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Catching up on Gaza
Dec. 30th, 2008 08:20 amI'm back from spending the holidays in Québec City.
Toronto Star: Protesters condemn Israeli violence. Lame article, but a witness to it nonetheless. Globe and Mail: Canadians take to streets to protest air strikes
Israel is trying to re-establish its manhood: Israel Reminds Foes That It Has Teeth [NYT], Israel's Shock and Awe by G&M's Patrick Martin.
Trying to 'teach Hamas a lesson' is fundamentally wrong by Tom Segev through![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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All that the WaPo can think about is how this is distracting the U.S. from paying attention to Iran. Sigh.
The neighborhood bully strikes again from Haaretz.
Kucinich criticizes Israel; wants U.N. probe
Why would Israel bomb a University? from E.I.
Ali Abunimah, from Electronic Intifada and reprinted in the Guardian: We have no words left:
For now, I'm waiting for Israel to mistakenly bomb a hospital.
Toronto Star: Protesters condemn Israeli violence. Lame article, but a witness to it nonetheless. Globe and Mail: Canadians take to streets to protest air strikes
Israel is trying to re-establish its manhood: Israel Reminds Foes That It Has Teeth [NYT], Israel's Shock and Awe by G&M's Patrick Martin.
Trying to 'teach Hamas a lesson' is fundamentally wrong by Tom Segev through
corvusAll that the WaPo can think about is how this is distracting the U.S. from paying attention to Iran. Sigh.
The neighborhood bully strikes again from Haaretz.
Kucinich criticizes Israel; wants U.N. probe
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is calling for a United Nations investigation into Israel’s attacks on Gaza, criticizing Israel for a disproportionate response to Hamas rocket attacks.
The criticism stands in stark contrast to the statements of other Democrats, who have offered near-unanimous support for Israel amid the latest violence in the Middle East.
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President-elect Obama has yet to weigh in on the violence, although top adviser David Axelrod on Sunday noted statements Obama made over the summer that respected Israel’s right to defend itself.
Why would Israel bomb a University? from E.I.
Ali Abunimah, from Electronic Intifada and reprinted in the Guardian: We have no words left:
Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, pleaded that Israel wanted "quiet" - a continuation of the truce - while Hamas chose "terror", forcing him to act. But what is Israel's idea of a truce? It is very simple: Palestinians have the right to remain silent while Israel starves them, kills them and continues to violently colonise their land.
As John Ging, the head of operations for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, said in November: "The people of Gaza did not benefit; they did not have any restoration of a dignified existence ... at the UN, our supplies were also restricted during the period of the ceasefire, to the point where we were left in a very vulnerable and precarious position and with a few days of closure we ran out of food."
That is an Israeli truce. Any act of resistance including the peaceful protests against the apartheid wall in the West Bank is always met by Israeli bullets and bombs. There are no rockets launched at Israel from the West Bank, and yet Israel's extrajudicial killings, land theft, settler pogroms and kidnappings never stopped for a day during the truce. The western-backed Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas has acceded to all Israel's demands. Under the proud eye of United States military advisors, Abbas has assembled "security forces" to fight the resistance on Israel's behalf. None of that has spared a single Palestinian in the West Bank from Israel's relentless colonisation.
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Israel is no doubt emboldened by the complicity of the European Union, which this month voted again to upgrade its ties with Israel despite condemnation from its own officials and those of the UN for the "collective punishment" being visited on Gaza.
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Diplomatic fronts, such as the US-dominated Quartet, continue to treat occupier and occupied, coloniser and colonised, first-world high-tech army and near-starving refugee population, as if they are on the same footing. Hope is fading that the incoming administration of Barack Obama is going to make any fundamental change to US policies that are hopelessly biased towards Israel.
With governments and international institutions failing to do their jobs, the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee - representing hundreds of organisations - has renewed its call on international civil society to intensify its support for the sanctions campaign modelled on the successful anti-apartheid movement.
Now is the time to channel our raw emotions into a long-term effort to make sure we do not wake up to "another Gaza" ever again.
For now, I'm waiting for Israel to mistakenly bomb a hospital.
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Mar. 8th, 2008 10:33 amTen worst countries for women [thestar.com]
Buried somewhere in the article:
[2.] Democratic Republic of Congo: In the eastern DRC, a war that claimed more than 3 million lives has ignited again, with women on the front line. Rapes are so brutal and systematic that UN investigators have called them unprecedented. Many victims die; others are infected with HIV and left to look after children alone. Foraging for food and water exposes women to yet more violence. Without money, transport or connections, they have no way of escape.
Where's the goddamned news?
Buried somewhere in the article:
[2.] Democratic Republic of Congo: In the eastern DRC, a war that claimed more than 3 million lives has ignited again, with women on the front line. Rapes are so brutal and systematic that UN investigators have called them unprecedented. Many victims die; others are infected with HIV and left to look after children alone. Foraging for food and water exposes women to yet more violence. Without money, transport or connections, they have no way of escape.
Where's the goddamned news?
liberal development on lebanon
Jul. 21st, 2006 05:08 pmJim Karygiannis resigns as national campaign manager for Joe Volpe over difference of opinion on Lebanon, [thestar.com] Volpe strongly supporting Israel.
This is quite an interesting development. I can't find any positions on Ignatieff's site. Bob Rae calls for peacekeepers on the border, but we all know what issue he quite the NDP over...
This is quite an interesting development. I can't find any positions on Ignatieff's site. Bob Rae calls for peacekeepers on the border, but we all know what issue he quite the NDP over...
"The majority of the passports used crossing the border when I was there were Canadian, followed by Lebanese, Brazilian, American, and Australian in descending order. [...] According to a Syrian border official, almost 100,000 people have fled Lebanon." source
ETA: "The diplomatic process is not meant to shorten the window of time of the army's operation, but rather is meant to be an extension of it and to prevent a need for future military operations," [Israel's foreign minister] told reporters.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday that it's too early to send in such a force.[CBC.ca]
It's too early, because Israel hasn't achieved its objectives yet. Once it has done that, we'll support a stabilization force that will do Israel's work anyway.
ETA: "The diplomatic process is not meant to shorten the window of time of the army's operation, but rather is meant to be an extension of it and to prevent a need for future military operations," [Israel's foreign minister] told reporters.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday that it's too early to send in such a force.[CBC.ca]
It's too early, because Israel hasn't achieved its objectives yet. Once it has done that, we'll support a stabilization force that will do Israel's work anyway.
