'Just World News' with Helena Cobban: Gaza article, etc.

'Just World News' with Helena Cobban Info, analysis, discussion-- to build a more just world
« Virginia contractor; contractors revisited \| JWN front page \| Climbing down in Iraq? » Gaza article, etc. Posted by Helena Cobban April 17, 2004 2:35 PM EST \| Link Filed in Writing and publishing Finally! The Boston Review article I wrote about Gaza has been put up on their website. You can read it here. I wrote it in late February and revised it in late March. Tell me what you think. (Some of it may not be totally "new" to attentive JWN readers... ) I'm in Ohio. Yesterday I spoke at Miami University here about Rwanda and S. Africa. Tuesday, we're going to China for a couple weeks. Life is pretty crazy. I wish I could follow the news from Iraq more attentively-- or even better, be there!-- but still, I'll be writing what I can about that and everything else during the upcoming travels. I just saw that Israelis tried to kill Rantissi. What follies, follies, follies!! How can anyone imagine that actions like that, or the gross collective punishment imposed on Fallujah, or the gratuitous provocations against Moqtada Sadr will bring peace?? « Virginia contractor; contractors revisited \| JWN front page \| Climbing down in Iraq? » Comments Comment from... Shirin, at April 17, 2004 05:03 PM: Helena, They succeeded. I heard he died within minutes of reaching the hospital. They also killed three others, and wounded five bystanders. And they are so sure, despite the fact that their practice of state murder has never yet improved anything, that this will make Hamas go away. Comment from... in medias res, at April 18, 2004 12:42 PM: Your article in the Boston Review seems to come to an abrupt halt in mid sentence--? Thanks for your coverage--very informative. Comment from... helena, at April 18, 2004 05:03 PM: In media-- IO just tried the link and it worked for me... Don't know if it might have been your browser?? I was using Netscape. Shirin-- the news just continues to be tragic, and almost unbelievable.... No, somehow I don't think Hamas will go away... How can Sharon act like this and get away with it?? Oops, I just remembered: Gen. Sanchez and other US military leaders were until recently saying their aim was to "capture or kill" Moqtada Sadr. This "Wanted dead or alive" morality needs to be confronted wherever it raises its ugly, ugly head. Since when do Sanchez, Sharon etc get to act like God and decide off their own bat who gets to live and who gets to die? Comment from... quietstorm, at May 2, 2004 10:26 AM: Since when do Rantisi, bin Laden, Nasrallah get to act like God and decide off their own bat who gets to live and who gets to die? Comment from... MH, at May 3, 2004 01:03 AM: Obviously we all need to just lay down and let the Islamonazis murder us. Self-defense? What folly! Thank you for reminding us of that obvious truth.	Recent Posts on JWN • Realism, war, and pacifism (3) • Palin's performance: Insulting and very scary (28) • September 11 and the war in Afghanistan (6) • US's global dominance 'Reduced': It's nearly official! (1) • JWN redesign update #1 (2) • Oliver North??? (5) • J. Diehl criticizing Saakashvili (3) • Peres warns against attacking Iran (0) • Georgia-Hizbullah: Dept. of Delicious Ironies (2) • US probing Russian Red Lines in Georgia (0) • Women discuss Sarah Palin (26) • New vistas-- personal, and blog-related (12) • The longterm status of Georgia: Challenges ahead (20) • Text of the draft Iraq-US SOFA (10) • HRW revising its Russian cluster bomb accusations (11) • International tensions and the US election (9) • Iraq: Another Quaker in the 'Red Zone' (3) • HRW's flawed 'Research' on Georgian cluster bombs (20) • More on China in Iraq (12) • Post on China in US occupied zones-- at Japan Focus (0) • Palin and the 3 a.m. phone call (39) • China and Iraq (4) • Egyptian delegation to break Gaza siege (2) • Waiting for Gustav (5) • Italy gives Libya $$ compensation for colonial rule (17) • China buys in to Iraqi, Afghan end-games (15) • "Resolution": Palin's goal in Iraq (8) • China's way of 'Emerging' (6) • A note on US politics (6) • Conway does a Dannatt (sort of) (7) • China gets Iraq oil deal (6) • Rest-of-world saving US from recession? (5) • Russia and the world (12) • Milanovic: From Global Trade to Global War (5) • The return of geography (3) • Still no US-Iraq security agreement (yawn) (2) • Iraq-US: More disagreement than 'Agreement' (23) • NATO's supply lines in Afghanistan (27) • My CSM piece on the big-picture implications of Georgia (21) • Mahbubani on western hypocrisy, etc. (5) • Condi in Baghdad: YES on a timetable (aspirational) (8) • More on NATO, etc. (14) • NATO's crisis (8) • And another thing about Finland (23) • Where in the world is... Ban Ki-Moon? (22) • Russian military assessment: New arms race? (26) • And now for a little audio (0) • Yglesias nails McCain (4) • Sarkozy's ceasefire, Georgia's future (22) • Georgia crisis and the shifting global balance (0)

Gaza article, etc.

