Redress

By way of deception Israel trying to drag US into war on Iran

Thu, 23/08/2012 - 9:19pm

Jamal Kanj argues that "leaked" Israeli information on plans to attack Iran are intended to drag the USA into a new Middle East quagmire through committing aggression against Iran on the eve of ...

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America on the road to Ryan and ruin

Mon, 20/08/2012 - 9:50pm

Lawrence Davidson argues that a win for Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan in the upcoming US presidential election would most likely destroy what is left of the USA's social safety nets, ...

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Palestinians "going for gold" are hampered by leaders who are born losers

Sun, 19/08/2012 - 10:18pm

Stuart Littlewood views the failure of the Palestinian "embassy" in the UK to ensure full advantage is taken of the Palestinian Olympic team's presence in London and to impress upon the world the ...

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Seven simple rules to ensure politicians represent their people, not foreign states

Sat, 18/08/2012 - 7:26pm

Stuart Littlewood argues that basic rules of conduct for public officials, such as Britain's "Seven Principles of Public Life", should guard against politicians acting on behalf of foreign ...

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Netanyahu versus Obama and Iran

Fri, 17/08/2012 - 10:18pm

Alan Hart argues that, for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, a second term in the White House for Barack Obama is a far more serious concern than the illusory Iranian "nuclear threat" and ...

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Why Israel will not attack Iran

Fri, 17/08/2012 - 10:16pm

Uri Avnery explains why he believes Israel will not attack Iran, highlighting in particular Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's own words as well as the risks to the world economy and the ...

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Has anyone seen Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi?

Thu, 16/08/2012 - 9:38pm

Graham Peebles explores the mysterious absence of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has not been seen since June. He argues that Meles's absence is unlikely to lead to freedom and ...

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Mitt Romney: the know-nothing candidate

Sun, 12/08/2012 - 11:49pm

Lawrence Davidson traces the roots of US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to the American Party of the 19th century whose hallmarks were ignorance, prejudice and fear of - and aggressiveness ...

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Incarcerated inside Israel: Palestinians tortured and isolated

Sat, 11/08/2012 - 10:33pm

Graham Peebles views Israel's arbitrary detention and treatment of Palestinians and its incessant violations of prisoners' rights, and argues that it is time that Israel "was treated as the ...

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Grace Halsell: courageous truth-seeker and debunker of Christian Zionist doctrine

Sat, 11/08/2012 - 10:31pm

Stuart Littlewood looks at how American journalist Grace Halsell exposed the un-Christian wart among Christians, the "Christian Zionist movement", which believes that it is "perfectly acceptable ...

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Mitt Romney: pioneering new frontier in US electoral prostitution

Thu, 09/08/2012 - 9:20pm

Jamal Kanj argues that US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's stint at prostitution in Israel "broke a long held American taboo against seeking foreign money in US elections" and that "fundraising ...

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Mitt Romney: conduct unbecoming of a presidential candidate

Tue, 07/08/2012 - 8:13pm

Stuart Littlewood explores the propaganda of US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's "special adviser" on foreign policy, Dan Senor, an apprentice of the Israel lobby AIPAC and organizer of Romney's ...

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Jewish secularism - the defining framework of contemporary Israel

Tue, 07/08/2012 - 8:11pm

In a critique of an analysis by former Israeli parliament speaker Avraham Burg of how the Israeli-US relationship has evolved, Gilad Atzmon argues that Jewish secularism, not Judaism, should be ...

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Palestinian history on a billboard versus Israeli fanaticism on the ground

Fri, 03/08/2012 - 10:09pm

Lawrence Davidson pits the facts of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict - Israel's dispossession of the Palestinian people and theft of Palestinian land, as displayed recently in a New York billboard ...

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Assad's "anti-imperialist" pretenders make their last stand

Fri, 03/08/2012 - 9:32pm

The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly denounced the Syrian regime's crackdown on the people's revolution. The resolution, passed today by 133 in favour, with 12 against and 31 abstentions, ...

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US politicians prostitute their country for Israel lobby support

Thu, 02/08/2012 - 7:14pm

Jamal Kanj argues that, in their eagerness for Israel lobby election campaign funds and Jewish votes, US politicians have put Israeli interests ahead of those of the American people, displaying ...

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Is US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney just a pretty face, then?

Wed, 01/08/2012 - 9:21pm

Stuart Littlewood reviews the the erratic progress of a stumblebum, US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, from gaffes in London and Warsaw to a spectacular display of racism and ...

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EU tells Israel: "Do your worst without fear of sanction by us"

Tue, 31/07/2012 - 7:24pm

Alan Hart contrasts the European Union's brave words chastizing Israel about its land theft and ethnic cleansing of the occupied Palestinian territories with its deeds rewarding Israeli crimes, ...

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Europe and US richly reward Israel for pariah status

Mon, 30/07/2012 - 8:08pm

Jonathan Cook exposes the complicity of the European Union and the United States in Israel's occupation and ethnic cleansing of the occupied Palestinian territories, showing how, as Israel ...

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Israeli voters and Zionist interests poised to hijack US presidential election

Fri, 27/07/2012 - 8:13pm

Jamal Kanj considers how the Republican and Democrat contenders for the upcoming US presidential election, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, and behind them well-organized Israel lobbies, are vying ...

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