Commentary: "Israel Gives Qualified Okay To Obama’s Interim Deal With Iran" [05/21/12] "Netanyahu and Ehud Barak have decided to stand back for Barack Obama to put his interim deal with Iran to the test, Debkafile’s sources report. They decided to go along with it despite their reservations after receiving assurances from the White House that any Iranian violations would result in the immediate termination of all negotiations and bring military action forward as the sole remaining option for stopping a nuclear Iran. It was not clear if US intended to exercise the military itself. The Obama administration handed similar assurances to the G-8 leaders meeting at Camp David Saturday May 19. Israel’s qualified acquiescence to the deal negotiated by Washington was accompanied by assertions by its ministers that Iran was lying about its nuclear intentions and playing the world for a fool. Tehran would therefore not stand up to the test. [...]"  Note: Many have said over time that Debka File is connected with the Mossad in some way.

Commentary: "Israel's Elected Officials Nobody Seems To Have Elected" Haaretz [05/21/12] "The disenchanted Kadima politicos register their anger: Mofaz doesn't consult with us, nor does he brief us. But Dalia Itzik winks, and gives out a hint: she knew something. They can only complain about themselves: from the start, they agreed to park in the Knesset and emerge from a vehicle devoid of any substance. Ariel Sharon plucked them one by one, and each joined Kadima as a lone wolf. As a group, they have nothing to offer; had they not gotten on their knees, and crawled as imploring beggars, they would have never received spots on Kadima's Knesset list. It's hard to get elected legitimately into the Knesset. For a party to send representatives to the parliament, some 70,000 citizens have to wake up one morning resolved to vote for a particular candidate. During the next national elections, when the threshold number of votes is raised, a party will have to receive 100,000 votes to get any Knesset representation, and each Knesset seat will be equal to 30,000 votes; and who, in this chorus of Kadima whiners, is really worth 30,000 votes? That question does not apply solely to Kadima; other parties are crowded with politicians who have no constituency, who are elected officials bereft of anyone who ever wanted to elect them. If Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, it is a democracy where strings are pulled: foreign observers would never authorize and validate elections in which so many candidates are hand-picked by party bosses. Since they were never elected by a recognizable electorate, they don't owe anyone any sort of commitment. The process of sorting out and choosing candidates is controlled and privatized in a way that the politicians come and go, and the public is left without a say in the matter.  [...]"  

Commentary: "Nuclear-Armed Israel, Image Of Apocalyptic Horror: Analyst" [05/11/12]   "With over 300 to 400 nuclear bombs, Israel has been translated into an image of apocalyptic horror for the entire Middle East if not for the world,” wrote Dr. Ismail Salami, a prolific Iranian author and Middle East expert, in an article published on Press TV’s website on Wednesday. Pointing to the Samson Option theory, explained by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Seymour M. Hersh in his 1991 book The Samson Option, he noted that “Israel reserves the option to retaliate massively with nuclear weapons when its existence is gravely endangered by the military might of another country although the regime refuses to admit to the possession of a huge nuclear arsenal.” “In fact, the Samson Option is a horrific plan drawn up by Israel leaders to take down the Middle East and the entire world if necessary and proclaimed 'kosher' [legitimate],” the political analyst added. The expert also drew attention to the disclosures made by Mordechai Vanunu, an Israeli nuclear technician and an advocate of the Palestinian cause, who, in 1986, “smuggled dozens of pictures and documents out of Dimona and gave them to the London Sunday Times.” The pictures and documents proved that Israel was in possession of a sizeable nuclear arsenal i.e. as many as 200 highly sophisticated thermonuclear bombs… and that Israel was producing 1.2 kilograms of plutonium on a weekly basis, enough to make 10 to 12 bombs per year,” he explained.  [...]"  Related: See below.

Commentary: "Israeli Candidate Running for U.S Congress Pledges Israel Comes First" "He grew up in Israel, served in the IDF as a lieutenant and is running for Congress, one of his main goals is to ‘stop the Islamization of America’ and give Israel a more priority in America. [...]" MSM: "Why Was The US Military Teaching 'Total War' On Islam?" "America's top military officer has condemned a course taught about Islam at one of America's top military schools as "totally objectionable". The course taught officers there was no such thing as moderate Islam and that they should consider the religion their enemy. It advocated "total war" against all the world's Muslims, including possible nuclear attacks on the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and the wiping out civilian populations. The Pentagon has confirmed the course material found on their website is authentic. The story, first broken by Wired, is fairly astonishing, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, must be furious. [...]"  Note: It's a freak show. 

Commentary:  "US Weapons-Grade Uranium Diverted to Israel: Secret NUMEC Investigation Files Now Online" [05/10/12] "Declassified files from long-running investigations of the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) over alleged illegal diversions of US government-owned weapons-grade uranium to Israel are now available online. The 733 pages of information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act for the new book Divert! NUMEC, Zalman Shapiro and the diversion of US weapons-grade uranium into the Israeli nuclear weapons program include: A 1980 FBI interview of an eyewitness (PDF) of NUMEC executives stuffing U-235 canisters into sealed equipment shipped to Israel. CIA Director of Operations Carl Duckett’s 1978 testimony about NUMEC (PDF) before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Atomic Energy Commissioner Glenn T. Seaborg’s reaction (PDF) to news that traces of Portsmouth U-235 of the type supplied to NUMEC had been picked up in Israel. NUMEC corporate correspondence (PDF) with the AEC claiming that undercover Israeli intelligence agents Rafael Eitan and Ephraim Beigun visiting NUMEC in 1968 were merely energy scientists. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Bresinski’s 1979 order (PDF) that Senator John Glenn not be given direct access to a top secret memorandum about “missing material from the NUMEC plant in Apollo, PA.” Deputy Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti’s confidential letter (PDF) to President Jimmy Carter to “establish a plan for coordinated interagency action to detect and investigate the theft or diversion of nuclear material in the future.” National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger’s 1969 strategy document (PDF) about how the US should respond to Israel’s clandestine nuclear weapons program. “There is circumstantial evidence that some fissionable material available for Israel’s weapons development was illegally obtained from the United States by about 1965.” According to a 2001 Department of Energy report, NUMEC lost 269 kilograms of highly enriched uranium between 1957 and 1968–the highest in the US and enough for dozens of atomic weapons. The former NUMEC factory site is currently undergoing a toxic cleanup the US Army Corps of Engineers estimates could cost taxpayers between $250-$500 million. The newly published book Divert! (available in paperback and Kindle) presents additional evidence that NUMEC–unable to complete US government contracts or protect workers and the environment–was originally established as a nuclear smuggling front.[...]" 

Commentary: "Alan Hart : Time For A Military Coup In Israel?" [05/08/12] "The mounting public criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by past and present members of the Zionist state’s defense and intelligence establishments triggered the recall of a comment made to me by one of its former Directors of Military Intelligence. The comment was: “If we had a government consisting of only former DMI’s, we’d have had peace with the Palestinians long ago.” I must confess (and do so cheerfully) that I can’t remember which of two former Israeli DMI’s said that to me. It was either General Chaim Herzog, one of the founding fathers of Israel’s Directorate of Military Intelligence who went on to become the Zionist state’s ambassador to the UN and then its president, or General Shlomo Gazit, the best and the brightest of them all. In private conversations with me both men were refreshingly honest. [...]" 

MSM: "Israel Military Chief: Iran Not Pursuing Nuclear Weapon" [04/26/12] "Israel’s military chief toned down the rhetoric over Iran’s nuclear programme on Wednesday, describing the Iranian leadership as “very rational” and unlikely to take the decision to build a bomb. Speaking to the left-leaning Haaretz newspaper, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz said Iran was systematically approaching the point at which it would be able to decide on whether to build a bomb, but had not yet made that decision. “It still hasn’t decided yet whether to go the extra mile,” he said. So far, Israel and Washington do not believe that Tehran has actually taken the decision to develop a nuclear bomb, a decision which would require the ability to quickly produce weapons-grade uranium. “In my opinion, he would be making a huge mistake if he does so, and I don’t think he will want to go the extra mile,” Gantz said, referring to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who is the final authority on all national issues. The Iranian leadership was made up of “very rational people,” he said, and the international regime of hard-hitting sanctions was “starting to bear fruit.” [...]"  

Explorations: "Stopping Doomsday: What You Haven’t Been Told About The Iran-Israeli Crisis" [04/21/12] "The next three months could be extremely tense for the world, especially in the Middle East. The Russians have said that Israel will mount its attack on Iran by summer and Israel has itself stated, in so many words, that after May; the time of diplomacy and sanctions to work may be over. Are we approaching a singularity point in Jewish history? Perhaps so. It was reported by The Times of Israel that an attack on Iran would happen this summer as the article read: ‘A major Israeli TV station reported Sunday that the nation is gearing up for an attack against Iran this summer.” Whether this is misdirection or not; we’ll soon know but that is not so much an issue as the fact is that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said 2012 was the most important year in Israel’s history. There are some leaders inside the Jewish State that are quite frightened that Israel will face another holocaust scenario this year. The reason for the foreboding involves several factors which up to now haven’t been discussed much in the public. It’s quite creepy and it plays out something like this. There is considered to be a cursed date in Jewish history called the 9th of Av (Tisha B'Av) .... This year, the 9thof Av falls on July 28, 2012. The Shabbath also comes after the 64 year anniversary of Israel (May 14, 1948) as an independent state. In numerology, the number 64 is the symbol of paramount chaos. [...]" 

MSM: "Israel Cuts Ties With UN Human Rights Body" [03/27/12] "Israel has said it has severed contacts with the UN Human Rights Council after the group's launch last week of an international investigation into Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The decision, announced by a foreign ministry spokesman on Monday, meant that the fact-finding team the council planned to send to the West Bank will not be allowed to enter the territory or Israel, said spokesman Yigal Palmor. "We are not working with them anymore," Palmor said about the Geneva-based forum. "We had been participating in meetings, discussions, arranging visits to Israel. All that is over." The international investigation was launched on Thursday, with the United States isolated in voting against the initiative brought by the Palestinian Authority. [...]"  

MSM: "AIPAC Policy Conference 2012 Lowlights " [03/22/12] Note: Additional links to videos on the right for what the various speakers said, if you're interested.

MSM: "US, Israel Agree Iran Abandoned Nuclear Bomb" [03/19/12] "US and Israeli intelligence agencies mostly agree that Iran has not restarted its development of a nuclear bomb, the New York Times reported on Saturday. According to the report, the assessment among top US officials is that Iran has not yet decided to pursue a nuclear weapon, a conclusion which was established based on intelligence analyses. Israel - while seeing an existential threat in Iran's possible pursuit of a nuclear bomb - mostly agrees with those assessment, a US intelligence official speaking on the condition of anonymity told the Times. “Their people ask very hard questions, but Mossad does not disagree with the US on the weapons program,” the Times quoted the official as saying.  [...]" Related: "Israel Takes ‘Iran Nuclear Concern’ To Partner China" "Israel Friday took its 'concern about Iran’s nuclear program' to one of Iran’s main partners, China, and hinted it could launch a pre-emptive attack on the Islamic Republic despite repeated calls by China to allow diplomacy to take its course. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned Iran in January against any effort to acquire nuclear weapons but apart from that, China has shied away from speaking out strongly against Iran.  [...]"  Note: So Israel agrees that Iran has abandoned a bomb program, yet they're seeking China's help about Iran's apparently peaceful nuclear program, which is legal according to international law, wherein enrichment is no more than 20%, when bomb grade materials require enrichment of 90%. Israel's leadership, apparently blind to any reality but their own, press on toward their own self-destruction.

MSM: "Israeli Diplomat Says War With Iran Would Engulf The World In A Nightmare" [03/19/12] (Former nightclub bouncer) "Avigdor Lieberman arrived in Beijing on Thursday. On Saturday he met with Vice President Xi Jinping and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in hopes of persuading them to support tightening the sanctions on Iran. During the meeting, Israel’s top diplomat said next month’s talks between Tehran and the West represent the final opportunity to resolve the nuclear crisis peacefully. “If, God forbid, a war with breaks out with Iran, it will be a nightmare. Everyone will be involved, including the Gulf states and Saudi Arabia,” Avigdor Lieberman told the Yedioth Ahronoth daily during an official visit to China. According to a report published by the International Atomic Energy Agency last month, Iran has expanded its nuclear enrichment activities, particularly at the Natanz plant. Lieberman is aware of China’s central role in resolving the crisis. “Israel is keeping all of its options on the table,” he told Yedioth, “but we believe that with a united international front the Iranians can be convinced to abandon their nuclear ambitions. If all five permanent Security Council members present Iran with an unequivocal demand – they (Iranians) will have no choice. The Chinese have a lot of influence over Iran, and their position during the negotiations in April will be crucial,” Lieberman stated. “Despite the differences of opinion, the Chinese treat (Israel) with respect. They are very pragmatic, and this gives me hope. They are very concerned by the Iranian issue as well, because Iran’s conduct is totally unacceptable. Such an irresponsible regime – if it obtains nuclear weapons – poses a threat to the entire world.” Asked whether he preferred a military strike over the possibility of existing alongside a nuclear Iran, the Israeli FM said “a country such as Iran does not seek nuclear weapons for peaceful purposes. Therefore, the alternatives we are facing are Iran using nuclear weapons against us, or we prevent such a scenario.” [...]"  Note: Lieberman has always, for years, behaved as an insane psychotic ... this is no different. He is happy to engulf the world in a worse nightmare than it already has. He has a history of counterproductive behavior, and some Israelis have tried to reign him in, to no avail ... because Lieberman exemplifies the state psyche.

Commentary: "UN Body "Appalled" By Israel’s Racial Segregation Policies" [03/18/12] "Israel is criticized for violating the right to equality in a new report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). An advance version of the CERD report indicates that racial prejudice can be found in almost every facet of Israeli life ("Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination," 9 March 2012 [PDF]). CERD is a body of legal specialists who monitor the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which states that any doctrine of superiority based on racial differentiation is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous. According to its report, key legislation in Israel runs counter to that convention. Israel’s Basic Law (the closest thing it has to a written constitution) does not contain a commitment to equality or to prohibit racial discrimination. Neither does Israeli law contain a proper definition of racial discrimination. The CERD paper is a response to a 183-page document that Israel submitted to the committee earlier this year. Whereas Israel is required to provide a formal update on its progress in eliminating racial discrimination every two years, it has tended to miss the deadline. Its latest update was an attempt to bring together three separate reports that were supposed to have been sent to the committee in 2006, 2008 and 2010 respectively. Israel’s report was restricted to issues within its internationally-recognized borders, with no mention of its treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. But the CERD paper takes Israel to task for racial discrimination both within the state and in the territories it occupies, including the Syrian Golan Heights. Among its litany of complaints, CERD managed to make four small positive points about Israel’s record between 2004 and 2010. For example, it welcomed a law banning violence in sport. [...]"  Related: "IDF Soldiers Release Attack Dog On Unarmed Palestinian Protesters" Video clip   [3:02] "Soldiers released an attack dog on unarmed Palestinians at a Friday anti- occupation demonstration in the West Bank village of Kufr Qaddoum, report eyewitnesses that include an AP photographer. According to a report from Jonathan Pollack, a political activist, Border Police officers released an army dog at a group of protesters who were standing several dozen meters away. The dog chased the protesters, then locked his jaw on the arm of one of them – Ahmad Shtawi – sinking his teeth into the man’s arm. The dog refused for several minutes to respond to his handler’s order to release Mr. Shtawi’s arm. Although he was bleeding, in pain and in need of medical attention, soldiers decided to arrest Mr. Shtawi after the dog finally released his arm. When Morad Shtawi, a member of the village’s popular committee, tried to reason with the commanding officer and convince him to release the wounded man, he was thrown to the ground, handcuffed and pepper sprayed – as documented in the video [...]"  

Commentary: "Syria Intercepts Car Loaded With Israeli Arms" [03/18/12] [1:39] "Syrian authorities have intercepted a car loaded with various weaponry made largely in the US and Israel, on a highway in the western city of Homs. [...]"  Related: "Saudi 'Sends Military Equipment To Syria Rebels'"  

MSM: "US Admits Israel Is Arming And Training Terrorist Groups To Create Terrorism" [03/17/12] [4:02] "Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel's secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran's leaders. The group, the People's Mujahedin of Iran, has long been designated as a terrorist group by the United States, accused of killing American servicemen and contractors in the 1970s and supporting the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran before breaking with the Iranian mullahs in 1980. [...]"  

Commentary: "Obama Told Netanyahu to "Go Ahead, Strike Iran"" [03/16/12] "When Obama met Netanyahu one-on-one at the White House March 5, rather than warning him not to attack Iran as the fools believe, Obama actually told him, "Go ahead and attack! I'll oppose it in public, but facilitate and support it in private." The crucial evidence is laid out in the Mar 15 lead editorial of Ha'aretz by editor Aluf Benn, one of Israel's leading journalists. "Netanyahu is hinting," he writes, "that in his Washington visit, he received Obama's tacit approval for an Israeli attack against Iran — under the guise of opposition. Obama will speak out against it but act for it, just as the past U.S. administrations speak against the settlements in the territories but allow their expansion."  [...]"  

MSM: "Israeli Human Experimentation: Added Uranium To Orange Juice" [03/16/12] [3:36] "Juice laced with uranium is just one of many clinical trials allegedly conducted at Israel's Negev nuclear plant, claims investigative journalist Yossi Melman. Melman has accused the plant's management of forcing its workers to take part in life-threatening experiments for the sake of nuclear developments. They also claim the government and the military are involved in a cover-up of the tests. It's taken a decade for them to speak out, but workers at Israel's nuclear reactor facility claim their managers gave them uranium to drink -- as part of an experiment. With no medical supervision or explanation of the risks, the workers now want compensation. [...]" 

MSM: "Media Silent As Israeli Warships Head Toward Iran" [03/16/12] "Israel is being awfully tight-lipped about two warships spotted in the Suez canal following 4 days of strikes on Gaza. The exact destination of the ships is unknown due to the secrecy over the deployment but the ships are moving along the path they would take to Iranian waters. [...]" 

UK: "Two 'Israelis' Arrested At Heathrow After Making 'Inappropriate Comments About Iran' During Flight From Las Vegas" [03/15/12] "Two men accused of being disruptive on a plane were arrested at Heathrow Airport, police said today. The pair, who are believed to be Israeli, were passengers on a British Airways flight from Las Vegas to London, flying into Terminal 5. The men, aged 28 and 33, were alleged to be making repeated comments about Iran.A source told Sky News the men had been 'repeatedly disruptive during the flight and had made inappropriate and potentially threatening comments regarding Iran and the possible route of the aircraft.' The pilot became concerned and contacted London and the police met the plane when it landed. [...]"  

Commentary: "Israel's Bogus Case For Bombing Gaza Obscures Political Motives" [03/13/12] "In the last two days, Israeli forces have killed at least 15 residents of the Gaza Strip and wounded over 30. Among the dead are two young boys (see here and here), while the wounded included a reporter from the Ma'an News Agency and his pregnant wife. Militant factions in Gaza have responded to the Israeli assault by launching several homemade rockets at Southern Israel, leaving two injured and no one dead. The Israeli army claimed that it initiated the assault on Gaza in order to kill two alleged militants who supposedly "masterminded" a brazen and deadly terror attack near the Israeli city of Eilat in August of last year. The army also claimed the two were planning a new operation. As is so often the case, the Israeli army is lying through its teeth. According to the army's own investigation of the Eliat attack last year, the attackers were not from Gaza as Israeli government spokespeople initially claimed -- they were Egyptian. The army's investigative findings were first reported by Alex Fishman, the military correspondent for the Israeli daily Yedioth Aharanoth, who had treated the earlier attempts to blame Gaza's Popular Resistance Committees for Eilat with extreme skepticism. Bloggers Idan Landau [Hebrew only], Richard Silverstein and Yossi Gurvitz also marshaled evidence shredding the army's case against Gaza. [...]" 

