Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"The Palestinians have two choices. They can allow the existing situation in Gaza of violence, crime in the streets, and internal fighting to deteriorate further. In this case the scenario described by Shikaki will become fact. Or they can begin the process of building the institutions of a Palestinian state as the model for the West Bank, an undertaking that could win solid international and US backing."

"While the call for internal elections has been the battle cry of many of the young leaders, the older leaders seem to be fighting internally for positions and power rather than favouring a democratic process for the movement as a whole."

"While peace in South Asia depends upon peace between India and Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are also stakeholders, their governments making collective efforts to improve their socio-economic conditions through democratic means, attempts often frustrated by the background of colonial rule and societies beset by extraordinary religious, ethnic and linguistic complexity."

"The fact that Kerry continues to be disingenuous about the immorality of the War on Iraq makes his entire credibility suffer."

"The elite has built a system of domination, exploitation and alienation that embraces the four basic relations of the human beings. It extends from the two centers of world power, the United States and the European Union, to the poverty ridden slums of our inner cities, Africa, Asia and Latin America."

"With the sad slain of the unique souls of Pakistan on the soils of Iraq, we would suggest Mr. Annan not to force or coerce any country to send its’ troops to Iraq—without any shield or protection in the wake of hotheaded situation—known the world-over—so as to ensure that no more innocents are beheaded—as a scapegoat."

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"The echoes of our call will emanate from here, amplifying and clarifying our message and purifying it from all distractions. Even if we do not realize our ideal today, we must guard and protect it for yet another generation."

"The reasons that former Prime Minister’s gives for setting up a Kargil Commission have mostly to do with issues around policy formulation and implementation. Only he personalizes the matter."

"Kerry and Edwards should think in terms of what Iraqis want for themselves, not what Iraqis can do to strengthen America. The Iraqis are fighting the U.S. military in a classical guerrilla "insurgency" just like the Vietnamese did. Mr. Kerry, doesn't that jog a few memories?"

"...Canada has never had an ‘open door’ policy, but rather a tightly closed door to those in need. Worse still, when that door was open, we made damn sure that those who came in were treated differently than those who were already here (unless you were of a different skin colour, at which point you all got screwed)."

"If the near unanimity of the ICJ's decision was a rebuke to Israeli-US legal arguments, then Buergenthal's clear acceptance of substantial portions of the decision indicates the breadth of the international consensus holding that the wall is itself a barrier to peace. Should the US obstruct eventual deliberations at the Security Council about the Court's verdict, or veto a resolution to enforce the decision, it will have a difficult time finding a legal justification for doing so."

"A person who assesses a situation superficially and reacts emotionally to it cannot foresee how, if something were to happen to him, that it might in a later stage turn out beneficially for him."

"Journalists who considered themselves trustees for the public, who refused to betray that trust by suppressing the news were quickly discredited as paranoid conspiracy theorists and were either marginalized or axed outright."

"The international community can empower the Palestinian peace camp by showing all of us that resorting to legitimate approaches based on legal positions pays off. Allowing Israel to escape its obligations under a clear resolution based on a strong ICJ decision and to behave like a spoiled child and a country above international law will only encourage the extremist elements within Israeli politics."

"The greatest flaw in the commission’s analysis and recommendations, however, was one of omission. The panel did not address the underlying causes of the Sept. 11 attacks. Dealing with the underlying causes is the only way to reduce the chances of terrorist attacks in the first place."

"Taken together, the momentum generated by the ICJ opinion, the UNGA resolution and the European position--despite or, who knows, perhaps because of the abject misery and failure of the Palestinians--appears to have moved the conflict a little closer in the eyes of the international community to the edge of the slippery slope of South Africanization."

"Irascible emotionalism in a person is a potential danger that can erupt out at any time, and have very serious repercussions."

"The left is dead and gone. The progressives are in denial. The country is headed towards further disaster no matter who wins the election. Even in Kerry wins, the progressives will take four years to understand their error, and by then, the far right will be set to lie their way back into power."

"Killing Arabs and ripping them off, with the assistance of the Likudniks and the Shaky Sheiks of Araby, is an old British ritual."