Tag: Al Jazeera

The State of Palestine condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s assassination of journalist Abu Akleh

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The State of Palestine condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s assassination of journalist Abu Akleh

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Tributes paid to Al Jazeera journalist and authority on Israeli-Palestinian conflict who has been shot in West Bank

Shireen Abu Akleh killing: ‘She was the voice of events in Palestine’

Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday, was a veteran television correspondent who became a household name across the Arab world for her bold coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Shireen Abu Akleh: A trailblazer who gave voice to Palestinians

THE ANGRY ARAB: What Arab Media Is Saying About Ukraine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

THE ANGRY ARAB: What Arab Media Is Saying About Ukraine

The Gulf regimes feel Putin is more loyal than the U.S., and the mischievous behavior of UAE and Saudi Arabia in the last few weeks is an expression of their frustration with U.S. role in the region. (Riyadh, for instance, is in talks with China to trade some of its oil in yuan, which would deal a blow to the U.S. dollar that is used in 80 percent of world oil sales. Until now, the Saudis have exclusively used the dollar. And Emirati and Saudi leaders have refused to take Biden’s phone calls.)

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The UAE had long planned to become the new Israel in the region, but Qatar may have won that dubious honor. The Russian-Ukrainian war may lead the U.S. to further overlook those regimes’ despotism and atrocities in return for continued acts of loyalty.

So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War

So as we rally to support Ukrainian civilians against great-power aggression from Russia, let’s do so with the understanding that imperialism should always be opposed, that all civilian victims of wars and violent coups are worthy whether Iraqi or Honduran or Ukrainian—and that all criminals who violate international law should be held accountable whether they’re based in Moscow or Washington, D.C.