September 2011

Syria’s protesters, long mostly peaceful, starting to resort to violence

by News Sources 09.17.2011

Anthony Shadid reports: Syria’s uprising has become more violent in the country’s most restive regions, in what may signal the start of a protracted armed struggle after six months of largely peaceful protests in the face of a ferocious government crackdown, diplomats, activists and officials say. Reports have mounted of clashes in Homs; in the [...]

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A two state solution will have to be achieved not only without U.S. help but in the face of its opposition

by News Sources 09.17.2011

Henry Siegman writes: Is there anyone familiar with the history of the Israel-Palestine peace process who still believes that this Israeli government would defy the over half-a-million settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem — by far the most influential political force in Israel — and their networks of supporters within Israel, and present [...]

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Israel does not want a Palestinian state. Period.

by News Sources 09.17.2011

Gideon Levy writes: What will we tell the world next week, at the UN? What could we say? Whether in the General Assembly or the Security Council, we will be exposed in all our nakedness: Israel does not want a Palestinian state. Period. And it doesn’t have a single persuasive argument against the establishment and [...]

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Rick Perry points to the connection between Texas and Israel — both born out of the blood of those they despise

by News Sources 09.17.2011

Max Blumenthal points out that in an op-ed by Rick Perry this week, the historian who Perry chose to cite in drawing a comparison between Texas and Israel, saw a much uglier connection than the governor probably meant to reveal. Yesterday, Republican presidential candidate and current Texas Governor Rick Perry attacked President Barack Obama and [...]

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Overblown fears about the rise of Islamists in Libya

by Paul Woodward 09.16.2011

In the United States, the term Islamist is often one small step away from al Qaeda. The idea that someone could be an Islamist and not an extremist seems barely conceivable. And the existence of pro-Western Islamists sounds about as probable as the discovery of unicorns. When the New York Times declares, in one of [...]

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Virtual statehood or the Right of Return

by News Sources 09.16.2011

Omar Barghouti writes: “The Palestinian declaration of independence practically constitutes a victory for Israel’s declaration of independence, and this is why Israelis must celebrate in the streets and be the first to recognise Palestinian independence, calling on the world to follow suit.” Sefi Rachlevsky, Yedioth Ahronoth, September 5, 2011 (Israeli writer who led a recent [...]

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Inside Story — Saudi Arabia warns US over Palestine

by News Sources 09.16.2011

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With success or failure for Palestinians at the UN, Israel still wins

by News Sources 09.16.2011

Whatever the outcome of the bid for Palestinian statehood being presented at the UN, Joseph Massad argues that only Israel’s interests will be served. If the UN votes for the PA statehood status, this would have several immediate implications: (1) The PLO will cease to represent the Palestinian people at the UN, and the PA [...]

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Bahrain boils under the lid of repression

by News Sources 09.16.2011

Anthony Shadid reports: The battle began soon after sundown. And for the next six hours, in air heavy with heat and tear gas, phalanxes of police officers in helmets battled scores of youths in ski masks, as customers at a Costa Coffee not far away sat like spectators. No one won in the clashes, which [...]

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Algerian authorities on high alert in face of threat from unpopular protests

by News Sources 09.16.2011

Al Arabya reports: The Algerian interior ministry and security forces have been put on high alert in response to a call on Facebook for nationwide protests against President Abdul Aziz Boutefliqa and army generals seen as running the country behind the scenes on Saturday. The government on Thursday held high-level meetings and ordered its security [...]

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FBI halts anti-Muslim training

by News Sources 09.16.2011

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WikiLeaks-named Ethiopian reporter in unredacted cable flees country in fear

by News Sources 09.16.2011

The Guardian reports: An Ethiopian reporter has fled the country after being named in a WikiLeaks cable, in what a media rights group said was the first instance of one of the leaks causing direct repercussions for a journalist. Wikileaks recently published all its cables unredacted, naming sources that were removed by partner media organisations, [...]

