Category Archives: Middle East Politics

Behind a 30-Foot Prison Wall, “Merry Christmas” Becomes a Media Lie

Posted on December 28, 2010 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall If you relied on your local newspaper to tell you how things went in Bethlehem this Christmas season, don’t believe what you read. Newspapers across America relied heavily on an Associated Press story to inform their … Continue reading →

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The “Little Town of Bethlehem” Still Waits for Its Stolen Democracy

Posted on December 18, 2010 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall A new Palestinian parliament was elected in the Occupied Territories on January 25, 2006. One month from this Christmas, Palestinians should have been celebrating the fifth anniversary of that democratic, internationally-monitored, election. There will be no … Continue reading →

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Humiliating Israeli Rejection Leads to Further US Diplomatic Isolation

Posted on December 12, 2010 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Leave it to linguist Noam Chomsky to provide a precise description of President Obama’s latest diplomatic failure. Washington’s pathetic capitulation to Israel while pleading for a meaningless three-month freeze on settlement expansion—excluding Arab East Jerusalem—should go … Continue reading →

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Could Israel Be Using Wikileaks to Prepare US for Air Strike Against Iran?

Posted on December 4, 2010 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Could Israel be using Wikileaks to prepare the US for an Israeli air strike against Iran? This nation is moving toward a repeat of the US rush to invade Iraq in 2003. Mass media coverage of … Continue reading →

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Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve

Posted on November 28, 2010 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, then a candidate for US president, was flying on April 4, 1968, from New York City to Indianapolis, Indiana. During the flight he learned of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. … Continue reading →

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US Offers Bibi 20 F-35 Fighters, The Jordan Valley and a Free UN Pass

Posted on November 21, 2010 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been meeting with his seven-member inner cabinet. They are discussing the offer Hillary Clinton made as an incentive to Israel to “freeze” settlement construction for 90 days. If you are … Continue reading →

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Will Obama Join Lear In the Storm and Rage Against Israeli Insolence?

Posted on November 13, 2010 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall A misreading of the author’s intention in two lines in the fourth stanza of The Star Spangled Banner, provides a clue to the American mindset that supports empire building. Then conquer we must, when our cause, it … Continue reading →

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Fox News, Fear Peddlers and Falsehoods Reshape Congress

Posted on November 6, 2010 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Politicians, pollsters, media and pundits would have us believe “the economy and taxes” were the burning issues in our late, unlamented midterm elections. Don’t believe it. A 30 second campaign ad (shown below) was used by a winning … Continue reading →

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Zionism’s ZOA Pushes to Make All Campus Criticism of Israel Illegal

Posted on October 30, 2010 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall What effect will Tuesday’s midterm elections have on US-Israel relations? Let us count the ways, starting with the impact of the 1964 Civil Rights Act on American college and university campuses. A new and much more … Continue reading →

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I Write As Long As Settlers Burn Schools

Posted on October 23, 2010 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall A regular reader wrote recently and asked why I write so often about Palestine and Israel. It was a good question and after some time for reflection I have an answer for him, inspired by a … Continue reading →

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