by wespac-admin | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy
Understanding Gaza When a vast military machine is being unleashed on a captive population under siege, whose most militant members are lightly armed and try to make up in suicidal courage for what they lack in materiel, the image most likely to spring to mind is that...
by wespac-admin | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy
Bombing to make the Gaza prison even more secure for Israel Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 7 January 2009 There are two persistent myths about the aim of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza: the first that it is an entirely defensive move, a way to end the...
by wespac-admin | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy
Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault Analysis by Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (IPS) – Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the fact that Hamas had won free and fair...
by wespac-admin | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy
How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe Oxford professor of international relations Avi Shlaim served in the Israeli army and has never questioned the state’s legitimacy. But its merciless assault on Gaza has led him to a devastating...
by wespac-admin | Jan 7, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: What about the Fourth Geneva Convention? Join People of Conscience in protesting the U.S.-Israeli war against the Palestinian People Gather at 1:30pm on Saturday, January 10th at the Chappaqua Train Station. ...
by wespac-admin | Jan 6, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy
The situation in Gaza is getting worse, if that is even possible, and it is time to rally even more strongly than before. Below is yet another article by Jeremy Salt that is truly a harrowing message. Also included is an American CBS network video...