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A lot of the news about the Middle East is politicized in the US press, but today’s reports are not good. The Reuters news agency Religion section has this article, that cautions: The fabric of Middle Eastern society has fundamentally changed. Being Muslim has replaced being Arab as the primary identifying factor. The consequences are […]
An article in yesterday’s National Journal – (http://www.nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/panetta-u-s-has-potential-military-plans-for-iran-20120308) by Yochi Dreazen, details comments made by Defense Secretary Panetta this week regarding both Syria, and the Iranian Nuclear issue. This article mentions The fact that the United States is weighing options and contingencies for conflict with Iran, and obviously this is no surprise. The “no evidence […]
Check this out: Natural Gas,via TPMBarnett’s webpage: natural gas deals are proceeding internationally: the flow out of North America alters things, regionalizing flows more as Japan and Germany move off nukes and seek to ramp up their use of gas to generate electricity, and as emerging markets in general ramp up their gas use… (cheap […]
Concerns about an Israeli Preemptive strike against Iranian Nuclear production facilities have gained attention recently and have been the topic of numerous speculative reports in both the foreign and U.S. Press. The Wisdom and effectiveness of such an attack has been debated, and both U.S. and Israeli Government officials have weighed in on the topic. […]
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people…
As the world is playing catch with the events in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and other Arab Spring focal points, Iran is very busy. Trying to keep people oppressed in light of Arab Spring revolutions surely keeps the regime in Iran occupied. But more than that, viewing once strongman like Mubarak and Gadaffi defeated, jailed […]
I am aghast at a lot of the news coming out of US sites about what is going on in Libya. First, there are the “ain’t it awful” posts, lamenting that the side backed by the West hasn’t won yet, (in 7 whole days). Second, they find out that some of those revolting are Islamicists. […]
 By Shimon Z. Klein Bat Hefer, Israel The last few months we have all witnessed sweeping changes in much of the Arab world. It started in Tunisia with the overthrow of corrupt President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, snowballing into Egypt with Mubarak’s downfall. Yemen has chronic civil hiccups with its leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, […]
By William ChurchDirectorPalestine Israel Media Analysis Group (PIMAG)A stealth, seismic shift occurred October 22 in Jerusalem at the Conference on the Future of the Jewish People. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the conference and suggested that there will be no troop withdrawal in the West Bank even after a peace deal. He also re-enforced […]
Written By: John Sullivan The Palestinian terror organization Hamas, in their refusal to recognize Israel’s right to exist, is determined to railroad any peace treaty that may be attained from talks that started this Thursday. Dismissing Hamas is not an easy adventure, this week they executed back to back attacks on Israelis in the West […]
The Middle East figures Obama is a patsy and is vieing for who can hate Israel the most (the reborn Ottoman Empire, or the reborn Persian Empire?). At the same time, Obama’s oil spill policy gets ripped in the Rolling Stone of all places. There go the baby boomers. Time for a distraction, folks. Certain […]
I was bemused when a minor lambast against “pacifists” trying to start a war against Israel led to this comment: “…the Israelis steadfastly refuse to publish a list of allowed goods and appear to change their minds daily on what is allowed. Eg. Hair conditioner is banned at the moment…” Oh my, no wonder the […]
We are presently watching activists manipulate the media on Israel. It is not a real story, but one that has it’s aim to demonize Israel, who is the newest whipping boy of the activist left in Europe (replacing Bush and Global warming, I guess). StrategyPage has the facts, “…The donors of tons of supplies in […]
By Shimon Z. Klein Israel has just celebrated 62 years of independence. During the first 3 decades which were Israel’s formative years much had been achieved. Jewish immigrants from all corners of the earth were absorbed into a vital dynamic Israeli society with relative success within a short time. No success story is without its […]
William Churchwestbankvoices@gmail.comOn 13 April 2010, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Order 1650 (Order regarding Prevention of Infiltration) went into effect. Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups have predicted mass deportation of Palestinians. The Israeli government’s public relations machine has gone into high gear spinning the order as a beneficial human rights move and they claim only […]