Commentary: "Impasse In Israel-US Relations" [03/13/12] "The Iranian revolution and the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war is estimated to have cost the US a total of $355 billion in higher oil prices (T. Stauffer, 2003)2. The oil strikes leading up to the 1978-79 Iranian revolution reduced Iranian oil production by 3.8 million barrels per day for 3 months. Although outside production increased by 1.8 million barrels to make up for the loss, the net loss to the world was 150 million barrels of oil, this fact alone had a compounding result which resulted in a net loss to U.S. economy of an estimated billions of dollars in 1979 and 1980 (Deese & Nye 1981)3. It is crucial to note that in this period China was a net exporter oil and became a net importer in 1993. Ignoring such statistics, they have placed an oil embargo which without a doubt will have far graver repercussions than those periods. This dire situation is of no concern to the Israelis – thanks to America having “their back”. The burden is America ’s due to the renewable 1975 15-year Memorandum of Understanding it signed with Israel which costs American taxpayers billions of dollars a year in oil subsidies.  [...]"  

Commentary: "Iran Has a Legal Case for Striking Israel" [03/13/12] "Let me make a few changes to this article below put out by the Jewish Telegrahic Agency – clearly a criminal organization. My changes are in bold. I ask the wonderful readers of Mantiq al-Tayr to please answer any questions Shas Party Members may have about the words replaced by the words in bold below. Most other people, except Republicans, should be able to tell from context.  [...] n a world where nuclear weapons are in the hands of a rogue nation like Israel , an Iranian preemptive strike on Israel’s nuclear facilities would be fully justified. Despite its ban on aggressive war, Article 51 of the United Nations Charter clearly recognizes a state’s inherent right of self-defense. Thus, Iran has full authority to act unilaterally or collectively in its self-defense. Yet Article 51 does not create the right to self-defense; it is an inherent right of all states under customary international law. Hence, determining when self-defense is appropriate lies, as it always has, with each state. Under the charter, however, the U.N. Security Council is charged with lifting the burden of individual national self-defense and taking appropriate steps to restore international peace and security. One must recognize, however, that the muscular Security Council envisioned in the charter has never materialized. As such, threatened states are almost always required to make their own decisions and bear their own burdens. [...]"  Note: What's good for the goose is also good for the gander. Related: "US Breaks Its Own Laws To Support Israeli Terrorism" "The Foreign Assistance Act, signed into law in 1961, stipulates that “no security assistance may be provided to any country the government of which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.”

MSM: "Israel Is Egypt’s No. 1 Enemy, Mps Declare" [03/13/12] "The lower house of the Egyptian parliament has unanimously approved a text declaring that Israel is the number one enemy of Egypt and calling for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and a halt to gas exports to Israel. On Monday, Egyptian MPs voted by a show of hands on the text of a report, which was compiled by the Arab Affairs Committee of the People's Assembly (lower house of parliament). "Revolutionary Egypt will never be a friend, partner or ally of the Zionist entity, which we consider to be the number one enemy of Egypt and the Arab nation," the report declared, adding, "It will deal with that entity as an enemy, and the Egyptian government is hereby called upon to review all its relations and accords with that enemy."  [...]"  Related: "Egyptian Mps Vote To Expel Israeli Envoy" "The Egyptian parliament has voted to expel the Israeli ambassador and halt gas exports to Israel. [...]"  

MSM: "Jordan Slams ‘Barbaric’ Israeli Attacks" [03/12/12] "The Jordanian government has condemned the “barbaric aggression” of the Tel Aviv regime in its latest airstrikes on the impoverished Gaza Strip, leaving scores of Palestinians dead and injured. Amman government spokesperson Rakan Majali said in a statement issued on Sunday that Jordan “rejects such a barbaric aggression against unarmed Palestinians.” [...]" 

MSM: "The Spymaster: Meir Dagan On Iran's Threat" [03/12/12] "Meir Dagan has been described as "hard-charging" and "stops at nothing." For more than eight years, Dagan made full use of those qualities as chief of Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, where he focused on keeping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. When that job ended, Dagan did something unheard of for an ex-Mossad chief: he spoke out publicly, voicing opposition to Israel launching preemptive airstrikes against Iran's nuclear facilities anytime soon. Dagan believes the Iranian regime is a rational one and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acts in a somewhat rational way when it comes to Iran's nuclear ambitions. Lesley Stahl reports. [...]" 

MSM: "Israeli Weapons Found In Syria Among Rebels" [03/11/12]   [2:30]   Related: "Arming Syrian Rebels Is Not The Answer" [03/11/12] [26:09] "Press TV has talked with international security expert, Bob Ayers to further discuss the issue of Syria and foreign interventions in its internal affairs. The program also provides the insights of two other guests, Hisham Jaber, director of Center for Middle East Studies from Beirut and Dimitry Babich, political analyst from Moscow. What follows is an approximate transcript of the interview:  [...]" | "Pentagon Already Planning For Strikes Against Iran And Syria According To Senior Officials" "According to senior Pentagon officials, American military forces are already planning for possible strikes against Iran and Syria utilizing both conventional weaponry and cyber warfare as the situation in both nations only seems to be getting worse by the day. Lieutenant General Herbert Carlisle, deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements with the U.S. Air Force informed a March 8 investors conference sponsored by McAleese and Associates and Credit Suisse that the Department of Defense is exploring their options for military actions. Carlisle’s statement came on the heels of an interview with the U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta for the National Journal during which he confirmed that the Pentagon is indeed planning for strikes on Iran. This also came in the wake of Panetta saying that he thinks that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should begin debating the issue of military intervention in Syria, although NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen claims that that discussion has not yet begun. While Iran repeatedly denies any intent to develop nuclear weapons and Panetta himself has confirmed that they are not currently developing weapons on two separate occasions, the alleged developments in their program continues to give lawmakers and others the fuel they need to call for war. [...]"  

MSM: "U.S. Denies Obama Promised Bunker Busters To Netanyahu" [03/09/12] "Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not discuss in their meetings this week a reported Israeli request for advanced U.S. military technology that could be used against Iran, the White House said on Thursday. "In meetings the president had there was no such agreement proposed or reached," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters. Obama and Netanyahu meet in the Oval office for two hours on Monday and then had lunch together. Referring to the prospect of a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, Netanyahu told Channel 10 earlier Thursday that a strike of Iran's nuclear facilities is not a "matter of days, weeks, but not a matter of years," adding:" If I don't make the right call [on Iran] maybe there won't be anyone to explain to." "Who will I explain it to? The next generations? The ones that will not come?" the PM asked.  [...]"   Related: "Israel Asks U.S. For Arms That Could Aid Iran Strike" [03/08/12] "Israel has asked the United States for advanced "bunker-buster" bombs and refueling planes that could improve its ability to attack Iran's underground nuclear sites, an Israeli official said on Thursday. "Such a request was made" around the time of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington this week, the official said, confirming media reports. But the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the issue, played down as "unrealistic" reports that the United States would condition supplying the hardware on Israel promising not to attack Iran this year. [...]"  See below.

MSM: "U.S. Gives Israel Advanced Weapons to Delay War with Iran" [03/08/12] "The US offered Israel advanced weaponry in return for it committing not to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities this year, according to an Israeli report last night. Citing unnamed Western diplomats and intelligence sources, the report in the Maariv daily said that during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week, the US administration offered to supply Israel with advanced bunker-busting bombs and long-range refueling planes. In return, Israel would agree to put off a possible attack on Iran until next year, after the US elections in November. The issue of Iran was top of the agenda at talks between Mr Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama in Washington this week. The US and Israel are at odds over just how immediate the Iranian threat is. Mr Netanyahu said on Monday that sanctions against Iran had not worked, and “none of us can afford to wait much longer”. A key difference between Washington and Israel has emerged on the timeline available for a strike against Iran, with the Jewish state warning that the weaponry available to it gives it a shorter window for action. In response, the report said, the US administration offered to give Israel weapons and material that could extend its window to act against Iran. In particular, it would offer bunker-busting bombs more powerful than those currently possessed by Israel, which could target Iranian facilities even under rock. [...]" 

MSM: "Syria Uprising: Mossad, Blackwater And CIA 'Led Operations In Homs'" [03/07/12] "CIA, Mossad and Blackwater agents are involved in military violence in the Homs district, an Arab news agency exclusively reports. According to Al-Manar, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group and political party, a coordination office with agents from the three branches of intelligence is in operation in nearby Qatar. Salim Harba, a Syrian expert in strategic affairs, told Al-Manar the office was established: “Under American-Gulf sponsorship. The office includes American, French, and Gulf – specifically from Qatar and Saudi Arabia – intelligence agents, as well as CIA, Mossad, and Blackwater agents and members of the Syrian Transitional Council.” [...] According to state news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad insists he will continue to confront "foreign-backed terrorism." Since the uprising began last March, he has blamed armed gangs and foreign terrorists for the unrest, not protesters seeking change. Western powers however have categorically denied any military involvement in Syrian internal conflict, Russia Today reported."  

Commentary: "The Dirty Truth About Israel" [03/07/12] [9:41] About the nature of the 'state' of Israel.

MSM: "Israeli State Officials Disappointed With Obama Meeting" [03/06/12] "Israeli state officials were disappointed Tuesday with the results of the Netanyahu-Obama meeting at the White House on Monday. "There were no surprises," a senior state official said. "It was clear from recent months that there are differences between ourselves and the Americans. We have different perspectives when it comes to the question of time and red lines." It was claimed that the Americans view the Iranian issue in the context of the upcoming presidential elections. "It's a bad message for the issue and a good message for the Iranians," a state official said. "The Iranians are charging at nuclear capabilities at full force and even the IAEA is falling in line with the Israeli intelligence evaluations," a senior state official said. "That is why the US stance is problematic." Nevertheless, Israeli officials were pleased with the US assertion that Israel has the right to act. "They won't tell us what to do. They have no interest in giving a red light or a green light because then they take responsibility for the situation. That is why we're in the grey zone now." [...]"  

Political Theatrics: "U.S. and Israel Plan Attacks on Iran" [03/03/12] "Obama administration officials are escalating warnings that the U.S. could join Israel in attacking Iran if the Islamic republic doesn’t dispel concerns that its nuclear-research program is aimed at producing weapons. Four days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Washington, Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz told reporters the Joint Chiefs of Staff have prepared military options to strike Iranian nuclear sites in the event of a conflict. “What we can do, you wouldn’t want to be in the area,” Schwartz told reporters in Washington yesterday. Pentagon officials said military options being prepared start with providing aerial refueling for Israeli planes and include attacking the pillars of the clerical regime, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its elite Qods Force, regular Iranian military bases and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Pentagon plans are classified. “There’s no group in America more determined to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapon than the Joint Chiefs of Staff,” Joint Chiefs Chairman Army General Martin Dempsey told the House Budget Committee yesterday. “I can assure you of that.” Separately, unnamed U.S. officials told the Washington Post that U.S. military planners are increasingly confident that sustained attacks with the Air Force’s 30,000-pound (13,608 kilograms) “bunker-buster” bombs could put Iran’s deeply buried uranium-enrichment plant at Fordo out of commission.[...]"  Note: It's sequential control freaks like these who would have wars going for another two hundred years, of they could. Deeply, psychopathically disturbed reincarnated retreads who have previous lives on sequentialized worlds that think like this. Despicable, polarized incarnations, and the higher selves are probably not much better or mature...

Political Theatrics: "Netanyahu Faces Tough Decision Should Obama Not ‘Give Him A Green Light’ On Iran" [03/03/12] "The prevailing view is that at the summit meeting in Washington on Monday, the cards will be put on the table. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will beseech U.S. President Barack Obama to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, or at least make a credible threat to strike them. If Obama turns him down, Netanyahu - who waxes effusively in interviews about his loneliness as a leader - will leave the White House as the loneliest person in the world. Apart from Netanyahu, only one person alive in Israel today has experienced firsthand the excruciating dilemma of reaching a similarly weighty, life-or-death decision: Ehud Olmert, Netanyahu's predecessor as premier. According to memoirs (including those of former President George W. Bush, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ), Olmert went to the White House in June 2007. This was not a routine visit. At the time, nobody knew that Olmert had demanded of Bush that the United States destroy the nuclear reactor in Syria, whose existence had been discovered a few months earlier, hidden in the desert. Israeli officials possessed information suggesting that the reactor would become operational by the autumn. Rice thought the reactor's existence should be disclosed to the world, and that a campaign of economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure ought to be launched. Vice President Dick Cheney supported Olmert's position. Bush equivocated. Olmert returned empty-handed to Israel.  [...]" 

Commentary: "Israeli Officials: Let’s Starve Iranian Civilians" [03/02/12] Hot on the heels of the US “food for nukes” deal with North Korea, officials in the Israeli government are calling for mass starvation to be imposed on Iran as a way of forcing regime change and abandonment of the nation’s civilian nuclear program. [...]"  Note:  All of this perverse activity will not exist here, next year. No one expects the unprecedented. Aside from that, I tire of talking about it.

MSM: "Israeli PM Demands Obama Commit To Military Action If Iran Sanctions Fail" [03/02/12] "Israel is pressing Barack Obama for an explicit threat of military action against Iran if sanctions fail and Tehran's nuclear programme advances beyond specified "red lines". Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, is expected to raise the issue at a White House meeting on Monday after weeks of intense diplomacy in which Obama has dispatched senior officials – including his intelligence, national security and military chiefs – to Jerusalem to try and dampen down talk of an attack.  [...]"  Note: Immature reincarnated retreads .... soon enough, all they desired to 'achieve' will be lost.

Society and Culture: "Israeli Court Invalidates a Military Exemption For The Ultra-Orthodox" [02/23/12] "The Israeli Supreme Court has invalidated a law that exempted from military service ultra-Orthodox Jews engaged in religious studies, adding a new urgency to the government’s negotiations with religious parties over a more equitable distribution of the burdens of citizenship.  The 6-to-3 decision, handed down late Tuesday, declared the so-called Tal Law unconstitutional at a time of growing tension in Israel over the place of the ultra-Orthodox. The law, in effect since 2002, granted exemptions to tens of thousands of religious academy students. It was widely viewed as a failure, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already said it would not be renewed when it expired this summer. Still, the ruling will now force the government’s hand to come up with a new way forward, one that will be strongly resisted by religious party coalition members. Departing Chief Justice Dorit Beinisch, writing for the court majority, said the law had failed to live up to its aim of increasing the number of ultra-Orthodox in the army. Using data presented by the army, the decision noted that last year fewer than 1,300 ultra-Orthodox youths enlisted out of a pool of 8,500, a rate of 15 percent. Among the rest of the Jewish population, the enlistment rate is 75 percent. [...]"  

MSM: "Mossad Chief Probed US Reaction To Unilateral Iran Strike" [02/14/12] "In his recent meetings in Washington, DC Mossad chief Tamir Pardo aimed to discover how the US would react were Israel to unilaterally attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, Newsweek reported Monday. According to an unnamed source in the report, Pardo asked if the US was ready to bomb, and if not, “What does it mean if [Israel] does it anyway?” The report also said “Israel has stopped sharing a significant amount of information with Washington regarding its own military preparations” over the Iran nuclear issue. Senior intelligence officials and a military officer said that Israel stopped sharing significant information with the United States for about four months after US President Barack Obama called for the Green Line to be the basis of peace talks with Palestinians. [...]"  

MSM: "Israel Lobby Pushes for US Action Against the Syrian Government" [02/14/12] Video clip    [23:50] "In Russia Today’s recent Crosstalk program on Syria, guest James Morris was brave enough to incisively point out the taboo fact that the Israel lobby has been in the forefront in pushing a hardline interventionist approach for the US toward that divided country. The host and the two other guests on the show pooh-poohed the idea on the grounds that (in their minds) it would not be in Israel’s national interest to topple the secular Assad regime and possibly bring about an Islamist state that could be even more hostile to Israel. But when one moves from speculation to an analysis of the actual position of members of the Israel lobby, one can see that Morris was completely correct. Moreover, Morris was completely correct in pointing out that the Israel lobby’s position has nothing to do with ending oppression, and everything to do with Israeli security, as members of the Israel lobby have perceived Israel’s interest (which might not be the same as the Crosstalk threesome.)[...]" Related: RT Interview: "Mossad & CIA Death Squads Behind Syria Bloodbath" [02/14/12]   [8:14] "RT Interviews historian Webster Tarpley Phd. [...]" 

Commentary: "Anti-Semitism and Israel’s Inherent Contradictions" [02/04/12] "In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as ‘anti-Semitic’. He also denounced Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi for writing a forward to White’s latest book, Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy. Those of us who can see through such distorted thinking know that White is a principled writer who has never displayed a shred of racism in his work. Zoabi is very well-known civil rights leader with a long-standing reputation of courage and poise. [...]"  

MSM: "Israel: Decision on Iran Attack "Very Far Off" [01/19/12] "Iran got some good news today, as Israel moved to defuse tensions and Russia indicated it likely would not support more sanctions against the rogue nation. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said a decision on whether to attack Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons was "very far off," the New York Times reports. He added that Israel remains convinced that Iran has not begun building such a weapon. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, meanwhile, said that a military strike against Iran would be a "disaster," and that Russia wasn't keen on sanctions either, which he said were "seriously intended to have a smothering effect on the Iranian economy and the Iranian population, probably in the hopes of provoking discontent." Iran's own foreign minister was in Turkey today in an attempt to set up new international talks. [...]"  Note: Perhaps they could clue in the US, whose whole Iran stance is based on something which Israel now publicly says is not true.   

Commentary: "Mitt Romney's Ties To Israeli Military Intelligence" [01/12/12] "Orit Gadiesh, born in Israel in 1951, has worked closely with Mitt Romney since at least 1993, and probably much longer. Romney appointed Gadiesh to his transition team when he was governor of Massachusetts. Gadiesh is the daughter of an Israeli brigadier general and former member of the general staff from the founding days of the Israeli army. Orit served in Israeli military intelligence. Her first position in the Israeli military was as assistant to Ezer Weizman, the deputy chief of staff who later became president of Israel. During the early 1970s, she worked in the war room, a bunker where Gen. Moshe Dayan was in charge. As a war room assistant to Weizman, Orit provided military leaders with documents and correspondence. Romney's close relationship with Orit Gadiesh and Israeli military intelligence is the real reason he is the chosen candidate of the Zionist establishment. Romney is being supported by high-level Zionists, the Israeli military, and their controlled media network, a fact that should be of great concern to all Americans. [...]"  

MSM: "Iranian Nuclear Scientist Latest Victim Of Covert Sabotage Efforts" [01/12/12] "Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a chemist who worked in the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, was killed when an assassin riding a motorcycle attached an explosive device to his Peugeot 405. Roshan, 32, was the fifth Iranian nuclear scientist to be killed since 2007. Two attacks using an identical modus operandi occurred in 2010, claiming the lives of one nuclear physicist and wounding another, Fereydoun Abbasi, who has since become the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation. As in the past, Iran was quick to blame Israel. "The responsibility of this explosion falls on the Zionist regime," said Safar Ali Bratloo, the deputy governor of Tehran province. The sophistication of the attack – signified by the fact that the bomb killed only its target and nobody else in the same vehicle – bore the hallmarks of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, according to western security experts. Israeli officials declined to confirm or deny this claim, in keeping with their usual policy. However, General Yoav Mordechai, the Israeli military spokesman, said on his official Facebook page: "I don't know who took revenge on the Iranian scientist, but I am definitely not shedding a tear."  [...]"  Related: "Clinton: "US Had No Role In Killing Iran Scientist" "The Obama administration denied any role in Wednesday's killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist, the latest in a series of events that have exacerbated tensions with Iran. The assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was the latest in a year that has already seen new U.S. economic sanctions, threats to bar American ships from the Persian Gulf, an Iranian death sentence to a jailed U.S. citizen and an escalation in Tehran's uranium enrichment program. Iranian reports said two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to Roshan's car of, killing him and his driver. Roshan was a chemistry expert and director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, and the slaying suggested a widening covert effort to set back the Islamic republic's atomic program. But US officials said they had nothing to do with it. "I want to categorically deny any United States involvement in any kind of act of violence inside Iran," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters. "We believe there has to be an understanding between Iran, its neighbors and the international community that finds a way forward for it to end its provocative behavior, end its search for nuclear weapons and rejoin the international community and be a productive member of it."  [...]"|Commentary: "Israel Resorts To Murder In Attempt To Convince World Of Iran’s So-Called ‘Nuclear Weapons Program’"  

Nuts and Boltz: "In Israel, Spate Of Ultra-Orthodox Incidents Rattle The Secular Mainstream" [01/10/12] " If they hadn't been stirred already by the female soldier who was called a "slut" on a public bus, or the 8-year-old girl spit on by neighbors on the way to school, the sight of Jewish protesters dressed up in concentration-camp garb seems to have pushed much of Israeli secular society over the edge. It happened last weekend, during a demonstration against what protesters perceived to be an unholy government incursion into their way of life: several hundred ultra-Orthodox Jews staged a rally in Jerusalem, dressed as concentration camp victims. The protesters, part of an ultra-religious group known as Haredim, were dismayed that the government had taken down signs in their communities demanding that women walk on the opposite side of the street. Later, two ultra-Orthodox men were arrested for releasing fliers comparing the government's treatment of Haredim to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany. "We made it through Hitler, and we will make it through his successor," one of the fliers read. Israel's top politicians expressed dismay. Elie Wiesel, the Israeli Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor, called the whole thing a "vile sight." The protests were just the latest in a string of provocative incidents involving the Haredim, which have rattled Israel's secular mainstream. [...] "Ultra-Orthodox extremism has darkened our lives," Efraim Halevy, the former head of Israel's spy agency, Mossad, recently said. In the same remarks, he also described the Haredim as a greater threat to the nation than Iran. "I would use a different word," said Gideon Levy, a popular liberal columnist at Haaretz, when asked about the apparent anger toward the Haredim. "It's hatred. [...]"  Related: "Israel Knesset Member Throws Water In Face Of Colleague" [2:24] "Anastassia Michaeli, a hawkish Israeli lawmaker, got so angry during a routine parliamentary debate Monday that she took a glass of water, tossed it at Labor Party backbencher Raleb Majadele and said "shame on you" before storming out. [...]"  Note: Mental instability abounds.

