A Stand For Justice
Israel impatient with international effort to thwart Iran's nuclear ambition
Israel wants war.
Hamas' Turn to Demolish Palestinian Homes
The Hamas authorities have been battling increasing incidents of Islamic extremism which have targeted beauty salons, coffee shops, Internet cafes, the YMCA and a Red Cross convoy.
PALESTINE URGENT ACTION: Demand that Israel revoke new military orders for deporting Palestinians from West Bank
Kairos Palestine (http://www.kairospalestine.ps/), a Palestinian Christian organization with whom CPT Hebron partners, is asking Christians around the world to contact their ambassadors to Israel and the Israeli Military and Foreign Affairs ministries regarding new military orders that could separate families. CPT Hebron asks that its constituents respond to this call.
Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons
Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state's possession of nuclear weapons.
Turkey urges Israel to let in humanitarian convoy
"We don't want new tensions ... We believe Israel will use common sense towards this civilian initiative."
US/Israel Challenged on Iran
despite the rhetoric, Israel and its supporters in Washington do not view the current dispute over Iran's nuclear program as an "existential threat." Rather, it is viewed as another golden opportunity to bring "regime change" to a country considered one of Israel's adversaries, as Iraq was under Saddam Hussein
Ray McGovern is a former CIA analyst.
Flotilla Aims to Break Israel's Grip on Gaza
Five of eight previous protest boats have managed to land in Gaza. But most recently one was rammed at sea by an Israeli navy ship, and another was captured, with all on board being held in Israeli jails for up to a week before they were deported.
Australia moves to expel Israeli diplomat
Israeli radio stations have reported that the diplomats expelled from Australia and Britain were Mossad representatives.
Report: Abbas may double territory offered to Israel in peace deal
The Palestinians are willing to consider making larger territorial concessions in peace talks with Israel than have been offered in the past, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, quoting officials involved in the proximity talks. According to the report, concessions could reach 4% of the West Bank.
Gaza assailants vandalize UN summer camp
Also Sunday, a U.N. agency reported that three–quarters of the damage inflicted on Gaza by Israel's war against Hamas more than a year ago has not been repaired or rebuilt. The report warned that the international community is being increasingly sidelined in Gaza because of Israel's blockade of the territory.
'Israeli Retaliation Must Include Major Muslim Sites'
A new paper from the BESA Center for Mideast Security and Policy says any Israeli response to a non-conventional attack from Arab countries must include an attack on sites of “major symbolic importance for the Muslim world”.
PA's Abbas slams Iran
As to the Palestinian boycott on settlement products, Abbas declared that he too takes part in the campaign.
Israeli Imprisonment of Palestinian Children
conclusive studies like those done by the Defense for Children International (DCI) Palestine Section have researched and reported on the systematic and institutionalized ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities. From their research I take much of my information.
EU aid to Palestinians may shrink if talks fail
The annual assistance given to the Palestinians over the past 16 years represents the EU's highest per capita foreign aid program. The current seven–year budget, part of which funds United Nations support projects, is locked in until 2013.
The Europeans give the lion's share of their foreign aid to the Palestinians and the US gives the majority of its foreign aid to Israel, a nation whose economy is doing better than ours. Gazans, who subsist on roughly $2/day, endure conditions that have been likened to those of sub-Saharan Africa.
Shaping the Story on Iran by Philip Giraldi
There have been recent reports that Iran has enabled the travel of al-Qaeda leaders to Afghanistan and Pakistan where they will be able to confront and kill American soldiers. If you think you have heard the story before, you have, in another context. In the earlier rendition it was Saddam Hussein who was hand-in-glove with al-Qaeda, helping the group in its nefarious planning to attack the United States and kill Americans Another must read by Philip Giraldi.
Congress OKs $205 million for Israel
Israel, facing the threat of a massive missile attack by Iran and its proxies, breathed a sigh of relief after the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly approved giving it $205 million to buy 10 batteries of a new missile-defense system.
Australia expels Israeli diplomat over Dubai hit
"These investigations and advice have left the government in no doubt that Israel was responsible for the abuse and counterfeiting of these passports," Smith told Australia's parliament. "These are not the actions of a friend."
Gaza, Here We Come to Break the Siege
Ann Wright is a 29 year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired as a Colonel and a former US diplomat who resigned in March, 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq.
'Shame on you, democracy,' Vanunu yells as he returns to prison
Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, released in 2004 after 18 years in prison for leaking Israeli nuclear secrets, began serving an additional 3-month sentence on Sunday for refusing to carry out court-mandated community service.
Qatar's offer to help rebuild Gaza is snubbed by Netanyahu
Israel has turned down an offer from Qatar for a reopening of diplomatic contacts between the two countries in return for the Gulf state being allowed to import supplies to Gaza to carry out a series of badly needed reconstruction projects.
Strenger than Fiction / In order to change its image, Israel must change its policy
Ultimately perception of a brand hinges on actual behavior and organizational culture, not propaganda. In other words, the world pays attention to what Israel DOES, not what it says. Actions speak louder than words. All the PR in the world isn't going to change that. So Israel ought to instead CHANGE ITS UNLAWFUL AND IMMORAL BEHAVIOR. Rocket science. Getting the governments and mainstream media in Western nations to coverup the Israeli crimes in Anglo countries isn't solving this problem either.
Debate Over Israel Funding Guidelines Continues To Roil San Francisco Jews
The new policy followed a fracas at last summer’s San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, which twice screened “Rachel,” an Israeli-made film about Rachel Corrie
Singer Elvis Costello cancels concerts in Israel
Israeli nuclear whistleblower back in jail
In December, Israeli authorities arrested Vanunu, accusing him of having contact with a number of foreigners, including journalists, and a Norwegian woman Vanunu said is his girlfriend.
Israel denies report on nuclear arms sale offer
Report: PA Willing to Have NATO Forces in Future "State"
The newspaper quoted Palestinian sources as saying that Abbas would agree to have North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces monitor the borders of the future Palestinian state, in order to stop arms smuggling to what is supposed to become a demilitarized zone.
A Tale of Two Jerusalems
This pattern of inequality extends to housing policy as well. Despite the fact that the city’s Arab population has increased 450% since Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967, not a single new Arab neighborhood has been authorized, even as there have been massive expropriations of Arab-owned land to establish new Jewish neighborhoods
Getting Serious About Iran
There is no conceivable solution to the threat of a nuclear Iran that will not require American leadership. All of the options — whether economic sanctions or military action — are impossible without American support.
Expert Advice from The Washington Times by Philip Giraldi
A copy of The Washington Times was on display with a large front page picture of yesterday’s Salute to Israel parade in New York. Next to the picture was an article by Rowan Scarborough entitled “Israel arms may not be enough to stop nukes.”
PM: Radical Islam with nukes – danger to mankind
Amid international efforts to impose fresh sanctions against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Russia to cooperate with Israel in order to curb the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions.
Rand Paul and Israel
BILL TITLE: To authorize assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system
Take Iran’s Deal, Mr. President by Patrick J. Buchanan
Not only did Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and President Lula da Silva of Brazil put their prestige on the line by flying to Tehran, the deal they got is a near-exact replica of the deal Obama offered Iran eight months ago. Why is President Obama slapping it away? Does he not want a deal? Has he already decided on the sanctions road that leads to war?
Boycott Targets Stars From Elvis to Elton
“I must believe that the audience for the coming concerts would have contained many people who question the policies of their government on settlement and deplore conditions that visit intimidation, humiliation or much worse on Palestinian civilians in the name of national security,” he wrote.
Syria defies Western pressure over Hezbollah
"A Scud missile is as big as this room. How could it be hidden and smuggled with Israeli planes and satellites all over the region?" Moualem asked, adding that cumbersome Scuds were not suited to Hezbollah's guerrilla tactics.
Visiting MEPs decide to visit Gaza and ignore Israelis
Comedy Central Vs. The Jews
A video game currently available on Comedy Central’s website, featuring a character named “Jew Producer” and a killer robot named “I.S.R.A.E.L.,” is raising protests in the Jewish community. The game, “Drawn Together,” based on the network’s politically incorrect animated series of the same name, depicts “Jew Producer,” a character that has a speaker for a head and is taken to task for failing to kill certain animated characters. A robot called “the Intelligent Smart Robot Animation Eraser Lady” (I.S.R.A.E.L.) is then sent in to do the job, unleashing destruction and murdering children.
Settlement Policy Wrong - European Jews
Prominent Jewish intellectuals living in Europe have begun denouncing the Israeli policy of allowing settlements to come up on Palestinian territories as "morally and politically wrong.’’
In a collective declaration, presented in the Belgian capital Brussels on May 3, hundreds of prominent European Jews also said that the main danger to the state of Israel ‘’lies in the occupation and the continuing pursuit of settlements in the West Bank and in the Arab districts of East Jerusalem."
Prominent Jewish Liberals Answer the JCall
The statement came in the same week that Peter Beinart, former editor of The New Republic, published a scathing critique of the American Jewish establishment’s approach to Israel. His article appeared in The New York Review of Books.
End of Specter Era Brings New Race for Jewish Vote
In interviews and meetings with Jewish voters, the retired three-star Navy admiral chose to focus on his close ties with top Israeli military officials and his work on issues relating to Israel’s security.
Syria's Assad says US has lost Mideast peace influence
Assad was quoted as telling the Italian daily La Repubblica that Washington "has no influence because they don't do anything for peace. But they remain the greatest power."
