Glenn Greenwald: ‘Price to pay’ for opposing Israel

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June 03, 2010 — Though international criticism has been mounting against Israel’s raid on civilian aid ships bound for Gaza, reaction from the United States has been cautious.

Glenn Greenwald, a former constitutional lawyer and civil rights litigator, said this muted response is due to the “huge political price” US politicians must pay for being seen as adversarial to Israel.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Greenwald, a contributing editor for Salon.com, said what is clear is that the Obama administration has given its full support to the Israeli government once again.

Defining Moments in Activating Our Will to Resist Militarism by Ariel Ky

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June 3, 2010

Support Jeju Islanders of South Korea in Resisting Construction of a Military Base and Support the International Activists on the MV Rachel Corrie Still Running the Israeli Blockade to Bring Aid to Gazans

Cranes moved in this morning on the island of Jeju in South Korea as plans to begin construction of a military base on were being carried out.  Villagers, receiving a last minute alert of plans to break ground today, camped out through the night to defend their territory.  They have been fighting this past year to stave off this moment.  The report came from Sung-Hee Choi, a Korean peace activist this morning,  [Jeju Update] Cranes Came but Withdrew. Gangjeong Villagers Keep Watching; In June 2 Election, the Ruling Right Wing Party Was Defeated

Sabotage on the High Sea by Greta Berlin

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by Greta Berlin
Freegaza
03 June 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Cyprus, June 4, 2010) On Tuesday,, Colonel Itzik Tourgeman told the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that two more ships are on their way to try and break the naval blockade of Gaza. The head of research in the operations division said, “The ships have not reached their target as of today because covert action was taken against them.” http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/187299

We had suspicions about our two boats, Challenger 1 and 2 and their mechanical problems as they sailed toward the flotilla, but we were not going to say anything unless we could prove it. Turns out we didn’t have to prove it. Israeli mouthpieces did.

Did Israel Deliberately Murder Civilians Aboard Freedom Flotilla?

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by Free Gaza team
Freegaza
03 June 2010

Israeli Ambassador to the United States admits that ships were “too large to stop with nonviolent means.”

On May 31st, 2010, elite Israeli military commandos stormed six humanitarian aid ships taking part in the ‘Freedom Flotilla’ to Gaza, killing between 9-20 civilian passengers and injuring dozens more. As the facts of the attack come out it is clear that these killings cannot in any way be justified.

Emergency Forum with Adam Shapiro, Chris Hedges and Alan Goodman

with Chris Hedges
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June 3, 2010

Shame on Paul McCartney: A Day in the Life… of a War Criminal by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham
Featured Writer
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3 June, 2010

Last night, former Beatle Paul McCartney, or to give him his stupid official title, Sir Paul McCartney, was presented with the Gershwin Prize by US president Barack Obama at a concert held in the White House during which a host of other artists performed songs written by McCartney (and the late John Lennon, although the latter wasn’t acknowledged).

What is Obama Doing at Bagram? (Part One): Torture and the “Black Prison”

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by Andy Worthington
Featured Writer
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3 June, 2010

For eight and a half years, the US prison at Bagram airbase has been the site of a disturbing number of experiments in detention and interrogation, where murders have taken place, the Geneva Conventions have been shredded and the encroachment of the US courts — unlike at Guantánamo — has been thoroughly resisted.

In the last few months, there have been a few improvements — hearings, releases, even the promise of imminent trials — but behind this veneer of respectability, the US government’s unilateral reworking of the Geneva Conventions continues unabated, and evidence has recently surfaced of a secret prison within Bagram, where a torture program that could have been lifted straight from the Bush administration’s rule book is still underway.

Noam Chomsky: Sheer Criminal Aggression, with no Credible Pretext

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2, 2010
1:14 PM

CONTACT: Haymarket Books
Sarah Macaraeg
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CHICAGO, Illinois – June 2 – Professor Noam Chomsky, renowned foreign policy analyst and bestselling author of Hegemony and Survival and most recently of Hopes and Prospects (Haymarket Books) offered the following statement to Egypt’s Al-Ahram regarding Israel’s justification for it’s attack on humanitarian aid boats headed for Gaza and the broader context regarding the economic blockade which the activists aboard the ships were attempting to break. Chomsky, who is Jewish, was recently detained at the Israeli border and barred from entering the West Bank for a planned speaking engagement, provoking an international debate, and outrage over the issue of free speech in Israel.

Kucinich Circulating Letter to Colleagues Regarding Mavi Marmara Incident + Michael D Higgins TD speaking on the Dáil motion about Interception of Gaza Flotilla

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by Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Washington, Jun 2, 2010

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is today beginning to circulate to colleagues the following letter concerning the commando raid by Israel upon a Turkish ship in international waters:

June 2, 2010

The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,