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Tag: Criminalise War
War Crimes and Double Standards - By Robert Parry (8/3/09)
5 March 2009 Consortium News New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof - like many of his American colleagues - is applauding the International Criminal Court's arrest order against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for his role in the Darfur…[Baca]
War Comes Home To Britain - By John Pilger (9/3/09)
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the basic freedoms being lost in Britain as the "national security state", imported from the United States by New Labour, takes effect. March 4, 2009 Information Clearing House Freedom…[Baca]
Barack Obama, Meet Team B - By Scott Ritter (14/3/09)
12 March, 2009 TruthDig.com President Obama received a lesson in international gamesmanship last week, when his secret offer to trade the deployment of a controversial missile defense system in Eastern Europe for Russian assistance in getting Iran to back down…[Baca]
French Military Strategy and NATO Reintegration - By Michael Moran (14/3/09)
12 March, 2009 CFR.org Introduction The French government's decision to rejoin the integrated military command structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formalizes a decade-long rethink of French military strategy and foreign policy. Under President Charles de Gaulle, who…[Baca]
Plan to Split Taliban Lures Obama Deeper Into War - By Gareth Porter (18/3/09)
16 March 2009 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON - Advanced reports on the Barack Obama administration's strategy to "peel off" a majority of insurgent commanders from the "hard core" of Taliban suggest that it will be presented as a political route…[Baca]
Zionism Is The Problem - The Zionist Ideal of a Jewish State Is Keeping Israelis And Palestinians From Living In Peace - By Ben Ehrenreich (20/3/09)
March 16, 2009 Los Angeles Times It's hard to imagine now, but in 1944, six years after Kristallnacht, Lessing J. Rosenwald, president of the American Council for Judaism, felt comfortable equating the Zionist ideal of Jewish statehood with "the concept…[Baca]
Intelligence Made It Clear Saddam Was Not A Threat, Diplomat Tells MPs - Government Left "Paper Trail" In Build-Up To War - More Facts Still To Come To Light, Says Former Envoy - By David Hencke (22/3/09)
March 20, 2009 The Guardian, UK A former diplomat at the centre of events in the run-up to the Iraq war revealed yesterday that the government has a "paper trail" that could reveal new information about the legality of the…[Baca]
MUST-WATCH VIDEO: British Aid Convoy, Viva Palestina, Breaks Siege of Gaza - George Galloway Speaks to the People of Gaza - (12/3/09)
Click to watch video below: - British Aid Convoy, Viva Palestina, Breaks Siege of Gaza - George Galloway Speaks to the People of Gaza[Baca]
Remarks by National Security Adviser Jones at 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy - By Lt General (Rtd) James L. Jones (LATEST UPDATE - 12/2/09)
February 8, 2009 U.S. National Security Adviser Jones gave these remarks at the 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof on February 8, 2009. "Thank you for that wonderful tribute to Henry Kissinger yesterday. Congratulations. As…[Baca]
A Truce Too Big to Fail? - By Helena Cobban
7 February 2009, Interpress Service WASHINGTON - The tandem un-negotiated ceasefires that Israel and Hamas announced Jan. 18 across the Gaza-Israel front line remain fragile. Local and international efforts to consolidate the truce have stalled, and officials and analysts around…[Baca]
Don't Escalate in Afghanistan - By The Nation Editors
7 February, 2009 President Barack Obama has wisely ordered an internal review of the administration's options in Afghanistan before proceeding with the current plan to send 30,000 more troops, which would nearly double the 32,000 fighting there. For the sake…[Baca]
Kissinger Sent to Russia to Cut New World Order Deal - By Kurt Nimmo
February 7, 2009 Global Research, Infowars It is yet another glaring example there is no difference between Bush, Obama, or anybody else anointed by the global elite to serve as presidential window dressing — the Daily Telegraph reports this morning…[Baca]
Revisiting Iran Revolution - By Aijaz Zaka Syed
Saturday, 07 February 2009 13:23 'It was great watching Iranian students, bursting with revolutionary fervor and idealism.' 6 February 2009 Dubai Iran is celebrating 30 years of its Islamic revolution. Al-Jazeera English, the Middle East's favorite television network, has been…[Baca]
US Intel Confirms Iran Not Developing Nukes - Press TV (LATEST UPDATE - 15/2/09)
USFebruary 13, 2009 "Press TV" -- -The new chief of US intelligence has confirmed the findings of a 2007 intelligence report that Iran has no nuclear weapons program. Dennis Blair told the Senate Intelligence Committee that his organization has assessed…[Baca]
U.S. Now Sees Iran as Pursuing Nuclear Bomb - In A Reversal Since A 2007 Report, U.S. Officials Expect The Islamic Republic To Reach Development Milestones This Year - By Greg Miller (LATEST UPDATE - 15/2/09)
(FF Editorial: Why is the CIA pursuing this line when the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair said that the Economic Crisis is the greatest threat to National Security. Additionally, in the article above, "US Intel Confirms Iran Not Developing…[Baca]
War Reporters Used to Prefer Morality over Impartiality - By Robert Fisk (LATEST UPDATE - 10/2/09)
7 February 2009, The Independent UK The "normality" of war, part two. We had a great storm in Beirut this week, thunder-cracks like gunfire, great green waves crashing below my balcony, rain like hail. So I curled up on my…[Baca]
Debate on U.S. Missile Defense: Frank Gaffney (CSP) vs Alfred Webre (ICIS) - Bush & Obama Positions On Missile Defense Are Identical And Will Lead To Space Weaponization (LATEST UPDATE - 10/2/09)
Tuesday, 10 February 2009 17:08 VANCOUVER, B.C. - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has announced in a major speech at the Munich Security Conference that the Obama administration will continue with the development of the U.S. Missile Defense system, a…[Baca]
PALESTINE - SPEECH BY TUN
SPEECH BY TUN DR MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD AT THE PALESTINE FORUM AT CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA, KUALA LUMPUR FEBRUARY 5, 2009 1. Thank you for your presence at this forum on Palestine. I think it is important that we remind…[Baca]
Foiling Another Palestinian "Peace Offensive": Behind the bloodbath in Gaza - By Norman G. Finkelstein (LATEST UPDATE - 3/2/09)
Early speculation on the motive behind Israel's slaughter in Gaza that began on 27 December 2008 and continued till 18 January 2009 centered on the upcoming elections in Israel. The jockeying for votes was no doubt a factor in this…[Baca]
Final declaration of the Beirut International Forum
To Support the Peoples’ Anti-Imperialist Resistance and the Construction of Alternatives to Globalization At the initiative and with the support of many research centers, associations and political or social movements, the work of the Beirut International Forum was accomplished January…[Baca]
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Those who seek justice do so in vain
Some nations – and some leaders – are beyond the reach of the law Monday, 2 February 2009 So that's that then, is it? Gaza is done and dusted? Very satisfying, I'm sure, for the Israeli leadership and their devoted…[Baca]
Berakhirkah kekejaman Guantanamo?
Oleh Hafizahril Hamid Presiden Amerika Syarikat (AS) Barack Obama, memulakan penggal pemerintahannya dengan melaksanakan satu tindakan yang dilihat agak drastik iaitu mengarahkan kem tahanan Teluk Guantanamo ditutup dalam tempoh setahun. Beliau turut mengarahkan pendakwa raya tentera dalam tribunal jenayah perang…[Baca]
Perang agama di Gaza?
Oleh Astora Jabat Kenapa ada negara-negara Arab merestui Israel membunuh penduduk Gaza? Jika pun betul mereka sangat marah kepada Hamas kerana perkiraan permainan politik semasa di rantau Asia Barat memaksa mereka berbuat demikian, tetapi tercapaikah matlamat mereka? Hamas masih kuat…[Baca]
Israel anggap hanya mereka berhak hidup
Oleh Martin Khor Serangan yang dilancarkan Israel di Genting Gaza merupakan kejadian terburuk bagi menandakan pembukaan tahun 2009. Peristiwa ini bukanlah perang membabitkan dua pasukan tentera tetapi serangan yang dilancarkan oleh satu pihak yang dilengkapi kelengkapan canggih terhadap 1.5 juta…[Baca]
Cynthia McKinney - Statement on Obama's Actions Thus Far re Gaza (LATEST UPDATE - 31/1/09)
January 26, 2009 "Mr. President: Give Us a Clean Break from War" In a message to President Obama today, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney wrote: "It is time that the United States negotiate in good faith with Hamas, the legitimate representative…[Baca]
Robert Fisk’s World: When did we stop caring about civilian deaths during wartime?