The Moral Crisis of American Zionism, Seen Through the Eyes of a Recovering New Republic-nik
Particularly in the younger generations, fewer and fewer American Jewish liberals are Zionists; fewer and fewer American Jewish Zionists are liberal. One reason is that the leading institutions of American Jewry have refused to foster — indeed, have actively opposed — a Zionism that challenges Israel’s behavior in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and toward its own Arab citizens.
Whither Liberal Zionism?
In a long and thoughtful essay in the New York Review of Books, Peter Beinart accurately describes how and why so many young American Jews are becoming alienated from Israel and blames the American Jewish establishment for its lock-step support of the Israeli government’s current policies and attitudes.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Rep. Peter King (NY) - Supreme Shill for Israel
Really, Rep. Peter King(NY)?
New legislation for America to 'stand with Israel'? As if we don't have enough legislation already enacted on behalf of that nation by 'our representatives' on Capitol Hill? As if the United States doesn't have enough problems of ITS OWN such as the budget crisis in New York State, as one example, such that there might be a shutdown of state government as early as tomorrow?
We have to sit around and worry about Israel and any action taken by the UN Human Rights Council with respect to the numerous war crimes Israel has committed in Gaza, and elsewhere?
Just exactly who does Representative King represent here? Ever hear of the saying, 'No taxation without representation', Representative King?
New legislation for America to 'stand with Israel'? As if we don't have enough legislation already enacted on behalf of that nation by 'our representatives' on Capitol Hill? As if the United States doesn't have enough problems of ITS OWN such as the budget crisis in New York State, as one example, such that there might be a shutdown of state government as early as tomorrow?
We have to sit around and worry about Israel and any action taken by the UN Human Rights Council with respect to the numerous war crimes Israel has committed in Gaza, and elsewhere?
Just exactly who does Representative King represent here? Ever hear of the saying, 'No taxation without representation', Representative King?
Headlines for May 13 - May 19
A Stand For Justice
Report: IDF soldiers kill elderly Palestinian near Gaza border
Medical officials in Gaza said the man, who was 75 and whose body was only discovered on Saturday when it became light, had been shot several times.
Palestinians Mark 'Catastrophe' Day
Tensions between the two sides spilled over into a deadly shooting earlier on Friday when an Israeli settler, whose car had been stoned, shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian youth, Palestinian security sources and activists said.
Report: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claim responsibility for West Bank shooting attack
Meanwhile, not far from the site of the shooting, Palestinian sources said settlers opened fire and killed a Palestinian teenager who was throwing rocks at Israeli cars near the West Bank city of Ramallah late Thursday.
Palestinians mark displacement in 1948 Mideast war
Gaza's Hamas rulers invited their Fatah rivals to participate in Saturday's march, a rare gesture from the Islamic militant group since it seized Gaza and ousted Fatah forces in June 2007. In previous years, different Palestinian factions organized their own events, highlighting their inability to work together on key issues.
Kadima Bill: NGOs That Assist in War Crime Accusations Should Be Illegal
Some 17 lawmakers from the centrist Kadima and parties to its right have submitted a proposal to outlaw any nongovernmental organization that provides information to foreign or international bodies that leads to war crimes accusations against the government or the army. So desperate are they to hide their war crimes. Basic democratic principles get thrown out the window.
US Funds Israel’s Apartheid Roads Plan
USAid, which funds development projects in Palestinian areas, is reported to have helped to build 114km of Israeli-proposed roads, despite a pledge from Washington six years ago that it would not assist in implementing what has been widely described as Israel’s “apartheid road” plan.
Israel to Europe: Stop your citizens from sailing to Gaza with aid
Israel warned a number of European states that it would not permit leftist-organizations planning to sail to the Gaza Strip with international aid to complete their mission
AT-TUWANI RELEASE: Palestinian fence vandalized in At-Tuwani village
Palestinians from
At-Tuwani village found that the fence built between At-Tuwani and Havat
Ma'on outpost had been destroyed during the night. At-Tuwani residents
erected the wire netting about two months ago, in an attempt to protect
the village from Israeli settlers raids (such as the events of 26
January 2010; see press release at: http://sn.im/w6u87 [www_cpt_org] )
and in response to the ongoing and rapid expansion of the nearby Ma'on
settlement and Havat Ma'on outpost.
At-Tuwani Update: April 2010
Many accounts of settler terrorism.
Israelis: No halt to east Jerusalem construction
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hawkish coalition partners vowed Thursday to keep building Jewish settlements and demolishing unauthorized Palestinian homes in contested east Jerusalem — despite indications the Israeli leader has put the brakes on both.
Israel fears Iran nuclear deal will delay UN sanctions
Israel: Investigate Unlawful Destruction in Gaza War
"Almost 16 months after the war, Israel has not held accountable troops who unlawfully destroyed swaths of civilian property in areas under their control," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "Israel's blockade continues to keep Gazans from rebuilding their homes, meaning that Israel is still punishing Gaza's civilians long after the fighting is over."
Human Rights Watch say destruction in Gaza 'unlawful'
"These cases describe instances in which Israeli forces caused extensive destruction of homes, factories, farms and greenhouses in areas under IDF control without any evident military purpose," the report said.
Sudanese migrant shot and killed crossing from Egypt to Israel
Egyptian security forces shot and killed a Sudanese migrant trying to cross from the north of the Sinai peninsula into Israel, police sources said on Sunday.
Obama seeks $205 million for Israel rocket shield
President Barack Obama will ask Congress to provide $205 million to Israel to spur production and deployment of a new short-range rocket defense system, administration officials said Thursday.....The money comes on top of annual US assistance to Israel. Think about that as my fellow Americans are jobless and struggling to pay their mortgage and feed their families: we keep shoveling billions to Israel to uphold its state built on apartheid and supremacism.
Attorney seeks to bar Goldstone from US
A well-known American Jewish attorney who worked to deport former Nazis from the US is urging American officials to bar former judge Richard Goldstone from entering the country over his rulings during South Africa’s apartheid regime.
The AIPACers never relent.
High school bans Israeli-Palestinian dialogue group due to parents' pressure
According to one 12th grader at the school, "the parents, and it seems the school, too, are apparently trying to protect us, but this really is censorship. We are big enough children to form our opinions by ourselves."
Israeli Arab MK: Israel's actions in Jerusalem are a second Nakba
Russia spurns Israeli rebuke over Hamas meet
Hamas hailed Russia and Turkey for suggesting the movement be included in the Middle East peace process.
White House meets with rabbis to assuage concerns on Israel
The administration officials "spent a considerable amount of time emphasizing that the United States is addressing Israel's security concerns in a manner that [Israeli Defense Minister Ehud] Barak called better than at any previous time,” Moline reported.
Shared Jerusalem can bring peace
We recently returned from a Christian Peacemaker Teams trip (www.cpt.org) to Jerusalem and the West Bank. Our delegation witnessed the fact that religious liberty in Jerusalem is severely restricted. Its holy places are out of bounds for many Christians and Muslims from the West Bank and Gaza.
Yahoo News Video: Gazans can't go to S.Africa, so 'World Cup' comes to them
Passionate about football but cut off from the world, the Gaza Strip has its own World Cup, a popular initiative aimed at forcing a lifting of the Israeli blockade on the tiny Palestinian enclave.
Jerusalem residents attack writer Elie Wiesel over appeal to Barack Obama
"Those same zealous Jews insist on inserting themselves like so many bones in the throats of Arab neighbourhoods, purifying and Judaizing them with the help of rich American benefactors, several of whom you may know personally," Sarid wrote. "Barack Obama appears well aware of his obligations to try to resolve the world's ills, particularly ours here. Why then undercut him and tie his hands?"
New Miss USA: Islamic fundamentalism in a bikini?
Fakih, a 24–year–old Arab–American whose family hails from Lebanon , has almost nothing in common with the religious zealots who inspire militant Islam. Yet the tiara had scarcely come to rest on her cascading dark tresses Sunday night when the far reaches of the right wing blogosphere went ballistic.
You'll notice that most of her critics were Israel-supporters who need for Americans to see all Arabs as terrorists, or they may feel sympathy for the Palestinians.
Why Christian Zionists Really Support Israel
Christians attending these churches will also learn about the miraculous rise of the modern State of Israel and the existential threats it faces today. Many will leave church with a better understanding of the dangers of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Palestinian terror and the international campaign against Israel’s legitimacy. Authored by the Supreme Christian ZioNutter in Charge, John Hagee.
Former US General Warns of Chemical Attacks against Israel
Gen. Paul Vallely speaks to PJTV exclusively and reveals how Iranian submarines are now equipping Israel's enemies with Scud missiles armed warheads filled with chemical weapons I couldn't watch the whole thing. This man is disturbing. Hard to believe he's a General.
Jewish Democratic group asks syndicate to nix Pat Buchanan's column
Buchanan found himself in hot water last week after he penned a piece saying that if Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is confirmed, the number of Jews on the Court will be highly disproportionate to the U.S. population.
'Iran entitled to nuclear program'
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva met with Iranian leaders on Sunday, and called the relationship between the two countries “strategic.”
