Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?

[The Dharma Bum]

He's an Israeli socialist who used to write for Haaretz and served as a spokesman for Mapam, the Israeli Socialist Party, to the Knesset. He's definitely no Likudnik, but I wouldn't say he is an anti semite because he is also a Russian Jew who served in the IDF after performing Aliyah and has translated rabbinical works.

As far as I can tell the accusations mainly are because he supports a 1 state solution and full rights for all. He does deny certain aspects of the holocaust, but not that it happened, he actually lost family to it.

As far as I am concerned he is a Jew and that is good enough for me. He can have any opinion he wants about Palestinians.

[The Dharma Bum]

Also this is the same CIA that tried to discredit Castro by sprinkling thallium in his shoes in the hopes that his beard would fall out, that we are talking about here.

[The Dharma Bum]

Also the the first link and actual article that alleges CIA involvement wasn't written by Shamir.

[Zeugma]

[The Dharma Bum]

[Zeugma]

[The Dharma Bum]

Well, it wasn't a white supremacist screed, if that is what you are implying. Seemed more like a pleas for a one state solution than anything else. I didn't read the whole thing because frankly I'm not very interested in the subject of Israel/Palestine anymore.

Perhaps you are right though. I don't ever read those sites just chose from search results. I doubt it can be proven one way or another but I am well aware of the tactics employed by intelligence operatives so it's definitely within the realm of possibility that these girls were a set up. You know they are watching the shit out of this guy. Those girls were probably providing intel about him all along and they used them opportunistically to try and discredit the guy when the chance came up.

Assange is definitely a flawed human being, but he is right about something. The governments of the world are involved in some pretty evil shit and if people were aware of it they could act accordingly. I respect efforts to create this kind of awareness.

[The Dharma Bum]

Total informational awareness for everyone about all aspects of society should be on the itinerary of all progressives.

[The Dharma Bum]

I did however enjoy Eco's "The Name of the Rose". I will look for the book you recommended.

[Boris Johnson]