Repeated vicious War cycles

 Repeated vicious War cycles
NEW YORK, Jan 7 -
Circumstances change;

so do the names of the leading players.
Peace negotiators come and go;
so do the details of their agreements.
But in the end, one aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains the same:

When all else has failed, 
you can be absolutely certain that 

someone, 
somewhere, 
will issue a statement calling for peace.

Bush’s $50b Iraq ‘reconstruction’ Ponzi scheme

   Bush’s $50b Iraq ‘reconstruction’ Ponzi scheme
 
NEW YORK, Jan 11 – Three days after the world learned that $50 billion may have disappeared in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, The Times led its front page of Dec 14 with the revelation of another $50 billion rip-off.
This time the vanished loot belonged to American taxpayers. That was our collective [...]

How To Change The World

How To Change The World
I had heard of Haris Ibrahim even before I met him. Some acquaintances had told me of a lawyer who was seemingly singlehandedly taking on the world in his defence of principle. 
I came to see the sense of his choices when I met him for the first time at a Bar [...]

The Truth behind the root cause of the continuing conflict in Gaza

The Truth behind the root cause of the continuing conflict in Gaza
 
Dangling To The Truth
I still remember when I had a brief fight  in front of Masjid Wilayah almost three years ago. They laid on the stairs the Israel flag and force every Muslim who went there to perform their Friday prayer to step on [...]

Israeli women’s groups oppose war in Gaza

Israeli women’s groups oppose war in Gaza
The Jewish-Arab Peace Song (w/ English subtitles)

A Jewish-Arab peace song. Of course, lasting peace needs to be built on justice for all
A coalition of women’s groups in Israel has called for an end to the bombing and war in Gaza:
Women`s organizations declaration against the war [...]

A statement on Israel by Professor Richard Falk, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

A statement on Israel by Professor Richard Falk, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
STATEMENT OF SPECIAL RAPORTEUR FOR THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES OCCUPIED SINCE 1967 FOR PRESENTATION TO THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON GAZA, 9 JANUARY 2009
1. This statement focuses on the impact of Israel’s continuing Gaza military campaign, initiated on 27 December [...]

Is Israel Winning the “Media War” over Gaza?

 Is Israel Winning the “Media War” over Gaza?

 
“We are all Hamas,” screamed a scrawny Mauritanian, repeatedly, as he determinedly drew his face closer to a TV camera. Behind him, thousands more tunefully chanted similar words, chants that were heard in different Arabic dialects, in fact in many different languages all across the globe.
Yet, Israel, somehow [...]

It is impossible to boycott Israel as Armaments, Globalization and Financial institutions are all intertwined

It is impossible to boycott Israel 
as Armaments, Globalization and Financial institutions are all intertwined
Talk of boycotting Israel is easy.
Just boycott all financial institutions and paper money.
It will be interesting to see where this warring will all lead too.
Israel is receiving a lot more armaments from the US. Hope it doesn’t widen the war.
The poor Israelis: swimming [...]

Prince’s apology for racist term

Prince Harry has apologised for using offensive language to describe a Pakistani member of his army platoon.
The News of the World has published video in which the prince calls one of his then Sandhurst colleagues a “Paki” in commentary he made over filming.
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HARD NIGHTS’ SLEEP IN GAZA

HARD NIGHTS’ SLEEP IN GAZA

*fresh hit, a street away, seen from balcony of friend’s Jabaliya home, after 8 am January 10

Ignorant Americans are paying for Israel’s war crimes in-spite of gloomy economy

Ignorant Americans are paying for Israel’s war crimes 
in-spite of  gloomy economy

Maybe, just maybe, its the policies that are all screwed up. And that means looking at the top. A nation raised on the fear of the holocaust, all ready to fight. Winning votes by being victorious in war crimes.
U.S. seeks ship to move arms to Israel
The [...]

Malaysian pretensions

Malaysian pretensions — Philip Bowring 
HONG KONG, Jan 9 — In a move that could backfire by drawing attention to discrimination against Chinese, Indian and other minorities in Malaysia, the country has claimed a role in the advancement of Malays in other lands.

Responsible Thai generals must be punished for torturing and killing of Imam

Responsible Thai generals must be punished
for torturing and killing of Imam
BANGKOK, Jan 11 – The death of an imam while in army custody last year will present Thailand’s new government with its first test of whether it can deliver justice in the country’s troubled southern provinces.
 
On Christmas Day, a court in Narathiwat ruled that 56-year-old imam [...]