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Ramzy Baroud: “My people will never accept this.”
1. The joint Israeli-American “‘vision” for the Palestinians basically means the imposition of apartheid.
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Posted in Gaza, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Palestinians, Trump, United Nations
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That UN Vote: “How are the mighty fallen”
Thirty-five nations abstained, and 21 countries did not cast a vote. The eight countries voting with the United States were Israel, Guatemala, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Togo. Continue reading
Israel’s Apartheid Elephant Is Still in the Room
ESCWA, for its part, took steps to ensure that the report lived up to scholarly standards, submitting the draft text to three prominent international jurists, who anonymously submitted strong positive appraisals along with some suggestions for revision, which we gratefully incorporated before the final text was released. For government officials and others to dismiss our report as a biased polemic is irresponsible, with respect both to the authority of the UN and to international law. Continue reading
Inside The U.S. $38 Billion 10-Year Gift to Israel
by James M. Wall It is no surprise that the guaranteed $38 billion gift from U.S. taxpayers to Israel over the next ten years was not discussed Wednesday when President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu met at New York’s Lotte New … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestinians, United Nations
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“When First We Practice to Deceive”
by James M. Wall “Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive.” These words from Sir Walter Scott (1808) describe the political template of the modern state of Israel. Israel is a nation built on … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, United Nations
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GOP Aspirant Christie Apologizes To Adelson
by James M. Wall Your heart has to go out to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Last weekend Christie went to Las Vegas to roll the dice in the “kiss Sheldon Adelson’s ring”, Republican primary. One of four Republicans who may … Continue reading
Village Destruction in the Jordan Valley
by James M. Wall British journalist and author Victoria Brittain traveled to the Jordan Valley to see the actual conditions and latest developments in one of the areas under discussion in the peace negotiations John Kerry is conducting between Israel and the … Continue reading
“Laying by time” Gives Diplomacy a Chance
by James M. Wall In the rural South of the 1930s, “laying by time” usually came, according to one writer, “when the last weed-hoeing was done, marking the start of a down-time until harvest”. It was also a time of anxiety as … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, United Nations
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Israel Hides Nukes Behind “Ambiguity” Wall
by James M. Wall This week’s Geneva nuclear table talks pit Iran against the Big Five Security Council members, plus Germany. Iran sits alone at the table, seeking release from its “sanctions jail” incarceration from its jailers, the Big Five … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Middle East, Middle East Politics, United Nations, US govermemt
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Bob Dylan: “For the times they are a-changin”
by James M. Wall “For the times they are a-changin”, is a line from the third verse of Bob Dylan’s 1964 classic American protest hymn, released as the title track of Dylan’s 1964 album. In 1985, Dylan told Cameron Crowe, who … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Iran, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, United Nations
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