Seumas Milne writes in the Guardian that Western support for a terror state such as Egypt merely inflames anti-Western anger everywhere: Decades of oil-hungry backing for despots, from Iran to Oman, Egypt to Saudi Arabia, along with the failure of Arab nationalism to complete the decolonisation of the region, fuelled first the rise of Islamism…
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If America wants to push partition in Palestine, they’ve got a problem
US Middle East envoy George Mitchell talks to American interviewer Charlie Rose and implies that indefinite occupation is bringing Israel to disaster (if one believes in a two-state solution, that is). “Jewish democracy” in Israel can only be achieved at the barrel of a gun: Charlie Rose: And how much incentive is there to do…
The corporate media has no memory and doesn’t care
Only a magazine like Newsweek would host a conversation between Hillary Clinton and Henry Kissinger and introduce it thus: Hillary Clinton and Henry Kissinger talk about presidents, priorities…–and the difficulty of winding down wars. Yes, the Henry Kissinger that continues to enjoy corporate support but should be on trial in the Hague for countless deaths…
Any chance of real engagement, Tel Aviv?
Hardline Zionist Isi Leibler writes regularly in the Jerusalem Post about the parlous state of Israel’s image in the world. His usual solution? Hit the enemy harder and go on the offensive. The only slight problem is that the world no longer wants to hear the bleating. His latest article offers nothing in the way…
What the Australian/American alliance really means
Scott Burchill and Kristian Lewis, The Age, 8 January: The only rationale left for our involvement in Afghanistan is to restore Washington’s military credibility, which was badly tarnished in Iraq. As John Howard said recently, a withdrawal from Afghanistan would be “an enormous blow to American prestige”. For the same reasons it bombed Serbia in…
Has Zionism always been about crushing one’s opponents?
How the Zionist lobby in the US confuses being “pro-Israel” with being “pro-bombing Iran“.
Iraq occupation is going nowhere fast
A story from the “reality vs rhetoric” file. So much for Obama’s pledge to withdraw American forces from Iraq: The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is planning to double its ranks as it takes over a host of missions for the military there, according to America’s No. 2 diplomat in Iraq. “If Congress gives us the…
The chances of Washington dis-engaging from the Middle East is zero
Rahm Emanuel to the Israeli government: “We’re tired of you“.
Being a Palestinian puppet, an Israeli perspective
Former Israeli spy chief Efraim Halevy on Israeli Army Radio, 5 January: The PA is useless and nothing but students of Israel and the US. As soon as the US and Israel stop funding the PA it will fade away. Abbas and his PA should know that and know to behave modestly with their threats…
Gitmo prisoners are left in limbo for the foreseeable future
The global authority on detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Andy Worthington, has released a newly revised and definitive list of 2010 figures.