The mere monitoring of bloody conflict assumes precedence over human suffering Saturday, 31 January 2009 I wonder if we are "normalising" war. It's not just that Israel has yet again got away with the killing of hundreds of children in…[Baca]
Gaza Violence Complicates Mitchell Mission
By ISABEL KERSHNER Published: January 29, 2009 JERUSALEM — A day after President Obama’s special Middle East envoy called for a consolidation of the fragile Gaza cease-fire, the truce came under new strain Thursday when the Israeli military said Palestinians…[Baca]
The Wrong Man for the Job - By Scott Ritter (LATEST UPDATE - 29/1/09)
24 January 2009, TruthDig It was early in October 2001, and I had been invited to New York City on behalf of The History Channel for a show in which I was to discuss the situation in Afghanistan in the…[Baca]
Obama-Biden Defence Agenda (LATEST UPDATE - 29/1/09)
Thursday, 29 January 2009 09:47 Download PDF[Baca]
Obama-Biden Foreign Policy Agenda (LATEST UPDATE - 29/1/09)
Thursday, 29 January 2009 10:00 Download PDF[Baca]
Obama-Biden Iraq Agenda (LATEST UPDATE - 29/1/09)
Thursday, 29 January 2009 12:50 Download PDF[Baca]
Obama-Biden Homeland Security Agenda (LATEST UPDATE - 29/1/09)
Thursday, 29 January 2009 12:42 Download PDF[Baca]
Obama's First Proclamation (LATEST UPDATE - 29/1/09)
Thursday, 29 January 2009 12:53 Download PDF[Baca]
Who Is Barack Obama - By Jeff Gates (LATEST UPDATE - 29/1/09)
Jeff Gates Thursday, 29 January 2009 00:34 Download PDF[Baca]
Mossad Implicated In A Coup Plot In Turkey, A NATO Country; CIA Fingerprints Also Found On Attempt - By Wayne Madsen
15 January 2009, Online Journal Fresh from revelations, reported by WMR, that Israel’s Mossad and Chabad House-based criminal syndicates were targets in a criminal gangland retribution attack by a notorious Muslim gang in Mumbai, comes word that Mossad…[Baca]
Children of Gaza: Stories of Those Who Died and the Trauma for Those Who Survived - By Rory McCarthy (LATEST UPDATE - 29/1/09)
24 January 2009, The Guardian Rory McCarthy reports from Gaza City on the individual stories of some victims and the physical and psychological toll on an estimated 350,000 youngsters Amira Qirm lay on a hospital bed today with her right…[Baca]
Breaking Gaza’s Will: Israel’s Enduring Fantasy - By Ramzy Baroud (LATEST UPDATE - 29/1/09)
25 January 2009, Information Clearinghouse My three-year-old son Sammy walked into my room uninvited as I sorted through another batch of fresh photos from Gaza. I was looking for a specific image, one that would humanise Palestinians as living,…[Baca]
Israel Accused of Executing Parents in Front of Children in Gaza - By Murray Wardrop (LATEST UPDATE - 27/1/09)
Israel has refuted allegations of war atrocities in Gaza after Palestinian children described how their parents had been "executed" by Israeli troops. January 21, 2009 The Telegraph One nine-year-old boy said his father had been shot dead in front of…[Baca]
Israel Admits Using White Phosphorous In Attacks On Gaza - By James Hider in Jerusalem and Sheera Frenkel in Gaza City (LATEST UPDATE - 27/1/09)
By James Hider in Jerusalem and Sheera Frenkel in Gaza City Tuesday, 27 January 2009 18:00 January 24, 2009 TimesOnline The incident being investigated is believed to be the firing of white phosphorous shells at a UN school…[Baca]
HANAN...
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (On Jan 24, 2009, Hanan commented on Boycott - this is my reply) Dear Hanan, 1. I agree entirely with you that building a great nation doesn't only take brains, but as you said it sure…[Baca]
Sky joins BBC in ban on Gaza aid appeal
Press Association Monday, 26 January 2009 Sky News announced today that it was joining the BBC in refusing to broadcast an emergency appeal for Gaza. The broadcaster said in a statement that it had informed the Disasters Emergency Committee…[Baca]
America is a Jewish Colony: Olmert reveals all.
By Bob Finch On monday january 12, 2009, the leader of the jews-only state in palestine ehud olmert revealed to a jewish audience in ashkelon that he had insisted george bush should tell condoleeza rice to vote against a united…[Baca]
GAZA AND THE BRITISH PAPERS
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad 1. I have been in the United Kingdom for more than a week - a long time for me to stay in any place abroad. 2. When I left Malaysia the papers and television were full…[Baca]
BBC left isolated as rival channels back aid appeal
Ministers step into row over corporation's refusal to show charities' plea for donations to Gaza By Emily Dugan, Jane Merrick and Matthew Bell Sunday, 25 January 2009 Tom Saunderson Protesters outside BBC offices in central London yesterday The BBC was…[Baca]
Donald Macintyre: An assault on the peace process
Israel devastated the Strip's production capacity as well as destroying homes Monday, 26 January 2009 AP A Palestinian woman waits at a UN food distribution centre in Gaza City yesterday Israeli forces used aerial bombing, tank shelling and armoured bulldozers…[Baca]
Alarm Spreads Over Use of Lethal New Weapons - By Erin Cunningham (LATEST UPDATE - 25/1/09)
January 22, 2009 Inter Press Service GAZA CITY - Eighteen-year-old Mona Al-Ashkar says she did not immediately know the first explosion at the United Nations (UN) school in Beit Lahiya had blown her left leg off. There was smoke, then…[Baca]
Calling a Time Out - By George McGovern (LATEST UPDATE - 25/1/09)
January 22, 2009 Washington Post As you settle into the Oval Office, Mr. President, may I offer a suggestion? Please do not try to put Afghanistan aright with the U.S. military. To send our troops out of Iraq and into…[Baca]
Mystery Prison Buses in the Desert - By Ellen Brown (LATEST UPDATE - 25/1/09)
Global Research, January 22, 2009 On a recent visit to Tucson, Arizona, where I was invited to give a presentation on monetary reform, I was disturbed by a story of strange goings on in the desert. A little over a…[Baca]
Posturing and Laughter as Victims Rot - By Robert Fisk (LATEST UPDATE - 25/1/09)
Mahmoud Abbas stepped further into humiliation by saying the only option for Arabs is to make peace with Israel January 21, 2009, The Independent The front page of the Beirut daily As-Safir said it all yesterday. Across the top was…[Baca]
International Law and Israel's War on Gaza - By Francis A. Boyle (LATEST UPDATE - 25/1/09)
Professor of International Law Legal Advisor to the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Negotiations (1991-93) When the Oslo Document was originally presented by the Israeli government to the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Negotiations in the…[Baca]
So Far, Obama's Missed The Point on Gaza... - By Robert Fisk (LATEST UPDATE - 24/1/09)
January 22, 2009 The Independent UK It would have helped if Obama had the courage to talk about what everyone in the Middle East was talking about. No, it wasn't the US withdrawal from Iraq. They knew about that. They…[Baca]
Jewish Lobby Gives Obama His Marching Orders - By Michael Collins Piper (LATEST UPDATE - 24/1/09)
THE POWERFUL JEWISH LOBBY in Washington is already issuing marching orders to President-elect Barack Obama. One of the most influential voices of the lobby has published an array of “working papers” designed to tell the president how he must maintain…[Baca]
Worse Than An Earthquake - By Kathy Kelly (LATEST UPDATE - 24/1/09)
January 22, 2009 Commondreams RAFAH - Traffic on Sea Street, a major thoroughfare alongside Gaza's coastline, includes horses, donkeys pulling carts, cyclists, pedestrians, trucks and cars, mostly older models. Overhead, in stark contrast to the street below, Israel's ultra modern…[Baca]
The Gaza Bombshell Part 1 - By David Rose (LATEST UPDATE - 24/1/09)
The Gaza Bombshell After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated…[Baca]
The Gaza Bombshell Part 2 - By David Rose (LATEST UPDATE - 24/1/09)
Continued from "The Gaza Bombshell Part 1" “Very Clever Warfare” Fatah’s vulnerability was a source of grave concern to Dahlan. “I made a lot of activities to give Hamas the impression that we were still strong and we had the…[Baca]
Robert Fisk: So far, Obama's missed the point on Gaza.
