05 August 2006
End the “coward silence” over Israeli atrocities
“Time’s glory is to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light.” - William Shakespeare. In an action unprecedented in Maryland politics, Kevin Zeese, an Independent candidate in Maryland for the U.S. Senate, has demanded that an incumbent congressman, who has close ties to the powerful Israeli Lobby, break his silence on Israeli wrongdoing
26 July 2006
Israel kills 13 Palestinians, including 3-year old girl
A series of Israeli air strikes in eastern Gaza City killed more than 13 Palestinians, including a three-year-old girl, medics said on Wednesday, according to Reuters news agency. Israel has launched a deadly offensive in Gaza to pressure the Hamas-led Palestinian government, whose armed wing is part of three resistance groups who captured
16 July 2006
U.S.-backed Israeli policies will lead to extreme disaster
Israel has intensified its offensive in Gaza and Lebanon, killing dozens of innocent civilians and inflicting unprecedented damage on the Palestinian and Lebanese infrastructure and economy. Here, Noam Chomsky, a professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of the staunchest critics of the U.S. policies, tells Demo
14 July 2006
Slideshow: Israel offensive on Beirut
Israeli warships and aircraft were clamping down on Lebanon’s air, sea and land infrastructure on Friday, three days after Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. Israeli warplanes destroyed a building housing the headquarters of Hezbollah guerrillas in south Beirut late Friday, AP reported.
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