Russia to sell Syria warplanes, air defense systems
Bombshell: Former New Republic Editor, Peter Beinart, on the Collapse of the "Pro-Israel" Establishment
Basically, the decline of the lobby is good news for America, for Jews and for Israel. That is because it is primarily the clout of the lobby that has led the US government to support an occupation that has virtually eliminated America's influence in the Middle East, has turned off younger Jews to Judaism, and will -- unless ended by Israel under US pressure -- lead to Israel's demise. The "pro-Israel" lobby is anything but pro-Israel.
U.S. wants to build up Hezbollah moderates: adviser
The Obama administration is looking for ways to build up "moderate elements" within the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla movement and to diminish the influence of hard–liners, a top White House official said on Tuesday.
Banned by Israel, Chomsky gives W.Bank lecture by video
Renowned Jewish–American scholar and activist Noam Chomsky, who was barred from the West Bank by Israel earlier this week, on Tuesday delivered a lecture to Palestinian students by video link from Jordan. The supreme irony here being that it is the Israelis that barred a Jew from speaking to Arabs.
Arab-Americans delight in Miss USA victory
Fakih was born in Srifa, a village in southern Lebanon that was heavily bombed during the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah war. She moved to the United States with her family in 1993 and attended a Catholic school in New York. Her family moved to Michigan in 2003.
High School Students Object to AP Test’s Use of a Quote by Edward Said
But one test question citing the late Palestinian-American scholar and activist Edward Said on the theme of exile is prompting protests from some Jewish students.
Israelis Condemn Goldstone’s Role In South Africa During Apartheid
The charges were the latest attack on Goldstone’s character since the U.N. commission he headed published its report in September 2009. Israeli officials view its findings as threatening the state’s very legitimacy, all the more due to Goldstone’s reputation as a jurist who helped end apartheid, and also because he is a Jew and self-described Zionist. They adamantly deny the report’s war crimes allegations.
Brazil, Turkey Engineer Breakthrough on Iran
Israel urged to ensure safety of Irish on aid ship to Gaza
Chomsky turned away from Israel border, sparking fierce media debate
"There were two basic points," Chomsky said. "One was that the government of Israel does not like the kinds of things I say – which puts them into the category of, I suppose, every other government in the world."
Declassified GAO Report Exposes Fatally Flawed Israel Investigations
Kennedy delivered a final ultimatum to Israel on July 5, 1963, insisting that Dimona undergo serial inspections “in accord with international standards” in order to verify its “peaceful intent.” Simultaneously, the Kennedy Justice Department was waging an intense battle behind closed doors to register and regulate Israel’s elite U.S. lobby, the American Zionist Council, which was bringing in funds from overseas to lobby. Kennedy’s assassination in November traumatized the nation and led to the complete and permanent reversal of both initiatives. Interesting.
MP attacks Brazilian president
“You new companero send rockets and bombs to terrorist Jew-killers in Hezbollah. He swaggers around the world threatening every democracy with the wrath of his hate of freedom.”
Report: IDF soldiers kill elderly Palestinian near Gaza border
Medical officials in Gaza said the man, who was 75 and whose body was only discovered on Saturday when it became light, had been shot several times.
Palestinians Mark 'Catastrophe' Day
Tensions between the two sides spilled over into a deadly shooting earlier on Friday when an Israeli settler, whose car had been stoned, shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian youth, Palestinian security sources and activists said.
Report: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claim responsibility for West Bank shooting attack
Meanwhile, not far from the site of the shooting, Palestinian sources said settlers opened fire and killed a Palestinian teenager who was throwing rocks at Israeli cars near the West Bank city of Ramallah late Thursday.
Palestinians mark displacement in 1948 Mideast war
Gaza's Hamas rulers invited their Fatah rivals to participate in Saturday's march, a rare gesture from the Islamic militant group since it seized Gaza and ousted Fatah forces in June 2007. In previous years, different Palestinian factions organized their own events, highlighting their inability to work together on key issues.
Kadima Bill: NGOs That Assist in War Crime Accusations Should Be Illegal
Some 17 lawmakers from the centrist Kadima and parties to its right have submitted a proposal to outlaw any nongovernmental organization that provides information to foreign or international bodies that leads to war crimes accusations against the government or the army. So desperate are they to hide their war crimes. Basic democratic principles get thrown out the window.
US Funds Israel’s Apartheid Roads Plan
USAid, which funds development projects in Palestinian areas, is reported to have helped to build 114km of Israeli-proposed roads, despite a pledge from Washington six years ago that it would not assist in implementing what has been widely described as Israel’s “apartheid road” plan.
Israel to Europe: Stop your citizens from sailing to Gaza with aid
Israel warned a number of European states that it would not permit leftist-organizations planning to sail to the Gaza Strip with international aid to complete their mission
AT-TUWANI RELEASE: Palestinian fence vandalized in At-Tuwani village
Palestinians from
At-Tuwani village found that the fence built between At-Tuwani and Havat
Ma'on outpost had been destroyed during the night. At-Tuwani residents
erected the wire netting about two months ago, in an attempt to protect
the village from Israeli settlers raids (such as the events of 26
January 2010; see press release at: http://sn.im/w6u87 [www_cpt_org] )
and in response to the ongoing and rapid expansion of the nearby Ma'on
settlement and Havat Ma'on outpost.
At-Tuwani Update: April 2010
Many accounts of settler terrorism.
Israelis: No halt to east Jerusalem construction
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hawkish coalition partners vowed Thursday to keep building Jewish settlements and demolishing unauthorized Palestinian homes in contested east Jerusalem — despite indications the Israeli leader has put the brakes on both.
Israel fears Iran nuclear deal will delay UN sanctions
Israel: Investigate Unlawful Destruction in Gaza War
"Almost 16 months after the war, Israel has not held accountable troops who unlawfully destroyed swaths of civilian property in areas under their control," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "Israel's blockade continues to keep Gazans from rebuilding their homes, meaning that Israel is still punishing Gaza's civilians long after the fighting is over."
Human Rights Watch say destruction in Gaza 'unlawful'
"These cases describe instances in which Israeli forces caused extensive destruction of homes, factories, farms and greenhouses in areas under IDF control without any evident military purpose," the report said.
Sudanese migrant shot and killed crossing from Egypt to Israel
Egyptian security forces shot and killed a Sudanese migrant trying to cross from the north of the Sinai peninsula into Israel, police sources said on Sunday.
Obama seeks $205 million for Israel rocket shield
President Barack Obama will ask Congress to provide $205 million to Israel to spur production and deployment of a new short-range rocket defense system, administration officials said Thursday.....The money comes on top of annual US assistance to Israel. Think about that as my fellow Americans are jobless and struggling to pay their mortgage and feed their families: we keep shoveling billions to Israel to uphold its state built on apartheid and supremacism.
Attorney seeks to bar Goldstone from US
A well-known American Jewish attorney who worked to deport former Nazis from the US is urging American officials to bar former judge Richard Goldstone from entering the country over his rulings during South Africa’s apartheid regime.
The AIPACers never relent.
High school bans Israeli-Palestinian dialogue group due to parents' pressure
According to one 12th grader at the school, "the parents, and it seems the school, too, are apparently trying to protect us, but this really is censorship. We are big enough children to form our opinions by ourselves."
Israeli Arab MK: Israel's actions in Jerusalem are a second Nakba
Russia spurns Israeli rebuke over Hamas meet
Hamas hailed Russia and Turkey for suggesting the movement be included in the Middle East peace process.
White House meets with rabbis to assuage concerns on Israel
The administration officials "spent a considerable amount of time emphasizing that the United States is addressing Israel's security concerns in a manner that [Israeli Defense Minister Ehud] Barak called better than at any previous time,” Moline reported.
Shared Jerusalem can bring peace
We recently returned from a Christian Peacemaker Teams trip (www.cpt.org) to Jerusalem and the West Bank. Our delegation witnessed the fact that religious liberty in Jerusalem is severely restricted. Its holy places are out of bounds for many Christians and Muslims from the West Bank and Gaza.
Yahoo News Video: Gazans can't go to S.Africa, so 'World Cup' comes to them
Passionate about football but cut off from the world, the Gaza Strip has its own World Cup, a popular initiative aimed at forcing a lifting of the Israeli blockade on the tiny Palestinian enclave.
Jerusalem residents attack writer Elie Wiesel over appeal to Barack Obama
"Those same zealous Jews insist on inserting themselves like so many bones in the throats of Arab neighbourhoods, purifying and Judaizing them with the help of rich American benefactors, several of whom you may know personally," Sarid wrote. "Barack Obama appears well aware of his obligations to try to resolve the world's ills, particularly ours here. Why then undercut him and tie his hands?"
New Miss USA: Islamic fundamentalism in a bikini?
Fakih, a 24–year–old Arab–American whose family hails from Lebanon , has almost nothing in common with the religious zealots who inspire militant Islam. Yet the tiara had scarcely come to rest on her cascading dark tresses Sunday night when the far reaches of the right wing blogosphere went ballistic.
You'll notice that most of her critics were Israel-supporters who need for Americans to see all Arabs as terrorists, or they may feel sympathy for the Palestinians.
Why Christian Zionists Really Support Israel
Christians attending these churches will also learn about the miraculous rise of the modern State of Israel and the existential threats it faces today. Many will leave church with a better understanding of the dangers of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Palestinian terror and the international campaign against Israel’s legitimacy. Authored by the Supreme Christian ZioNutter in Charge, John Hagee.
