Archive for July, 2006

Israel’s “new Middle East” by Tanya Reinhart

rehna July 29th, 2006

I’ve been sent another piece on the Middle East crisis.  A number of you have emailed to say you’d like more articles on the subject. Tanya Reinhart is a professor at Tel Aviv university

Beirut is burning, hundreds of Lebanese die, hundreds of thousands lose all they ever owned and become refugees, and all the world is doing is rescuing the “foreign passport” residents of what was just two weeks ago “the Paris of the Middle East”. Lebanon must die now, because “Israel has the right to defend itself”, so goes the U.S. mantra, used to block any international attempt to impose a cease fire. Continue Reading »

“Stop that shit!” by Uri Avnery

rehna July 26th, 2006

  

 Lebanese children, covered with wounds, in Beirut hospitals. The funeral of the victims of a missile in Haifa. The ruins of a whole devastated quarter in Beirut. Continue Reading »

Zinedane Zidane - not just a footballing story

rehna July 11th, 2006

You may care nothing about football but this is a front page story not just a back page one.

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SUPERMAN RETURNS -and How!

rehna July 4th, 2006

 

Oh yeah. The man of steel (in blue tights) is back. Rejoice! Continue Reading »