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Which Matters Most, AIPAC’s Power, or Rachel Corrie’s Death?
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
Dershowitz Attacks Penn BDS Conference; Next In Line, The United Methodist Church
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
GOP Candidates Wear the Jewish Kippah
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“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
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
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Netanyahu Owns the US Congress; Soon We Will Know if He Also Owns Gaza and the UN
by James M. Wall We need look no further than the politics of the state of Israel to see what extremist religion can do with power. The Tea Party in the US, which will determine the winner of the presidential … Continue reading
Medvedev’s Palestine-Jordan Trip Promoted Religion And Independence
by James M. Wall When Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev arrived in Jericho, Palestine, last week, he was received by an honor guard and by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Medvedev came to Palestine to reaffirm his country’s support for a … Continue reading Continue reading
Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve
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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Will Obama Join Lear In the Storm and Rage Against Israeli Insolence?
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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Rahm and the General Are Gone; Time to Put Freeman Back to Work
by James M. Wall We have two weeks to endure until November 2, that blessed day when these depressing mid term elections finally give the nation a new congress. Once those elections are over, President Obama has at least two … Continue reading
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