Archive for July 23rd, 2010
Americans funding expanding Israeli occupation (“settlements”)
Der Spiegel | By Gregor Peter Schmitz and Christoph Schult | 23 July 2010 US Cash for Israeli Settlements Making a Mockery of the Moratorium Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have declared a freeze on new settlements, but construction is continuing in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Settlers are receiving [...]
Americans to hold “Burn a Koran Day” on 11 September 2010
Southern Poverty Law Center | By Alexander Zaitchik | 22 July 2010 Coming Soon: 'International Burn a Koran Day' After years of having the field all to himself, Westboro Baptist Church leader and gay-basher extraordinaire Fred Phelps might finally have some competition for the title of America’s most media-hungry hate-church [...]
Burying the India-Pakistan dialogue for now
Afghan Journal | By Sanjeev Miglani | 23 July 2010 The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan have returned home, licking their wounds from their latest failed engagement. Both sides are blaming each other for not only failing to make any progress, but also souring ties further, with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his [...]
The arrogance of Israeli Hebraism
YNet | By Amnon Shmosh | 23 July 2010 The tragedy of arrogance Israel’s troubles are rooted in belief that we are better, wiser than Arabs, gentiles Each person and every nation cultivate their pride. This is a natural human need, yet not everyone can distinguish between pride and arrogance. This requires intelligence, wisdom, and [...]
C. Christine Fair: The Taliban are good at providing justice
You Tube | 10 December 2009 At a hearing, held on 9 December 2009, of the U.S. Congress OGR Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Professor C. Christine Fair, of the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. paid an important if unusual [...]
