The Emirates airline placed a blockbuster order for 50 $18 billion in Boeing 777s at the Dubai Air Show last Sunday, despite growing fears of stalling global growth. This deal adds to the evolution of the UAE as the outpost of American influence in the middle east. A role oddly parallel to the[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
The Mystery Behind Gadhafi’s Birth: Some Say He’s Jewish
Dana Kennedy , AOL News What if the biggest mystery surrounding Col. Moammar Gadhafi had nothing to do with his long, brutal reign as the world’s most eccentric and violent leader turned pariah? And what if a long-lost letter from a Catholic cardinal who knew Gadhafi’s true identit[...]
Medved is a Preposterous Patriotic Poseur Who Demeans Other People’s Pesach
The Preposterous Politics of Passover Michael Medved — April 2011 from Commentary Ed. The pompous patriot Medved, a Jew of the Judeo-Christian radical right party, makes snarc remarks about other peoples’ haggadot. I would send him one of our family haghadot, but would be afraid he might p[...]
A Wish For Passover
Ed. Passover is now a week away. A wish for Passover from Americans for Peace Now. Ed. BRS and I are long term members of PeaceNow and striongly recommend it to all of our friends, Muslims, Jews, Zionists, and Palestinians. Their stand for Peace is why I am so upset by the death of Mer [&helli[...]
Goldstone Retracts War Crimes Charges Against Israel. Issues with Hamas Still Stand.
Ed. I am not at all surprised to find out that the Goldstone Report was wrong. Hasty investigations are likely to be rushed judgments. “We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war. If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document[...]
BREAKING NEWS: The other Palestinian Conflict … Mafia vs. The Party Machine
While the intransigence of the Israelis and the PLO seems to be endless, perhaps there is a god waiting in the sidelines? Hamas and Fatah, at least seem to be talking. “We’ve turned a new page. There was a great deal of understanding and enthusiasm for working together and we were serious ab[...]