Former US General Warns of Chemical Attacks against Israel
Gen. Paul Vallely speaks to PJTV exclusively and reveals how Iranian submarines are now equipping Israel's enemies with Scud missiles armed warheads filled with chemical weapons I couldn't watch the whole thing. This man is disturbing. Hard to believe he's a General.
Jewish Democratic group asks syndicate to nix Pat Buchanan's column
Buchanan found himself in hot water last week after he penned a piece saying that if Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is confirmed, the number of Jews on the Court will be highly disproportionate to the U.S. population.
'Iran entitled to nuclear program'
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva met with Iranian leaders on Sunday, and called the relationship between the two countries “strategic.”
Russia to sell Syria warplanes, air defense systems
Bombshell: Former New Republic Editor, Peter Beinart, on the Collapse of the "Pro-Israel" Establishment
Basically, the decline of the lobby is good news for America, for Jews and for Israel. That is because it is primarily the clout of the lobby that has led the US government to support an occupation that has virtually eliminated America's influence in the Middle East, has turned off younger Jews to Judaism, and will -- unless ended by Israel under US pressure -- lead to Israel's demise. The "pro-Israel" lobby is anything but pro-Israel.
U.S. wants to build up Hezbollah moderates: adviser
The Obama administration is looking for ways to build up "moderate elements" within the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla movement and to diminish the influence of hard–liners, a top White House official said on Tuesday.
Banned by Israel, Chomsky gives W.Bank lecture by video
Renowned Jewish–American scholar and activist Noam Chomsky, who was barred from the West Bank by Israel earlier this week, on Tuesday delivered a lecture to Palestinian students by video link from Jordan. The supreme irony here being that it is the Israelis that barred a Jew from speaking to Arabs.
Arab-Americans delight in Miss USA victory
Fakih was born in Srifa, a village in southern Lebanon that was heavily bombed during the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah war. She moved to the United States with her family in 1993 and attended a Catholic school in New York. Her family moved to Michigan in 2003.
High School Students Object to AP Test’s Use of a Quote by Edward Said
But one test question citing the late Palestinian-American scholar and activist Edward Said on the theme of exile is prompting protests from some Jewish students.
Israelis Condemn Goldstone’s Role In South Africa During Apartheid
The charges were the latest attack on Goldstone’s character since the U.N. commission he headed published its report in September 2009. Israeli officials view its findings as threatening the state’s very legitimacy, all the more due to Goldstone’s reputation as a jurist who helped end apartheid, and also because he is a Jew and self-described Zionist. They adamantly deny the report’s war crimes allegations.
Brazil, Turkey Engineer Breakthrough on Iran
Israel urged to ensure safety of Irish on aid ship to Gaza
Chomsky turned away from Israel border, sparking fierce media debate
"There were two basic points," Chomsky said. "One was that the government of Israel does not like the kinds of things I say – which puts them into the category of, I suppose, every other government in the world."
Declassified GAO Report Exposes Fatally Flawed Israel Investigations
Kennedy delivered a final ultimatum to Israel on July 5, 1963, insisting that Dimona undergo serial inspections “in accord with international standards” in order to verify its “peaceful intent.” Simultaneously, the Kennedy Justice Department was waging an intense battle behind closed doors to register and regulate Israel’s elite U.S. lobby, the American Zionist Council, which was bringing in funds from overseas to lobby. Kennedy’s assassination in November traumatized the nation and led to the complete and permanent reversal of both initiatives. Interesting.
MP attacks Brazilian president
“You new companero send rockets and bombs to terrorist Jew-killers in Hezbollah. He swaggers around the world threatening every democracy with the wrath of his hate of freedom.”
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Headlines for May 6 - May 12
A Stand For Justice
A Timetable For War by Philip Giraldi
Second, the Israeli government having sold the "existential threat" fiction does want a war, but its options are limited. It knows it can only do temporary damage to Iran and wants the United States to do the heavy lifting. That will require contriving a situation that will bring about US entry into the conflict, otherwise an Israeli attack will have only limited value, possibly slowing down Iran’s nuclear program but not stopping it while also guaranteeing that the Mullahs will make the political decision to develop a weapon A must read for all Americans.
Loose Lips on Iran Can Sink America
To punish Iran for its speculative interest in nuclear weapons, Harman called for sanctions to “cripple Iran’s ability to import refined petroleum products.” (As a Harvard-educated lawyer, she should be aware that, under international law, such a blockade would be an act of war. It also would inflict widespread hardship on the Iranian people.) But Israel’s right-wing Likud government and America's neocons have identified Iran as the new enemy.....What concerns me greatly, however, is that the American people are being played again by those both in government and the media who wish to zap Iran. Like Giraldi, McGovern was also in the CIA. Heed their warnings.
Palestinian approval opens door to Mideast talks
The PLO's latest decision was taken partly due to U.S. guarantees "regarding settlement activity, its danger and the need for it to stop," senior PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo said after the body gave its approval.
Israel to Russia: Hamas is like the Chechen terrorists
The Foreign Ministry also said that it was very disappointed that the Russian president met with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in Damascus on Tuesday.
General 'Tried to Cover Up Truth About Death of Rachel Corrie'
Russia urges active US role in Mideast
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged the United States on Wednesday to actively work to achieve peace in the Mideast with the support of other nations, saying there is a "human tragedy" in Gaza...."The Mideast must be a region cleared from nuclear weapons," Medvedev said. "The use of nuclear weapons in the region would be a disaster."
Israel says N.Korea shipping WMDs to Syria
Israel FM: Iran, Syria, NKorea new 'axis of evil'
Israel = Chicken Little.
A Massacre of Arabs Masked by a State of National Amnesia
Among the documents believed to be in the state's possession is a damning report written by Meir Pa'il, a Jewish officer who condemned his compatriots for bloodthirsty and shameful conduct on that day. Equally incriminating are the many photographs that survive. "The photos clearly show there was a massacre," says Daniel McGowan, a US retired professor who works with Deir Yassin Remembered. "Those photos show [villagers] lined up against a quarry wall and shot."
Palestinians report first Israeli violation of talks to U.S.
A senior Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that 14 homes in the Ras el-Amud neighbourhood of East Jerusalem were being built privately and that the government had no authority in the matter.
CPT Hebron Update 17-30 April 2010
There is growing concern about the implications of the new Military Order 1650, which was effective from 13th April 2010. One 19 year-old Hebron man has been deported to Gaza, and many Hebronites who do not have the necessary permanent residency papers will now fear deportation.
Largest naval protest yet to sail against Gaza blockade
A six-ship flotilla carrying 500 protesters is planned in the largest yet naval protest against the Israeli naval blockade on the Hamas controlled Gaza Strip, Channel 10 reported Tuesday.
Wiesel’s White House Lunch Defuses Tensions
Officials at all levels of the Obama administration have participated in the concerted effort to allay concerns within the Jewish community. Administration officials have made phone calls, written letters, and showed up at Jewish and pro-Israel events in recent weeks..... Speaking at his group’s annual conference in Washington, the Anti-Defamation League’s national director, Abraham Foxman — who has been outspoken in his criticism of the Obama administration’s recent approach toward Israel — said that there had been a “re-calibration of tone” in relations between the two nations. And that would be because of the immense power of the Israeli lobby.
Why won't Israel allow Gazans to import coriander?
Israel's tourism ministry is wiping Palestinians off the map
the most recent maps published by the governemt unilaterally annex Palestine to Israel while ignoring the existence of many Palestinian communities.
J Street, European Style: New Dovish Lobby Launches
The group officially launched itself by presenting a petition to a meeting of the European Parliament on May 3 that condemned Israel’s settlement policies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as “morally and politically wrong.” These policies, the petition stated, “feed the unacceptable delegitimization process that Israel currently faces abroad.”
Israel Showcases Its Brain Power on a Receptive World Stage
The State of Israel has been mostly a casual participant in previous world expos. It didn’t even show up for the 1964 World’s Fair, in New York. When it did appear, in Brussels 1958; Montreal 1967; Seville 1992; Lisbon 1998, and Hanover 2000 (anyone even remember these?), Israel merely decorated ready-made exhibition spaces.
Yet, for the People’s Republic of China’s big coming-out party — the Expo opened on April 30 and will run until October 31 — the Jewish state pulled out all the stops.
Three years ago, the Israeli government decided that appearing at this expo was a priority, and so it assigned the Foreign Ministry to come up with a budget and design. The ministry earmarked an unprecedented 40 million shekels ($11 million) — half for the building, half for operations — and called a competition that attracted 23 designs.
Israel is ingratiating itself to the new and upcoming superpower - China, now that America (its main beneficiary and abettor at the UN) is on the decline.
Obama asks Abbas to prevent anti-Israel incitement
Obama does Israel's bidding.
Rabbi and Editor Michael Lerner's Home Found Vandalized
Tikkun’s managing editor, Dave Belden, said that the attack comes on the heels of a strong increase in “hate mail from Jewish right-wingers” related to Lerner’s recent defense of Goldstone. On April 26, Lerner announced that Tikkun would confer its 25th annual ethics award to the South African next year.
Meet the Liebermans: Wherever You Go, We're Ready To Revoke Your Citizenship
Let us then also expel those who pledge allegiance to a nation other than this one.
Syria: Israel would never declare war without U.S. permission
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem denied that the Middle East was on the brink of armed conflict, telling Radio Monte Carlo on Thursday that Israel was unlikely to declare war without first consulting Washington.
