Interlude

30Mar08

A note to all my loyal readers out there (uh, hello? guys?): the next few weeks are going to be really busy for me so I’m halting all bloggery until around the middle of June, when I’ll be back with a vengeance (assuming world peace hasn’t broken out already).
In the meantime, you’ll have to make [...]

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Tags: Death to the West!, meta

The “peace process” is fooling no one

29Mar08

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaking earlier this week about the farcical “peace process” between Israel and the Palestinian Authority:
“We want it [peace]. They want it. We have to agree. It’s not easy. It takes time … Those who want peace, those who want good neighborly relations, will prevail … These are not empty talks. [...]

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Tags: "peace process", occupation, poll, settlements

Pilger: Palestine Is Still The Issue

29Mar08

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Tags: John Pilger, occupation, Palestine Is Still The Issue

Bushwhacked

27Mar08

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Tags: Bushwhacked, Chris Morris, George Bush

Rejecting peace

27Mar08

In case you needed reminding, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has spelt it out once again: Israel will continue to build settlements in occupied Palestinian territory and it will not negotiate or agree to a ceasefire with Hamas. Egyptian-brokered talks between Hamas and Islamic Jihad, aimed at achieving a ceasefire agreement with Israel, collapsed today due [...]

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Tags: "peace process", ceasefire, Gaza, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, occupation, out-extreming the "extremists", Terrorism

When puppets get ahead of themselves

24Mar08

Yesterday, delegations from Hamas and Fatah finally signed an agreement in Yemen committing the two factions to dialogue. The ‘Sanaa Declaration’, signed by senior Fatah official and former Prime Minister and Hamas number two Mousa Abu Marzouk, proposed seven points on which reconciliation could be based – among other things, the return of Gaza to [...]

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Tags: "peace process", Fatah, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Sanaa Declaration, Yemeni Initiative

Olmert publicly rejects a two-state settlement

17Mar08

And not for the first time:
“Everyone knows that there is no chance that the State of Israel will give up a neighborhood like … Har Homa. It is an inseparable part of Jerusalem”…
The prime minister has promised not to build any new settlements, but said Israel expects to maintain control of the Jewish neighborhoods of [...]

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Tags: "peace process", Ehud Olmert, Har Homa, Jerusalem, settlements

Polling your face off

17Mar08

First up, the Israeli assault on Gaza has had a predictable effect:
‘Israel Defense Forces attacks in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have boosted the popularity of the Islamist group’s leader Ismail Haniyeh among Palestinians in that territory and in the West Bank, according to a poll released Monday.
The survey by the West Bank-based Palestinian Center for [...]

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Tags: Iraq, occupation, Palestine, polls, public opinion, War

Another sad anniversary

16Mar08

Peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed five years ago today. While trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian house, she was deliberately run over by an Israeli military bulldozer.
Here is an interview she gave two days before her death:

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Still resisting five years on

15Mar08

I’ve just returned home from the World Against War demo today in London. It was a fantastic event, with an excellent turnout (between 10-40,000, according to the BBC) and a great atmosphere. The march was called to mark five years since the invasion of Iraq, although Israel’s recent crimes in Gaza were definitely on everyone’s [...]

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Tags: Democracy, War, World Against War