Articles by Middle East Online

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Egypt/Turkey-Israel: ‘A clean break’
Eric Walberg – Middle East Online, 28 Feb 2011

Israel’s plan was still to replace the Ottoman Turks of yore as the local imperial power. The Arab nations (prepared by British imperial divide-and-conquer and local-strongman policies) would be kept divided, weak, dependent now on Israel to ensure safe access to oil. A year and a half ago, an Israel Navy submarine crossed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea, sending a message of deterrence to Iran. Just one week after the fall of Mubarak, Iranian warships cross the canal on their way to Syrian ports.

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AMNESTY: ISRAEL ‘COLLECTIVELY PUNISHING’ GAZA
Middle East Online, 21 Jan 2010

AI: Israel as occupying power bears foremost responsibility for ensuring welfare of Gazans.Amnesty International on Monday [Jan 18 2010] accused Israel of "collectively punishing" the population of Gaza with border closures tightened after the democratically elected Hamas movement’s 2007 takeover. The British-based rights group said the firing of rockets by Palestinian resistance — which the […]

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GALLOWAY PROTESTS ISRAEL’S ‘GENOCIDAL AGGRESSION’
Middle East Online, 10 Mar 2009

British MP arrives in Gaza with aid convoy to support Palestinian ResistanceRAFAH – British MP George Galloway arrived in Gaza Monday [Mar 9] at the head of an aid convoy to protest Israel’s "genocidal aggression" against Gaza and support the Palestinian "resistance." The staunchly pro-Palestinian parliamentarian said he was "overwhelmed with happiness" to arrive in […]

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