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Nobel Acceptance by Barack Obama |
 I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee.
Let me be clear, I do not view it as a recognition of my own
accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on
behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.
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Real Change is Possible / Obama UN Transcript |
 September 24, 2009
Good morning. Mr. President, Mr.
Secretary-General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it is my
honor to address you for the first time as the 44th president of the
United States.
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Craddock scandal rocks NATO |
 February 1, 2009
In the wake of an international scandal mushrooming around the career of US General Bantz John Craddock, American credibility has collapsed inside the top echelons of NATO.
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Barack Obama's Cairo speech |
 June 4, 2009
I am honoured to be in the
timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable
institutions. For over a thousand years, al-Azhar has stood as a beacon
of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been
a source of Egypt's advancement.
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Cheney, Netanyahu, Permanent War, and Why By Steven Jonas |
 June 7, 2009
As Dick Cheney makes the media
rounds attempting to justify both the War on Iraq and torture, since
Bush has virtually gone into hiding he has revealed to the world just
who was running the show. He has also revealed its true goals.
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Calm Voice, Big Stick by Uri Avnery |
 May 23, 2009
Barack Obama is often compared
to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but it is from the book of another
Roosevelt that he has taken a leaf: President Theodore Roosevelt, who,
108 years ago, advised his successors: “Speak softly and carry a big
stick!”
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U.S. Stirs a Hornet's Nest in Pakistan by Eric Margolis |
 May 17, 2009
Pakistan finally bowed to
Washington's angry demands last week by unleashing its military against
rebellious Pashtun tribesmen of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) --
collectively mislabelled "Taliban" in the West.
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When He Says Yes, What Does He Mean? by Uri Avnery |
 June 18, 2009
“YOU MUST be celebrating,” theinterviewer from a popular radio station told me after Netanyahu’sspeech. “After all, he is accepting the plan which you proposed 42years ago!” (Actually it was 60 years ago, but who is counting?)
The front page of Haaretz carried an article by Gideon Levy, in whichhe wrote that “the courageous call of Uri Avnery and his friends fourdecades ago is now being echoed, though feebly, from end to end (of theIsraeli political spectrum).” |
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Iran is not Nazi Germany, and "Sir Winston Peres" is a Disaster by Uri Avnery |
 May 10, 2009
Does the comparison of Iran to Nazi Germany serve Israeli interests?
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Police crackdown on Peace activists in Jerusalem |
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This assault on the adherents of peace and democracy follows after Lieberman took over the police and state prosecution.
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Obama won't wink back by Uri Avnery |
 June 13, 2009
Remember Dov Weisglass? The one
who said that peace must wait until the Palestinians become Finns? Who
talked about preserving the peace process in formaldehyde? However,
Weisglass will mainly be remembered less for his mouth than his eyes.
Weisglass is the King of the Wink.
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 Uri Avnery
Is this the government of Biberman (Bibi Netanyahu and Avigdor Liberman) or perhaps of Bibarak (Bibi and Ehud Barak)? Neither. It is the government of Bibiyahu.
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The Strategy Vacuum by Michael Carmichael |
 February 12, 2009
In spite of our elaborate pretensions to democracy, warlords rule the world.
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 A Spanish judge has instituted a judicial inquiry against seven Israeli political and military personalities on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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The Tone & the Music by Uri Avnery |
 One man spoke to the world, and the world listened. He walked onto the stage in Cairo, alone, without hosts and without aides, and delivered a sermon to an audience of billions.
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Racists for Democracy by Uri Avnery |
 May 31, 2009
How lucky we are to have the extreme Right standing guard over our democracy.
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On the wrong side by Uri Avnery |
Of all the beautiful phrases in
Barack Obama’s inauguration speech, these are the words that stuck in
my mind: “You are on the wrong side of history.”
He was talking about the tyrannical regimes of the world. But we, too, should ponder these words.
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The boss has gone mad by Uri Avnery - January 17, 2009 |
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In coming years it will become apparent that this war was sheer
madness. The boss has indeed gone mad – in the original sense of the
word.
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An Unnecessary War by Jimmy Carter |
 I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided.
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Brink of catastrophe by Avi Shlaim |
 The only way to make sense of
Israel's senseless war in Gaza is through understanding the historical
context. Establishing the state of Israel in May 1948 involved a
monumental injustice to the Palestinians.
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Obama's Bay of Pigs by Michael Carmichael |
 The volcano is erupting, and the lava pouring forth is a bold and deliberate challenge metaphorically slapping the face of President-Elect Barack Obama. The architect of Obama’s challenge is, of course, Lame Duck President George W. Bush.
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My 85th birthday by Uri Avnery |
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Uri Avnery is the sage of Israel. The founder of the Israeli peace movement, Gush Shalom, Avnery calls for the reinvigoration of the peace movement by direct engagement with politics as well as the emergence of an Israeli Obama, presumably, a leader of dual descent delivering a message of hope driven by a new language of peace.
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 A war of words has broken out between the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, Senator Joseph Biden and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
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Seismic Diplomacy by Michael Carmichael |
 Like a seismic tremor before a volcanic explosion, the pressure for peace in the Middle East is ratcheting upwards on the diplomatic Richter Scale.
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What Went Wrong in the Capitalist Casino? by Tony Benn |
 "The great inter-war slumps were not acts of God or of blind forces. They were the sure and certain result of the concentration of too much economic power in the hands of too few men. These men had only learned how to act in the interest of their own bureaucratically-run private monopolies which may be likened to totalitarian oligarchies within our democratic state, They had and they felt no responsibility to the nation."
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Suicidal statecraft by Michael Carmichael |
 The cold hand of the cosmic clock has now moved well past one minute to midnight. We are spiraling downwards in an unstoppable vortex impelled by the winds of war.
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Carter To Meet Hamas Leader: Jazeera |
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Two days ago, Obama used the impressive term, "diplomatic surge," when he was questioned about Iraq and General Petraeus' testimony.
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Uri Avnery congratulates Carter |
Uri Avnery, the founder of the Israeli Peace movement, Gush Shalom, applauds Jimmy Carter's mission to the Middle East. With thanks to Heathcote Williams
Click Here to Read the Article.
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World News 
SOMETHING ODD, almost bizarre, is going on in Egypt these days.