Israel Official Defends Nuclear Ambiguity as 'Strategic Advantage'
Israel sees no discord with U.S. on nuclear issue
Israel voiced confidence on Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama would not challenge its long-standing policy of neither confirming nor denying it has nuclear weapons.
Beverly Hills Mayor Hearts Theodore Herzl
The Mayor renamed the 300 block of North Clark Drive Herzl Way, after his personal hero, on Sunday, the 150th anniversary of Herzl’s birth
A Timetable For War by Philip Giraldi
Second, the Israeli government having sold the "existential threat" fiction does want a war, but its options are limited. It knows it can only do temporary damage to Iran and wants the United States to do the heavy lifting. That will require contriving a situation that will bring about US entry into the conflict, otherwise an Israeli attack will have only limited value, possibly slowing down Iran’s nuclear program but not stopping it while also guaranteeing that the Mullahs will make the political decision to develop a weapon A must read for all Americans.
Loose Lips on Iran Can Sink America
To punish Iran for its speculative interest in nuclear weapons, Harman called for sanctions to “cripple Iran’s ability to import refined petroleum products.” (As a Harvard-educated lawyer, she should be aware that, under international law, such a blockade would be an act of war. It also would inflict widespread hardship on the Iranian people.) But Israel’s right-wing Likud government and America's neocons have identified Iran as the new enemy.....What concerns me greatly, however, is that the American people are being played again by those both in government and the media who wish to zap Iran. Like Giraldi, McGovern was also in the CIA. Heed their warnings.
Palestinian approval opens door to Mideast talks
The PLO's latest decision was taken partly due to U.S. guarantees "regarding settlement activity, its danger and the need for it to stop," senior PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo said after the body gave its approval.
Israel to Russia: Hamas is like the Chechen terrorists
The Foreign Ministry also said that it was very disappointed that the Russian president met with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in Damascus on Tuesday.
General 'Tried to Cover Up Truth About Death of Rachel Corrie'
Russia urges active US role in Mideast
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged the United States on Wednesday to actively work to achieve peace in the Mideast with the support of other nations, saying there is a "human tragedy" in Gaza...."The Mideast must be a region cleared from nuclear weapons," Medvedev said. "The use of nuclear weapons in the region would be a disaster."
Israel says N.Korea shipping WMDs to Syria
Israel FM: Iran, Syria, NKorea new 'axis of evil'
Israel = Chicken Little.
A Massacre of Arabs Masked by a State of National Amnesia
Among the documents believed to be in the state's possession is a damning report written by Meir Pa'il, a Jewish officer who condemned his compatriots for bloodthirsty and shameful conduct on that day. Equally incriminating are the many photographs that survive. "The photos clearly show there was a massacre," says Daniel McGowan, a US retired professor who works with Deir Yassin Remembered. "Those photos show [villagers] lined up against a quarry wall and shot."
Palestinians report first Israeli violation of talks to U.S.
A senior Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that 14 homes in the Ras el-Amud neighbourhood of East Jerusalem were being built privately and that the government had no authority in the matter.
CPT Hebron Update 17-30 April 2010
There is growing concern about the implications of the new Military Order 1650, which was effective from 13th April 2010. One 19 year-old Hebron man has been deported to Gaza, and many Hebronites who do not have the necessary permanent residency papers will now fear deportation.
Largest naval protest yet to sail against Gaza blockade
A six-ship flotilla carrying 500 protesters is planned in the largest yet naval protest against the Israeli naval blockade on the Hamas controlled Gaza Strip, Channel 10 reported Tuesday.
Wiesel’s White House Lunch Defuses Tensions
Officials at all levels of the Obama administration have participated in the concerted effort to allay concerns within the Jewish community. Administration officials have made phone calls, written letters, and showed up at Jewish and pro-Israel events in recent weeks..... Speaking at his group’s annual conference in Washington, the Anti-Defamation League’s national director, Abraham Foxman — who has been outspoken in his criticism of the Obama administration’s recent approach toward Israel — said that there had been a “re-calibration of tone” in relations between the two nations. And that would be because of the immense power of the Israeli lobby.
Why won't Israel allow Gazans to import coriander?
Israel's tourism ministry is wiping Palestinians off the map
the most recent maps published by the governemt unilaterally annex Palestine to Israel while ignoring the existence of many Palestinian communities.
J Street, European Style: New Dovish Lobby Launches
The group officially launched itself by presenting a petition to a meeting of the European Parliament on May 3 that condemned Israel’s settlement policies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as “morally and politically wrong.” These policies, the petition stated, “feed the unacceptable delegitimization process that Israel currently faces abroad.”
Israel Showcases Its Brain Power on a Receptive World Stage
The State of Israel has been mostly a casual participant in previous world expos. It didn’t even show up for the 1964 World’s Fair, in New York. When it did appear, in Brussels 1958; Montreal 1967; Seville 1992; Lisbon 1998, and Hanover 2000 (anyone even remember these?), Israel merely decorated ready-made exhibition spaces.
Yet, for the People’s Republic of China’s big coming-out party — the Expo opened on April 30 and will run until October 31 — the Jewish state pulled out all the stops.
Three years ago, the Israeli government decided that appearing at this expo was a priority, and so it assigned the Foreign Ministry to come up with a budget and design. The ministry earmarked an unprecedented 40 million shekels ($11 million) — half for the building, half for operations — and called a competition that attracted 23 designs.
Israel is ingratiating itself to the new and upcoming superpower - China, now that America (its main beneficiary and abettor at the UN) is on the decline.
Obama asks Abbas to prevent anti-Israel incitement
Obama does Israel's bidding.
Rabbi and Editor Michael Lerner's Home Found Vandalized
Tikkun’s managing editor, Dave Belden, said that the attack comes on the heels of a strong increase in “hate mail from Jewish right-wingers” related to Lerner’s recent defense of Goldstone. On April 26, Lerner announced that Tikkun would confer its 25th annual ethics award to the South African next year.
Meet the Liebermans: Wherever You Go, We're Ready To Revoke Your Citizenship
Let us then also expel those who pledge allegiance to a nation other than this one.
Syria: Israel would never declare war without U.S. permission
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem denied that the Middle East was on the brink of armed conflict, telling Radio Monte Carlo on Thursday that Israel was unlikely to declare war without first consulting Washington.
Israel Official Defends Nuclear Ambiguity as 'Strategic Advantage'
Israel sees no discord with U.S. on nuclear issue
Israel voiced confidence on Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama would not challenge its long-standing policy of neither confirming nor denying it has nuclear weapons.
Beverly Hills Mayor Hearts Theodore Herzl
The Mayor renamed the 300 block of North Clark Drive Herzl Way, after his personal hero, on Sunday, the 150th anniversary of Herzl’s birth
Monday, June 7, 2010
If Helen Thomas had slammed Muslims or Christians, she'd still have her job
You can say what you want in this country about Muslims or Christians (recall that feces-splattered painting of the Virgin Mary of some years back as one example), but boy, if you say anything about Israel or Jews, you're done for.
Helen Thomas- one would've thought she had committed an act of terrorism given the response to what she said about the Israeli Jews. It even prompted the president of the 'land of the free' to dress her down, a testament to the power of the Israeli lobby.
Furthermore, Israel-supporters all the time suggest that the Palestinians go live in Jordan, which they believe is the true Palestinian state, and that's not the only thing they say. But nobody utters a word about it, certainly not the president of the United States.
Thomas was forced to resign earlier today from Hearst News Service - as, you can bet Hearst would've bowed to the overwhelming pressure to fire her.
Helen Thomas- one would've thought she had committed an act of terrorism given the response to what she said about the Israeli Jews. It even prompted the president of the 'land of the free' to dress her down, a testament to the power of the Israeli lobby.
Furthermore, Israel-supporters all the time suggest that the Palestinians go live in Jordan, which they believe is the true Palestinian state, and that's not the only thing they say. But nobody utters a word about it, certainly not the president of the United States.
Thomas was forced to resign earlier today from Hearst News Service - as, you can bet Hearst would've bowed to the overwhelming pressure to fire her.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
June 8 1967 - Honor those aboard the USS Liberty
It was June 8, 1967 when Israel napalmed USS Liberty crewmen in an attack by air and by sea that lasted for 75 minutes leaving 34 dead and 170 wounded.
Like the ships Israel recently attacked, the USS Liberty was in INTERNATIONAL WATERS. Find out the truth (from the survivors) and most importantly, HONOR THEIR HEROISM, for it was their sheer bravery that prevented Israel from sinking that ship and killing ALL ABOARD.
Tell everyone you know about it. These men deserve to be HONORED as the HEROES that they are.
Take a moment to read their website at USSLiberty.org (now redirects).
Like the ships Israel recently attacked, the USS Liberty was in INTERNATIONAL WATERS. Find out the truth (from the survivors) and most importantly, HONOR THEIR HEROISM, for it was their sheer bravery that prevented Israel from sinking that ship and killing ALL ABOARD.
Tell everyone you know about it. These men deserve to be HONORED as the HEROES that they are.
Take a moment to read their website at USSLiberty.org (now redirects).
Headlines for April 29 - May 5
A Stand For Justice
Palestinians: IDF troops kill Gazan at border protest
"These are non-violent demonstrations against the Israeli imposition of the buffer zone," a foreign pro-Palestinian activist who gave her name as Eva told Reuters Television. "The Israelis say they can shoot anyone in this area. But it annexes Palestinian farmland. It annexes land where Palestinians live and work."
