PALESTINE
On Bloody Monday, when the number of Palestinian killed and wounded was rising by the hour, Uri Avnery asks what would he would have done if he was a youngster of 15 in the Gaza Strip. counterpunch.org/
How obscenely ironic. Embassies traditionally symbolize diplomacy and peace. The opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem was occasioned by a grotesque baptism of murder of Palestinians, heralding wider war in the Middle East. informationclearinghouse.info/
The contrasting images coming out of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories on Monday could not have been starker – or more disturbing. Faced with protests at the perimeter fence in Gaza, Israeli snipers killed dozens of unarmed Palestinians and wounded more than 2,000 others, including children, women, journalists and paramedics, in a hail of live fire. jonathan-cook.net/
Remember how they were to blame for their own exodus seven decades ago, because they followed the instructions of radio stations to leave their homes until the Jews of Israel were ‘driven into the sea’. Only, of course, the radio broadcasts never existed. counterpunch.org/
The silencing of critics of Israel using anti-semitism as the pretext is far from restricted to the current wave of attacks on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour party. It is now used to intimidate anyone who steps out of line on Israel. jonathan-cook.net/
There are now 15 African countries with permanent embassies in Israel, with four African embassies having opened up in Israel in the last three years alone. middleeasteye.net/
|
Judi Rever’s In Praise of Blood: The crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front explores how Washington helped obscure the full story of the genocide that devastated Rwanda during the 1990s and consequent warfare in Central and East Africa. 
