Source Mondoweiss by Seham on February 24, 2011 If he wasn’t he would be analyzing the events in the region and scrambling desperately to make peace with surrounding Arab countries.  Instead, since the fall of Ben Ali and Mubarak and now the impending fall of Qadhafi the world is witnessing increased brutality and cruelty by the Israeli regime against the Palestinian people, in particular the last few weeks Israelis have targeted children which they are harassing and arresting at alarming rates.  But, aside from this inhuman treatment of young children the pace at which Palestinians are displaced from their homes has not slowed down, see ……. [Full Post]

Original article: The Islamabad Globe – 14 February 2011 Undoubtedly this is the biggest scandal in US Foreign relations since the US was shot down by the Soviets in the sixties. Then, as now, both sides played out the drama in an iterative manner–neither side letting the other know how much they know. There are clear indications that there is much more to the “Raymond Davis” affair than the Pakistanis are letting on. THis isn’t about murder and diplomatic immunity. This is mush bigger. Something is very wrong with this picture, and Islamabad is tight lipped because it now has concrete evidence that Mr “Raymond ……. [Full Post]

For those whose understanding of the world is moulded and shaped by the Western mainstream media, this poll will likely come as a bit of a shock; and especially so in light of MSM reports about the latest WikiLeaks revelations. It is the latest in a series of annual polls conducted by Zogby International in conjunction with the University of Maryland and the Brookings Institute and published in August 2010. There can hardly be a Western outlet that has NOT reported the covert urgings of Arab governments for the US/Israel to attack Iran, because of course it accords nicely with our ‘Official Narrative’ of Iran ……. [Full Post]