If it was outrageous and inappropriate and unprecedented for the Republicans to ask Netanyahu to speak to Congress, thereby undermining Obama’s Iran policy, those who oppose war should take action, and give Netanyahu the cold shoulder when he comes to Congress

Israel supporters call on Congress to delay Netanyahu’s speech lest it divide the Israel lobby publicly. But the real fear is that it could lead the US to war. Chris Matthews says the US will have no choice but to “blow up” Iran if it acquires a nuclear weapon.

UNRWA USA and Alwan for the Arts are opening an exhibit of iconic photographs of Palestinian refugees in 1948. It is called “The Long Journey” and runs through Feb. 12 in downtown NY.

The stunning invitation to Netanyahu to address the Congress in March against Obama may at last politicize the “special relationship,” forcing Democrats to side with the president over Israel and unleashing a debate over our Israeli policy, including the damage to the U.S. from the unending occupation

The Congressional invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to both houses of Congress, purposely upstaging President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Iran and terrorism is a shocker that the MSM can’t ignore. More Iran sanctions would be like throwing “a grenade” into negotiations, John Kerry warns, while US media reflect shock that Congress would invite Netanyahu to urge such a course. The White House and State Department say they won’t meet with Netanyahu on the visit, the Israel lobby calls it a snub.

We are moving toward a confrontation over Iran sanctions. President Obama vowed to veto sanctions on Iran and give negotiations time in his State of the Union speech. But today House speaker John Boehner on behalf of bipartisan congressional leadership invited Israeli PM Netanyahu to speak to a joint session Feb. 11 in a rebuke to the president

Critics of Israel have long known Alan Dershowitz’s power to smear their reputations. Now Ronn Torossian, a fellow Israel advocate, accuses Dersh of virulent bullying for calling him a “despicable human being” and lying about his record

A pro-Israel lobby group held packed briefings in the European Parliament last summer during the Gaza onslaught, to describe “inspiring stuff” Israel was doing in technology and to say that Israelis were experiencing “the worst” of a conflict that killed 2300 Palestinians, including nearly 500 children.

USA Today mentions Palestine in a story on Martin Luther King Jr’s living inspiration, and a 1964 speech on South Africa, lately rediscovered, suggests that King would be supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel.

A truck-mounted billboard in LA in which Mandela calls for Palestinian freedom has been removed from the streets because of intimidation tactics and graffiti, in a blow to free debate of the conflict