The British and Irish media have been awash with talk today of a return to the cold war era where espionage ruled the day and school children were frequently drilled in the art of diving under their desks for cover in order to aid their survival in the event of a nuclear strike. President Putin’s […]
The Arabic Channels puncture cultural isolation: Aljazeera, a major source of news
Palestinian Arabs that live in Israel are not different from other Arab societies in their interest in watching TV in large numbers.They do differ in the type and manner of their TV consumption, which reveal the complicated realities and constraints that this society confronts it after the expulsion of its cultural elite in 1948. The […]
Innocent people as human shields
It is sad to note that people are being used as human shields to protect Israel troops from enemy attacks. In a CNN report today, young palestinians have been rounded up to act as fronts, doing house-to-house search in some parts of Palestinian occupied areas. I’m not in favor of this type of skirmishes between […]
Kofi Annan -Man of Indomitable Spirit
By: Daniel Aforo Since assuming the august office of the United Nations Organization, prominent people have described him in many ways. The former US Ambassador to the UN, Richard Holbrooke one’s said “Mr. Annan is the best Secretary General in the history of the UN”.As a Nobel laureate in 2001, the […]
Iran: A Threat Ignored
In the dispute between the US and Iran it seems that the international community has shown little or no decisiveness. Iran has stated its dangerous intentions time and again yet most of the media seems too busy, too comfortable, and perhaps too confused to ask the hard questions regarding Iran. President Ahmedinajad has written an […]
Solana’s Biggest Fan
Meet Xavier Solana. The biggest wasteful surplus in the European Union today. I’d hazard a guess there’s no one more unstomachable anywhere from Belfast to Berlin. I wish he’d stop visiting the Middle East and talking like he’s got the faintest idea what’s really going on here. This man has got his head so far up […]
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