Thursday, 22 January 2009 It would have helped if Obama had the courage to talk about what everyone in the Middle East was talking about. No, it wasn't the US withdrawal from Iraq. They knew about that. They expected…[Baca]
Robert Fisk: Plots, sense and nonsense: the view from the post bag
A letter tells me that I am encouraging fundamentalist attacks on the West Saturday, 24 January 2009 Mail that you don't see in the Letters to the Editor column. First, here's reader Jack Hyde tipping me off about a possible…[Baca]
Israel Accused of War Crimes - Gaza Offensive A Crime Against Humanity: UN Special Rapporteur - By Chris Gelken (LATEST UPDATE - 22/1/09)
January 20,2009 ohmynews.com Outrage and Impotence as Gaza Burned United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon expressed his "outrage" and the President of the General Assembly, Miquel d'Escoto Brockmann, accused Israel of violating international law. "Gaza is ablaze," he told the UN…[Baca]
Zionism Is An Incurable Disease of The Mind - By Zaid Nabulsi (LATEST UPDATE - 22/1/09)
January 21, 2009 ArabComment I lost my gloves one day in a coffee shop in Geneva, and I tell you, it’s difficult to ride without them when it’s really cold. So as I was paying for a new pair with…[Baca]
Bush Sets New Standards for Failure - By Brent Budowsky (LATEST UPDATE - 20/1/09)
18 January 2009 , Consortium News At least Richard Nixon negotiated with Russia, opened doors to China and created the Environmental Protection Agency. What did George Bush achieve? Many historians already name Bush as the worst president in history. I…[Baca]
THE GAZA ATTACK: A WAR CRIME? - By Prof. Gurdial Singh Nijar (LATEST UPDATE - 20/1/09)
19th January, 2009 , Law faculty, University of Malaya For the past two weeks we have been witnessing the daily massacre of Palestinian civilians trapped in Gaza. Nothing has been spared. Schools, public buildings, homes, mosques, UN convoys, humanitarian missions…[Baca]
Can Israel Be Stopped? - By Prof. Gurdial Singh Nijar (LATEST UPDATE - 20/1/09)
January 19 2009, Law faculty, University of Malaya Last week Israel promptly refused to abide by the UN Security resolution calling for an ‘immediate and durable’ ceasefire in their war on Gaza. It proceeded to kill civilians and bomb institutions…[Baca]
Olmert’s Poodle - By Patrick J. Buchanan (LATEST UPDATE - 20/1/09)
18 January 2009, American Conservative As Israel entered the third week of its Gaza blitz, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert regaled a crowd in Ashkelon with an astonishing tale. He had, said Olmert, whistled up George Bush, interrupted him in the…[Baca]
'Israel's Supposed Victory Is Really a Defeat' - By Spiegel Onliine (LATEST UPDATE - 20/1/09)
19 January 2009 [FF Editorial: In two separate articles, one before the ceasefire, and one after, we forecasted and hailed the great strategic victory of Hamas over Zionist Israel. For those who have any more doubts, especially Malaysians, this objective…[Baca]
Gaza: so what really happened?
As Israeli troops withdraw, Anne Penketh, Diplomatic Editor, analyses claims from both sides - and prospects for the future Monday, 19 January 2009 PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images A Palestinian man carries his belonging in the rubble of Jabalia's Ezbet Abdrabbo neighbourhood…[Baca]
Henry Kissinger: The world must forge a new order or retreat to chaos
Not since JFK has there been such a reservoir of expectations Tuesday, 20 January 2009 Getty Not since JFK has there been such a reservoir of expectations As the new US administration prepares to take office amid grave financial and…[Baca]
Robert Fisk: Posturing and laughter as victims rot
Mahmoud Abbas stepped further into humiliation by saying the only option for Arabs isto make peace with Israel Tuesday, 20 January 2009 OMAR RASHIDI/HO/EPA Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, seated, at the Arab Economic Summit in Kuwait yesterday The front page…[Baca]
Gaza was demolished in three weeks. Rebuilding it will take years
By Patrick Cockburn in Jerusalem Tuesday, 20 January 2009 AP A mother and child sit among the ruins of their home in Rafah, southern Gaza, one of 4,000 homes destroyed in the war The rebuilding of Gaza after the…[Baca]
Eco-Explosives, A Bleeding BEAR, And The Armani-Clad Super Soldier: Future Shock At The Army Science Conference - By Nick Turse (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
15 January 2009, TomDispatch.com [Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute.] On paper, every session looked like gold to me. Technology and the Warfighter. Neuroscience and Its Potential Applications. Lethality Technologies. Autonomous/Unmanned…[Baca]
Israel and The United States: Up In Arms - By Frida Berrigan (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
15 January 2009, Foreign Policy In Focus In answering questions before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton acknowledged what she called the "tragic humanitarian costs of conflict in the Middle East, and the pain and suffering…[Baca]
THE UNITED NATIONS
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad 1. Perhaps it would be worthwhile if we read again the Charter of the United Nations to see how we and other countries subscribe to and carry out the objectives of the Charter. Below is the…[Baca]
Israel wages political pre-election war against Palestine
19.01.2009 The Israeli administration decided to finish the operation in the Gaza Strip, but peace is not going to come to the region anyway. The consequences of the Israel-led operation in the Gaza Strip are horrifying. The Israeli…[Baca]
Robert Fisk: So, I asked the UN secretary general, isn't it time for a war crimes tribunal?
Mr Ban said it would not be up to him to launch a war crimes tribunal. It was pathetic Monday, 19 January 2009 It's a wrap, a doddle, an Israeli ceasefire just in time for Barack Obama to have a…[Baca]
War On Terror Crashes Into India: The November 2008 Mumbai Attack - By Come Carpentier de Gourdon (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
9 January 2009 The tragic terrorist attack which struck Mumbai from 26 to 29 November 2008 evinced in its ruthless efficiency the hand of the Special Forces' operatives who trained the terrorists for this audacious urban raid. It is…[Baca]
David Miliband Expands on Criticism of "War on Terror" Phrase: In Speech In Mumbai, Foreign Secretary Applies Theme To India-Pakistan Tensions - By Julian Borger (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
15 January 2009, The Guardian UK MUMBAI - The foreign secretary, David Miliband, today declared that the use of the phrase "war on terror" as a western rallying cry since the September 11 attacks had been a mistake that may…[Baca]
Terrorism on the New York Times Op-Ed Page - Friedman Supports Civilian Suffering As Education - By Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
WASHINGTON - New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman endorsed terrorism in a January 14 column defending Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip. To answer his own question about Israel's plan--"What is the goal?"--Friedman referred back to the 2006…[Baca]
MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Raw Footage - Zionist Israel's Heinous War Crimes In Gaza (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
Sunday, 18 January 2009 20:31 Click here to watch[Baca]
MUST-WATCH VIDEO: George Galloway - We Are Authors of This Tragedy (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
Sunday, 18 January 2009 20:28 Click here to watch[Baca]
MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Norman Finkelstein - Hezbollah, the Honour of Lebanon (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
Sunday, 18 January 2009 20:23 Click Here to Watch[Baca]
MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Jewish British Lawmaker Likens Israel to Nazis (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
Sunday, 18 January 2009 20:27 Click here to watch[Baca]
All Glory To The Hamas Resistance - All Glory To The Palestinians In Gaza - All Glory To Their Victory Over Zionist Israel - By Matthias Chang (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
On January 6, 2009 I posted an article to my website, “Palestinians’ Total Victory Over Zionist Israel Is Assured” and declared that the blood of martyrs will cleanse the treachery of Mahmoud Abbas and the Arab Regimes. Many people in…[Baca]
Condoleezza Rice, A Freak! She Is Worse, She Is A Bitch! - By Matthias Chang (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
I can anticipate that some readers will scream in horror and complain that such language should not be used to describe this Afro-American and that I should use more temperate language. I have always called a spade, a spade and…[Baca]
UNITED NATIONS Press Release Committee on the Rights of the Child (LATEST UPDATE - 18/1/09)
13 January 2009 The following statement was issued today by the 18-member UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which is currently in session. "The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child is deeply concerned at the…[Baca]
Robert Fisk’s World: When it comes to Gaza, leave the Second World War out of it
How do Holocaust survivors in Israel feel about being called Nazis? Saturday, 17 January 2009 Exaggeration always gets my goat. I started to hate it back in the 1970s when the Provisional IRA claimed that Long Kesh internment camp was…[Baca]
Turkey’s Premier Erdogan: Israel Must Be Barred From UN - By PressTV (LATEST UPDATE - 17/1/09)
PressTV Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:01 Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan "How is such a country, which does not implement resolutions of the UN Security Council, allowed to enter through the gates of the UN (headquarters)?" Recep Tayyip Erdogan inquired…[Baca]
Gaza: UN Official Reports Horrific Hospital Scenes of Casualties - UN News Centre (LATEST UPDATE - 15/1/09)
January 12, 2009 Appalled that fighting was still continuing in Gaza despite the Security Council’s ceasefire resolution, senior United Nations officials said today they were horrified at the human costs amid reports that over 40 per cent of the nearly…[Baca]
BOYCOTT
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on January 15, 2009 6:10 PM | 1. I would like to have the Malaysian Armed Forces attack the United States and Israel. 2. But I don't think the Government and the MAF would agree with…[Baca]
TERRORISTS
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad 1. I was shocked when a reporter asked me why I regard the Israelis as terrorists when it is the Muslims who blow themselves up so as to kill children. The Israelis are apparently not considered…[Baca]
ROB...