MSM: "Prominent Israel Rabbi Indicted For Sexually Assaulting Minors" [01/09/12] "Rabbi Yaakov Deutsch, a prominent rabbi from the city of Afula in northern Israel, was indicted on Sunday for committing sexual offenses against four minors, two boys and two girls. According to the indictment, which was served by the northern district attorney’s office at Nazareth District Court, Deutsch, who has lived in Afula for forty years and has become an important local figure with a large following, abused his position to carry out a number of sexual offenses against minors. [...]"  

Commentary: "The Media Consensus On Israel Is Collapsing" [01/08/12] "Slowly but unmistakably, space is opening up among the commentariat for new, critical ideas about Israel and its relationship to the United States. Freedom of this sort was visible in the pages of the New York Times last week. Thomas Friedman, the paper’s foreign affairs columnist, wrote that American leaders were betraying the country by outsourcing their foreign policy to Israel. A standing ovation given to the Israeli prime minister by the U.S. Congress this year was “bought and paid for by the Israel lobby,” he wrote. Phrased bluntly as it was, Friedman’s sentence was startling. As the quintessential establishment columnist, Bill Clinton’s favorite pundit and a thrice Pulitzer Prize-winner, Friedman is often seen in the U.S. as authoritative on the Middle East and rivaled only perhaps by the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg in the influence of his writing on popular discussion. [...]  Not surprisingly, Friedman’s piece elicited furor from those policing the conversation about Israel. The Israeli ambassador, American Jewish Committee, Jerusalem Post and even members of Congress gang-swarmed Friedman, accusing him of anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel. It was not the first time in recent months Friedman has been critical of Israel policy. In September, he wrote of the Obama government that the “powerful pro-Israel lobby in an election season can force the administration to defend Israel at the U.N., even when it knows Israel is pursuing policies not in its own interest or America’s.” A more damning critique of Israel and the lobby would be difficult to make. Even so, Friedman is not the only Times-man to let go the pro-Netanyahu line. Columnist Roger Cohen is even more critical of Israel than is Friedman, and like Friedman he is notable for being a liberal supporter of the Iraq War — not exactly a radical, in other words. Cohen now regularly writes about Israel’s “illiberalism,” says U.S. foreign policy has been “Likudnized,” and calls opposing Israeli oppression of the Palestinians the most important task currently facing diaspora Jews.[...] The new conversation about Israel has yet to make its way into Congress and the executive branch, but that day may be coming."  

MSM: "Israel's Repressive Permit System" [01/01/12] "Under South African apartheid, pass laws segregated blacks from whites, restricted their movements, required pass books be carried at all times, and be produced on demand or face arrest and prosecution. Evolving from the 18th and 19th century until their 1986 repeal, they restricted entry to cities, forcibly relocated blacks, denied them most public amenities, many forms of employment, and became apartheid's most hated symbol. Repressive Israeli occupation is worse. It's a sophisticated form of social, economic, political and racial discrimination, strangulation, and genocide. [...]"  

Commentary:  "Mossad Hints Nuclear Iran Not Existential Threat To Israel: Report" [12/30/11]   "The chief of Mossad has reportedly hinted that a nuclear-armed Iran does not necessarily pose an existential threat to the Jewish state, Hareetz said Thursday. The newspaper quoted Israeli ambassadors at a briefing by Mossad’s director Tamir Pardo Tuesday as suggesting that should the Islamic Republic attain nuclear-weapons capability, this would not necessarily pose an existential threat to Israel. "What is the significance of the term existential threat? Does Iran pose a threat to Israel? Absolutely. But if one said a nuclear bomb in Iranian hands was an existential threat, that would mean that we would have to close up shop and go home. That's not the situation. The term existential threat is used too freely," one of the ambassadors, who spoke to the Israeli newspapers, quoted Pardo as saying. The ambassadors said Pardo had not commented on whether Israel was preparing for a military operation against Iran. "But what was clearly implied by his remarks is that he doesn't think a nuclear Iran is an existential threat to Israel," one of the ambassadors told Haaretz. On Dec. 18, Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that his country and the U.S. were determined to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms, while President Barack Obama vowed not to take options off the table in terms of facing Tehran’s nuclear capabilities. Last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it had credible information that the Islamic Republic was carrying out "activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device." Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful and medical means and power generation purposes only, as it faces punitive international sanctions over such activities. [...]" 

Commentary:  "Israel Global Propaganda Guide: Sad, Sad World Of Israel's Big-Time Liars" [12/30/11] "It goes without saying that Israel's lie machine has an instruction manual for those it recruits into its vile business. Stuart Littlewood looks at Israel's propaganda minister, the self-confessed racist squatter Yuli Edelstein, and takes a close look at the manual to which Edelstein and other Zionist propagandists work, the "Global Language Dictionary". Written by Frank Luntz, a US Republican political consultant and pollster, on behalf of the Israel Project, a US media advocacy group, the manual teaches Israel propagandists how to hoodwink people about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, how to silence critics and how to avoid making statements that produce negative reactions. [...]"  Note:  Amazing ... sort of like the "AP Guide to Remembering Which Line of Bullshit to Inflict, and Why"

Commentary:  "Israel's Revenge: Support of Concept of Armenian Slaughter By Turks As Genocidal Holocaust" [12/30/11] "In a strange way I found something rather amusing this morning as I was skimming through the ‘news’ on Ynet’s site. There was a report about Israel possibly recognising the Armenian holocaust as an actual event in history. There definitely is no humour involved in or connected to this very dark period of history, but what I found amusing were the reasons why the call for its recognition now, almost a century after the fact. The reasons are not out of sympathy for the Armenian nation, but because of the status of Turkish-Israeli relations. It has nothing to do with the suffering that the Armenians went through. As the report itself states; The question of what exactly happened there is irrelevant to this issue. After all, no sane historian is willing to accept the Turkish claim that it was merely a matter of a civil war and not a methodical massacre of the Armenians by the Turks. [...]"  Related: MSM: "Israel Debates Whether Armenian Killings Genocide" [12/27/11] "Over their prime minister's objections, Israeli lawmakers are debating a proposal to recognize the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. Doing so would likely further strain already acrimonious relations with Turkey, which denies the genocide label and insists the massacres occurred in civil unrest as the Ottoman Empire collapsed during World War I, with losses on both sides. An Israeli government official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested that Monday's debate be canceled. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to disclose the information. Israel has previously stopped short of recognizing the killings of 1.5 million Armenians as a genocide. In recent years, however, ties with Turkey have frayed badly.  [...]"  Related: See Special Articles panel "Turkey Freezes All Political Relations With France Over Genocide Row" [12/23/11] below, with related stories, and who ultimately controls Turkey.

MSM: "Israel: Pay That Cell Phone Bill Or Else" [12/30/11] "You arrive at the airport ready for a flight, but are abruptly pulled aside and detained. A routine traffic stop by the police leaves you stranded by the side of the road without your driver’s license. You whip out your credit card to pay for a restaurant bill, and the maître d’ quietly rejects and confiscates your card. If you are very lucky, a repo man shows up at your house and impassively delivers an injunction: your bank account has a lean on it. Your life insurance has been cashed out and decimated. What’s going on in Israel, where every month, thousands of surprised citizens face these predicaments? A Knesset law passed in mid-2010 has enabled banks and large companies to access previously classified private information relating to debtors’ lives and to enact draconian measures, often unannounced. [...]" 

Commentary: "The Israeli Defense Firm That Tallies The Iowa Caucus" Christopher Bollyn [12/28/11] "Now, who really is Voxeo, and why are the Iowa caucus results tallied by them? Voxeo is headed by Jonathan Taylor, who is the company’s President and CEO. From 1995 to 1997, Jonathan was the founder and President of InterResearch and Development Group (IRdg), Inc. IRdg created and licensed iPost – the first internet powered OEM unified messaging solution – to leading telecommunications providers including Ericsson, Unisys and Motorola. IRdg was acquired by Elron Electronic Industries (Nasdq: ELRN) subsidiary MediaGate in 1997.” There you have it. Jonathan Taylor’s company, which he founded, was taken over by Elron Electronic Industries, the Israeli defense high tech company: In its early days, Elron focused on defense, particularly electronics and avionics, as well as the emerging medical and technology sectors. In 1966, Elron founded Elbit, which combined the expertise of the Ministry of Defense-Research Institute in special computer design with Elron’s experience in electronic product design, manufacture and management.... [...] This is important information that Americans need to know and which they will not find in the Zionist-controlled media in the United States. It needs to be understood that the entire election process in the United States is a fraud. More than that, it is a fraud that is being perpetrated by the Israeli defense establishment on the naïve and gullible American public. The sine qua non of an honest and transparent election process is the open counting of the votes by the voters themselves in each polling station in front of the open eyes of other citizens and members of the media. Any compromise in this most fundamental and essential process which acts to remove the citizenry from the vote-counting process simply cannot be accepted. This is what Americans MUST get back to, in every polling station in the nation: paper ballots that are hand counted in front of the public. Nothing else will do to protect their democratic franchise in the United States – NOTHING. [...]"    

Commentary: "Sayanim — Israeli Operatives in the U.S." [12/27/11] "Israel is doing all it can to make Iran the next disastrous ‘war for control’ and the 85% of corrupt US politicians will vote it in when the time comes as seen in the Press TV report below. It is ‘support the war or lose your seat’. This is why, I’ve decided to do a re-run of Jeff Gates’ timely article. Sayanim — Israeli Operatives in the U.S. in which he best describes why Israel is successful in the US. [...]"  Note:  Jeff Gates, documents ‘How the Israel Lobby led the effort to take America to War in Pursuit of Tel Aviv’s Expansionist Agenda, in his Blockbuster book:  Guilt by Association: How Deception and Self-Deceit Took America to War.

Commentary:  "Fanatic Rabbi Who Teaches “Goyim Slavery” Comes to U.S." [12/27/11] "In its 30 years of existence, Shas has evolved from a marginal ethnic political group to Israel’s fourth largest party in the Knesset and is today the unchallenged kingmaker of Israeli politics. Its leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, as quoted in Israel’s Jerusalem Post, teaches: The sole purpose of non-Jews is to serve Jews, according to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the head of Shas’s Council of Torah Sages and a senior Sephardi adjudicator.  “Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world – only to serve the People of Israel,” he said in his weekly Saturday night sermon on the laws regarding the actions non-Jews are permitted to perform on Shabbat. Now, Shas — or in its full name, the Sephardic Torah Guardians Movement — is attempting to establish a beachhead among American Sephardic Jews and, it hopes, replicate its success in Israel. On December 4, the group launched its United States affiliate, American Friends of Shas, based in Brooklyn. [...]" 

MSM: "Israeli FM: No Peace in Next Decade" [12/27/11] "In a Christmas press conference attended by a number of top ambassadors, Israeli Foreign Minister (and former nightclub bouncer) Avigdor Lieberman lashed those critical of Israel’s position on the peace process, while insisting no peace could be achieved within the next decade. In the next decade, this will be the situation and we need to know how to deal with it,” insisted Lieberman, saying that ambassadors should focus on “managing” the conflict instead of trying to solve it. [...]"  Note:  Israel's vile capacity to blame the victims for a lack of a viable peace is breathtaking. And trust me, the Israeli government doesn't want peace; it craves territory, and by any means necessary. This is why you are seeing a brisk increase in the annexation of land in the West Bank, coupled with evictions of Palestinian families from East Jerusalem, where those families have lived for generations. Replacing those homes are huge building developments for Israelis only. Related: "Israel strongly rules out talks with PA" "

Commentary:  "Syria: Zionist Mobilization, Muslim Brotherhood Allied" "The hasbara (propaganda) that is spread throughout the Zionist-owned mainstream media is identical in nature to a house of cards. No matter how imposing the house may be, remove one card from the structure, and it shall immediately collapse in an almost glorious fashion. It is due to its foundation; its towering essence is overshadowed by its flimsiness. The Zionist media imposes its hasbara in terrorizing fashion; like the usurping Israeli entity’s bombs falling upon illegally besieged Gaza or Lebanon, the hasbara enters the psyche as an F-16 bombardment. But unlike the bombs, which are so unstoppably and menacingly destructive, the hasbara is weaker than the web of a spider coming in contact with a machete. Remove just one element, one detail from a news story laced with hasbara, like the house of cards, the aforesaid story will crash to the ground, broken and dismembered. [...] Al-Jazeera’s admission only gives further credence to what has already been exposed: the Zionist entity and the House of Saud, allied with the US, Turkey and Jordan, have launched a full-scale destabilization operation against Bashar al-Assad and his government. Mobilizing its forces from certain ‘hotspots,’ or joint operations rooms, the Zionist-Saudi axis has used its agents ex-Syrian VP Abdel-Halim Khaddam, AIPAC member Farid al-Ghadry, Brookings Institution Fellow Ammar AbdulHamid, State Dept giant Jeffrey Feltman and multiple Syrian Muslim Brotherhood leaders to fund, incite, train, guide, organize and direct its agents within Syria to drive the Assad leadership into the ground in hopes of replacing it with an anti-Iran, anti-Hezbollah regime subservient to the Zionist-Saudi axis. With weapons being provided by Jordan and armed operations initiated by Zionist agent Muthanna al-Dhari, Syria has been plunged into chaos . Feltman’s role is crucial, as he developed the final phase of this plot with Saudi National Security Advisor ‘Prince’ Bandar bin Sultan, spending $2 billion in the process . [...]"  

Cultural Studies: "Norman Finkelstein and Mouin Rabbani at Boston University – Solving the Israel-Palestine Conflict" [12/26/11] [120:00] Part 2 is [0:23] "Finkelstein and Rabbani take questions after their talk at Boston University. This event was hosted by BU Students for Justice in Palestine. [...]"  

MSM: "Israeli Strike On Iran, Suicide" [12/26/11] "Iran's defense minister says any potential Israeli military strike on the country will spell the end of the Tel Aviv regime. Speaking late on Sunday, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi equaled such act of aggression on the part of Tel Aviv with 'suicide.' He stated that an Israeli attack on Iran would be met with 'deadly strikes,' noting that Tel Aviv was completely isolated at the time and lacked the capability to carry out a military attack against the Islamic Republic. Vahidi added that Tehran has made major progress and holds a unique position in all areas of defensive and offensive capability without any help from other countries. Citing the Islamic Republic's instances of progress in the field, he referred to manufacture of unmanned reconnaissance, defensive, and assault aircraft, electronic warfare technology, aviation industry, and missile technology.  [...]"  

MSM: "Jewish Terrorism Threat Grows In West Bank" [12/25/11] "The Israeli military, already bracing for what could be the most devastating war in the Middle East, is also girding for a looming confrontation with Jewish extremists, mainly hard-liners from the Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Extremists from ultra-Orthodox settler groups, who say God gave the region to the children of Abraham for all time, have been increasingly active in recent months. This has taken place as the United States sought to pressure the Israeli government to relinquish the West Bank, or a large portion of it, as part of a peace deal with the Palestinians. The smoldering crisis escalated sharply Dec. 12 when a mob of angry settlers stormed a regional military base near the Arab city of Qalqilya, stoned the brigade commander and his deputy and burned army trucks. [...]"  

MSM: "Official: Israel Unprepared For Wartime" [12/21/11] " The Israeli government's watchdog agency says the country is short on bomb shelters and is ill-prepared to protect its citizens in case of war. The state comptroller's annual report, published in part on Tuesday, says Israel has not learned the lessons from the 2006 Lebanon war, when dozens of Israeli civilians were killed by Hezbollah rockets. The report blames official bodies, including the military and the Interior Ministry, for "serious lapses" in wartime readiness. It says some government bodies are shirking their responsibilities and not investing needed funds in preparedness plans. The report says there are not enough bomb shelters in schools and public places, leaving hundreds of thousands of Israelis unprotected in case of attack. [...]" 

MSM: "Israel Plans Expulsion Of Bedouin Communities… To A Rubbish Dumping Site" [12/16/11] "The Israeli 'Occupying Authority' is currently planning to expel 27,000 Bedouin Palestinians from their homes in Area C of the West Bank. In order to justify this action, the Israeli government is suggesting a forced relocation of the Bedouins – to a dump site miles from their original homes. The refuse dump poses a health hazard to anybody living nearby, and Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry has warned that the site is a source of environmental pollution, risk of fire and even explosions, due to the mismanagement of the gas produced from unloading the waste. Furthermore, the plans do not take into consideration the needs of the Bedouin communities – their culture, their families, their livestock or possibilities of work that will be limited if the move to the dumping site goes ahead. [...]"  

MSM: "Israel: Iran Must Chose Between A Bomb Or Survival" [12/13/11] "A senior Israeli cabinet minister on Monday said Iran must be forced to face an existential question over its nuclear drive: choose between getting an atomic bomb, or survival. "We believe that in order to stop the Iranian military nuclear project, the regime in Tehran should face a dilemma -- whether to have a bomb or to survive," Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Yaalon told reporters in Jerusalem.  [...]" 

Commentary: "Turf War Between Mossad And Israel’s Foreign Ministry Worsens" [11/29/11] "Israel’s foreign affairs minister has ordered his department’s employees to stop cooperating with the Mossad, according to media reports. Minister Avigdor Lieberman, one of Israel’s most hardline nationalist politicians, accuses the country’s covert operations agency of meddling in the tasks of Israel’s diplomatic community, while at the same time refusing to share its intelligence output with foreign affairs officials. According to The Washington Times, which cites the Hebrew-language edition of reputable Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot, Mr. Lieberman’s decision was prompted by the Israeli Prime Minister’s move to entrust the country’s relations with Turkey to a Mossad official. Media reports state that the spy agency’s David Meidan has been dispatched by Benjamin Netanyahu to Turkey, in order to patch up the Jewish state’s anemic relationship with its once close regional ally. This has enraged the foreign affairs ministry’s leadership, which was already upset over salary discrepancies between diplomats and Mossad spies, as well as the latter’s chronic refusal to share intelligence with foreign policy planners. The friction between the Mossad and Israel’s diplomatic community goes back decades, but Lieberman’s controversial ascendance to Foreign Affairs Minister in 2009 intensified the turf war. At the beginning, Lieberman made calculated friendly gestures toward the Mossad, in one instance going as far as appointing a former Mossad official as Israel’s first-ever ambassador to Turkmenistan. But such moves quickly gave way to direct bureaucratic confrontations, which included direct strikebreaking action by Mossad officers, who assumed the duties of Foreign Affairs officials when the latter went on strike demanding better pay and work conditions. [...]" 

Commentary: "Hollywood Actors To Visit Israel On A Trip Co-Sponsored By AIPAC" [11/27/11] "Israel’s hasbara machine kicks into high gear. Twenty-one high-profile Hollywood actors, producers and film and television industry leaders are taking part in a delegation to Israel organized by The Creative Coalition (TCC), a New York-based arts and education non-profit, in conjunction with the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), which is affiliated with AIPAC, the US’ most powerful pro-Israel lobby group. [...]"  

