Not making this up. Marco Rubio titles a neoconservative foreign-policy ad for his campaign: “Lunatic/Marco Rubio for President”

Just when the Israel lobby was getting back to its feet after Iran Deal, Obama administration wiretaps reveal Israeli officials working with US Jewish groups against the deal. WSJ says Obama authorized taps as a serving a “compelling national security purpose.”

WAFA reports: Since early October 2015, Israeli army forces have killed 142 Palestinians including 27 minors and seven women; in addition to 15,620 Palestinians who were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Since the San Bernardino shootings the public sphere has been rife with demands that Muslims do more to combat extremism in their midst. Saja Raoof offers ten easy suggestions for Muslim-Americans who want to address the widely perceived collective guilt being directed at their community. Step 1: Denounce yourself and your family.

Heidi Morrison remembers Dr. Adel Yahya, the founder and director of PACE, the Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange. She writes, “Adel was a master oral historian, having recorded and archived hundreds of interviews with Palestinian refugees living in camps as far away as Lebanon and Jordan. He was also a master at teaching others, like me, to do the same.”

Israel’s ambassador to Switzerland, Yigal Caspi, posts an image and quotation of Nazi Hermann Goering on his Facebook page to warn Israel about what it’s becoming. As Israel seems to be imploding, the only question is what American leaders will do to speak out for Palestinian rights.

Brazil is not interested in having a right wing settler envoy as Israel’s ambassador and Israel won’t take “No” for an answer. A diplomatic crisis has been unfolding between the two countries since last August when Netanyahu publicly announced the appointment of Dani Dayan, the former head the Yesha Council from 2007 to 2013, as Israel’s next ambassador to Brazil — without first consulting the Brazilian Foreign Ministry.

A group of red beret Palestinian police scuffled with Israeli soldiers near Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ residence last week ordering the military to leave the area of the West Bank under Palestinian security control. A recording of the December 21, 2015 incident was published by local media, showing Palestinian presidential guards threatening Israeli forces.

Labeled ‘malevolent,’ ‘virulent,’ and ‘noxious’, BDS continues to put real pressure on Israel, as leading business site says that the movement is having economic impact.

Hatim Kanaaneh responds to a news report showing Israeli settlers celebrating the death of the Dawabshe family: “The report is about real madness; vicious, murderous and ultimately state-sponsored collective insanity.”