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Fair: Euphemisms for Israeli Settlements Confuse Coverage
Znet Article, July, 07 2002
Fair
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The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported last month (5/31/02) that at the behest of a Likud party minister, the Israel Broadcasting Authority has banned its editorial departments from using the terms "settlers" or "settlements" on radio and TV. Acc...
Jensen: What are we celebrating on the Fourth of July?
Commentary, July, 06 2002
Robert Jensen
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In 1776 American colonists fought for freedom against a mighty empire, an act of self-determination we still celebrate on the Fourth of July. But we also use the Fourth to maintain a mythology about our role in the world that, while mostly true in...
Steel: When Bart Simpson Goes To War, Take Cover
Znet Article, July, 06 2002
Mark Steel
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The American military must take tips from Bart Simpson. As survivors gaze in bewilderment at the four bombarded Afghan villages and 40 people at a wedding killed by American missiles fired from American planes, the Pentagon thinks for a moment and...
Levy: Buried With Chocolate In His Hand
Znet Article, July, 06 2002
Gideon Levy
Levy's ZSpace page
The video shows it all: Here are the three kids on their bikes, three black dots on the slope of the road, two on the right, close together, the third on the left, and a white car passes between them. A woman calls out something unclear, maybe a w...
Avnery: A Maddened Cow
Znet Article, July, 06 2002
Uri Avnery
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Israel is the only state in the world that has a population of 200%. And that's a fact. Public opinion polls show that it has two simultaneous majorities. One is peace- loving, the other supports extreme nationalism. At the present time, it looks...
Segall: Why I Won't Serve Sharon
Znet Article, July, 05 2002
Shlomi Segall
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It is remarkable how easily one learns to live with occupation. When I was born, the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories was already three years old. When I became 18 the occupation was still in full force, only by then the Palestini...
Ahmad: Cry, the Beloved Country
Znet Article, July, 05 2002
Aijaz Ahmad
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Today India faces the classic situation of a pre-fascist upheaval. What used to be the political centre has collapsed, with the Congress reduced to a parliamentary minority and all the rest so splintered as to be assimilated as small ineffectual g...
Cromwell: Climate Of Silence
Znet Article, July, 05 2002
David Cromwell
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On May 13, 2002, Media Lens issued a media alert titled 'The Media's Stranglehold on the "Climate" Debate': We suggested that Media Lens readers contact Michael McCarthy and John Vidal - the environment editors of The Independent and The Guard...
Amirali: Rebellion In Pakistan
Znet Article, July, 05 2002
Asha Amirali
Amirali's ZSpace page
July 3, 2002Dear Sup,Greetings. And much love.We write to inform you of the plight of landless tenants in nine districts in this state of Punjab, Pakistan.A war rages here. On one side, thousands of police, rangers, and the military; on the othe...
Azulay: Breeding Points Of Terror
Znet Article, July, 05 2002
Jessica Azulay
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Everywhere you go in Ramallah people talk about checkpoints. Then they talk about living in a prison. But they are not talking about prison as we know it. They are talking about the ongoing strangulation of their city by frustrating checkpoints, s...
Pilger: Central Truths
Commentary, July, 04 2002
John Pilger
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If you got your news only from the television, you would have no idea of the roots of the Middle East conflict, or that the Palestinians are victims of an illegal military occupation.
Mahajan: Why I Will Not Celebrate The 4th Of July
Znet Article, July, 04 2002
Rahul Mahajan
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I am an American. Let me be clear about that.It feels strange saying that because I have so often been made to feel a foreigner in my own country -- first because of my Indian ethnicity, and then more recently because of my outspoken criticism o...
Bishara: Quest For The Unholy Grail
Znet Article, July, 04 2002
Azmi Bishara
Bishara's ZSpace page
Imagine a story from folklore in which a young man wants to marry a king's daughter, and the king sets certain conditions before he will agree. The young man must sail through uncharted seas, explore unknown lands and then return having won a magi...
Reinhart: Separation
Commentary, July, 03 2002
Tanya Reinhart
Reinhart's ZSpace page
The Gaza strip is a perfect realization of the Israeli vision of "separation". Surrounded with electric fences and army posts, completely sealed off the outside world, Gaza has become a huge prison. About one third of its land was confiscated for ...
Jensen: Talk Of
Znet Article, July, 03 2002
Robert Jensen
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I was wearing a pro-Palestinian t-shirt; he was wearing a yarmulke. As we sat at the airport waiting for the same flight, he glanced at my shirt and asked me to turn so he could read the message: "Palestine -- 50 years of dispossession, 1948-19...
Jensen: Lynne Cheney's Primer
Znet Article, July, 03 2002
Robert Jensen
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This Fourth of July, many American parents will no doubt be reading Lynne Cheney's alphabet book, America: A Patriotic Primer, to their children.If kids pay close attention they will learn a lot, but unfortunately it will be a lesson in obfuscat...
Burbach: Blood In The Streets Of Buenos Aires
Znet Article, July, 03 2002
Roger Burbach
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While George W. Bush and the other G-8 leaders were meeting at their isolated retreat in Canada, two demonstrators were murdered in cold blood by policemen in the streets of Buenos Aires. The murdered youths belonged to the "piqueteros," or picket...
Chomsky: Chomsky Interview
Znet Article, July, 03 2002
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
1. How far do you belive will the US sacrifice its basic civil liberties for a greater sense of security? It is doubtful that the current attack on civil liberties has much to do with security. In general, one can expect the state to use any p...
Hass: The Civil Administration Was Never Disbanded
Znet Article, July, 03 2002
Amira Hass
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Herman: The Corporate Abuse-reform Cycle
Commentary, July, 02 2002
Edward Herman
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We are at the peak of the latest corporate abuse-reform cycle in which business abuses have been so severe, and their effects so conspicuous, that their low-key treatment and normalization by the mainstream media has been unsustainable.


