The Age
21 January 2008
AMNESTY International has said that Israel’s use during the Gaza offensive of white phosphorus — banned under international law for use near civilians — was “clear and undeniable”.
Tension eased in Gaza early yesterday as a fragile ceasefire entered its third day. There were no reports of shooting or rockets for the first [...]

By John Pilger
The New Statesman, 6 January 2009
Every war Israel has waged since 1948 has had the same objective: expulsion of the native people and theft of more land. But why are we in the west silent on this truth?

“When the truth is replaced by silence,” the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko said, “the silence is [...]

By Afua Hirsch
The Guardian, Wednesday 14 January 2009
Israel faces the prospect of intervention by international courts amid growing calls that its actions in Gaza are a violation of world humanitarian and criminal law.
The UN general assembly, which is meeting this week to discuss the issue, will consider requesting an advisory opinion from the international court of [...]

Twitter is on of the more useful social networking tools to have emerged over the past year.  Luminaries such as Barack Obama and Al Gore have used Twitter to get their message out to great effect.
The Alternatives to Empire Project will now be doing the same.
Follow us at http://twitter.com/alt2empire and join the dialogue to help [...]