News and Analysis

The general of onions and garlic Gideon Levy, Haaretz, July 13, 2008 …How wretched is an army that empties storerooms of food and clothing for the needy, how ridiculous that the GOC signs orders to close hairdressing salons, how pathetic is a military raid on bakeries and how cruel is an occupation that shuts down…

GAZA, (PIC)– John Ging, the director of UNRWA relief operations in Gaza, stated Saturday that despite the Palestinian side’s commitment to the truce and its cessation of rocket attacks on Israeli targets, Israel did not open the crossings properly in the way needed by the Gaza people, adding that the humanitarian situation is getting worse.…

205 Gazans dead this year as direct result of Israeli siege  …following the death Sunday of Hadeel Haddad, a 19-month-old baby girl who was recently denied a permit to leave Gaza for medical treatment. According to a statement released on Sunday by the de facto government in Gaza’s ministry of health, 205 individuals have died…

Canadian Firms Sued Over Settlements   The lawsuit asks the Canadian court to order the companies a halt to all construction in Modiin Illit settlement on the land that belongs to the village of Bilin. (Google photo) Palestinian villagers have sued two Canadian construction firms for building a Jewish settlement in the West Bank village…

London’s Shameful Salute to Israel June 30, 2008 Full report of Zionist celebration of crime, with British Minister Ed Balls adding support.  Supporters of human rights protested the event.  Full report at Fanonite June 30, 08  

The Iraq War Was About Oil, All Along Bill Moyers and Michael Winship July 5, 2008. Here’s a recent headline in The New York Times: “Deals With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back.” Read on: “Four western companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them…