Global Voices Online

Sean's Russia Blog writes about Don Kozlents: “Red Army WWII Vet + Zionism = Marxist Likudnik.”

Lebanon is now kosher for an Israeli attack, warns Lebanese blogger Antoun.

From Cairo, Zeinobia gives us a digest of Lebanon's Hizbulla leader Hassan Nasrulla's Press conference.

“The Israeli government's Foreign Ministry is involved in efforts to influence public opinion on the Internet. Israel's Foreign Ministry orders Internet propagandists, so called ‘trainee diplomats,' to skew online polls and public forums to conform with the Israeli line,” writes Window Into Palestine.

“Remember the big PR campaign run by the Syrian government on the sad 40th anniversary of the illegal Israeli occupation of the Golan? Neither do I. To be fair, they only had 40 years to prepare and are probably saving their best efforts for an eventual 50th anniversary, so why rush them before that milestone?” writes Rime Allaf from Syria.

Talking about the “promise” 60 years ago of an Israel that will be “a light unto the nations,” Lebanese blogger Moussa Bashir links to a story about how Israeli settlements are dumping raw sewage into neighbouring Palestine.

Israeli Daniel Lubetzky writes about the cycle of wealth, education and consumption in this post.

From Israel, Stephanie complains about increasing food prices in this post. “We here in the Promised Land are also feeling the pain of soaring grain prices. According to Hebrew press reports, flour & cooking oil prices went up by 25%, pasta increased by 12.5%, chocolate by 10% and rice went up a whopping 60-80% (!!!) in Israel,” she writes.