Articles by martyn

"Perhaps the most telling sign of Israel’s military failure comes in counting the dead and wounded. Israel now claims that it killed about 400-500 Hezbollah fighters, while its own losses were significantly less. But a […]

"Olmert and the security cabinet violated the first principle of war – they showed contempt for their enemy. In many respects, Olmert and his cabinet were captives of an unquestioned belief in the efficacy of […]

Reports from Israeli checkpoints in – MachsomWatch Summary for October 2007 MachsomWatch is an Israeli women’s movement that monitors one of the gravest aspects of the occupation, the restriction on free movement by Palestinians in the […]

Christians, too, suffer the evilness of the occupation Palestine Information Centre Khalid Amayreh in Bethlehem  Christmas is a season of good will. However, for Israel and its notoriously mendacious propaganda machine, Christmas is also a […]

Please vote at the full Council meeting on Feb 21st for the Motion to support Mordechai Vanunu Dear ___________ I am writing to you as a Glasgow City Councillor for my ward to ask you to support […]

asking for you to vote for motion for Mordechai Vanunu at the full council meeting on Feb 21st you are our representative in the City council support for Vanunu’s freedom to travel abroad and leave […]

    MOTION FOR COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2008 (This motion is proposed by Greens and seconded by Labour) Glasgow City Council notes the broad base of support from across the Scottish Political spectrum […]

    Christmas 2007: even as Shepherds are displaced, Santa attacked, Christmas pilgrims denied, Bethlehem land stolen; yet Hope Grows By Mazin Qumsiyeh     My uncle’s family managed to visit their hometown (the Shepherd’s […]

December 11, 2007 Israel’s Palestinians Speak Out Nadim Rouhana The Annapolis peace talks regard me as an interloper in my own land. Israel’s deputy prime minister, Avigdor Lieberman, argues that I should "take [my] bundles […]

Michael Hirsh in Newsweek Dec 20, 2007 A unilateral military strike against Iran is much more likely following the latest intel report about Tehran’s nuke program. Ehud Olmert, like George W. Bush, is trying hard […]