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“Dahiya” Author Eisenkott Named Next IDF Chief
by James M. Wall Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this week that on February 15, 2015, Major General Gadi Eisenkott (right) will be sworn in as Chief of Staff of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). General Eisenkott is well-known in Israel … Continue reading
A Circle of Violence: Deir Yassin to Har Nof
By James M. Wall Early Tuesday, November 18, two young Palestinians broke into a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of West Jerusalem’s Har Nof. Armed with a gun, knives and axes, the assailants killed three rabbis and a fourth worshipper. The New … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, Palestinians, Religious Faith
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Updating JFK In Berlin: “Ich Bin Ein Palestinian”
by James M. Wall When President John F. Kennedy told the world on June 26, 1963. “Ich bin ein Berliner”, he was asserting his solidarity with Berliners separated by a wall. Thomas Putnam, director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama
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What Happens In Gaza After The U.S. Elections?
By James M. Wall National U.S. congressional elections come around every two years. The latest arrives Tuesday, November 4. The election will relieve U.S. television viewers of a steady diet of noxious attack ads funded, in an alarming measure, by the … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Israel, Jeb Bush, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestinians
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Bibi Knows “where the spots formerly were”
by James M. Wall In the Damon Runyon-inspired Guys and Dolls, a movie musical tale of “gangsters, gamblers and dolls”, Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra, left) descends to the sewers of New York with Big Julie, a gambler from Chicago. Big Julie … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu
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From Sykes-Picot to “Degrade and Destroy”
by James M. Wall U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson spoke earlier this week in Ottawa, Canada. At one point in his Tuesday remarks to the Canadian American Business Council, Johnson followed the current fear/hate U.S./Israel script when he said: “ISIL is a stateless … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu
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Abbas To UN: “End This Settlement Occupation”
by James M. Wall On Friday, September 26, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly, “The time has come to end this settlement occupation.” The New York Times described Abbas as “visibly enraged” when he spoke to the General … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, USA, War
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Did Israel Have the “Right” to Kill This Child?
by James M. Wall “Israel has the right to defend itself” was the Orwellian doublespeak Israel used to justify its latest invasion of Gaza, carried out at the same time as its under-reported increased military action inside the West Bank. President Obama, eagerly joined by … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, Religion and politics
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“Exodus” Now Hurling Real 5,000 Pound Bombs
by James M. Wall Israel still retains absolute mind control over the western world, thanks to the selling of an Israel narrative which was boosted high into the literary lights and onto movie screens with the fictional Israeli narrative written by Leon Uris in … Continue reading
Posted in -Movies and politics, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, Obama, Uncategorized
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Has Clinton Made Her Second Pro-War Mistake?
by James M. Wall Cease fire talks between Israel and Hamas have been extended for an additional five days. The extension in the talks was made possible because the Gaza Palestinians are standing firm in their humanitarian demand that Israel lift the … Continue reading
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama
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