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Good Morning America, Bibi is Coming to Town

Posted on February 14, 2015 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Good Morning America: Do you know who has stolen your Congress? In two weeks you could hear from one of the culprits. On March 3, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to what was … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Netanyahu, Obama | 10 Comments

Obama “Preacher In Chief” at Prayer Breakfast

Posted on February 10, 2015 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall President Obama’s speech at the 2015 National Prayer Breakfast February 5, was not a speech. It was a sermon. “Those fortunate to see the speech witnessed President Obama as Preacher in Chief.” This critique was rendered … Continue reading →

Posted in Middle East Politics, Obama, Religious Faith | 2 Comments

Pressure Grows to Delay or Drop Bibi’s Speech

Posted on January 30, 2015 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been “reaching out”, as the New York Times delicately puts it, to Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress who were blindsided by Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Netanyahu to address Congress March … Continue reading →

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Obama to Senators: Choose U.S. Over Donors

Posted on January 18, 2015 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall On Thursday of last week, President Barack Obama spoke to a group of Democratic senators in a private meeting during a Baltimore hotel political retreat. He asked the senators not to support a bill, drafted by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Israel, Middle East, Obama | 4 Comments

“Something Rotten in the State of Israel”

Posted on January 11, 2015 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian Authority will join the International Criminal Court (ICC), a long overdue action which potentially could bring the state of Israel to an international courtroom at the Hague. Al Jazeera reported that “Palestinian … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Middle East, Netanyahu, Palestinians, Religious Faith | 7 Comments

The Smells of Gaza and New Jersey

Posted on January 2, 2015 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Richard Ford’s latest novel, Let Me Be Frank With You, begins when Frank Bascombe drives into a suburb of Haddam, a New Jersey town recently destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.  Frank had been a real estate salesman in the community. … Continue reading →

Posted in -Movies and politics, Gaza, Israel, Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, USA, War | 10 Comments

“A Taboo on Telling the Truth About Palestine”

Posted on December 16, 2014 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall Psalm 2:3 is sung in George Frideric Handel’s Messiah before the arrival of the triumphant Hallelujah chorus, when audiences rise to their feet, following the tradition set by England’s King George II at the Oratorio’s first London performance. Handel’s Sacred … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Palestinians, Religious Faith, USA | 9 Comments

“Dahiya” Author Eisenkott Named Next IDF Chief

Posted on November 30, 2014 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this week that on February 15, 2015, Major General Gadi Eisenkott (right) will be sworn in as Chief of Staff of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). General Eisenkott is well-known in Israel … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestinians, Presbyterian Church USA, Religious Faith, War | 6 Comments

A Circle of Violence: Deir Yassin to Har Nof

Posted on November 22, 2014 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall Early Tuesday, November 18, two young Palestinians broke into a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of West Jerusalem’s Har Nof. Armed with a gun, knives and axes, the assailants killed three rabbis and a fourth worshipper. The New … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, Palestinians, Religious Faith | 10 Comments

Updating JFK In Berlin: “Ich Bin Ein Palestinian”

Posted on November 16, 2014 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall When President John F. Kennedy told the world on June 26, 1963. “Ich bin ein Berliner”, he was asserting his solidarity with Berliners separated by a wall.  Thomas Putnam, director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama | 6 Comments