Lior Sternfeld writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: On November 29, 1947 the UN general assembly granted the Zionist movement one of its most prominent diplomatic achievements, when it approved the Palestine Partition Plan. The non-binding resolution, never voted on by the UN Security Council, proposed dividing the land of the British mandate […]
Bigger than the IT Revolution: Solar is Going to Electronics Firms, Energy Giants Left Behind (Video)
Excellent documentary on the fast-breaking solar technology revolution. From www.vpro.nl/ backlight.
Egypt Constitutional Crisis: Morsi to Meet Judges as Weekend Clashes leave Two Dead, hundreds wounded
Egypt is on the knife edge between plunging into Algeria-style faction-fighting between secularists and Muslim fundamentalists, and finding a graceful way for its elected president to climb down from his more extreme assertions of power and privilege vis-a-vis the other branches of government. The toll from fighting in Egypt between pro- and anti-Morsi activists all […]
The Insouciance of Cardplayers (Egypt Protest Video)
Youth try to play cards in the midst of demonstrations and clashes between leftists and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and seem really devoted to their game.
Sand-Surfing Fun in the Arabian Desert (Video)
Steep sand-surfing:
Israeli Vets on Israeli Treatment of Gaza & Palestinians: “It’s Mostly Punishment” (Breaking the Silence)
The authors of Our Harsh Logic, Israeli veterans who protest the treatment of Palestinians via an organization, “Breaking the Silence,” write at Tomdispatch.com: “It’s Mostly Punishment…” Testimonies by Veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces From Gaza and the Occupied Territories By Breaking the Silence “There is no country on Earth that would tolerate missiles raining […]
Egypt: Judiciary, Political Rivals, Crowds Mobilize against Pres. Morsi
The executive order issued by President Muhammad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party last Thursday has thrown the country into substantial turmoil, with demonstrations, clashes and civil strikes throughout much of the country. The struggle against Morsi’s 7-point executive order is being fought on four levels: 1. Morsi’s rivals for political power, […]
RT’s Abby Martin Accuses Israel of War Crimes for Targetting Journalists
Abby Martin of Russia Today’s Brainwash Update pointed out that Israel’s targeting of Gaza media centers, which killed journalists and endangered employees of many news organizations, was a war crime. (She was hardly alone in this). She was the victim of a smear attempt by the Israel lobby, which accused her of support for terrorism […]
Egyptian Left/Liberals Confront Pres. Morsi with Rallies, Demos in 8 Provinces
The New Left youth movements led a powerful charge against Thursday’s presidential decree by Muhammad Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood’s civil wing, the Freedom and Justice Party. Protests were held at some scale in 8 governorates. The Egyptian religious Right (the Muslim Brotherhood) and the secular liberals and leftists had been allies in overthrowing Hosni […]