By Lance Tapley. Common Dreams – Like many other news websites, Common Dreams has been plagued by inflammatory anti-Semitic comments following its stories. But on Common Dreams these posts have been so frequent and intense they have driven away donors from a nonprofit dependent on reader generosity. A Common Dreams investigation has discovered that more than […]
By Philip Giraldi. The American Conservative – The past few weeks have not been kind to Israel in the public relations department. The war against Gaza was so lopsided and obviously contrived that even in the United States pro-Israel sentiment began to soften. For those interested in fine points of national security there were three […]
By Grant F. Smith. Indymedia – On July 19, 2013 Greek shipping magnate Victor Restis sued the U.S. based nonprofit American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran Inc. (PDF) which is more popularly known as United Against Nuclear Iran. UANI was incorporated in 2008 and is managed and advised by former U.S. and foreign government officials. UANI’s advisory board includes former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan, long time Israel […]
By Julian Borger. The Guardian – The international criminal court has persistently avoided opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza as a result of US and other western pressure, former court officials and lawyers claim. In recent days, a potential ICC investigation into the actions of both theIsrael Defence Forces and Hamas in Gaza has become a fraught political battlefield and a […]
By Philip Giraldi. The Unz Review – Sinclair Lewis once opined that if fascism ever comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. I was reminded of that comment when a good friend of mine recently wrote a letterto her local newspaper in Augusta Georgia decrying the killing of nearly two […]
By Mohammed Omer. Middle East Eye – KHUZA’A, southeast Gaza – Kamal Qudeh, a doctor serving this small village near Gaza’s border with Israel, is sitting in what is left of his private clinic, surrounded by shards of glass, bloody bed sheets and discarded medical gloves. He is summoning the energy to rebuild and cauterize […]
By Mohammed Omar. Middle East Eye – KHUZA’A, southern Gaza Strip – Khalil al-Najjar sat in his brother’s home with his mother, siblings, in-laws, and children – 15 family members in all. They were under constant Israeli-artillery fire all night, not knowing what would happen with each passing second, apart from bombs raining around them. […]
By William I Robinson. TruthOut – The latest Israeli carnage in Gaza has provoked worldwide condemnation of Israel for its continued war crimes and its illegal occupation of Palestinian territories. In response, the Israeli state and its allies and agents are stepping up campaigns of intimidation, silencing, and political repression against opponents of its policies. Israel […]
By Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson. FP – Israelis and Palestinians are still burying their loved ones as Gaza’s third war in six years continues. Since July 8, when this war began, more than 1,600 Palestinian and 65 Israeli lives have been sacrificed. Many in the world are heartbroken in the powerless certainty that more will die, […]
By Ken Klippenstein. CounterPunch – Richard Falk is an American professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University. He just completed a six-year term as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights. He was appointed to this role by the UN Human Rights Council, in 2008. Ken Klippenstein: Could you describe Sisi’s [Egypt’s new leader] […]
