July 17, 2009: Author: Dauna Coulter | Editor: Dr. Tony Phillips Forty years ago, Apollo astronauts set out on a daring adventure to explore the Moon. They ended up discovering their own planet. How do you discover Earth … by leaving it? It all started with a single photograph: Apollo 8 […]
Geopolitics
Apartheid five years on By Khalid Amayreh July 17, 2009 at 7:22 pm The World Court ruled Israel’s annexation wall in the West Bank illegal in 2004, but with no pressure coming from the international community it has not been dismantled, writes Khaled Amayreh in the occupied Palestinian territories […]
At approximately 1820GMT on July 15 2009, the Viva Palestina US Convoy finally crossed into Gaza from the Rafah Crossing in Egypt. Headed up by the British Member of Parliament, George Galloway as well as former Congresswoman Cynthia Mckinney, the convoy was due to bring over US$1million of AID and […]
13 July 09 Long time no see ! I think it has been a little bit over a month since my last post here and a lot has happened since then: The elections in Lebanon, Iran, events in China with the Muslims vs. sectarians and the continued expansion in Palestine. […]
(The root cause of the conflict between the Zionists and the Palestinians is slow, painful and gradualised Israeli border expansion and Palestinian dispossession) Monday July 13, 2009 16:51 by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC News & Agencies Israeli settlers set fire to and destroyed Palestinian owned lands on Monday that […]
A Palestinian coalition that seeks to organize an international boycott of Israel hosted a lecture with the progressive Canadian author Naomi Klein in the West Bank town of Ramallah on June 27. Klein is the author of the highly acclaimed, best-selling books No Logo and The Shock Doctrine, both staples of many […]
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… and the Foreign Policy Asshole of the Year Award goes to … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v26cD2e0LLU
By Siv O’Neall Axis of Logic Friday, Jul 10, 2009 Wars have always been fought for the profit of the very few and brought about anguish and suffering for the very many. They have always been caused by the rapaciousness of the leaders. The people have always been the ones […]
U.S. denies reaching deal with Israel on settlement building The United States denied Wednesday that it has reached a compromise that would allow Israel to complete the construction of 2,500 housing units in West Bank settlements. The Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv had reported earlier in the day that said Israel could […]