Mona Baker

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ghada Karmi | The Guardian | 18 March 2004 Israel’s deputy defence minister, Ze’ev Boim, recently wondered whether there was a genetic defect that made Arabs terrorists. “What is it with Islam in general and the Palestinians in particular?” he asked on Israel army radio. “Is it some sort of cultural deficiency? Is it

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) John Pilger | Zmag/New Statesman | 19 March 2004 The current threat of attacks in countries whose governments have close alliances with Washington is the latest stage in a long struggle against the empires of the west, their rapacious crusades and domination. The motivation of those who plant bombs in railway carriages derives directly

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Gilad Atzmon | Information Clearing House | 22 March 2004 Israel Air Force helicopters fired missiles at the car carrying the wheelchair-bound head of the Islamic group as he left a mosque near his house in Gaza City. It also appears Ariel Sharon was in direct command of the assassination operation, not entirely surprising

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer | San Francisco Chronicle | 23 February 2002 San Francisco — A lawsuit accusing the Anti-Defamation League of spying on local activists — the last court action stemming from San Francisco police raids on the Jewish organization’s office 10 years ago — has been settled for $178,000, lawyers said

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Neve Gordon | CounterPunch | 3 February 2004 JERUSALEM: Anyone who follows the news has no doubt come across the claim that “Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.” Usually, this claim is followed by its logical inference: “As an island of freedom located in a region controlled by military dictators, feudal kings

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Paul de Rooij | www.dissidentvoice.org | February 12, 2004 At present, ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is ongoing and systematic, yet it is difficult to find any reference to this crime against humanity in most news media. The issue is not so much slanted coverage as scant or selective coverage of the misery Israel is

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Jonathan Cook | Al-Ahram Weekly | 5-11 February 2004 Europe betrays the Palestinians yet again, even as the on-going construction of Israel’s Apartheid wall shatters Palestinian livelihoods and undermines the creation of a viable Palestinian state, writes Jonathan Cook Israel’s furious diplomatic activity to sabotage a decision taken by the United Nations General Assembly

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ghada Karmi | Al-Ahram Weekly | 22-28 January 2004 Whatever the discursive niceties it is important to realise that Israel is Zionist, and that Zionism displaces and kills, writes Ghada Karmi* For those who have forgotten or never understood what Zionism is about two recently published pieces will make salutary reading. The first is

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Brian Whitaker | The Guardian | 19 January 2004 Jewish activists opposing the Israeli government’s policies face intimidation and harassment via email and on the internet. Brian Whitaker reports Deborah Fink is a singer and music teacher living in London. She is also Jewish. Last month, out of the blue, she received a deluge

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Salman Abu Sitta | Al-Ahram Weekly | January 2004 The Geneva Accord was long ago scripted by Israeli Military Intelligence, writes Salman Abu Sitta* The orchestrated media blitz, replete with approving noises made by those European and Arab politicians eager to be rid of Palestinian refugees, conveniently ignored the fact that the understanding reached