The US has baked itself into a corner. It should learn to enjoy the fruits of its labour, says Eric Walberg
Quiet tourist backwater Tunisia under its only rulers since independence -- Habib Bourghiba (1956-1987) and then Zein Al-Abidine bin Ali (1987-2011) -- was a much appreciated ally of the United States. However, as bin Ali fled to Saudi Arabia last month, US leaders suddenly were hailing those who defied his US-trained police with their US-made tear gas and guns, including the 100 they killed.
Two weeks later, after almost identical developments in Egypt, the US found itself poised to repeat itself, praising the now millions of protesters, including at least 300 who so far have died, though stopping short of pushing Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak (1981-2011) to follow his colleague’s steps into exile, fearing the collapse of its Middle East order.
Middle East
US-Egypt: Cookie-cutter cuisine
- Written by Eric Walberg Эрик Вальберг/ Уолберг إيريك والبرغ
BDS 2010: More powerful than the sword
- Written by Eric Walberg Эрик Вальберг/ Уолберг إيريك والبرغ
Boycott Divestment and Sanctions is a two-edged sword, bringing relief to starving Gazans, and starvation to the occupier, discovers Eric Walberg
BDS update: ‘Besiege your siege!’
- Written by Eric Walberg Эрик Вальберг/ Уолберг إيريك والبرغ
The movement to isolate Israel through boycott, divestment and sanctions resonates from Canada to the Indo-Pakistani border, notes Eric Walberg
BDS update: Anti-apartheid Hagues
- Written by Eric Walberg Эрик Вальберг/ Уолберг إيريك والبرغ
Despite the stranglehold Israel lobbies have on Euro-parliaments and politicians, there have been some surprisingly plucky official moves to protest illegal Israeli settlements recently.
Israeli mayoral visits to Spain and the Netherlands were nixed in September because the delegation included leaders of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The visit of thirty Israeli mayors to the Netherlands was organised by the Israeli branch of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) after the Spanish municipal organisation cancelled a proposed visit in light of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.
BDS: Boycotting Apartheid
- Written by Eric Walberg Эрик Вальберг/ Уолберг إيريك والبرغ
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