During John Howard’s recent trip to Washington, he gushed over America’s key role in the world: The world will need America just as much in the future as the world has needed America in the past, and as the world needs America at the present. Those foolish enough to suggest that America should have a…
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Kill more civilians
Tommy Franks, the man who directed the Iraq invasion, once said, “we don’t do body counts.” He was referring to Iraqi deaths. After all, only American lives matter to the US establishment. Now, Franks says that death is a small price to pay for “security”: Those who count the increasing number of American soldiers killed…
The final stages
Mustafa Barghouti, Al-Ahram, May 11-17: Even if Mother Theresa were brought back to life and made president of the Palestinian people Israel would still refuse to recognise a Palestinian negotiating partner. Such recognition would mean that Israel would have to negotiate, which is the last thing it wants as long as there exists the possibility…
Going after Jesus
Not content taking gullible Australian journalists to Israel, Zionist lobby AIJAC are now targeting Christian “people of promise”: One of the more bizarre and intriguing events in Australian Christian Jewish relations took place last month when the Australian, Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) took a group of church leaders on an all expenses tour…
Jewish duty
Rabbi Bruce Warshal is my kind of Rabbi: 400 rabbis, including myself, signed a letter sponsored by Brit Tzedek v’Shalom that appeared in the Forward this past month. It was a mildly liberal statement that proclaimed that “we are deeply troubled by the recent victory of Hamas,” but went on to urge “indirect assistance to…
Praise the lord
Beware the godless: American’s increasing acceptance of religious diversity does not extend to those who don’t believe in a god, according to a national survey by researchers in the University of Minnesota’s department of sociology. The study will appear in the April issue of the American Sociological Review. From a telephone sampling of more than…
The problem that never goes away
Germany has a small, but growing, problem: The number of neo-Nazi activists in Germany went up between 2004 and 2005, according to the mass circulation newspaper Bild am Sonntag set to appear Sunday. Quoting Germany’s domestic counter-espionage agency it said the number of members of neo-Nazi groups had risen from 3,800 to 4,100 while right-wing…
Hope rests up high
Israel faces growing calls for punitive sanctions. Ehud Olmert’s “convergence plan” is unlikely to be fully approved by Washington (though Israeli officials are more confident) and in fact, will only lead to further tensions with the Palestinians. In a rare piece of good news: Israeli mountain climber Dudu Yifrah of the “Everest Climb for Peace”…
Inside Iraq’s hidden war
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian, May 20: After months of argument about whether Iraq is teetering on the verge of civil war, a “national unity” government is due to be inaugurated today. Legislators plan to swear in a new prime minister and cabinet, and much will be made in London and Washington of the fact that…