“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 more precise accounting shows that Israeli and Hezbollah casualties were nearly even. It is impossible for Shi’ites (and Hezbollah) not…
“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 Israeli deterrence. Like the Israeli public, they viewed any questioning of IDF capabilities as sacrilege. “The Israeli intelligence failure during…
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 occupied territories. The Minister for Tourism ordered the opening of a special colorful passage, intended for tourists only, at the…
Continue Reading “They can die” the soldier added, when we showed him a pregnant woman and a baby.
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 hasbara (Hebrew meaning ‘explanation’!) opportunity for spreading lies and disseminating disinformation and half truths about Christians in the Holy Land.…
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 the motion which will go to the next full Council meeting asking for support for Mordechai Vanunu’s freedom to travel…
Continue Reading Model Letter to Glasgow Councillors to vote for Vanunu
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 Israel. Vanunu is the elected Rector of Glasgow University sentenced to a fresh prison term by an Israeli court for…
Continue Reading Bullet points for a letter to Glasgow City Councillors