News
Suicidal Truths
08:20 05.04.2002 |
Columnists
Under the especially revealing title "Suicidal Lies" (31.3), Thomas Friedman of the New York Times gives his distorted version of Middle East realities.
Bosnia Revisited
05:03 05.04.2002 |
Columnists
Ten years ago this Friday, the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo woke up under a blockade. Set up by a Bosnian Serb militia to protest the impending – and illegal – declaration of independence by a Muslim-Croat regime, it escalated into a full-fledged siege and a bloody ethnic conflict that dragged on for 1326 days.
Middle East Bloodshed: The U.S. Role
03:10 05.04.2002 |
Columnists
As the violence escalates in the Middle East between Israelis and Palestinians, the pressure for intervention by the United States or some other force increases as well. I listen mostly to NPR while driving, but the experts they have on repeat a drumbeat similar to what one gets on the cable and network news.
Palestinians Are Winning
10:57 03.04.2002 |
Columnists
Citizens of Israel, the state of Israel is at war – a war against terror," thundered Ariel Sharon in his Sunday address to the nation. But Sharon's rage and resolve notwithstanding, Israel is not at war with terror. Israel is at war with Palestine
The Auschwitz Logic
06:00 01.04.2002 |
Columnists
Sorry to disappoint some of my readers: terrorists haven't got me yet. Yesterday (Saturday) in Tel-Aviv they were close, but no cigar. A minute ago, my parents called from Haifa saying they just survived another attack. "May they move next to your home", an American reader identifying himself as "Baba" recently wished me.
Putting Israel First Bush ignores US national interest, kowtows to Israel
03:04 01.04.2002 |
Columnists
The leering ugliness of the Israelis' Easter blitzkrieg is darkly illustrated by the news that, having marched into Ramallah, the IDF prepared a special Easter television broadcast for this historically Christian city:
"Porn movies and programs in Hebrew are being broadcast by Israeli troops who have taken over three Palestinian television...
Anthrax as Metaphor Is the chief suspect in the anthrax case immune from prosecution – and what does that say about justice in America?
06:27 29.03.2002 |
Columnists
What do we need an "Office of Strategic Influence" for when we have the Wall Street Journal? Not to mention the rest of the American media, which just can't be as gullible as they seem to be.
