By Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter For nearly two decades, there have been peace processes in the Middle East but no peace. In recent visits to the region — including Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory — we have heard…
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Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter: Time to move on Mideast peace
Tagged with: Desmond Tutu, Elders, Jimmy Carter, nelson mandela, UNSC
Posted in GeoPolitics, History, Israel, Middle East, Op/Ed, Palestinian Territories
Posted in GeoPolitics, History, Israel, Middle East, Op/Ed, Palestinian Territories
Funding illegal Israeli settlements? Priceless.
by Bernard Keane Visa, Mastercard and PayPal all enable donations to be made to US-registered groups funding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank in defiance of international law. It appears at least one of the major credit cards also…
Tagged with: israeli settlements, Mastercard, PayPal, Visa
Posted in Israel, Oppression, Palestinian Territories, US - Israel relations, US Foreign Policy
Posted in Israel, Oppression, Palestinian Territories, US - Israel relations, US Foreign Policy
German Rail Under Fire for Controversial Israeli Project
Peace activists have strongly criticized a planned high-speed rail line in Israel that will cut through the West Bank and deprive Palestinian communities of land. A subsidiary of Germany’s national rail operator apparently helped plan the line, and critics claim…
Tagged with: Deutsche Bahn, international law, jerusalem, Tel Aviv, West Bank
Posted in Israel, Legal, Palestinian Territories
Posted in Israel, Legal, Palestinian Territories
Pentagon’s Biggest Lie? “No Surprises” Expected from WikiLeaks
The pre-leak spin by the Pentagon is that they have already disclosed everything important that will be revealed in the next WikiLeaks document super-dump. Obama’s Pentagon apparently believes that Americans are as gullible – if not mutton-headed – as the…
Tagged with: Wikileaks
Posted in Defense, DOD, Iraq, Military, Reports/Studies/Books, US Foreign Policy
Posted in Defense, DOD, Iraq, Military, Reports/Studies/Books, US Foreign Policy
West Bank mosque ‘set alight by Jewish settlers’
The attack left walls charred, books burned and graffiti scrawled on the walls Israel is investigating Palestinian suspicions that a mosque in the West Bank was set alight by Jewish settlers. Arsonists reportedly scrawled Hebrew graffiti on the walls of…
Tagged with: arson, Beit Fajjar, israeli settlements, mosque, West Bank
Posted in Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian Territories, Religion and Politics
Posted in Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian Territories, Religion and Politics
Israeli court: Soldiers used Palestinian boy as human shield
An Israeli military court on Sunday convicted two soldiers of using a Palestinian child as a human shield by forcing him to check for booby traps during the 2008-2009 Gaza war. A transcript of the court decision made available by…
Tagged with: Gaza Strip, Gaza War
Posted in Civil liberties and human rights, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Legal
Posted in Civil liberties and human rights, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Legal
In a Computer Worm, a Possible Biblical Clue
Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt…
