Israeli sinks to even greater depths of depravity. Israeli drones lure Palestinians with crying chil... 21:39 Apr 18 0 comments Israel Continues to Shoot Itself in the Foot 20:25 Dec 16 0 comments Is the Gaza-Israel Fighting “A False Flag”? They Let it Happen? Their Objective Is “to Wipe Gaza Off... 00:48 Oct 21 1 comments Israel Confesses War Crime 23:49 Oct 10 0 comments Ukraine and West prepare media space for their potential false flag attack on Zaporozhye NPP 23:34 Jun 26 1 comments more >>Blog Feeds
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail supporter? Anthony Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony Waiting for SIPO Anthony
Human Rights in IrelandIndymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.Julian Assange is finally free ! Tue Jun 25, 2024 21:11 | indy Stand With Palestine: Workplace Day of Action on Naksa Day Thu May 30, 2024 21:55 | indy It is Chemtrails Month and Time to Visit this Topic Thu May 30, 2024 00:01 | indy Hamburg 14.05. "Rote" Flora Reoccupied By Internationalists Wed May 15, 2024 15:49 | Internationalist left Eddie Hobbs Breaks the Silence Exposing the Hidden Agenda Behind the WHO Treaty Sat May 11, 2024 22:41 | indy
Lockdown Skeptics
Far-Left Group Claim Responsibility for Paris Arson Attacks Sun Jul 28, 2024 17:00 | Richard Eldred
DESNZ Has Net Zero Competence Sun Jul 28, 2024 15:00 | David Turver
Hate Cleric Raises £3 Million to Create Islamic Homeland on Scottish Island Sun Jul 28, 2024 13:01 | Richard Eldred
Why I Fear What Labour Will Do to the Education System Sun Jul 28, 2024 11:00 | Stephen Curran
Labour Has Just Betrayed a Generation of Young People Sun Jul 28, 2024 09:00 | Richard Eldred
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international editionNetanyahu soon to appear before the US Congress? It will be decisive for the suc... Thu Jul 04, 2024 04:44 | en Voltaire, International Newsletter N°93 Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:49 | en Will Israel succeed in attacking Lebanon and pushing the United States to nuke I... Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:40 | en Will Netanyahu launch tactical nuclear bombs (sic) against Hezbollah, with US su... Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:09 | en Will Israel provoke a cataclysm?, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jun 25, 2024 06:59 | en |
Sometimes I Wonder If There Will Be A Moment When Reality And Myth, Truth And Lies, Will Collide
international |
anti-war / imperialism |
other press
Saturday August 20, 2005 21:42 by stewart - none
What Does Democracy Really Mean In The Middle East?
|
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (2 of 2)
Jump To Comment: 1 2There's a disturbing, for me, theatre of the absurd in all these current events.
I find it virtually incredible that so many people can accept the media and political spin as Truth - I guess it's because the alternative is totally in contravention to what we percieve ourselves to be.
If it wasn't for the fact that it's all about messing up the rest of the world, it might be entertaining.
The Palestinians were robbed. And now the robbers are giving some loot back in order to 'make a deal' to keep the greater part of what they've stolen.
These settlers - in neocon-speak 'squatters' if it was happening in Amurrica - by and large North American Aliyah types, bring an interesting frontier western aspect to the whole thing. The men are steely-eyed defenders, quick on the trigger the women fecund and sassy - all with a slathering of Yiddish meshuggeh-ism. We see them being 'torn from their homes' - most other people would have packed up long ago, given the hefty compensation rates and the opportunity to move into more secure settlements in the West Bank.
Iraq is just plain tragic. It's business, or holidays, as usual at the Bush Ranch. It's back-to-school shopping season and getting the young folk off to college for those not too intimately involved with the National Guard. I guess 'keeping on' is the best way to 'honour the sacrifice' of those poor slobs who regularly grace the news media in their borrowed A1dress, standing, proudly, before the Star Spangled Banner for their training graduation photo. The recruiters, however, are running out of 'Mall Rats', and I don't think even the courts can help them keep their quota.
'Gonzo' went out in a blaze of hollywood pyrotechics, but then he was already dead, and cremated. Too bad the poor sap doing Haliburton time in Iraq still has to have all his nerve endings intact when he (she) sees the light.
It's all part of the play, and all plays eventually reach a conclusion.
Egypt is in presidential election campaigns.
"For decades, Egypt's biggest and oldest opposition bloc, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, kept a relatively low political profile, while simultaneously gaining street credibility for social programmes that helped people at the grassroots level. More recently, the group has asserted itself in the country's professional syndicates and associations, virtually dominating some of them.
These days, with the opening up of an increasingly heated political scene, the Brotherhood has become a force to be reckoned with. According to Islamist lawyer Montasser El-Zayat, the group has no fewer than two million active members and another three million supporters nationwide.
It's no wonder, then, as the 7 September presidential election nears, that the Brotherhood's support is being sought out by several presidential hopefuls. The group itself is still undecided -- both on the matter of taking part in the poll in the first place, and if so, as to which candidate they might support.
In all cases, the illegal but tolerated Brotherhood is clearly able to mobilise a constituency. In the 1984 parliamentary elections, the Wafd Party allied itself with the group and won 58 seats. Today, without the Brotherhood alliance, the Wafd has four. Recent Brotherhood demonstrations have gathered as many as tens of thousands of people in 18 different locations. The latest demonstration, which took place on Sunday, featured thousands of participants.
Speaking to Al-Ahram Weekly, the Brotherhood's supreme guide, Mohamed Mahdi Akef, said the group was "consulting with members and reviewing the candidates' platforms," aiming to make a decision on the matter by next week."
read more at Al ahram (aligned to egyptian state media)
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/756/eg11.htm