January, 2010

• 14 January

  National Identity Debate Irks France Muslims

  CAIRO – A French debate on defining the values constituting national identity is sparking controversy in the western European country, amid warnings that the discussions are particularly targeting the Muslim presence. “When they define the shared values that make France’s national identity, they always focus on secularism, and integrating immigrants,” Myriam Belmehdi, 19, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday, …

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• 13 January

  Chomsky Says Israel, ‘US Military Base’

  Renowned American sociopolitical analyst Noam Chomsky says Israel functions as Washington’s main weapons storage base in the Middle East. “Israel is essentially a US military base, the US positions weapons there, that’s a very close military and intelligence tie,” the Jewish academic told Press TV on Wednesday while explaining the complexity of relations between Washington and Tel Aviv. Commenting on …

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• 12 January

  Israel’s Leaders on the Run, by Gilad Atzmon

  Senior officials in Israel confirmed reports on Monday that a British court issued a warrant against opposition leader Mrs. Tzipi Livni for her role in orchestrating Israel’s military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip last December. British sources reported  that though a British court had issued an arrest warrant for Livni over war crimes committed in Gaza, it annulled …

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• 10 January

  AbuZayd (UNRWA) confirms Egypt installing wall along Gaza border, by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Report post

  Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner General of UNRWA and on International Human Rights Day Commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA), Karen Abu Zeid, confirmed reports stating that Egypt is installing an iron barrier along its border with the Gaza Strip, and added that the United States is financing the project. Speaking at a forum organized by the American University …

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• 10 January

  Bended Knees: Zionist Power in American Politics, By James Petras

  Obama want to see a stop to settlements: Not some settlements, not outposts, not natural growth exceptions”. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, May 2009 “What the prime minister has offered in specifics of a restraint on the policy of settlements…..is unprecedented, there has never been a precondition, it’s always been an issue within negotiations.” Hillary Clinton, BBC, November 1, 2009 …

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• 8 January

  TURNING POINT IN TURKEY, By Ameen Izzadeen

  A military coup against a civilian government is heard of. But seldom or never do we hear that a civilian government coup against the military. The aim of this column is not to analyse what happened in Sri Lanka after the defeat of the LTTE. Rather, in keeping with the world watch logo, the focus is going to be on …

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• 7 January

  Adib S. Kawar – Democratizing Colonialism!!! (part of the First Word War)

  Colonizers try to justify their invasion and colonization of other peoples’ lands by means of various claims, unlike the earlier western colonizers of the 18th and 19th and early 20th centuries, modern colonizers try to justify their invasion of these lands by claiming that they are aiming at democratizing and liberating the targeted countries, peoples and lands. European invaders of …

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