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.
Tag: zionism
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.
UK: Storm of student protest over Gaza gathers force
Sit-ins at 16 universities spell return to radicalism, fueled by social networking and blogs, the Guardian reports:
Over the last week, a storm of student protests has gathered over 16 universities across England, suggesting that students are awakening from the political apathy of which they are often accused. It’s enough to bring a tear to the eye of ageing sixties radicals.
Starting at the School of Oriental and African Studies, occupations in protest at events in Gaza spread to King’s College London and the London School of Economics (LSE), then out of the capital to Sussex, Warwick, Newcastle, Oxford, Essex, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan, Bristol, Nottingham, Salford, and Kingston.
