IMEMC – The European Union granted the Palestinian Authority €15.5 Million for salaries and pensions for the months of May, to be transferred to more than 70.000 government employees, and pensioners, and for other basic expenses. EU Representative John Gatt-Rutter stated that the money would be paid through the European PEGASE mechanism, meant for channeling […]
IMEMC – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called during Mondays’ meeting of the security cabinet to move forward the discussion on a law to force-feed hunger-striking prisoners. The proposed law was voted in the first instance by the Israeli parliament, although two more votes are needed for it to become law. 70 Palestinian administrative prisoners on […]
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources said the slain Palestinian has been identified as ‘Ala Mohammad Odeh, 30. He was shot and killed at the Za’tara Israeli roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. According to local sources, ‘Ala is from Huwwara town, near Nablus The sources added that he, a married father […]
IMEMC – Israel’s TV, Channel 10, has reported that approximately 70 hunger striking Palestinian detainees were moved to twelve Israeli hospitals and medical center, due to sharp deterioration in their health conditions. Palestinian Detainees, held under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, started their strike 40 days ago, and were later joined by […]
IMEMC – A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian farmlands, east of Rafah and Khan Younis cities, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and opened fire at random before uprooting farmlands. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that four tanks and two armored military bulldozers, stationed at the Kissufim military […]
Al-Monitor – The Obama administration said Monday that it wouldn’t cut off funds to the Palestinian Authority (PA) despite its unity government with Hamas, setting up a bruising battle with Congress. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters that the administration believes the PA has “every desire and intent” to abide by its commitment to […]
Europe and the U.S. are both at risk of falling into an Italian spiral of public theft. By Philip Giraldi. The American Conservative – Even well-informed Americans are unlikely to know much about the level of corruption prevalent within the member states of the European Union (EU). A fascinating article in the London Review of Books by UCLA professor […]
By Philip Giraldi. UNZ – The major organizations that comprise the Israel Lobby are well known: the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations and Christians United For Israel (CUFI). All are well known, benefiting from large budgets and […]
