Foreign policy wrong
By Charley Reese, Arab News, August 13, 2002
Last September, when President Bush declared his war on terrorism, I said that you can't kill your way out of a terrorism problem. I cited the Israelis as an example. Does anyone want to argue with that? Israel is still wracked with terrorism, despite having reoccupied virtually all of the West Bank and having killed Palestinians at a prodigious rate. Nor have we solved our terrorism problem, even though, for the time being, the terrorists are lying low.

Warning against war crimes is an act of patriotism
Statement by Gush Shalom in Haaretz, 8/9/02: Arab News, August 13, 2002
1) Gush Shalom’s purpose is to warn officers and soldiers alike that certain actions could lead, at some future dare, to their indictment before an Israeli - and even an international - court of law.

A Miraculous Book: A Review of "The War on Freedom" by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
by Carol Brouillet, Media Monitors Netowork, April 12, 2002
This book, on many levels, is a miracle, not unlike the mysterious process of Birth, and revives our collective aspirations for Hope, Peace, Justice, Joy and Life to prevail against those in power who scream for War. Piercing the smoke and mirrors of propaganda, misinformation, the largest psychological "Special Operation" ever pulled on humanity, the book calmly, carefully, meticulously examines the facts, the evidence of the crime of the century, and documents the clear need for a real, open, public inquiry of 9-11.

The opportunities of a Parisian trial
By Ahmed Amr, NileMedia, August 05, 2002
In early August, Parisian courts will witness an odd kind of a trial based on a complaint filed against a prominent Egyptian Publisher, Ibrahim Nafie, accusing him of 'anti-Semitism'. We live in strange times, where the Jewish community is entitled to vocally and materially support every act of Israeli repression. Yet, if anyone should dare to write in a complaint against Sharon's thugs, they can be accused of hurting Jewish feelings. If you happen to express the opinion that Israel is a racist state, where Jews get exclusive rights over non-Jews, that too can be construed as anti-Semitism. You want to file a report about the hundreds of Palestinian children who have been murdered by Israeli snipers and American financed F16 jets dropping laser-guided bombs with a Bush presidential seal of approval. Go on, file your report. See how far that gets you with Kofi Annan, the man who sold the United Nations to the Likudnik fringe. For going to the trouble of registering your complaint, the Yiddish supremacist will find a way to punish you for daring to challenge their right to kill any Palestinian they choose, any time they choose.

Camp David's thwarted peace
By Alain Gresh, NileMedia, August 06, 2002, from Le Monde diplomatique
by ALAIN GRESH
When, a few decades from now, historians return to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict of the 1990s they will undoubtedly agree on at least one point. The Camp David summit - a two-week conclave (11 to 25 July 2000) to which President Bill Clinton invited the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, and the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Yasser Arafat - marked the start of the Middle East's long descent into the inferno. As historians decipher the reports on the summit published by the international media, they will probably warn their students that there would be little truth in history if it were based exclusively on information from the press.

A Message of Freedom From a Prisoner
By Salah Afifi, Ramle Prison, Israel, Palestine Chronicle, August 13, 2002
"My gut feeling was that very few Palestinians would risk coming out of their homes in defiance of Israeli curfew orders. For them that would be risking their lives. As Israeli shots rang out one hundred and fifty Palestinian villagers came into view and our parties began to merge ..."
NABLUS (PMC): Nine peace activists, three Americans, five French and one Irish citizen, were arrested by Israeli occupation troops Thursday during a protest against Israel's occupation of Palestinian towns. The demonstrators intended to march from Huwara to nearby Nablus to encourage residents to break an Israeli-imposed curfew that has been persistently applied for almost two months now, but were stopped by Israeli troops firing in the air and throwing tear gas and stun grenades. Salah Afifi, a Palestinian-Irish citizen awaiting deportation with several others, writes from his jail cell in Israel's Ramleh prison, why his courageous journey to break free Palestinians from the grip of a merciless occupation army, was worth it, despite the severe consequences.