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Ramzy Baroud: “My people will never accept this.”
1. The joint Israeli-American “‘vision” for the Palestinians basically means the imposition of apartheid.
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Posted in Gaza, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Palestinians, Trump, United Nations
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Living Through a Nightmare “With a Little Help from My Friends”
by James M. Wall A close friend took note of the scarcity of recent Wall Writings. I told him I was living in a nightmare in which two world figures hold the power to plunge us into an even darker … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jimmy Carter, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, The Human Condition, Trump, USA
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This Bishop Is Not Finished With Us Yet
by James M. Wall I first met E.J. Dionne, Jr. during my first stint as Jimmy Carter’s 1976 Illinois campaign chair. We huddled for lunch in a corner deli across the street from our Chicago campaign headquarters. I was surprised … Continue reading
Fox News and the Division of America
by James M. Wall President Donald J. Trump has held the U.S. presidency for 1 year, 3 months and 8 days, as of Saturday night, April 28, the night on which he chose to hold a political rally in Washington Township, Michigan, … Continue reading
Posted in Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Media, Obama, Television
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Wolves in the Gaza Chicken House
by James M. Wall Have you seen the Hollywood film that flashes back to February, 2006, when Palestinians elected a Hamas party parliamentary majority. I didn’t think so, because there is no such film available. An honest film on Palestine’s current … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu
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Israel’s Apartheid Elephant Is Still in the Room
ESCWA, for its part, took steps to ensure that the report lived up to scholarly standards, submitting the draft text to three prominent international jurists, who anonymously submitted strong positive appraisals along with some suggestions for revision, which we gratefully incorporated before the final text was released. For government officials and others to dismiss our report as a biased polemic is irresponsible, with respect both to the authority of the UN and to international law. Continue reading
Carter To Obama: Recognize Palestine Now
by James M. Wall In his Op-ed column in The New York Times, Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, sent an urgent request to Barack Obama, the 44th President: “The simple but vital step this administration must take before its … Continue reading
Posted in Jimmy Carter, Middle East, Obama, Palestinians, USA
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Clinton Needs Only 199 Supers to Win Nomination
In 1980, Edward Kennedy’s endless challenge to Jimmy Carter undermined Carter and probably gave Ronald Reagan a lift. http://nyti.ms/28nAjfR Continue reading
Posted in Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Media
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Secretary Clinton’s Big Money Burden
by James M. Wall The race between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders reached a watershed in Tuesday’s Democratic Wisconsin primary. Secretary Clinton, the presumptive party nominee, lost to Sanders for the sixth straight time. His … Continue reading
2016 U.S. Politics Envisioned by Groucho Marx
by James M. Wall British critic Patrick McCray has described the Marx Brothers’ 1933 film, Duck Soup, as “an absurdist essay on politics and warfare. . . which can stand alongside (or even above) the works of Beckett and Ionesco.” Mrs. Teasdale … Continue reading
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