Annapolis and the Unholy Alliance

Midnight in Beirut
11.27.2007 | Counter Punch
By KARIM MAKDISI
At midnight last Friday night, Lebanon entered the uncharted waters of a constitutional crisis as the outgoing President Emile Lahoud’s term ended without the appointment of a successor. Earlier in the day, the scheduled meeting of parliament to elect a new president was postponed for the fifth time, [...]

Letter from Lebanon: Where Justice Seems Very Far Away

The summer break is officially over in Lebanon. At about 5pm yesterday, a roughly 40 kg bomb placed in a Mercedes was detonated in a bustling part of Sin el-Fil district of Beirut. The immediate target was [...]

Electronic Lebanon: Shatila & Press Freedom

None of the people I spoke to in Shatila expressed any sympathy with Fateh al-Islam; they just showed concern and anger at the way the Lebanese Army is shelling the camp and destroying the houses of the people.
Nadia says that her cousin said seventy percent of his neighborhood in the camp is totally destroyed. “Maybe [...]

Reclaiming space Uri Avnery: Lebanon War Report A Swiss Cheese «

Reclaiming space Uri Avnery: Lebanon War Report A Swiss Cheese «
May 18th, 2007 — peoplesgeography

Uri Avnery provides a peace and Israeli perspective on the consequences and failings of Israel’s Winograd Inquiry Report into last year’s war on Lebanon.
He is none too optimistic about what the findings bode for the region and this is reflective [...]

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 [...]