by wespac-admin | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy
Max Blumenthal Senior Writer for The Daily Beast Posted January 5, 2009 | 08:17 AM (EST) Why Aren’t More Americans Dancing To Israel’s Tune? Almost as soon as the first Israeli missile struck the Gaza Strip, a veteran cheering squad suited up to...
by wespac-admin | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy
Matan Cohen posted an announcement to the cause ANARCHISTS AGAINST THE WALL. ———— —- Arrests underway in Toronto Israeli Consulate Sit-in Toronto: Wednesday January 8, 2009 Time: 11:20 am Police have moved in to arrest a group of Jewish...
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...