Dr. Ahmed Yousef, Hamas Deputy Foreign Minister and Former Senior Adviser to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah in Gaza, asks a question: It is clear that attacking Hamas is tacitly sanctioned while civilian deaths, the statistical majority, are tolerated. If the world believes then that to kill Palestinians for their beliefs is tolerable, then it is…
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Talk. To. Your. Enemy.
The former senior British diplomat Sir Jeremy Greenstock tells the BBC that engaging Hamas is inevitable, unavoidable and necessary.
The way not to win war
Such a noble goal to defeat an “enemy”, Hamas, that is impossible to defeat: Israel supporters respond to the cyber-attacks launched by Islamic hackers through DDoS. A group of students have developed an application that allows Israel sympathizers to use their computer resources and Internet bandwith in order to knock Palestinian websites offline. The online…
This is one way forward
Boycotts [against Israel] may achieve what bombs and guns can’t. As a previous opponent of the boycott, divestment and sanction movement, I now support it. I share the position of Naomi Klein who argues that it is the only moral response to the Jewish state’s barbarity towards the Palestinians. Plus: The reason the BDS strategy…
This is where the truth should lie
Robert Fisk speaking on the BBC: It is the job of journalists to be impartial on the side of those who suffer most.
How can we connect your anger?
The kindness of multinationals? Australia’s largest telecommunications provider says it won’t charge for phone calls to the Gaza Strip, but the offer could be in vain as the region’s telecommunication services teeter on the verge of collapse in the face of the military assault by Israeli forces.
The “no kidding” headline
The New York Times finally gets the press release: Crisis in Gaza imperils 2-State plan
A moral Jew steps up
Why I refuse to fight in Gaza by an Israeli refusenik. This brave soul wants to avoid being complicit in destroying an entire society.
Another foe at the gate
While Israel fervently attempts to terrorize the Palestinians into submission in Gaza, many observers have started to wonder why Hizballah has refrained from stepping in militarily to assist its brothers-in-arms, Hamas. Such musings fail to take account of the constraints on Hizballah’s room for action, as well as the circumstances under which Hizballah would ignore…