Labour Friends of Israel in the House

Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, March 21, 2005
The Labour Friends of Israel has become a powerful lobbyist for Zionist and Israeli interests in the UK. This article is an introduction to the new Spinwatch Profile, telling a hidden story of power and influence. The OrganizationLabour Friends of Israel (LFI) is a Westminister based pro-Israel lobby group working [...]

Elephant Cemetery : The UN in Lebanon

The main ideological battlefield in the Middle East is Lebanon. However much United States media cover the situation in Iraq (and one should remember the only thing they worry about is the number of their dead soldiers), that country is not the one where the region’s future is at stake, but rather a small Mediterranean [...]

Nahr al-Bared « The Fanonite

Brief introduction to todays links from the Fanonite - 
Later, he adds [Lebanese Soldier], it was like being in a movie. “A drunk state in which you don’t care whether you’re shooting at children, the elderly or militants.”
Thats What War is Like « The Fanonite
EI: What triggered the violence in Nahr al-Bared?
ABUKHALIL: That’s where it gets really [...]

Nahr al-Bared: The Emerging Picture « The Fanonite

Thanks to the Fanonite for this great post.  Two other places to watch Democracy Now are Democracy TV and Chomsky Torrents 
Democracy Now! has extensive coverage of the developments in Lebanon today, with interviews with Seymour Hersh, Rania Masri and Alistair Crooke. Their analysis is somewhat similar to my own earlier impressions, however Hersh, Masri and Crooke do [...]

The Innocent Speak « The Fanonite

In the case of Lebanon, Robert Fisk’s friendship with the late Rafiq Hariri seems to have taken the best of his judgement lately however in today’s report, he eschews the coloured speculations for his real strength — strong descriptive reporting. As I had mentioned in my earlier post, the suffering of the innocent victims of [...]

The Nahr al-Bared Tragedy « The Fanonite

Thanks to the Fanonite for another great post!  It is illuminating how little regard there is for the suffering of the camps residents among the big players…

The Lebanese Army distinguished itself last year when during Israel’s brutal invasion one of its General’s confronted the invaders with — tea! None of this ‘courtesty’ is in evidence today [...]

Galloway Indicts the British Government

“Galloway, without a doubt, is the finest orator on either side of the Atlantic. Doesn’t it say something about the state of British democracy that, while everything he says is true, his is the only voice uttering it.” Fanonite
“She [UK Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett] talked about supporting the Government and the people of [...]

The Rats in Israel’s Cellar: Gulf Sheikhs and the ADC

More from “The Fanonite” 
As I had pointed out in an earlier post, the history of Arab betrayal of the Palestinian cause is about as old as the issue itself. No one — not even the otherwise sympathetic Nasser — dared to intervene to end Israel’s brutalities as they peaked. Hizbullah’s intervention last year was unique [...]

Building years of hatred

From the Fanonite

Only last week I had posted Alison Weir’s harrowing account of the strip-searching by Israelis of Palestinian women and children — some as young as 7-10 years of age. Despite its outrageous treatment of the Palestinians, Israel always manages to escape censure thanks to the diplomatic cover provided by the Euro-American alliance. Here [...]

PACing in the Marionettes: AIPAC In the Spotlight

March 17th, 2007

Gregory Levey, a former speech writer for past Israeli governments, brings some interesting stories from inside the annual AIPAC conference ranging from the outrageous to hilarious, which highlight the almost total grip of the Israel Lobby on US foreign policy. 
To begin with, there is the conservative Christian couple from eastern Tennessee whose son decided to join [...]

Origins of the Lebanon war

The Winograd Commission clears up the propaganda myth that Israel was ill prepared for the July War and that it was a quick response to a kidnapping.  Olmerts testimony shows, that at least, several months of planning had taken place and the whole attack was premeditated.  Israel was infact waiting for an excuse to launch [...]

Saudi switches investment from Lebanon to Israel

An article lifted from one of my favourite blogs “the fanonite” http://fanonite.wordpress.com

When I used to live in Dubai (a place described by one friend as Xanadu-meets-Disneyland) the parking lot of the American University would fill up with Rolls Royces and other expensive cars with Saudi and other Gulf state registration plates whenever Ramadan would end . They [...]