Nearly a year ago I wrote this post on the topic. I actually began the part 2, but let it lie for a while. Given the dramatic events in Iran and the pseudo-debate in the US about how Obama should react, I find it apt to finish up the topic now.
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Two videos by Max Blumenthal. First the haters:
Then the lovers:
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The NY Times headline reads: “Obama Pins Mideast Hope on Limiting Settlements.” They label it “News Analysis” but it’s really a propaganda opinion piece. More below.
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In my previous post I talked a bit about the disinformation propagated by the mainstream media, specifically in regards to the Roxana Saberi story . Disinformation is the deliberate propagation of false information (as opposed to misinformation which is unintentionally false). The disinformation in this case is not the reported fact that Saberi was treated [...]
In his op-ed piece calling for investigations of the Bush & Co torture crimes and prosecutions related to same, Dr. Paul Krugman (a man I greatly admire) says:
Sorry, but what we really should do for the sake of the country is have investigations both of torture and of the march to war. These investigations should, [...]
This op-ed piece in the New York Times by law professor George Bisharat provides a precise summary of all of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Bisharat concludes his account with these words:
Israeli political and military personnel who planned, ordered or executed these possible offenses should face criminal prosecution. The appointment of Richard Goldstone, the former [...]
It never ceases to amaze me how the New York Times allows itself to serve as a mouth piece for Israeli propaganda. Considering the outcry, the paper couldn’t help to cover this story about Israeli soldiers admitting to happily participating in war crimes. Instead of focusing on the soldier’s testimonies, most of the article is [...]
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I don’t like to bandy about labels. But after reading this article in Ha’aretz about the rising popularity of Lieberman among Israeli youth, I don’t hesitate to express my concern about the growth of fascism in Israel [Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands [...]
In my previous post I asked a question: does Hamas’ war crimes justify Israel’s? Apparently the answer is yes, for most Israelis. This article recently appeared in the New York Times. In it you find a remarkable insight into the Israeli mind:
The Israeli theory of what it tried to do here is summed up in [...]
When I was a high school student, the poem by Robert Southey, After Blenheim, was a standard part of the English curriculum. Now that a cease fire has come into effect in Gaza, little Wilhemene’s comment and little Peterkin’s question seem quite relevant:
They say it was a shocking sight
After the field was won;
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rotting in [...]