Neocon John Bolton in the neoconservative WSJ advocating for war on Iran
Ahmedinejad accuses US, Israel of planning Iran nuclear attack
Delegates from the UK, US, France, Hungary, New Zealand and Holland at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference left the room as Mr Ahmedinejad denied that Iran was building nuclear weapons.
Israelis and Egyptians Are Killing Palestinian Youth Who Challenge the Siege of Gaza
In the past four days, one young Palestinian man has been killed and two young women and a young man have been wounded by Israeli snipers as they protested the Israeli bulldozing of 300 meters of Palestinian land into an Israeli "buffer zone." Four young Palestinian tunnel workers have been killed by suffocation and 6 injured as Egypt sprayed a crowd disbursal gas into a tunnel.
Arab states: Israel's nuclear program is destabilizing Mideast
On the second day of the month-long meeting at the United Nations, Arab countries were reiterating calls for a nuclear-free Middle East with criticism of Israel's unacknowledged nuclear arsenal and failure to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).
US Will Continue to Back Israel in UN
United States officials who spoke to the pan-Arab paper Al-Sharq il-Awsat denied Thursday that America would stop using its United Nations veto to help Israel. The New York Times had reported that US President Barack Obama warned that America would no longer veto anti-Israel resolutions in the UN Security Council. In other words, we will continue to stop the nations of the world from prosecuting Israel for its flagrant violations of international law.
Schumer: I'm on a Mission From God (to Be Israel's Guardian in Senate)
Then there are these quotes from Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Anthony Weiner (D-NY) to the Zionist Organization of America that is currently organizing opposition to President Obama and to any negotiations with Palestinians.....Of course, every one of these legislators criticizes US policies they disagree with and certainly US Presidents. But when it comes to Israel, they are drum majors for Netanyahu (God-appointed in Schumer's case). Treason.
Video: Watch as Israel's Third Reich kicks women protestors and other nastiness
These people are protesting the unlawful seizure of their land by Israel. They're lucky they weren't shot or run over by the bulldozer (as was the case with now deceased American girl Rachel Corrie).
Hamas: Egyptian forces pumps gas into cross-border smuggling tunnel, killing 4 Palestinians
Egyptian security forces have sprayed gas into tunnels before, according to Hamas officials and tunnel operators. But Wednesday's incident was the first time people have died as a result, they said.
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/world/hamas-says-egypt-pumps-gas-into-cross-border-smuggling-tunnel-killing-4-palestinians-92383219.html#ixzz0oPaGAqXR
Abbas: Mosque fire endangers renewed peace efforts
Also Tuesday, residents of the nearby village of Hawara said they saw settlers set fire to an olive grove close to the Jewish settlement of Bracha. The fire there destroyed about 50 trees before Israeli soldiers extinguished the flames. "About 20 settlers came from the settlement and they set a fire here and then they left," Rida Mustafa, a village resident who said he witnessed the attack, told The Associated Press.
US envoy seeks to launch Israeli-Palestinian talks
Senior Israeli officials said Netanyahu, who is reluctant to make concessions to the Palestinians, agreed to the talks in part because of international pressure on Israel. They said Netanyahu will seek security guarantees not only from the Palestinians, but from the international community as well.
Obama on Israel: ‘No Wedge Will Be Driven Between Us’
Responding to concerns of the Jewish community over pressuring Israel’s government, President Obama has written a letter to Jewish leaders, assuring them that special relations between the United States and Israel will not change......Obama stated that pursuing a two-state solution in the Middle East “is in the national security interest of the United States.”
Settlers attack Palestinian village to protest police crackdown
Far-rightists from the West Bank settlement of Yizthar on Thursday marched through a neighboring Palestinian village and attacked local homes, to avenge a series of arrests by Israel Police earlier in the day....Most of the detainess, who included senior settlement officials, were released shortly after their arrests.
Report: Obama promised Abbas a Palestinian state within two years
The official also told Al-Hayat that Israel had rejected special U.S. envoy George Mitchell's proposal to withdraw Israel Defense Forces troops from Palestinian-occupied sections of the West Bank, as it did on the eve of the Second Intifada in 2000.
Poll: Majority of Israel's Jews back gag on rights groups
More than half of Jewish Israelis think human rights organizations that expose immoral behavior by Israel should not be allowed to operate freely, and think there is too much freedom of expression here, a recent survey found. Wow.
Tehran warns Israel against attack on Syria as arms tension mounts
"We will stand alongside Syria against any [Israeli] threat," Rahimi said at a news conference with the Syrian prime minister, Mohammad Naji Otri. "If those who have violated Palestinian land try anything, we will cut off their feet," he promised.....The sabre-rattling followed a spate of US statements accusing Damascus and Tehran of arming the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah with sophisticated weapons that could threaten Israel.
Obama Tries to Mend Fences With American Jews
President Obama had lunch on Tuesday with Elie Wiesel, the Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor, as part of an effort to mend fences with American Jews upset by the administration’s stance against the Israeli government’s construction of Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem. The White House effort, which included remarks by senior White House officials before the national leadership conference of the Anti-Defamation League on Monday night, is part of an attempt to reach out to the Israeli public, as well as to the American Jewish community, administration officials said
Jewish terror suspect 'unfit to stand trial'
"An Arab who shoots a Jew in Israel is a terrorist, but a Jew who shoots Arabs is insane,"
Clinton warns Iran, Syria on threats to Israel
Hamas short on cash as Gaza blockade takes toll
The current crisis reflects Hamas' dilemma: It wants to be both a militant group and a government providing for 1.5 million people. Hamas' refusal to soften its hardline ideology, for fear of losing its militant credentials, has perpetuated a border blockade by Israel and Egypt. The closure has further impoverished Gazans and has put a heavier load on the government.
European Jews sign petition critical of Israel
More than 3,000 European Jews, including prominent intellectuals, have signed a petition speaking out against Israeli settlement policies and warning that systematic support for the Israeli government is dangerous.
Why the COP Is Taking a Moderate Approach to Obama
Two statements issued by the Conference of Presidents in March reflected its cautious approach. The March 28 statement, for example, simply asked the administration “for action that reflects the special relationship between the United States and Israel in order to advance the cause of a true peace in the region.” This contrasted with statements from other key groups such as the Anti-Defamation League and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that openly criticized the administration’s approach to Israel.
Video: Feeling the Hate in New York
On April 25, over 1000 New York-area Jewish extremists gathered in midtown Manhattan to rally against the Barack Obama administration’s call for a freeze on construction in occupied East Jerusalem and to demand unlimited rights to colonize the West Bank. Comical and yet sick. Watch some of New York's legislators participate in this rally of Israel's most extreme supporters in America. Behold the treason.
British candidates court U.K. Jews ahead of election
They seem generally uninterested matters of community hospitals, transport or the like. Its all Israel and Jews, all the time. And the candidates have no choice but to oblige.
Peace would make Israel a top global economy
Despite a heavy dependence on foreign trade, Israel's economy was not hurt too badly due to the crisis. Growth in the second half of 2009 was strong –– the economy expanded at an annualized 4.8 percent rate in the fourth quarter and 0.7 percent for all of 2009.
No mention is made of the billions in taxpayer aid given them by America.
U.S. and other big powers back Mideast nuclear arms ban
Israel has tried to fend off Egyptian–led scrutiny of its arsenal by urging Cairo to view Iran's atomic ambitions as the regional threat, an Israeli official has said. Egypt says both Israel and Iran are nuclear threats to the region and wants action on both countries.
Minister Yishai officially invited to White House
The decision is apparently the result of the US Administration's desire to forge closer ties with the minister they perceive to be behind the east Jerusalem construction turmoil during Vice President Joe Biden's visit in Israel.
Who Are the Jews Behind Palin in 2012?
Not only does she continue to receive the hearty backing of William Kristol, editor and publisher of The Weekly Standard and contributor to Fox News, but at the end of March, Norman Podhoretz, former editor of Commentary and godfather of the neoconservative movement, took to the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal to offer a “defense of Sarah Palin.” Neocons love Sarah Palin. And neocons are traitors to America: pro-Israel = anti-America. Support for Israel endangers America's national security. It was the primary motivation given by the mastermind of 911.
Clinton: We support Israel against Syria, Iran
Israel is becoming increasingly concerned over the possible transfer of Scud missiles to Hizbollah, which would allow terrorists to hit Israeli targets more easily.....The US is currently considering renewing its diplomatic relations with Damascus, which has been without a US ambassador for five years.
Hillary Clinton Calls Ahmadinejad Anti-semitic President
“Iran, with its anti-Semitic president and hostile nuclear ambitions, continues to threaten Israel, but it also threatens the region and it sponsors terrorism,” Mrs Clinton said at the American Jewish Committee Annual Gala Dinner here
Hezbollah: Egyptian jailings 'unjust and politicised'
Hezbollah has said the charges are politically motivated and in revenge for the movement's stance on Egypt's support for the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
As Britain votes, Liberal Democrats’ record on Israel draws scrutiny
British Jews, she said, are concerned with “boycotts of Israeli goods, the spike of anti-Israeli resolutions and speakers on university campuses, and the impact of the economy on the social service sector.” With the possibility looming that the ruling party will form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, British Jews are preoccupied with the party’s record on Israel
US, Egypt negotiate Mideast nuclear-free zone report
US officials are in talks with Egypt over a plan to make the Middle East a nuclear-free zone, part of an effort to block the Iranian nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
Arafat's Jewish adviser dies at age 86
Moshe Hirsch, a member of Neturei Karta, who was close to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, died yesterday at 86, at his home in Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood.
