Israeli court rules against Palestinian hunger strikers
(Reuters) – Israel’s Supreme Court turned down on Monday an appeal by two Palestinians, who have been on hunger strike for the past 70 days, to free them from detention without trial.
But in its decision, released by the justice ministry, the court said security authorities… Continue reading
One state solution featured on NPR and in Carter ‘IHT’ Op-Ed
Adam Horowitz
As the possibility of a two-state solution fades into the horizon (cue the flatline), the discussion of alternatives continues to expand. Building off last month’s One State conference at Harvard, NPR‘s Morning Edition featured a story… Continue reading
On anti-Semitism, war crimes, and old poets
Lillian Rosengarten
Silence in the face of apartheid is unbearable.
We can no longer remain silent nor turn our backs and pretend ignorance to a gruesome occupation of stolen land, the cruelest collective punishment in the open-air sewer prison where Palestinians once lived in peace… Continue reading
The most moral army in the world has been very busy
Philip Weiss
In the Israeli press, not the American press. Haaretz: IDF Closes off Central Palestinian town to cars….
The Israel Defense Forces is not allowing vehicles in or out of A-Ram, a Palestinian city of 60,000 northeast of Jerusalem… Continue reading
Media Scoundrels Promote War
Stephen Lendman
Syria is target one, then Iran. The road to Tehran runs through Damascus. Western-backed insurgents can’t match Assad’s security forces.
In 2011, Libyan killer gangs had air force support. Without NATO, they’d have been routed.
Expect stepped up intervention in Syria. All signs suggest it… Continue reading
Amira Hass explains why Israel’s U.S. model of ethnic cleansing failed, and why ‘Jewish regime’ will ‘crumble’
Philip Weiss
It is very common these days to hear supporters of Israel seek to justify ethnic cleansing by saying that You did it– you Americans. Amira Hass has a fabulous piece up at Haaretz
Germans are behind Günter Grass
Gilad Atzmon
Israel doesn’t approve Grass’s recent poetic intervention. Yet, according to the German Financial Times, Grass views are highly accepted amongst Germans.
Israel doesn’t approve Grass’s recent poetic intervention. Yet, according to the German Financial Times, Grass views are highly accepted amongst Germans.
Israel bars Gunter Grass from entry under law barring former Nazis
Philip Weiss
The latest in the Gunter Grass story. Sydney Morning Herald
Israel’s Interior Minister has barred the German author Gunter Grass from entering the country because of a poem that accuses Israel of being a threat to world peace… Continue reading
Reality in Occupied Palestine
Stephen Lendman
Gaza’s attacked regularly. Dozens of West Bank incursions occur weekly. Police state harshness and arrests follow.
In the week ending April 5, one Palestinian was killed and dozens injured, including 18 children. They were nonviolently commemorating Land Day.
Many others, including an international human rights… Continue reading
Whose Corporations? Our Corporations!
Ken Jacobson
The idea that corporations are obligated only to shareholders is a dangerous fad. Law and precedent say they owe a strong duty to the 99%.
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