A deserving winner

The film Taxi to the Dark Side has won Best Documentary at last night’s Oscars. My friend, Melbourne-born and New York based Eva Orner, was the co-winner. It’s a wonderful achievement.

Splitting Jerusalem

Gideon Levy, Haaretz, February 24: One could not believe in the negotiations Israel is conducting with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank; one may also believe that the parties want to succeed, but cannot. One also may think that talks cannot proceed without the elected representation of the Palestinian people, who chose Hamas. There…

Let the videos run free

When will dictatorships ever learn? The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed the country’s ISPs to block access to the videos sharing website YouTube for allegedly featuring a blasphemous video. However, and according to the Pakistani “Don’t Block The Blog” there are two theories that could explain PTA’s recent move to ban YouTube: vote rigging…

Ignoring the occupied

Noam Chomsky, February 23: Amid the outpouring of good news from across the region, there is now much earnest debate among political candidates, government officials and commentators concerning the options available to the US in Iraq. One voice is consistently missing: that of Iraqis. Their “shared beliefs” are well known, as in the past. But…

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