By Matthew M. Aid. Foreign Policy, 9/9/13 – Syria’s reported use of chemical weapons is threatening to turn the civil war there into a wider conflict. But the Bashar al-Assad government may not be the only one in the region with a nerve gas stockpile. A newly discovered CIA document indicates that Israel likely built […]
…Roskam’s bill is blatantly unconstitutional, as are the various bills in the state legislatures… By Mitchell Plitnick. Lobelog, 02/07/14 – Earlier this week, a bill was hastily removed from the agenda of the New York State Assembly. The bill was designed as a response to the American Studies Association’s decision to boycott Israeli educational institutions. […]
By Ali Abunimah. Electronic Intifada, 2/5/14 – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has suspended distribution of tents and shelter materials to Palestinian victims of Israeli home demolitions in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley because Israeli occupation forces are habitually destroying or confiscating them. Jon Martin Larsen, ICRC spokesperson for Israel and the occupied territories, told […]
By Andrew Doughman. Las Vegas Sun, 1/28/14 – State Sen. Mark Hutchison, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, decided Monday to disclose an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel last year. Hutchison had faced criticism from another Republican lieutenant governor candidate, Sue Lowden, who called on Hutchison to disclose the trip as a gift. Although state law calls for elected officials […]
By Frederic W. Bush. EMEU.net I. My Experience with the Jewish World In 1964 I received a Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern languages, literature, history and culture rom Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass, and taught there one year, 1964-65. Brandeis University was established in 1947 by the Reformed or Liberal Jewish Community to be a 4- […]
“America gives Israel money, arms and advice. Israel takes the money, it takes the arms, and it rudely rejects the advice. The fundamental problem with American support for Israel is its unconditional nature. Consequently, Israel does not have to pay a price for acting unilaterally in a multilateral world, for its flagrant violations of international law, […]
“At issue is language that would exempt Israel from having to treat Americans the same way the U.S. treats Israelis before it can be eligible for visa-free travel. Critics say that would allow Israel to discriminate against Arab-Americans and critics of Israel with the U.S. government’s blessing.” By Julian Pecquet. The Hill, 1/31/14 – Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) […]
IMEMC, 2/5/14 – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning [February 5, 2014], the town of Sur Baher, south of occupied East Jerusalem, demolished one home, and partially demolished another. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) stated that the soldiers partially demolished the home of Mojahed Atiyya Abu Sarhan, 28, in the al-Mintar neighborhood, and […]
By Omar Barghouti. New York Times, 1/31/14 – If Secretary of State John Kerry’s attempts to revive talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority fail because of Israel’s continuing construction of illegal settlements, the Israeli government is likely to face an international boycott “on steroids,” as Mr. Kerry warned last August. These days, Israel seems […]
By Jason Ditz. AntiWar.com, 2/3/14 – Israeli officials may say that the settlement expansions into the occupied West Bank totally aren’t a problem, but they’ve clearly been a source of strain on the peace process, and if the talks fail Israel will be blamed because of that. Andersen’s comments echo similar ones made over the […]
