A letter to Israelis

A brilhant article by Dominique Edde.

Green thinking

It’s time for us to start talking green. Is Green tax devinetively needed to stop CO2 emissions?

Green thinking

Securities Alert in the UK

After momumental failure and mistakes from the securities service – the WMD in Iraq, Jean Charles de Mezenes and the Musilim man shot by the police, do you have confidence that the Security Agencies and the Police are on something real this time?

Israel, Palestine and Middle East video

Brilhant video! Watch it. You should NOT miss this!

Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites–oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others–work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported.
Through the voices of scholars, media critics, peace activists, religious figures, and Middle East experts, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land carefully analyzes and explains how–through the use of language, framing and context–the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza remains hidden in the news media, and Israeli colonization of the occupied terrorities appears to be a defensive move rather than an offensive one. The documentary also explores the ways that U.S. journalists, for reasons ranging from intimidation to a lack of thorough investigation, have become complicit in carrying out Israel’s PR campaign. At its core, the documentary raises questions about the ethics and role of journalism, and the relationship between media and politics.

George Monbiot -The Guardian 08 Aug 06

Very good article about Israel and the Lebanese (Hizbollah) conflict.

What do you think?