From the New York Times By FARES AKRAM and JODI RUDOREN GAZA — The banks reopened, the markets were crowded, workers began repairing downed electric lines and bulldozers cleared rubble blocking roads in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as an open-ended cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants took hold. Life did not exactly return to normal, after a summer
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Cowichan Conversations: Once And For All
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Like so many of you I am reading and observing the Palestinian onslaught from afar. The positions seem to be so absolute, so tightly held that it is a challenge to grasp the sense of it sometimes. This Uri Avnery piece was sent to me recently and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Is Rula Jebreal Right About U.S. Media Bias Against Palestinians?(Video)
There will never be a chance of peace in the Mid-East until news media organizations actually cover and report the realities that are taking place. Is Rula Jebreal Right About U.S Media Bias Against Palestinians? This post originally ran on Juan Cole’s Web page. Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal points to the overwhelming bias
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: iPolitics–Is Mulcair Just Another Harper With a Beard?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In the quest for power Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has abandoned previously held NDP principles and beliefs and that is causing heartburn on the left, and centre-left. The shift to the right that has taken place has left many NDP supporters wondering if the NDP is
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