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Raina: Back to a Better Version of Reform
Znet Article, July, 07 2006
Badri Raina
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Although the custodians of ‘ruling ideas’ seek always to lend ‘universal’ weight to concepts that suit them, it remains a truism of common human experience that the same words across changing histories do not mean t...
Baroud: And Israel Shall Be Safe Again
Znet Article, July, 05 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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The June 25 Palestinian fighters' raid on an Israeli military post near the Gaza-Egypt border has sent Israel "scrambling to defend itself," the voice of a BBC news reporter declared on the evening news. The report was followed by an unchallengin...
Lendman: It's Time to End the "Last Taboo" and Hold Israel Accountable for its Actions
Znet Article, July, 05 2006
Stephen Lendman
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The "Last Taboo" was the title of eminent Palestinian-born writer, scholar and activist Edward Said's essay written shortly before his death in September, 2003. It was also the title of distinguished author and documentary filmmaker John Pilger's ...
Levy: A Black Flag
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Gideon Levy
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A black flag hangs over the "rolling" operation in Gaza. The more the operation "rolls," the darker the flag becomes. The "summer rains" we are showering on Gaza are not only pointless, but are first and foremost blatantly illegitimate. It is not ...
Avnery: Agatha In The Rain
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Uri Avnery
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"ISRAEL HAS declared war on the Palestinian people! The Palestinian people will answer in kind! The Palestinian rebellion will go on! The Palestinian fighters are steadfast in the service of the nation! Down with the Nazi-Zionist occupation! Out w...
Akhavan: Looting Iran
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Niki Akhavan
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It took years of painful sanctions and numerous bombing campaigns before looters swept in to steal Iraq’s archaeological treasures. It seems that in the case of Iran, the theft may precede sanctions and war. The University of ChicagoâS...
Mcaskill: Iran's Jewish MP
Znet Article, June, 28 2006
Ewen Mcaskill
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Maurice Motamed has one of the loneliest jobs in the Middle East. When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his controversial Holocaust statements, the sole Jewish MP in Iran's 290-member Majlis (parliament) felt he had no option but to confront him. "When ...
Baroud: Re-Interpreting Iraq
Znet Article, June, 28 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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To their credit, top US Pentagon officials cautioned journalists and the public, since the Iraq war’s early days, that the dissemination of misinformation would be a vital weapon in their war strategy. Needless to say, they have certainly ...
Freeman-maloy: AIPAC North
Znet Article, June, 26 2006
Dan Freeman-maloy
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The establishment of the so-called Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC) in late 2005, just in time for the federal election of January 2006, has elicited heated debate within...
Freeman-maloy: AIPAC North
Znet Article, June, 26 2006
Dan Freeman-maloy
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In 1998, Canada's UIA and the CJF's Canadian region merged to form the United Israel Appeal Federations Canada (UIAFC). Under the increasing power of these g...
Freeman-maloy: AIPAC North
Znet Article, June, 26 2006
Dan Freeman-maloy
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As the Canadian establishment's support for Israeli Apartheid increased, the GPC polls conducted for and relied upon by CIJA...
Kanazi: Missing the Point and the Target in Gaza
Znet Article, June, 24 2006
Remi Kanazi
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The recent Israeli artillery strikes on the Gaza Strip have outraged Palestinians, raised eyebrows in the international community, prompted condemnation from human rights organizations, and put the Israeli government on the defensive. One thing is...
Lendman: The Wall Street Journal's Chavez Commentary
Znet Article, June, 24 2006
Stephen Lendman
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You won't find commentary and language any more hostile to Hugo Chavez than on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. Their June 23 piece by Mary Anastasia O'Grady in the Americas column is a clear, jaw-dropping example. It's practically b...
Raina: India, Nepal, and Left Praxis
Znet Article, June, 24 2006
Badri Raina
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In an earlier piece in the same space (“India and Nepalâ€, Znet, june 10) suggestions were made with respect to the implications of the Nepalese revolutionary upsurge for the idea of the theocratic State. That upsurge also has an...
Baroud: Al-Zarqawi Death
Znet Article, June, 21 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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The convenient emergence and sudden disappearance of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi signals an end of an era. Though Washington and London insist on telling us that the ‘good news’ don’t necessary mean an end to Iraq’s bloods...
Reinhart: A Week of Israeli Restraint
Znet Article, June, 21 2006
Tanya Reinhart
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Yediot Aharonot, June 21, 2006, Translated from Hebrew by Mark Marshall (Footnotes added) In Israeli discourse, Israel is always presented as the side exercising restraint in its conflict with the Palestinians. This was true again for the events...
Chomsky: A negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis is within reach
Znet Article, June, 19 2006
Noam Chomsky
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he urgency of halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and moving toward their elimination, could hardly be greater. Failure to do so is almost certain to lead to grim consequences, even the end of biology's only experiment with higher intell...
Kanazi: Witnessing the Destruction of Gaza
Znet Article, June, 19 2006
Remi Kanazi
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On Tuesday, June 13, Israeli missile fire killed seven Palestinian civilians in Gaza City. Among the dead were two children. The strike follows an Israeli assault on a Gaza beach late last week which claimed the lives of seven family membersâ̈́...
Baroud: Trying Times for Palestinians
Znet Article, June, 19 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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The political and ideological division separating Palestinian society in the Occupied Territories has metamorphosed into a formidable chasm, despite the urgent need to consolidate Palestinian national unity in this current crisis. And a time of c...