by William ChurchEditor West Bank VoicesThe newspaper headlines are full of talk of President Obama putting pressure on Israel’s Netanyahu to halt the settlements in East Jerusalem and restart the peace negotiations.   In reality, Israeli internal politics leaves very little room for a solution regardless of actions by the United States.Last month Israel shook the potential […]
 By Shimon Z. Klein The siege on Gaza continues. Gaza has become an overcrowded prison – a boiling pressure cooker on the verge of exploding. Gaza is choked by Israel and now by Egypt as well. There is an element of “collective punishment†while many innocent Gaza Palestinians are living in severe poverty and in […]
By Shimon Z. Klein A year has past since the Israeli Army moved into Gaza in the Cast Iron Lead Campaign against the Hamas terrorist regime. Hamas was responsible for shelling Sderot and other Israeli towns. They created fear and havoc as well as injuring and killing innocent people. Prior to Operation Cast Lead, Hamas […]
 By Shimon Z. Klein    There seems to be a certain inconsistency in what the Israeli government tells the world about settlements in the occupied territories and what occurs on the ground. While PM Binyamin Netanyahu reacted to President Obama’s Cairo Speech by giving ambiguous support to the two-state solution, we all know that he does […]
Today’s Manila Bulletin has it’s usual supplement from the New York Times, and the headline blares: A Nuclear Free Vision. In the Depths of the cold war, in 1983, a senior at Colombia University wrote…about the vision of a “nuclear free world”. It seems that President Obama was promoting nuclear disarmament in the 1980’s. That […]
Beware the righteous, for they are righteous when they are right, and they are righteous when they are wrong; they navigate by a missionary compass, and when it loses its North, they steer with conviction toward the South, unknowing. The Book of Adler 5:15 On June 4, Max Blumenthal and Joseph Dana released on the […]
I am happy that President Obama is trying to mend fences with Arabs and Iranians in the Middle East by giving a speech in Cairo. And many Americans agree, although many think he is being naive, or is sending a message to the radicals in the area that he is willing to “throw Israel under […]
 By Shimon Z. Klein As expected, apart from some understandings between the two leaders no progress in any direction was made. Netanyahu’s world view, especially regarding Israel, is one sided and not conducive to change. He does not give any indication that he will accept the two-state solution.  The undertones of the meeting with President […]
President Barack Obama today announced his choice of Jesus Christ, of Nazareth, as his first selection for the Supreme Court. Citing Christ’s judicial wisdom, impeccable knowledge of the law, and “empathy,” Obama proudly presented his nominee in the East Room of the White House. Rush Limbaugh wasted no time in seizing his microphone to condemn […]
King Abdulla says that we don’t need a two state solution to the problem of Israel, we need a 57 state solution. 57 states? The king is referring to 57 “states” that have Muslim majorities. All of this sounds fine, but I have a few questions. Why should a country like Indonesia give a damn […]
By Shimon Z. Klein Durban 2 has come and gone. It is an absolute disgrace that a conference dedicated to anti-racism under the auspices of the UN has invited President Ahmadinajad of Iran to address this forum. The Iranian dictator is no human rights paragon of virtue. He is a racist anti-Semite of the worst […]
An IDF sniper seen wearing a T-shirt that reads ‘1 shot 2 Kills’ with crosshairs pointing to the bulge of a pregnant Palestinian woman’s image. Just in case the world has forgotten the recent barbaric attacks by Israel on the unarmed population of Gaza, that killed over 1400, the daily Haaretz from Israel has luckily […]
MEMO TO: Richard Feducci, Overlord of Finance FROM: E Pluribus, Wondergod SUBJECT: Five Year International Finance Plan DATE: January 1, 2005 Happy New Year, Rich. Got some good news and some bad news. The bad news: We’re going to let the American economy crater. The good news: Everybody else’s will, too. The best news: By […]
By Jefferson Flanders Who hasn’t been disturbed by the recent images of Palestinian civilians killed and wounded by the Israeli incursion into urban Gaza? Or deeply troubled by the video of injured children and lifeless bodies? The IDF’s military assault proved both misguided and counterproductive, a disproportionate overreaction to rocket attacks by Hamas. It was […]
In Friday’s edition of “Best of the Web Today,†James Taranto writes this analysis of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan giving Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres a tongue-lashing during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos:  “One obvious point is that Turkey is hardly in a position to criticize Israel for […]
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