Commentary:: "Israel’s Plan to Destroy Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure" [11/20/11] "Israel plans not only to attack Iran’s fledgling nuclear program, but also its civilian infrastructure. Eli Lake, writing for The Daily Beast, cites current and former U.S. intelligence officials who say Israel’s target list includes Iran’s electric grid, internet, cellphone network, and emergency frequencies for firemen and police officers. Officials say Israel has developed a weapon that simulates a maintenance cellphone signal commanding cell networks to “sleep” and stopping transmissions. It also has electronic jammers that can interrupt emergency frequencies for first responders and police. [...] Iran, despite its fledgling nuclear program, does not threaten either Israel or the United States. The problem, according to the international bankers and the globalists, is that Iran is not a vassal state mired in poverty and misery like many of its neighbors. It does not take orders from Wall Street and the City of London. Even the IMF is obliged to note that Iran’s economy grew by 3.2 percent this year on the strength of greater agriculture production and higher oil prices. It is not indebted to the bankers and refuses to kowtow to Israel’s insatiable hegemonic drive, so it has to be reduced to rubble. "  

Commentary: "Interview With Neutron Bomb Inventor Sam Cohen" [11/19/11] "For most of Sam Cohen's life, he has struggled against politicians who, in his opinion, have sacrificed good sense when it comes to the nation's defenses. Cohen is the physicist who invented the neutron bomb, the one that kills people but leaves things like tanks and buildings intact. Plans to deploy his creations in Europe during the '70s and '80s awakened the "peace movement" across that continent, stopping its deployment. With that and other battles lost, the 76-year-old Cohen finds solace in his Brentwood home, nestled high on a hill overlooking Los Angeles. [...]  For Cohen, the neutron bomb is the ultimate sane weapon. It kills humans, or as he puts it "the bad guys," but doesn't produce tremendous collateral damage on civilian populations and the infrastructure a civilian population needs to survive. This meant, in Cohen's mind, that a conventional war could escalate without immediately leading to an all-out nuclear holocaust. If regular nuclear weapons were used across Europe, the radioactive fallout could turn the continent into a wasteland for decades. That wouldn't be the case if neutron bombs were used. [...]   With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism as we knew it, the Bush administration moved to dismantle all of our tactical nuclear weapons, including the Reagan stockpile of neutron bombs. In Cohen's mind, America was brought back to Square One. Without tactical weapons like the neutron bomb, America would be left with two choices if an enemy was winning a conventional war: surrender, or unleash the holocaust of strategic nuclear weapons. Other nation's haven't been afflicted by the U.S. blindness regarding neutron bombs. According to Cohen: Evidence exists that China has neutron bombs stockpiled, and that the United States gave the Chinese the technology to build them. Russia has a large quantity of such weapons, as well as the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Israel has hundreds of neutron weapons. The neutron bombs would allow Israel to stop advancing Arab armies and tank columns - even one on Israeli soil - without permanently contaminating the land. South Africa, which constructed a cache of neutron weapons before the end of white rule, claimed it dismantled those weapons before handing over power to the Nelson Mandela government. Cohen, however, claims to have it on good authority that white military leaders still control the secret stockpile as "an insurance policy. [...]"   Related: Flashback: " 800 Krytrons Smuggled to Israel: The Great Krytron Caper" "On May 12, Newsweek magazine disclosed that a federal grand jury in Los Angeles was investigating California businessman Richard Kelly Smyth on charges of violating U.S. export laws by shipping between 800 and 810 sophisticated timing devices called krytrons to a company in Israel without State Department approval. In addition to their numerous civilian applications, krytrons can be used as elegant triggering devices for nuclear weapons and limited exports are permitted only under a strict licensing procedure. Newsweek suggested the case may have "serious implications for U.S.-Israeli relations." [...]" 

MSM: "Israel Seeks To Entangle US In Iran War" Press TV [11/15/11] [7:38] "Press TV has conducted an interview with James Morris, editor of America hijacked.com, to discuss the issue. ... So what you have in America is a pro-Israel lobby here, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), that John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt discuss in their excellent book The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy and AIPAC has been pushing for an attack or a war with Iran for quite some time now and you also have the neo-conservatives -- which my good friend Dr. Stephen J. Sniegoski discussed in his The Transparent Cabal book and I think we could be on the brink of war; I know the US military is very concerned about it, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta had made at least one trip to Israel, in two weeks he'd met with the Israelis twice; you had the head of the UK military meeting with the Israelis, I believe his name is Richards, … he is a military commander there and I think we could be on the brink of war.  [...]"  Related: Flashback: "AIPAC Pushes Hard for War With Iran" [06/15/11] "Former AIPAC staffer Keith Weissman, indicted in 2005 under the Espionage Act alongside colleague Steven J. Rosen and Defense Department employee Col. Lawrence Franklin, is desperately worried. In a lengthy, rambling monologue delivered to independent reporter Robert Dreyfuss, Weissman breaks a long silence to declare he’s “concerned that if a confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran leads to war, it will be a disaster—one that Weissman fears will be blamed on the American Jews.” It is telling, but unsurprising, that Weissman—through misrepresentations and false dichotomy—exhibits little concern for the broader potential consequence of war. Fortunately, his tired arguments are in a final lap toward oblivion. [...]" 

Internet: "Son of Stuxnet" Attacks Iran" [11/15/11] "Iran said on Sunday it had detected the Duqu computer virus that experts say is based on Stuxnet, the so-called "cyber-weapon" discovered last year and believed to be aimed at sabotaging the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites. [...]"

MSM: "Israel launches new missile that can reach New York and Tokyo" [11/15/11] "Israeli military men conducted a successful launch of Jericho-3 intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday. The test was carried out at the Palmahim air base, the Irish Times said. At the same time, officials with Israel Defense Forces said that they had conducted the tests of a new missile engine in the morning of November 2. The launch of the missile could be seen from Ashkelon to Tel Aviv, Newsru Israel said. According to publications in the media, the three-stage missile is capable of delivering a 750-kilo warhead to a distance of more than 10,000 kilometers. If the reports about the range of Jericho-3 are true to fact, then it means that the missile can reach such cities as Tokyo and New York. The distance between these two cities and Tel Aviv makes up a bit more than 9,000 kilometers. According to Western sources, Israel passed the Jericho-3 missile into service in 2008. However, the work on the project still continues, MissileThreat.com says.  [...]"   Related: See "Israel's 'Sampson' Option" [11/13/11] Below.

MSM: "Israeli Government Moves To Limit Foreign Funding Of 'Critical' NGOs" [11/14/11]   "A ministerial committee in Israel has moved to curb the funding of non-governmental organisations (NGO), including human rights groups, with the approval of a bill that would limit international donations to around £3,400 (20,000 shekels) a year. A second bill would tax organisations at a rate of 45% on all foreign donations. The move has sparked outrage in Israel, with the Labour leader Shelly Yachimovich saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has set out to “declare war against the judicial system, injure free speech and push itself further away from the democratic, enlightened world". [...]"  Related: "U.S., EU Pressure Netanyahu To Scrap Proposed Bill Against Israeli NGOs" "EU ambassador to Israel, Andrew Standley, warns prime minister's national security adviser, Yaakov Amidror that passage of legislation could harm Israel's standing. [...]" 

MSM: "CIA Operations In Iran Underway To Take Out Tehran Bigs In Mission To Dismantle Weapons Program" [11/14/11] Iranian officials revealed that one of the 17 men killed in a huge explosion at a munitions depot was a key Revolutionary Guard commander who headed Iran’s missile program. And the IRNA state news agency reported that scientists had discovered a new computer virus in their systems, a more sophisticated version of the Stuxnet worm deployed last year to foul up Iran’s centrifuges. Iran said the army base explosion was an accident and the new Duqu virus was contained. But Israeli newspapers and some U.S. experts said it appeared to be more from an ongoing secret operation by the CIA and Israel’s Mossad to eliminate Iran’s nuclear threat. [...]"  Related: Mossad Linked To Iran Missile Base Blast" [11/14/11] "A US blogger who has frequently published Israeli security information yesterday claimed that the Mossad secret service and the Iranian dissident group Mujaheddin-e Khalq were jointly responsible for the blast at an Iranian missile base on Sunday in which 17 people were killed, including a senior commander. Richard Silverstein cited an Israeli "with extensive senior political and military experience" as the source of the information. The blast at a military base 40km from Tehran was felt in the capital. The base reportedly stores long-range shahab missiles capable of hitting Israel. The senior officer killed in the explosion was General Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, said to be the top commander in Iran's missile force. [...]" | "Iran Military Base Explosion: 17 Feared Dead In Massive Blast Near Tehran" [11/13/11] [0:56] "A massive explosion at a military arms depot near the Iranian capital Tehran killed 27 elite Revolutionary Guards on Saturday and wounded 16 others, state broadcaster IRIB said. Officials said it was an accident which happened as troops were moving munitions at a base in Bidganeh, near the town of Shahriar, some 45km (28 miles) west of Tehran. While there was no indication of any attack, the explosion shook homes and rattled windows for miles around at a time of mounting tensions with Israel over Iran's nuclear programme. Amateur footage showed smoke climbing high into the air giving an indication as to the force of the blast. [...]" 

MSM: "Iran Rejects IAEA Findings On Its Nuclear Activities As 'Lousy' Intelligence Work" [11/13/11] "The UN nuclear watchdog showed letters and satellite images on Friday as part of evidence pointing to military dimensions to Iran's atomic activities, diplomats said, but Tehran's envoy dismissed it as "lousy" intelligence work. Herman Nackaerts, head of nuclear inspections worldwide at the International Atomic Energy Agency, made an hour-long technical presentation of the IAEA's latest report on Iran's nuclear program at a closer-door meeting for member states. The hotly anticipated document, released last Tuesday, said Iran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and that secret research may continue. It was the most detailed IAEA report to date on the issue. At Friday's briefing, participants said Nackaerts displayed procurement-related correspondence involving Iranian officials as well as satellite images of the Parchin military site southeast of Tehran. The IAEA report, based on what the agency called "credible" information, indicated that Iran had built a large explosives vessel there to conduct hydrodynamic experiments, which are "strong indicators of possible weapon development". Diplomats said Nackaerts also highlighted which information in the report was new, apparently to counter criticism from Iran that the report only contained old allegations Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, said there were no nuclear-related activities at Parchin. "There is no proof that Iranian activities are toward military purposes," he told reporters after the briefing. "We do have conventional activities [at Parchin] and this has nothing to do with nuclear." Saying the report had damaged the UN agency's credibility, Soltanieh added in English: "This kind of lousy job of intelligence created problems for all member states." [...]"  

Propaganda Theatre: "Anti-Defamation League Poll: "Most Americans back Israeli strike on Iran"" [11/13/11] "Most Americans support an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites, while a smaller majority endorses such US strike, according to a poll commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League. Some 63% of poll respondents characterized Israel as a "crucial ally" and said that the Jewish state's relationship with the US does not undermine America's image in the world. [...]"  Note: "One has to wonder just how they played with the demographics to get this result, or if these pollsters were simply talking to the criminally insane again. And a memo to the Israeli leadership: every thinking American with whom I have spoken thinks that any military action, by either Israel, and/or the US right now, would be a very bad idea. And just to remind Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu, just in case he didn't get the memo, the US Sec Def, Leon Panetta, also believes this to be a really bad idea right now. Military action against Iran could have unintended consequences, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday, sounding the administration’s strongest reservations about a strike since the release of a new report on Tehran’s escalating nuclear ambitions."

Commentary: "Israel's 'Sampson' Option" [11/13/11] "The Samson Option is a term used to describe Israel’s alleged deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a “last resort” against nations whose military attacks threaten its existence, and possibly against other targets as well.  Israel refuses to admit it has nuclear weapons or to describe how it would use them, an official policy of nuclear ambiguity, also known as "nuclear opacity." This has made it difficult for anyone outside the Israeli government to definitively describe its true nuclear policy, while still allowing Israel to influence the perceptions, strategies and actions of other governments. As early as 1976, the CIA believed that Israel possessed 10 to 20 nuclear weapons.  By 2002 it was estimated that the number had increased to between 75 and 200 thermonuclear weapons, each in the multiple-megaton range. Kenneth S. Brower has estimated as many as 400 nuclear weapons.  These can be launched from land, sea and air. This gives Israel a second strike option even if much of the country is destroyed.  Seymour Hersh writes that the "surprising victory of Menachem Begin's Likud Party in the May 1977 national elections...brought to power a government that was even more committed than Labor to the Samson Option and the necessity of an Israeli nuclear arsenal." [...]  In 2003, Martin van Creveld, a professor of military history at Israel’s Hebrew University, thought that the Al-Aqsa Intifada then in progress threatened Israel's existence. Van Creveld was quoted in David Hirst's "The Gun and the Olive Branch" (2003) as saying: "We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets for our air force. Let me quote General Moshe Dayan: 'Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.' I consider it all hopeless at this point. We shall have to try to prevent things from coming to that, if at all possible. Our armed forces, however, are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that will happen before Israel goes under. [...]"  

Commentary: "Israel’s War Threats: Sheer Hollow Propaganda" [11/11/11] "Israel’s war threats against Iran also violate the UN Charter and so far, the UNSC has given no decisive response to this flagrant breach of the international law. The deceptive and illusory claims of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is lobbying to persuade the cabinet to authorize a military strike against Iran’s nuclear installations has even evoked the surprise and astonishment of the American media, who reacted to the war threats skeptically. In a November 2, 2011 report published just a few hours after Israel test fired its nuclear missile, CBS News wrote that the international community is used to hearing of Tel Aviv’s war threats against Iran and the recent warmongering statements of Netanyahu are nothing new and unexpected: “it remained unclear whether Israel was genuinely poised to strike or if it was saber-rattling to prod the international community into taking a tougher line on Iran. Israeli leaders have long hinted at a military option, but they always seemed mindful of the practical difficulties, the likelihood of a furious counterstrike and the risk of regional mayhem.”[...]"  

Commentary: "Territory of Lies: The Israeli-Occupied Hearing on Alleged Iranian Terror" [11/09/11] "In the wake of the much-heralded FBI sting that supposedly foiled a dastardly plot by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard elite Qods Force – involving a bumbling, failed used-car salesman’s botched attempt to hire a reportedly Mossad-trained Mexican drug cartel – to blow up the Saudi ambassador in a crowded but fictitious Washington D.C. restaurant, a duly alarmed U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security convened an urgent hearing on “Iranian Terror Operations on American Soil.” As evidence of Tehran’s supposed threat to the Homeland, the Committee heard testimony from “expert witnesses” who could best be described as propagandists for Israel. Commenting on the partisan line-up, an expert on U.S.-Israeli relations remarked, “If it wasn’t so serious, it would be satire.” [...] Among the five witnesses, two were from “conservative” think tanks closely aligned with the Israel lobby, while a third represented a supposedly more “progressive” pro-Israeli position. The first think-tanker to speak was Reuel Marc Gerecht, who cited his authority on the subject to explain away the Hollywood B-movie nature of the ludicrous murder-for-hire plot. “I might make a slight digression and just say all intelligence services aren’t as good as you think they are. And the Iranians are no exception. They make a lot of mistakes,” claimed the former Middle East specialist in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations. “So do not, for a moment, buy the argument from those who said it cannot be because this is too sloppy. This is the nature of the game. This is how it is done.” Gerecht, currently a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, went on to advocate an escalation of “the war and terror” [sic] against a supposedly emboldened Iran. “If they think they can get away with it, they will push forward, and they did get away with it,” he asserted. “Now, the only way that I would argue that you are going to stop that type of mentality and attitude is that you have to convince them that you will escalate. You don’t want to run away from that word, you want to run towards it.” In a July 19 report on the funding of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Eli Clifton observed that “its hawkish stance against Iran … is consistent with its donors’ interests in ‘pro-Israel’ advocacy.” Next up was Dr. Matthew Levitt. [...] " 

MSM: "Official Israeli Sites Hit By Cyber Attack" [11/08/11] " Israeli government and military websites were back online a day after an apparent cyber attack. The sites, including government ministries, the Mossad and the military, were online Monday after crashing a day earlier. On Friday, an international group of hackers known as Anonymous had threatened to attack Israeli government computers in response to the interception of Gaza-bound ships carrying a symbolic amount of medical aid. The threat was made in a video uploaded to YouTube. [...]"  

MSM: "UK Army Chief (Not So) Secretly Visits Tel Aviv" [11/08/11] "British military chief General Sir David Richards has secretly visited Tel Aviv earlier this week, the Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post quoted the regime's military sources as saying. Richards who is Britain's Chief of the Defense Staff reportedly held several meetings with the senior commanders of the Israeli regime's army though there are no details on the subject of his talks. He also visited the northern parts of the Israeli occupied territories at the regime's borders with Lebanon. The secret visit comes as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are reportedly making efforts to rally enough support in the cabinet to launch a military attack on Iran though an Israeli minister has dismissed a conflict as imminent.  [...]" 

World Politics: "Sarkozy Calls Netanyahu 'Liar" [11/08/11] "French President Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly told US President Barack Obama that he could not "stand" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he thinks the Israeli premier "is a liar." According to a Monday report in the French website "Arret sur Images," after facing reporters for a G20 press conference on Thursday, the two presidents retired to a private room, to further discuss the matters of the day. The conversation apparently began with President Obama criticizing Sarkozy for not having warned him that France would be voting in favor of the Palestinian membership bid in UNESCO despite Washington's strong objection to the move.  [...] The conversation then drifted to Netanyahu, at which time Sarkozy declared: "I cannot stand him. He is a liar." According to the report, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!" The remark was naturally meant to be said in confidence, but the two leaders' microphones were accidently left on, making the would-be private comment embarrassingly public. The communication faux pas went unnoticed for several minutes, during which the conversation between the two heads of state – which quickly reverted to other matters – was all but open to members the press, who were still in possession of headsets provided by the Elysée for the sake of simultaneous translation during the G20 press conference." 

Propaganda Theatre: "War Of Words Escalate Between Iran And Israel- Iran Threatens To Widen War To Europe If Attacked" Israeli Nat'l News [11/08/11]   "Iran has threatened to start a ‘street war’ in Tel Aviv – and in the US and Europe – should its nuclear program be attacked. The head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said on Tuesday that Iran would start a ‘street war’ in Tel Aviv if its nuclear program was attacked. “Israel is not big enough to launch a military strike on Iran, but if it takes such a foolish decision, the Iranian military will fight with the Zionist soldiers in Tel Aviv streets… and will force them out of the Palestinian soil,” Seyed Hossein Naqavi said. Naqavi also warned, should Tehran’s nuclear program be attacked, the battlefield won’t be in Iran, but “the entirety of Europe and the US. Iranian forces will fight with the enemies with maximum might and power all throughout the European and US soil, if Iran comes under attack,” he reiterated. Naqavi also responded to reports Britain might strike Iran’s nuclear sites, saying “a look at the history reveals that the British regime has been using threat, intimidation, terror and colonialism all throughout the last 500 years.” “Now a country with such a long record of crimes and colonialist actions should know very well that the Islamic Republic enjoys a high military capability today,” he added. Naqavi’s remarks have become a part of Tehran’s mantra of threatening counter-strikes as international criticism of its nuclear aspirations continues to mount.[...]"  

Propaganda Theatre: "Iran Has Technology To Build Nuke", IAEA Says" [11/08/11] "A report by the U.N. nuclear agency says Iran would need about six months to enrich uranium to the quality needed for a weapon if it wanted to do so.  [...]"  Note: The other side of this is that Israel has 300+ nuclear weapons and has no need to challenge anyone else, but the state of permanent victimhood and paranoia will not permit them to co-exist with anyone else, and they wish to be masters of the planet ... so that guarantees their destruction. These immature reincarnated retreads will be going to another world, soon enough, where they will pursue their ends there. Meanwhile, the intelligent, the astute and the mature will do more worthwhile things, and will graduate the galaxy game. 

