Obama, Guantánamo, and US hypocrisy
Mickey Z. Snapshots from the United States of Incarceration… So, the Pope of Hope announced his (purported) objective of closing the military detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (“Gitmo”) within one year and we’re expected to herald this… more »
Breaking Gaza’s Will: Israel’s Enduring Fantasy
Ramzy Baroud My three-year-old son Sammy walked into my room uninvited as I sorted through another batch of fresh photos from Gaza. I was looking for a specific image, one that would humanise Palestinians as living, breathing human beings, neither… more »
Tons of Bricks Lighter
Vincent Guarisco "When authoritarian forces seize control of a government, they typically move first against the public's access to information, under the theory that a confused populace can be more easily manipulated. They take aim at the radio… more »
Headline: 'Lebanon benefits from trade'; Intro: 'Poor Israel'
DetainThis In a news report titled "Lebanon army gets boost from Russian jets," you'd probably expect the opening paragraph to begin and maintain a focus on, say, the Lebanese army and Russian jets. But then, you probably didn't bargain for The… more »
Welcome to the Jungle
Dr. Saeb Shaath What does Israel want more than Palestinians Blood? After all the killing and destruction of its genocidal war on Gaza, blood-drenched Israel still wants to control the air that Gazans breathe; to control what they eat and drink; to… more »
Hasbaranalysis: ‘Operation Hamas Moderation’
DetainThis Image © IfAmericansKnew (enlarge.) Yesterday's media critique — "Who needs hasbara when you have AP 'analysis'?" — exposed a few major but subtle tendencies in Associated Press Israel-Palestine coverage that should leave no doubt… more »
Al Nakba Redux
Stephen Lendman For Palestinians, the Nakba "Catastrophe" is their "Holocaust" six-month slaughter and displacement before and after the May 1948 establishment of Israel. In December 1947, Jews in Palestine numbered 600,000 compared to 1.3 million… more »
The Transfer of Lethal Power
Arun Shrivastava This is the first time I watched the inauguration of any US President. My interest was fired more because of an increasing network of very concerned American friends who want a more humane society: for themselves and for the rest of the… more »
Why God does not belong at inaugurations
Mary Shaw Inauguration Day 2009 was almost perfect. I'm still moved by it all. I was impressed by the fact that an African American became President of the United States of America in my lifetime. I was impressed by the crowd of almost two million… more »
WASHINGTON PARTIES as CARNAGE CONTINUES through 'ceasefire' Day 24
Carolyn Bennett In the Twenty-Fourth Day Al Jazeera is reporting “Israeli troops and tanks were on the move on heading away from some key points in Gaza towards the border but it remained unclear whether they would withdraw completely from the… more »
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