Category Archives: Middle East Politics

Obama Is The “tough-loving, truth-telling friend” Israel Needs

Posted on May 18, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall                 Early in my writing career, I received a personal note from a well-known writer which so boosted my morale that fifty years later, his note remains deeply embedded … Continue reading →

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“Congress is Israeli-Occupied Territory”; You Got a Problem With That?

Posted on May 4, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall   Update from final day of AIPAC Conference May 5 Speeches on the final day brought some surprising speeches.  Go to the internet and click the following for Phil Weiss’ coverage of speeches by Vice President … Continue reading →

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U.S. Justice Department May Drop Spy Case Against AIPAC Lobbyists

Posted on April 26, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall                                                            Pro-Israeli Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-Ca) may not be … Continue reading →

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Wingnuts, Blinders and Bubbles: Obama Continues U.S. Obeisance to Israel

Posted on April 16, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall The right wing media wingnuts (Urban Dictionary: “A wingnut: An outspoken, irrational person with deeply-held, nominally conservative, political views”) went wild over the slight bow they detected when President Obama greeted Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah with a … Continue reading →

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Could Avraham Burg Be Israel’s Future Barack Obama?

Posted on April 10, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall                 Avraham Burg is the former Speaker of the Israeli Parliament and former Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization. Winding up a recent book … Continue reading →

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Israel’s “revolting” Marriage Law Faces A Court Challenge

Posted on March 25, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Veteran Israeli journalist Uri Avnery is constantly outraged at the conduct of the nation he loves.   In a column in the Palestine Chronicle, Avnery writes about a case now before the Israeli Supreme Court in which a group of … Continue reading →

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Good: Cohen Calls Hamas a “political phenomenon” in the Palestinian National Fabric; Bad: Freeman Withdraws

Posted on March 10, 2009 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall Back in the Israel Lobby’s halcyon days, could you imagine a New York Times leading columnist writing the following paragraphs? And keeping his job? Like Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah has long been treated by the United … Continue reading →

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Yes Virginia, There is an Israel Lobby and It is Still Fighting Charles Freeman

Posted on March 6, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Yes, Virginia, there is an Israel Lobby, and it is still fighting to block Charles Freeman’s recent appointment. We thought the matter was settled when the word came down that Charles Freeman would be named chairman … Continue reading →

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The Palestinian Democracy That Might Have Been After the 2006 Election

Posted on March 5, 2009 by wallwritings

By James M. Wall The map above shows the final results of the 2006 Palestinian legislative district elections. It was distributed by the Central Elections Commission of Palestine and published on the BBC website. One half of the legislators in the 2006 election … Continue reading →

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Carter, Walt and Mearsheimer, This One’s for You; Freeman Named National Intelligence Council Chairman

Posted on February 26, 2009 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall It is official: Ambassador Charles Freeman has been appointed chairman of the National Intelligence Council. The announcement came Thursday afternoon from the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis C. Blair.  From the Office of the Director of National … Continue reading →

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