ROB... By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on January 13, 2009 5:08 PM | (On Jan 9, 2009, Rob commented on Open Letter to Barack Hussein Obama President-elect of the United States of America - this is my reply) ) Dear Rob,…[Baca]
Robert Fisk: Tin-pot rockets won't open a second front
Thursday, 15 January 2009 REUTERS A Lebanese farmer with the remains of a rocket fired at Israel. The rocket fell short The "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command" – the quotation marks are necessary since this outfit…[Baca]
Ismail Haniyeh: My message to the West – Israel must stop the slaughter
Thursday, 15 January 2009 AFP/GETTY IMAGES Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian Prime Minister, speaking on Al-Aqsa TV in Gaza earlier this week I write this article to Western readers across the social and political spectrum as the Israeli war machine…[Baca]
Israel Strikes U.N. Complex in Gaza Strip
By TAGHREED EL-KHODARY and ISABEL KERSHNER Published: January 15, 2009 GAZA — Amid reports that a United Nations building had been hit, Israeli forces shelled areas deep inside Gaza City and edged forward toward the city center Thursday, sending thousands…[Baca]
Petition to Call for Investigations on Gaza - New Weapons Research Committee (LATEST UPDATE - 14/1/09)
(FF Editorial: We encourage all visitors to endorse this petition. Future Fastforward endorses this petition unreservedly.) To the Secretary General of UN Assembly, Marcos Manuel D'Escoto, to the Human Right Council, to the World Health Organization, to the UN representative…[Baca]
What You Don’t Know About Gaza - By Rashid Khalidi (LATEST UPDATE - 14/1/09)
10 January 2009, NY Times NEARLY everything you’ve been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Below are a few essential points that seem to be missing from the conversation, much of which has taken place in the press, about…[Baca]
Want to End the Violence in Gaza? Boycott Israel - By Naomi Klein (LATEST UPDATE - 14/1/09)
9 January 2009 , Alternet The Nation It’s time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid…[Baca]
Tunnel Vision - By Kathy Kelly (LATEST UPDATE - 13/1/09)
11 January 2009 ,Common Dreams ARISH, Egypt - As I write, we can hear the dull thud of explosions in the distance. Israeli airstrikes continue to blast targets in southern Gaza. Merciless bombing of the small Gaza Strip continues into…[Baca]
Kissinger: Obama Primed To Create "New World Order": Policy Guru Says Global Upheaval Presents "Great Opportunity" - By Drew Zahn (LATEST UPDATE - 11/1/09)
January 6, 2009 WorldNetDaily Conflicts across the globe and an international respect for Barack Obama have created the perfect setting for establishment of "a New World Order," according to Henry Kissinger, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former secretary of…[Baca]
Boikot gaya hidup tajaan Yahudi
Oleh ABDUL RAHMAN MAHMUD KEGANASAN di Palestin bukan perkara baru bagi umat Islam. Ia telah menjadi suatu indikator bagi mengukur lemah atau kuatnya umat Islam di seluruh dunia. Apa yang berlaku di Palestin merupakan sebahagian daripada peperangan bentuk fizikal manakala…[Baca]
Cukupkah sekadar marah kepada Israel?
ISRAEL telah mengganyang bumi Gaza hingga meragut lebih 900 nyawa. Hampir separuh daripadanya adalah kanak-kanak, wanita dan orang awam. Dalam kebanyakan gambar yang disiarkan oleh akhbar, saya amat tersentuh dan gambar yang disiarkan di muka hadapan Utusan Malaysia bertarikh 7…[Baca]
Ekonomi Barat boleh digugat
Oleh ABDUL RAHIM ANUAR Konflik Israel-Palestin dan keganasan Israel tanpa peri kemanusiaan ke atas penduduk Islam Palestin di Gaza sebenarnya mencerminkan kelemahan pemimpin-pemimpin negara Islam itu sendiri. Demonstrasi, boikot dan bantahan sama ada diplomasi atau keras tanpa tindakan balas yang…[Baca]
US Promotes Israeli Genocide - By Francis A. Boyle (LATEST UPDATE - 11/1/09)
9 January 2009, Palestinian Chronicle 'I anticipate no fundamental change in US support for Israeli campaign of genocide.' As long ago as October 19, 2000, the then United Nations Human Rights Commission (now Council) condemned Israel for inflicting "war crimes"…[Baca]
U.S. Seeks Ship To Move Arms To Israel - By Stefano Ambrogi (LATEST UPDATE - 13/1/09)
9 January 2009 Reuters (FF Editorial: Read the last two paragraphs. This is the giveaway. It means that Us and Zionist Israel, planned in advance the invasion back in 2008, in September o be precise when the first shipment of…[Baca]
Israel Is Experimenting New Non-Conventional Weapons In Gaza - By New Weapons Research Committee (LATEST UPDATE - 13/1/09)
PRESS RELEASE By New Weapons Research Committee Mounting evidence is emerging that Israel is experimenting new non-conventional weapons on civilian population in Gaza. "It is happening again what we saw in Lebanon two years ago", says Paola Manduca, genetics teacher…[Baca]
Time To Bomb Israel For Its Development, Production and Deployment of Weapons of Mass Destruction - The Populist
DIMONA PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION: Once described as a "textile factory," the Dimona Center actually produces about 40 kilograms of weapons grade plutonium every year and has been doing so for 10 and possibly 20 years. The entire facility is protected by…[Baca]
Investment Outlook: Andrew Mellon vs. Bailout Nation - By Bill Gross (LATEST UPDATE - 14/1/09)
January 2009, PIMCO 2008 was the year when the United States led the charge of bailout nations, lending and literally guaranteeing trillions of dollars of private liabilities in an effort to avoid the advent of another Great Depression. Nothing,…[Baca]
PM: Rice Left Embarrassed In UN Vote - By Yaakov Lappin (LATEST UPDATE - 14/1/09)
January 12, 2009, The Jerusalem Post [FF Editorial: This Statement by Israel’s PM Olmert shows clearly that the so-called most powerful leader in the world, the President of the USA, War Criminal Bush, is a mere lapdog and sycophant of…[Baca]
An Unnecessary War - By Jimmy Carter (LATEST UPDATE - 11/1/09)
8 January 2009, The Washington Post I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided. After visiting Sderot last April and seeing the serious psychological damage caused by the rockets that…[Baca]
British MP George Galloway: "Victory To The Palestinian Resistance" (LATEST UPDATE - 13/1/09)
"The Palestinian People Will Never Surrender" Meeting: Palestine Solidarity Campaign - STOP THE WAR ISRAEL OUT OF GAZA - at Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Road London NW1 2 BJ Click Here to View the Video[Baca]
Israel uses prohibited shell bullets against Palestinians
Israel uses prohibited shell bullets of last generation against Palestine during the military operation in the Gaza Strip, Norwegian medics say after they had spent ten days in one of the hospitals of the war-torn region. Israeli officials have not…[Baca]
Gaza economy grinds to a standstill
By BRENDA GAZZAR Palestinian Omar Chaabaan has occasionally bought cigarettes smuggled through the Rafah tunnels, as well as fuel for the generator that keeps his household in the Gaza Strip running when the electricity is cut. A smuggling tunnel in…[Baca]
Boikot AS tidak bawa kebuluran
