Monthly Archives: November 2017
Tackling corruption: Why Saudi Prince Muhammad’s approach raises questions
James Dorsey argues that “power and assets rather than anti-corruption” are behind Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad’s purge of princes and businessmen, and that the aim appears to be “to intimidate and put the kingdom’s elite on notice”. Read more [...]
Where is Zionism taking us?
Lawrence Davidson says given the Zionist lobbies' hold on governments and their subversion of human rights institutions, the onus is on organised civil society, mainly BDS, to end apartheid in Israel and restore Palestinian rights. Read more [...]
From an open internet, back to the dark ages
Jonathan Cook says internet censorship has begun with Facebook and Google discriminating against alternative content to that of Western corporate media, and that matters seem set to get worse. Read more [...]
Saudi Prince Muhammad’s Achilles Heel: Misreading tea leaves in Washington
James Dorsey says Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad’s regional strategy not only risks escalating tensions and raising questions about Saudi Arabia’s ability to successfully confront Iran, but also may be based on a misreading of the dynamics of US policymaking. Read more [...]
Balfour mentality has no place in civilised society
Stuart Littlewood examines how the Israel lobby’s influence on the British political class has made British politicians put Israel’s interests ahead of the UK’s by supporting the Zionist entity’s criminal, inhuman and unjust activities. Read more [...]
Israel lobby is slowly being dragged into the light
Jonathan Cook explains why, in light of the now-resigned UK minister Priti Patel’s secret meetings with Israeli officials, it is time for Western states “to show as much concern about the malign influence of Israel’s lobbyists as they do about Russian hackers”. Read more [...]
Yasser Arafat, the leader I knew
Jamal Kanj remembers Yasser Arafat on the 13th anniversary of his death as a strong leader with a common touch who “accentuated Palestinian nationalism over pan-Arabism and secularism over religion.” Read more [...]
Who is afraid of the Iranian bomb?
Uri Avnery debunks the propaganda about the “Iranian threat”, including the alleged nuclear “threat”, arguing that even if it is accepted that the current Iranian rulers may be fanatics, “they seem eminently practical people”. Read more [...]
Balfour Declaration: Britain broke its feeble promise to the Palestinians
On the centenary of the infamous Balfour Declaration, Jonathan Cook argues that while Britain fulfilled its promise to the Zionists in full, it broke even its feeble commitment to the Palestinians to protect their civil and religious rights. Read more [...]