Israel: "An 'Inside Look' At The Base Where Iran Is Developing Nuclear Weapons" [11/07/11] "Iran is pursuing its nuclear weapons program at the Parchin military base about 30 kilometers from Tehran, diplomatic sources in Vienna say. The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to release a report this week on Iran's nuclear activities.  [...]"  Note: Israeli propaganda piece, issued to presumably assist in the justification of an attack on Iran by Israel. Related: "IAEA Honesty Can Ensure Iran Talks" Press TV  Press TV  "The IAEA director-general Yukiya Amano is scheduled to submit his new report on Iran's nuclear case to IAEA member states on November 8, 2011. However, Amano's visit to Washington for talks with US officials ahead of the publication of the report has cast grave suspicion over its objectivity and sincerity. Iran has always rejected US allegations that it is pursuing a military nuclear program and asserted the right to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.  [...]"  

MSM: "Truths, Facts And Facts On The Ground" [11/01/11] "Much of the international support that Israel receives is based on several lies it tells and re-tells as "facts". [...] The core issues of the US and Israeli agenda were best articulated in the speeches delivered by Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the United Nations (UN) last month in response to the PLO's bid for statehood at the UN. It is there where both Netanyahu and Obama invoked what they called "truths" and "facts" to assert Israeli facts on the ground. As I will show, their strategy is engineered to convert Israeli facts on the ground from antonyms of truths and facts to synonyms with them. [...] Let me begin with what Zionists and the US have defined as the first "fact", which is by definition not open to any doubt or question. Obama insists: "These facts cannot be denied. The Jewish people have forged a successful state in their historic homeland." Netanyahu echoes Obama by listing this first "fact" as the first "truth," or rather by making sure that "the light of truth will shine" at the UN through his words: "It was here in 1975 that the age-old yearning of my people to restore our national life in our ancient biblical homeland ... was ... branded ... shamefully, as racism." He added later "and we will know that [the Palestinians are] ready for compromise and for peace ... when they stop denying our historical connection to our ancient homeland." Now, this insistence that the first fact, nay the first truth, that Palestine is the historic homeland of modern European Jews who resided in Europe and not of the Palestinian people who lived in it for millennia, turns out to be neither factual nor truthful, though it indeed remains the primary and first claim made by Zionism and anti-Semitism. The claim relies on anti-Semitic notions propagated initially by the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century and later by secular anti-Semitism, both of which insisted that modern European Jews were blood and genetic descendants of the ancient Hebrews respectively, which is precisely how eighteenth century European philology's reference to Jews as "Semites" would soon be transformed in the hand of political and racial anti-Semitism by the late nineteenth century from a "linguistic" category into a "racial" and biological one. It is based on these anti-Semitic claims - that millenarian Protestants, secular anti-Semites, and Zionists called for the "restoration" of European Jews to the alleged homeland of their alleged ancestors."  

Commentary:  "Israel To Extend The Reach Of Its Nuclear Threat" [11/01/11] "Israel is considered by Janes to have either the third or fourth largest nuclear arsenal in the world. And all this with a population of just 8 million. And the United States pours billions of dollars a year into Israel, in both economic and military aid? – How stupid. And the Germans sell them submarines that can be used for sneak attacks as well as a second-strike force? – If Israel lashes out, the Germans will be the first to get fried. The sooner Israel is cut off from all aid and isolated the better. I can’t think of any other way to put a stop to their serial war crimes carried out against the Palestinians, and their endless encroachments and ethic cleansing carried out in total defiance of U.N. resolutions. [...]"  

Commentary: "Americans Pay Dearly to Maintain Israel’s Nuclear Secrets" [10/21/11] "According to newly declassified FBI files, NUMEC’s venture capitalist David Lowenthal and founder Zalman Shapiro knowingly failed to comply with even the lax AEC standards in force in the 1960s for handling radioactive waste at NUMEC. An FBI wiretap placed on Lowenthal’s phone picked up shocking news of a major illicit radioactive spill on May 5, 1969. Lowenthal and Shapiro were both under investigation for diverting enough HEU to Israel to build more than a dozen atomic weapons. Shapiro and Lowenthal were in the midst of their “exit strategy” — selling NUMEC to Atlantic Richfield, which would (along with successor Babcock & Wilcox and then American taxpayers) be left holding the bag for massive future cleanup and health indemnity costs. [...]" 

MSM: "Israel Cuts Access to 85% of Gaza Fishing Waters" [10/21/11] "A recent report published Tuesday by the Untied Nation Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) showed that 35% of Gaza’s farmland and 85% of its fishing waters are totally or partially inaccessible due to Israeli military measures. [...]"  

RT Interview: "Absurdity of Iranian Assassination Allegations" Pepe Escobar [10/13/11]   [7:33] "The American government wants the whole unsuspecting world to believe that the general of the IRGC, which is a very complex and very sophisticated operation in Tehran, which is more important than their armed forces, they have intelligence operations all over the world… They are going to sub-contract a hit – mafia style killing – to a failed Corpus Christi, Texas salesman with a record of bad checks, and he’s going to contact somebody posing as a member of the Zetas Mexican drug cartel, and boast that ‘I can give you 1.5 million dollars and you’re going to hit the ambassador at his favorite restaurant in Washington… I can provide you with tons of opium if you want to do business with my contacts in Tehran.’ In a script conference in Hollywood this thing would go to the garbage immediately. Problem is it’s being paddled by the Attorney General of the United States. Is it coincidence that the Attorney General announced this plot on the very day subpoenas were issued over the Fast and Furious perjury debacle? As we’ve said countless times in the past, when politicians and those highly visible to the public come under fire and stand to lose their positions of power, they deflect blame, or in this most recent case of Iran, create a completely new enemy. With respect to blame deflection, this has all of the hallmarks of an event that took place on August 20, 1998, when then President Bill Clinton launched a cruise missile attack against suspected Sudenese VX nerve gas factories at the height of the Lewinsky scandal that threatened to end his Presidency. You may recall that it was on August 17, 1998 that President Clinton admitted to having an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with the White House Intern. It turns out that the attack, later justified because of ties to Osama Bin Laden, manufactured pharmaceuticals – aspirin. Do you see the pattern? The Clinton Sudanese incident was easily covered up, as Sudan served no significant strategic importance to the US, its allies or our foreign challengers. The problem with the Iranian situation, of course, is that we have been butting heads over nuclear energy and other regional issues for nearly a decade – with both sides calling for war, albeit indirectly. [...]" 

Commentary:  "Israel’s Window to Bomb Iran" ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern [10/13/11] "Israeli leaders continue to pound the drum about taking out Iran’s nuclear program – and some hardliners may want to strike soon, fearing the window of opportunity will close if President Barack Obama wins reelection and is less susceptible to political pressures, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern observes. [...] There are mounting signs that the right-wing Israeli government may think the timing is right for an attack on Iran, with growing alarms inside Israel about alleged Iranian progress on building a nuclear bomb – and with President Barack Obama fearing loss of key Jewish political support in 2012 if he doesn’t go along. On Sept. 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Iran’s alleged progress, telling interviewer Charlie Rose that “time is short” before Iran obtains nuclear weapons and poses a direct threat to Israel and the rest of the world. [...]"  Related: "Scott Horton Interviews Ray McGovern" [10/13/11] [19:52]  "Ray McGovern, member of Veterans For Peace and former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses his article “Israel’s Window to Bomb Iran;” how the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate thwarted the Bush administration’s push for war; Israel’s increasing isolation as its allies depart en masse; Obama’s acute vulnerability to the “Likud lobby’s” influence during his reelection bid; the former Mossad chiefs who worry about Netanyahu’s warmongering; and whether military leadership will speak up to Israel to avoid war with Iran – like admirals Mullen and Fallon did in 2007. [...]"  Note: Either push the right-arrow play button to listen, or download the MP3. 

Commentary: "America's Conquest of Africa: The Roles of France and Israel" [10/12/11] "I will begin with the scandal of Operation Gladio that climaxed in the murder of former Italian Prime Minister, Aldo Moro, who on the day of his kidnapping, was to announce an Italian coalition government that would include the Italian Communist Party. Leader of the Christian Democratic Party at that time, Francesco Cossiga, admits in the 1992 BBC Timewatch documentary about Operation Gladio, that he chose to “sacrifice” Moro “for the good of the Republic.” Not unlike the targeted assassinations that the U.S. government engages in around the world, where someone extrajudicially makes decisions on who lives and who dies. In the three-part documentary, Cossiga states that the decision caused his hair to turn white. Operation Gladio is the ugly real-life tale of the U.S. government’s decision to hire members of the state security apparatus of various European countries, and in collaboration with recruited community allies, wreak terror on innocent citizens by blowing up train stations, shooting customers in grocery stores, and even killing police officers in order to convince populations in Europe to give up their rights in exchange for certain security measures and enhanced state power. [...]" 

Commentary: "The Record of Israeli Long Term Behavior: "Impunity Always Leads to Greater Crimes" [10/08/11] "The Israeli newspaper Haaretz was flashing on October 2nd with harsh remarks made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel over Israel’s decision to build more illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine. Senior German officials revealed that Merkel was “furious” and “does not believe a word [Netanyahu] says.” This came just two months after “ungrateful” Netanyahu enlisted German’s support to thwart Palestinian membership at the UN general assembly. Late last month, former US president Bill Clinton declared in a newspaper interview “Netanyahu killed the peace process.” Clinton was the sponsor of the Wye River agreement between the Palestinians and the Israeli government under Netanyahu in 1998. The US financed the implementations of the Wye agreement by reimbursing Israel with $400 million to “redeploy” from Palestinian towns. While it was paid, Israel is yet to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. This comes on the heels of news reports from earlier last month that previous US Secretary of Defense called Israel an “Ungrateful ally.”  [...] Through its 63 year history, amoral Israeli leaders have skillfully demonstrated mastery in habitual deceit and political con-artistry. Despite intermittent indignation at cunning Israeli officials; impotent Western leaders, mostly for political expediency, have cosseted Israel at the expense of their own self professed cherished values. For instance, the US makes a mockery of its overuse of the UN Veto power at the whim of Israeli lobby. Instead of enticing Israel to take the required risk to achieve peace, impunity has emboldened “ungrateful” Israel to ignore its obligations as a UN member state while indulging in the building of illegal settlements and in its oppression of the Palestinian people."  

MSM: "Yom Kippur Drill: IDF Simulates War Call-Up" [10/07/11]   "The IDF is taking no chances on the eve of Yom Kippur. In an unusual and rare step, The IDF's General Staff alerted two reserve divisions as part of an emergency drill in army bases in central and northern Israel. The purpose of the exercise was to test the soldiers' level of response and readiness for war. [...]" 

MSM: "Jewish Settlers Burn Mosque In Nablus Village" [10/03/11] "Jewish settlers torched the first floor of Nurain mosque in Qasrin village, south of Nablus city, at dawn Monday, local sources said. They said that the villagers on Monday morning woke up to the scene of the first floor of their mosque burnt with anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racist slurs written in Hebrew on its walls. Hundreds of village inhabitants rushed to the mosque in a show of rage at the act and demanded international condemnation of the repeated Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people, land, and holy shrines. Several other mosques in southern Nablus were targeted by Jewish settlers over the past few months. [...] 25th attack on non-Jewish places of worship in West Bank since 2010 [...]"

MSM: "Israeli Warplanes Blast Central Gaza" [10/02/11] "Israeli army tanks and huge bulldozers had infiltrated 300 meters into central Gaza and bulldozed cultivated land east of Deir Al-Balah amidst random firing at a late hour on Wednesday night, local sources told the PIC reporter. [...]" Related: "Palestinian Information Center (UK)"  

MSM: "Israeli Parliament Approves Plans To Transfer 30,000 Palestinian Bedouin" [10/02/11] "While attention is focused on the Palestinian Authority’s UN recognition initiative, Israel is quietly taking hugely significant steps to transfer 30,000 Palestinian Bedouin in the Naqab (Negev) desert from their ancestral lands. [...]"  Note: Business as usual.

Analysis and Commentary: "Rise, Against the Barbaric-Crimes of Israel" Heretic Productions [010/01/11] [11:27] Note:  From the rapier-like pen of acclaimed writer Jim Kirwan.  Text Version      

Analysis and Commentary: "Israel and the Upcoming Nuclear War" Heretic Productions [010/01/11] [13:56] The total destruction of Israel, something used by the Zionist lobby to bilk the US out of billions for years, is no longer a dream, it is inevitable. The only question is "when?" With it a limited world war may emerge with some surprises in store. It all started long ago but we can focus back one year when Israel murdered 9 Turkish citizens in an act of piracy, peace activists on an aid ship heading for Gaza. Aid ships heading for Gaza now get a military escort from the Turkish Navy and Turkey's president is heading for Gaza and Egypt now, to slap Israel down. Note:  Gordon Duff's "Israel and the Upcoming Nuclear War"  Text Version     

Commentary: "Israel's Demographic Time Bomb Is Still Ticking Away" [09/26/11] "Secular Israelis work, pay taxes, and serve in the army. Ultra-orthodox, or Haredi Jews, don't. Secular Israelis are prepared to die for their country in battle, but have to travel outside it to get married in a civil ceremony. Not surprisingly, it's a pretty sore point. Especially as the demographic balance is shifting fast. Secular couples have, on average, around two children per couple. Haredi couples have closer to eight or nine. And it's changing the very identity of Israel – away from the secular, socialist civil society it was created as in 1948 – to something quite different.... In religious schools, children don't learn mathematics, science, or English; only the Bible. All day, every day. And Haredi men are expected to - and do - continue that Bible study for the rest of their lives. It's all funded by the taxpayers. And the taxpayers are... secular Israelis. What does it mean? Well, if the figures are to be believed, in less than 30 years, Israel will have a population where the majority either can't, or won't join the workforce – putting an increasing, and impossible burden on the secular minority to pay the taxes and serve in the army. This, in the 'Startup Nation' - the country that prides itself on its hi-tech sector. Israel has the ideas, the inventors, and the entrepreneurs - but already, it has to import workers from overseas, because there aren't enough educated Israelis in the job market. It's not sustainable. Israelis know about it, and sometimes talk about it, but Israel's government does nothing. It's just too hard – especially as the political power of the ultra-religious is growing. It's almost impossible to form a government in Israel today without them. Opposition - and resentment - is growing. Middle-class, taxpaying, secular Israelis are already so angry about the mere cost of living – and that their children cannot afford to buy or rent a home – that they have taken to the streets in huge numbers. But it's hard to see how any government – however brave – is going to be able to turn the ship around without committing political suicide. [...]"  

MSM: "Poll: 69 Percent Of Israelis Say Israel Should Accept U.N. Recognition Of Palestinian State" [09/22/11] "A joint poll by the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in the Occupied Palestinian Territories found that 69 percent of Israelis think that their country should accept United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state, according the Jerusalem Post. [...]" 

MSM: "Extortion Bid: GOP Senator Threatens U.N. Funding Over Palestinian Statehood Bid" [09/22/11] "Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT-Moron) has introduced a bill to cut off funding for the U.N. should it change Palestine's statehood status. The Solidarity with Israel Act comes as Palestinians are expected to submit a request to the U.N. for full membership. President Obama visited New York on Wednesday to oppose the bid. “Israel is one of America’s strongest allies and friends, a beacon of democracy in the Middle East,” said Hatch. “Make no mistake, there will be consequences associated with efforts to undermine the security of America’s friends and allies.” This is hardly the GOP's first threat to defund the U.N. Last month, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) introduced similar legislation. Earlier this year, House Republicans tried to cut off a U.N. climate science body as part of a large EPA cuts package. The U.S. currently provides 22 percent of the U.N.'s budget.[...]"   Note:  Since it is believed that a US veto will set off middle east violence, it is conceivable that this whole issue could end up being a pivot around which another false flag operation against the United States is perpetrated by the powers that be, probably before the end of this year, and at least one operation. The astrology of the next eight months or so is horrendous, as well.

MSM: "Palestinian Statehood To Kill Israel's Immunity" [09/20/11]   [12:13] "Key international financial institutions have confirmed Palestine is now economically strong enough to stand alone as an independent state. That's as President Abbas prepares to bid for full UN membership at the General Assembly later this week. With full member status at the UN, Palestine may finally be able to hold Israel to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people and the occupation of their land, believes Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi. [...]" 

Flashback: "Israeli MP Likens British To "Dogs" For Israeli Expulsion" [03/23/10]   "The expulsion of an Israeli 'diplomat' from Britain over the terrorist murder of a Palestinian leader in Dubai has provoked outrage in the Israeli Knesset, comparing the British to "dogs".  [...]"  Related: "UK To Expel Mossad Operative Over Dubai Terror Case" [03/23/10] "The United Kingdom will expel a senior Israeli diplomat, a Mossad operative, over the use of fake British passports in the terrorist operation against a Hamas commander in Dubai.  [...]"  

Commentary: "American Billionaires Spark Israeli Media Furor" [09/20/11] "Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson has long been seen as a powerful force in Israel’s body politic. He’s the owner of Israel’s largest daily newspaper and so close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he sat in the front row of the Knesset’s VIP section for Netanyahu’s 2009 electoral victory appearance. Adelson is also close to another American billionaire: Ronald Lauder, who co-owns Channel 10, one of Israel’s major TV outlets. Now, due to a humiliating apology that Channel 10 was forced to broadcast for an investigative piece on Adelson, his influence and connections are being decried as a threat to Israeli press freedoms. [...]" 

Commentary: "Israel To Retroactively Legitimize Illegal Settlements That Were “Looted From Their Owners”" [09/17/11] "One of the West Bank’s largest illegal Israeli settlements, Ofra, is now going to be legitimized and upheld by the state of Israel regardless of the fact that much of it was built on privately owned Palestinian land. Does this represent the state of Israel spitting in the face of the Palestinian people in preparation for their bid for UN statehood? Is this a warning of what is to come if the Palestinians will not back down and kowtow to their Israeli occupiers? We can’t be sure, but we do know that this is yet another instance of Israel flouting international law without hesitation. [...]"  Note: Israel will no longer exist in the near future.

MSM: "U.S. Tax-Evasion Probe Turns To Israeli Banks" [09/17/11] "The U.S. pursuit of offshore tax evaders is widening to include Israel, where U.S. authorities are scrutinizing three of Israel's largest banks over suspicions their Swiss outposts helped American clients evade taxes, people briefed on the matter said. [...]" 

Commentary:  "Norm Finkelstein And Huwaida Arraf  Dissect Bogus UN Report Whitewashing Murderous Zionist Operation Against Gaza Flotilla" [09/10/11]   [12:47]   Part 2 [8:48] "Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and frozen military co-operation ahead of a long-awaited United Nations report on Israel's deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship in 2010. The report accuses Israel of "excessive and unreasonable" force in its attack on the ship, Mavi Marmara — which killed nine people — and says Israel should issue a statement of regret and compensate the families of the dead as well as wounded passengers. But it also chides passengers aboard the Marmara and the other flotilla ships for what it calls a "reckless" attempt to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. In a major development with broader implications, the U.N. report concludes that the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip is legal under international law. [...]"  

MSM: "Cairo's Israeli Embassy Attacked" [09/10/11]   "Protesters have broken into the building housing Israel's embassy in Egypt's capital, Cairo, entering consular offices, officials said. Police used tear gas and gunshots were heard nearby. The ambassador has been taken to Cairo airport to be flown out of the country. There have been protests outside the embassy since the deaths on 18 August of five Egyptian policemen, allegedly at the hands of Israeli forces. [...]"  Related: "Israeli Diplomats Flee Cairo After Attack On Embassy" "Israeli ambassador to Egypt and the embassy staff have arrived in the Cairo international airport and are waiting for an Israeli military plane to whisk them away to Tel Aviv after an attack on the embassy building, Al Jazeera reported. A group of protesters breached early on Saturday multiple floors of a high-rise building housing the Israeli embassy. Al-Jazeera aired a video footage showing hundreds Israeli mission documents being thrown out of the windows as the demonstrators reportedly broke into the embassy’s archives. Several hundred protesters remain outside the building in a standoff with police reinforcements which have arrived in the area supported by at least 20 armored vehicles. [...]"  

MSM: "Turkey Tells Israeli Diplomats To Leave" [09/06/11] "Turkey deepened its rift with Israel on Monday by vowing to work for the recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations and by saying it has notified high-level Israeli diplomats they have two days to leave the country. [...]"  

Commentary: "Lawlessness And Injustice Define America And Israel" [09/06/11] "Rogue state lawlessness and contempt for humanity define both nations. At home, America is plagued by police state laws, contempt for human and civil rights, out-of-control corruption, banker occupation, corporate control of Washington, record budget and national debt levels, as well as depression-sized unemployment, poverty, homelessness, hunger and despair. It's no better in Israel, a nation believing only Jews have rights, and increasingly less of them under neo-liberalized harshness, favoring the few at the expense of most others. [...]"  

