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This Occupation is Brought to You by A Pattern of Racial Bigotry
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Posted in Media, Middle East Politics, Politics and Elections
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Palestinians Are “Marching To Freedom Land”
by James M. Wall A warning to the United States and Israel is embedded in a New York Times analysis entitled, “Arab Debate Pits Islamists Against Themselves”. The warning lies in the reality that the Palestinian people are on the … Continue reading
“Obama’s performance was pathetic,” But How Does President Perry Sound To You?
by James M Wall Let us be perfectly clear about this. It is true, as Robert Fisk wrote, “Obama’s performance was pathetic”. It was that, and much more. President Obama’s speech to the United Nations this week was also embarrassing, … Continue reading
Erdogan: “Israel is the West’s Spoiled Child”
[Wasn’t Dennis Ross one of the team of persuaders, rather than Dennis Blair (not to be confused with Tony Blair?]
The Hale-Blair [if so, this would be Hale-Ross] effort was a failure from the start. The two envoys returned to the region two times, knowing full well that Netanyahu would not budge from his rejection of two Palestinian preconditions for talks: Stop building settlements and start negotiations along the 1967 Green Line border, both positions advocated in previous statements by President Obama.
In his Friday, September 16, televised address from Ramallah, President Abbas ended speculation that the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (both of which he heads) might yield to US-Israeli pressure and go directly to the General Assembly, by passing [should this be “bypassing”?] the Security Council where the Obama veto was waiting. That will not happen. Abbas is going for broke. He will present his request to the UN Security Council, fully aware that the US will veto the request.
This means that the two most recent Hale-Ross [Yes!] missions have failed, “forcing” President Obama to cast his Israel-lobby dictated, pro-Israel veto, [This comma should be a period.] It will not be the first veto President Obama has ordered to reject policies which Obama was on record supporting. The first Obama pro-Israel veto came February 18, blocking a resolution that condemned “Israeli settlements as an illegal obstacle to peace”.
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Posted in Middle East Politics
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The Day The Bush War on Terror Began
by James M . Wall President George Bush’s War on Terror began ten years ago, September 11, 2001. Murderous crime scenes in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, became spiritual staging grounds for an international war against what Time’s Tony Karon … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Middle East Politics
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Israel Makes Mahmoud Abu Samra A Shaheed
by James M. Wall Mahmoud Abu Samra was killed August 19 in an Israeli air raid near Gaza City. He was 13 years old. The Palestinian news service, Ma’an, tells the story of Mahmoud’s death: Renewed air strikes across the … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Middle East Politics
Tagged Eliat bus attack, Mahmoud Abu Samra, shaheeds
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Avnery Reveals “The Return of the Generals”
by James M. Wall Uri Avnery, intrepid columnist, ageless Israeli peace activist, and retired IDF soldier, has seen, up close, the actions of every government Israeli voters have put in office since the nation was created. He is not fooled … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East Politics
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81 House Members Enjoy Hiatus In Israel
by James M. Wall Eighty-one members of the US House of Representatives—about 20 percent of the total membership—are enjoying a late summer week-long, all-expenses paid trip to Israel. This hasbara (propaganda) trip happens every other summer (in non-election years), but this … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Middle East Politics, Religion and politics
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It Is Time to Listen To King Hussein
by James M. Wall From time to time, just as the Middle East political cauldron reaches one of its major boiling points, the New York Times‘ Thomas Friedman sits down to write an open letter to the leaders of a … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East Politics
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Israeli and West Bank Women and Girls Violate Israeli Laws In A Rosa Parks Moment
by James M. Wall The New York Times‘ Ethan Bronner reports that West Bank Palestinian women and girls have again broken Israeli laws to go swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. This is Rosa Parks country, folks. Bronner actually evoked Parks’ … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East Politics
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