Category Archives: Media

Netanyahu Panics When Folks Like Kathy Kelly Come to Visit Palestine by Sea or By Air

Posted on July 9, 2011 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall When the Israeli government discovered that a large contingent of American and European activists were coming to visit Palestine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went into his full military stance. He made one huge mistake. He forgot … Continue reading →

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Israel Battles Gaza Flotilla on Two Fronts

Posted on July 4, 2011 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall A year ago, the Israeli Defense Forces handed Israel one of its worst media defeats in modern history. Israeli commandos, filled with their government’s propaganda that Israel’s security was at stake, landed on the Turkish ship … Continue reading →

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A Walk On the Dark Side Of Israeli-Dominated American Politics

Posted on June 18, 2011 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall A once largely unknown politician has been discarded as a liability by his fellow Democrats. I refer, of course, to former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, not Glenn Beck (pictured here), about whom much more later. … Continue reading →

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Why Was This Man Standing At A Podium Before the US Congress?

Posted on June 5, 2011 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall This picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laying down the law to the US Congress is not just a portent of things to come. It is, in fact, a portrait of who really runs US … Continue reading →

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Obama Speech Mired in Zionist Rhetoric

Posted on May 21, 2011 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu returned to Washington this weekend for his annual love fest with AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which is holding its annual Policy Committee meeting Sunday through Tuesday. President Obama … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu Invited To Speak to His DC Friends at a Joint Session of Congress

Posted on April 16, 2011 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking on April 12 at a dinner to open the US-Islamic World Forum, hosted by the Brookings Institution and the State of Qatar, had warm words of greeting to her … Continue reading →

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The Goldstone Affair: The Loyal Zionist Judge Who Came In From the Cold

Posted on April 9, 2011 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall I have been studying an excellent documentary, Occupation 101, an examination of the root causes of the Israel-Palestine conflict. The case of Judge Richard Goldstone broke too late to make it into the film, but I … Continue reading →

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“Miral” Asks Questions The Israel Lobby Does Not Want You to Hear

Posted on March 19, 2011 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall In an early scene from the new motion picture Miral, the school principal Hind Husseini, tells a group of teenage Palestinian girls that “an uprising some people call an intifada has started”. Miral whispers to a … Continue reading →

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Will The Arab Revolutions Finally Penetrate the US Echo Chamber?

Posted on February 26, 2011 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall The revolutions that began in Tunisia, continued in Egypt and now threaten Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, are spreading throughout the Middle East. Perhaps, one day, the revolution may even engulf Palestine. There are signs emanating from the … Continue reading →

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“The Arab World Is On Fire”

Posted on February 5, 2011 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Uri Avnery, veteran and venerable Israeli peace activist, captured the moment: What is happening now in Egypt will change our lives. As usual, nobody foresaw it. The much-feted Mossad was taken by surprise, as was the … Continue reading →

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