The occupation that never ended
Let’s not kid ourselves. Nobody wants war for the sake of war. People, especially trigger-happy outfits like Hamas and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) , are incredibly rational in their decisions. Every encounter they have had with one another are meticulously linked to a cause. Israel justifies its current bombing campaign by saying that it [...]
A human rights crime in Gaza
Jimmy Carter: A Human Rights Crime In Gaza
The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world by sea, air, or land. An entire population is being brutally punished.
This gross mistreatment of the Palestinians in [...]
The price of peace in Israeli cities
Israeli tactics collide with peace process Suicide bombings in Israel have dropped off so significantly that the nation’s security officials now dare to speak openly of success. But the very steps they are taking to thwart bombers appear to collide head on with the government’s agenda of achieving peace with the Palestinians.
It is a classic military-political [...]
Condoleezza Rice and the road to nowhere…aka Jerusalam
Rice seeks Mid-East breakthrough
It is crunch time for the Bush administration as it continues to hold out hope for a peace agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
But even US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice let out a sign of her frustration at the lack of progress on the ground, particularly on the part of [...]
Logic of hate might doom Gilad
Israeli children allowed to scribble taunts on artillery shells bound for Lebanon. (courtesy of AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
The Israeli soldiers captured by militants are not coming back alive. Politically, they serve as too useful an excuse for Israel to grind two of its deadliest enemies, Hamas and Hezbollah, into dust. I say deadliest because unlike ordinary [...]
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