Category Archives: Middle East

A “Bad Moon Rising” Over An Obama Victory

Posted on October 4, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Those voters looking forward to a second term for Barack Obama, were shocked by the President’s sub-par first debate performance. A month before the election, it now appears that an Obama victory is no longer a certainty, … Continue reading →

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NYT to Obama v. Romney, “let’s you and him fight”

Posted on September 30, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Scott Shane’s New York Times story Friday, linked President Obama to President Jimmy Carter. Shane maintains that Obama, like Carter before him, could also be a one-term president. The New York Times must have gone into … Continue reading →

Posted in -Movies and politics, Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, Obama, Romney | 2 Comments

Obama’s UN Call For “the right to practice free speech” Does Not Embrace Beit Ommar

Posted on September 26, 2012 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall President Barack Obama was at his eloquent best when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly this week. Until, that is, he inserted a jarring note that was anything but eloquent.  It sounded, in fact, like a … Continue reading →

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The Video That Could Doom A Candidate

Posted on September 20, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall The presidential election is still four and a half weeks away, but the video that tells all about Republican Mitt Romney’s inner beliefs on Palestine and U.S. tax payers, may already have doomed his candidacy. Mother … Continue reading →

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Israeli Court Blames Rachel Corrie: She “Put Herself in a Dangerous Situation”

Posted on August 28, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall An Israeli civil court’s decision to exonerate the Israeli Defense Force in the death of Rachel Corrie, was not a surprise. Rather, the decision, written by an Israeli court, in standard Israeli narrative language, reinforces the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Israel Delivers “Or Else” Demands to Obama

Posted on August 16, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall A message from Israel arrived on our shores this week. It came from the prime minister and defense minister of Israel. The message was not sent in a diplomatic pouch.  Nor did it come in a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ten Swing States Could Decide the 2012 Election; Obama Leads in Nine of Them

Posted on August 8, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall With less than three months left before voters decide between President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent,  Mitt Romney, Obama has a strong lead in the latest Politico poll figures. Politico identifies ten swing states that … Continue reading →

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What Protestants Could Learn from Ron Paul

Posted on July 14, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall When the gavel fell on the Episcopalian convention, July 10, three major U.S. Protestant denominations had formally ended their 2012 discussions on how much religious support they were willing to give Palestinians under occupation. The most charitable answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Episcopal Church, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Politics in Religion, Presbyterian Church USA, Religion and politics, Religious Faith, United Methodist Church | 20 Comments

Pro-Divestment Presbyterians Win By Losing

Posted on July 7, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Do you really want to know what happened at the just-concluded 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian U.S.A. denomination? As a veteran watcher of Protestant church political struggles, I urge you to remember that neither the cross … Continue reading →

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Presbyterians Next Up for Divestment Vote

Posted on June 29, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall  (Two Israeli soldiers guard Palestinian children in Hebron.) Jimmy Carter wrote a New York Times op-ed piece this week, A Cruel and Unusual Record, which states flatly: “The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human … Continue reading →

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