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Alterman says BDS shares Ahmadinejad’s agenda, and Hezbollah’s too
Progressives Avishai and Alterman adopt conservative theories to rationalize the status quo in Israel and Palestine
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Resume builders: Be a broken record on Iran, cheer authoritarians in Gulf
Jeffrey Feltman has supported Israel across the board and faulted Iran; he gets big job at the U.N.
Posted in Arab Spring, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East
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UN Committee: Israeli system ‘tantamount to apartheid’
Ethnic Cleansing / Land Theft & Destruction / Occupation & Apartheid / Exile & Restriction of Movement / Refugees Report: Israel issued 13,000 demolition orders against Palestinian real estate Haaretz newspaper said the Israeli civil administration issued 13,000 demolition warnings … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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And we live on…
In spite of the ‘birds of death, hovering two meters from our breath,’ the people of Gaza live on
US official — we went to Israel first
US gov’t negotiators on Iran issue briefed Israel on recent talks before they briefed their own government
Aaron David Miller: After a short ‘peace process,’ look for war with Iran in 2013
Aaron David Miller predicts that there will be neither an agreement nor an attack on Iran in 2012. Instead he sees a “peace process” which will create an illusion of progress then end badly. In 2013, with the failure of negotiations, we could see a war, unless there is an “unexpected breakthrough.”
Iranian talks fail after neocon ‘blitz’ — as Obama dispatches aide to reassure Tel Aviv
Neocons drove Obama hardline on Iranian sanctions, as Wendy Sherman, former moderate at State, rushes to Israel to assure them of our commitment
Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Politics
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Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees
Senate fight today over Palestinian ‘refugees’ Thirty U.S. senators will vote today over whether there really are 5 million Palestinian “refugees” or just around 30,000 — a hot-button issue that has already become the subject of a vigorous international debate involving … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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‘Obama will only go as far on Iran as AIPAC permits him to go’
Israel lobby ratchets pressure on Iran, preempting global talks and threatening world peace
Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Aaron Sorkin’s anachronism
Writer of The Social Network imposed a victimized narrative on Mark Zuckerberg, who’s anything but
If Obama really has things under control, then why the loose talk from CentCom’s Mattis?
Obama’s strategy on Iran: keep ratcheting up pressure on Iran with the Israelis, put off military action till after November
U.S. and Israel coordinate– and signal hard line in Iran talks
Hard line against Iran is reminiscent of the hard lines leading up to the invasion of Iraq
Passive-aggressive George Bush namechecks neocons for getting us into that mess
George Bush brings up neocons in his memoir only to show how they gave bad advice on Iraq war
Posted in Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Politics
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‘Foreign Policy’ peddles productive Iranian war theory
Only a bloody war of attrition with Iran will lead Israel to resolve Palestinian conflict, says Israeli prof
Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics
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Palestinian Authority and Israel on an arresting spree, children and activists detained
Detainees and Other Prisoner News Palestinians arrest 10 Islamic Jihad members Palestinian security forces arrested 10 members of the Islamic Jihad in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday, a local leader of the radical movement said. link to news.yahoo.com Islamic … Continue reading
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Bill Kristol celebrates Republican Party purge of ‘oldfashioned Arabists’ Scowcroft, Baker and Bush I
Republican Party boss Bill Kristol is treated like royalty on the Upper West Side in a “communal” Jewish conversation
Neocons in Washington Post: Military strike on Iran would ‘calm nerves in the region’
Washington Post pushes war with Iran with argument by two neoconservatives
Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Media, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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South African artists, intellectuals and gov’t ministers take steps to isolate Israel
How long before South Africans are accused of being anti-Semites? South Africa to ban labeling West Bank settlement products as ‘made in Israel’, Amira Hass Minister of Trade and Industry says South Africa recognizes the State of Israel only within … Continue reading
Feeling the hate in Long Island
Obama’s Jewish support has gone from 78% to 62% and rightwing rabbi stirs the pot with video of old Jews hinting Obama is a secret Muslim
Daily escalations in Occupied Palestine
Eight Palestinian farmers are injured in an unprovoked attack
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Removing MEK from the terrorist list would raise chance of war
Israel lobby agenda is to remove an Iranian terrorist group from State Dept list of banned orgs
Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Politics
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Hunger strikes and Nakba aside, it’s been a busy week in the Middle East
Headlines from around the Middle East.
More ‘magnet than a mallet’: RAND Corporation warns against striking Iran
One week before the next P5+1 meeting with Iran in Baghdad, the RAND Corporation, one of the most influential and respected U.S. think tanks advising the Pentagon, has published a comprehensive report in the Rand Review warning against striking Iran.
Nakba 64 years later, we will never forget
News and headlines from Nakba Day, 2012.
The left lacks an analysis of the neocon rise
Rachel Maddow’s foreign policy speech and Ari Berman’s piece on Romney’s neocons both fail to mention the Israel lobby as a source of American foreign policy ideas
