Western journalist Iason Athanasiadis, held in Iran for two weeks, has been freed. The country’s future remains unclear. Dissent, within tightly controlled areas, is rife.
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Obama is like Bush, only cuter
I share Jewish blogger Richard Silverstein’s anger: I cannot believe what I’ve just read in the N.Y. Times. Joe Biden, in what appears to be either one of his monumental off the cuff gaffes; or else a major change in Obama administration policy–gave Israel a green light to attack Iran.
The power of an uprising
Amazing, amateur footage from running battles with police in Tehran: Battle w/ Police – Tehran, Iran – June 20th 2009by mightier-than
The nice, pretty face of Israel
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – a believer in “democracy” – talks about the crisis in Iran: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Yes, Israel cares deeply about Iranian democracy.
The blood of possible revolution
Murder and mayhem on the streets of Tehran: A wonderfully moving report from the New York Times‘ Roger Cohen on the ground and Robert Fisk. The Islamic Republic appears to be in serious trouble.
These people should be fired not respected
The Israeli political and media elite are war-hungry fools, writes Bernard Avishai: As I write, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of mainly young Iranians are deciding whether or not to risk going out into the streets. There is little someone like myself can add regarding the poignancy of their decision. Yet one thing seems…
Why single out Israel?
Following my letter in last weekend’s Melbourne Sunday Age about the blog The Sensible Jew and parochial and bigoted Zionists, this letter is published today in response: Antony Lowenstein subjects us to his usual wild and vicious diatribe against Israel and adds a call for a “campaign to boycott Israel” (Letters, 14/6). Sadly, one is…
The message the Iranians should hear
New York Times columnist Roger Cohen, who has spent this year writing extensively about Iran and Israel/Palestine, sends his latest dispatch from the streets of Tehran: When I was here earlier this year, I argued that Iran was an unfree and repressive society but also a nation offering significant margins of liberty, at least by…
Thank God Persians aren’t Arabs
Middle East Reality Check blog makes a clear point about the ways in which the Australian Murdoch press views dead civilians: In Murdoch fish wrapper, if Iranian forces murder 5 or more Iranian protestors, it’s a massacre. If Israeli forces murder 1300 or more Palestinians, it ain’t.