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William Morris, Next Century Foundation Last week I interviewed William Morris of the Next Century Foundation. They are involved in conflict resolution in places such as Gaza, Iraq and also facilitate track 2 dialogues, for example arranging confidential discussions between Hamas and people who publically claim they’re not/ cannot talk to them. These meetings [...] Opposing war and the imperialist policies of the US doesn’t mean that the other sides in such conflicts are allies, a mistake some on the left sometimes make. ‘Mother’ of Iraqi women bomber network arrested. She apparently told her jailers said she persuaded rape victims to become suicide bombers to reclaim their honor. UN. Hamas [...] Incoming administration will abandon Bush’s isolation of Islamist group to initiate low-level diplomacy, say transition sources. Reality and sanity is returning to D.C. What a welcome change that will be. Getting tiresome, isn’t it? There will be more funerals on both sides, more maimed and crippled noncombatants, grief-stricken mothers and widows. Harry’s Place says that while Hamas goaded Israel into responding, what they got in return was way more violent than expected. Israel, as usual, has gone bat-shit crazy, never realizing that 4GW is [...] The ruling establishes a major precedent. If you give money to a group engaging in terrorism, you are liable, even if the money was not meant for terrorism. This assumes you knew what the group was doing and they have been deemed as terrorist. An appellate court has upheld a $156 million judgment against two [...] |  | ||||
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