MSM: "Leak Offers Look at Efforts by U.S. to Spy on Israel" [09/06/11] "When Shamai K. Leibowitz, an F.B.I. translator, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last year for leaking classified information to a blogger, prosecutors revealed little about the case. They identified the blogger in court papers only as “Recipient A.” After Mr. Leibowitz pleaded guilty, even the judge said he did not know exactly what Mr. Leibowitz had disclosed.  “All I know is that it’s a serious case,” Judge Alexander Williams Jr., of United States District Court in Maryland, said at the sentencing in May 2010. “I don’t know what was divulged other than some documents, and how it compromised things, I have no idea.” Now the reason for the extraordinary secrecy surrounding the Obama administration’s first prosecution for leaking information to the news media seems clear: Mr. Leibowitz, a contract Hebrew translator, passed on secret transcripts of conversations caught on F.B.I. wiretaps of the Israeli Embassy in Washington. Those overheard by the eavesdroppers included American supporters of Israel and at least one member of Congress, according to the blogger, Richard Silverstein. In his first interview about the case, Mr. Silverstein offered a rare glimpse of American spying on a close ally. He said he had burned the secret documents in his Seattle backyard after Mr. Leibowitz came under investigation in mid-2009, but he recalled that there were about 200 pages of verbatim records of telephone calls and what seemed to be embassy conversations. He said that in one transcript, Israeli officials discussed their worry that their exchanges might be monitored. Mr. Leibowitz, who declined to comment for this article, released the documents because of concerns about Israel’s aggressive efforts to influence Congress and public opinion, and fears that Israel might strike nuclear facilities in Iran, a move he saw as potentially disastrous, according to Mr. Silverstein. [...]" 

Commentary: "How US "Charities" Break Tax Laws To Fund Israeli Settlements" [09/05/11]    "In spite of US government statements about its displeasure with the expansion of Israeli settlements, US based organizations are abusing the 501(C)3 section of US tax codes to provide billions in subsidies to do exactly that. There are hundreds of these tax-exempt, so-called charities funneling money to illegal Israeli settlements, often with the names no more creative than “American Friends of name an Israeli settlement.” One such organization, American Friends of Ariel Inc., paints a picture of how these US based front groups collect tax-deductible donations, and use them to build and expand illegal Israeli settlements, and in some cases, purchase weapons for the settlers within them. In many cases, including that of American Friends of Ariel Inc., the organization does not make substantial efforts to disguise the fact that the US based tax exempt entity is nothing more than a shell organization being used to transfer money abroad. [...]" 

Commentary: "Israeli Investors Made Huge Profits From 9/11 Event" [09/05/11] "Between August 26 and September 11, 2001, a group of speculators, identified by the American Securities and Exchange Commission as Israeli citizens, sold “short” a list of 38 stocks that could reasonably be expected to fall in value as a result of the pending attacks. These speculators operated out of the Toronto, Canada and Frankfurt, Germany, stock exchanges and their profits were specifically stated to be “in the millions of dollars.” [...]" 

Commentary: "Turkey Closes Door on Israel’s Planned “Pearl Harbor” on Iran" [09/04/11]   "Leaders in Israel, far more extreme than Netanyahu himself, are nearing panic. Five minutes ago, I finished a TV broadcast with live video from Jerusalem. Things are happening quickly and our fear is that very dangerous options will be chosen by interests tied to Israel that feel their power over “history” threatened. Israel’s own people are tired of joblessness, homelessness, rigged elections, government corruption, in fact, they are tired of living like Americans. I understand their problems well. They are also sick of the Netanyahu’s government and the continual terror scares and the overly “convenient” attacks that arrive on cue, like the ' videos made by Osama bin Laden' to help President Bush - videos made by bin Laden years after his death. [...]" 

MSM: " Israeli Official To Clinton: Declare Turkey A Terror-Supporting State" [09/04/11]   "A hawkish Israeli politician reportedly wrote a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday, asking the US to declare Turkey a terror-supporting state, the Jerusalem Post reported early on Friday. Danny Danon, who is also deputy Knesset speaker, wrote a letter to Clinton after Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu warned Israel to apologize until the UN releases its report in which he called on Washington to impose sanctions on Turkey and call it a terror-supporting state. "Turkey has gotten closer to Iran and constitutes a direct continuation of the axis of evil. The government in Washington must answer the Turkish problem before it is too late," Danon wrote, the Jerusalem Post reported. The Israeli official called for economic and diplomatic sanctions against Turkey until Ankara changes its ways and abandons what he said “the way of terror.” "The Turks have crossed the line. They supported the flotilla, they support terror and they dare to ask Israel to apologize to them," Danon said.  [...]"  Note: The comments are interesting. The Samson Option comes to mind. They need to get this over with. Ironically, the US and Israel are the main functional barriers to the very world order they seek. Related: "How Turkey Alone Rebuffs Arrogant Israel"   [8:10] | "Turkey And Israel: Turkey Does The Right Thing"  "Lawrence Davidson lauds Turkey's decision to downgrade its diplomatic relations with Israel and suspend military ties with the Zionist state and says that Tel Aviv's refusal to do the decent thing and apologize for murdering unarmed civilians on the high seas has probably put an end to its dream of becoming a NATO member. [...]" | "Turkey To Take Israel To UN Court" "Turkey says it will challenge Israel's blockade of Gaza in a UN court after rejecting a UN report into the killing of nine of its citizens on a ship. [...]"  

Commentary: " Israel Warns Chemical Weapons Will Be Used Against Peaceful Palestine Protests" [09/04/11] "Wikileaks Tel Aviv cable reveals Israel’s chemical weapon plan to crackdown on peaceful Palestine protests with a senior official quoted saying “we don’t do Gandhi very well.” The cable reveals Isreal’s plan to take chemical weapons – specifically called “dirty water” which is used to simulate the effects of skunk spray – to crackdown on peace protests being held by Palestinians. [...]" "View cable 10TELAVIV344" IDF PLANS HARSHER METHODS WITH WEST BANK Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:32 UTC

Propaganda: "ADL: 9/11 Anti-Semitic Theories 'Alive And Well'" [08/31/11] "Jewish group shows how conspiracy theories surrounding attacks have grown and evolved over past decade, including claim that Jews or Israel perpetrated attacks instead of al-Qaeda. Ten years after 9/11, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories surrounding the attacks are “alive and well” and fueled by an entrenched propaganda industry, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which issued a new report Wednesday showing how these theories have grown and evolved over the last decade. In “Decade of Deceit: Anti-Semitic 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10 Years Later,” ADL looks at the individuals who continue to circulate distorted conspiracy theories about 9/11, including the claim that the Jews or Israel perpetrated the attacks instead of al-Qaeda. [...]"  Note: The truth is known, even if some don't like it.

World Politics: "UN Go Home': Israel Planning For Worst, Calling For War?" [08/31/11]   [2:37] "In September, Palestine will be expecting a UN vote to recognize it as a fully-fledged state. But Israel fears the decision may result in uprisings, and has reportedly started arming settlers and training them to face angry Palestinians. But as Paula Slier reports, by preparing for bloodshed, Israelis might actually be calling for it. [...]"  Related: Commentary: "Israel Sees Palestinian Statehood Bid A ‘Greater Threat’ Than Hamas" "The Palestinian campaign to secure full UN membership presents a greater threat to Israel than that posed by Hamas, the Israeli finance minister said on Wednesday. “This Palestinian initiative represents a more serious threat than that posed by Hamas,” Yuval Steinitz told Israel’s public radio, referring to Gaza’s Islamist rulers whose founding charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish state. If the Palestinians made good on their plans to seek United Nations membership, Israel would “respond,” he promised. [...]"  Note: Stupid reincarnated retreads with wind-up keys in their backs. 

Commentary: "Myth To Create Land For The Landless" [08/23/11] "What features in the essence of the Israeli regime prevent it from putting up with an independent Palestinian state?  [...] the occupation of Palestine for the Zionists (the deviant current) had not been an ideal originally, but that it became a European ideal after some centuries. This point is of significance as it helps to comprehend that the Israeli regime is not simply a mere material presence which was forged in 1948, but that it is a perverted concept whose essence is based upon the distortion of the Holy Book of Torah and history. To forestall the disclosure of their deviatory notions, the Israeli intellectual leaders have resorted to mythologizing. There are myths in every country, but the difference of the Israeli mythologies with those of other countries is that Israel has based its being and survival upon these legends. Such fabricated myths are the result of the distortion of Torah and history and, interestingly enough, having any skepticism about them is regarded as a major deviation. The myths of the Holy Book, the Holy Land, the distinguished nation, the promise of freedom, ethnic cleansing, the myth of their return, the exile and displacement, the myth of the historical existence of Israel, the centrality of Israel for the Jews, impeccable life for Jews, anti-fascism myth, the Nuremberg Trials, Holocaust, and finally the myth of the land without people for the people without land, are all the result of the distortion and political interpretation of the Zionist Movement of Torah and history for the bogus and imposed government of Israel to be formed and to survive on the basis of sustaining these myths. For the international Zionism, recognizing the sovereignty of the Palestinian state means the challenging of these myths and the questioning of these myths means the cave-in of the foundation of Israel. The truth is that the fabricated and imposed nature of the Israeli regime cannot tolerate an independent Palestinian state within its borders. So, what is to be done? " 

Commentary:  "Reuters And Jerusalem Post Pushing Lies To Justify Killing Of Palestinians" By Madison Ruppert [08/20/11] "In the past days, multiple news agencies have been deliberately pushing a false narrative in order to justify the most recent Israeli murder of Palestinians, including civilians and children. This deliberately falsified narrative surrounds a purported Hamas broadcast that declared an end to the ceasefire that was declared post-Cast Lead in 2009, the operation in which Israel systematically slaughtered Palestinian civilians. Amnesty International characterized Operation Cast Lead as “22 Days of Death and Destruction” and Hamas is more than aware of the fact that Israel would relish the ability to conduct another operation in the same vein. While Hamas militants have not taken responsibility for any of the rocket attacks and have, in fact, been arresting suspected militants, Reuters published that, “A Hamas radio station announced the group’s armed wing had decided 'there is no longer any truce with the enemy,' alluding to a 2009 deal that ended a three week Israeli offensive targeting militants firing rockets at the Jewish state.” When they acknowledge the fact that an official spokesperson for the Qassam brigades, the military arm of Hamas, completely denied Hamas support for this statement they spin it by characterizing the official statement as “an apparent attempt to ease tensions later”. Apparently a broadcast on a purported Hamas station is a completely reliable and authoritative source, even when it is directly contradicted by the official party leadership. This caliber of “journalism” from Reuters is appalling, especially given their status as a supposedly balanced news service. Not surprisingly, the Jerusalem Post didn’t even bother publishing all of the facts and instead opted for publishing only that which justifies their aggression. The Jerusalem Post reports,  [...]"  Related: "Dubious Evidence Israeli Bus Attackers Based in Gaza" "Following deadly terror attacks on Israel, Israeli Air Force kills 9 in Gaza despite lack of evidence connecting attackers to the Strip. [...]" 

Commentary:  "US Imposes News Blackout On Lawmakers' Junkets To Israel' " Press TV [08/20/11] "It's extraordinary right now; there is a situation in the United States in which 81 American Congressional representatives are going on trips to Israel being sponsored by an organization that is part of the Israel lobby. This is almost 20 percent of the American Congress going on trips that are meant specifically to influence their vote," Weir told Press TV's U.S. Desk on Wednesday. "It should be important news. All Americans should know about this and yet the mainstream media is not reporting it at all. The Associated Press which is the number one source of international news … chose not to report about it. The New York Times is not reporting on it. ABC, CBS, NBC, none of them has had any news broadcast," Weir added. "It's a very troubling situation because Americans need to know how their elected representatives are being influenced," Weir concluded. [...]" 

MSM: "MENA: Israel Entered Egypt, Committed Violations" [08/20/11] "A monitoring force stationed in the Sinai in keeping with the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel said Israel violated it when its troops entered Egyptian territory and fired on security personnel, state news agency MENA reported on Saturday. "The [Multinational Force and Observer] recorded two violations committed by Israel," the agency said, citing an MFO report. "The international forces said in their report on the deaths of Egyptian security personnel that the violations were entering Egyptian territory and firing in the Egyptian side of the border," the agency reported. Eight Israelis were killed in separate attacks on Thursday near the border when gunmen opened fire on buses and cars. Egypt, which because the first Arab country to sign a peace deal with Israel in 1979, has summoned Israel's envoy and demanded an apology and an investigation. State television reported that Egypt would also recall its ambassador in Tel Aviv. [...]" Related: "Egyptian Ambassador To Remain In Tel Aviv – Foreign Ministry" "Egypt on Saturday said it would not recall its ambassador to Israel and would limit itself to inviting the Israeli ambassador to Egypt for consultations at the Foreign Ministry in Cairo. [...]"  

Trends: "Wave Of Nationwide Social Protests Hits Israel" [08/14/11]   [0:39] "Tens of thousands people have gathered across Israel for fresh protests for a “welfare state” on Saturday night. The organizers picked 18 smaller cities, setting Tel Aviv aside this time, “to let the rest of the voices speak.” ­Police estimate that between 50,000 and 70,000 people flooded onto the streets of Israeli cities and towns on Saturday, chanting “we demand social justice.” The nationwide demonstration, which started at 10pm local time (1900GMT), mobilized people from the northern city of Nahariya on the Lebanese border to the southern port of Eilat. [...]"  Note: Interestingly, this dynamic is the result of the dependency of Israel (Is Not Real) on the US for money to fund society, rather than becoming an independent entity capable of self-support, like most real countries. US candidate Ron Paul mentioned this problem during the 'debates'.

MSM: "Israel Prepares For Clashes With Syria" [08/12/11] "Israeli military forces are getting ready for a possible military engagement with Syria if the UN votes for an independent Palestinian state in September, a report says. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says such vote might lead to tensions with Syria, provoking the Palestinians living in Syria to storm into the occupied Golan Heights, Haaretz reported. It warned if the Syrian army supported such an attempt, Israel would take the necessary action which would lead to a military confrontation. Meanwhile, the Israeli military has started to train its officers to deal with expected mass civilian disturbances. Tel Aviv also plans to deploy senior officers, battalion and brigade commanders at possible confrontation zones in the West Bank, as well as along the Gaza, Syrian and Lebanese borders. Palestinians will attempt to obtain recognition of a sovereign state when the UN General Assembly meets in September. The United States and the Tel Aviv regime remain opposed to the move. Membership at the United Nations requires a recommendation from the UN Security Council and the approval of two-thirds of the General Assembly, equal to 128 countries. [...]"  

Commentary: "Senior Israeli Archaeologist Casts Doubt On Jewish Heritage Of Jerusalem" [08/10/11] Re-linked "A senior archaeologist at Tel Aviv University has cast doubt on the alleged Jewish heritage of Jerusalem. Israel Finkelstein's claims have been made in the face of official Israeli and biblical claims to the occupied city. Professor Finkelstein, who is known as "the father of biblical archaeology", told the Jerusalem Post that Jewish archaeologists have found no historical or archaeological evidence to back the biblical narrative on the Exodus, the Jews' wandering in Sinai or Joshua's conquest of Canaan. On the alleged Temple of Solomon, Finkelstein said that there is no archaeological evidence to prove it really existed. According to Finkelstein's university colleague, archaeology lecturer Rafi Greenberg, Israel is supposed to find something if it digs for a period of six weeks. But, Greenberg told the Jerusalem Post, Israelis have been excavating the so-called City of David in the occupied Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan for two years to no avail. Professor Yoni Mizrahi, an independent archaeologist who has worked with the International Atomic Energy Agency, agreed with Israel Finkelstein. He said that the right-wing Elad Association has not found anything "saying welcome to David's palace" although that was taken for granted by Elad, as if the group depended on scriptural texts to guide them in their work. original link [...]"  Note: Yeah, the whole thing is a fabrication. Related: "U.S. 'Deeply Concerned' By Israel's Approval Of East Jerusalem Construction Plans" "The United States said yesterday it is "deeply concerned" by Israel's approval of new housing in East Jerusalem. In its condemnation of Israel's action, the U.S. is joining the EU, the UN, Russia and Turkey, who made similar statements in recent days. A Foreign Ministry source in Jerusalem said that the U.S. Embassy in Israel contacted the Prime Minister's Bureau and the Foreign Ministry and stressed the seriousness of the American concern regarding the negative implications of the decision, which may make it impossible to block unilateral Palestinian efforts for recognition of statehood at the United Nations in September. [...]" 

MSM: "Israel's Foreign Currency Reserves Increase to Record of $66.3 Billion" [08/08/11] "Israel’s foreign currency reserves increased to a record in September as the Bank of Israel bought foreign currency to try to moderate shekel gains. Reserves rose to $66.3 billion at the end of the month, the bank said in an e-mailed statement today. The $2.15 billion increase was mainly due to purchases of $699 million by the central bank and a $1.66 billion revaluation of reserves, the bank said. Central bank Governor Stanley Fischer began buying foreign currency in March 2008 and has more than doubled reserves since then in an attempt to limit gains in the shekel and help exporters weather the global economic crisis. Fischer bought more foreign currency this month, traders said, as the shekel appreciated to its strongest level in two years against the dollar, which is sliding against currencies worldwide.  [...]"  

MSM: "81 US Congressmen To Visit Israel In Coming Weeks" [08/08/11] "55 Republican, 26 Democratic congressmen to arrive for week-long trips sponsored by American Israel Education Foundation; about 20% of US House of Representatives to visit by summer's end. Eighty-one congressmen, or about 20 percent of the US House of Representatives, will visit Israel over the next three weeks during Congress’s summer recess, with the first group of 26 Democrats scheduled to arrive on Monday. The Democratic delegation will be followed by two Republican ones, bringing a total of 55 Republicans. [...]"  

MSM: "Saudi And Israeli Financial Markets Plunge" [08/08/11] "On most weekends nobody even bothers talking about them, but given the confusion and consternation following the S&P downgrade of the US, people are paying attention to weekend trading in Israel and Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Market was down 5% yesterday. Tel Aviv is down nearly 7% today. Here’s the thing though: Neither of these markets traded on Friday, so they’re basically playing catch up. What’s more, Saudi Arabia is up today, and Israel is in the midst of gigantic economic protests. So relax. Besides, the real big markets open in just a few hours. The need to speculate on what markets will do is almost over. Tel Aviv shares closed 7 percent lower on Sunday in the first response of a developed market to Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the United States’ credit rating that has sparked fears of another global recession. The Israeli market along with a few emerging markets in the Middle East were the first to trade after S&P on Friday cut the U.S. long-term credit rating by a notch to AA-plus from AAA due to concerns about the nation’s budget and climbing debt burden. [...]"  

Commentary: "Israel’s Terror Has Been America’s Error: How Israel Bankrupted America" [08/07/11] Note: Paul J. Balles looks at how, by dragging the USA into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on false premises, Israel, the world’s first practitioner of terrorism, has almost bankrupted America.

MSM: "Mossad’s Murder Machine Kills Another Iranian Scientist" [08/07/11] "The two assassins arrived from nowhere as their victim was driving home with his wife. Trapped inside his car, he was hopelessly vulnerable as their motorcycles pulled alongside. He would just have had time to notice their blacked-out visors before they opened fire, emptying round after round into his chest. Nuclear scientist Darioush Rezaei died immediately. His wife was critically wounded and still in hospital days after the attack in north eastern Iran. The hitmen? They vanished into the traffic fumes of the night. Rezaei was assassinated because he was an expert on neutron transport, one of the key processes in making nuclear weapons. He joins a long list of Iranian nuclear scientists and engineers who are being systematically targeted by killers apparently dispatched by the Israeli intelligence agency. While it is unlikely Mossad would send its own assassins into such a high-risk environment, they will have recruited locals and given them intensive training. [...]" 

MSM: "Israeli Officials Hint At Violent Response To Palestinian Statehood Demonstrations" [08/05/11]   "The Palestinian Authority is planning peaceful mass demonstrations starting on the evening of September 20, which officials hope will be the day before the United Nations General Assembly votes on a resolution to accept Palestine as a member state. Recent non-violent protests such as the naqba, naksa, flytilla, and flotilla demonstrations have been met with Israeli military and police violence, in some cases lethal. [...]"  Related: Below.