APNewsBreak: IAEA chief focuses on Israel
The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog is asking for international input on how to persuade Israel to join the Nonproliferation Treaty, in a move that is sure to add to pressure on the Jewish state to disclose its unacknowledged nuclear arsenal.
Jewish groups: Boycott Ahmadinejad in NYC
The World Jewish Congress asked its member communities to contact their government representatives to persuade them to participate in the protest walkout See related story in this news batch: their orders were followed by the US, UK and others.
Video: Did You Actually Say, Israel Needs To Be Wiped Off The Map?
The question and answer is at minute 4:47.
Can Brazil Save the World from War with Iran?
Brazil has likened the current push for expanded sanctions against Iran to the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. In particular, Brazil has expressed the fear that expanding sanctions now will undermine the prospects of a diplomatic solution and therefore set the stage for war later, just as the imposition and maintenance of U.S./U.N. sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s set the stage for the Bush Administration's invasion of Iraq in 2003. And well, they're right. Israel is once again leading the US into war.
Israel: N. Korea smuggling arms to Iran
Peres provided no proof to back up his claims, but his comments echoed similar allegations last month in which he accused Syria of providing Scud missiles to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners By Professor John J. Mearsheimer
the Palestinians are not going to get their own state anytime soon. They are instead going to end up living in an apartheid state dominated by Israeli Jews......Alan Dershowitz was spot on when he said, “My generation of Jews … became part of what is perhaps the most effective lobbying and fund-raising effort in the history of democracy.” That lobby, of course, makes it impossible for any president to play hardball with Israel, especially on the issue of settlements. ......We should not underestimate Israel’s willingness to employ such a horrific strategy if the opportunity presents itself. It is apparent from public opinion surveys and everyday discourse that many Israelis hold racist views of Palestinians and the Gaza massacre makes clear that they have few qualms about killing Palestinian civilians. .... the Internet is a game changer. It not only makes it easy for the opponents of apartheid to get the real story out to the world, but it also allows Americans to learn the story that the New York Times and the Washington Post have been hiding from them. ...What is truly remarkable about this situation is that the Israel lobby is effectively helping Israel commit national suicide. Israel, after all, is turning itself into an apartheid state, which, as Ehud Olmert has pointed out, is not sustainable in the modern era. Mearsheimer is a very wise man, heed his words.
Rand Paul and Israel
Rand Paul
focuses his statement on condemning foreign aid to enemies of
Israel, saying that, "In the Senate, I would strive to eliminate
all aid to countries that threaten Israel." But he doesn't
address the issue of aid to Israel itself.
William Hague: I have Iran in my sights
The ex-Tory leader has argued for Britain to adopt the same sanctions regime against Iranian financial institutions as the United States and to seek European agreement on putting a stop to investments in Iran's vast oil and gas fields.......Perhaps the ideological common ground between the Tories and Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud might be a help. The Brits too are about to be dragged into WWIII thanks to Israel.
Tribeca Offers Jewish Style and Substance
The weightier of the two films is “Budrus,” a documentary by Julia Bacha that examines one West Bank town’s reaction to Israel’s construction of the security barrier. The town, with a population of 1,500, was set to be divided and encircled by the barrier, losing 300 acres of land and 3,000 olive trees. These trees were not only critical for economic survival but also sacred to the town’s intergenerational history
Oren Speaking at Brandeis Creates a Commencement Controversy
Two months after being aggressively heckled by Muslim students in a high-profile incident at the University of California, Irvine, Israel’s ambassador to the United States is getting a chilly advance reception at a school one might have expected to be friendlier turf: Brandeis University.
A Funding Clash Forces Choice: Food or Identity?
Sharansky was in New York in late April to try to convince members of the agency’s governing body to sign on to a first draft of a plan to mold the agency into a promoter of Jewish identity all over the world, including Israel. It would be a dramatic break with its past function, but also would serve to renew the agency’s relevance at a time when there no longer seems to be mass immigration to Israel.
'Zionist myth' book on prize shortlist
Prof Sand's book disputes that there was a mass exodus of Jews from Palestine in Roman times and suggests that many are descended from converts.
The idea of a Jewish nation based on a common ethnic origin emerged among 19th century Jewish historians, he argues. It was used by Zionists to make the case for a Jewish homeland.
Palestinians: IDF troops kill Gazan at border protest
"These are non-violent demonstrations against the Israeli imposition of the buffer zone," a foreign pro-Palestinian activist who gave her name as Eva told Reuters Television. "The Israelis say they can shoot anyone in this area. But it annexes Palestinian farmland. It annexes land where Palestinians live and work."
Neocon John Bolton in the neoconservative WSJ advocating for war on Iran
Ahmedinejad accuses US, Israel of planning Iran nuclear attack
Delegates from the UK, US, France, Hungary, New Zealand and Holland at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference left the room as Mr Ahmedinejad denied that Iran was building nuclear weapons.
Israelis and Egyptians Are Killing Palestinian Youth Who Challenge the Siege of Gaza
In the past four days, one young Palestinian man has been killed and two young women and a young man have been wounded by Israeli snipers as they protested the Israeli bulldozing of 300 meters of Palestinian land into an Israeli "buffer zone." Four young Palestinian tunnel workers have been killed by suffocation and 6 injured as Egypt sprayed a crowd disbursal gas into a tunnel.
Arab states: Israel's nuclear program is destabilizing Mideast
On the second day of the month-long meeting at the United Nations, Arab countries were reiterating calls for a nuclear-free Middle East with criticism of Israel's unacknowledged nuclear arsenal and failure to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).
US Will Continue to Back Israel in UN
United States officials who spoke to the pan-Arab paper Al-Sharq il-Awsat denied Thursday that America would stop using its United Nations veto to help Israel. The New York Times had reported that US President Barack Obama warned that America would no longer veto anti-Israel resolutions in the UN Security Council. In other words, we will continue to stop the nations of the world from prosecuting Israel for its flagrant violations of international law.
Schumer: I'm on a Mission From God (to Be Israel's Guardian in Senate)
Then there are these quotes from Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Anthony Weiner (D-NY) to the Zionist Organization of America that is currently organizing opposition to President Obama and to any negotiations with Palestinians.....Of course, every one of these legislators criticizes US policies they disagree with and certainly US Presidents. But when it comes to Israel, they are drum majors for Netanyahu (God-appointed in Schumer's case). Treason.
Video: Watch as Israel's Third Reich kicks women protestors and other nastiness
These people are protesting the unlawful seizure of their land by Israel. They're lucky they weren't shot or run over by the bulldozer (as was the case with now deceased American girl Rachel Corrie).
Hamas: Egyptian forces pumps gas into cross-border smuggling tunnel, killing 4 Palestinians
Egyptian security forces have sprayed gas into tunnels before, according to Hamas officials and tunnel operators. But Wednesday's incident was the first time people have died as a result, they said.
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/world/hamas-says-egypt-pumps-gas-into-cross-border-smuggling-tunnel-killing-4-palestinians-92383219.html#ixzz0oPaGAqXR
Abbas: Mosque fire endangers renewed peace efforts
Also Tuesday, residents of the nearby village of Hawara said they saw settlers set fire to an olive grove close to the Jewish settlement of Bracha. The fire there destroyed about 50 trees before Israeli soldiers extinguished the flames. "About 20 settlers came from the settlement and they set a fire here and then they left," Rida Mustafa, a village resident who said he witnessed the attack, told The Associated Press.
US envoy seeks to launch Israeli-Palestinian talks
Senior Israeli officials said Netanyahu, who is reluctant to make concessions to the Palestinians, agreed to the talks in part because of international pressure on Israel. They said Netanyahu will seek security guarantees not only from the Palestinians, but from the international community as well.
Obama on Israel: ‘No Wedge Will Be Driven Between Us’
Responding to concerns of the Jewish community over pressuring Israel’s government, President Obama has written a letter to Jewish leaders, assuring them that special relations between the United States and Israel will not change......Obama stated that pursuing a two-state solution in the Middle East “is in the national security interest of the United States.”
Settlers attack Palestinian village to protest police crackdown
Far-rightists from the West Bank settlement of Yizthar on Thursday marched through a neighboring Palestinian village and attacked local homes, to avenge a series of arrests by Israel Police earlier in the day....Most of the detainess, who included senior settlement officials, were released shortly after their arrests.
Report: Obama promised Abbas a Palestinian state within two years
The official also told Al-Hayat that Israel had rejected special U.S. envoy George Mitchell's proposal to withdraw Israel Defense Forces troops from Palestinian-occupied sections of the West Bank, as it did on the eve of the Second Intifada in 2000.
Poll: Majority of Israel's Jews back gag on rights groups
More than half of Jewish Israelis think human rights organizations that expose immoral behavior by Israel should not be allowed to operate freely, and think there is too much freedom of expression here, a recent survey found. Wow.
