Illegal Israeli settlers armed with bats attacked teachers and children at a Bedouin school in the West Bank on Monday, September 16, 2024, multiple news sources reported. Five Palestinians and four anti-occupation activists were injured. Israeli police watched, then arrested two Palestinians. Earli[...]
Archive for the ‘Israel/Palestine’ Category
September 17th, 2024 - 9:29 am § in Israel/Palestine
Israeli settlers attack West Bank school, beating teachers and children
July 30th, 2024 - 12:37 am § in Democrats, Foreign Affairs, Israel/Palestine, Kamala Harris, Politics, Republicans
Palestinians are people, too
If you listen to Netanyahu, Israeli settlers and militants, and U.S. Republican politicians, sympathizing with Palestinians makes you “pro-Hamas.” That’s bullshit. Like most people, I think the Oct. 7 attacks were a reprehensible act of terrorism. I’m no fan of anti-Israel pr[...]
July 15th, 2024 - 5:17 pm § in Israel/Palestine
A swing and a miss
“Hamas said Sunday [its] military commander was in good health, a day after the Israeli military targeted Mohammed Deif with a massive airstrike that local health officials said killed at least 90 people, including children,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, July 15, 2024 (photo b[...]
July 5th, 2024 - 3:03 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Politics
Leave other people’s posters and signs alone
An angry Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL), who’s Jewish, says posters of Israeli hostages were ripped off the wall outside his Capitol Hill office (photo, left; story here). No, no, no! No to pulling up other people’s yard signs, too. The right-and-wrong isn’t about whose views are right[...]
June 25th, 2024 - 6:53 pm § in America, Biden, China, Donald Trump, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Israel/Palestine, Politics, Republicans, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Is Biden senile?
Let’s figure this out. My raw material is Time magazine’s June 24, 2024, cover story (here). It’s mostly about foreign policy; I can only quote short excerpts, for space and fair use reasons, and encourage you to read the entire article linked above. It begins, “During his 40[...]
NY Democrat risks seat by pushing for two-state solution
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY; photo, left), who represents a district with many Jewish voters, faces a serious primary challenge because of his opposition to Israel’s policies toward the Palestinian people. Bowman, like many American politicians, supports an eventual Palestinian state. But during [...]
June 11th, 2024 - 8:10 pm § in Israel/Palestine
The monster behind Oct. 7 attacks
This is him. His name is Yahya Sinwar, and he’s Hamas leader who precipitated the Gaza war. He’s to blame for the kidnappings, killings, and hostage-takings by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, and the 36,600 Palestinian lives lost to the Israeli military attacks he deliberately provo[...]
Nikki Haley has no soul
Nikki Haley spent Memorial Day in Israel, writing graffiti on artillery shells, not honoring America’s fallen. She wrote, “Finish them! America ♥ Israel! Always, Nikki Haley.” These shells aren’t destined for Normandy beaches or Iwo Jima pillboxes. In Gaza, Hamas mingles w[...]
Speaker Mike invites Israeli leader, snubs Kenya leader
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[...]
He didn’t say, “I support Hamas,” Republicans did
The GOP’s congressional campaign committee put those words (see them here) in Rep. Pat Ryan’s mouth. Why? Because Ryan (D-NY) voted against a GOP bill attacking Biden’s arms delivery pause, as did nearly all House Democrats. It’s a ludicrous political attack. Ryan supports the U[...]