By Patrick Cockburn September 15, 2014 “ICH” – “The Independent” – The reasons for this are political as well as military. The five or six million Sunni Arabs who live in areas controlled by Isis in Iraq and Syria may not be happy with the brutality, bigotry and violence of their new rulers. But they are […]
The Impossible War: Isis ‘Cannot be Beaten’ as Long as There is Civil War in Syria Read More »
By Ramzy Baroud September 15, 2014 “ICH” – – A few months ago, not many Americans, in fact Europeans as well, knew that a Yazidi sect in fact existed in northwest Iraq. Even in the Middle East itself, the Yazidis and their way of life have been an enigma, shrouded by mystery and mostly grasped through
Convenient Genocide: Another Failed War to Re-arrange The Middle East Read More »
By Richard Falk September 04, 2014 “ICH” – Contrary to much conventional thinking that treats ‘anti-Semitism’ as exclusively a form of ethnic hatred, there is a second kind of attitude that is alleged to be ‘anti-Semitism’ because it is critical, often justifiably so, of Zionism and Israel’s policies and practices. This second type of supposed anti-Semitism
An official European Parliament delegation that visited the besieged Gaza Strip after the recent Israeli onslaught on the blockaded area says Israel has committed “genocide” against the defenseless Palestinians, Press TV reports. The delegation, which includes 13 members of the European Parliament, has called on the EU to break diplomatic ties with Israel and
Israel committed genocide in Gaza: EU delegation Read More »
By Ilan Pappé August 23, 2014 “ICH” – “PIPR” – – People in Gaza and elsewhere in Palestine feel disappointed at the lack of any significant international reaction to the carnage and destruction the Israeli assault has so far left behind it in the Strip. The inability, or unwillingness, to act seems to be first and
The Historical Perspective of the 2014 Gaza Massacre Read More »
Dozens of Holocaust survivors, together with hundreds of descendants of Holocaust survivors and victims, have accused Israel of “genocide” for the deaths of more than 2,000 Palestinians in Gaza since the conflict erupted in July. In an open letter released by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network and published as an advert in The New York Times,
Holocaust survivors and their descendants accuse Israel of ‘genocide’ Read More »
by Ray Downs The logo of the 969 group. When most Westerners think of Buddhism, they think of smiling men with potbellies and inspirational quotes from Phil Jackson. “Buddhist neo-Nazi” sounds like a contradiction in terms. But in Burma, vicious anti-Muslim sentiment has been on the rise, and Buddhist extremists are responsible for attacking
Is Burma’s Anti-Muslim Violence Led by “Buddhist Neo-Nazis”? Read More »
By Haidar Eid Gaza has turned from the world’s biggest concentration camp to the world’s biggest graveyard. More than 1300 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive on Gaza [EPA] “A terrorist, like those who kidnapped the boys and killed them, the only thing that will deter them, is if they know that
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia —Aug 1, 2014, 8:40 PM Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah condemned the war in Gaza Friday as a “collective massacre” and a crime against humanity, but stopped short of directly condemning Israel for its ground campaign against Hamas. Unlike past Gaza wars, including the devastating 2008 offensive, the Saudi monarch did not condemn Israel outright
One would think that a sad, sorry history of ones own people would create some sensitivity towards other people. But it does not. At least some people rather seem to take the horrors their ancestors had to endure as behavioral guidance for their own attitude towards other people in similar sorry circumstances. The Times of
