The recent release of the 250,000 Wikileaks documents has provoked unparalleled global interest, both positive, negative, and everywhere in between. One thing that can be said with certainty: Wikileaks is changing things. There are those who accept what the Wikileaks releases say at face value, largely due to the misrepresentation […]
South West Asia
According to new revelations, Assange had allegedly struck a deal with Israel before the recent ‘cable gate’, which may explain why the leaks “were good for Israel,” as the Israeli prime minister put it. A number of commentators, particularly in Turkey and Russia, have been wondering why the hundreds of […]
HUE ROSS, Waiheke worked with the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank, Palestine PAT O’DEA, Auckland part of the Kia Ora Gaza campaign the siege-breaking aid convoy Hue’s talk will include photographs and moving image, Pat’s a power-point presentation. This is a unique opportunity to hear their experiences, ask […]
[ … which is a giant pity – because it’s the construction of these ‘settlements’ that is causing the whole conflict ] The United States on Tuesday abandoned its effort to persuade Israel to freeze construction of Jewish settlements, officials said, dealing a blow to efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace […]
The United States plans to spend a billion dollars next year to change the position of the international community’s to be more US friendly. The Pentagon often produces phony news stories with US tax dollars and feeds it through the media. Author and activist David Swanson says the more he […]
“Washington’s pathetic capitulation to Israel while pleading for a meaningless three-month freeze on settlement expansion – excluding Arab East Jerusalem – should go down as one of the most humiliating moments in U.S. diplomatic history.” In September the last settlement freeze ended, leading the Palestinians to cease direct talks with […]
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Brazil says it has recognized the state of Palestine based on borders at the time of Israel’s 1967 conquest of the West Bank. The Foreign Ministry says the recognition is in response to a request made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas last month to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. […]
Feature-length documentary about a platoon of American soldiers stationed in Korangal Valley in Afghanistan. The name “Restrepo”, comes from the medical platoon, all of which died during the war. This place is one of the most dangerous jobs in the army of the United Zjedynoczonych. The intention of the filmmakers, […]
[youtube]3Ii1JhHCRNY[/youtube] [ The phrase ‘receiving end’ – leaps readily to mind here ] In other news from Afghanistan, a new public opinion poll of young Afghan men in Kandahar and Helmand provinces has been released by the International Council on Security and Development. The poll founded that 92 percent of […]