Category Archives: Comment Factory
Palestinians Are Losing the PR War
“Your coverage of the Gaza Holocaust continues to appear biased. How can you be so cruel? don’t you have children yourselves? Why do you carry on giving the Israel officials airtime and refuse similar time to Palestine officials? What about … Continue reading
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Police Get Shirty At London Gaza Protests
“If you don’t move, we’ll move you!” “Press!” The line of fluorescent yellow police officers pushed. A sea of bodies wavered, toppled, then crashed on the Kensington street. “Angela!!!” I was holding on to the tripod. The camera and cameraman … Continue reading
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Israel Attacks Gaza, Killing Hundreds of People
27th and 28th December 2008. Israeli warplanes dropped a payload of over 100 tonnes of bombs on security sites in the Gaza strip. Hamas security sites. Hamas targets. Hamas weapons warehouses. A police station. Hamas commanders’ homes. At least 270 … Continue reading
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“I’m Sick Of Coping”: Life In the Gaza Strip
With the siege of Gaza showing no signs of abating, life — or a semblance of — goes on in the world’s sunniest open prison. Hatem was telling me about his friend Abdullah Zarandah, a 22-year-old cancer sufferer. He needed … Continue reading
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Letter From Tehran (Dude…Where’s My Election?)
Lounging langourously on a Sunday afternoon, I received the following on my BlackBerry. It’s a letter from a friend in Tehran who asks their name and profession not be published. Having subsequently spoken to other friends in Tehran (social networking, … Continue reading →
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