Just another day in sunny Israel: Just weeks after several dozen state-employed rabbis ignited a major controversy by issuing a letter calling on Israeli Jews not to rent or sell their homes to non-Jews, and one day after an anti-Arab demonstration in Bat Yam, Tuesday saw two more incidents in the rising tide of hatred…
Assange and the Jewish analogy
Not quite sure of the accuracy of this comparison; institutional anti-Semitism against Jews wasn’t just in the establishment, it was widely shared across the community: The founder of WikiLeaks has compared his treatment by the Swedish authorities seeking his extradition over sexual assault allegations to the persecution of the Jewish people in the last century.…
WTF, indeed
Yes, America is run by paranoid children who loathe light being shone on its activities: The CIA has launched a task force to assess the impact of the exposure of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables and military files by WikiLeaks. Officially, the panel is called the WikiLeaks Task Force. But at CIA headquarters, it’s mainly…
The minor taste of accountability in Afghanistan
Expect these kinds of stories to happen far more often. Lawless contractors in a lawless land is a recipe for disaster: Afghan authorities arrested an employee of a British private security company this week and sentenced him to eight months in jail, the latest move in the government’s crackdown on private security firms. Global Strategies…
Seattle buses spread message of Zionist crimes
American civil society takes a stand: Buses in downtown Seattle will carry advertisements about “Israeli war crimes” to mark the second year since the Gaza war. The Seattle Midwest Awareness Campaign has paid $1,794 to place the advertisements on 12 buses beginning Dec. 27, the day Israel entered Gaza to stop rocket attacks on its…
Obama wants to keep suspects in jail for as long as he wants
If there are any illusions about Barack Obama, this should surely extinguish those forever: The White House is preparing an Executive Order on indefinite detention that will provide periodic reviews of evidence against dozens of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, according to several administration officials. The draft order, a version of which was first considered…
Nothing in the Wikileaks documents? Please
One: The prime minister of Mauritius has accused Britain of pursuing a “policy of deceit” over the Chagos islands, its Indian Ocean colony from where islanders were evicted to make way for a US military base. He spoke to the Guardian as his government launched the first step in a process that could end UK…
Our leaders happy to let people starve or die
One of the key messages emerging from the Wikileaks cables is the callousness of Western leaders towards human rights. It’s seen as an inconvenience. That’s why we treat them with appropriate contempt. One: The Howard government urged the United States to force the collapse of the North Korean regime by denying it aid, despite advice…
Early indications of Cablegate in July
TED: I think I read as a kid you went to 37 different schools. Can that be right? Assange: My parents were in the movie business then on the run from a cult… TED: A psychologist might say that’s a recipe for breeding paranoia. Assange: What? The movie business?