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The Decommissioners - Update
James Bargent July 9, 2010
The trial of the Decommissioners lasted three weeks, in which time the jury heard not only from the Decommissioners but also detailed evidence of war crimes committed in Palestine and testimony from EDO managing director Paul Hills, who faced questions about his company’s dealings with Israel. All the defendants were acquitted by unanimous jury decisions. One of the defendants, Chris Osmond, said: "It was the right verdict. Our action was because nobody else was willing to take action.
The Israeli military and the "Decommissioners"
James Bargent July 2, 2010
On the 17th of January 2009, Israeli warplanes pounded the terrified inhabitants of the densely populated Gaza strip in over 50 air-strikes. It was the 22nd day of Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli military assault on Gaza that left an estimated 1400 dead, including over 300 children.
| Steve Shalom | June 12, 2010 |
Alan Dershowitz has suggested that to be effective Israeli propaganda should support 80 percent of what Israel does, and be critical of the other 20 percent. So I expected that Dershowitz would only approve 80% of the Israeli killings on the Gaza flotilla, while expressing some mild criticism regarding the IDF's other victims. Silly me.
| Summer 2010 | Vol:XIII-1 | Whole #: 49 |
Palling Around with Terrorists: Obama and the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Stephen R. Shalom
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama was accused of palling around with terrorists.
This Republican canard was focused on the former Weatherperson, Bill Ayers, but also on Rashid Khalidi, the respected Palestinian-American scholar who had been a friend of Obama’s in Chicago.
| Summer 2006 | Vol:XI-1 | Whole #: 41 |
The Hamas Victory and the New Politics that May Come
Emad El-din Aysha
The title to this article may sound terribly pretentious since, for all we know, in the coming months the Hamas government may very well end up under siege like Arafat and his entourage.
| Winter 2007 | Vol:XI-2 | Whole #: 42 |
Middle East Developments
Stephen R. Shalom
"What we're seeing here, in a sense, is ... the birth pangs of a new Middle East...."
-- Condoleezza Rice, July 21, 2006
Middle East: Faint Glimmer of Hope
David Finkel November 20, 2009
There’s a glimmer – a very faint glimmer – of hope arising from recent developments in Palestine. I’m referring to the statement by Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that he will not seek re-election as “president” of the Palestinian Authority (PA), in essence a statement of resignation. If Abu Mazen stands by his resignation, it will deliver a much-needed kick in the teeth to the Obama administration.
| Summer 2009 | Vol:XII-3 | Whole #: 47 |
After Israel's Invasion: An Eyewitness Account from Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel
Marie Kennedy
Gaza: War on Civilians in the World’s Largest Open-air Prison[1]
| Winter 2009 | Vol:XII-2 | Whole #: 46 |
The Change We REALLY Want?
Joanne Landy
WITH THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA, millions in the United States and around the world are hoping for relief from the dangerous arrogance and destructiveness of George Bush’s foreign policy. President Obama is expected to take important positive initiatives — like closing Guantanamo and lifting the rule denying international organizations receiving U.S. aid the right to let women know about abortion. When the inevitable right-wing reaction to these initiatives comes, it will be crucial for us in the peace movement to defend them.
| Steve Shalom | March 20, 2009 |
I just read a particularly silly piece by Shlomo Avineri, the Israeli political theorist who has written some interesting things on Marxism.