Archive for July 25th, 2009
Mr. Obama: Yes, You Can!
The battle is not about 20 outposts, nor about 20 apartments in the grounds of the Shepherd hotel. Every house in every West Bank settlement serves one supreme purpose: to destroy any possibility for peace. Every Israeli house in East Jerusalem serves the same sublime aim. The opponents of peace know that no Arab leader will ever sign a peace agreement that does not designate East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital, and no Arab leader will ever sign a peace agreement that does not assign all of the West Bank to the State of Palestine.
A historic responsibility rests on the shoulders of Barack Obama: not to fold, not to give in, not to “compromise”. To insist on the total freeze of the settlements, as a first and necessary step towards peace. For his sake, and for ours too.
As an Israeli, I feel like calling out to him: Yes, You Can! Read More…
Related:
- West Bank Settlers Top 300,000 as Growth Continues
- Israel Anti-Obama Rally Predicts US Disintegration
- IDF stands aside as settlers build new outpost
- ‘Obama is a racist,’ settler rabbi tells protestors in Jerusalem (?!?!?)
- Settlers to build 11 new West Bank outposts
- Netanyahu: ‘We Will Not Raze the “Security Fence”’
- US heavyweights to press Israel on settlement work
- Clinton: Israel to agree to temporary settlement freeze
***NOT SATIRE*** Mullen: U.S. Does Not Invade Sovereign Countries
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen on Thursday said he believed the top leadership of Al Qaeda, including Osama Bin Laden, was in Pakistan.
Talking to Al Jazeera TV, Mullen said Al Qaeda was on top of the US list of priorities and threats around the world. When asked why the United States was not in FATA despite having the knowledge that Al Qaeda was present there, he said, “Because FATA is in Pakistan and Pakistan is a sovereign country and we don’t go into sovereign countries.” Read More…
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Middle East News
Moscow says Joe Biden’s criticism of Russia damages reset of bilateral relations
Moscow says Joe Biden’s harsh criticism of Russia may damage the rest of bilateral relations. The announcement was made by presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko as he commented on the US vice-president’s interview published by “Wall Street Journal”. Joe Biden’s criticism of Russia at a time when both countries have established a constructive atmosphere in bilateral relations, Sergei Prikhodko said, raises the issue of who exactly calls the foreign policy tune in the US – Barack Obama or Josef Biden. Read More…
Related:
- No real change in US foreign policy
- Russia vows to strongly defend citizens against foreign threats
- Georgia’s NATO entry ‘impossible’ within old borders – Rogozin
- Dmitry Medvedev has urged NATO not to drag in countries against their people’s will
- Moscow Warns on Arming Georgia
- Clinton talks tough in Thailand
Israel moves ahead with anti-Iran plan
Israel struggles to portray Iran as a threat to the world’s security saying the international community should make concerted efforts to counter Iran’s nuclear program. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said in an interview with Xinhua on Thursday that the world could not afford a nuclear Iran and therefore the international community had to avert the prospect. Read More…
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Operation in Afghanistan is Rooted in Israel
Interview with Karen Kwiatkowski, a writer and former U.S. Air Force officer
“The real reason why the U.S. continues its presence in Afghanistan is Iran….”
“Iran is not a threat to the United States in any way, shape or form. That is not even an issue….
“Iran is an annoyance for Israel… What we are doing [reflects] our interests in supporting or facilitating things for Israel… Our ally Israel is a factor in the way that we treat Iran.”
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Pro-Israel Groups Push Back Against Settlements Policy
– “Iran is a higher priority than Israeli-Palestinian settlement”
