Wheelpowah

We have already stated repeatedly that we accept the existence of Israel within the 1967 borders as a political reality even if we do not approve its moral legitimacy.

Israel on the other hand has never recognised the right of a Palestinian state to exist even under the PA, despite the PA recognising Israel’s right to exist. All Israel has recognised is the legitimacy of the Palestine Liberation Organisation as the sole representative of the Palestinian people. 

Whether conspiracy or folk rumour, the story of helicopter assisted Taliban operations is perplexing.

Persistent accounts of western forces in Afghanistan using their helicopters to ferry Taleban fighters, strongly denied by the military, is feeding mistrust of the forces that are supposed to be bringing order to the country.

Yesterday police began evicting the Mainshill Solidarity Camp, which for the past 6 months has been preventing the development of a new open pit coal mine, near the Scottish town of Douglas.

“They were staying here in conditions which were harsh, to say the least, so one of the precautions is to make sure that they were well enough to be arrested”

After some technical difficulties that brought the former site down for a short time, the phoenix has again risen from the ashes. The new direction of the site may not reflect its past content entirely, but if anyone misses the former material please indicate. Gradually some, but not all of it will be rep-posted, without further input.