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In my article Lasantha and Democracy in the Island of January 21 I argued that the LTTE is loosing the war because it practices dictatorship while the Government is relatively democratic, which fits in with the fact that in the modern era wars are invariably won by the more democratic side. I argued further that the explanation for what looks …

The following speech by Sir. Gerald Kaufman httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGuYjt6CP8 I was brought up as an orthodox Jew and a Zionist. On a shelf in our kitchen, there was a tin box for the Jewish National Fund, into which we put coins to help the pioneers building a Jewish presence in Palestine. I first went to Israel in 1961 and I have …

Senior Sri Lankan journalist Latheef Farook has submitted a document to The Hague based International Court of Justice emphasizing the need to bring to trial all Zionist Jewish leaders involved in war crimes against Palestinians and humanity. The document submitted this week has provided vivid details of the macabre massacres committed by migrant Zionist Jews on innocent Palestinian civilians during …

A one day workshop will be held in Colombo next Tuesday, August 19, to seek peaceful means to find a durable settlement to Eastern Muslims’ grievances and initiate a dialogue with other communities on the basis of pluralism, equality and mutual acknowledgement. This workshop is being organized by the Eastern Muslim Peace Assembly,EMPA, in cooperation with the Foundation for Coexistence. …