Michael Letwin, SocialistWorker.org, 27 May 2009

EAMONN MCCANN is right that “[t]he birth of Israel on May 14 in 1948 was a catastrophe for the Palestinians” (“The catastrophe that lives on”). He is also right in describing the “two-state” solution as undemocratic.

However, he is mistaken in calling Israeli writer Uri Avnery a supporter of “a single secular state in historical Palestine in which all the present inhabitants of the territory and the Palestinian diaspora can live as equals,” and “an indefatigable activist for justice for the Palestinians, a symbol of hope for the future, if there is one.”

[Read the article]

France 24 (with wires)
26 May 2009

At an opening ceremony attended by the visiting French president and UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al-Nahayan, the flags of France and the UAE were raised at the new military base.

Dubbed the “Peace Camp,” the base will host around 500 troops stationed on three sites on the banks of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It will include a navy base, an air base, and a training camp.

[Read the report]

youtube / politube