"... Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when
those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
The west and Israel tried everything to secure
a fatah victory: palestinian voters rebuffed the
concerted threats and bribes of the “international
community” in a campaign that saw Hamas
members and other oppositionists routinely detained
or assaulted by the IDf, their posters confiscated
or destroyed, US and EU funds channelled into the
fatah campaign, and US congressmen announcing
that Hamas should not be allowed to run. Even the
timing of the election was set by the determination
to rig the outcome. Scheduled for the summer of
2005, it was delayed till January 2006 to give Abbas
time to distribute assets in Gaza – in the words of
an Egyptian intelligence officer, “the public will then
support the Authority against Hamas.”
– Tariq Ali
..."
If Gaza Did Not Exist (Jennifer Loewenstein), The Logic Of Colonial Power (Nir Rosen), A New Generation Of Militants (Chris Hedges), The Lying Silence Of Those Who Know (John Pilger), The Monstrosity Of War (Dahr Jamail), Making The Prison More Secure (Jonathan Cook), Molten Lead (Uri Avneri), The Hoax Of Sderot (Stuart Littlewood), Will Things Ever Change (Ramzy Baroud), The True Story Behind The War (Johan Hari), Washington Bears Blame (Bill van Auken), Long And Bloody Hypocrisy (Robert Parry), In The US, Gaza Is A Different War (Habib Battah), Massacre At A Gaza School (Alan Maas)
Die Welt ist eine Bühne, auf der ein jeder seine Possen agieret und hin und her tanzet, bis dass ihn unser aller Herr und Meister hinwegberufet. (G.Chr. Lichtenberg)
Gaza: Massacre Of A Nation
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Gaza: Massacre Of A Nation
http://www.coldtype.net/Assets.09/pdfs/0109.Extra1.Gaza.pdf
"... Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when
those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
The west and Israel tried everything to secure
a fatah victory: palestinian voters rebuffed the
concerted threats and bribes of the “international
community” in a campaign that saw Hamas
members and other oppositionists routinely detained
or assaulted by the IDf, their posters confiscated
or destroyed, US and EU funds channelled into the
fatah campaign, and US congressmen announcing
that Hamas should not be allowed to run. Even the
timing of the election was set by the determination
to rig the outcome. Scheduled for the summer of
2005, it was delayed till January 2006 to give Abbas
time to distribute assets in Gaza – in the words of
an Egyptian intelligence officer, “the public will then
support the Authority against Hamas.”
– Tariq Ali
..."
If Gaza Did Not Exist (Jennifer Loewenstein), The Logic Of Colonial Power (Nir Rosen), A New Generation Of Militants (Chris Hedges), The Lying Silence Of Those Who Know (John Pilger), The Monstrosity Of War (Dahr Jamail), Making The Prison More Secure (Jonathan Cook), Molten Lead (Uri Avneri), The Hoax Of Sderot (Stuart Littlewood), Will Things Ever Change (Ramzy Baroud), The True Story Behind The War (Johan Hari), Washington Bears Blame (Bill van Auken), Long And Bloody Hypocrisy (Robert Parry), In The US, Gaza Is A Different War (Habib Battah), Massacre At A Gaza School (Alan Maas)