The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict. Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our Political Leadership". This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: For reaction to the WikiLeaks documents, we’re joined now by world-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of over a hundred books, including his latest, Hopes and Prospects. Well, 40 years ago, Noam and the late historian Howard Zinn helped government whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg edit and release the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret internal U.S. history of the Vietnam War. Noam Chomsky joins us now from Boston. It’s good to have you back again, Noam. Why don’t we start there, before we talk about WikiLeaks.
NOAM CHOMSKY: Dan and I were friends. AMY GOODMAN: So, explain, though, how it worked. NOAM CHOMSKY: From Dan and — Dan Ellsberg and Tony Russo, who had done the xeroxing and the preparation of the material, yes, directly. AMY GOODMAN: [inaudible] exactly did you edit? NOAM CHOMSKY: Well, we didn’t modify anything. [break] Female officer poses for Facebook in front of Palestinian prisoners. These photos were taken by a young female Israeli soldier. They were posted on Facebook in an album titled "IDF...The best time of my life :)". The photos were posted by Eden Abergil, a young Israeli woman who finished her military service over a year ago.
They show the uniformed officer smiling and posing next to bound and blindfolded Palestinian men. The pictures have raised a huge storm on the Internet after being picked up by the Israeli blog Sachim. The Israeli army issued a statement calling Abergil’s behaviour "ugly and callous", adding that "details of the incident have been forwarded up the chain of command". All Israeli citizens aged 18 and over must complete an 18-month-long military service.
Managers Not MBAs: Debating the Merits of Business Education | MIT World. Gaza flotilla: How Israel’s ministry of foreign affairs fakes photos of seized weapons « Ibn Kafka's obiter dicta – divagations d'un juriste marocain en liberté surveillée. On the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs’ Flickr page, the pictures of the so-called weapons seized on the ships taking part in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla provide ample evidence of the deviousness of those darned anti-semitic terrorists. Be forewarned: the following pictures are not for the faint-hearted. Exhibit A: bulletproof vests Selon l'armée israëlienne, ce sont des armes A slight snag though: two commentators, probably anti-semitic, point out that this photo really is from February 2006: Blue says: In addition, IsraelMFA has to be careful with the date settings of their cameras! This picture looks like it was taken on Feb 7, 2006.. Wth? Goplayer2008 says: EXIF dataDate and Time (Modified): 2010:06:02 10:37:58 YCbCr Positioning: Co-sited Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE Date and Time (Original): 2006:02:07 04:49:57 Date and Time (Digitized): 2006:02:07 04:49:57 Exhibit B: an axe Ceci est une arme de destruction massive An axe on board a ship?
Une scie électrique, arme de guerre. Jonathan Cook: Israel's Internet War. In Nazareth. The passionate support for Israel expressed on talkback sections of websites, internet chat forums, blogs, Twitters and Facebook may not be all that it seems. Israel’s foreign ministry is reported to be establishing a special undercover team of paid workers whose job it will be to surf the internet 24 hours a day spreading positive news about Israel. Internet-savvy Israeli youngsters, mainly recent graduates and demobilised soldiers with language skills, are being recruited to pose as ordinary surfers while they provide the government’s line on the Middle East conflict. “To all intents and purposes the internet is a theatre in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we must be active in that theatre, otherwise we will lose,” said Ilan Shturman, who is responsible for the project. The existence of an “internet warfare team” came to light when it was included in this year’s foreign ministry budget.
JONATHAN COOK is a writer and journalist based in Nazareth, Israel. The Story of Stuff. Shattering a 'national mythology' - Haaretz - Israel News. Israelman:ένας ταπεινός Εβραίος ενάντια στο ναζιστικό κτήνος.