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Jimmy Carter’s Gift of ‘Apartheid’ by John V. Walsh -- Antiwar.com : "Then there is the very old-fashioned label, “a people without a land and a land without a people.” Not even the European colonialists of the Americas had the chutzpah to deny the very existence of the indigenous peoples as they were exterminated or put into reservations, the Gazas of the New World. Though that racist little phrase continued up to Golda Meir, who denied the very existence of the Palestinians, at least by the time of the terrorist Yitzhak Shamir the Palestinians had transmogrified into “insects” or “cockroaches.” At least Shamir allowed for their pesky, subhuman existence. - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Egypt After Mubarak: Cole on Russia Today | Informed Comment : "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Egypt Protests Spark Confrontations in Yemen, Algeria | Informed Comment : "Then protesters poured back into one area of the square, to the side of the traffic. Aljazeera is saying that some of them are from the countryside and cannot so easily just pick up stakes and go home. Others are committed to staying in the square until the state of emergency is lifted and other reforms are practically implemented. On the other hand, most protesters have returned to work or school (Sunday is a work day for many in Egypt), and can hardly afford to continue to abandon their day jobs. - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Timeline: US indecision on Egypt - Middle East - Al Jazeera English : "Protests begin in Egypt on the day Barack Obama, the US president, gives State of the Union address to Congress. Obama did not mention Egypt but did refer to protests in Tunisia, saying the US 'supports the democratic aspirations of all people'. Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, gave the first high-level US response to the Egypt protests, saying: 'Our assessment is that the Egyptian government is stable and is looking for ways to respond to the legitimate needs and interests of the Egyptian people.' - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Egypt's army dissolves parliament - Middle East - Al Jazeera English : "Soldiers have moved to try and clear pro-democracy protesters from Tahrir Square in Cairo [Reuters] Egypt's military has dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution, two days after Hosni Mubarak, the long-serving president, stepped down in the wake of a popular uprising. - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Italy declares migrant emergency - Europe - Al Jazeera English : "Italy has called a humanitarian emergency after thousands of migrants sailed across the Mediterranean from Tunisia, overwhelming authorities on a remote island. 'The cabinet today... has proclaimed a state of humanitarian emergency following the influx of the large number of citizens from North Africa,' the government said in a statement on Saturday. On Sunday, the Italian government said that it was planning to deploy security forces on Tunisian soil to stop the waves of illegal immigrants. - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Hornberger's Blog - Obama: Egyptians Are Too Dumb for Democracy : "Flip-flopping over events in Egypt, President Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have decided that it would be a bad idea for unelected Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak to immediately resign from office. Their reason? Under Egypt’s constitution, Mubarak’s departure from power would require national elections to be held within 60 days. - Sent using Google Toolbar"