheid, Ronnie Kasrils
Polly Toynbee described Blair’s pre-resignation speech as a “tour de force”. John Sturrock offers a slightly different view:
“The lowest point of this prolonged and empty charade of self-justification came near the end of the speech, when Blair scaled new heights of either shamelessness or self-delusion: ‘But I ask you to accept one thing. Hand on [...]
Filed under: News and politics, UK | Leave a Comment
Tags: Tony Blair
Threatening Iran
(via Liberally Mirth)
As the intimidation of Iran continues and the propaganda campaign escalates, it is perhaps worth bearing in mind Article 2(4) of the UN Charter:
“All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other [...]
Filed under: Iran, News and politics, US | 3 Comments
Good stuff.
Dozens of British architects signed a petition which charges Israel with oppressing the Palestinian people and accuses their Israeli counterparts of being complicit in “unjust action” against the Palestinians. The petition was initiated by a group calling itself Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP), which managed to recruit the Royal Institute [...]
Filed under: Activism, Israeli / Palestinian, UK | Leave a Comment
Tags: boycott
The Figures Speak For Themselves
Another excellent article by the British historian, Mark Curtis.
‘Reviewing British arms exports for the ten-year period under New Labour, the figures speak for themselves:
- The UK has exported £45 billion worth of arms around the world since 1997.
- Over £110m of military equipment has gone to Israel, throughout a period of offensive operations in the [...]
Filed under: News and politics, UK | 8 Comments
Tags: Arms Trade, International & Foreign Policy, Mark Curtis
Whitewashing Blair
Published at UK Watch.
The hagiographic re-writing of history after Reagan’s death, and more recently after Gerald Ford’s, should have prepared us for the inevitable whitewash of Blair’s historic crimes following the announcement last week of his upcoming resignation, but on this occasion I do believe the media has surpassed itself.
Trudging through the reams of commentary [...]
Filed under: Iraq, Israeli / Palestinian, Lebanon, Media, News and politics, UK, US, West Papua | 10 Comments
Tags: International Law, Tony Blair
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