KEKEJAMAN Israel terhadap umat Islam di Palestin bukan perkara baru. Namun serangan yang dilancarkan sejak 17 hari lalu di kawasan penempatan umum membuktikan rejim zionis sebagai manusia yang tidak berperikemanusiaan. Anak-anak kecil yang tidak pernah melakukan penentangan atau menyerang mereka…[Baca]
Di sebalik tembok Gaza
Susunan MOHD. KHUZAIRI ISMAIL LORI yang sarat dengan bekalan ubat-ubatan untuk dibawa ke Gaza menunggu kebenaran masuk Terminal Sempadan Mesir di Rafah, Mesir baru-baru ini. - AP KETIKA Israel terus menerus melakukan jenayah kemanusiaan di Gaza, kesengsaraan dan penderitaan rakyat…[Baca]
Is Jon Stewart a Modern Prophet? - By Lynn Pollack (LATEST UPDATE - 13/1/09)
Dear Ronald, Just a few days after the bombing of Gaza started, my rabbi, Rabbi Brant Rosen here in Evanston, Illinois had the courage to write something on his blog* that may forever change his life, and the lives of…[Baca]
Israel Is Losing This War - By Uri Avnery (LATEST UPDATE - 13/1/09)
January 12, 2009 The Progressive NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS ago, in the course of World War II, a heinous crime was committed in the city of Leningrad. For more than a thousand days, a gang of extremists called "the Red Army"…[Baca]
UN Rights Council Condemns Israeli Offensive in Gaza - By Agence France Presse (LATEST UPDATE - 13/1/09)
GENEVA - A divided UN Human Rights Council voted on Monday to condemn Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip and set up a probe into "grave" human rights violations by Israeli forces against the Palestinians. The resolution setting up a…[Baca]
The Sources of Arabs’ Shame: Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia - By Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar (LATEST UPDATE - 13/1/09)
January 12, 2009 Pravda [FF Editorial: This article vindicates Matthias Chang’s earlier article “The Traitors of the Palestinian Liberation Struggle” when he pointed unreservedly the Arab traitors and the insidious treachery of Mahmoud Abbas. See Part 1 of the Palestinian…[Baca]
Hanya 'hukuman' Tuhan selamatkan Palestin?
SUDAH 16 hari rakyat Palestin dilanyak oleh rejim Zionis. Tidak ada tanda-tanda rejim itu akan berundur walaupun Pertubuhan Bangsa- Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) meluluskan resolusi dilaksanakan segera gencatan senjata di Genting Gaza. Begitulah apabila sifat kebinatangan menguasai manusia. Rejim Yahudi dan…[Baca]
Cynthia McKinney’s Speech - "Let Gaza Live”
Co-Founders Greta Berlin and Dr. Paul Larudee will tell how the Free Gaza Movement sailed the first boats to Gaza in 41 years and how they did so another four times since the first historic voyage on August 23, 2008. …[Baca]
Israel Blocks Gaza Rescue Efforts: ICRC - By Islamonline.net
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) accused Israel on Thursday, January 8, of blocking medical assistance to wounded Palestinians, amid shocking scenes of starving children and dead bodies in the bombed-out Gaza Strip. "The Israeli military must have…[Baca]
Israel Attacks UN Aid Convoys to Gaza - By Jeremy R. Hammond (LATEST UPDATE - 11/1/09)
9 January 2009, Palestinian Chronicles Inability of UNRWA to deliver relief exacerbates the humanitarian situation The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has suspended operations in Gaza since coming under attack by Israeli military forces on Friday. A statement…[Baca]
A Further Response to Mohd Peter Davis' Second Email (LATEST UPDATE - 11/1/09)
Dear Mohd Peter Davis, You launched the first salvo without first clarifying with me why and what was the rationale behind my strategies in making the proposal. You accused me of slandering you. But, you started by accusing me of…[Baca]
Donald Macintyre: Is regime change the ultimate goal?
Israel is playing a 'wait and see' game to test Hamas's resolve and international opinion, but it is a high-risk strategy that could backfire Monday, 5 January 2009 Israeli politicians have talked for so long about a possible large-scale invasion…[Baca]
Bruce Anderson: Israel is in danger of fighting the last war, not the next one
As long as Israel occupies the West Bank, Palestine will be Arabs' sore tooth Monday, 5 January 2009 Jemma Robinson xious and despairing. Israel presses on, grim and resolute. There are a number of interesting short-term questions. Would the Israelis…[Baca]
Anwar Ibrahim : Hentikan sifat munafik, anda penyokong Israel !
Kalau anda bukan penyokong Israel, kenapa anda sokong Paul Wolfowitz, bekas Setiausaha Pertahanan Amerika. Ketika diwawancara oleh Stephen Sackur dalam program BBC HARD TALK, 10 Mei 2005, anda bermati-matian mempertahankan Wolfowitz, ketika seluruh dunia umat Islam mengecam tindakan…[Baca]
Rupert Cornwell: The Bush legacy
Rupert Cornwell: The Bush legacy Out of America: As Barack Obama prepares for the White House, a review of his predecessor's eight years in power shows he was the least successful president ever. How did it go so wrong? Sunday,…[Baca]
Robert Fisk’s World: Wherever I go, I hear the same tired Middle East comparisons
On both sides of the Atlantic the experience has been weirdly repetitive Saturday, 10 January 2009 It all depends where you live. That was the geography of Israel's propaganda, designed to demonstrate that we softies – we little baby-coddling liberals…[Baca]
Welcome to Hell: Gaza's unending misery
A family of nine is among the latest Palestinian civilian casualties as the fighting continues. Ibrahim Barzak, Kim Sengupta, Geoffrey Lean and David Randall report Sunday, 11 January 2009 AP A wounded Palestinian boy waits for treatment at Shifa hospital…[Baca]
Israeli war crimes
Nobody likes thieves. It is about time people started calling a spade a spade. True, Jews were incinerated in ovens in Nazi Germany (so they say six million of them, or however many) in 12 years. 26 million Soviet citizens…[Baca]
Dunia membantah kekejaman Israel
Hari ini masuk hari ke 16 Israel membedil penduduk Palestin di Genting Gaza namun masih belum terdapat sebarang tanda-tanda kekejaman ini akan berakhir. Dengan jumlah nyawa terkorban mencecah lebih 800 nyawa dengan satu pertiga atau hampir 200 darinya adalah kanak-kanak,…[Baca]
Pekak, bisu dan buta
Zaman masakini merupakan zaman yang paling buruk. "Pekak, bisu, dan buta, mereka tidak akan kembali (ke jalan yang benar)" (2/al-Baqarah:18). Apa yang dicari setiap manusia ialah cahaya kebenaran dan keselamatan; apa yang dia nyalakan ialah api. Nyalaan api itu menghasilkan…[Baca]
Tragedi Gaza kecilkan isu lain
Terdapat pelbagai isu dan persoalan politik yang berlaku pada masa ini. Termasuklah kempen pilihan raya kecil Kuala Terengganu di mana Barisan Nasional sedang bertembung dengan pakatan pembangkang yang diwakili Pas. Tetapi apabila dibandingkan dengan apa yang berlaku di Gaza, lain-lain…[Baca]
Tindak balas kekejaman Israel
Salah satu pendekatan untuk memberi kesan kepada Amerika Syarikat (AS) yang menjadi sekutu rejim Zionis ialah memboikot produk terbitan AS dan Israel. Langkah ini sebagai tindak balas terhadap serangan yang dilancarkan oleh Israel ke atas Gaza yang mengorbankan orang awam…[Baca]
Zionis nafikan sejarah
Serangan rejim Zionis Israel ke atas Gaza, Palestin beberapa hari ini dikatakan sebagai tindakan balas terhadap pihak pejuang Hamas melancarkan serangan roket ke kawasan pendudukan Israel. Walaupun faktanya Israel yang mencabul gencatan senjata, tetapi rejim itu memutar belit seolah-olah Hamas…[Baca]
