I reported yesterday on the Western-backed Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speaking about his vision for a Palestinian state by 2011. Hasan Abu Nimah and Ali Abunimah, writing in The Electronic Intifada, tell us what that “state” may look like: Fayyad aims to project an image of a competent Palestinian administration already mastering the craft…
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The Israel lobby gets a bang for its huge bucks
Anti-War examines the ways in which the Zionist lobby in the US beautifully greases the wheels of the American political elites: Many Americans who thought that the health care debate was important must have wondered where their congressmen were in early August during the first two weeks of the House of Representatives recess.… It turns…
How to make trouble in the Middle East
Is this Middle East “peace plan”, obtained by Politico’s Laura Rosen, even close to reality? 1. Deploying international forces in the Jordan Valley and some areas of the West Bank. 2. Placing some areas in east Jerusalem under the authority of Israel and keeping the Islamic sites in Jerusalem under Arab control. 3. Disbanding all…
Drop rose-coloured views to lift Gaza peace hopes
My following article appears in today’s Canberra Times newspaper: Hussam Abuayish lives in Gaza’s Johrel-Deik district near the Israeli border. With yellow teeth and nervous demeanour, the 24-year-old told me in July of an Israeli missile that landed near his family home a month before. His sister died and he remains in pain because of…
Jews shooting those Arab terrorists
Just what the world needs; gun-toting, religious Jews in the US:
Iran about to be pounded
This news will only bring belligerence on all sides (Iran, Israel and the US), though the hardline Zionist lobby will be rapt: A new round of international sanctions against Iran looked almost inevitable today, after the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei said talks with the Islamic republic were at a “stalemate”, and…
One state, two state”¦who cares so long as there’s a solution?
My following article appears in today’s Crikey: US President Barack Obama has consistently stated that he imagines a two state solution in the Middle East, with viable Jewish and Palestinian nations alongside each other. Israel, in a clear sign of who runs the show, announced last week that it intended to continue building colonies in…
Why are the American public not shown the real Palestine?
So who is blame for this dismal poll result? A majority of Americans support Israel and blame Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to a new poll commissioned by The Israel Project. Americans blame the PA for the current conflict in Gaza (56 percent to 18…
Let the West help you kill your people
America will sell weapons to pretty much any country, democratic or despotic: Despite a recession that knocked down global arms sales last year, the United States expanded its role as the world’s leading weapons supplier, increasing its share to more than two-thirds of all foreign armaments deals, according to a new Congressional study. The United…
The US government helps ethnic cleansing
We constantly read about Israel stealing property from Palestinians in Israel proper and the West Bank. This piece of information in the Khaleej Times is intriguing and in need of further investigation: As the Israeli government orchestrates increasing demand for Palestinian property, ordinary American Jews wishing to escape their credit card debts buy up stolen…