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Znet Article Soliman: Egypt's Crackdown on Opposition

Znet Article, May, 11 2006 Nagwan Soliman
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On April 27th, two days after a terrorist bombing that killed 21 at the Egyptian resort of Dahab, thousands of Egyptian riot police turned downtown Cairo into military zone, beating and arresting peaceful protesters.  The protesters were supportin...

Znet Article Leupp: "Out of Iraq, Into Darfur"? Just Saying No to Imperialist Intervention

Znet Article, May, 11 2006 Gary Leupp
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At the huge, inspiring antiwar march in New York yesterday, I noticed many placards with the massage, "Out of Iraq, Into Darfur." They were held by members of a group called "Volunteer for Change," described as "a project of Working Assets." I was...

Znet Article Cook: Israel's road to 'convergence' began with Rabin

Znet Article, May, 11 2006 Jonathan Cook
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With his coalition partners on board, Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert is plotting his next move: a partial withdrawal from the West Bank over the next few years which he and his government will declare as the end of the occupation and therefor...

Znet Article Baroud: Iran and US

Znet Article, May, 11 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice couldn't possibly have been more accurate when she accused Iran of "playing games" with the international community. Rice was specifically referring to an announcement made April 30, by the deputy head of ...

Znet Article Avnery: Israel's New Government

Znet Article, May, 08 2006 Uri Avnery
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SHALL WE start with the good news or the bad news? As confirmed optimists, let's start with the good news. To paraphrase an old Hebrew saying: Don't look at the vessel but at what's not in it. Avigdor Liberman is not in the Israeli government. H...

Znet Article Chomsky: Subordinate and Non-Subordinate States

Znet Article, May, 08 2006 Noam Chomsky
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  Noam Chomsky, whom the New York Times has called “arguably the most important intellectual alive,” was voted the leading living public intellectual in The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll conducted by the British magazine P...

Znet Article Baroud: National Sovereignty and Military Occupation Not Compatible

Znet Article, May, 06 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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In a seemingly poignant analysis of the situation in Iraq, BBC news online analyst, Jim Muir assessed Iraqi politics following the choice of Jawad Al Maliki as prime minister designate. Muir’s detailed analysis failed to even hint at the ...

Znet Article Finkelstein: It's Not Either / Or

Znet Article, May, 03 2006 Norman Finkelstein
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In the current fractious debate over the role of the Israel Lobby in the formulation and execution of US policies in the Middle East, the "either-or" framework -- giving primacy to either the Israel Lobby or to U.S. strategic interests -- isn't, i...

Znet Article Podur: Free Software and ZNet

Znet Article, May, 01 2006 Justin Podur
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For several months ZNet, an activist website, has been exploring the possibility of converting to free software and so joining the 'free software movement', a movement that advocates for certain fundamental freedoms for computer users. Both ZNet a...

Znet Article Solo: Venezuela and Brazil

Znet Article, April, 30 2006 Toni Solo
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COPA the Panamanian airline is now flying the Brazilian company Embraer's E-190 commercial airliners on routes previously dominated by Boeing 737s. This detail highlights broader shifts in the economic balance of power in Latin America away from U...

Znet Article Kanazi: Why are the Palestinians expected to take the blame?

Znet Article, April, 29 2006 Remi Kanazi
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How long is a sane man expected to sit on his hands while his enemy slaps him in the face? The Palestinian people have endured a prolonged aggression by a pariah state, and yet the world not only expects them to sit on their hands, the world blame...

Znet Article Avnery: Peretz's Trap

Znet Article, April, 29 2006 Uri Avnery
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WHEN YOU see a person walking into a trap, you shout: "Look out!" But when you see a person walking into a trap knowingly, with open eyes, what are you supposed to do? AMIR PERETZ is about to become Minister of Defense and he knows that it is...

Znet Article Roy: Gaza's Future

Znet Article, April, 29 2006 Sara Roy
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LRB | Vol. 27 No. 21 dated 3 November 2005 | Sara Roy Last April President Bush said that Israel's withdrawal from Gaza would allow the establishment of 'a democratic state in the Gaza' and open the door for democracy in the Middle East. The col...

Znet Article Hass: Hungry And Shell-Shocked

Znet Article, April, 27 2006 Amira Hass
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Gaza - Where will the next blow land? That is the question. Not if it will come, but rather when, and on whom will it land, and what kind will it be? Five-year-old L. believes the solution is to sleep every night in his parents' bed, and in that ...

Znet Article Chomsky: Afterword: Failed States

Znet Article, April, 26 2006 Noam Chomsky
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We began by considering four critical issues that should rank high on the agenda of those concerned with the prospects for a decent future. Two of them are literally matters of survival: nuclear war and environmental disaster. The first danger is ...

Znet Article Podur: Six Nations Does Not Stand Alone

Znet Article, April, 24 2006 Justin Podur
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On Thursday April 20, Hazel Hill, one of the Six Nations Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) leaders on the blockade at the Douglas Creek Estates near Caledonia, told me about her beating at the hands of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) hours before. Early t...

Znet Article Levy: Who is the Terrorist?

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Gideon Levy
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The scenes from Gaza are heartbreaking. Heartbreaking? That's not for certain. The sight of the Aben family from Beit Lahiya mourning its 12-year-old daughter Hadil last week did not stir any particular shock in Israel. Nor did anyone take to the ...

Znet Article Halper: Sumud vs. Apartheid

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Jeff Halper
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This is, as they say, the crunch. This is the political moment all Israeli governments - all of them, Labour, Likud and 'National Unity' - have been working towards the past four decades of Occupation: the final push for an expanded Israel, the pe...

Znet Article Cook: The real meaning of deporting Hamas Members of Parliament

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Jonathan Cook
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The policy of "hitnatkut", or unilateral disengagement, developed by Ariel Sharon needed a swift facelift following the withdrawal of settlers from Gaza last year. And Israel's prime minister-designate, Ehud Olmert, has found it in the related con...

Znet Article Baroud: The Case for the Palestinian Government

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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Responding to successive decisions made by the US, the European Union and various European and non-European countries to boycott the Palestinian Authority and deprive it of urgently needed funds, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh described...

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