G’day world! I’ve been quoting Caitlin Johnstone so often of late that the steel city keyboard’s picked up an Ozzie twang. Fair dinkum though. She’ll be right, mate. I’ve said nothing of Shireeen Abu Akleh, the 51-year-old Palestinian-American of whom, … Read More »
Here’s another Facebook exchange. This one’s about the publication on February 1st of the Amnesty International Report, Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel system of domination and crime against humanity. Download the report here. Though 280 pages long, a lot can … Read More »
I don’t really get CounterPunch’s editorial position. I used to, or at least I used to think I did. And I approved of what I thought was its editorial position, to the point of opening up the old wallet when … Read More »
This is what’s at stake in the Assange case. Our right to know what the most deadly elements of the most powerful governments on our planet are doing. That they think it legitimate to imprison anyone who tries to show … Read More »
Two days ago in the centrist Middle East observer, Al-Monitor … Syrians to be deported for eating bananas ‘provocatively’ in Turkey As tensions soar between Turks and their country’s 4 million refugees, a viral trend of young Syrians posting videos … Read More »
Two days ago Israel’s liberal daily, Haaretz, ran this: ‘Israel Was Born in Sin. I’m Collaborating With a Criminal Country,’ Says Former PM’s Son The son of the man who signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence in 1948 is ending his days as … Read More »
BBC said a documentary on alleged chemical weapon attack had inaccuracies The programme dealt with an alleged chemical attack at Douma, Syria, in 2018 It included an account of ‘Alex’, a former inspector with the poison gas watchdog BBC said it … Read More »
Seen on Facebook today. My name is Shahar. I’m 18 years old and I live in Kfar Yona, Israel. In two days, I’m going to arrive at the Israeli military enlistment center where I will declare my refusal to be … Read More »
One of these two is a self confessed liar – and it’s not the one on the left. The abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours … We didn’t … Read More »
