Pariah Nation

by Alexander Cockburn, CounterPunch As the tv networks here give unlimited airtime to its apologists, the message rolls out that Israel is permitted every illegal act in the lexicon of international law, from acts of violence against a civilian population (the people of Gaza, starved under permanent blockade) to piracy on the high seas and the lethal [...]

Egypt to strip men married to Israelis of citizenship

from Raw Story A Cairo court on Saturday upheld a ruling to strip Egyptian men married to Israeli women of their citizenship in a case that has highlighted national sentiment towards Israel. Judge Mohammed al-Husseini, sitting on the Supreme Administrative Court, said the interior ministry must ask the cabinet to take the necessary steps to [...]

War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields

“Because the blockade of Gaza itself violates international law, Israel committed an illegal act of war attacking the convoy, regardless of who attacked whom first.” Alternet So why are Israel and her U.S. apologists so desperate to keep control of Gaza that they will lie, kill, and maul 21-year-old girls to do it?  One word… Mammon.  (It’s [...]

Just Obeying Orders; The Two Confrontations at Sea Were Different Because of the Orders The IDF Received from Benjamin Netanyahu

by Scott Creighton The Rachel Corrie was taken by Israeli defense forces with apparently no violence what-so-ever. Is that because the passengers were better behaved on the Rachel Corrie than those on the Mavi Marmara? Is it because there were less “terrorists” on last night’s attempt? In a word… no. The two humanitarian aid fleet [...]

Helen Thomas’ Comment – Contrived Timing For the Israeli Apologist Machine

by Scott Creighton Helen Thomas has been an outspoken critic of Israeli policy for a long time now. During President Obama’s very first press conference, Thomas asked Obama if he knew whether or not any Middle Eastern nations had nuclear weapons (obviously an attempt to see if the new president would continue with the previous [...]

Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range

Nine Turkish men on board Mavi Marmara were shot a total of 30 times, autopsy results reveal Robert Booth, the Guardian Israel was tonight under pressure to allow an independent inquiry into its assault on the Gaza aid flotilla after autopsy results on the bodies of those killed, obtained by the Guardian, revealed they were [...]