Illegal East Jerusalem expansion on the cards and Washington approves

A revealing article by one of Israel’s leading establishment reporters, Ben Caspit, that indicates the kind of dance that Washington and Israel have always done. And we wonder why Palestine continues to be colonised? Israel and the US have reached secret agreements about construction in Jerusalem. Both sides agreed to leave the agreements between themselves…

The day Obama allowed Israel to bomb Iran

For anybody who thinks that Obama’s America would never allow Israel to go crazy, here’s a cold shower: The Barack Obama administration’s declaration in its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) that it is reserving the right to use nuclear weapons against Iran represents a new element in a strategy of persuading Tehran that an Israeli attack…

Obama is like Hitler for some West Bank settlers

Crazy rightist Jews burn effigies of Barack Obama in the West Bank. The interview between a reporter and a settler is instructive: Rino Tzror: Hello to Guy Varon, our correspondent in the territories. So they started to distribute effigies and pictures of Obama? Guy Varon: After we have seen right-wing activists burning pictures of Saddam,…

The real fighters, cooks and trainers in Afghanistan

Who is really fighting the war in Afghanistan? The message, very often, is sent with bloodshed. There was the suicide bombing last week on a fortified Kandahar guesthouse shared by Western contracting companies, killing four Afghans and injuring several Americans. There was the Afghan engineer, shot dead in March as he helped inspect a school…

The free speech to offend Muslims, Jews and others

The Daily Show has a few things to say to a Muslim group that threatened the creators of South Park with death if they displayed the prophet Mohammed: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c South Park Death Threats www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

What the world wants is rampaging Zionist forces fighting evil

Must we continue to suffer this kind of Zionist chauvinism year in year out? Over the past 20 years, we’ve evolved from films like Schindler’s List to movies like Defiance and Inglourious Basterds. Jewish characterizations have morphed from victims to strong, rugged combatants in the face of threats from Nazis – now they face evil…

While American Jews romance Israel, their dream is dying

Another day, another American politician who wants to sleep with Israel like she’s a fine (amoral) lady: New York Senator Chuck Schumer harshly criticized the Obama Administration’s attempts to exert pressure on Israel today, making him the highest-ranking Democrat to object to Obama’s policies in such blunt terms. Schumer, along with a majority of members…

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