Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid Maan News Agency | By Arshad Mohammed | Sept 9, 2011 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States said explicitly for the first time on Thursday it would veto a Palestinian bid for full UN membership, drawing an immediate rebuff from the Palestinians who vowed to press ahead. George [...]
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US Congress members take junket to Israel: who wins and who loses?
By Reverend Carolyn Boyd * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz | Sept 8, 2011 “What if we stopped the three billion dollars in aid we give to Israel annually and used the savings to create a national jobs-deficit reduction programme?… This is the time to reallocate financial resources to American families and communities and to [...]
For the Love of Israel: Congresswoman’s Misguided War on the UN ~ by Ramzy Baroud
by Ramzy Baroud / September 8th, 2011 From an Israeli point of view, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the ideal American politician. Although many in the US government aspire to her level of commitment to Israel, few can measure up to a dedication that extends beyond the very interests of her own country. “Lawless extremists infest [...]
Why Apple was wrong to pull iPhone app at Israel’s behest
30th August 2011 | Best Apple Iphone Thе Arabic word intifada — literally clarification “tο shake adult οff” bυt entirely translated аѕ “uprising” οr “resistance” — hаѕ crafty domestic аnd sequential connotations іn thе Arab world. Thе First аnd Second Intifadas wеrе twin рοрυlаr Palestinian uprisings over thе past 3 decades conflicting thе Israeli occupation. [...]
The freedom-seekers America ignores
With Washington’s bipartisan blessing, Israel is sabotaging a Palestinian plea for U.N. recognition By Rashid Khalidi | Salon AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Reuters/Ali Hashisho Once again Israel is doing its utmost to block Palestinian aspirations for self-determination, unleashing its diplomats in order to obstruct Palestinian efforts to secure some semblance of statehood and freedom at the United [...]
Condemnation abounds after new U.S. ambassador reiterates commitments to Israel
[ 14/08/2011 - 02:42 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Condemnation has abounded among Palestinians after the U.S.’s new ambassador to Israel confirmed his country’s commitment to Israel’s security during a recent visit to the occupied territories. Where is the Palestinians’ entitlement to security from the life- and security-threatening Zionist machine? the Gaza Ministry of Justice wondered [...]
Gaza: USAID freeze came after agreement was reached
[ 14/08/2011 - 10:06 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Tahir al-Nono, spokesman for the government in Gaza, expressed shock after the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) declared freezing operations in the Gaza Strip after an auditing agreement had already been reached with the organizations it funds. An official from USAID told media outlets that [...]
Oslo’s Other Tragedy
By Dallas Darling | Palestine Chronicle | Aug 14, 2011 Oslo’s ‘other’ tragedy had nothing to do with a homegrown killer, one who had became mesmerized with extremist views and images shown in the global mass media, and one who had internalized a fearful, manipulative, impulsive, and militant “market place” of reactionary ideas. Instead, Oslo’s [...]
81 US lawmakers in Israel on ‘tour’ sponsored by Zionist lobbying group
Some background info to read while you keep paying tax while lawmakers enjoy their holiday to learn HOW TO REPRESENT ISRAEL in stead of USA: About the cost of US congressmen: “We pay congressmen $174,000 per year. Then we give them an employee allowance of $900,000. Then we give them $250,000 for office expenses (we [...]
Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi to Glenn Beck: ‘G-d will bless you for what you did’ – video
by Lizzy Ratner on August 12, 2011 | Mondoweiss It’s T minus twelve days until Glenn Beck’s big End Times powwow in Jerusalem (an event he has predicted “will change the direction of the world”), and the wing-nuts are coming out of the, well, wings to support it. Tea Bagger-turned-Presidential candidate Herman Cain is set [...]
The road to New York goes through Lebanon and Qatar
By Bassam Abu Eid | Maan News Agency | Aug 11, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — As the Palestinian UN bid for recognition approaches in September, two Arab countries will hold key positions in both the Security Council and General Assembly, adding momentum to Palestinian diplomatic efforts to gain statehood. Lebanon is set to head the [...]
US Mideast policy: Well on its way to total irrelevance
Wednesday, August 10 2011| Noam Sheizaf | + 972 Magazine By following Jerusalem’s lead regarding the Palestinian UN bid, the United State is diminishing its own position in the region, and actually proving that the Palestinians have nothing to hope for in negotiations with Israel President Barack Obama at the AIPAC Policy Conference 2011 (photo: [...]
AIPAC’s European cousin evades scrutiny
Jeff Haynes| Agence France Presse Submitted by david on Thu, 08/11/2011 – 07:07 I don’t envy the 81 members of the US Congress who are on an expenses-paid trip to Israel this week. Having to listen to Zionist claptrap throughout the junket’s packed schedule is not my idea of a fun vacation. But I was struck [...]
Straining Every Nerve against UN Membership for Palestine
Palestine Chronicle | Aug 10, 2011 Will the PA go through with its UN initiative? (UN) By Josh Ruebner The Roman philosopher and politician Cicero urged orators to ‘Strain every nerve to gain your point.’ The Obama Administration appears to have taken his advice to heart in its attempts to make the case that the [...]
Of Caucasians, Christians and Desperate White Men ~ by The AngryIndian
TheAngryindian 07.06.2001 ‘As for a climactic conflict between a once-Christian West and an Islamic world that is growing in numbers and advancing inexorably into Europe for the third time in 14 centuries, on this one, Breivik may be right’. -Patrick Buchanan [FOTO: Public memorial one day after the Breivik attacks. Credit: Johannes Grødem] As sensible [...]