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 [...]
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Israel guilty of war crimes in Gaza assault
Friday, 12 August 2011 Colin Nevin (Write Back, August 10) states: “The Israeli government was lambasted internationally for every move it made in self-defence in Gaza, which was later exonerated by the findings of the Goldstone Report.”This is not correct: the fact-finding mission found prima facie evidence that Israel committed war crimes and crimes against [...]
Israel prepares for clashes with Syria
PressTV – Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:57PM GMT Israeli soldiers (file photo) Israeli military forces are getting ready for a possible military engagement with Syria if the UN votes for an independent Palestinian state in September, a report says. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says such vote might lead to tensions with Syria, provoking the [...]
War spending wears out Israel economy
PressTV -Mon Aug 8, 2011 6:22PM GMT An analyst believes that the financial crisis gripping Israel is the result of Tel Aviv’s excessive spending on the military and settlement expansion. WATCH THE RELATED VIDEO HERE “The problem with the Israeli society is that the government spends a lot of its budget, a lot of its [...]
Israel puts pressure on human-rights organisations
Vita Bekker | The National | Aug 7, 2011 TEL AVIV // Just months after Israel ended its invasion of the Gaza Strip more than two years ago, life became more challenging for Sari Bashi and her human-rights group Gisha. Right-wing government officials, legislators and pressure groups, angered at charges by rights organisations that Israel [...]
Israeli minister calls for launching large-scale war on Gaza
03/08/2011 – 12:46 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli minister of public security Yitzhak Aharonvic has called for a large-scale war on the Gaza Strip in response to the continued firing of rockets from the Strip on Israeli targets. Aharonvic was speaking during a visit on Tuesday to Beersheba one day after a settler was wounded [...]
#j14 | Another Tsunami!
Palestine News Network | 30.07.11 – 05:00 By Adam Keller/Gush Shalom – It was not Binyamin Netanyahu who started the occupation. Keeping millions of Palestinians under military rule, constantly expanding settlements throughout the Occupied Territories, diverting the country’s best resources for it – many previous governments have done the same, including governments headed by the [...]
Israel uses banned torture methods
PressTV – Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:9PM GMT A man looks at pictures of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails during a protest in the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem). (File photo) A Palestinian rights group says the Israeli Supreme Court has allowed Israeli interrogators to use banned methods of torture against Palestinian prisoners. On [...]
5.8 million Israelis Get 100 Billion In US Tax Dollars While American States Are Falling Apart – VIDEO
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‘Tears of Gaza’ – lest our tears dry up
Susan Abulhawa | Mondoweiss | Jul 24, 2011 ‘Tears of Gaza‘ by Vibeke Lokkeberg is a documentary film that should be watched by every American, to see how Israel spends our taxes. Every European should watch it, to see the true face of Israel. It should be viewed by every Arab, to renew our resolve [...]
Israel’s war on nonviolent protest
Jonathan Cook |The Electronic Intifada |Nazareth |19 July 2011 Israel’s crushing of nonviolent protest will leave violence as the only remaining option. (Oren Ziv /ActiveStills) It was a Palestinian legislator who made the most telling comment to the Israeli parliament last week as it passed the boycott law, which outlaws calls to boycott Israel or [...]
AIPAC Pushes Hard for War With Iran
By Grant Smith * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz | July 19, 2011 Former AIPAC staffer Keith Weissman, indicted in 2005 under the Espionage Act alongside colleague Steven J. Rosen and Defense Department employee Col. Lawrence Franklin, is desperately worried. In a lengthy, rambling monologue delivered to independent reporter Robert Dreyfuss, Weissman breaks a long [...]
Germany Sells Nuclear-Capable Submarines to Israel at Discount Price
PNN – Palestine News Network -19.07.11 – 11:16 Jerusalem- PNN- The sixth and final German submarine is awaiting the transfer of 135 million Euros from Israel before it makes its journey to join the Israeli Naval force (IN). Sale of the hybrid electronic/diesel, nuclear-capable, vessel has been stalled in negotiations for the last year. Israel [...]
Israeli Navy Following Flotilla Ship
LIVE UPDATES: #Flotilla2 | World is Watching | Israel Navyvessels after Non-Violent Mission to #Gaza Vessel the Dignity PNN – Palestine News Network – 19.07.11 – 10:59 Mediterranean Sea – PNN – The Israeli navy has closed in on and begun following the French ship “Dignité Al-Karam” in the Mediterranean sea as it tries to [...]
Lies and Israel’s war crimes ~ by Ben White
Ben White |The Electronic Intifada |28 July 2009 A Palestinian UN worker inspects debris after an Israeli air strike on a UN school in Gaza where civilians were seeking refuge, 17 January 2009. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages) This month marked six months since the “official” conclusion to Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, “Operation Cast Lead.” [...]