Arthur Neslen on the UK Guardian’s Comment is Free blog Oct. 25 outlines various intellectual responses to the ascendance of the frightening Avigdor Lieberman to the Israeli cabinet. One which he overlooks is the “smokescreen” response, put forth by the… Read moreAvigdor Lieberman: “fascism” or “smokescreen”?
From Reuters, Oct. 25: Berlin: IAF jets fire shots over German ship off coast of Lebanon Two Israel Air Force warplanes and a German navy vessel have clashed off the Lebanese coast, the Defense Ministry in Berlin said on Wednesday… Read moreIsraeli war planes and German navy clash off Lebanon coast
Anybody have any idea who the “Lions of Monotheism” are? From Newsday, Sept. 19: Palestine’s Christians face retalliation from Muslims over Pope’s words NABLUS — The charred churches of this West Bank town were shuttered yesterday and circled by armed… Read moreAnti-papal backlash spreads to West Bank
From the Israeli Committee on Housing Demolitions (ICHAD), Sept. 13: Israelis and Hezbollah Haven’t Always Been Enemies When Hezbollah operative and diamond trader Samih Ossailly was arrested in Belgium in April of 2002, one of the items found in a… Read moreIsraeli diamond merchants worked with Hezbollah, al-Qaeda?
Once again, the idiot left delivers up propaganda ammo to the reactionary New York Sun on a silver platter. Are these claims true? If they aren’t, Al-Awda should sue. If they are, Al-Awda should be generally repudiated by the American… Read moreAl-Awda: “Jews are our dogs”
From DPA, Aug. 31: Damascus- Around 595 Druse clergymen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights crossed into Syria Thursday for an annual pilgrimage to the holy Habil shrine at Zabadanto, a Red Cross official in Damascus said. The clerics crossed the… Read moreGolani Druze pilgrimage defies Israeli ethnocide
In the wake of the Lebanon aggression, Uri Avnery invokes the image of Israel as Washington’s attack dog—as he has before. Online at Gush Shalom, Aug. 26, emphasis added: America’s Rottweiler IN HIS latest speech, which infuriated so many people,… Read moreIsrael as “America’s Rottweiler”
This July 29 report online at The American Muslim argues that an hisotric peace dialogue between Hamas leaders and Orthodox Israeli rabbis was (by strong implication, consciously) sabotaged by the Lebanon aggression. It also repeats the oft-heard claim that the… Read moreDid Lebanon aggression sabotage Palestine peace initiative?
This Aug. 17 New York Times by Scott Atran op ed ends on an ominous note, but is generally an offering of much-needed optimism. The highlighted passage notes an historic compromise in Hamas’ traditionally rejectionist position. Is Hamas Ready to… Read moreHope seen for Hamas hudna
Mike di Paola writes an excellent summary of the environmental and archeological damage from the Lebanese war for Bloomberg, Aug. 15. One of the coastal areas affected by an Israeli bombing-induced oil slick is the ancient Phoenician Canaanite harbor of… Read moreLebanon: historic Byblos threatened by oil slick, Israeli naval blockade
Seymour Hersh‘s latest feature in the Aug. 21 New Yorker openly portrays Israel’s Lebanon adventure as Washington’s test war for an attack on Iran. Like most of his recent journalism, it relies overwhelmingly on anonymous sources. One “US government consultant”… Read moreSeymour Hersh: Lebanon was Bush’s test war for Iran
Despite the ceasefire, Israeli soldiers fanned out across the Litani river, and between 10 – 30,000 may remain in Lebanon, creating certain logistics problems. According to Ha’aretz, Aug. 14: IDF general: Soldiers may steal food from south Lebanon stores “If… Read moreIsraeli general: troops in Lebanon should steal food, get ready for winter
