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Israel has such charming friends in its region
All those “moderate” US-backed dictatorships in the Middle East: Top officials in several Arab countries have close links with the CIA, and many officials keep visiting US embassies in their respective countries voluntarily to establish links with this key US intelligence agency, says Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website, WikiLeaks. “These officials are spies…
Operation Cast Lead two years on
Today is the 2nd anniversary of Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza. Tragically, tensions are building once more: Ilan Pappe agrees. Palestinian civil society releases a statement today that stresses what the international community must do; hold the Zionist state to account: We the Palestinians of the Besieged Gaza Strip, on this day, two years on…
Times avoided Wikileaks scoops to avoid offending Jews
Nobody said the American media was brave. Here’s Assange speaking on Al-Jazeera: The Guardian, El-Pais and Le Monde have published only two percent of the files related to Israel due to the sensitive relations between Germany, France and Israel. Even New York Times could not publish more due to the sensitivities related to the Jewish…
Wikileaks isn’t solely about challenging the US empire
Assange on Al-Jazeera discusses the role of Wikileaks, not being opposed to paying for material (why should journalists be the only ones compensated when leakers are taking the biggest risks, he argues?) and getting material from closed societies such as China:
Al Jazeera covers Sydney Wikileaks solidarity event
Al Jazeera English covered the Sydney rally for Wikileaks yesterday: Pro-WikiLeaks demonstrations have been held across Australia against the arrest of… Julian Assange, the whistleblowing website’s… founder. In Sydney, around 500 demonstrators [editor; more like 1500 people] gathered on Friday, to push for the release of Assange, who is in a British jail fighting extradition to Sweden…