Archive for February, 2011
by James M. Wall The revolutions that began in Tunisia, continued in Egypt and now threaten Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, are spreading throughout the Middle East. Perhaps, one day, the revolution may even engulf Palestine. There are signs emanating from the echo chamber that controls US thought on all matters pertaining to Israel, that sounds of […]
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by James M. Wall The US has cast its first Obama UN veto, rejecting a Security Council resolution which would have condemned Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories “as an obstacle to peace”. The BBC reported that “all 14 other members of the Security Council backed the resolution, which had been endorsed by the Palestine […]
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Obama Team Missed Egypt Signals
by James M. Wall The Obama administration was not prepared for the Egyptian revolution. Nicholas Kristof knows this. He is highly critical of the US approach when he writes: Egyptians triumphed over their police state without Western help or even moral support. During rigged parliamentary elections, the West barely raised an eyebrow. And when the […]
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by James M. Wall **************** Update: Friday 1 p.m. CST Mubarak Resigns; Army Takes Command President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has given into popular demand and turned over all authority to run Egypt, to the Egyptian military high command. Muburak ended 30 years of autocratic rule in a dramatic step that will have repercussions throughout the […]
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“The Arab World Is On Fire”
by James M. Wall Uri Avnery, veteran and venerable Israeli peace activist, captured the moment: What is happening now in Egypt will change our lives. As usual, nobody foresaw it. The much-feted Mossad was taken by surprise, as was the CIA and all the other celebrated services of this kind. Yet there should have been […]
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