Snapshot of an Occupied Land
Jenin is well known as the fiercest centre of resistance in the West Bank, but it is difficult to see how shooting children regularly and enforcing a suffocating and unrelenting curfew day after day...
View ArticleIsraelis Criticizing Israel
The occupation of Palestine from the inside, out A dusty expanse is all that remains of 400 houses in Jenin razed by Israeli bulldozers. photo: Valerie Zink/FromOccupiedPalestine.orgJessica Montell is...
View ArticleDay to Day: Life in Occupied Palestine
A photo essay Suicide bombings; rocket attacks; bombing raids; asassinations; official reports; posturing; political wrangling. Whatever its bias, mainstream press coverage of the middle east...
View ArticleU.S. has Invasive, High-Tech Plans for Fallujah's Returning Refugees
The New Standard -- Occupation forces intend to erect a "model city" from the ruins of Fallujah, including a high-tech security infrastructure complete with DNA testing, retina scans and ID badges for...
View ArticleOn Iraq-Jordan Border, Various Roles Play Out in Desert
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View ArticleViolence, Poverty Underscore Story of Iraqi Refugees in Jordan
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View ArticleAir Raids Terrorize Gaza Residents, Target Key Infrastructure
Homes, roadway, school bombed; sonic booms are new tactic [This article was originally published by New Standard News, a daily source of original journalism. Non-corporate journalism depends on reader...
View Article'Disengagement' Affords Some Relief for Gaza Fishing Enclave
Coastal villages no longer a veritable prison, but access to fishing, export remain blocked [This article was originally published by New Standard News, a daily source of original journalism....
View ArticleWarfighters, Not Missionaries
The origins of the three-block war Canadian soldiers guarding prisoners in Aghanistan. illustration by sylvia nickersonBased on an excerpt from the forthcoming book, The Afghanistan Adventure:...
View ArticlePeter MacKay in Israel and Palestine
What the Foreign Minister did not see or discuss during his visit GAZA CITY, GAZA -- Despite the impression cast by corporate news coverage, there is never anything like "calm" here in the West Bank...
View ArticleLe Soutien des États-Unis au Fatah Crée un Nouveau Conflit
Le Hamas et le Fatah s'engagent dans une rivalité meurtrière. Le son des explosions, des fusillades intenses et des sirènes d'ambulances a de nouveau retenti dans la bande de Gaza, le 1er février,...
View ArticleGrowing Insurgencies, Irregular Warfare
Counterinsurgency Manual Shows Military's New Face TORONTO, Mar 22 (IPS) - Following closely behind their counterparts in the United States and Britain, Canada's Department of National Defence is...
View ArticleGrowing Insurgencies, Irregular Warfare, part II
Development Aid as Counterinsurgency Tool TORONTO, Mar 23 (IPS) - A soon-to-be-completed Canadian Forces counterinsurgency field manual foreshadows the type of interventions that the military in this...
View ArticleMission Extended
Pro-US panel was key in extending Afghan mission Buoyed by the recommendations of a government-appointed blue-ribbon panel, on March 13 Canada's parliament approved a motion to extend its combat...
View ArticleThe Iggy We Know
Liberal leader backed Israeli assaults on Lebanon, Gaza VANCOUVER–Confronted by his first international crisis as the newly-anointed leader of the Liberal Party, Michael Ignatieff’s handling of...
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