Commentary: "Palestinian Bid For UN Statehood Recognition" By Lawrence Davidson [08/02/11]   Note:  Lawrence Davidson argues that, while UN recognition of Palestinian statehood could be potentially of psychological value to the Palestinian cause, “boycott, divestment and sanctions within the context of increasing worldwide awareness of Israel’s essential racist nature shows real promise of results in the long term”. Related: "In Massive Shift, Netanyahu May Support Agreement Along 1967 Borders"   Note: Netanyahu lies like a rug. He says he will support going back to the 1967 borders (a move which he already said is indefensible and is not what Israel wants) IF the Palestinians give up their request to the UN for Statehood. It is another deception on his part. | "Israel Mulls Revoking Oslo Accords In Response To Palestinian UN Bid" [07/25/11]   

Commentary: "Arab Summer Of Discontent Spreads To Israel As Protests Erupt " [08/02/11]   "PM scrambles to quell nationwide protests as he faces a setback in the resignation of Finance Ministry Director General Haim Shani; Moshe Terry, former chairman of Israel Securities Authority, likely to take over treasury. Most municipal authorities have declared a one-day strike scheduled for Monday, in sympathy with popular protests spreading throughout Israel. Municipalities will not be giving services to government offices or holding public office hours today, streets will not be cleaned and garbage will not be collected. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu redoubled efforts to douse growing protests spreading throughout the country Sunday, even as he faced a setback in the resignation of Finance Ministry Director General Haim Shani. [...]"  

Overview: "Israel: Agents, Assets and Sayanim" [08/01/11] " ... Sooner or later, we will reach the point that the public becomes aware of Israel’s systematic use of “Agents, Assets and Sayanim” in the United States, Europe and elsewhere, and the world will begin to “roll up the carpet” and dismantle the Israeli stranglehold on our politicians, foreign affairs, military and economies. [...] The Sayanim System: Sayanim (singular sayan) are shielded from conventional legal culpability by being told only enough to perform their narrow role. Though their help may be essential to the success of an Israeli operation, these volunteers (sayanim also means helpers) could pass a polygraph test because their recruiters ensure they remain ignorant of the overall goals of an operation. In other words, a sayan can operate as an accomplice but still not be legally liable due to a lack of the requisite intent regarding the broader goals—of which they are purposely kept ignorant. Does that intentional “ignorance” absolve them of liability under U.S. law? So far, yes. Much like military reservists, sayanim are activated when needed to support an operation. By agreeing to be available to help Israel, they provide an on-call undercover corps and force-multiplier that can be deployed on short notice.[...]"  

MSM:"Israelis De-legitimizing Themselves' - Press TV" [07/27/11]   [6:40] "Israel has been successful this week in postponing, yet again, the report that shows them attacking the Gaza flotilla aid convoy which had killed eight Turkish and one US citizen. In an interview with Press TV, Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, talks about the dodgy nature of the Israeli regime. [...]"  

Trends: "Mass Strike Hits Israel" [07/24/11] "Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in central Tel Aviv on July 23 as part of a large-scale protest movement against the housing shortage and high rents. This is clearly part of the mass strike process hitting Israel, and a direct reaction to the corruption of the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which clings to its right-wing anti-peace agenda on the one hand, and the corruption of its financial base which are the real estate interests. These interests have been building expensive condos which are sold to rich Diaspora Jews, and remain empty for most of the year. More deeply-felt is the fact that income among the lower 80% of the population continues to collapse, while the government continues to build houses in the highly-subsidized settlements in the Occupied Territories. Protesters included a full cross-section of society from young to middle aged, and even Holocaust survivors, many of whom are among the poorest Israelis. It also included the Arab sector. The demo is part of a Facebook movement that began with the erecting of tent cities through Israel. Slogans shouted by demonstrators included "proper housing, legitimate prices," "the power is with the citizen," and "this generation demands housing." Some of the marchers called for Netanyahu's resignation.  [...]"  

MSM: "Tens Of Thousands Of Israelis Stage Demonstration In Tel Aviv To Protest The Hiking Housing Prices And Social Inequalities" [07/24/11] "In the largest anti-regime demonstration in years, thousands from all walks of life gathered in central Tel Aviv late Saturday for a rally against soaring living costs in the occupied lands, AFP reported. The protesters also called for holding a similar demonstration in front of the Israeli parliament (Knesset) on Sunday and Monday. “We want social justice, not charity” and “The people want social justice,” the protesters chanted during the rally. Some of the marchers called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign. Over a dozen people were arrested following the Saturday clashes between police and protesters. The new wave of protests and strikes hit Israel since two weeks ago when statistics centers announced a 32-percent hike in housing prices during a one-year period in Israel.  [...]Israel is facing shortage of funds in its social and labor sectors as the cabinet of Netanyahu allocated huge military budgets to intensify the regime's deadly attacks on Palestinians. " 

"Netanyahu May Be Forced To Destroy Settlers' Homes" [07/24/11] "The government of Benjamin Netanyahu is on course for its first major clash with Israeli settlers in the West Bank, before a court deadline expires tomorrow to destroy three homes which have been built without permission in a hilltop outpost near Ramallah. Israel's high court last month ordered the destruction within 45 days of three permanent dwellings in Migron, an outpost of 48 families mostly living in caravans.
The dwellings were built illegally on land owned by Palestinians. [...]"  

Analysis: "Israel Hires Internet Soldiers to Penetrate American Forums, Chatrooms" [07/24/11] "Israeli students and demobilized soldiers get paid to pretend they are just regular folks and leave pro-Israel comments online. Israeli Foreign Ministry Deputy Elan Shturman is quoted from the Israeli Occupation Magazine saying: Quote: “Our people will not say: ‘Hello, I am from the hasbara department of the Israeli foreign ministry and I want to tell you the following.’ Nor will they necessarily identify themselves as Israelis,” he said. “They will speak as net-surfers and as citizens, and will write responses that will look personal but will be based on a prepared list of messages that the foreign ministry developed.” [...]"  Note: Foreign Ministry, huh? You mean that part of the Israeli government run by the psychopathic ex-nightclub bouncer Avigdor Lieberman?  These people are paranoid psychotics. 

"Oslo Blast Days After Norway Palestine Ambassador Deal" [07/23/11] "Just days after Secretary of State; Jonas Gahr Støre said: “Palestinians can govern themselves”, a blast in Oslo has occurred. There has been no claim of responsibility so far so the strongest link to the middle east or any international tension that is related to Norway recently is the Government signing an agreement which enables Palestina to send an ambassador to Norway. [...] A rumor has emerged that MOSSAD are linked to the attack: Police in Norway suspect the Israeli intelligence service, MOSSAD, of carrying out a bombing in Oslo which was initially blamed on " Islamists." Sources indicate that more than one bomb has been detonated, including a car bomb. Only circumstantial conclusions can be drawn so far but this is a story to watch.[...]" 

Commentary: "Oslo Police Conducted Bombing Exercise Days Before 'Terrorist' Blast" [07/23/11] "In yet another example of how almost every major terror event is accompanied by a security drill focused around the same scenario, Oslo police were conducting a bombing exercise at a location near the Oslo Opera House just 48 hours before a terrorist blast hit a government building in the Norwegian capital. According to the translated version of an Aftenposten report, “Anti-terror police fired explosive charges at a training center in Oslo, two hundred meters from the Opera, but forgot to notify the public.” The exercise occurred on Wednesday and revolved around anti-terror units attacking a disused building at the edge of Bjørvika pier with bombs and firearms. “The men lowered themselves down from the roof and in through the window that had just been blown out, while they fired hand their weapons,” states the report, noting that the exercise was “dramatic,” produced “violent bangs,” and was watched by spectators at the nearby Opera House. A video of the drill that accompanies the story shows police scaling the side of a building with an explosion going off below them before they enter the window and start firing. Police had to publicly apologize today for not informing the public about the exercise. Although it’s too early to judge the nature of this exercise, the fallback of a drill, which gives the state an excuse should any evidence of complicity in the real attack emerge, has been evident in previous major terror events, including both 7/7 and 9/11. In the case of the London bombings, a consultancy agency with government and police connections was running an exercise for an unnamed company that revolved around the London Underground being bombed at the exact same times and locations as happened in real life on the morning of July 7th, a “coincidence” many skeptics of the official story have dismissed as a statistical impossibility. [...]"  Related: "Blond Norwegian, 32, Arrested Over ‘Holiday Island Massacre’ And Linked To Oslo Car Bomb Blasts" "This falls perfectly in line with the Department of Homeland Securities new propaganda video demonizing white males as terrorists. [...]" | "Obama Urges Anti-Terror Cooperation After Norway Attack"   "Obama offered condolences to Norway after deadly twin attacks Friday and urged countries around the world to step up cooperation to combat terror. [...]" |"Camp In Norway Where Shooting Occurred Had Just Concluded Pro-Palestinian Rally The Day Before" |"Israel: "Norway Inciting Against Us" "Israel is accusing the Norwegian government of funding and encouraging blatant anti-Israel incitement. According to reports received by the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, the Trondheim Municipality is funding a trip to New York for students taking part in the "Gaza Monologues" play, which "deals with the suffering of children in Gaza as a result of the Israeli occupation." [...]" |"Norwegian Labor Party Youth Movement (AUF) Demands That Ariel Sharon And Other Israeli Leaders Be Put On Trial" |"Corporate Media Runs False CIA Story Stating Muslim Group Claimed Responsibility For Olso Bombings" "All major news outlets ran a report from a CIA analyst claiming a Muslim terrorist group took credit for the Oslo Norway bombings, which the corporate media is trying so desperately to blame on Al-Qaeda . Even though it would make no sense for Muslims to attack Norway, who is their ally. Regardless of the absurdity of the claim, the CIA has falsely stated that a Muslim Jihad group has accepted responsibility for the attacks Norway bombings and not the corporate media is running their lies. [...]" | Flashback: "Norway Oil Fund Divests From Israeli Companies" [08/23/10] "Norway's Ministry of Finance announced that the Norway Oil Fund divested from Africa-Israel Investments and Danya Cebus Ltd. on Monday. The reason given is the companies' construction in the West Bank. The Norwegian Finance Ministry said, "The ethics council stresses that construction of settlements in the occupied territories violates the decision of the Geneva convention regarding defense of civilians during war time. Several decisions of the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice have reached the conclusion that construction of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories is prohibited." [...]" | Flashback: "Norway Activist 'Was Mossad Spy" [10/07/05]   "A leading Norwegian pro-Palestinian activist has said she once worked for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad as a double agent. [...]" 

"Some Canadian MPs In A Push To Criminalize Criticism Of The State Of Israel" [07/23/11] "This month, a serious attack was made against free speech in Canada. A pseudo-parliamentary committee calling itself the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism (CPCCA) issued a report calling on the federal government to adopt a definition of anti-Semitism that would criminalize criticism of the state of Israel. The report claims to support free speech and open debate around the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict, but its recommendations aim to silence pro-Palestinian voices, especially on campuses. The CPCCA's biased processes and dubious conclusions contradict its own argument for balanced debate, and make a mockery of the notion of disinterested parliamentary inquiry. [...]"  

MSM: "CIA Veteran: Israel To Attack Iran In Fall" MJ Rosenberg [07/20/11] "A longtime CIA officer who spent 21 years in the Middle East is predicting that Israel will bomb Iran in the fall, dragging the United States into another major war and endangering US military and civilian personnel (and other interests) throughout the Middle East and beyond. Earlier this week, Robert Baer appeared on the provocative KPFK Los Angeles show Background Briefing, hosted by Ian Masters. It was there that he predicted that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is likely to ignite a war with Iran in the very near future. Robert Baer has had a storied career, including a stint in Iraq in the 1990s where he organised opposition to Saddam Hussein. (He was recalled after being accused of trying to organise Saddam's assassination.) Upon his retirement, he received a top decoration for meritorious service. Baer is no ordinary CIA operative. George Clooney won an Oscar for playing a character based on Baer in the film Syriana (Baer also wrote the book). He obviously won't name many of his sources in Israel, the United States, and elsewhere, but the few he has named are all Israeli security figures who have publically warned that Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are hell-bent on war. Most former Mossad chiefs wary of Netanyahu: Baer was especially impressed by the unprecedented warning about Netanyahu's plans by former Mossad chief Meir Dagan. Dagan left the Israeli intelligence agency in September 2010. Two months ago, he predicted that Israel would attack and said that doing so would be "the stupidest thing" he could imagine.  [...]" Note: Israel has a penchant for announcing what they'd like to do ahead of time, just to see what people say and do ... it may well be what is meant to occur.

Commentary: "NZ Security Intelligence Service Investigating Israeli Spies" [07/20/11] "Prime Minister John Key has confirmed one of three Israelis killed in the Christchurch earthquake was carrying multiple passports but is refusing to go into further detail because it is not in the national interest. The police national computer has been under scrutiny in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake in February because of fears Israeli agents loaded software into the system that would allow backdoor access to highly sensitive intelligence files. The Security Intelligence Service ordered the checks as part of an urgent investigation of what one SIS officer described as the suspicious activities of several groups of Israelis during and immediately after the earthquake. Three Israelis were among the 181 people who died when the earthquake destroyed most of Christchurch's central business district on February 22. One was found to be carrying at least five passports. An unaccredited Israeli search and rescue squad was later confronted by armed New Zealand officers and removed from the sealed-off "red zone" of the central city. Key was asked repeatedly today to confirm details of an SIS investigation into whether the Israeli secret service had infiltrated the police national computer after three Israelis were killed and other Israeli citizens fled the country. He said he was satisfied there had been no misuse of the police computer. But when asked repeatedly if there had been an investigation by the SIS he refused to answer because it was not in the national interest. "  

MSM: "Gaza Under Attack From A Swarm Of Drones" [07/20/11] "The whole of Gaza City is under air attack with Israel Defense Force (IDF) drones and other aircraft roaming the skies firing rockets and dropping bombs on the Palestinian population. For Scoop, Julie Webb-Pullman reports that there are swarms of strike aircraft: “There was at least one explosion, then sirens. I can still hear drones , more sirens, lots of sirens, more explosions.” From one vantage point, she can see a lot of smoke emitting from near Gaza City's university. From her rooftop, Julie Webb-Pullman reports: “It looks like a massive airstrike - the city of Gaza is under a pall of acrid smoke. The drones still droning. I can't tell where the strikes were, but definitely in the middle of town, as well as further out.” [...]" 

Investigation: "Murdoch’s Deeply Hidden Jewish Roots — A Biography" By Christopher Bollyn – American Free Press [07/19/11] Note: Christopher Bollyn is an investigative journalist who has written extensively on the events of September 11, 2001 in the Washington-based American Free Press. He has researched different aspects of the 9/11 attacks and uncovered facts and evidence that challenge the official version of events. tried to smear Bollyn as an “anti-Semite” in order to discredit him and diminish the significance of his work. At the helm of both organizations, the ADL and Fox News, is an Australian-born Zionist named Keith Rupert Murdoch. Related: Commentary: "A Criminal Enterprise: Murdoch's Mafia " "So far the News International scandal, which is only just unraveling, has focused almost exclusively on 'phone-hacking' and the invasion of privacy by Murdoch's print media. Although this has considerable celebrity and 'human interest' value, it entirely misses the main game. [...]" |Commentary: "On Murdoch: “There is an Ongoing War Against the Jews”"   "That was actually a quote by Rupert Murdoch; from a speech he delivered Wednesday night, at the annual Anti-Defamation League banquet in New York City. [See "Murdoch on Anti-Semitism" ] [...] In the real world, there is no terrorism. The real world definition of terrorism is ‘revenge.’ These ‘demons’ are actually real people who have lost their children, parents, neighbors and best friends to paranoid wars of Jewish survival. It is Newton’s third law incarnate: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you want to stop ‘vengeance,’ stop inflicting injuries that incite retaliation. It’s a pretty simple formula for peace.  [...] In reality, there is no ongoing war against the Jews. This is a complete fiction. The ongoing war that is being waged right now is against the Islamic people. This war is being waged in the pages of the print media, across the radio dials, on millions of television sets, on thousands of movie screens, on the floor of the House and Senate, and on three battlefronts throughout the Middle East. [...] " UK: "News of the World Phone-Hacking Whistleblower Found Dead " [07/18/11] "Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned. Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home. Hertfordshire police would not confirm his identity, but the force said in a statement: "At 10.40am today [Monday 18 July] police were called to Langley Road, Watford, following the concerns for the welfare of a man who lives at an address on the street. Upon police and ambulance arrival at a property, the body of a man was found. The man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after. "The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. Police investigations into this incident are ongoing." Hoare first made his claims in a New York Times investigation into the phone-hacking allegations at the News of the World. [...]"   

Commentary: "Israeli Thugs – Organized Criminals" Paul J. Balles [07/17/11] "A thug enters your home, decides to stay, makes you his servants and locks you up in the worst conditions. When the neighbors complain about what's going on in your home, the thug tells everyone that you are terrorists who want to destroy him and his family. When the thug is told that he must treat you as equals in the house he has taken from you, he refuses, complaining that would leave him indefensible. That’s Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister. Nima Sirazi comments cogently on the double-talk used by burglars like Netanyahu to con the public: "The oppressed becomes the oppressor, the culprit becomes the victim, occupation is security, illegal colonization is cultural liberation, aggressive expansion is righteous reclamation, genocide is self-defense, apartheid is justice, resistance is terrorism, and ethnic cleansing is peace." Netanyahu is not alone of course. An even worse thug is the ex-nightclub bouncer Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's foreign minister. This larger-than-life burglar stole one of the settlement properties for himself, kicked out the Palestinian home owners, moved in, took over and insisted that the occupation was necessary as a defensible border for Israel. Writing in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Gideon Levy reveals how Ilan Baruch, a veteran Israeli diplomat, acknowledged his inability to represent or explain Israeli policies. Last week he handed in his resignation letter. Says Levy: "Our diplomatic corps today is comprised primarily of spineless propagandists void of values or a conscience." Levy points realistically to how Israel's diplomats know what the world thinks of their country's machinations, their thievery and attempts to cover it all up. "They know that under Lieberman's watch the Foreign Ministry has become a vessel of rage toward the entire world," observes Levy. "They know that no ambassador is sufficiently adroit to explain the brutality of Operation Cast Lead, or the pointless killing on the Mavi Marmara ship." Israel's diplomats "know that no country on the planet actually accepts the occupation, the settlements or the indications of Israeli apartheid," adds Levy. Despite what Israel's diplomats know, they remain silent. After all, the leading thugs and robbers are their bosses. [...] Notes writer Rand Clifford: “Americans have been so meticulously trained to ignore evidence in favour of what they want to believe, in conjunction with what they are wanted to believe, that too many have been rendered unable to objectively weigh evidence.” They hold the position that nothing Israel does can be wrong, and everything their organizations do must be accepted – an extremely dangerous position to hold. [...] " 

Commentary: "Zionist Crime Against Humanity…Instilled Memory" by Uri Avnery [07/11/11] Video clip [7:08] "...Quite by chance, straight after reading this testimony, I saw on TV the results of a scientific investigation by Israeli researchers into “instilled memory”. Their experiments show that people who have seen something with their own eyes, but are told by everybody else that they have seen something else, start to suppress their own memory and “remember” that they saw what the others had allegedly seen. Neurological research then showed that this is can actually be seen happening in the brain: the imagined memory replaces the real. Social pressure has done its work: the instilled memory has become real memory. I believe that this is even truer for an entire nation, which is, of course, composed of individuals. I have seen this many times.  [...] For example, for 11 months before Lebanon War I, not a single shot was fired from Lebanon into Israel. Against all expectation, Yasser Arafat had succeeded in enforcing a total cease-fire even on his Palestinian opponents. Yet after Ariel Sharon started the war, practically all Israelis clearly “remembered” that the Palestinians had shot across the border every single day, turning life in Israel into hell. [...] I call this “Parkinson in reverse” – while advanced Parkinson patients do not remember things that happened, these patients do remember things which never happened. There is a mental disorder called “paranoia vera”. Patients adopt a crazy assumption – e.g. “everybody hates me” – and then build an elaborate structure around it. Every bit of information which seems to support it is eagerly absorbed, every item that contradicts it is suppressed. Everything is interpreted so as to reinforce the initial assumption. The pattern is strictly logical – indeed, the more complete and the more logical the structure, the more serious is the disease. Among the accompanying symptoms are belligerent behavior, recurrent suspicions, disconnection from the real world, conspiracy theories and narcissism. It seems that whole nations can fall victim to this illness. Ours certainly appears to have. "The whole world is against us. Everybody is out to destroy us. Every move is a threat to our very existence. Everyone critical of Israeli policy is an anti-Semite or self-hating Jew. Indeed, even when we do a good thing, it is turned against us." It has been said that paranoiacs also have real-life enemies. The trouble is that the paranoid by their offensive and distrustful behavior, create more and more real-life enemies. The slogan “All the world is against us” may easily function as a self-fulfilling prophesy. Israel is not the only country to suffer from this affliction. At some time, the Germans have been afflicted. So have the Serbs. So, to some extent, has the US and many others. Unfortunately, the costs of paranoia are very high.  Related: "Anti-Zionism Growing Among Jews" "The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) of organisations and activists in western countries firmly support the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel as a moral tool in response to Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands. [...]" | "Neurotic, Psychotic Israel" "Recent Israeli behavior toward a host of issues and events portrays a state in the throes of an existential anxiety. For example, the clearly hysterical response by the Israeli government to the mobilization of a few ships carrying humanitarian aid to blockaded Gazans caricatured a state that reacts in a phobic manner to dangers and threats that don’t really exist. After all, the volunteers on board the ships, who include people from different cultures and religions, made it abundantly clear that their mission was to deliver badly-needed humanitarian materials to the people of Gaza Strip, hermetically besieged by Israel for the fifth consecutive year for no convincing reasons. [...]"  

