India has just invoked a form of martial law in the states of Jammu and Kashmir without calling it that. It certainly did not wish to do so in order not to draw the world's opprobrium, since it prides itself on being the largest democracy in South Asia. However, shutting down all communication, locking millions of residents in their homes, arresting all … [Read more...]
Israel’s Dirty Little Secret: Massive Arms Exports to, and Secret Military Exercises with Muslim Nations
Yossi Melman, an eternal scourge of Israeli military censorship, has published yet another harsh critique of the IDF censor and its chilling effect on the Israeli media. He begins by noting that before Israeli Navy's Commando Force 13 intercepted and commandeered the Karina A, a ship carrying Iranian arms intended for the Palestinians, it rehearsed for the … [Read more...]
Thinking He’s Off-Mike, Bibi Disses EU and Obama, Concedes “Dozens” of Israeli Attacks on Syria
NOTE: Middle East Eye has just published my latest article, Unprecedented and combustible: Why the boycott of Al-Aqsa matters. It deals with last week's attack on the Haram al Sharif and the Muslim boycott of the holy sites. It hasn't been a good week for Bibi Netanyahu. A few days ago he left for Europe under a foreboding cloud of scandal … [Read more...]
Kashmir-Palestine: India and Israel Both Use Human Shields to Maintain Military Occupation
World media has been reporting the shocking story (to those who don't follow IDF tactics in the West Bank) of Indian army patrols tying a Kashmiri man to the grill of a military jeep and traveling through restive villages in order to humiliate and intimidate the Muslim residents. Kashmiris are outraged by this abuse and it crossed a red line for many who'd … [Read more...]
