Gaza War

Us foreign policy caused the taliban problem

January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

U.S. Foreign Policy Caused the Taliban Problem

by Jacob G. Hornberger

May 8, 2009
Future of Freedom Foundation

U.S. officials are now concerned not only with a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan but also a Taliban takeover in Pakistan. These problems, however, were caused by the U.S. Empire itself.

While most Americans now view President Bushs Iraq War as a bad war, the common perception is that Bushs invasion of Afghanistan was a good war (despite the fact that he went to war without the constitutionally required congressional declaration of war). The notion is that the U.S. government was justified in invading Afghanistan and ousting the Taliban regime from power because the Taliban and al-Qaeda conspired to commit the 9/11 attacks.

Theres just one big problem with that belief: its unfounded.

Justice in Gaza

January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

By RICHARD GOLDSTONE

(source: NewYork Times)

I accepted with hesitation my United Nations mandate to investigate alleged violations of the laws of war and international human rights during Israel’s three-week war in Gaza last winter. The issue is deeply charged and politically loaded. I accepted because the mandate of the mission was to look at all parties: Israel; Hamas, which controls Gaza; and other armed Palestinian groups. I accepted because my fellow commissioners are professionals committed to an objective, fact-based investigation.

But above all, I accepted because I believe deeply in the rule of law and the laws of war, and the principle that in armed conflict civilians should to the greatest extent possible be protected from harm. Read More »Justice in Gaza

Hamas wont recognize Isarael period

January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

By Khalid Amayreh

(source:The Palestinian Information Centre)

There have been some rumors of late alleging that Hamas is willing to recognize Israel in exchange for the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Some anti-Hamas sites indulged in more than a small amount of gloating and disinformation, effectively celebrating Hamas’s alleged ideological turnabout.

Moreover, some Fatah spokesperson seized on the rumors, claiming that Hamas and Fatah were now on equal footing. Even Hezbutahrir (the Islamic Liberation Party) which is notorious for trying to catch faults with Hamas, has castigated Hamas for following the path of Fatah and abandoning the path of Islam.

The truth of the matter is that for Hamas recognition of Israel, the Zionist entity which claims Palestine as an exclusive national Jewish homeland, represents the ultimate red line. Which means that the Islamic Liberation Movement will never ever recognize the illegitimate entity called Israel?

Hamas does recognize the physical existence of Israel, but it doesn’t attach any moral legitimacy to that existence. This principled non-recognition of the Zionist regime is not a tactical or bargaining position which might change depending on political developments. It is rather immutable bedrock upon which Hamas is based. It is a matter of religion for Hamas and all other Muslims who take their religion seriously.