, Athens News
Local peace activist and farmer Art Gish, perhaps best known for making repeated pilgrimages to Palestine’s West Bank to advocate for peace, was killed in a farming accident Wednesday morning.
 | Speaking out on Kashmir and Palestine in the US 0 Comments - 10 Nov 2010
Yasmin Qureshi, The Electronic Intifada, 9 November 2010
Kashmiri protesters throw stones at paramilitary soldiers and police during a in Srinagar, September 2010. (Rouf Bhat/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom)
The United States has become a battleground for both the struggles of the peoples of Palestine and Kashmir, for freedom from military occupa... More Link |
 | Lessons from the UC Berkeley Divestment Effort, Hillel on Campus 0 Comments - 01 Oct 2010
Posted on MuzzleWatch, September 30 2010 by Cecilie Surasky
[Editor’s note: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s video report (above) on Israel-defense training for students made me think that now would be a good time to re-publish Lessons from the UC Berkeley Divestment Effort. My colleague Sydney Levy and I wrote it this summer in response ... More Link |
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Octavia Nasr,20-year CNN career ended over a tweet. UK ambassador Frances Guy removes blog post under pressure.
Reposted from MuzzleWatch, July 8, 2010
There’s really little to add to Glenn Greenwald’scomprehensive post on the hypocritical firing of (until now, the very safe and non-controversial) CNN Senior Middle East News Editor Octavia Nasr over just one short tweet she posted this weekend:
There’s really little to add to Glenn Greenwald’scomprehensive post on the hypocritical firing of (until now, the very safe and non-controversial) CNN Senior Middle East News Editor Octavia Nasr over just one short tweet she posted this weekend:“Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah . . . . One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.”
Fadlallah was one of the world’s most revered Shia leaders. He was also the religious leader most associated with the political party of US ally Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Upon his death, UK ambassador to Lebanon Frances Guy wrote in a piece (which, believe it or not, she has now taken down,presumably due to pressure after the Nasr uproar- on her official blog) called (cached version) The Passing of Decent Men, “When you visited him you could be sure of a real debate, a respectful argument and you knew you would leave his presence feeling a better person. That for me is the real effect of a true man of religion; leaving an impact on everyone he meets, no matter what their faith…The world needs more men like him willing to reach out across faiths, acknowledging the reality of the modern world and daring to confront old constraints.”
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