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Nicaragua suspends diplomatic ties with Israel
The fall out continues: “The Nicaraguan government Tuesday suspended the country’s diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of the Jewish state’s deadly raid on the Gaza-bound international aid flotilla on Monday… The Nicaraguan government ’emphasized the illegal nature of the … Continue reading
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Of course, they were asking for it
Razor Sharp: It’s time the Israeli government’s PR team made the most of its talents, and became available for hire. Then whenever a nutcase marched into a shopping mall in somewhere like Wisconsin and gunned down a selection of passers-by, … Continue reading
‘Our ship turned into lake of blood’
I got my blog up and running again just in time to comment on Israel’s most recent savagery… But before I do, I want to remind the blog’s viewers that this blog though experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment, … Continue reading
Karroubi’s Latest Interview
“Mr Karroubi, a year has passed since the eventful month of Khordad 1388 (22 May-21 June 2009). Yet this month is considered to be a historic one in Iran: the epic election victory of Mohammad Khatami on 2 Khordad 1376 … Continue reading
The World Economic Crisis and an Insulated Iran?
al Jazeera – Excerpt: However, Iran’s nuclear technology has advanced faster than expected and a 2007 report by the US government accountability office (GAO) found that “since 2003, the Iranian government has signed contracts reported at about $20bn with foreign … Continue reading
Chomsky denied entry into Gaza by Israel
The so-called “only democracy in the Middle East,” did not allow Professor Chomsky to enter the besieged Gaza Strip because accordingly, “Israel does not like what you [Chomsky] say”. See the al Jazeera video here. Read about it here.
Hezbollah entrenched in Lebanon years after Israel left
BBC – Excerpts: “Ten years on since the withdrawal, the UN together with the Lebanese army patrol the border area. But flapping in the breeze along the fence are yellow and green flags of Hezbollah. Waving next to them is … Continue reading
Brazil slams US approach towards Iran
See the al Jazeera video here.
Rima Fakih, Muslim women, and how Americans see them only through the prism of what they wear…
Newsweek – Excerpt: “Burqas in European headlines, bikinis in American ones: which one tells you more about the aspirations of Muslim women? One appears to be primitive and repressed, the other modern, cosmopolitan, and liberated. But the answer is not … Continue reading
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Hardliners Close in on Mousavi
Tehran Bureau – Excerpt: “Ahmad Yazdanfar, senior aide and advisor to Mir Hossein Mousavi and head of the team of bodyguards that protects him, has been arrested by the Islamic Republic’s security forces. A former officer in the Islamic Revolutionary … Continue reading
Finkelstein on using the Holocaust for political ends
In this video, we have Professor Finkelstein refusing to allow the memory of the Holocaust stifle legitimate criticism of Israeli policies vis-a-vis the indigenous Palestinian people.
Posted in Academics, The Conflict
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Gary Sick on the Latest Nuclear Agreement
Gary Sick: What to make of the new nuclear agreement by Turkey and Brazil with Iran? Perhaps the main point is to be reminded of the moral from the old folk tale: Be careful of what you wish for, since … Continue reading
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Shapour Bakhtiar’s Assassin to be Freed
AFP: “France decided Monday to send home an Iranian agent it had jailed for murdering the Shah’s last prime minister, two days after Tehran freed a young French academic accused of spying. Ali Vakili Rad was serving a life sentence … Continue reading
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Brazilian President on Iran’s Nuclear Program
I don’t know much about Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Da Silva, but I like what he has to say regarding Iran. He seems both reasonable and fair. See the al Jazeera interview here.
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The Green Movement’s Slogans
There are some slogans with which I can identify and there are others that I think are either politically immature or underdeveloped, but one slogan from the recent protests at Shahid Beheshti University really fascinated me. The protesters declared: ما … Continue reading