Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Freddy Pressner, president of the Venezuela Confederation of Israelite Associations (CAIV) meet over the recent flap over allegations of anti-Semitic remarks by Chavez: Venezuela’s Chavez, Jews reconcile President of Jewish community satisfied, says president not… Read moreChavez meets with Venezuelan Jewish leaders
Danny Rubinstein, longtime journalist and Palestinian affairs analyst for the respected Israeli daily Ha’aretz, believes that Arafat was poisoned, but felt proscribed from writing about his conclusions in Ha’aretz. Rubinstein explained why in an interview to Keshev, The Center for… Read moreArafat poisoned: Israeli journalist
From the AP Jan. 30: Bombs in Iraq target 5 Christian buildings BAGHDAD – Car bombs exploded in quick succession Sunday near four Christian churches and the office of the Vatican envoy, killing three people and raising new concerns about… Read moreIraq: Christian buildings bombed
Interview with Khaled Meshal, head of Hamas’ Politboro, from Jan. 27 print version of Italy’s La Repubblica: by Alix Van Buren “The Super-Most Wanted” Meshal DAMASCUS—The day of Hamas’ triumph, the supreme leader, Khaled Meshal, keeps his euphoria in check… Read moreInterview with Hamas chief Khaled Meshal
Hamas won 76 seats out of 132 contested in the Palestinian parliament. The Hamas victory surprised many, defying all polls. In the last few days, it was revealed the US pumped millions into Fatah’s campaign. A Palestinian commented that since… Read moreHebrew, Arabic press on Hamas victory
Electronic Journal & Daily Weblog “BIONOIA” Part 2 The Nuts, Bolts and Crimes of Biological Warfare by Mark Sanborne SOUTH AMERICAN PIPELINE WARS Chavez Bloc Races with Oil Cartel to Grid the Continent by Bill Weinberg BOLIVIA: A COMING TRIAL… Read moreIssue #. 118. February 2006
from Weekly News Update on the Americas ENTRE RIOS: PAPER MILL PROTESTS CONTINUE On Dec. 30, hundreds of protesters blocked traffic along three bridges which span the Uruguay River, linking Argentina’s Entre Rios province with Uruguay, to protest the Uruguayan… Read moreARGENTINA: ECO-PROTESTERS BLOCK URUGUAY BORDER
Continue ReadingARGENTINA: ECO-PROTESTERS BLOCK URUGUAY BORDERUS, Israeli and Palestinian Artists Unite Across Borders by Robert Hirschfield Transposed upon the face of the famous Wall, in the photo-shop print by Suleiman Mansour, is Michaelangelo’s hand of God and hand of Adam reaching toward one another—only separated… Read moreTHREE CITIES AGAINST THE WALL
Continue ReadingTHREE CITIES AGAINST THE WALLfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas U.S. DELAYS CAFTA On Dec. 30 Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) spokesperson Stephen Norton announced that the US was postponing implementation of the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), which… Read moreCENTRAL AMERICA: CAFTA DELAYED; REPRESSION CONTINUES
Continue ReadingCENTRAL AMERICA: CAFTA DELAYED; REPRESSION CONTINUESfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas On Jan. 5, paramilitaries who identified themselves as members of the “Autodefensas del Llano” (Plains Self-Defense) group murdered four people in the community of Matabambu, in Puerto Lleras municipality, in the southern Colombian… Read moreCOLOMBIA: PARAMILITARY ATTACKS IN META
Continue ReadingCOLOMBIA: PARAMILITARY ATTACKS IN METAfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas In a Jan. 11 communique from “the sovereign mountains” of Ecuador, the Ecuadoran Guerrilla Coordination (CGE) announced that as of Jan. 1, 2006, the 1991 peace agreement signed between the “Alfaro Vive Carajo!”… Read moreECUADOR: GUERILLAS RE-EMERGE
Continue ReadingECUADOR: GUERILLAS RE-EMERGEfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas On Dec. 20, a group of about 20 guerrillas from the Maoist Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) rebel group ambushed a police contingent and killed eight agents in Aucayacu, Leoncio Prado province, in the… Read morePERU: SENDERO RESURGENT?
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