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  • Israel recruits ’army of bloggers’ to combat anti-Zionist Web sites
    21 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Cnaan Liphshiz
    The Immigrant Absorption Ministry announced on Sunday it was setting up an "army of bloggers," to be made up of Israelis who speak a second language, to represent Israel in "anti-Zionist blogs" in English, French, Spanish and German.
    The program’s first volunteer was Sandrine Pitousi, 31, from Kfar Maimon, situated five kilometers from Gaza. "I heard about the project over the radio and decided to join because I’m living in the middle of the conflict," she said. (…)

  • Latest hasbara weapon: ’Army of bloggers’
    21 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    by JONATHAN BECK
    Israel’s newest weapon on the public relations front is "an army of bloggers," according to a statement issued by the Absorption Ministry Sunday afternoon.
    In cooperation with the Foreign Ministry’s Public Relations Department, the Absorption Ministry has initiated a statewide effort to locate volunteers who speak other languages, to take part in the country’s PR efforts over the Internet.
    The volunteers will post comments in their native languages - including English, (…)

  • The Beginning of the End for Israel
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Beginning of the End for Israel
    By Yvonne Ridley
    January 19, 2009 "Information Clearinghouse" — - TRY as he might, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert can not snatch any sort of victory out of the jaws of defeat that are closing down on the failed Zionist project.
    This, quite simply, is the beginning of the end for Israel.
    The only thing Israel has proved it can do militarily better than anyone else is kill innocent women and children. And in its genocidal drive to wipe the (…)

  • PFLP: Our Position on the "Ceasefire"
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine reaffirmed on January 18, 2009 its position on the so-called "ceasefire" stating that the PFLP regards with the utmost respect, the decision of our brothers and sisters in the resistance of declaring a one-week ceasefire with the enemy.
    As we share in the declarations of victory with all of our people today, we want to reaffirm our rejection of any ceasefire and the politics of the so-called "calm"...the politics of "calm" becomes a trap (…)

  • Abbas’s Spies Worked for Israel
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Abbas Spies Worked for Israel
    Salah Bardaweel a Hamas legislator and spokesman, accused Abbas of playing a "major role" in the assassination of its Interior Minister Said Siamand and the military offensive against Hamas...
    Bardaweel claimed that Abbas loyalists in the Gaza Strip had been spying on Hamas leaders and members on the instructions of senior Fatah leaders in the West Bank. He said the information had been passed on to Israel so that it could launch attacks on Hamas members (…)

  • Palestinians and American Indians: Russell Means Breaks the Silence on Obama.
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    American Indian activist Russell Means said President-elect Obama was selected by the colonial powers as president to improve the US image globally in the aftermath of George Bush. Further, Means said Obama’s appointments show that he is a Zionist controlled by Israel. Speaking on Red Town Radio today, Means said what is happening now to Palestinians is what happened to American Indians.
    “Every policy the Palestinians are now enduring was practiced on the American Indian,” Means said on (…)

  • Energy War: US starting strangulation tactics against Moscow
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    In view of the recent Ukrainian ploy in joining the Americans to attempt at boycotting Russian gas transportation to Europe, Moscow could study and implement a new strategy and logistics for its gas sale to its European consumers, experts said to WorldFutures.info. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday Russian media reports that Kiev was planning to involve the United States in modernizing its Soviet-era gas pipeline network.
    The Russian daily Izvestia reported Wednesday (…)

  • Global Depression. This Doesn’t Look Good: Taiwan, Korea and China Exports Tank
    20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    These look a lot like charts of financial variables after a bubble bursts, not charts of the level of exports. That isn’t good.
    Looking just as the monthly data risks being misleading. There is a lot of seasonality in Taiwan’s exports. They usually dip in February. It is a short month, it often corresponds with the Chinese new year and the data isn’t seasonally adjusted. A small dip in December after the end of the Western holiday season also isn’t unusual. But such a big dip in December (…)

  • PETITION TO REMOVE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FROM M. SHIMON PEREZ
    19 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    PETITION TO REMOVE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FROM M. SHIMON PEREZ: REGARDED AS A WAR CRIMINAL AND SPONSOR OF GENOCIDE AGAINST HUMANITY IN THE GAZA STRIP
    http://intpalestine.net/?p=PETITION
    We the signatories ... ... ... ... ..., claiming to be outraged by the attitude of Shimon Perez regarding the war of genocide and ethnic cleansing that the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip endure Under the name "Operation Cast Lead, Israel launched a military operation against civilians in Gaza who are (…)

  • Israel’s Media Management is Not Just Impressive, It’s Terrifying How to Sell "Ethical" Warfare
    18 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Israel’s Media Management is Not Just Impressive, It’s Terrifying How to Sell "Ethical" Warfare
    By NEVE GORDON
    One of my students was arrested yesterday and spent the night in a prison cell. R’s offence was protesting the Israeli assault on Gaza. He joins over 700 other Israelis who have been detained since the beginning of Israel’s ruthless war on Gaza: an estimated 230 of whom are still behind bars. Within the Israeli context, this strategy of quelling protest and stifling resistance (…)