India is the most pro-Israel country on the planet, according to a new study released by the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
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The US will remain king
Noam Chomsky is asked on Democracy Now! how he sees the American empire over the next decades: Prediction in human affairs is a very low—has very little success, too many complications. The United States, I think, will come out of the economic crisis, very likely, as the dominant superpower. There’s a lot of talk about…
The company Israel keeps
With nationalist demagogues rising to power in both India and Israel, Pankaj Mishra examines the parallel histories of violent partition, ethnic cleansing and militant patriotism that have led both countries into a moral wilderness.
Selling death with a painful tune
Ouch: Let’s say you’re a defense-company marketing executive. And you want to make a splash at the Indian defense ministry’s annual air show. Do you: (a) buy expensive gifts for New Delhi’s generals; (b) treat the press to Kingfishers and samosas; (c) produce a Bollywood-esque video featuring bare-midriff girls, flower-draped missiles, and the catch phrase…
The policy on Israel
My following article is published in Dawn, Pakistan’s leading English-language newspaper: During this year’s US presidential campaign, both Republican nominee John McCain and Democratic contender Barack Obama expressed unwavering support for Israel. It was the only country in the world that required constant loyalty tests. Obama told the leading Zionist lobby, AIPAC, that he would…
The MSM need to make more room
Following the carnage in Mumbai, the use of new technology was central to our understanding of the event. After my recent talk at Harvard University’s Berkman Centre, in which I discussed the growing role of alternative news sources to challenge the increasingly myopic and desperately under-resourced mainstream media, a blogger at Harvard’s Law School continues…
The Blogging Revolution and voices of crisis
Juan Cole runs one of the finest and most popular US-based Middle East related blogs. It’s been a beacon of rationality during the Bush years. My following piece appears on his site today: During last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai, new technology reacted to the news faster than traditional media services. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and…
“Do no evil”, indeed
Clearly not satisfied with assisting the Chinese regime with its internet repression, Google now provides information to Indian authorities: …a 22 year-old Indian IT worker has been charged under two sections of the Indian Penal Code for posting obscene content online, comments made about political leader Sonia Gandhi, and now faces up to five years…
Lavatory logic
Any country that hosts the World Toilet Summit deserves respect: The Indian government has vowed to eradicate the all-too-common phenomenon of open-air defecation by building environmentally friendly lavatories for hundreds of millions of its poorest citizens. The Rural Development minister, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, claimed that within five years, the government will have built sufficient facilities…