Tehran warns Israel against attack on Syria as arms tension mounts
"We will stand alongside Syria against any [Israeli] threat," Rahimi said at a news conference with the Syrian prime minister, Mohammad Naji Otri. "If those who have violated Palestinian land try anything, we will cut off their feet," he promised.....The sabre-rattling followed a spate of US statements accusing Damascus and Tehran of arming the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah with sophisticated weapons that could threaten Israel.
Obama Tries to Mend Fences With American Jews
President Obama had lunch on Tuesday with Elie Wiesel, the Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor, as part of an effort to mend fences with American Jews upset by the administration’s stance against the Israeli government’s construction of Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem. The White House effort, which included remarks by senior White House officials before the national leadership conference of the Anti-Defamation League on Monday night, is part of an attempt to reach out to the Israeli public, as well as to the American Jewish community, administration officials said
Jewish terror suspect 'unfit to stand trial'
"An Arab who shoots a Jew in Israel is a terrorist, but a Jew who shoots Arabs is insane,"
Clinton warns Iran, Syria on threats to Israel
Hamas short on cash as Gaza blockade takes toll
The current crisis reflects Hamas' dilemma: It wants to be both a militant group and a government providing for 1.5 million people. Hamas' refusal to soften its hardline ideology, for fear of losing its militant credentials, has perpetuated a border blockade by Israel and Egypt. The closure has further impoverished Gazans and has put a heavier load on the government.
European Jews sign petition critical of Israel
More than 3,000 European Jews, including prominent intellectuals, have signed a petition speaking out against Israeli settlement policies and warning that systematic support for the Israeli government is dangerous.
Why the COP Is Taking a Moderate Approach to Obama
Two statements issued by the Conference of Presidents in March reflected its cautious approach. The March 28 statement, for example, simply asked the administration “for action that reflects the special relationship between the United States and Israel in order to advance the cause of a true peace in the region.” This contrasted with statements from other key groups such as the Anti-Defamation League and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that openly criticized the administration’s approach to Israel.
Video: Feeling the Hate in New York
On April 25, over 1000 New York-area Jewish extremists gathered in midtown Manhattan to rally against the Barack Obama administration’s call for a freeze on construction in occupied East Jerusalem and to demand unlimited rights to colonize the West Bank. Comical and yet sick. Watch some of New York's legislators participate in this rally of Israel's most extreme supporters in America. Behold the treason.
British candidates court U.K. Jews ahead of election
They seem generally uninterested matters of community hospitals, transport or the like. Its all Israel and Jews, all the time. And the candidates have no choice but to oblige.
Peace would make Israel a top global economy
Despite a heavy dependence on foreign trade, Israel's economy was not hurt too badly due to the crisis. Growth in the second half of 2009 was strong –– the economy expanded at an annualized 4.8 percent rate in the fourth quarter and 0.7 percent for all of 2009.
No mention is made of the billions in taxpayer aid given them by America.
U.S. and other big powers back Mideast nuclear arms ban
Israel has tried to fend off Egyptian–led scrutiny of its arsenal by urging Cairo to view Iran's atomic ambitions as the regional threat, an Israeli official has said. Egypt says both Israel and Iran are nuclear threats to the region and wants action on both countries.
Minister Yishai officially invited to White House
The decision is apparently the result of the US Administration's desire to forge closer ties with the minister they perceive to be behind the east Jerusalem construction turmoil during Vice President Joe Biden's visit in Israel.
Who Are the Jews Behind Palin in 2012?
Not only does she continue to receive the hearty backing of William Kristol, editor and publisher of The Weekly Standard and contributor to Fox News, but at the end of March, Norman Podhoretz, former editor of Commentary and godfather of the neoconservative movement, took to the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal to offer a “defense of Sarah Palin.” Neocons love Sarah Palin. And neocons are traitors to America: pro-Israel = anti-America. Support for Israel endangers America's national security. It was the primary motivation given by the mastermind of 911.
Clinton: We support Israel against Syria, Iran
Israel is becoming increasingly concerned over the possible transfer of Scud missiles to Hizbollah, which would allow terrorists to hit Israeli targets more easily.....The US is currently considering renewing its diplomatic relations with Damascus, which has been without a US ambassador for five years.
Hillary Clinton Calls Ahmadinejad Anti-semitic President
“Iran, with its anti-Semitic president and hostile nuclear ambitions, continues to threaten Israel, but it also threatens the region and it sponsors terrorism,” Mrs Clinton said at the American Jewish Committee Annual Gala Dinner here
Hezbollah: Egyptian jailings 'unjust and politicised'
Hezbollah has said the charges are politically motivated and in revenge for the movement's stance on Egypt's support for the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
As Britain votes, Liberal Democrats’ record on Israel draws scrutiny
British Jews, she said, are concerned with “boycotts of Israeli goods, the spike of anti-Israeli resolutions and speakers on university campuses, and the impact of the economy on the social service sector.” With the possibility looming that the ruling party will form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, British Jews are preoccupied with the party’s record on Israel
US, Egypt negotiate Mideast nuclear-free zone report
US officials are in talks with Egypt over a plan to make the Middle East a nuclear-free zone, part of an effort to block the Iranian nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
Arafat's Jewish adviser dies at age 86
Moshe Hirsch, a member of Neturei Karta, who was close to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, died yesterday at 86, at his home in Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood.
APNewsBreak: IAEA chief focuses on Israel
The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog is asking for international input on how to persuade Israel to join the Nonproliferation Treaty, in a move that is sure to add to pressure on the Jewish state to disclose its unacknowledged nuclear arsenal.
Jewish groups: Boycott Ahmadinejad in NYC
The World Jewish Congress asked its member communities to contact their government representatives to persuade them to participate in the protest walkout See related story in this news batch: their orders were followed by the US, UK and others.
Video: Did You Actually Say, Israel Needs To Be Wiped Off The Map?
The question and answer is at minute 4:47.
Can Brazil Save the World from War with Iran?
Brazil has likened the current push for expanded sanctions against Iran to the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. In particular, Brazil has expressed the fear that expanding sanctions now will undermine the prospects of a diplomatic solution and therefore set the stage for war later, just as the imposition and maintenance of U.S./U.N. sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s set the stage for the Bush Administration's invasion of Iraq in 2003. And well, they're right. Israel is once again leading the US into war.
Israel: N. Korea smuggling arms to Iran
Peres provided no proof to back up his claims, but his comments echoed similar allegations last month in which he accused Syria of providing Scud missiles to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners By Professor John J. Mearsheimer
the Palestinians are not going to get their own state anytime soon. They are instead going to end up living in an apartheid state dominated by Israeli Jews......Alan Dershowitz was spot on when he said, “My generation of Jews … became part of what is perhaps the most effective lobbying and fund-raising effort in the history of democracy.” That lobby, of course, makes it impossible for any president to play hardball with Israel, especially on the issue of settlements. ......We should not underestimate Israel’s willingness to employ such a horrific strategy if the opportunity presents itself. It is apparent from public opinion surveys and everyday discourse that many Israelis hold racist views of Palestinians and the Gaza massacre makes clear that they have few qualms about killing Palestinian civilians. .... the Internet is a game changer. It not only makes it easy for the opponents of apartheid to get the real story out to the world, but it also allows Americans to learn the story that the New York Times and the Washington Post have been hiding from them. ...What is truly remarkable about this situation is that the Israel lobby is effectively helping Israel commit national suicide. Israel, after all, is turning itself into an apartheid state, which, as Ehud Olmert has pointed out, is not sustainable in the modern era. Mearsheimer is a very wise man, heed his words.
Rand Paul and Israel
Rand Paul
focuses his statement on condemning foreign aid to enemies of
Israel, saying that, "In the Senate, I would strive to eliminate
all aid to countries that threaten Israel." But he doesn't
address the issue of aid to Israel itself.
William Hague: I have Iran in my sights
The ex-Tory leader has argued for Britain to adopt the same sanctions regime against Iranian financial institutions as the United States and to seek European agreement on putting a stop to investments in Iran's vast oil and gas fields.......Perhaps the ideological common ground between the Tories and Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud might be a help. The Brits too are about to be dragged into WWIII thanks to Israel.
Tribeca Offers Jewish Style and Substance
The weightier of the two films is “Budrus,” a documentary by Julia Bacha that examines one West Bank town’s reaction to Israel’s construction of the security barrier. The town, with a population of 1,500, was set to be divided and encircled by the barrier, losing 300 acres of land and 3,000 olive trees. These trees were not only critical for economic survival but also sacred to the town’s intergenerational history
Oren Speaking at Brandeis Creates a Commencement Controversy
Two months after being aggressively heckled by Muslim students in a high-profile incident at the University of California, Irvine, Israel’s ambassador to the United States is getting a chilly advance reception at a school one might have expected to be friendlier turf: Brandeis University.
A Funding Clash Forces Choice: Food or Identity?
Sharansky was in New York in late April to try to convince members of the agency’s governing body to sign on to a first draft of a plan to mold the agency into a promoter of Jewish identity all over the world, including Israel. It would be a dramatic break with its past function, but also would serve to renew the agency’s relevance at a time when there no longer seems to be mass immigration to Israel.
'Zionist myth' book on prize shortlist
Prof Sand's book disputes that there was a mass exodus of Jews from Palestine in Roman times and suggests that many are descended from converts.
The idea of a Jewish nation based on a common ethnic origin emerged among 19th century Jewish historians, he argues. It was used by Zionists to make the case for a Jewish homeland.
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