By Peter Hart. CommonDreams – It’s fair to say that US media don’t do enough to feature Palestinian voices in discussions of Palestinian issues. NBC‘s Meet the Press managed to interview a Palestinian on August 3–but host David Gregory saw this mostly as a chance to determine how much his guest dislikes Hamas. David Gregory invited Riyad Mansour, the permanent […]
By Chris Hedges. Truthdig – All governments lie, as I.F. Stone pointed out, including Israel and Hamas. But Israel engages in the kinds of jaw-dropping lies that characterize despotic and totalitarian regimes. It does not deform the truth; it inverts it. It routinely paints a picture for the outside world that is diametrically opposed to reality. And all of […]
By Philip Giraldi. The Unz Review – The Obama Administration sent Secretary of State John Kerry to Israel to insist on a cease fire in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds not only with a no but with a “hell no” and Kerry backed down, but Bibi didn’t let it end there, telling Kerry and US Ambassador […]
By Jadaliyya Reports. Jadaliyya – [Prefatory Note from Richard Falk: Posted here is a joint declaration of international law experts from around the world who are listed below as endorsers. I am among the endorsers, and the text was initially drafted by several international law scholars. We welcome additional signatures that can be sent to me in the […]
By Raji Sourani. The Electronic Intifada – The death and destruction being inflicted on the Gaza Strip is impossible to describe. Sitting here in Gaza, it is hard to even understand what is happening. Last week, we witnessed another attack on a United Nations compound where civilians were sheltering — 17 dead, 120 injured — […]
By Jonathan Cook. Counterpunch – A single incident at the weekend – the reported capture by Hamas on Friday of an Israeli soldier through a tunnel – illustrated in stark fashion the layers of deception Israel has successfully cast over its attack on Gaza. On Sunday, as the army indicated it would start limited withdrawals, Israel claimed […]
By Charlotte Silver. The Electronic Intifada – Amidst the continued mass destruction to life and civilian infrastructure in Gaza, theInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is teaming up with an Israeli war and security think tank to discuss the “challenges” of waging war in densely populated areas. Seen as serving to ameliorate the Israeli military’s tarnished […]
By Maisam Abumorr. Al Jazeera – I remember when I attended a three-day workshop on international law and human rights by the ICRC in Gaza, one of the attendees asked the trainer: “What do I do to be qualified to obtain those human rights?” The trainer replied without much thought: “Nothing. You should be a human, […]
Speech by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. Middle East Policy Council – A while back, the United States set out to reconfigure the Middle East. The result is that the region and our position in it are both in shambles. Much of what has happened seems irreversible. In the short time allotted to me, I […]
Sabeel – One of the most common refrains repeated by President Obama and other western leaders since the beginning of Israel’s massive military offensive against Gaza is, “Israel has the right to defend itself.” This refrain is not new and has been declared so often, it has become a cliché. Some leaders parrot it without […]
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