Archive for June, 2007
Palestinians Want New Elections
This poll was conducted in the West Bank and Gaza between June 14-20 by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR). It shows that Palestinians largely blame both Hamas and Fatah for the recent fighting, and overwhelmingly favour new elections. Fatah would likely win those new elections – compared with the results [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics | 7 Comments
Tags: Democracy
Rebellious Youth
“Police in India have charged a three-year-old boy for allegedly leading a group of rioters and firing at security personnel.The toddler’s uncle, Dhruv Kumar Jha, says the incident dates back to a clash in the eastern state of Bihar between villagers and police in January, when officers were pelted with stones and shot at.Shortly afterwards, [...]
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Divide And Rule
“The Fatah men we fought are not my enemy…They are just soldiers like any of us here in this room. The decisions they had to follow came from outside of Gaza: from Ramallah, from the Israelis, from America. I do not hate the men of Fatah; they are our brothers.”
- Abu Obieda, the head [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, US | 3 Comments
Tags: Fatah, Hamas
Mmmm…
[WARNING - it's very graphic, although it has to be. People who can't stand annoying American deep-voiced narration may also want to avoid.]
For what it’s worth, I’m not a big fan of PETA. I’m also aware that the practices shown in the video above are almost certainly not used across the [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 11 Comments
Tags: food, Vegetarianism
Well, I just spent the past two hours or so writing an analyis of the current situation in the Occupied Territories, only to have it all wiped out in a power cut. Very soul-destroying.
So, for now, I’ll just link to this useful analysis of the situation by The Guardian’s Jonathan Steele and this one from [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, US | 21 Comments
Tags: Abbas, Fatah, Hamas
The New Anti-Semitism
An investigation by the Jewish Chronicle has revealed that many of the figures behind the movement for an academic boycott of Israel in the UK are Jews or Israelis, who “justify their stance as part of the struggle for Palestinian rights and ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.”
Now, either there’s a mass epidemic of of [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, UK, US | 35 Comments
Tags: anti-Semitism, boycott, Free Speech, Norman Finkelstein
A brief update, pursuant to my previous post, on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Fatah gunmen have stormed the Parliament in Ramallah, assaulting the second deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Hassan Khuraishah, and torched many government and Hamas-related buildings in Nablus. Hamas local council members were also prevented from entering their offices. [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics | 6 Comments
Tags: Fatah, Hamas
Victory For Hamas In Gaza
Hamas has taken control of Gaza, its successful route of Fatah forces completed yesterday with the symbolic capture of Abbas’ Presidential Compound. The U.S. is reported to be “disappointed” with the performance of the Fatah militias it armed and trained – a large contingent of Fatah ‘Preventive Security Force’ gunmen were last seen fleeing to [...]
Filed under: Activism, Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, US | 32 Comments
Tags: Democracy, Fatah, Hamas
Blame Tony
‘The US department of justice is preparing to open a corruption investigation into the arms company BAE, the Guardian has learned. It would cover the alleged £1bn arms deal payments to Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia.Washington sources familiar with the thinking of senior officials at the justice department said yesterday it was “99% certain” that [...]
Filed under: News and politics, UK | 7 Comments
Tags: Arms Trade, BAE, corruption, Tony Blair
A DePaul Sit-in!
A group of students going by the name of Students for Justice for Finkelstein are holding a sit-in in support of the wronged professor. From Prof. Finkelstein’s site:
‘Upset over DePaul University’s denial of tenure to Professors Norman Finkelstein, and Mehrene Larudee, and after a meeting between 30 student leaders and DePaul President Fr. Dennis Holtschneider [...]
Filed under: Activism, Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, US | 10 Comments
Tags: Democracy, DePaul, Education, Free Speech, Norman Finkelstein
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