Politics

CPMAJO Presidents Meets with President Obama on March 1, 2011 American Zionism against the Egyptian Pro-Democracy Movement One of the least analyzed aspects of the Egyptian pro-democracy movement and US policy toward it, is the role of the influential Zionist power configuration (ZPC) including the leading umbrella organization – the …

Robert Fisk: The historical narrative that lies beneath the Gaddafi rebellion Thursday, 3 March 2011 Poor old Libyans. After 42 years of Gaddafi, the spirit of resistance did not burn so strongly. The intellectual heart of Libya had fled abroad. Libyans have always opposed foreign occupiers just as the Algerians …

Israel wants to navigate post-Mubarak Egypt according to Zionist compass Khalid Amayreh It is amply clear that Israel is extremely worried about the direction that Arab revolutions might take with regard to the apartheid entity, especially its ethnic-cleansing designs vis-à-vis the Palestinian people. During the recent Egyptian revolution which deposed …

U.S. Ambassadore to Egypt Margaret Scobey AP Egypt protests: America’s secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising Tim Ross, Matthew Moore and Steven Swinford The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has …

Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas Helen Thomas: Jews didn’t have to leave Europe following Holocaust In CNN interview, veteran reporter refuses to call comments urging Jews to leave Israel and return to Europe insensitive, says Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians is the real insensitivity. The Jews did not have …

AIPAC Vetos U.N. Resolution on Israeli Settlements U.S. Casts the Actual Ballot February 22, 2011 By Philip Giraldi Last Friday’s American veto of the United Nations Security Council resolution that would have called Israeli settlement activity on the West Bank illegal was not only shameful, it was possibly the low …

Without Egypt Israel will be left with no friends in Mideast Jan. 29, 2011 By Aluf Benn The fading power of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government leaves Israel in a state of strategic distress. Without Mubarak, Israel is left with almost no friends in the Middle East; last year, Israel …

Parents Face Killer Not One Word of Remorse’ from Driver Who Crushed RachelCorrie’ ‘Israeli soldier in bulldozer ‘did not see her Harriet Sherwood in Haifa The Israeli soldier at the controls of the bulldozer that crushed the pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie told a court today that the first time he …

Israel greenwashing the “war on terror” Jonathan Cook Under cover of a sudden interest in developing new green technologies, the Israeli government hopes to weaken the Gulf states by making their oil redundant and thereby defeating “Islamic terror.” Uzi Landau, the national infrastructures minister, outlined a vision of a world …

The Limits of Social Movements February 16, 2011 James Petras On the one hand, the social movements demonstrated their capacity to mobilize hundreds of thousands, if not millions, in a successful sustained struggle culminating in the overthrow of the dictator in a way that pre-existent opposition parties and personalities were …