How many Gaza demonstrators risked Hamas thuggery yesterday to demand national unity? Depends on who you read. Counting crowds confounds correspondents. The Guardian’s divergence alone boggles: The...
3 Arms Smuggling Fails In One Week
Heads are sure to roll in Tehran after Israel, Egypt and Turkey all intercepted Iranian arms shipments yesterday. That’s three busts in one week. 1. Yesterday, Turkey forced an Iranian cargo plane...
Israel Navy Seizes Iranian Arms Shipment
Israeli naval commandos intercepted a boat carrying Iranian weapons bound for Gaza. According to the IDF Spokesperson blog, the “Victoria” left the Syrian port of Latakia for Turkey, and was...
Hamas Keeping up with the New Middle East
With huge uprisings against autocratic rule in Egypt, Libya, Tunis and across the Middle East, it’s interesting to see how well the rulers of Gaza understand the demand for democratic reform. The...
February 27 Blogging
• Michael Coren wonders about the the BDS movement’s deafening silence over Gaddafi’s butchery. Where’s the outrage? Yet where are the massive street protests in Europe’s large cities?...
Palileaks and The Guardian’s Agenda Journalism
An overview of some of the issues generated by The Guardian’s publication of thousands of leaked Palestinian documents.
Hamas Spin Chief Gets Op-Ed Space
Granting Osama Hamdan, Hamas’s international relations dept head chief spinmeister the legitimacy of op-ed space in The Guardian’s print edition to respond to PaliLeaks is pretty sick. What’s...
Shattered Lens – Photo Bias Exposed in the Wire Services
A snapshot of how Reuters, AP and AFP/Getty misuse imagery to distort coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Apologist for Hamas: See No Evil, Hear No Evil
A St. Petersburg Times correspondent stumbles blindly through Gaza, ignoring the worst aspects of Hamas rule.
Why Time Doesn’t Care About Israel
Time cover story claims decadent Israelis no longer care about peace.
