Tag Archives: Middle East/North Africa
Israeli Government is Against a Two State Solution
The Times of Israel reports here, that Israel’s ruling party and the governing coalition are staunchly opposed to a two-state solution and would block the creation of a Palestinian state if such a proposal ever came to a vote, Deputy … Continue reading
Israel’s “foreign policy of deception” documented in new book
Avi Raz’s The Bride and the Dowry: Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War is a meticulous examination of the two-year period that followed Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza … Continue reading
Israel plans to Annex the West Bank
I stated here that Israel doesn’t want peace. I stated here that Israel is intent on conquest. Now prominent members of ruling party, Likud have decided to no longer remain quiet concerning these facts. According to the Guardian here, government … Continue reading
Musings on Gaza
Some believe that Gaza is suffering because Barak Obama won the presidential election. If Romney had won, Bibi would be happily watching the US bomb Iran but because Romney lost, Bibi is now throwing a tantrum. There seems to be … Continue reading
UK ready to take on Israel over fate of children clapped in irons
The Independent reports that the Foreign Office revealed last night that it would be challenging the Israelis over their treatment of Palestinian children after a report by a delegation of senior British lawyers revealed unconscionable practices, such as hooding and … Continue reading
Amnesty International – Ipswich Group
Yesterday evening the Amnesty International group for Ipswich had it’s monthly meeting and I attended. First of all we heard a report about how former Amnesty Internationl Secretary General Irene Khan, screwed the organisation of half a million pound and … Continue reading
Camel Visits School
I don’t know why but I find this blog post amusing. The writer of the post has been working in the United Arab Emirates as a Partnership Teacher for the past three years. He has an excerpt of an article … Continue reading
Cold War Politics and Present Events in the Middle East
The United States of AIPAC vetoed the UN resolution calling for an end to Israeli colonial outposts illegal settlements claiming that they were illegitimate rather than illegal and then the United States vetoed the Palestinian State it claims to Support. … Continue reading
Nick Clegg States the Obvious on Israeli Illegal Settlements
Nick Clegg said on Monday that Israeli colonial outpost illegal settlement construction is “vandalism.” Speaking at a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Clegg went on to accuse Israel of undermining attempts to broker a Middle East peace deal … Continue reading
US Pulls Palestinian Sesame Street while Arming the IDF
The Palestinian version of Sesame Street known as “Sharaa Simsim” in Arabic, has been put on hold for the 2012 season because of a funding freeze by the United States of Aipec Congress. (Story here.) Sharaa Simsim is one of … Continue reading
