Here is the hearing announcement for Hillary Clinton's appointment, tomorrow in Senate Foreign Relations. They can't spell One Hundred Eleventh right-- Evelenth-- I wonder whether they'll ask Hillary any tough questions about the Gaza assault. Just yesterday Ehud Olmert claimed that he got Bush to "shame" Condi Rice in the Security Council when she wanted to vote for a cease-fire. Will the Senate ask Hillary about that?
Clemons gets it right re Olmert and Condi, that it's a disgraceful attack. I missed the humiliation in this. Israel often treats our executive like the help, because Israelis know they have power in Washington. It's similar to Ehud Barak treating Bill Clinton like a peer in 2000, and Yitzhak Shamir lying to George Bush about not building more settlements, in '91. They always get away with it, because of the lobby. No wonder the fury at J Street has been coordinated by the Israeli embassy. They have so much to lose.
"They always get away with it, because of the lobby."
Yes. Primarily comprised of Jewish Zionists. And then there's also the whole "Judeo-Christian" mythos, sold by pro-Zionist charlatans as a package. There's basically no political downside in the US to being more Zionist than Rabbi Kahanie. Anyone who truly supports political "change" will work for a change of that state of affairs. If they don't, they're simply poseurs and frauds, and must be replaced with someone who will.
Peace between israel and gaza ! The Peace can win !
'They can't spell One Hundred Eleventh right– Evelenth– '
I believe they was trying to type 'Evilenth.' LOL
'Israel often treats our executive like the help.'
Man, it's gonna be a hoot watching Stepin Fetchit Obama, capering round all bug-eyed on Ehud's zionist plantation.
Ol' massa's callin' you ass, Barry. Wants you to dig de graves fer some Arab babies. Better run on down there, boy …
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Stephen Wal's question for Hillary for her confirmation hearing today–see if it gets asked–on CSPAN now:
Given the priority that President-elect Obama has placed on achieving Israeli-Palestianian peace, is it true that you intend to appoint a Middle East team whose principal members failed to achieve this goal during the eight years of your husband's administration, and whose objectivity and even-handness has been questioned by key actors in the region and by their own prior associates here at home? Wouldn't U.S., Israeli, and Palestinian interests be better served by appointing a new and more diverse team that enjoyed greater credibility?
clemons is a joke….he loves to mention and attack the dreaded cuban lobby with their aging decrepit population but fears and kow tows to the israeli lobby….i guess he knows what his role is in the masters house.
youll never hear him utter the words….israeli lobby.
he loves the washington parties and invitations…way too much to talk truth to real power….
a cowering america is his america….slave to THE LOBBY.
Wal=Walt
What peculiar game is this?
Olmert also seemed to convey
in context Clemons AP link:
Hmm? here a corrected version, slightly changed and as always I am blushing in shame:
What peculiar game is this?
Olmert also seemed to convey
in context Clemons AP link:
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Were did this take place?: George Bush 'shamed' Condoleezza Rice, says Ehud Olmert
Olmert's official press release PM Olmert Visits Southern Israel
No direct citations in the Jerusalem Post but the same message. A conference supposedly addressing among other things aid packages to the south, something the official press release does not tell us explicitely:
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But this is a really interesting story. Obviously Israeli politicians use the same basic politician's bible, the Machiavellian line of thought, as every Western politician. But in their case the existence of the Protocols with its complex "mirrored-on-the-Jews-only" use of this tradition suggests they shouldn't come near it in term's of power. And if they exert power they should keep it secret. Close to what Daniel Levy (fine guy) demands:
Is Israel really only acting more and more foolish lately. Or is suspicion & the creation of adversaries part of the game?
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Which reminds me of my latest larger topic: Suspicion/Secrecy.
Isn't it true that I suspect others of not speaking "the truth"/telling me what they think, the more I suppress it myself?
But strictly Olmert shows the world his force, was he only bragging? As usual the ultimate sources aren't traceable. Are only multiplied via the distribution? Variances concerning Hebrew media?
Olmert surely shows the world Israeli power. Strange. What are the exact channels of this distribution?
actually this may well be the most interesting piece:
Within Israel, Olmert and his government have been under heavy criticism for not being able to blunt passage of the cease-fire resolution, and some analysts in the United States and Israel saw the comments as an attempt to deflect blame.
The US didn't block the resolution. Isn't that a step in the right direction? Considering the US did usually block it.
actually this may well be the most interesting piece:
Within Israel, Olmert and his government have been under heavy criticism for not being able to blunt passage of the cease-fire resolution, and some analysts in the United States and Israel saw the comments as an attempt to deflect blame.
The US didn't block the resolution. Isn't that a step in the right direction?
