Jon Stewart shows us how ignorant U.S. news stations (CNN in particular) are to world events!

Last year, President Bush appointed Bolton as our U.N. Ambassador using a constitutional loophole despite public outcry and Senate disapproval. Bolton’s track record as Ambassador is dismal. Don’t let this happen a second time!

Now that John Bolton’s appointment as United Nations Ambassador is coming to an end, the Senate is about to consider his re-nomination. [...]

By Robert Fisk

06/27/06 “The Independent” — – Qlaya, Southern Lebanon — Is it possible - is it conceivable - that Israel is losing its war in Lebanon?

From this hill village in the south of the country, I am watching the clouds of brown and black smoke rising from its latest disaster in the Lebanese town [...]

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, calls on all people of conscience to donate to its Lebanon Palestine Emergency Relief Fund. All donations will be used to help Palestinian and Lebanese victims of the latest Israeli aggression.

Please make your tax-deductible donation payable to “Al-Awda, PRRC”. Indicate “Lebanon Palestine Emergency Fund” in the memo section.

Checks [...]

Here is MTC’s ad for Lebanon and Palestine relief aid:

MTC group includes:

MTC Touch - Lebanon
MTC Vodafone - Bahrain (yours work here)
MTC - Kuwait
MTC Atheer - Iraq
Fastlink - Jordan
Celtel - Africa

Prof. David B. Fankhauser, has just returned from a study tour of the Palestine/Israel struggle. “The atrocious injustice being perpetrated on the Palestinians needs to be brought to the attention of the world. Do we not all have consciences??? Here are my pages of images I took, with some commentary (not as powerful [...]

From last night event at National Democratic Action Society - Bahrain (in Arabic). [Hat tip: ES]

Podcast: “I would like to declare that, after this escalation, we have gone beyond the Haifa phase,” Nasrallah said in a TV address broadcast on Al-Manar television channel, vowing to move “to the phase of beyond ‘beyond Haifa’, if need be.”

Here is the full speech (Arabic):

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Palestinian medics prepare for burial the bodies of Shahd Okal, 8 months, right, and her sister Maria, 5, at the morgue of Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Shahd and Maria where killed when an Israeli artillery shell landed on their house Wednesday, hospital officials said.

The body [...]

Alright, so U.S. doesn’t want the war to stop. These guys have nothing to lose; it’s only Arab and Israeli who will pay the price for the American Empire. Well, maybe more that Arab and Israeli.

Nothing new here, but in fact today news reminded me of “Blood borders - How a better Middle East would [...]