by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Picture: (AFP/File/Tim Sloan) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the nation would be safe under a Barack Obama presidency and that she is ruling out a shot at the vice presidency under either Obama or Republican John McCain. In an interview with Politico and...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Limmud decision attracts widespread condemnationJanet Smith JONATHAN Shapiro says he is "sure that it is still really wrong" of Jewish cultural organisation Limmud to have invited controversial lawyer and former Israeli Defence Force legal adviser David...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Hezbollah will remain armed, so says Lebanon much to the chagrin of Israel By Iqbal Jassat Exactly 66 years since Lebanon gained it’s independence from French colonialism, the war-torn country took another major leap worthy of celebration. President Michel...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
By Shahd Abusalama (source: Electronic Intifada) Palestinian political prisoners are not only numbers Last night, a new friend of mine noticed that I try to highlight the issue of Palestinian political prisoners in my writings. That led to a long chat about my...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Ahmadinejad – Speaking Truth to Power Iqbal Jassat Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmedanijad’s stinging attack on Israeli racism at a UN conference dubbed ‘Durban II’ in Switzerland caused a walkout by many delegates from Western countries. In a supreme irony,...