David Horowitz and the Art of Slander – An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Part I – Slander On 24 April 2012 the New York Times (NYT) lent its editorial page to the propaganda of right- wing Zionist David Horowitz, thereby taking the “newspaper of record” down into the gutter for the price of [...]
Refugees Voting – setting up an International Palestinian Electoral Commission By Hugo van Randwyck Is it time for Palestinian refugees and diaspora to take a pro-active initiative in organising their voting rights? I believe so. Currently only Palestinians in the West bank and Gaza have the vote, and have elected representatives. The majority of Palestinians live [...]
What’s scary about Thomas Friedman is not his journalism, with its underinflated insights and twisted metaphors. Annoying as his second-rate thinking and third-rate writing may be, he’s not the first – or the worst – hack journalist. What should unnerve us about Friedman is the acclaim he receives in political and professional circles. Friedman’s New [...]
Thomas Friedman’s “Festival of Lies” – An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Part I – Friedman’s Frustrations In a piece entitled “A Festival of Lies” published in the New York Times on the 25th of March, editorialist Thomas Friedman expressed his frustration with American foreign policy in the Middle East. “It’s time to rethink [...]
Confined cruelty: Israeli treatment of Palestinian minors By Graham Peebles They shoot children don’t they The innocence of childhood is a precious jewel, to be gently cared for and nurtured, allowing the child, whose future we are building, to develop happily and safely in an atmosphere of love and peace. For many Palestinian children their [...]
International Obligations: Some facts about Iran’s nuclear activities by David Morrison Summary “The United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran’s nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear warhead.” (Reuters Special [...]
The Roots of Israeli Behavior: Sabotage Peace at any Cost By Adrian Salbuchi On the morning of 17th March 1992, a tremendous explosion ripped through downtown Buenos Aires. A fashionable 3-storey building housing the Israeli Embassy had been terror-bombed, collapsing into itself. The powerful shockwave broke windows and plaster in buildings on the corner of [...]
How Many Violations of US Arms Laws are Too Many? By Franklin Lamb It depends whether the miscreant enjoys “We will always have your back regardless” status. On March 6, 2012, the US Congressional Research Service released a report to the US Congress concerning Restrictions on the use of American weapons by recipient countries. For [...]
Palestine: Homes destroyed, land stolen, lives shattered By Graham Peebles Criminal demolitions in the OPT’s Within the catalogue of criminality that is Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the destruction of Palestinian homes must rank as one of the most cynical and heinous. “Some 90,000 people are currently reported to be at [...]
A Wake-Up Call for Lebanese National Unity Recently the Israeli daily Haaretz ran a story highlighting Israeli Army preparations for the next wave of aggressions against Lebanon. Published under the rather sensational title ‘WATCH: IDF prepares for tunnel warfare in future Lebanon, Gaza conflicts‘, the article explicitly seeks to reassure the Israeli public that its [...]
