While the regime keeps on whipping up anti-Palestinian hysteria, mixed with overdose of flag waving and chauvinism about “our sovereignty under threat”, supported by a group of patriotic morons in the press outlets and the blogosphere… Mubarak and the flag-wavers are still too happy to sit silently watching “our sovereignty” violated by two Israeli air fighters this morning flying over Sinai’s town of Sheikh Zuwayed, located 15kms from the borders…., and watching the US Navy conducting search operations in Egyptian territorial water.
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BBC HQ occupied in Scotland
Via Lenin’s Tomb:
Over 100 supporters of Scottish Stop the War Coalition and Palestinian groups have occupied the BBC headquarters in Glasgow. They say they will not end their occupation until the BBC has reversed its decision not to broadcast an emergency aid appeal for Gaza. The protesters are demanding to meet with a senior representative of the BBC.
And as for Mark Thompson, the BBC’s director general who refused to broadcast the appeal, it turns out he “is actually a deeply religious man. He’s a Catholic, but his wife is Jewish, and he has a far greater regard for the Israeli cause than some of his predecessors.”
Socialism or Zionism: A tale of two grandads
Socialism, not Zionism, was once the dominant political force among European Jews. It’s time to reclaim that tradition, writes Dan Mayer.