33 for ceasefire: Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Uruguay, and Zambia.
1 against – Canada
13 abstentions:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
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Offical Israeli Statment: Was "the fairytale world of this Council" also a fairytale world in 1948?
Statement by H.E. Aharon Leshno-Yaar
Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, Geneva
Statement before the Vote
9th Special Session of the Human Rights Council
12 January 2009
Mr. President,
Before this Council votes, allow me to directly address the Palestinian delegation and remind them of what former Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a Security Council meeting in New York exactly two years ago, a few days before he left office:
"Some may feel satisfaction at repeatedly passing General Assembly resolutions or holding conferences that condemn Israel's behaviour. But one should also ask whether such steps bring any tangible relief or benefit to the Palestinians. There have been decades of resolutions. There has been a proliferation of special committees, sessions, etc. Has any of this had an effect on Israel's policies, other than to strengthen the belief in Israel, and among many of its supporters, that this great Organization is too one-sided to be allowed a significant role in the Middle East peace process?"
I would like to ask my Palestinian colleague – Have you learnt anything from the history of 60 years of conflict? Have you drawn any conclusions? Are there any lessons for you? Are we stuck in the reality of 1948?
Don't you realize, by now, that in the real world – not the fairytale world of this Council – there can be no meaningful consensus without Israel? This resolution, which the Council is about to adopt with the support of your automatic majority, is not balanced, does not reflect the realities of the Gaza Strip, and does no service to the cause of peace or to the human suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. I cannot help but ask what possible benefit it will bring, short of possibly providing a very brief and futile sense of satisfaction.
Sadly, such resolutions will only embolden Hamas, weaken the trust of the Israeli public in the United Nations and this Council and strengthen even further in the minds of Palestinians the illusion that the UN and its resolutions are the solution to their suffering. Is that really what you seek to achieve?
Mr. President,
Less than one month ago, the Middle East Quartet issued a statement in New York reaffirming its support for "bilateral, direct, uninterrupted, confidential and ongoing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations." The members of this Council should echo this support. Because at the end of the day, only such negotiations will bring us to the fulfillment of the Two State Vision. Resolutions such as one before us do not serve this goal. I know that deep in your heart you agree with me. Deep in your heart you know that Israel had no choice. Deep in your heart, you know that in this fight we are allies. I urge you all to consider this before you cast your vote.
Thank you.
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I have to find the source of my problem with the preview button.
Sorry for spamming.
Leander,
Have you tried to clear cookies? Windows, Control Panel, Internet options.
Also, try to use different browser: Firefox, or Safari or Chrome? And/or update your current one?
Eva
Definition of puppet government: a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Or if you prefer:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : The term puppet state (also puppet government, marionette government) describes a nominal sovereignty controlled effectively by a foreign power.[1]. The term refers to a government controlled by the government of another country like a puppeteer controls the strings of a marionette.[2] A puppet state has also been described as an entity which in fact lacks independence, preserves all the external paraphernalia of independence, but in reality is only an organ of another state who has set it up and whose satellite it is.
For ex: United States government – the “Howdy Doody” of the Israeli government.
Eva, my sincerest thanks for your kind offer to help. Since I already did a complete new setup of the system to solve problems centrally this one, I am slightly hesitant about devoting much more time to it. All other issues are resolved.
Cookies are dealt with regularly via settings AND start-up CCleaner.
I don't use Chrome. I am absolutely pleased with Firefox. Safri isn't an option. Not on Mac anymore.
In IE I have both buttons but unavailable and gray.
The same happens if I use Firefox–with which I use NoScript–and allow the Javascript files of Mondoweiss. If I disallow them, I get a different layout. An older layout, I guess? It's similar to the one that still appears on Sic Semper Tyrannis. The only difference is, at Pat Lang's site still both buttons are available to me. And he uses Typepad too.
That both IE and Firefox have the same issue, with IE completely shutting me out, gives me the feeling it might be the same with other browsers. But I can try Chrome anyway.
My brainwaves are fixed on these two explanations in this context:
a) A Beta Typepad bug (my problems started around this time frame), that doesn't like my system, WindowsXP. Or
b) Typepad wants to convert the Typepad reader community in Typepad bloggers. And if I got a typepad account my troubles would vanish.
a) means, it would make sense to wait it out.
b) is a marketing approach, I could never support.
I'll try Chrome in a second. Thanks again.
Sending the above I got an additional cross-site-scripting warning and was completely blocked. Something that once made me check the programming of the site.
This is something that makes a) above a) and not b) in my nitwit-dot-collection.
No difference with Chrome. In Chrome it is the same as in IE InternetExplorer, and as in IE I cannot disallow JavaScript which at least allows me to post. Although without preview option.