Author: Imran

Israel believes a ground invasion in the only way to eliminate support for Hamas, … Invasion Offers Benefits but Also Risks to Both Sides (Washington Post) … but is that strategy realistic? Is the Real Target Hamas Rule?  (NY Times) Regardless of the motivation, Gazan victims are mainly civilians: Civilians Die in Gaza Fighting (Al…

AirTran spokesperson attempts to justify discrimination as happenstance, “At the end of the day, people got on and made comments they shouldn’t have made on the airplane, and other people heard them… It just so happened these people were of Muslim faith and appearance”: 9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet (Washington Post) In what is…

Israel professes “We say publicly, and we mean it: The innocent civilian population is not our enemy” … Israel Rejects Proposal for 48-Hour Truce (Washington Post) … even as they murder the wife and children of an assassination-by-bombing target: Israel Kills Senior Hamas Figure (Al Jazeera) For the Arabs, “We are all in one boat,…

Olmert vows to continue warfare until “all goals are achieved” claiming, “Israel has restrained for years and given plenty of chances for a calm”: Israel Rejects Gaza Ceasefire (Guardian) We say Obama’s apologetic for Israel is worse than silence: Obama’s Gaza Silence Condemned (Al Jazeera) Israeli action polarizes Muslim communities, challenging alliances and further hindering…

Humanitarian crisis rapidly deteriorating: Food and Medical Supplies Grow Scarce in the Gaza Strip (Washington Post) Rather than his promise for change, Obama’s policy quickly resembling that of the Bush Administration: Obama Defers to Bush, for Now, on Gaza Crisis (NY Times) Israeli strategy hopes to avoid empowering Hamas in the way they empowered Hezbollah…

Single day casualties match those during the first intifada; Israeli destruction includes a Mosque they describe as a “base for terrorist activities” …: Israeli Warplanes Pound Gaza (Washington Post) …However, its “excessive use of force” is not likely to have positive consequences for Israel … Arabs Throughout Middle East Protest Israel Airstrikes on Gaza (LA…

Police say “publishing statements, writing letters to international organizations and holding news conferences” are illegal activities, but human rights center officials say it is the shutdown that is illegal: Iran Shuts Down Rights Center (Washington Post) Jamaat-ud-Dawa is defended as “saviour” by some Pakistani Hindus — but some demonstrators came to protest high prices: Hindus…

The recent crackdown “was clearly motivated by politics and was not related to security”: Arrests Based on a ‘Lie,’ Iraqi Interior Chief Says (Washington Post) Governor’s “shoot to kill” order was meant to calm violence: Nigeria Forces Are Implicated in the Killings of Muslims (NY Times) Cinema approved “as long as what is shown complies…

US government offered approximately $250,000 as well as permanent resident status as a reward to the informants: Informants Scrutinized in Fort Dix Terror Trial (AP / Washington Post) “Both sides need the truce, so they will probably grope their way back to it. The question is how soon and after how much suffering”: Truce in…

Four generals are among arrested officials variously accused of planning a coup or reconstituting the Baath party: 35 Iraqi Officials Are Held in Raids on Key Ministry (NY Times) UN unable to distribute food as the Israeli blockage prevents supplies from being replenished: UN Agency Suspends Gaza Food Aid (Al Jazeera) Helping to cope with…