| |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] It’s going to be interesting to see how much longer the vicious decades-long US embargo of Cuba lasts, whichever person wins the White House this November. The main reason the US has stubbornly refused to trade with Cuba, and has used sanctions to bully other... Full Story... | | | |  [By Khalid Amayreh] Nuri al Maliki, the Prime Minister of Iraq, might think that he is serving the interests of his country by allowing American imperialism to gain a permanent foothold in Iraq. He might be tempted to argue that many countries around the world are hosting American... Full Story... | | | |  [By Ramzy Baroud] Europe has showed greater willingness in recent months to play a larger part in the Middle East's most protracted conflict, that of Israel and Palestine. But willingness doesn't necessarily indicate readiness. For the European Union (EU) to be truly ready to take on a conflict... Full Story... | | | |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] Okay, I was going to vote for Ralph Nader this November 4. It was an easy decision. I live in Pennsylvania, which is now, according to all the polls, reliably in the Obama column, with the Democratic candidate holding an insurmountable lead in the polls of 14 percent... Full Story... | | | |  [By Khalid Amayreh] The word takes on a new meaning as Jews celebrate the Day of Atonement. Racism raised its ugly head in the northern coastal town of Acre this week, exposing Israelis' shocking bigotry and intolerance towards its non-Jewish citizens, especially the sizeable.. Full Story... | | | |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] After watching the markets plunge and the credit freeze become glacial, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson backed away from his scheme to rescue his investment banking colleagues by spending hundreds of billions of dollars buying up worthless credit derivatives.... Full Story... | | | |  [By Khalid Amayreh] The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is not what it used to be. Today the organization which produced Laila Khalid, George Habash and many other luminaries in the skies of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice is functioning very much... Full Story... | | | | | |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] Critics of government get all worked up when Washington spends money stupidly, or does something manifestly stupid. There was a even senator from Wisconsin, William Proxmire, who used to hand out "Golden Fleece" awards for such things. The Pentagon's notorious $600 payments... Full Story... | | | |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] Whenever comparisons between the Nazi treatment of Jews prior to and during World War II and Israeli treatment of Palestinians (and other peoples of the Middle East) are made, Zionist apologists hasten to dismiss the analogies as unjustified and corrupt. They correctly but... Full Story... | | | |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] Israel has been suffering its worst bout of inter-communal violence since the start of the second intifada, with a week of what has been widely presented as “rioting” by Jewish and Arab residents of the northern port city of Acre. The trigger for the outbursts occurred... Full Story... | | | |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] While most Palestinians are praying for the success of the ongoing efforts to end the lingering crisis between Fatah and Hamas, Fatah's behavior in the West Bank indicates that the mainstream PLO faction is not really serious about national reconciliation. In recent... Full Story... | | | |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] Is it a split or is it a splinter? Listening to Mosiuoa "Terror" Lekota make his historic announcement on Wednesday morning, this was the question that nagged away. Like a lethargic larvae, it has been a long time in gestation. People have been whispering about it for ages, but it was far... Full Story... | | | |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] The Israeli army officer in charge of the occupation of the West Bank, Gen Gadi Shamni, has lambasted extremist Jewish settlers, blaming rising levels of violence on the encouragement of their leadership and right-wing rabbis. It is rare for a senior commander to speak so critically of... Full Story... | | | |  [By Ariel & Dave Lindorff] Earlier this month, a semi-official Iranian news agency lashed out at Dr. Yousuf al Qaradawi, widely considered one of the most eminent living Muslim religious scholars. The agency, called Muhr, castigated the great Alim, or religious scholar, for an interview he had given to an Egyptian... Full Story... | | | |
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