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In a much-awaited speech in Cairo just now directed largely at the Muslim world, Obama has vowed to:

shut down Guantanamo Bay by next year,
prohibit the use of torture by the United States (what about rendition or outsourcing of torture?) and
remove US troops from Iraq by 2012 (what about the large permanent or “enduring” US [...]

Was the recent Israeli offensive against Gaza a “pre-introduction” to Iran?
In an unguarded speech, during which he was not aware he was being filmed by the media, Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Yuval Rotem, issued a strident warning against Iran.
“(He said) the country’s recent military offensives were a ‘pre-introduction’ to the challenge Israel expects from a [...]

It appears that even in the US, things are beginning to change. First there was Jon Stewart taking on the business of self-defence and the one-sidedness of US officialdom especially in relation to the recent invasion of Gaza. Now, it’s the turn of ‘60 Minutes’ over CBS…
Is the tide turning?
Says CBS in the synopsis of [...]

Photo by Glasgow Palestine Human Rights Campaign
About 50 activists occupied the BBC Scotland headquarters in Glasgow  on Sunday, 25 January, to protest at the BBC’s failure to broadcast a Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Gaza.
The DEC is made up of 13 aid agencies, which are leading UK registered humanitarian charities that fulfil certain criteria.
The Committee is [...]

More than 500 people packed the PJ Civic Centre auditorium last night for an Abolish ISA/Solidarity with Palestinians vigil followed by a forum.
Police were present but left about an hour later.