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Category Archives: Iraq
Jeffrey Goldberg’s claim that Iran’s Supreme Leader wants to kill Israeli Jews is based on shoddy sources
The last time Jeffrey Goldberg was pushing war he also inflated dubious reports from the Middle East
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Power outages lead to the death of three children in Gaza
A family in the central Gaza Strip has suffered an unimaginable tragedy because of a candle lit during one of Gaza’s frequent power outages.
The children of Kufr Qadum: “You arrested our fathers, so we lead the demonstration today”
After Israeli army nightly incursion into Kufr Qadum accompanied by massive arrest of villagers , the children of the village have come out in protest with a message to the occupying army and the world: “You Arrested Our Fathers, So We Lead the Demonstration Today”. The weekly demonstration has again been brutally suppressed by the army, who blacked all entrances to the village, took hold of a home, made use of the “Skunk”, and fired the usual dose of teargas and shock rounds.
Israeli forces attempt to arrest 2-1/2-year-old Palestinian
Israelis crack down on Kufr Qaddoum, part of Jerusalem municipality on eastern side of separation wall
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Video: Israeli military violently evicts Palestinians, internationals from Hebron house
Two days ago the Israeli military raided a house in Hebron’s old city, evicting Palestinian and international activists who hoped to prevent it from being taken over by settlers.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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The Israel/Palestine conflict will be resolved when Arab countries kick the U.S. out of the region
Continued US involvement in the ‘peace process’ will only dampen the Israel-Palestine conflict or cover for more Israeli settlement. Not till the Gulf states tell the U.S. to get lost will the power balance in the region change and the conflict be resolved
Posted in Arab Spring, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Settlers run wild in the West Bank, but Israel rarely bothers to put them in kangaroo courts
Palestinian family pelted with stones near Hebron, by zealot settlers. No accountability
Settlers take over house in Hebron, PA detains owner
Several dozen settlers move into property located near Cave of Patriarchs; say they have legal ownership. Palestinian owner detained by PA police.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Sullivan unmasks Goldberg as a propagandist for Netanyahu’s ‘lies, bluffs and deceptions’ aimed at getting us into war
Jeffrey Goldberg is a propagandist for the Israeli government
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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US ‘understands’ Israel’s decision to cut ties with UN Human Rights Council
Shapiro: Israel’s decision to cut HRC ties ‘understandable’ US ambassador to Israel says Human Rights Council obsessively focuses on Israel instead of other critical issues in Syria, Iran. link to www.ynetnews.com Israel reprimands Austria, Belgium over vote on UN human … Continue reading
The ‘clash of civilizations’ and the death of an Iraqi mother in San Diego
Antiwar.com’s Justin Raimundo says the responsibility for Shaima Alawadi’s murder rests with the “war party,” and that her death should not be a surprise given the rampant Islamophobia seen in Southern California over the past few years.
Posted in Iraq, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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UPDATE: Hamas, family misled AP reporter on death of five month old child
A seven-month-old baby in Gaza died on Friday evening after medical equipment he was connected to switched off as a result of a power cut, a Hamas-affiliated TV channel said. Gaza medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya confirmed the incident, adding that the infant was born with respiratory problems and doctors had recommended the use of mechanical breathing apparatus to be used at home.
Half of Gaza’s ambulances and fire trucks are at a standstill due to fuel crisis
The Committee for Ambulance and Emergency in Gaza announced Wednesday that 50% of ambulances and fire trucks stopped working as the fuel crisis in the Gaza Strip have worsened.
Physicians for Human Rights: On the 33rd day of her hunger strike, Hana Shalabi is in imminent danger of death
An independent physician from Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-Israel) examined her today and determined that she must be hospitalized immediately.
Israeli settlers attack a shepherd and a child in separate attacks in the West Bank
Settlers destroy 220 olive trees in Nablus village land
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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To my unborn children
A 24 year old Gazan blogger writes a letter to his future children about growing up in Gaza under Israeli occupation.
Another civilian massacre and the savagery of our soldiers
What the latest massacre in Afghanistan says about the United States’s neverending “War on Terror”
Posted in Iraq, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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MJ Rosenberg: why he is trying to stop the next war
War on Iran would endanger Jews everywhere
Beinart: Time for a Jewish conversation about Jewish power and responsibility
Daily Beast website will focus on Israel/Palestine issue– but with Jews predominating
Massacre in Afghanistan
The news of a horrific brutal massacre of civilians in Afghanistan arrived in spurts yesterday accompanied with the news one lone soldier had come forward to turn himself in. 16 people, 9 of them children murdered in the middle of the night.
Posted in Iraq, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, War on Terror
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Israel is sucking up all the oxygen in the White House
If Obama weren’t meeting Netanyahu 9 times, and having to fend off the Israel lobby at every turn, maybe he’d be doing more about the trade deficit with China?
Obama victory over Netanyahu gained support, time
Even Israelis are put off by Netanyahu’s Holocaust argument about Iran
Posted in Iraq, Israel Lobby, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Walt and Mearsheimer don’t think Israel will attack Iran, and neither will we
All the Iran saber rattling is getting Israel what it wants
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Friedman warns war could hurt American Jews
Tipping point on opposing war on Iran seems to have happened in the last 24 hours. Tom Friedman is against
At last a leader, Obama fingers ‘Israeli interest’ in war
It was antiwar day at the White House yesterday, as President Obama hosted ‘wounded warriors’ and defied the Israeli push for war
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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