paul.carline on "Alan Johnston: a reporter in Gaza"

paul.carline — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:04:08 +0100

What I find most interesting about this whole affair - unquestioningly repeated in this article - is the naive assumption that Alan Johnston's captors were Palestinian. Why is the possibility that this was a false-flag operation (like Nick Berg's 'beheading') not even raised?

As always, one must ask the question 'cui bono?' It is certainly in the interests of Israel to continue to paint the Palestinians as unreliable and untrustworthy - thus postponing yet again any real peace process, while the illegal apartheid wall continues to be built, Palestinian land expropriated and Palestinians are subjected to daily harassment and oppression.

In about six weeks it will be the anniversary of the Israeli attack on the USS LIberty - a classic false-flag attack that has never been properly publicised in the West.

It is disappointing to find no analysis of Israel's decades-long frustration of peace in openDemocracy, which appears to align itself with the interests of Western political elites rather than challenging their pseudo-democracy.

Paul Carline

Alan Johnston: a reporter in Gaza, Eóin Murray

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The kidnapping of the BBC journalist Alan Johnston on 12 March 2007 is closely tied to the security situation in the Palestinian territory, says his friend Eóin Murray. Read the rest of this post...

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Alan Johnston: a reporter in Gaza, Eóin Murray