Tamparan kepada PBB
TANPA menghiraukan resolusi Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu, rejim Zionis dengan angkuh meneruskan misi membunuh dan melanyak penduduk Genting Gaza. Dunia tahu ada ‘tangan’ Amerika Syarikat (AS) di sebalik keberanian Israel mendabik dada kepada dunia bahawa rejim itu kini menjadi…[Baca]
Apabila Zionis jadi Nazi di Gaza
Oleh Zin Mahmud Akhbar Utusan Malaysia hari Jumaat, 9 Januari menyiarkan tajuk besar Hizbullah bantu Hamas, serangan mungkin permulaan konflik lebih luas di Asia Barat. Berita yang sama juga didengar melalui radio dan televisyen. Tetapi tajuk-tajuk mereka tidaklah menyebut Hizbullah…[Baca]
Renewed Call for UNGA to Act Under Resolution 377, Statement of the Brussells Tribunal, 9th January 2009 (LATEST UPDATE - 10/1/09)
Brussells Tribunal Saturday, 10 January 2009 15:35 Renewed call for UNGA to act under Resolution 377 The UN Security Council has failed to stop massive Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Urgent action by the UN General Assembly is warranted…[Baca]
"RESOLUTION 1860 A RESPONSE TO THE NEW SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE OF A NEWKARBALA AGAINST INVADERS AND USURPERS" - By Nilofer Bhagwat (LATEST UPDATE - 10/1/09)
Saturday, 10 January 2009 15:32 We greet all of you and Abu Hadi recalling Karbala, the spirit of the historical martyrdom of Imam Hussein , of Ali and its new historical version in Gaza , in Lebanon , in the…[Baca]
The Politics Of An Israeli Extermination Campaign - Backers, Apologists and Arms Suppliers - By Prof. James Petras (LATEST UPDATE - 6/1/09)
Introduction Because of the unconditional support of the entire political class in the US, from the White House to Congress, including both Parties, incoming and outgoing elected officials and all the principle print and electronic mass media, the Israeli Government…[Baca]
Time To Tell The Truth About Israel ... Without Fear of the Mind Police - By David Icke
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 20:17 The Thought Censors don't like it? Tough Hello all ... So yet again the people of the virtual-concentration camp, known officially as 'Gaza', are being bombarded from the sky by the bully-boys of Tel Aviv.…[Baca]
Matthias Chang's Response To A So-Called Muslim. Mohd Peter Davies' Attack On My Proposal That OIC, NAM, and the Arab-League Break the Zionist Israel's Blockade of Gaza (LATEST UPDATE - 10/1/09)
By Matthias Chang Saturday, 10 January 2009 09:47 MATTHIAS CHANG’S RESPONSE TO A SO-CALLED MUSLIM. MOHD PETER DAVIES’ ATTACK ON MY PROPOSAL THAT OIC, NAM AND THE ARAB-LEAGUE BREAK THE ZIONIST ISRAEL’S BLOCKADE OF GAZA. Dear Friends, Why Mohd…[Baca]
Friday Prayer Donations For Palestine
Calling all Muslims to donate at the mosques nationwide for three weeks starting 9th January 2009.[Baca]
What You Don’t Know About Gaza
By RASHID KHALIDI Published: January 7, 2009 NEARLY everything you’ve been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Below are a few essential points that seem to be missing from the conversation, much of which has taken place in the…[Baca]
U.N. and Red Cross Add to Outcry on Gaza War
Hatem Moussa/Associated Press Palestinians gathered to receive flour at a United Nations food distribution center in Gaza City on Thursday. JERUSALEM — International aid groups lashed out at Israel on Thursday over the war in Gaza, saying that access…[Baca]
Gaza Attacks Continue Despite U.N. Truce Call
Hatem Moussa/Associated Press Palestinians gathered to receive flour at a United Nations food distribution center in Gaza City on Thursday. JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas rebuffed a United Nations call for a cease-fire in the 14-day Gaza war on…[Baca]
The West Bank: We're all Hamas now - supporters of Fatah unite behind enemy
Mahmoud Abbas's popularity has been caught in the crossfire of the Gaza invasion By Ben Lynfield in Ramallah Friday, 9 January 2009 AFP/GETTY A Palestinian child carries a mock baby's body as people from the West Bank village of Billin…[Baca]
An Open Letter to Prime Minister Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and A Challenge to Members of OIC, Arab-League, & NAM - By Matthias Chang (LATEST UPDATE - 9/1/09)
By Matthias Chang Friday, 09 January 2009 09:46 AN OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER DATO SERI ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI AND A CHALLENGE TO MEMBERS OF OIC, ARAB-LEAGUE, & NAM YOUR TOKEN PROTESTS ARE USELESS AS HAVE BEEN THE CASE IN…[Baca]
Gaza Children Found With Mothers’ Corpses
Published: January 8, 2009 PARIS — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it had discovered “shocking” scenes — including small children next to their mothers’ corpses — when its representatives gained access for the first time to…[Baca]
Adrian Hamilton: The path to Middle East peace
The lesson of the Cold War is that wars have consequences for a generation or more Thursday, 8 January 2009 AP Photo/Yaron Kaminsky An Israeli firefighter studies the damage made after a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a building in…[Baca]
Anne Penketh: Egypt's oldest fixer quietly woos Hamas
Thursday, 8 January 2009 Egypt has emerged as the power most likely to hold the key to a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, thanks to the Egyptians' privileged role as a go-between in the past. The man at the…[Baca]
Palestinians’ Total Victory Over Zionist Israel Is Assured - By Matthias Chang (LATEST UPDATE - 7/1/09)
The Beginning of the End of the Zionist Anglo-American War Party After the most intense aerial bombardment by the Zionist murderers and war criminals against the heroic Palestinians in Gaza, Zionist Israel has nothing to show for their barbarity except…[Baca]
Bertindak ajar AS, Israel
Oleh MOHD. HELMI ABDULLAH PALESTIN diiktiraf oleh negara-negara di dunia sebagai sebuah negara berdaulat kecuali Amerika Syarikat (AS) dan Israel. Negara Palestin telah menjalankan proses demokrasi melalui pilihan raya pada 2006 yang memberi kemenangan kepada Hamas. Kejayaan Hamas menerajui sebuah…[Baca]
Media Barat sembunyi fakta kekejaman Zionis
Oleh ISMAIL HASHIM YAHAYA SERANGAN udara dan darat tentera Israel di Gaza selama 10 hari telah menjadi berita utama dalam media arus perdana di seluruh dunia. Kebanyakan berita arus perdana diterima sumbernya daripada Barat terutamanya Amerika Syarikat (AS). Kebanyakan wacana…[Baca]
Kempen serampang dua mata
Oleh AZMAN ANUAR (WARTAWAN UTUSAN) KEKEJAMAN tentera rejim Zionis Israel ke atas penduduk Palestin di Semenanjung Gaza menuntut Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia melancarkan kempen boikot barangan Amerika Syarikat dan Israel. Secara kebetulan pula Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal…[Baca]
Cari penyelesaian berkesan atasi kedegilan Israel
"PENDUDUK Palestin berada di ambang maut apabila bantuan ubat-ubatan, air bersih dan makanan tidak dapat disalurkan akibat sekatan Israel. Jawatankuasa Palang Merah Antarabangsa (ICRC) sifatkan keadaan di Gaza sangat-sangat berbahaya dan meruncing. Semua hospital di Gaza kehabisan bekalan darah dan…[Baca]
Kenapa Islam dihina?
