Posted by: KenN
If you want to read and get a good education about the history of the area going back to the 1880s, I recommend 'The Gun and the Olive Branch'.
https://www.amazon.ca/Gun-Olive-Branch-Violence-Middle/dp/1560254831
Also, research the Deir Yassin massacre.
Thanks for sharing, I just know the "basics" since Balfour. Check this one out when I have some time off.
Might as well put this here...
RIP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fisk
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54774539
Posted by: Stuminator
If this was printed in most any newspaper, the publisher would be fired.
And the editor. We wont talk about what might happen to the author..
Posted by: KenN
Also, research the Deir Yassin massacre.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/04/12/deir-yassin-the-massacre-that-sparked-the-nakba/
Posted by: tungsten
Might as well put this here...
RIP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fisk
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54774539
One of the most intense reads ever. This is a maelstrom of insanity and sadness, but worth the read.
In this interview, International Scholar Richard Falk provides his personal recollections of Robert Fisk. Falk explains how Fisk provided the world with well- informed perspectives that offered critical thinking and grim realities of the acute struggles stirring throughout the Middle East region. Falk comments on Fisk’s “unsparing exposure of Israeli abusive policies and practices toward the Palestinian people” indicating that his “departure from the region left a journalistic gap that has not been filled.”
Falk also discusses how the study, coverage and understanding of the Palestinian cause has shifted over the years from one of “exposing the hypocrisy and greed of the powerful” to more political and activist-centered solution based forms, within geo-political coverage. Despite this, Falk praises Fisk for “his commitments to peace, self-determination, and neutrality.”
"Robert Fisk was one of the few journalists in the world relied upon to give first-hand reports from the fields of strife on the conflicts occurring throughout the Middle East. His reportage seemed guided by an overriding commitment to truthfulness as to facts, brashness and vividness of reporting style, and an interpretative understanding that got it right from perspectives of human consequences."
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/09/the-life-of-robert-fisk/
We typically won't hear about this kinda stuff as long as the USA is such a close ally with Israel.
Posted by: tungsten
In this interview, International Scholar Richard Falk provides his personal recollections of Robert Fisk. Falk explains how Fisk provided the world with well- informed perspectives that offered critical thinking and grim realities of the acute struggles stirring throughout the Middle East region. Falk comments on Fisk’s “unsparing exposure of Israeli abusive policies and practices toward the Palestinian people” indicating that his “departure from the region left a journalistic gap that has not been filled.”
Falk also discusses how the study, coverage and understanding of the Palestinian cause has shifted over the years from one of “exposing the hypocrisy and greed of the powerful” to more political and activist-centered solution based forms, within geo-political coverage. Despite this, Falk praises Fisk for “his commitments to peace, self-determination, and neutrality.”
"Robert Fisk was one of the few journalists in the world relied upon to give first-hand reports from the fields of strife on the conflicts occurring throughout the Middle East. His reportage seemed guided by an overriding commitment to truthfulness as to facts, brashness and vividness of reporting style, and an interpretative understanding that got it right from perspectives of human consequences."
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/09/the-life-of-robert-fisk/
A great book by a great investigative journalist and if you feel hopelessly depressed half way thru I think that is normal
Posted by: XXX_er
Posted by: tungsten
In this interview, International Scholar Richard Falk provides his personal recollections of Robert Fisk. Falk explains how Fisk provided the world with well- informed perspectives that offered critical thinking and grim realities of the acute struggles stirring throughout the Middle East region. Falk comments on Fisk’s “unsparing exposure of Israeli abusive policies and practices toward the Palestinian people” indicating that his “departure from the region left a journalistic gap that has not been filled.”
Falk also discusses how the study, coverage and understanding of the Palestinian cause has shifted over the years from one of “exposing the hypocrisy and greed of the powerful” to more political and activist-centered solution based forms, within geo-political coverage. Despite this, Falk praises Fisk for “his commitments to peace, self-determination, and neutrality.”
"Robert Fisk was one of the few journalists in the world relied upon to give first-hand reports from the fields of strife on the conflicts occurring throughout the Middle East. His reportage seemed guided by an overriding commitment to truthfulness as to facts, brashness and vividness of reporting style, and an interpretative understanding that got it right from perspectives of human consequences."
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/09/the-life-of-robert-fisk/
A great book by a great investigative journalist and if you feel hopelessly depressed half way thru I think that is normal
Yes, I had to restart several times because I literally could not stand it. His descriptions of events and the politics are spot on.
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Posted by: XXX_er
Posted by: tungsten
In this interview, International Scholar Richard Falk provides his personal recollections of Robert Fisk. Falk explains how Fisk provided the world with well- informed perspectives that offered critical thinking and grim realities of the acute struggles stirring throughout the Middle East region. Falk comments on Fisk’s “unsparing exposure of Israeli abusive policies and practices toward the Palestinian people” indicating that his “departure from the region left a journalistic gap that has not been filled.”
Falk also discusses how the study, coverage and understanding of the Palestinian cause has shifted over the years from one of “exposing the hypocrisy and greed of the powerful” to more political and activist-centered solution based forms, within geo-political coverage. Despite this, Falk praises Fisk for “his commitments to peace, self-determination, and neutrality.”
"Robert Fisk was one of the few journalists in the world relied upon to give first-hand reports from the fields of strife on the conflicts occurring throughout the Middle East. His reportage seemed guided by an overriding commitment to truthfulness as to facts, brashness and vividness of reporting style, and an interpretative understanding that got it right from perspectives of human consequences."
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/09/the-life-of-robert-fisk/
A great book by a great investigative journalist and if you feel hopelessly depressed half way thru I think that is normal
Yes, I had to restart several times because I literally could not stand it. His descriptions of events and the politics are spot on.
I just started up again at the end of chapter 12 but only got a few pages into 13. Is tough to read that shit.
Everyday War Crimes: Israeli PM Netanyahu Gets COVID Vaccine, Squatters get Vaccine, but Not Occupied Palestinians
https://www.juancole.com/2020/12/netanyahu-squatters-palestinians.html
It is no secret that Israel is the world’s leading recipient of US aid since World War II. According to data provided by the US Congressional Research Service, Israel has received $146 billion of US taxpayers' money as of November 2020.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/31/us-money-tree-untold-story-american-aid-israel
Posted by: tungsten
It is no secret that Israel is the world’s leading recipient of US aid since World War II. According to data provided by the US Congressional Research Service, Israel has received $146 billion of US taxpayers' money as of November 2020.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/31/us-money-tree-untold-story-american-aid-israel
And still, all you constantly hear from them is how bad they have it.
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