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Faruqui: Worse Than No Deal At All
Znet Article, April, 26 2002
Ahmad Faruqui
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Speaking in Los Angeles last month, Al Gore argued that the cycle of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians began when Yasir Arafat rejected an "extremely generous" peace settlement that Bill Clinton and former Israeli Prime Minister...
Faruqui: Worse Than No Deal
Znet Article, April, 26 2002
Ahmad Faruqui
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Speaking in Los Angeles last month, Al Gore argued that the cycle of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians began when Yasir Arafat rejected an "extremely generous" peace settlement that Bill Clinton and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud ...
Rebick: French Election Has Lessons For Us All
Znet Article, April, 26 2002
Judy Rebick
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The results of the French Presidential election are the latest, and perhaps most significant sign, that the shifts in global politics following September 11 are much greater than anyone on the left predicted. The failure of the French left to move...
Mokhiber: No Kidding:
Znet Article, April, 26 2002
Russell Mokhiber
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A key anti-bribery law has taken a major hit. A startling decision handed down last week by a federal judge in Houston undermines the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and will make it difficult for weak and demoralized prosecutors to bring to justice...
Prashad: Sharonism and the "Special Relationship."
Commentary, April, 25 2002
Vijay Prashad
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An email message comes to me from Karachi, Pakistan. The message reads, in part, as follows: "Chomsky says that US support of Israel is not because of the 'Jewish Lobby' and he gives reasons for that; for one it would be too simplistic to think th...
Rabbani: Did Israel Perpetrate a 'Massacre' in the Jenin Refugee Camp?
Znet Article, April, 25 2002
Mouin Rabbani
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Even before the Israeli military completed its conquest of the Jenin refugee camp on 11 April, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had established a public relations committee specifically devoted to defend...
Huggler: What really happened in Jenin?
Znet Article, April, 25 2002
Justin Huggler
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The thought was as unshakable as the stench wafting from the ruins. Was this really about counterterrorism? Was it revenge? Or was it an episode – the nastiest so far – in a long war by Ariel Sharon, the staunch opponent of the Osl...
Mcaskill: Children are new martyrs of Gaza
Znet Article, April, 25 2002
Ewen Mcaskill
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A tragic new twist was added to the Middle East conflict when three 14-year-old Palestinian classmates were buried in Gaza yesterday after mounting a futile attack that ended with them being shot dead by Israeli soldiers. They were victims of a d...
Solomon: Alice's New Adventures In Medialand
Commentary, April, 24 2002
Norman Solomon
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Alice climbed out of the news hole. She seemed badly shaken. "I thought Wonderland was curious indeed," she said, "but Medialand is even more peculiar."
Hillson: Reporter's Notebook from Argentina
Znet Article, April, 24 2002
Jon Hillson
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BUENOS AIRES, April 24 (NY Transfer)--"Don't cry for me, Argentina, the truth is I never left you," implores the romanticized persona of Eva Duarte in the musical "Evita." But the powerful fact today is that millions do not long for her, or her hu...
Moore: Fear of Whites?
Znet Article, April, 24 2002
Michael Moore
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I don't know what it is, but every time I see a white guy walking towards me, I tense up. My heart starts racing, and I immediately begin to look for an escape route and a means to defend myself. I kick myself for even being in this part of town a...
Johnson: This is What Democracy Looks Like
Znet Article, April, 24 2002
Eric Johnson
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I was huddled against a wall on Broadway and 5th, just after dawn, when I noticed a woman with a gas mask strapped to her belt. “Don’t worry,†I heard someone next to me say (probably having noticed that my lips were turn...
Klein: Old Hates Fueled By Fear
Znet Article, April, 24 2002
Naomi Klein
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I knew from e-mail reports that something new was going on in Washington last weekend. A demonstration against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund was joined by an antiwar march, as well as a demonstration against the Israeli occupation...
Kagarlitsky: A Different World, But Which One?
Commentary, April, 23 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The World Social Forum in Porto Alegre arose as an alternative to the World Economic Forum in Davos. If Davos had become a symbol of the free market and of corporate globalisation, Porto Alegre was designed to become both a show of resistance to D...
Monbiot: Diplomacy US-Style
Znet Article, April, 23 2002
George Monbiot
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Tony Blair might believe he belongs to an international coalition, but George Bush has other ideas. Bush's international war against terrorism has not stopped him from waging a parallel war against cooperation. Two weeks ago, the US ambassador to...
Jerusalem: Israel accused over Jenin assault
Znet Article, April, 23 2002
Chris mcgreal in Jerusalem
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The International Committee of the Red Cross yesterday accused Israel of breaching the Geneva conventions by recklessly endangering civilian lives and property during its assault on the Jenin refugee camp, and by refusing the injured access to med...
Siu hin: What's Oil Got to Do With It
Znet Article, April, 23 2002
Lee Siu hin
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Since April of this year, after U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell failed to make progress in his mission to Israel and Palestine, international oil prices have reached $25 per barrel -- 25% higher then the same period last year. And on April 8t...
Libre: Estacion Libre Report
Znet Article, April, 22 2002
Estacion Libre
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Estación Libre and Project 169 denounce the recent rise in violence in the state of Chiapas. This latest situation does not amount to a series of simple coincidences but rather a concerted and systematic effort by Mexico's state and federal gover...
Levy: Building the Terror Infrastructure
Znet Article, April, 22 2002
Gideon Levy
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1. Fares Smaha bought a new pair of shoes for the holiday last year. At the time, he was a fatherless 14-year-old boy. His older brother Ahmed was serving time in jail in Israel for theft; his sister had been sold into marriage to an old Bedouin i...
Clark: The Brilliant Offer Israel Never Made
Znet Article, April, 22 2002
David Clark
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Yesterday's carnage in the West Bank provided a bloody illustration of the limits of Ariel Sharon's military strategy. Armed force cannot provide his people with the security they crave because the terrorist infrastructure he has set out to destro...
