Israeli media prescribes a strict low-information, low-truth diet

Israeli media prescribes a strict low-information, low-truth diet

By Amira Hass

The Israeli public relations machinery happily presented the disengagement as the end of the occupation, in brazen disregard of the facts. The isolation and closure were presented as military necessities. But we are big boys and girls, and we know that "military necessities" and consistent lies serve state goals. Israel's goal was to thwart the two-state solution, which the world had expected to materialize once the Cold War ended in 1990. This was not a perfect solution, but the Palestinians were ready for it then.

http://www.newageislam.com/israeli-media-prescribes-a-strict-low-information,-low-truth-diet---/islam-and-the-west/d/1121

Is Africa A Cold War Battleground?

Is Africa A Cold War Battleground?

By Sam Akaki

09 August, 2008

The African Executive

The human, social and economic wounds inflicted on Africa by the last Cold War are still very raw. Mozambique, Angola and Namibia are littered with millions of land mines and other unexploded military ordinances, which will kill people for centuries to come. Algeria, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Chad, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda are fighting self-destruct wars, while Somalia ceased to be a state in 1992, thanks to western weapons.

http://www.newageislam.com/is-africa-a-cold-war-battleground?/current-affairs/d/492