The evidence of US government support for Israeli policies that it publicly opposes continues to mount. While we throw people in jail for collecting money to assist organizations deemed terrorist, we give tax deductions to those who donate to fund illegal settlements in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. See the article below from Der [...]
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US Charities Fund Illegal Israeli Settlements
July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Israel, Palestine, Policy
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NYT Publishes Op Ed Urging Change in Israel Policy
June 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Obama, Palestine, Policy
In another hopeful sign of change on Israel, the venerable, conservative New York Times published an Op Ed piece by Tony Judt, director of the Remarque Institute at New York University and, notably, an American Jew. This is noteworthy on two counts: 1) that the NYT would give a high profile to a piece critical [...]
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Help Change US Policy on Israel
June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Policy
I have stood by and watched helplessly as the controlling faction of Israel has repeatedly violated international law and ethical standards and imposed collective punishment on Gaza citizens – killing them and destroying their homes, electric and sewage plants and then preventing relief supplies to enter — for the acts of a few. In their [...]
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Der Spiegel -’Netanyahu and Lieberman Are the Gravediggers of the Peace Process’
March 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Policy
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has faded from U.S. front pages, but the outcome is crucial to calming tensions in the Mid East and, therefore, to the long-term security of the United States. The results of the recent election in Israel reflects the unwillingness of the Israelis as a nation to accept Arabs as equal partners in [...]
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Lest We Forget the Palestinians …
March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Policy
In the midst of the escalating global financial,economic, and political crisis, it is easy to forget about the suffering of the Palestinians — and the continuation of the wrongheaded American policy of attempting to deny legitimacy to Hamas, the democratically elected Palestinian government. Two articles in Der Spiegel show that in Germany, at least, the [...]
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The Story Beyond Obama’s First Interview with Arab TV
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Israel, Middle East, Muslim, Obama, Palestine, Policy
Time has reported the story of how Obama came to give his first interview to Al Arabiya (thanks to Rita Crane for the reference). How al-Arabiya Got the Obama Interview By Scott MacLeod / Cairo Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 President Barack Obama is interviewed in Washington by al-Arabiya on Jan. 26 Al-Arabiya / AP How [...]
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Obama’s First Presidential Interview — To Arab TV!
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Israel, Middle East, Muslim, Obama, Palestine
It is impossible to overstate the significance of Obama’s choice of venue for his first presidential interview – Al Arabiya Television. Below first is the interview in video format. Following is the first part of a writeup of the interview on the Al Arabiya website, together with a link to the the Al Arabiya article [...]
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