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The Comment Factory » gaza http://www.thecommentfactory.com Join And Start Writing Today! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:38:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “Bogus parallels”: Donald Macintyre responds to Medialens http://www.thecommentfactory.com/bogus-parallels-donald-macintyre-responds-to-medialens-3371/ http://www.thecommentfactory.com/bogus-parallels-donald-macintyre-responds-to-medialens-3371/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:24:50 +0000 David Edwards http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=3371

Tony Blair: Greasing his way through the Middle East with the Indy More than six weeks after our initial challenge to the Independent's Donald Macintyre, we are still waiting for a response....

Hamas will not stop fighting until this obscene Israeli blockade is lifted Hamas say they will not surrender until the blockade of Gaza is lifted. The Israelis should do this immediately or they have no legitimate defense. ...

What did Israel achieve in its assault on Gaza? Valia Mourtzanou looks at what Israel achieved with their assault on Gaza, and is not optimistic....

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Chomsky on Gaza freedom flotilla The siege of Gaza itself does not have the slightest credible pretext. It was imposed by the US and Israel in January 2006 to punish Palestinians because they voted "the...

Israel’s twisted torturing of Gaza In other words, by the twisted logic of Zionism: Israel can impose a blockade on Gaza that systematically starves civilians, leaves them to die without medicine, destroys their sewage and...

UK must expel Israeli ambassador Let him now heed his own words, and stop all arms exports, expel the UK ambassador. The enormity of this crime must not get lost in the inevitable mist the...

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Kidnapped by Israel, forsaken by Britain Firstly I must apologise for taking so long to update my blog. The events of the past few days have been hectic to say the least, and I am still...

The rise of Lieberman means it’s time to withdraw aid and blockade Israel Avigdor Lieberman has positions more extreme than Hamas -- but will the US and EU be consistent and withdraw aid from Israel as he is made foreign minister?...

]]> http://www.thecommentfactory.com/we-con-the-world-3105/feed/ 12 Chutzpah and hasbara http://www.thecommentfactory.com/chutzpah-and-hasbara-3098/ http://www.thecommentfactory.com/chutzpah-and-hasbara-3098/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:26:07 +0000 Richard Seymour http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=3098

Pro-Israel activists should be shunned as moral degenerates Activists supporting the Israeli assault on Gaza can never again legitimately demonstrate against similar massacres like Beslan or Darfur....

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Noam Chomsky on the US, Israel, and Gaza Noam Chomsky takes on Ehud Barak and discusses Israeli-US objectives in the Gaza offensive....

Rebuilding life in Gaza amid frustration and anger Will is be possible to reinstate a sense of peace and hope in Gaza?...

The view from Gaza Before the attack, Israeli spokespeople and statesmen had sedulously tried to paint the flotilla in the colors reserved for scoundrels and terrorists. "Israel … invited the flotilla organizers to use...

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Canadian activists react to the Gaza assault, while the government does nothing Johan Boyden evaluates the response from the Canadian activist groups and the political parties there....

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Obama, Gaza, and Israel: Definitely not change Obama has lined up behind the assault on Gaza, and this is certainly not a change we can believe in....

Israel’s war on Gaza: The facts Adam Sheets does an exhaustive documentation of the events leading up to the attack on Gaza, which shows how Israel broke the cease-fire initially, and have consistently rejected Hamas' calls...

What did Israel achieve in its assault on Gaza? Valia Mourtzanou looks at what Israel achieved with their assault on Gaza, and is not optimistic....

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Indomitable Resistance: My night at the Tent of Nations in Nahalin, Palestine I left the farm inspired by the Nassars' non-violent, non-confrontational approach to even the most naked oppression. Their kind of resistance makes sense at this stage in the conflict --...

Gaza Is A New Genocide: An Israeli, and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, explains how she fought the lies The myths in Israel legitimate the destruction of the Palestinian people, but there will never be peace until the occupation is over. ...

Israel attacks Gaza, killing hundreds of people Leah Borromeo evaluates what's happening in the Gaza Strip as Israel attacks....

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Operation Cast Lead, Phase III Richard Seymour looks at the where the assault on Gaza is likely to go. ...

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Interview: Adam Shapiro, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement Kourosh Ziabari talks to the co-founder of the Palestine International Solidarity Movement, Adam Shapiro. ...

Israel, Palestine and the International Criminal Court The alleged crimes that have been committed by Israel and Palestinians should be referred to the International Criminal Court. That is the best option open for finding out the truth...

Obama, Gaza, and Israel: Definitely not change Obama has lined up behind the assault on Gaza, and this is certainly not a change we can believe in....

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Hired Hands — Part 2 George Monbiot got it right: mainstream journalists, quite simply, are “hired hands defending a corporate or institutional position”....

Obama, Gaza, and Israel: Definitely not change Obama has lined up behind the assault on Gaza, and this is certainly not a change we can believe in....

Obama’s hands will be tied The soft-left Obama honeymoon will last only weeks because the financial crisis will make it impossible to push through any equalizing measures. The only way serious change can be forced...

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A Deaf World: A Palestinian from Gaza, now living in Cairo, watches bombs fall on her family Yasmeen El-Khoudary is from Gaza but living in Cairo. Here she describes the pain and anxiety of watching the Israeli assault on her people....

Letter to the citizens of Israel from a Palestinian in Ramallah You may not see us over the Separation Wall you built; you may not see us from the cockpits of your F-16s or from the inside of your tanks; you...

“I used to call it a catastrophe, now I have no words”: Gaza under assault Hatem Shurrab works for Islamic Relief in Gaza City, Palestine. Here he describes the death and destruction unleashed on his home under Israeli assault, from the hospitals to the schools....

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