Posts Tagged ‘Syria’
The Road to Palestinian Liberation and an End to Zionism Runs Through Cairo, Baghdad, Damascus and Riyadh
We should not forget that the Blockade of Gaza could not continue but for Egypt’s Collaboration with Israel 40 years ago Alexander Haig, Reagan’s Secretary of State described Israel as “the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk”. Given that central to US military doctrine has been the creation of unsinkable island aircraft carriers,…
Read MoreWhat is remarkable about Zionism’s claim to the ‘Promised Land’ is how careless they are about preserving its history
The irony of Zionism’s colonisation of Palestine is that it’s the Palestinians who are descended from the original Hebrew tribes When I listen to spokespersons for the settlers, people like Daniella Weiss who claim that God gave the Jews the Land of Israel, that they are merely ‘returning’ home, I can’t help wondering why it is that…
Read MoreIsrael’s excuse for attacking Gaza, ‘Self Defence’, is no different from Hitler’s Excuse for Invading Poland – in both cases it was unprovoked
The real reason for the attack on Gaza lies not in immediate events but in the logic of Zionism – ethnic cleansing Last Monday 1st August Israeli soldiers arrested Bassam al-Saadi, a prominent figure in Islamic Jihad in Jenin refugee camp. Failing to provoke a response Israel decided anyway to restrict traffic around Israeli communities adjacent to the Gaza-Israel…
Read MoreWinston Churchill – a Mass Murderer whose Good Fortune was in waging war against an even Greater Murderer
Decolonising Dunkirk – Genocidal White Supremacists at War with Each Other One of the things that stuck with me since living in Wales as a child was the hostility amongst Welsh workers to Churchill as a result of his sending the troops and police into the valleys to help the coal owners defeat the striking…
Read MoreHelen Aksentijevic interviews veteran anti-Zionist Moshe Machover, one of the founders of Matzpen, the Socialist Organisation in Israel
Machover looks back on life since his childhood under the Palestine Mandate and describes both his own family and political background There are not many people who can justly be described as legends in their own lifetime but Moshe Machover is one such person. An indefatigable optimist he was the ‘one who got away’. Targeted…
Read MoreIn Memory of the 2,000+ victims of Sabra & Chatilla who died when the Zionists set the Fascist Phalange on unarmed and defenceless women and children
The Night that Arik Sharon and the Zionists set the fascist wolves onto Palestinian women and children Perhaps the most haunting memory I have concerns the visit I made to Lebanon in the summer of 1979 at the invitation of the PLO. We were refused visas by the London Embassy of Lebanon and instead had…
Read MoreSyria – in war the first casualty is the truth
The lies of Theresa May – Yemen, Iraq and Palestine The bodies of dead Iranian solidiers – killed in an Iraqi gas attack – the chemical weapons in this case were supplied by the West Robert Fisk As always truth is the first casualty of war. Theresa May’s statement that it is in Britain’s national…
Read MoreThe Silencing of Seymour Hersh – Even the LRB refuses to print an article criticising the Trump version of Assad’s ‘Sarin Gas Attack’
Below there are two pieces, one by the former Guardian journalist Jonathan Cook and the other by bellingcat ‘the home of online investigations’. According to the mainstream media, Syria launched a gas attack, using Sarin, on Khan Sheikhoun on April 4th 2017. US Navy fires 59 Cruise Missiles at Syrian Airfield Trump used this as…
Read MoreDanger to Rojava as United States Threatens to Stab Kurdish Allies in the Back
Washington stands by Turkey while expecting the Kurds to help fight tough battles against Islamist militants in Syria The democratic organisation of society in Syrian Kurdistan stands in marked contrast to the Erdogan and Assad dictatorships, ISIS and the Israeli state. It is a beacon of hope in a region without much hope. The equality…
Read MoreIsraeli Military Make it Clear that They Support ISIS
It is well known that Israel funds, arms and provides medical support for the fighters of Al Qaeda’s Syrian branch, al-Nusra. According to the Daily Mail out of the goodness of its heart, Israel has rescued and saved some 2,000 Islamic fighters in South Lebanon. Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevy speaks at the…
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