Category Archives: Middle East Politics

The View From Israel/US In 1977 and 2012

Posted on March 16, 2012 by wallwritings

The editorial comment below is reprinted from the Christian Century magazine of November 23, 1977.  At the time the editorial appeared, I was the editor of the Century. This was the week’s lead editorial.   In 1977, I had been editor for five … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu Comes To Town To Push Attack on Iran; Obama Tells AIPAC Diplomacy Is Better

Posted on March 3, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Sunday afternoon update following President Obama’s AIPAC speech  When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes his annual state visit this week to Washington he will be surrounded by sycophants and loyal political allies prepared to respond to … Continue reading →

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Which Matters Most, AIPAC’s Power, or Rachel Corrie’s Death?

Posted on February 26, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall  Two events arrive next month on the American political calendar: The annual AIPAC Policy Conference, and the ninth anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death. These two events are related the way yin relates to  yang, a concept from Asian … Continue reading →

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Khader Adnan Is A Requested Palestinian Gandhi; Yet They Saw Him Not

Posted on February 21, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Khader Adnan has reached an agreement with the Israeli military authorities.  He promises to end his hunger strike, but only if Israel guarantees to give him back his freedom April 17. Israel blinked, saying, in effect, … Continue reading →

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The Destructive Madness of Extremism: First McCarthyism, Then Radical Zionism

Posted on February 16, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall (See Sunday afternoon update on Khader Adnan’s condition below.) The right-wing government leaders of the state of Israel, bolstered by their powerful US allies, are trembling with excitement at the prospect of a military attack against … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Khader Adnan Continues Hunger Strike

Posted on February 11, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Khader Adnan is a 33-year-old Palestinian graduate student, who, until he was arrested by Israeli police on December 17, 2011, lived in the occupied West Bank with his wife and two young daughters. Their home is … Continue reading →

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Dershowitz Attacks Penn BDS Conference; Next In Line, The United Methodist Church

Posted on February 4, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Israeli blogger Noam Sheizal writes in the US based, Foreign Policy’s The Middle East Channel, that the majority of voters in Israel currently have no interest in ending the country’s 44 year-long military occupation of the West … Continue reading →

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It is Time for Voters To Listen to Friedman

Posted on January 29, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Before the South Carolina primary, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson gave $5 million dollars to an independent PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. That worked so well that a second $5 million dollar gift was soon … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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With South Carolina Victory, Gingrich Rides Adelson Money Train Against Obama

Posted on January 21, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Newt Gingrich is the current holder of the Republican crown. Saturday night, NBC projected Gingrich as the winner in the South Carolina Republican primary over his closet rival, Mitt Romney. With 94% of the votes counted, Gingrich was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Iranian Scientists Die as Bibi’s War Looms

Posted on January 15, 2012 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall On Friday, January 13, Eli Lake posed a question on Newsweek’s web site, The Daily Beast: Has Israel Been Killing Iran’s Nuclear Scientists? Lake does not have hard evidence to answer his question. But he speculates, using … Continue reading →

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