Who do Egyptians trust to bring them democracy?
Not the West, says Robert Fisk. The Palestinians would certainly agree: AMY GOODMAN: Well, what about the U.S. relationship with the military? I was talking to someone in a government agency in Washington, and they were deeply concerned, saying, “How do we counter the image that we’ve actually been supporting this despot for 30 years?”…
Tip for journalists; don’t ask too many questions about Mubarak, please
Medialens shows the narrow views in the UK media: Western journalists, then, are confronted by three salient facts in Egypt: 1) Mubarak’s regime is a brutal military dictatorship responsible for widespread torture. 2) The Egyptian people are clearly intent on removing this dictator. But also: 3) A major reason why the Egyptian people are currently…
If we had a serious debate about Afghanistan
This would be front-page news: The central justification of the U.S.-NATO war against the Afghan Taliban – that the Taliban would allow al Qaeda to return to Afghanistan – has been challenged by new historical evidence of offers by the Taliban leadership to reconcile with the Hamid Karzai government after the fall of the Taliban…
Bravo to one Australian politician who isn’t bought by the Zionist lobby
Federal Labor’s Doug Cameron spoke yesterday in the Senate and outlined the reality of life in Gaza for Palestinians. He still urged a two-state solution but it’s a start. More, please.
What does it take to teach officials lives aren’t to be privatised?
The healthy response to an investigation of uncontrolled power towards refugees would be to stop the outsourcing of such tasks but rest assured the British government will simply find another multinational to do the job. The sick religion of privatisation over people’s lives: The multinational security company hired by the government to deport refused asylum…
Zionist has to hide in Britain
When you are a spokesman for an occupying army that commits war crimes, you should watch where you travel. This story highlights what is now the reality for Israelis and it hasn’t come a day too soon: The chief spokesman of the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday he had visited Britain incognito and under…
Louis Theroux’s The Ultra Zionists
Fundamentalist Jews and settlers, in Jerusalem and the West Bank, show the world why they are such a menace. And what does most of the Zionist Diaspora do? Nothing. Shame: