In September 1982,Israel invaded Lebanon to finish off the Palestine Liberation Organisation which had established itself there. The result was the slaughter of thousands of unarmed and innocent Palestinian civilians who were driven out of their homes and lands by Israelis and living in refugee camps in appalling conditions. This genocide was committed by Israel with the support of the so called champions of …
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The Real Aim of Israel’s Bomb Iran Campaign By Gareth Porter
Reuel Marc Gerecht's screed justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening of the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House Resolution 1553 expressing full support for such an Israeli attack. What is important to understand about this campaign is that the aim of Gerecht and of the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is …
Read More »The End of (Military) History? The US, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War, By Andrew Bacevich
"In watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the feeling that something very fundamental has happened in world history." This sentiment, introducing the essay that made Francis Fukuyama a household name, commands renewed attention today, albeit from a different perspective. Developments during the 1980s, above all the winding down of the …
Read More »The Two Sides of a Barbed-Wire Fence, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
The Israeli occupation of the West Bank is widely acknowledged to be unsustainable and costly to the country’s image. But one more blunt truth must be acknowledged: the occupation is morally repugnant. On one side of a barbed-wire fence here in the southern Hebron hills is the Bedouin village of Umm al-Kheir, where Palestinians live in ramshackle tents and …
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United States: Victory as protesters and union block Israeli ship unloading at Oakland Port. In a historic action and unprecedented action today, more 800 worker and community activists blocked the gates of the Oakland docks in the early morning hours, prompting longshore workers to refuse to cross the picketlines where they were scheduled to unload an Israeli ship. From 5:30 …
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Blockade ‘eased’ as Gaza starves more slowly By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth As Israel this week declared the “easing” of the four-year blockade of Gaza, an official explained the new guiding principle: “Civilian goods for civilian people.” The severe and apparently arbitrary restrictions on foodstuffs entering the enclave – coriander bad, cinnamon good – will finally end, we are told. Gaza’s …
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