From our correspondent Sarah Ferguson: The irony couldn’t be more clear. New York City police and their union, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, are suing the NYPD for spying on them at rallies and demonstrations held during their contract dispute with… Read moreCops sue cops for… spying on cops
After a month-long volley of op-eds in neo-con pubs, misquotes in Jewish papers, capped with an attack by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the powers-that-be are now comparing Chavez to Hitler. How predictable. From the New York Times: February 3, 2006… Read moreRummy: Chavez Hitler
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
From the International Solidarity Movement: Palestinians United Again to Appeal for the Release of Peace Activists held Hostage in Iraq January 30th, 2006 ISM Following the recent release of new video footage of the four Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) members… Read morePalestinians appeal for CPT hostages
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
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) carries this Jan. 25 report on Tehran’s accusations that the UK was behind the previous day’s bomb blast in Iran’s heavily Arab western district of Ahwaz. Of course, the NCRI’s armed wing,… Read moreTehran: UK behind terror blasts
Two Jordanian soldiers from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) were shot dead and another was injured on Jan. 17 in clashes with unidentified armed assailants in the Drouillard neighborhood of Port-au-Prince’s impoverished Cite Soleil section. One soldier… Read moreHaiti: UN troops killed
The Associated Press reports Jan. 24 the arrest of police officers in Basra by British troops. What is not reported is that move has prompted an official protest from the Basra Governate. First, from the AP: British troops launched a… Read moreBrits arrest Basra police; governate protests
The trial of Saddam Hussein continues to get more problematic. From the London Times, Jan. 24: THE court trying Saddam Hussein has replaced its chief judge a day before the former dictator returns to the dock. The Iraqi Special Tribunal… Read moreSaddam’s new judge from Halabja
