Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"As long as the European Union continues to treat the "human rights clause" of its Association Agreement with Israel as a dead letter and fails to suspend the Agreement in response to Israel's crimes - possibly as the first step towards the imposition of full sanctions - the Union will be open to the accusation that it is sacrificing the Palestinian people on the altars of Mammon and bad faith."

"The violent events exposed the inherent paradox in Sharon's plan: in order to get out of the despised Gaza region, Israel is getting deeper into it. The unilateral idea of leaving a "security vacuum" on the other side, without a credible authority to assure security and quiet, threatens to turn disengagement into a bloody mess, with Hamas and others trying to hit at the departing Israelis. Keeping a "security zone" in post-withdrawal Gaza, no matter how narrow, is a recipe for ongoing violence, undermining Israel's claim to "end the occupation.""

"To perceive that there is no life after death, and to base this perception on the fact that we have not seen it, is akin to a group of savages mistakenly subscribing to the notion that there are no telephones, computers, radios, or jet planes, simply because they have never seen or experienced them."

"The policies of killing, forced labor and separation of families were continued for decades. The net result was the death of a nation. This continent should have at least one billion Americans of Color. Instead, it has only a few million Native Americans."

"When the Quaid entrusted the defence of our western frontiers to the tribals in what became known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the brigade groups were pulled out."

"In 2001, an estimated 4 million Canadians were aged 65 and older; this was a 67 per cent rise over just two decades earlier. By 2020, the number of us at 65 years or over is expected to hit some 6.5 million, rising to an estimated 9 million in 2040. By that time, senior citizens will account for more than 20% of all Canadians."

"...these good folks are being preached to with the fear of hell fire and damnation if they vote against Bush. Make no mistake about it, this election more than any other, is about Fear."

"Do it for Rachel Corrie, Mr. President. Do you even recognize her name? She was a dedicated freedom lover – the genuine article from Olympia, Washington. While rocking Gaza with your songs of liberty, take the time to visit the little spot in Rafah where an Israeli Army Bulldozer terminated the life of America’s loveliest flower."

"The goal should be to keep the eye on the ball. That ball has been to change US foreign policy which has impacted every single one of us here and our families abroad. Another four years of Bush and his knack for alienating allies will force the decision makers in Washington to amend an abysmal foreign policy. A Kerry victory would only prolong the foreign policy pains because he could win friends to support the unfairness."

"The reality is that Israel has been cleansing all of Palestine of its indigenous population, which is the real genocide in this region. But for die-hard Zionists, Israel can never do any wrong and any criticism or negative characterization of its belligerence or oppression is immediately called "anti-Semitic."

"Americans like their enemies cast in simple terms. They like the world painted in terms of either Good of Evil. That's one reason why a real-life president like George W. Bush who has no formal experience or training in foreign policy can destroy Middle East peace, create conflicts out of complacency, and still win the support of a majority of Americans using a policy that is defined in childlike terms of "you are either with us or against us."

"As long as there is no political process that promises the Palestinians a peaceful end to the occupation and the Israelis the prospect of peace, violence will continue, whether it is the violence of the occupation asserting itself or the violence of the occupied people trying to free itself."

"...a young woman approached the microphone. “I am a Palestinian refugee from Chatila” she said. “When I was a child I had to walk over the bodies of my dead brothers and sisters. I have never seen Palestine” she lamented as the audience tried to hold back their tears."

"Sadly Sharon, who is clearly unwilling to enter into genuine peace negotiations--or even disengagement security talks--with our neighbors, is also unwilling and possibly emotionally or intellectually unable to explain to the Israeli public the urgent and vital demographic rationale for far-reaching disengagement."

"We were all duped into hating Arabs and believing in a war that didn't have to happen. We were fed images we hadn't seen before of what came across as savage, backward societies - exotic, from a different world."

"Iraq, after colonizing New England and ethnically cleansing its native inhabitants, has converted it into an exclusive, racist, colonial-settler state for Arabs brought in from Sudan who were dying from a severe drought, the worst in a thousand years."

"While President Bush has repeatedly affirmed his respect for Islam and the Arab world, he has failed to act in the face of repeated bigoted statements made by members of his Administration and his leading supporters."

"The thousands of African-American women and men lining up at early-voting sites in Florida are sending a profound message across this country."

"The current tar baby in Iraq has bogged down 140,000 U.S. troops and may ensnare more after November if the worsening violence and freedom from electoral constraints cause the next administration—whether headed by Bush or Kerry—to escalate U.S. involvement. So the government may be tempted to enlarge the military “on the cheap” by using conscription."

"Recently, people have appeared who, without the slightest qualification for interpreting the Qur'an, try to impose their own objectives and ideas upon both the Qur'an and the Sunnah."