
Israel and the US call the Wall snaking through the West Bank a “barrier”. What if the barrier becomes the playing field for an unlikely soccer match? Pepe Escobar kicks in.
Israel and the US call the Wall snaking through the West Bank a “barrier”. What if the barrier becomes the playing field for an unlikely soccer match? Pepe Escobar kicks in.
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by Pepe Escobar, The Real News Network
July 29, 2009
Pepe Escobar, born in Brazil is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for The Real News Network. He's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, based in London, Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, and Bangkok. Since the late 1990s, he has specialized in covering the arc from the Middle East to Central Asia, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has made frequent visits to Iran and is the author of Globalistan and also Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge both published by Nimble Books in 2007.
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