Oleh MOHD. ALI MUHAMAD DON Sebahagian warga Palestin memegang poster ketika mengadakan demonstrasi secara aman bagi membantah kekejaman Israel ke atas penduduk Palestin di Kuala Lumpur, baru-baru ini. Ironinya apabila Islam dihina ramai yang melenting menyatakan kemarahan dan ketidakpuashatian mereka.…[Baca]
By George (LATEST UPDATE - 7/1/09)
This individual seeks an executive position.He will be available in January 2009, and is willing to relocate. (Please don't skip the last section!) *RESUME* GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20520 *EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE*: *Law Enforcement: *I…[Baca]
Is There No Reason, No Caring, No Mercy Left In The "Western" World?? - The Populist (LATEST UPDATE - 6/1/09)
If the government of the United States had any sense of justice whatsoever it would immediately turn Tel Aviv and every military base in Israel into a "glass parking lot." Bar none. Until, as a past French president put it,…[Baca]
Top 5 Lies about Israel's Assault on Gaza - By Jeremy R. Hammond
3 Jan 2009, Palestinian Chronicle Lie #1: Israel is only targeting legitimate military sites and is seeking to protect innocent lives. Israel never targets civilians. The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated pieces of property in the…[Baca]
Living on Borrowed Time in a Stolen Land - By Gilad Atzmon
3 January 2009 , Palestinian Chronicle Communicating with Israelis may leave one bewildered. Even now when the Israeli Air Force is practicing murder in broad daylight of hundreds of civilians, elderly persons, women and children, the Israeli people manage to…[Baca]
THE DAY ISRAEL USED A BOY AGED 13 AS A HUMAN SHIELD
Matthew Kalman This is what happened to a Palestinian child who joined teenagers throwing stones at Israeli border police. Muhammad Badwan was grabbed by officers and tied by an arm to the grille covering the windscreen of their security vehicle…[Baca]
Israel snubs ceasefire calls and deepens push into Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters Tuesday, 6 January 2009 Getty Images An Israeli policeman removes a Qassam rocket, fired minutes earlier by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip Israeli forces pressed closer and into cities in the Gaza Strip today despite…[Baca]
Donald Macintyre: So what will it take for Israel to stop fighting?
Politicians in Jerusalem are split over the aims of the war Wednesday, 7 January 2009 GETTY IMAGES An Israeli Defence Force soldier on the lookout during the ground offensive in Gaza yesterday It remains to be seen whether the civilian…[Baca]
Deborah Orr: There wouldn't have been Gaza rockets without the blockade
Blair to his credit at least understands that the invasion and the blockade are linked Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy, reckons that a ceasefire in Gaza could be negotiated very soon, provided that the tunnels from Egypt that provide…[Baca]
Robert Fisk: Why do they hate the West so much, we will ask
AP A child injured in the Israeli bombardment of a UN school yesterday is taken to Shifa hospital in Gaza City So once again, Israel has opened the gates of hell to the Palestinians. Forty civilian refugees dead in…[Baca]
Peace is just for the massacred, by Milton Hatoum
The army of Israel is powerful enough to destroy the entire Middle East (and, in fact, also to destroy a significant part of the west). The only problem is that, up until now, it has never managed to succeed, even…[Baca]
To Hell With the Human Being
The media supposedly denounces the attacks (in the eyes of some), but continues with quite strange assumptions. They give the label "radical" to Hamas, but not Israel, which has killed 500 people in ten days, according to conservative data.…[Baca]
Declaration from Professor Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur from the United Nations
The Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip represent severe and massive violations of international human rights such as defined in the Geneva Convention, regarding the obligations of the occupying power as for the demands of the laws of war.…[Baca]
Abbas at UN, appeals for mutual Gaza cease-fire
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in an emotional speech at the United Nations in New York, said Tuesday that he supports a proposal by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's…[Baca]
Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza
By ETHAN BRONNER Published: January 6, 2009 JERUSALEM — Three times in recent days, a small group of foreign correspondents was told to appear at the border crossing to Gaza. The reporters were to be permitted in to cover firsthand…[Baca]
Israel Accepts Brief Pause in Fighting for Relief Supplies
Israel Accepts Brief Pause in Fighting for Relief Supplies Ismail Zaydah/Reuters A wounded Palestinian being carried on Tuesday near the United Nations school in Jabaliya, Gaza, that Israeli forces shelled. More Photos> By TAGHREED EL-KHODARY and ISABEL KERSHNER Published: January…[Baca]
The History and "Morals" of Ethnic Cleansing - By Victoria Buch (LATEST UPDATE - 7/1/09)
6 January 2009, Counterpunch I arrived in Israel 40 years ago. It took me many years to understand that the very existence of my country, as it is today, is based on an ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. The project…[Baca]
“This is an all-out war against the civilian Palestinian population” - By Dr. Mads Gilbert (LATEST UPDATE - 7/1/09)
6 January 2009, Gaza, Information Clearinghouse Dr . Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor in Gaza, tells Sky News that the number of civilians injured and killed in Gaza proves that Israel is deliberately attacking the population. “Just a little bit…[Baca]
Foundation: UN Must Set Up Tribunal To Prosecute Israeli War Criminals
SHAH ALAM, Jan 6 (Bernama) -- The United Nations (UN) should set up an international tribunal to prosecute Israeli war criminals, Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) trustee Tunku Sofiah Jewa said today. She noted the time was ripe…[Baca]
The Invasion of Gaza: "Operation Cast Lead", Part of a Broader Israeli Military-Intelligence Agenda - By Michel Chossudovsky (LATEST UPDATE - 4/1/09)
By Michel Chossudovsky Sunday, 04 January 2009 22:19 Global Research, January 4, 2009 The aerial bombings and the ongoing ground invasion of Gaza by Israeli ground forces must be analysed in a historical context. Operation "Cast Lead" is a carefully…[Baca]
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Speech (LATEST UPDATE - 4/1/09)
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s speech delivered during the central Ashura Council –Sayyed Ashuhada (pbuh) Compound 31 – 12 -2008 Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the world. It is evidently clear that many people in Lebanon and…[Baca]
Hamas Strong, Gaza Will Win: Meshaal - By Islam Online (LATEST UPDATE - 4/12/09)
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas remains strong and will emerge victorious from the current military confrontation with Israel, its leader has said. "Our infrastructure is intact. We have only lost the very, very least of our capacities in the Israeli…[Baca]
Mahathir: US Support For Israel Unlikely To Change
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- United States' President-elect Barack Obama is not expected to change his country's stand with regard to support for Israel although the Zionist regime had clearly acted brutally against Palestine, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir…[Baca]
Boycott US goods and currency: Dr M
PUTRAJAYA: The world community should boycott the United States’ currency and products to pressure the superpower to stop supporting the violent attacks by Israel against Palestine, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. The former prime minister said while governments might not…[Baca]
MUSLIM SHOULD BOYCOTT THESE PRODUCTS
In order to stop Zionist aggression against the Palestine people, Muslims and the rest of the world should boycott these products to show our protest. Let us unite this time and show them ( Israel and the US ).Stop the…[Baca]
Hamas and Israel in Gaza
Hamas is an Islamic fundamentalist organization whose military wing has admitted responsibility for attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers. The group came into being in December 1987, growing out of the Muslim Brotherhood, the religious and political organization…[Baca]
Hamas and Israel in Gaza
Hamas is an Islamic fundamentalist organization whose military wing has admitted responsibility for attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers. The group came into being in December 1987, growing out of the Muslim Brotherhood, the religious and political organization…[Baca]
GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Israeli troops gained control of the eastern section of northern Gaza Sunday, less than 24 hours after launching a ground incursion into the Palestinian territory, according to Palestinian security sources.
(CNN) -- World leaders offered a range of reactions to the Israeli ground offensive launched Saturday in Gaza. Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat was one of many world leaders to criticize the Israeli offensive. Israeli Defense Minister and former…[Baca]
GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Israeli troops gained control of the eastern section of northern Gaza Sunday, less than 24 hours after launching a ground incursion into the Palestinian territory, according to Palestinian security sources.
(CNN) -- World leaders offered a range of reactions to the Israeli ground offensive launched Saturday in Gaza. Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat was one of many world leaders to criticize the Israeli offensive. Israeli Defense Minister and former…[Baca]
GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Israeli troops gained control of the eastern section of northern Gaza Sunday, less than 24 hours after launching a ground incursion into the Palestinian territory, according to Palestinian security sources.
(CNN) -- World leaders offered a range of reactions to the Israeli ground offensive launched Saturday in Gaza. Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat was one of many world leaders to criticize the Israeli offensive. Israeli Defense Minister and former…[Baca]
Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza; death toll rises
GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Israeli troops gained control of the eastern section of northern Gaza Sunday, less than 24 hours after launching a ground incursion into the Palestinian territory, according to Palestinian security sources. Smoke fills the sky during clashes…[Baca]
The Islamic movement that just won’t die
MIDEAST For 21 years, Hamas has endured imprisonment, assassinations, expulsion, boycott and siege, and has grown in strength through it all PATRICK MARTIN January 3, 2009 HEBRON, WEST BANK — On Monday, as Israeli bombs rained down on Gaza, a…[Baca]
Johann Hari: The true story behind this war is not the one Israel is telling
Monday, 29 December 2008 The world isn't just watching the Israeli government commit a crime in Gaza; we are watching it self-harm. This morning, and tomorrow morning, and every morning until this punishment beating ends, the young people of the…[Baca]
Robert Fisk's World: What's in a name? Quite a lot, where the military is concerned
Churchill objected to names of a frivolous nature and banned Operation Bunnyhug Saturday, 3 January 2009 I am bemused by the name of Israel's latest military operation against Hamas (and the usual cull of toddlers) in Gaza. The Israeli military…[Baca]
Israeli troops move into Gaza Strip
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters Saturday, 3 January 2009 Israeli troops backed by helicopters advanced into Gaza today, a Palestinian witness and the Israeli army said, in the first ground action of an eight-day offensive against Hamas in the Palestinian enclave.…[Baca]
John McCarthy: If it was your home, what hope 'restraint'?
