Tag Archives: Palestine

1980s, Dresden, East Germany, Nato

Because of the seeming alignment of the new administration (regime?) of the United States with Russia, I am reading books which help me try to understand how this dramatic situation has evolved. After the war, the US employed German scientists … Continue reading

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Nader: Gaza Body Count

I’m reproducing the newsletter of Ralph Nader, 22nd Feb 2025:

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Insult upon insult

Each of us has either lost our homeland, knows of family who has, or doesn’t know their ancestors did so in recent centuries. But all of us have origins from thousands of years ago back in pre- Christian times, when … Continue reading

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Remembering Jimmy Carter

As flags fly at half mast for 30 days in mourning the death of Jimmy Carter, who lived to an amazing age of 100 years, we are being reminded through the media of his landmark successes as a President, and … Continue reading

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Lambs to the Slaughter

I am now reading Ronen Bergman’s book, ‘Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations’. It is an illuminating book. So much to learn about how we humans damage each other beyond repair until we yearn to … Continue reading

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Journalists in the Crosshairs

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Spyware: Who gets targeted?

Of the 50,000 phone numbers in the data, we had been able to verify, with multiple sources for each, the identities of more than 1,000 people from fifty countries. The count included more than 600 politicians and government officials, including … Continue reading

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US generous with bombs

US has agreed to send more bombs and warplanes to Israel, sources say By Humeyra Pamuk and Idrees Ali March 29, 20249:06 PM GMTUpdated 12 hours ago https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-has-signed-off-more-bombs-warplanes-israel-washington-post-reports-2024-03-29 It is with mounting horror the world watches the US continue to supply Israel’s war … Continue reading

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2013 American Perspective on Israel

These graphs produced by Pew Research Center: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/10/01/chapter-5-connection-with-and-attitudes-towards-israel This research was carried out when President Obama was in office. Here is an extract from an article in The Guardian newspaper: Obama and Netanyahu had a testy meeting at the White … Continue reading

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Valuing Human Life

As humans became more sophisticated after thousands of years evolving, they became conquerors of land when explorers sailed to new lands and staked rights to it in the name of their monarchs. Vasco da Gama was one such explorer trying … Continue reading

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