By Charlotte Silver. The Electronic Intifada – After less than two hours of deliberation, a Detroit federal courthouse jury reached a guilty verdict today in the government’s case against Palestinian American community leader Rasmea Odeh. The case against Odeh centered on her alleged failure to disclose on her US immigration papers her conviction in an Israeli military […]
By Sara Roy. The Conversation – In the near three decades that I have been involved with Gaza and her people, I have never seen the kind of physical and psychological destruction that I see there today. In all Gaza’s long and tormented history, there is no precedent for its extraordinarily dangerous position in 2014. The […]
By Philip Rucker and Tom Hamburger. The Washington Post – The billionaire political kingmakers planning to bankroll much of the 2016 presidential campaign spoke out together Sunday with blunt warnings on key issues for their respective parties. Haim Saban, a media mogul and close Democratic ally of Hillary Rodham Clinton, criticized President Obama’s outreach to Iran, declaring that […]
By Oliver Wright. The Independent – The Labour party is facing desertion by Jewish donors and supporters because of Ed Mili-band’s “toxic” anti-Israeli stance over Gaza and Palestine. In a fresh headache for the Labour leader, it is understood that Mr Miliband has been warned that Jewish backers are deserting the party in droves over what […]
At the end of September, a total of 182 Palestinian children were imprisoned and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system, a decrease of 9.4 percent from August.The number of young children detained between the ages of 14 and 15 was 19. There were no children detained in the Israeli military court system under 14 years old. New Military […]
Letter to Joe Klein Time Magazine Inc. cc. Managing Editor, Nancy Gibb 6th of August, 2014 Dear Sir: Re: August 4, 2014 – Commentary: In Gaza, a Just but Bloody War First, I am not a quack. I am a working Mediator with a law background. I have closely studied conflict since 1978 and researched Israel-Palestine since the threads from 9/11 led to […]
By Judy Maltz. The Jewish Daily Forward – (Haaretz) — Inspired by Taglit-Birthright’s free trips to Israel for college students, a brand new program will bring Jewish newlyweds from North America on heavily subsidized honeymoons to the Holy Land. The program, Honeymoon Israel, has just obtained initial funding to finance two pilot trips this spring, each […]
Amnesty International – Israeli forces have killed scores of Palestinian civilians in attacks targeting houses full of families which in some cases have amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International has disclosed in a new report on the latest Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip. Families under the Rubble: Israeli attacks on inhabited homes details eight cases where residential family […]
By Philip Giraldi. The Unz – So Israel is building 2,610 new housing units in East Jerusalem and in contiguous areas on the West Bank at a time when international sentiment against its unending occupation of Palestine is growing, particularly among Europeans if one goes by recent developments in Sweden, Britain and in Ireland. The administration of President Barack […]
By Yossi Gurvitz. 972 Magazine – Is it permitted for a Jewish soldier to rape a gentile woman during wartime? This question – based on the biblical mitzvah of Eshet Yefat Toar (“a comely woman”) – was referred to nine years ago (Hebrew) by Rabbi Eyal Qarim. The questioning party seemed anxious and worried, and wanted to know whether the iron-age mitzvah(religious […]