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Rights groups rally to oppose U.S. aid to Uzbekistan

by News Sources 09.16.2011

The Washington Post reports: Human rights groups are lining up to pressure Congress not to authorize the provision of U.S. military aid to the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan, even though such assistance could prove crucial to getting supplies into and out of Afghanistan. With the Obama administration weighing whether to request a waiver that [...]

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Inside Story — Growing dissent in Syria

by News Sources 09.16.2011

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Egypt’s Emergency Law needs to go

by News Sources 09.15.2011

Issandr El Amrani writes: Tomorrow is is set to be the “Friday of Deafening Silence,” the latest in “million-man” protests to take place since Hosni Mubarak was deposed on February 11. Yes, it’s a silly name. But this could be one of the more important protests that has taken place in a while. Unfortunately, the [...]

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Tunisia is leading the way on women’s rights in the Middle East

by News Sources 09.15.2011

Brian Whitaker writes: Last December, Tunisians rose up against their dictator, triggering a political earthquake that has sent shockwaves through most of the Middle East and north Africa. Now, Tunisia is leading the way once again – this time on the vexed issue of gender equality. It has become the first country in the region [...]

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Ambassadors as human shields in Syrian revolt

by News Sources 09.15.2011

Julian Borger writes: The American and French ambassadors to Damascus now have some company as occasional human shields for the Syrian protest movement. At the vigil on Sunday of Giyath Matar, a human rights activist tortured and killed in custody, Robert Ford and Eric Chevallier were joined by other western envoys, including the UK’s Simon [...]

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Michael Klare: Is Washington out of gas?

by TomDispatch 09.15.2011

Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com Way back then, the signs out on the streets read: “No Blood for Oil,” “How did USA’s oil get under Iraq’s sand?” and “Don’t trade lives for oil!” Such homemade placards, carried by deluded antiwar protesters in enormous demonstrations before the Bush administration launched its invasion of Iraq in March [...]

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How can Israel survive without growing up?

by Paul Woodward 09.15.2011

“Which prosperous ally gets $3 billion a year in aid, and a veto power over America’s entire Mid-East foreign policy? Which ally refuses to cooperate with its military and political protector – even to the point of humiliating a duly elected American president? Which ally violates the Non-Proliferation treaty and manages to get its super-power [...]

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A Palestinian autumn in New York — what to expect at the U.N.

by News Sources 09.15.2011

The Associated Press reports: The Palestinians will ask the Security Council next week to accept them as a full member of the United Nations, the Palestinian foreign minister said Thursday, a move that would defy Washington’s threat to veto the statehood bid. The remarks by Riad Malki came just ahead of the arrival in the [...]

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Israeli diplomats leave Jordan ahead of protest

by News Sources 09.15.2011

The New York Times reports: Israel nearly emptied its embassy here of staff members on Thursday ahead of a planned pro-Palestinian rally outside the gates. But officials denied Israeli press reports that the diplomats had been completely evacuated over fear that the building could be ransacked, in an echo of the attack on the Israeli [...]

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Some of my best friends are Zionists

by News Sources 09.15.2011

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Tony Judt: Israel is a country fast losing touch with reality

by News Sources 09.15.2011

On July 6, 2010, a month before Tony Judt died and shortly after Israel’s deadly attack on the Mavi Marmara, he was interviewed by Merav Michaeli, a columnist for Ha’aretz. Merav Michaeli: How do you see Israel’s actions in the Flotilla affair? Tony Judt: The characterization that comes to mind is “autistic.” Israel behaved in [...]

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Mike Davis: How Obama became the curator of the Bush legacy

by TomDispatch 09.15.2011

Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com If I hear one more radio or TV journalist or pundit tell me what Mitt Romney must do, I think I’ll scream.  Election 2012 is still 14 months away and yet the nattering commentators, the Iowa straw poll — we were told it was meaningless and to prove it 800 [...]

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