tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35180172010-03-05T11:22:13.736-08:00News from Palestine & IsraelNews from Palestine and Israel that the mainstream U.S. media ignores.Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-44307090431979303382010-02-26T15:22:00.001-08:002010-03-05T11:22:13.790-08:00THIS PAGE IS NOW AN ARCHIVE ONLYAs of March 2010, Google is no longer supporting FTP publishing of it's Blogger blogs. Therefore I will be consolidating all of my blogs into a single front page format that I will be experimenting with and changing from time to time until I find something I like.Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-24479265386919205052009-03-22T11:11:00.000-07:002009-03-22T11:17:20.569-07:00Gaza war crime claims gather pace as more troops speak out(Peter Beaumont, The Observer, 22 March 2009)An investigation by a group of former Israeli soldiers has uncovered new evidence of the military's conduct during the assault on Gaza two months ago. According to the group Breaking the Silence, the witness statements of the 15 soldiers who have come forward to describe their concerns over Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-38214795165113370812009-03-19T15:57:00.000-07:002009-03-19T16:03:38.715-07:00CIA Predicts the End of Israel within 20 YearsThe CIA report predicts "an inexorable movement away from a two-state to a one-state solution, as the most viable model based on democratic principles of full equality that sheds the looming specter of colonial Apartheid while allowing for the return of the 1947/1948 and 1967 refugees. The latter being the precondition for sustainable peace in the Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-29538812470276082392009-02-16T10:13:00.000-08:002009-02-16T10:14:40.130-08:00A Better Alternative for Peace in the Middle EastLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-15593024865180382042009-01-13T10:31:00.000-08:002009-01-13T10:40:54.727-08:00Israel's Supporters Seek Palestinian Holocaust(Max Blumenthal, AlterNet,January 13, 2009)On January 11, an estimated 10,000 people rallied in front of the Israeli consulate in midtown New York in support of Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip. The rally, which was organized by UJA-Federation of New York and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York in cooperation with the Conference of Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-63371239961838111702008-12-31T14:39:00.000-08:002008-12-31T14:40:44.389-08:00The Money Behind Israel-Hamas ConflictLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-35378538513338633012006-12-12T19:08:00.001-08:002006-12-12T19:13:23.474-08:00Jimmy Carter: Israel's 'apartheid' policies worse than South Africa's(Haaretz Service, December 12, 2006)Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said in remarks broadcast Monday that Israeli policy in the West Bank represented instances of apartheid worse even that those that once held sway in South Africa. . . . Carter's comments were broadcast on Israel Radio, which played a tape of an interview Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-57273889909994918302006-12-12T19:08:00.000-08:002006-12-12T19:13:23.001-08:00Jimmy Carter: Israel's 'apartheid' policies worse than South Africa's(Haaretz Service, December 12, 2006)Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said in remarks broadcast Monday that Israeli policy in the West Bank represented instances of apartheid worse even that those that once held sway in South Africa. . . . Carter's comments were broadcast on Israel Radio, which played a tape of an interview Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1163000288132599832006-11-08T07:27:00.000-08:002006-11-08T07:38:08.156-08:00Israel Massacres Women and Children in Gaza Attack(BBC News, 8 November 2006)At least 18 Palestinians have been killed and 40 wounded by Israeli tank fire in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, Palestinian sources have said. . . . Palestinian officials said a barrage of tank shells hit civilian homes, and women and children were among the dead. . . . Palestinian leaders have called for an Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1162665425623991232006-11-04T10:34:00.000-08:002006-11-04T11:49:38.090-08:00Israel committing war crimes in Gaza(Roee Nahmias, yNetNews, November 3, 2006)Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi (United Arab List – Ta'al) met in Cairo Thursday with Palestinian Liberation Organization Politburo Chief Farouk Kaddoumi to discuss, among other things, the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip. . . . Following the meeting the two said Israel was committing war crimes in Beit Hanoun and called on Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1159370469383085052006-09-27T08:11:00.000-07:002006-09-27T08:21:09.440-07:00How Israel is Engineering the "Clash of Civilizations"(Jonathan Cook, Counterpunch, September 23/24, 2006)The fresh claims about a new anti-Semitism began life in the spring of 2002, with the English-language website of Israel's respected liberal daily newspaper, Haaretz, flagging for many months a special online supplement of articles on the "New anti-Semitism", warning that the "age-old hatred"Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1158754025457702532006-09-20T05:01:00.000-07:002006-09-20T05:07:05.476-07:00Non-Aligned Nations Slam Israel's Aggression(Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post, September 20, 2006)A Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) "final document" praising Lebanon for its "heroic resistance to the Israeli aggression" has irked government officials in Jerusalem because some countries with close bilateral ties with Israel are a part of the movement and, as such, ostensibly signed off on the resolution. . Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1158341589693583602006-09-15T10:26:00.000-07:002006-09-15T10:33:34.336-07:00General says 'troops died for political spin'(Ynet News, 14 September 2006)Former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon continued his attack against the military and political echelons in the aftermath of the war in Lebanon and called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and current Chief of Staff Dan Halutz to resign. . . . In an interview to "Haaretz" magazine, Yaalon slammed the decision to launch a Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1158157628487310352006-09-13T07:22:00.000-07:002006-09-13T07:27:08.506-07:00IDF commander: We fired more than a million cluster bombs in Lebanon(Meron Rappaport, Haaretz, 13 September 2006)"What we did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs," the head of an IDF rocket unit in Lebanon said regarding the use of cluster bombs and phosphorous shells during the war. . . . Quoting his battalion commander, the rocket unit head stated that the IDF Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1157939878849897322006-09-10T18:55:00.000-07:002006-09-10T18:57:58.866-07:00Russia calls for independent investigation of Israel's cluster bomb use(RIA Novosti, September 9, 2006)The Russian foreign minister said Friday that Russia supports an independent investigation into Israel's alleged use of cluster bombs in Lebanon. . . . "I believe that in the interests of everyone and for the sake of turning this page, it is necessary to hold such an investigation, to determine Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1155394674562885562006-08-12T07:50:00.000-07:002006-08-12T07:57:54.596-07:00The Beginning of the End for Israel(Nathen Gardels, The Huffington Post, 2006-08-01)The most disturbing analysis comes from Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former US national security adviser, who links the Iraq and Israel conflict and says bluntly: "Neocon prescriptions [of use of force to try to change things unilaterally] of which Israel has its equivalents, are fatal for America and ultimately for Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1155006511770869132006-08-07T20:04:00.000-07:002006-08-07T20:08:31.793-07:00Dead UN soldiers had atrocoities info(Wayne Madsen, Prison Planet, July 28 2006)Our intelligence sources report that the Israeli Defense Force attack on Lebanon is being carried out as a joint Israeli-U.S. military operation. Moreover, there are joint Israeli and U.S. war rooms coordinating the U.S.-supported Israeli attacks on Lebanon. The ultimate aim of Washington and Jerusalem is not only to Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1153737666774852472006-07-24T03:36:00.000-07:002006-07-24T03:41:08.586-07:00Tel Aviv: Thousands rally against war(Attila Somfalvi, Ynetnews, 22 July 2006)Thousands march in Tel Aviv to protest Lebanon fighting, call on soldiers to refuse taking part in war. Clashes with passersby erupt during event, activists called 'traitors'. . . . Thousands of left-wing activists, including many Arab citizens, marched Saturday evening from the Rabin Square to the Cinematheque plaza inLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1153177911232124442006-07-17T16:03:00.000-07:002006-07-17T16:11:51.256-07:00U.S. gives Israel a blank check to murder civilians(Barry Grey, WSWS, July 17, 2006)The Bush administration has given Israel a carte blanche to wage war against Lebanon, bombing and killing as it sees fit. American diplomacy in the crisis precipitated by Israeli aggression first against Gaza and then against its neighbor to the north is concentrated on blocking any move for a ceasefire and Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1152836787110798842006-07-13T17:15:00.000-07:002006-09-10T11:02:00.466-07:00The Palestinians have no chance, unless we free our souls from Zionist controlby Israel Adam ShamirIsraeli tactics in Gaza resemble the strategy of "starving into obedience" applied by the Pentagon to North Vietnam, per the Pentagon Papers, - the single most evil piece of strategic planning in the 20th century: . . . "Strikes at population targets are likely not only to create a counterproductiveLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1150166017591825912006-06-12T19:29:00.000-07:002006-06-12T19:33:38.523-07:00Palestinian PM office set on fire(BBC NEWS, 12 June 2006)Gunmen loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have set fire to the offices of the Hamas prime minister and parliament in Ramallah. . . . Hamas MP Khalil Rabei was briefly kidnapped, but later released. . . . Earlier on Monday at least two people were killed and more than a dozen injured in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, amid Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1146659501648911112006-05-03T05:26:00.000-07:002006-05-03T05:31:41.670-07:00The 'Israelization' of American foreign policy(Djoko Susilo, The Jakarta Post, May 3, 2006)President George W. Bush has learnt from his father, president George H.W. Bush, that if he wants to successfully complete his second term as the United States president, never ever confront the powerful Jewish lobby. . . . Bush Jr. who succeeded Clinton, learnt this lesson well, and has done more than anyLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1136580603422711712006-01-06T12:42:00.000-08:002006-01-06T12:50:03.433-08:00Let us Not Forget that Ariel Sharon is a Vicious War CriminalIn his autobiography, Warrior, Sharon depicts Arabs as infantile, timorous, and untrustworthy. As one former U.S. official who knows him puts it, Sharon has the same condescending disregard for Arabs that Southern plantation-owners had for blacks.Sharon is:--A man even many Israelis consider a war criminal. --A man who flies a large Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1134669960053514612005-12-15T10:06:00.000-08:002005-12-15T10:07:45.770-08:00Bush Says Iraq War Is Being Fought for Israel(Forward, December 16, 2005)"If you're a supporter of Israel, I would strongly urge you to help other countries become democracies," President Bush declared Monday, in a major address defending American policy in Iraq and his wider vision for the region. "Israel's long-term survival depends upon the spread of democracy in the Middle East." . . . Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518017.post-1126546193794091722005-09-12T10:29:00.000-07:002005-09-12T10:29:53.816-07:00Israel war criminal 'avoids UK arrest'
(BBC NEWS, 12 September 2005)
The former head of Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip has told how he dodged arrest on war crimes charges after receiving a tip-off at Heathrow. . . . Major General Doron Almog is accused of breaching international laws during Israel's occupation of the Gaza Strip. . . . He said he had flown straight home after the Israeli Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.com