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Month: June 2009
Iran’s Election and US – Iranian Elections
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago In the run-up to Iran’s June 12 presidential election, early indications suggested the media’s reaction if the wrong candidate won. On June 7, New York Times writer Robert Worth reported […]
Israeli FM Rejects US Call for Settlement Freeze
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman late Wednesday reiterated Israel’s objection to a complete settlement freeze as the United States considers allowances that could permit some projects already under way to proceed. United States Secretary of […]
Israel under US Pressure to Lift Gaza Siege
The US has pressured Israel to ease the Gaza blockade, insisting that Tel Aviv should not link ending the siege to the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. According to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, three […]
In Israel, Mossad Head Talks about Iran Election
Head of Mossad Meir Dagan says that a Mousavi win in Iran’s presidential election would have spelled bigger problems for Israel. Speaking to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of Knesset on Tuesday, the chief […]
Hezbollah MP Meets British Diplomat for 1st Time
Hezbollah parliamentary leader Mohammad Raad met British ambassador Frances Guy on Thursday in the first such contact in Lebanon between the group’s political wing and a senior British official. "The talks covered the recent election […]
When He Says Yes, What Does He Mean?
By Uri Avnery – Israel "You must be celebrating," the interviewer from a popular radio station told me after Netanyahu’s speech. "After all, he is accepting the plan which you proposed 42 years ago!" (Actually […]
Ambassador to Israel Honored at Illegal Park
By Jonathan Cook – Canada Park Canada’s chief diplomat in Israel has been honored at an Israeli public park — built on occupied Palestinian land in violation of international law — as one of the donors […]
Netanyahu Thumbs His Nose at Obama
By George S. Hishmeh Why didn’t Barack Obama call a spade a spade after Benjamin Netanyahu described his laughable vision of an emaciated Palestinian state alongside Israel? Of course, it is a well-known fact that […]
These Are Obama’s Wars Now
By Joshua Frank It’s time to toss those Obama t-shirts in the trash. On Monday the Democrat controlled House voted 226-202 to approve a rushed $106 billion dollar war spending bill, guaranteeing more carnage in […]
Israeli FM in US for Talks
Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli foreign minister, is in Washington to hold talks with Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, and other officials. The issue of a Palestinian state, controversy over Israeli settlements and ongoing […]
Shocking Testimonies: Brutalizing Palestinian Children
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth The rights of Palestinian children are routinely violated by Israel’s security forces, according to a new report that says beatings and torture are common. In addition, hundreds of Palestinian minors are […]
Netanyahu: Masking an Upcoming Conflict
By Abdelrahman Rashdan "When the forces approached us … I still remember .. we were sitting – me, my father, my mother, my older brother, my two sisters – in the lower story of our house […]
US Has to Choose – Roadmap to Nowhere
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Former US president Jimmy Carter is one of those rare birds who have retained their humanity even after four years in the world’s most powerful job. The architect of […]
But What Kind of a ‘Palestinian State’?
By Nizar Sakhnini Partition of Palestine into two-states was introduced on 29 November 1947 when Resolution # 181 was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Palestinian Arabs took to the streets in […]
Gazans Treated ‘Like Animals’: Carter
Former US president Jimmy Carter said he had to "hold back tears" while touring scenes of devastation in the war-torn Gaza strip on Tuesday, June 16, and seeing Palestinians treated more “like animals" under the […]
Gaza Youths Resort to Self-medication against Depression
By Saud Abu Ramadan – Gaza Outside a pharmacy in Gaza City, Mohamed Jarada, 19, was sad and worried after the pharmacist refused to sell him the drug he used to take to deal with […]
In Netanyahu Speech, Nasrallah Sees ‘Threats’
The Hezbollah secretary general says the recent remarks by the Israeli premier served to re-assert the eternal Tel Aviv policy of disregard for the Palestinian interests. On Monday, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that Israeli Prime […]
Netanyahu Policy Delays EU Relations Upgrade
Netanyahu’s idea for the creation of a limited Palestinian state drew criticism from Palestinians as well as Arab states. Conditions set by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the creation of a Palestinian state keeps […]
Seeking a Proud and Peaceful Future
Transcript of former US President Jimmy Carter’s Address to the United Nations Relief Works Agency’s Human Rights Graduation in Gaza, June 16, 2009. By Jimmy Carter – Gaza Director of UNRWA operations John Ging, thank […]
Netanyahu’s Peace of the Cowardly
By Joharah Baker – Jerusalem For some reason, everyone wanted to hear what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to say in his policy speech given on June 14. After the right-winger finished and the […]
Western Omniscience in Post-Elections Iran
By Ali Jawad One of the dominant themes that has consistently defined the workings of the modern world – even after the undoing of the (visible) chains of colonialism – has been the axial role of […]
Netanyahu’s Sacred Cows
By Ali Younes No one should be surprised or even raise an eyebrow over Netanyahu’s speech this past Saturday regarding his policies with the Palestinians. True to his cunning nature, Netanyahu played the semantics game […]
Palestinians Reject Israeli Terms
Palestinian officials have condemned a major policy speech by Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, saying it had "closed the door" on moves to reach an agreement between the two sides. In his address, Netanyahu […]
US, EU Welcome Netanyahu Speech
The United States and its European allies rushed to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial speech outlining his policy regarding the long-stalled Mideast peace process. "[President Barack Obama] welcomes the important step forward in […]
Netanyahu Offered Nothing: Israelis
Israeli hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on peace with the Palestinians offered nothing but preconditions, dated clichés and negotiations non-starters that dim any real prospects for peace, Israeli analysts and peace-advocate politicians agreed. "Netanyahu’s […]
Obama Needs to Do More for a Palestinian State
By Ira Glunts President Barack Obama’s lofty rhetoric persuades and inspires, but are his actions delivering the kind of change that his words have promised? Certainly his rhetoric has not matched his actions in Afghanistan […]
Does Israel Really Have the Right to Exist?
By Susan Abulhawa Following Netanyahu’s much anticipated policy speech, politicians and journalists, like mindless automatons, have set about repeating Israel’s tired mantra that Palestinians should recognize Israel’s right to exist. Never mind the fact that […]
The Other Apartheid State
By Ronnie Kasrils – Cape Town, South Africa (Address by Ronnie Kasrils – Cape Town International Conference: Re-envisioning Israel/Palestine. June 12, 2009) May I start by quoting a South African who emphatically stated as far […]
Obama Won’t Wink Back
By Uri Avnery – Israel Remember Dov Weisglass? The one who said that peace must wait until the Palestinians become Finns? Who talked about preserving the peace process in formaldehyde? However, Weisglass will mainly be […]
Iran’s Elections and the ‘Obama Effect’ Myth
By Rannie Amiri The adulation of tens of thousands of Iranians that greeted Mir-Hossein Mousavi and his equally popular wife, Zahra Rahnavard, during the country’s presidential campaign has now transformed itself into righteous indignation and […]