Category Archives: Media

Bibi Spins Obama Again; Pushes Iran as a Nuclear Threat to Israel

Posted on September 29, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall IMPORTANT TUESDAY 3 P.M UPDATE BELOW Haggai Ram teaches the history of the Middle East at Israel’s Ben Gurion (Negev) University. The most recent book to emerge from his research and teaching is Iranophobia: The Logic … Continue reading →

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Stand up to Bibi, Mr. President; The World is Watching

Posted on September 22, 2009 by wallwritings

Updated three times below by James M. Wall The UN Report on Israel’s attack on Gaza, December 27, 2008-January, 18, 2009, found that the attack was “directed at the people of Gaza as a whole,” not just at Hamas militants. … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Carter Explains Racism to the White House; It is Not Pretty

Posted on September 16, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall President Obama’s health care hopes are floundering. So are his dreams for a Middle East agreement. Remember that triumphant election night victory, celebrated by a cheering, weeping, crowd in Chicago’s Grant Park? That one … Continue reading →

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MLK: “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly”; Time to Embrace BDS

Posted on August 26, 2009 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall This is not the time for U.S. denominations to keep debating inadequate, diluted, compromised resolutions on “peace in the Holy Land”. It is rather, kairos time, the moment to move against Israel’s apartheid dominance over four … Continue reading →

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A Civil Exchange With the NY Times On The IDF and Tom Friedman

Posted on August 21, 2009 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall This blog has received more immediate reaction to Is Thomas Friedman a Positive Voice for Peace? You Decide, than any other posting I have written since Wall Writings was launched in April, 2008. … Continue reading →

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Is Tom Friedman a “Positive Voice” for Peace? You Decide

Posted on August 17, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Thomas Friedman is the Pulitzer Prize winning foreign correspondent and columnist for the New York Times. So what, in the name of all that is sacred in media land, are we to make of this news item … Continue reading →

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Hard Right Zionists Try to “Freeman” Peace Activist Mary Robinson

Posted on August 9, 2009 by wallwritings

+++++++++++++++ FRIDAY UPDATE: The ceremony proceeded at the White House Wednesday without any interference. Mary Robinson was one of 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Honor. The effort to “Freeman” Robinson, failed. Read here what President Obama said … Continue reading →

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Bush Blessed Israel’s Assault on Gaza But the Aftermath Belongs to Obama

Posted on July 26, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Raise your hand if you still believe Israel’s claim that its 23-day assault on Gaza was a necessary retaliation against Hamas for breaking a cease fire. Ok, put your hand down and listen up. Consider the … Continue reading →

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The Thieves Pause: Israel “Open” to Summer Building Freeze

Posted on June 29, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall “Israel Open to Settlement Freeze” was the New York Times headline over Ethan Bronner’s latest report from Jerusalem. How generous. The occupiers who stole all that Palestinian West … Continue reading →

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