Section: Palestine
Netanyahu: Israeli Election Won’t Stop Gaza War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to strike the already-besieged Gaza Strip regardless of the country’s upcoming general election. Speaking yesterday as he embarked on a two-day visit to Ukraine, Netanyahu said: “I heard comments that I am refraining from a large campaign [in Gaza] because of the elections. This is not...
Netanyahu Meets with Head of Ukrainian Party, Including Neo-Nazis (VIDEO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday met with the head of the Ukrainian Radical Party, whose members include neo-Nazis and extreme nationalists, the Times of Israel reported. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, with members of a Ukrainian parliamentary delegation led by...
Do FIFA and Its President Infantino Publicly Declare Their Absolute Complicity with Israel?
Just recently at the United States-brokered conference in Bahrain FIFA pledged to build more football pitches in the Palestinian “Territories” to present the economic side of a settlement plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The President of FIFA noted that the Palestinian Territories – made up of the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip –...
Peter Mansbridge and The Future of War
I had not intended to watch this program, a CBC special documentary hosted/narrated by Peter Mansbridge, the CBC’s retired chief correspondent, and national news anchor. However, as it came on during prime pre-dinner time viewing I thought that I should watch it in order to find out some of the current political spin within Canada’s...
The Management of Savagery – Book Review
(The Management of Savagery – How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump. Max Blumenthal. Verso, London/New York, 2019.) Even though the ending is known, Max Blumenthal’s book The Management of Savagery draws the reader through an intriguing tale of media management, political management,...
Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline, from Obama to Trump and Beyond
(Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline, from Obama to Trump and Beyond. Gideon Rachman. Other Press, New York, 2016.) The premise of Easternization concerning Asia’s rise is a topic of prime importance for those following global foreign affairs. Gideon Rachman’s overall and very direct theme is that of the rise...
The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America – Book Review
(The End of the Myth – From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America. Greg Grandin. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2019) Much of current political news swirls around President Trump and his persistent and somewhat pathological prevarications about the Mexico-U.S. border and the need to build a border wall. While...
Thousands Join 7th Annual Bethlehem Marathon (VIDEO)
Over eight thousand Palestinians and international visitors from around the globe set off, on Friday morning, to participate in the seventh annual Free Movement Palestine Marathon, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem. Marathon runners set off from the Nativity Church in Bethlehem’s Manger Square and made their way past...
When FIFA Abandons Its Principles for the Satisfaction of Israel
Sport has never been isolated from social, economic or political aspects. Certainly, the existence of sport outside the political arena is rare, and in many cases, we see the overlap between sport and politics so that it is impossible to separate each other, especially in situations such as Palestine. Today we see the Israel Football Association...
The Russians Are Coming, Again: The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce – Book Review
(The Russians are Coming, Again – The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce. Jeremy Kuzmarov and John Marciano. Monthly Review Press, New York, 2018.) The mainstream media continues to harvest all the disinformation it can concerning the relationship between Trump and Putin and the character of Putin himself, not to mention the overall...