Posted by Helena Cobban
April 17, 2004 2:35 PM EST | Link
Filed in Writing and publishing

Finally! The Boston Review article I wrote about Gaza has been put up on their website. You can read it here.

I wrote it in late February and revised it in late March. Tell me what you think. (Some of it may not be totally "new" to attentive JWN readers... )

I'm in Ohio. Yesterday I spoke at Miami University here about Rwanda and S. Africa. Tuesday, we're going to China for a couple weeks. Life is pretty crazy. I wish I could follow the news from Iraq more attentively-- or even better, be there!-- but still, I'll be writing what I can about that and everything else during the upcoming travels.

I just saw that Israelis tried to kill Rantissi. What follies, follies, follies!! How can anyone imagine that actions like that, or the gross collective punishment imposed on Fallujah, or the gratuitous provocations against Moqtada Sadr will bring peace??

Comments

Comment from... Shirin, at April 17, 2004 05:03 PM:

Helena,

They succeeded. I heard he died within minutes of reaching the hospital. They also killed three others, and wounded five bystanders.

And they are so sure, despite the fact that their practice of state murder has never yet improved anything, that this will make Hamas go away.

Comment from... in medias res, at April 18, 2004 12:42 PM:

Your article in the Boston Review seems to come to an abrupt halt in mid sentence--?
Thanks for your coverage--very informative.

Comment from... helena, at April 18, 2004 05:03 PM:

In media-- IO just tried the link and it worked for me... Don't know if it might have been your browser?? I was using Netscape.

Shirin-- the news just continues to be tragic, and almost unbelievable.... No, somehow I don't think Hamas will go away...

How can Sharon act like this and get away with it?? Oops, I just remembered: Gen. Sanchez and other US military leaders were until recently saying their aim was to "capture or kill" Moqtada Sadr. This "Wanted dead or alive" morality needs to be confronted wherever it raises its ugly, ugly head. Since when do Sanchez, Sharon etc get to act like God and decide off their own bat who gets to live and who gets to die?

Comment from... quietstorm, at May 2, 2004 10:26 AM:

Since when do Rantisi, bin Laden, Nasrallah get to act like God and decide off their own bat who gets to live and who gets to die?

Comment from... MH, at May 3, 2004 01:03 AM:

Obviously we all need to just lay down and let the Islamonazis murder us. Self-defense? What folly!

Thank you for reminding us of that obvious truth.

Recent Posts on JWN

• Realism, war, and pacifism (3)
• Palin's performance: Insulting and very scary (28)
• September 11 and the war in Afghanistan (6)
• US's global dominance 'Reduced': It's nearly official! (1)
• JWN redesign update #1 (2)
• Oliver North??? (5)
• J. Diehl criticizing Saakashvili (3)
• Peres warns against attacking Iran (0)
• Georgia-Hizbullah: Dept. of Delicious Ironies (2)
• US probing Russian Red Lines in Georgia (0)
• Women discuss Sarah Palin (26)
• New vistas-- personal, and blog-related (12)
• The longterm status of Georgia: Challenges ahead (20)
• Text of the draft Iraq-US SOFA (10)
• HRW revising its Russian cluster bomb accusations (11)
• International tensions and the US election (9)
• Iraq: Another Quaker in the 'Red Zone' (3)
• HRW's flawed 'Research' on Georgian cluster bombs (20)
• More on China in Iraq (12)
• Post on China in US occupied zones-- at Japan Focus (0)
• Palin and the 3 a.m. phone call (39)
• China and Iraq (4)
• Egyptian delegation to break Gaza siege (2)
• Waiting for Gustav (5)
• Italy gives Libya $$ compensation for colonial rule (17)
• China buys in to Iraqi, Afghan end-games (15)
• "Resolution": Palin's goal in Iraq (8)
• China's way of 'Emerging' (6)
• A note on US politics (6)
• Conway does a Dannatt (sort of) (7)
• China gets Iraq oil deal (6)
• Rest-of-world saving US from recession? (5)
• Russia and the world (12)
• Milanovic: From Global Trade to Global War (5)
• The return of geography (3)
• Still no US-Iraq security agreement (yawn) (2)
• Iraq-US: More disagreement than 'Agreement' (23)
• NATO's supply lines in Afghanistan (27)
• My CSM piece on the big-picture implications of Georgia (21)
• Mahbubani on western hypocrisy, etc. (5)
• Condi in Baghdad: YES on a timetable (aspirational) (8)
• More on NATO, etc. (14)
• NATO's crisis (8)
• And another thing about Finland (23)
• Where in the world is... Ban Ki-Moon? (22)
• Russian military assessment: New arms race? (26)
• And now for a little audio (0)
• Yglesias nails McCain (4)
• Sarkozy's ceasefire, Georgia's future (22)
• Georgia crisis and the shifting global balance (0)