Tag Archive: Middle-East

A Bird’s Eye View

May 30, 2012 8:49 pm Leave your thoughts

Uri Avnery explains a principle that has long guided Zionists: 'accept every compromise that gives us what we can get at any stage, but never let the final aim out of our sight'

The Palestinian Nakba: The Resolve of Memory

May 19, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

Writing about the events of Al-Nakba, Ramzy Baroud reports that every region in Palestine that was meant to be taken was captured, its people were expelled or massacred in their homes and villages. Ben Guiron 'cleansed' the land, but he failed to cleanse Israel's past. Memory persists.

A Putsch Against War

May 11, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

Uri Avnery reveals that in Israel senior military officers and intelligence chiefs are speaking out against President Binyamin Netanyahu's calls for war with Iran. However, Netanyahu ignores their warnings and carries on regardless