As Israeli ground troops entered Gaza, Hamas's already fragile incentive to rely on diplomacy alone was trampled underfoot Sunday, 4 January 2009 Israel's invasion of Gaza comes hard on the heels of its massive air campaign which, it says, is…[Baca]
Mohammed Dawwas: Life in Gaza: 'Hungry, freezing, and terrifying'
A Palestinian journalist's diary highlights the devastation brought to his family, his city and the lives of many thousands trapped by Israeli bombing ahead of yesterday's ground assault Sunday, 4 January 2009 When the bombing of Gaza started last Saturday,…[Baca]
Israel invades Gaza: Heavy fighting as tanks cross border
Armour and infantry, backed by jets and helicopters, launch operation to seize Hamas rocket sites, as Miliband declares urgent need for immediate ceasefire By Donald Macintyre and Kim Sengupta in Jerusalem Sunday, 4 January 2009 Getty Images Israeli ground troops…[Baca]
Analysis: Hamas could not be deterred
By DAVID HOROVITZ For years, an untenable reality prevailed in Sderot and the "Gaza envelope" communities. HAMAS PRIME minister, Ismail... Israel's civilians in the area endured a life of terror - families raising their children under constant threat of Kassam…[Baca]
PRESS STATEMENT - ISRAEL MUST BE STOPPED FROM COMMITTING FURTHER WAR CRIMES
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on January 2, 2009 6:02 PM | THE KUALA LUMPUR FOUNDATION TO CRIMINALISE WAR AND THE PERDANA GLOBAL PEACE ORGANISATION AT ITS MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 2ND 2009 The barbaric and wanton massacre of the Palestinians…[Baca]
Open Letter to Barack Hussein Obama President-elect of the United States of America
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on January 1, 2009 3:59 AM Dear Mr. President, I did not vote for you in the Presidential Election because I am Malaysian. But I consider myself one of your constituents because what you do or…[Baca]
Darah terus bersimbah di Palestin
TIADA gambaran dan perkataan yang dapat diberikan untuk menilai kekejaman dan kerakusan Israel berikutan keganasan terbaru yang dilancarkan mereka kepada penduduk Palestin. Kekejaman mereka kali ini umpama mendendangkan kembali lagu lama yang dijadikan alasan untuk melancarkan perang terhadap penduduk Palestin…[Baca]
Bebaskan Gaza melalui pembubaran Israel
Oleh ZIN MAHMUD Dengan melihat dari jauh, membaca akhbar, menonton televisyen atau melayari Internet, seseorang pastinya tidak dapat merasakan apa yang ditanggung oleh rakyat Palestin di Gaza. Apatah lagi jika seseorang ingin membuat ulasan atau cadangan bagaimana hendak menyelesaikan masalah…[Baca]
Menyingkap Intifada pejuang Palestin
Palestin adalah tanah air rakyat Arab Palestin, ia sebahagian dari perpaduan tanah air Arab dan rakyat Palestin adalah sebahagian dari bangsa Arab. Fasal 1 - Perisytiharan kebangsaan Palestin yang diluluskan oleh PLO (Pertubuhan Pembebasan Palestin) pada tahun 1964 dan dipinda…[Baca]
Israelis who blame Israel are not helping the Palestinians
By Ari Shavit Operation Cast Lead is a just campaign. Just, because in the summer of 2005 Israel destroyed all the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and withdrew unilaterally to the international border. Just, because from 2006 to 2008…[Baca]
Persepsi berat sebelah terhadap Hamas
Oleh Azmi Hassan Selagi Hamas dilabelkan kumpulan pengganas maka penyelesaian kekal seperti yang diminta oleh rejim Israel sebagai syarat untuk menghentikan serangan ke atas Semenanjung Gaza begitu sukar sekali dicapai. Persepsi Hamas adalah pengganas dikuatkan lagi apabila Ehud Barak, Menteri…[Baca]
Rights group Amnesty International says U.S. response to Gaza 'lopsided'
By Reuters Human rights group Amnesty International on Friday accused the United States of having a "lopsided" response to the crisis in Gaza and told the top U.S. diplomat to press all sides to reach an immediate cease-fire. In a…[Baca]
Mark Steel: So what have the Palestinians got to complain about?
To portray this as a conflict between equals requires some imagination Wednesday, 31 December 2008 AP A Palestinian man places a green Hamas flag on the rubble of a destroyed mosque after an Israeli air strike in Gaza When you…[Baca]
Fares Akram: Dancing missiles, singing drones – what a way to begin the new year
Friday, 2 January 2009 I don't know how I fell asleep, after a tense and trying end to the final hours of 2008. After all, Wednesday was the fifth day of Israel's bombing onslaught and a false alarm had…[Baca]
Gazans face ‘humanitarian crisis’ as Israeli raids intensify
Aid agencies warn of looming disaster with supply shortage inflicting more suffering on families By Kim Sengupta in Jerusalem Friday, 2 January 2009 GETTY IMAGES A child arrives at Shifa hospital in Gaza City after an Israeli air strike yesterday…[Baca]
New Israeli attacks target Hamas homes
New Israeli attacks target Hamas homes Friday, 2 January 2009 AP Flames rise from the rubble of senior Hamas militant Nizal Rayan's house after an Israeli airstrike hit a nearby mosque in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip Israel showed…[Baca]
They Lied About Iraq in 2003, and They're Still Lying Now - By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
22 December 2008, The Independent/UK Triumphalists are getting off on Iraq again, intoning hallelujah songs as they did after staging the fall of Saddam's statue then again and again, sweet lullabies to send us into blissful sleep and wake to…[Baca]
The Gaza War Is Completely Stoppable - By Robert Naiman (LATEST UPDATE - 2/1/09)
By Robert Naiman December 31, 2008 CommonDreams.org We have seen this movie before. In the summer of 2006, Israel invaded Lebanon. Replace "Hizbullah" with "Hamas" and "Lebanon" with "Gaza," and much we have seen in the last few days…[Baca]
Party to Murder - By Chris Hedges (LATEST UPDATE - 2/1/09)
By Chris Hedges December 30, 2008 TruthDig.com Can anyone who is following the Israeli air attacks on Gaza-the buildings blown to rubble, the children killed on their way to school, the long rows of mutilated corpses, the wailing mothers…[Baca]
We Lived to Tell the Story: Lebanon Rescued Us - By Cynthia McKinney (LATEST UPDATE - 2/1/09)
By Cynthia McKinney Friday, 02 January 2009 08:39 Yesterday, we met with the President of Lebanon, the Chief of the Military, and the Interior Minister who all thanked us for responding and risking our lives on a mission of mercy;…[Baca]
THE BARBARIC MASSACRE OF INNOCENT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN - ZIONIST FASCISTS MUST BE WIPED OUT FROM THIS EARTH FOR THEIR CRIMES - THE ENTIRE STATE OF ISRAEL MUST BE LIQUIDATED - LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD (LATEST UPDATE - 2/1/09)
Friday, 02 January 2009 11:08 Massacre of Gaza Children PNN -Israeli forces killed two girls in an air attack on Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip early Tuesday. Local sources report that a missile destroyed a house belonging to…[Baca]
US Professor (Francis A. Boyle) Seeks to Prosecute Israel in International Tribunal - FARS News Agency (LATEST UPDATE - 2/1/09)
FARS News Agency Friday, 02 January 2009 08:44 TEHRAN (FNA)- A US professor has offered the Iranian President a plan according to which he would open a legal case against Israel. Francis Anthony Boyle, a professor of international law at…[Baca]