House Speaker Mike Johnson will invite Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress even if the Senate doesn’t cooperate (see story here), but refused a similar invite to Kenya president William Ruto — even though he sides with Israel against Hamas (de[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Palestinians’
BiBi vows to fight with “fingernails” if Biden denies him weapons
After Uncle Sam threatened to cut off his prodigal nephew, the Israeli leader vowed, “If we need to, we will fight with our fingernails.” (See story here.) That’s an interesting concept. It might give Palestinians a fighting chance. If he’s going to do that, he should let the[...]
March 16th, 2015 - 12:42 pm § in Politics
Bibi’s promise: No Palestinian state, ever!
A desperate Benjamin Netanyahu, who’s likely to lose tomorrow’s election in Israel, tried to rally his political base today by promising there’ll never be a Palestinian state and construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank will accelerate if he’s re-elected. Which me[...]
March 5th, 2014 - 1:26 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Israel Intercepts Iranian Shipment of Rockets to Hamas in Gaza
The Israel Navy intercepted an Iranian arms smuggling ship carrying dozens of long-range rockets to Gaza near Port Sudan early on Wednesday. The crew is in Israeli custody, and the ship is being towed by the Navy to Eilat, where it is expected to arrive in the coming days. The rockets originated i[...]
UN Refugee Camps Teach Palestinian Kids That They Have a Right to Israel
Who is the wolf that took away our palaces and villas by the sea? The Jews, The Jews![...]
Boycotting a Superbowl Ad to Support the Palestinian cause.
I Love SODASTREAM and PEACE NOW In full disclosure I am both a member of Peace Now and a user of Sodastream, I disagree with the stand here because I believe there is no viable future for Palestine that does not include exactly this sort of interaction with the Israeli business world. However, i[...]
Academic Freedom and its Misuse by the AAUP
The current issue of the AAUP journal, Journal of Academic Freedom, has the following very disturbing article (excerpt): Palestine, Boycott, and Academic Freedom: A Reassessment Introduction Bill V. Mullen The creation of the state of Israel in 1948 on land home to generations of Arab Palestinians i[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Pope Francis to host joint Israel-Palestinian peace prayer
Pope Francis has invited Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas to pray at the Vatican. The sense of irony here is overwhelming. When Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President , Mahmoud Abbas come together with Pontifex Maximus Francis, how many of the men there will be believers in …[...]