The 1,600 documents leaked to al-Jazeera TV and the Guardian confirm one’s worst fears and open up a nightmare of reprisals and an inexorable slide to war. The revelations tell a dreadful story of a nation not only crushed by overwhelming military power, but betrayed and humiliated by its own negotiators in negotiations that were a cover […]
Posts Tagged ‘Israel/Palestine’
The Gaza Flotilla and the Exodus Analogy
Jun 7th, 2010 by Uri Avnery.On the high seas, outside territorial waters, the ship was stopped by the navy. The commandos stormed it. Hundreds of people on the deck resisted, the soldiers used force. Some of the passengers were killed, scores injured. The ship was brought into harbor, the passengers were taken off by force. The world saw them walking […]
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Unite: Firmly on the Left
Jun 3rd, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Unite’s Policy Conference, meeting this week in Manchester, is its first since the amalgamation of the TGWU and Amicus. Although the media present Unite under the leadership of Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson, and especially in the context of the British Airways dispute, as part of the Awkward Squad, this is the first occasion when […]
