Attached a link http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/18/arms-trade-israel-attack-gaza to an open letter titled ” The arms trade and Israel’s attack on Gaza” published on Friday, July 18th, 2014 in the British newspaper The Guardian in which sixty-four public figures, including seven Nobel Peace Prize winners and two Israelis, have called for an international arms embargo on Israel for its […]
CONTINUE READING →This week provided a potpourri of issues emanating from the Middle East and many of them, as expected, challenge us to adapt to a rapidly changing political environment. Among those events the Pope’s visit to the Holy Land stood out as a missed opportunity to gain an objective understanding of the complexity of the situation. […]
CONTINUE READING →As of today in one Palestinian refugee camp more than 2000 Palestinians died from shelling and gunfire. Dozens of people, women and children, starved to death and thousands eat grass, dogs and cats. No, its not located in the occupied territories or Gaza. Otherwise, the world capitals would overflow with protestors denouncing Israels “cruel” treatment […]
CONTINUE READING →Thanks for the e-mail and the information attached. Unfortunately, you do not have to travel to Europe to find Antisemitism. Its toxic influence can be found right here in the US attached to mainstream politics and politicians. Mother Jones magazine reported http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/george-w-bush-jews-for-jesus-messianic-jewish-bible-institute that former president George W. Bush will be the keynote speaker at a […]
CONTINUE READING →I am following the Syrian crisis very carefully, watch the news programs on Israeli TV and read European & Arab media publication and reached a different conclusion than the one promoted by leading Jewish organizations. There is no limited “surgical strike.” War has its own dynamic and ramifications. If the US decides to strike we […]
CONTINUE READING →It appears that an unilateral punitive strike of the US military on Syria is imminent. Again, the US public is being deluged with propaganda emphasizing the moral necessity to punish the Syrian regime for using chemical weapons against its own population and the imperative to use military force to maintain our credibility in the world. […]
CONTINUE READING →The Israeli documentary “The Gatekeepers” is now available on DVD and can be streamed on the Amazon Kindle Fire. Its a 2012 documentary film by director Dror Moreh that tells the story of the Israeli Shin Bet from the perspective of six former heads of Israel’s secretive internal security service. I watched it again last […]
CONTINUE READING →Today, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in a press conference in Amman that direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations are due to begin next week in Washington. The announcement comes after Kerry had traveled to the region six times within four months and spent countless hours in talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian […]
CONTINUE READING →According to the official election results the cleric, Hassan Rowhani, 64, won, surprisingly, a convincing 50.7 percent of the vote in the six-way presidential race. This represents a stinging repudiation of the ultraconservatives who wield power in Iran. Even worse, the four hard-line conservatives aligned with the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, finished at the […]
CONTINUE READING →Secretary of State Kerry is engaging in a concerted effort to rescue the idea of a two-state solution but the chances of success are fading rapidly. Within the current Israeli government coalition a group of at least 40 Knesset members have formed an “Eretz” block intending to prevent any further concessions, expand settlements in the […]
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