MSM: "Israeli Warplanes Pound East Gaza" [07/10/11] "Israeli warplanes have attacked the eastern Gaza Strip in yet another use of excessive force against the Palestinian residents of the besieged territory. In the incident, which happened in the early hours of Sunday, Israeli F-16 jets flew over Gaza City and fired a missile at the area of Jabal al-Rayes, east of the city, Xinhua reported. The Israeli military frequently bombs the Gaza Strip, saying the actions are being conducted for "defensive purposes". However, disproportionate force is always used, in violation of international law, and civilians are often killed or injured. Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, which is a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty. After Israel's assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters on May 31, 2010, in which nine civilians were killed, Tel Aviv slightly eased the land blockade of Gaza, allowing in more consumer goods.However, the naval siege of the Gaza Strip remains in place, exports are banned, and imports of raw materials and construction materials are restricted. [...]"  

Commentary: "U.S. And Israel Were Behind Hariri Killing, But Falsely Accuse Hezbollah For The Crime" [07/06/11]   "We know from reports published by various think-tanks in Washington, and from the words of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that the destabilization of Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are the top geopolitical goals of the United States government. The Neocon/Israeli agenda since day one has been to create a total war in the Middle East, and this latest political stunt is another step in fulfilling that ultimate goal. Nasrallah wasn’t just blowing hot air. He provided documented evidence that revealed Israel’s links to the investigation, and video proof of members of the investigation taking bribes in exchange for information. [...]" 

 Exposé: "Israeli Document: Gaza Blockade Isn't About Security" [07/06/11] "As Israel ordered a slight easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip Wednesday, McClatchy obtained an Israeli government document that describes the blockade not as a security measure but as "economic warfare" against the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory.Israel imposed severe restrictions on Gaza in June 2007, after Hamas won elections and took control of the coastal enclave after winning elections there the previous year, and the government has long said that the aim of the blockade is to stem the flow of weapons to militants in Gaza. ... in response to a lawsuit by Gisha, an Israeli human rights group, the Israeli government explained the blockade as an exercise of the right of economic warfare. "A country has the right to decide that it chooses not to engage in economic relations or to give economic assistance to the other party to the conflict, or that it wishes to operate using 'economic warfare,'" the government said. McClatchy obtained the government's written statement from Gisha, the Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, which sued the government for information about the blockade. The Israeli high court upheld the suit, and the government delivered its statement earlier this year. The Israeli government took an additional step Wednesday and said the economic warfare is intended to achieve a political goal. A government spokesman, who couldn't be named as a matter of policy, told McClatchy that authorities will continue to ease the blockade but "could not lift the embargo altogether as long as Hamas remains in control" of Gaza. [...]"  

Commentary: "Sabotaging Flotilla II: Waging War Against Civil Society" [07/05/11] "The reports that two of the foreign flagged ships planning to be part of the ten vessel Freedom Flotilla II experienced similar forms of disabling sabotage creates strong circumstantial evidence of Israeli responsibility. It stretches the imagination to suppose that a sophisticated cutting of the propeller shafts of both ships is a coincidence with no involvement by Israel’s Mossad, long infamous for its overseas criminal acts in support of contested Israeli national interests. Recalling the lethal encounter in international waters with Freedom Flotilla I that took place on 31 May 2010, and the frantic diplomatic campaign by Tel Aviv to prevent this second challenge to the Gaza blockade by peace activists and humanitarian aid workers, such conduct by a state against this latest civil society initiative, if further validated by incriminating evidence, should be formally condemned as a form of ‘state terrorism’ or even as an act of war by a state against global civil society. [...]The Israeli Government has so far done little to deny its culpability. Its highest officials speak of the allegations in self-righteous language that is typically diversionary, asserting an irrelevant right of self-defense, which supposedly comes mysteriously into play whenever civil society acts nonviolently to break the siege of Gaza that has persisted for more than four years. From the perspective of the obligations to uphold international law it is the Flotilla participants who are acting legally and morally, certainly well within their rights, and it is Israel and their friends that are resorting to a variety of legally and morally dubious tactics to insulate this cruel and unlawful blockade from what is essentially a symbolic challenge. The behavior of the Greek Government, [...]"  

Absurdities: "Israel Passes Draft Law Requiring Palestinians To Pay For Their Own Home Demolitions" [06/29/11] "A Committee of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) passed a first draft of a law that will require that Palestinians whose homes are destroyed by Israeli forces pay the Israeli government for the demolition costs. [...]"  

Israel: "US May Make UN Funds Conditional On Israel's Treatment" [06/27/11]   "Members of Congress threatened to withhold US funding for the UN unless it increased transparency, countered a culture of corruption and reformed its Human Rights Council. [...]"  Note: Yes, the U.S. is a Cancer country 'do as we say, not as we do'. 

Commentary:   "What's Really Going On at the Israeli Institute for Biological Research?" [06/26/11] "Drivers will only dart a glance at that mammoth structure nestled in the dunes south of Rishon Litsion southeast of Tel Aviv as they speed on their way. It is forbidden to turn off the Tel Aviv-Rishon Litsion highway onto the side road leading up to that building, which is barricaded by cement walls equipped with state-of-the-art surveillance and warning systems developed by Israel's military industries. That fortress-like structure is the Israeli Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) where Israel develops its biological and chemical weapons and prepares for any eventuality of biological or chemical warfare. It is the most top-secret military installation in Israel. So tightly is it guarded by military censorship that the Israeli press has to turn to Western sources for scraps of information made available to them, very intermittently, by special contacts inside the institute. Only once has the Israeli press been given leeway to discuss what goes on behind those high security walls. That was last month when Avisha Klein filed a suit against the IIBR administration for harassment and emotional abuse. A long-term employee at the institute, Klein has served in various positions, one of which was as part of a team to develop an ointment to protect the skin from mustard gas. But this is only one of the many details that have come to light in the course of the proceedings, which have shed considerable light on the nature and scope of the institute's work. The IIBR is staffed by some 300 scientists and technicians employed in one or more of its many departments, each of which specialises in a specific area of chemical or biological research generally aimed at the production of chemical or biological weaponry.  [...]"  

Commentary:   "U.S. Authorities Decide To Take Stand Against Israelis Working Illegally In Mall Kiosks" [06/24/11]   "The US Consulate in Tel Aviv published a YouTube video to discourage young Israelis fresh out of their army service from coming to work illegally across American by telling the tales of those captured by US authorities, questioned and deported from country. In the video, Israeli citizens describe how they arrived in US without a proper visa only to return back home after being blacklisted. They depict how they were refused entry and give an account of their arrest, the tremendous financial costs and of their great feeling of embarrassment. US diplomats attemped to refute the reassuring myths regarding the danger of getting caught, explaining that most of the people arrested for immigration felonies are sent to a regular jail, “with killers and rapists in the next cell.” However many feel these deportation threats and a simple YouTube video [12:07] are not enough to prevent young Israelis from fulfilling their dream of fast cash in the US. [...]"   

"Ex-Mossad Chief Stripped Of Israeli Diplomatic Passport After Calling The Current Administration Reckless And Irresponsible" [06/22/11] "The former chief of Israel’s primary external intelligence agency has been told to return his diplomatic passport immediately, a move that has been described as “unusual” by Israeli media. According to news reports, Meir Dagan, who led the Mossad from 2002 until January of this year, had requested that he be allowed to use his diplomatic passport for a series of upcoming international trips. But the Israeli government turned down his request and ordered him instead to surrender his diplomatic passport, effective immediately. The move comes several weeks after Dagan launched a barrage of serious criticisms against Israel’s political leadership. Earlier this month, he told journalists that the country’s current government is led by “reckless and irresponsible” people, who will not hesitate to engage in military adventurism in Iran in order to ensure their political survival at home. In May, he warned that any military action against Iran would be “patently illegal under international law” and that it would probably not achieve its goals, since Iranian nuclear installations are deliberately dispersed in locations across that vast country. Israel’s Channel 2 reported that it is usual practice to allow government officials to use their diplomatic passports until they expire, ever after they retire from their government positions. Therefore, the requirement that Dagan returns his diplomatic passport deviates from usual practice and appears to be connected with the former Mossad chief’s criticisms of the Israeli government, said the TV station. But the office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement in which it argued that diplomatic passports are “given to officials in order to aid them in their jobs. According to the rulers, when those people are no longer assuming those positions, they are asked to return the diplomatic passport”. [...]"  

Book: "The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel" [06/19/11] "Although it is generally understood that American neoconservatives pushed hard for the war in Iraq, this book forcefully argues that the neocons' goal was not the spread of democracy, but the protection of Israel's interests in the Middle East. Showing that the neocon movement has always identified closely with the interests of Israel's Likudnik right wing, the discussion contends that neocon advice on Iraq was the exact opposite of conventional United States foreign policy, which has always sought to maintain stability in the region to promote the flow of oil. Various players in the rush to war are assessed according to their motives, including President Bush, Ariel Sharon, members of the foreign-policy establishment, and the American people, who are seen not as having been dragged into war against their will, but as ready after 9/11 for retaliation. [...]"  Related: Commentary:  “Transparent Cabal” Rejected for Anti-AIPAC Conference"   "The existence of such an official opposition allows critics to blow off steam without having any real impact; it creates the pretense of freedom without the reality. [...]" | "Jim Traficant: "Israel has used America like a whore"  [13:24]  "It wasn't easy, finding Jim Traficant. Without the help of the American Free Press, (AFP), we never would have found him. Traficant of Youngstown Ohio was running for his old Congressional seat. What sort of campaign could he be running? After all, we'd seen the Greta von Susteren Fox News interview (Sept. 9, 2009, just a few days after Traficant was released from prison). Here's some of what Traficant had said, "I believe that Israel has a powerful strangle hold on the American government. They control ...the House and Senate. They have us involved in wars of which we have little or no interest. Our children are coming back in body bags. Our nation is bankrupt over these wars, and if you open your mouth, you get targeted. And if they don't beat you at the polls, they'll put you in prison... It's an objective assessment that no one will have the courage to speak about.  [...]"  See related videos on the right side of the page. 

World Politics: "Israeli Troops Cross Into Lebanon" [06/18/11] "Israeli troops have once again crossed into Lebanon in a failed kidnapping operation inside the country in clear defiance of a UN Security Council resolution. Israeli troops crossed the border and entered the village of Kfar Shouba on Friday to abduct Lebanese Shepherd Ala Nabaa, a Press TV correspondent reported, adding that the Lebanese national; however, managed to escape. Meanwhile, four Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace, flying over different parts of the country for more than two hours, a statement released by the Lebanese military read on Friday. The latest intrusion comes one day after an Israeli reconnaissance plane entered Lebanon's southern airspace and remained in Lebanese territory for almost 24 hours. Israel violates Lebanon's airspace on an almost daily basis, claiming the flights serve surveillance purposes. The Lebanese government, the Hezbollah resistance movement, and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, have repeatedly cited Israel's air surveillance flights over Lebanon as flagrant violations of UN resolution 1701 and the country's sovereignty. UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended Israel's war against Lebanon in 2006, calls on Israel to respect Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity. [...]"  

Historical Analysis: "Undeclared Israeli Nuclear Weapons: CIA Knew In 1974 That Israel Had Nuclear Weapons" [06/16/11]   "Much attention has been placed on Iran and their supposed nuclear weapons program by the United States and Israel. What isn’t talked about on a regular basis in the corporate controlled media is the fact that Israel has an illegal, undeclared nuclear arsenal. While many are already aware of the facts regarding the Israeli Nuclear Program, there is an absurd amount of people who still pretend Israel is a sitting duck surrounded by powerful enemies. The reality is that our government knew, as far back as 1974, that Israel most likely possessed nuclear weapons. In 2008 the National Security Archive released a once classified CIA document that indicated that Israel already had a stockpile of nuclear weapons in 1974. The Central Intelligence Agency, backed by bodies including the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the Defense Intelligence Agency, determined in August 1974 that Israel had nuclear “weapons in being,” a “small number” of which it “produced and stockpiled,” reported Haaretz in 2008. The document lays out the fact that the United States gave nuclear information to France who in turn gave it to Israel. Not only that, there is also strong evidence that Israel stole nuclear secrets directly from the United States.[...]"  Related: "Mossad And The JFK Assassination"   "In this book, Piper says, "Israel's Mossad was a primary (and critical) behind the scenes player in the conspiracy that ended the life of JFK. Through its own vast resources and through its international contacts in the intelligence community and in organized crime, Israel had the means, it had the opportunity, and it had the motive to play a major frontline role in the crime of the century - and it did." Their motive? Israel's much touted Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, who ruled that country from its inception in 1948 until he resigned on June 16, 1963, was so enraged at John F. Kennedy for not allowing Israel to become a nuclear power that, Collins asserts, in his final days in office he commanded the Mossad to become involved in a plot to kill America's president. [...]"   

MSM: "Israel's Government Authorises Mining of Natural Gas off Gaza Shore" [06/16/11] "The Israeli Ministry of Infrastructure has demanded permission from the gas company Nobel Energy to start working in developing the natural gas field that was found off the Gaza Strip shoreline, under the pretext that Israel fears gas shortages in the coming year. In a press statement on Monday, the Israeli Ministry of Infrastructre said that it officially requested permission from Nobel Energy to submit a work programme to dig and develop gas fields by July. [...]"  Note: It is Palestinian gas fields. Related: MSM: "State of Emergency: New Egypt To Shut Off Gas To Israel?"   [3:11]  "The toppling of President Mubarak in Egypt is now turning up the heat on Cairo’s gas supply deal with Israel. Egyptian officials are probing allegations the agreement was a scam, orchestrated by the Mubarak family. Cairo’s reportedly considering raising gas export prices to Israel – or even suspending supplies altogether. [...]"  Note: Interesting, how these things are connected ...

Political Theatrics: "DHS Partners With Jewish Organizations" [06/12/11] "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its first faith-based security partnership on Friday, as it joined ranks with two major Jewish organizations. The move is part of the agency’s “If You See Something, Say Something” awareness campaign and will work with the Jewish Federations of North America and the Secure Community Network to promote and distribute media materials in Jewish centers, organizations and communities throughout the country. [...]"   

Commentary:   "Phil Giraldi Spills Beans on Israeli Espionage in America" [06/12/11] "... FBI counter intelligence officer John Cole has reported how many cases of Israeli espionage are dropped under orders from the Justice Department. He provides a “conservative estimate” of 125 worthwhile investigations into Israeli espionage involving both American citizens and Israelis that were stopped due to political pressure from above. Two stories that have been reported in the Israeli media but are strangely absent from the news on this side of the Atlantic demonstrate exactly what is going on and what is at stake. The first report confirms Tel Aviv’s efforts to obtain US technology are ongoing. Stewart David Nozette, a US government scientist who was arrested in an October 2009 FBI sting operation after offering to spy for Israel, has been waiting in jail to go to trial on espionage charges. New documents in the case were presented in the Federal court in Washington last year. The documents confirm that Nozette was a paid consultant for Israeli Aerospace Industries and it is believed that he passed to them classified material in return for an estimated $225,000 in “consulting” fees. [...]" 

PTV Interview: 'US Republicans Under Zionist Control - Won't Stop Wars" [06/11/11]   [4:15] "US claims that its economy is picking up due to a recent rise in job openings and corporate profits are misleading because this was achieved by layoffs and cross-cutting, a US professor says. Press TV interviewed Professor of the California State University of Irvine, Paul Sheldon Foote to get his views on the US's current economy. Foote: "On top of that the talk of a budget deficit is silly because the Democrats never even passed a budget last year, even though they are regularly obligated to do so. So we're dealing with dishonest Democrats that don't even have a budget. So, we're making comparisons with, who knows what budgets. Where are the Democratic voters voting the scoundrels out of the Democratic Congress? The Republicans succeeded last year in the House of Representatives on this issue, but unfortunately the Republicans are also under Zionist control, they won't cut the defense spending and bring the troops home, which could very quickly start ending the problem. No one wants to talk about modifying social security, Medicare, and other medical programs.  [...]"  

"Yale Pulls the Plug on Anti-Semitism Institute" [06/09/11] "The Anti-Defamation League is balking at Yale’s decision to eliminate its course of study on anti-semitism.  A faculty review committee said the 5-year-old Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism did not meet its standards on research and teaching, the New Haven Register reports, Political Science professor Donald Green told the Register that all programs are reviewed after five years on how well they promote interdisciplinary research and instruction at Yale. “Little scholarly work appeared in top-tier journals in behavioral science, comparative politics, or history. Courses created in this area did not attract large numbers of students,” Green said. [...]"  Related: "Former Israeli Minister Shulamit Aloni: "Anti-Semitism, It's A Trick. We Always Use It"

Commentary: "'US On The Wrong Track On Iran'" [06/08/11] "Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh says that the United States may attack Iran on the false assumption that Iran is manufacturing nuclear weapons, a pretext similar to the one used to justify the attack on Iraq in 2003. [...]"  

Israeli News: "Rand Corporation Researcher: “Iran Can Produce Nuke Within 2 Months" YNET [06/08/11]   [0:00] "The Iranian regime is closer than ever before to creating a nuclear bomb, according to RAND Corporation researcher Gregory S. Jones. At its current rate of uranium enrichment, Tehran could have enough for its first bomb within eight weeks, Jones said in a report published this week. He added that despite reports of setbacks in its nuclear program, the Iranian regime is steadily progressing towards a bomb. Unfortunately, Jones says, there is nothing the US can do to stop Tehran, short of military occupation. [...]"  Note: A very transparent piece of propaganda.  Related:  Documentary: "Alex Abella: Inside The RAND Corporation (Full Length • HD) " [06/08/11] [56:12] "Cuban-born journalist and author Alex Abella was allowed exclusive access inside the RAND Corporation to view their archives. What he discovered was a plot driven by mad scientists, behaviorists, and generals who were intent on starting world war three and fleecing the American people in the process. Once he was a skeptic on the subject of conspiracy theories and the new world order, but after his work with the RAND Corporation he is now convinced that this top secret think tank has been pulling the strings of American government for at least 60 years [...]"   

MSM: "Israelis Rush for Second Passports" [06/07/11] "To paraphrase Jewish journalist Gideon Levy “If our forefathers dreamt of an Israeli passport to escape from Europe, there are many among us who are now dreaming of a second passport to escape to Europe." A 2008 survey by the Jerusalem-based Menachem Begin Heritage Center found that 59% of Israelis had approached or intended to approach a foreign embassy to inquire about or apply for citizenship and a passport. Today it is estimated that the figure is approaching 70%. The number of Israelis thinking of leaving Palestine is climbing rapidly according to researchers at Bar-Ilan University who conducted a study published recently in Eretz Acheret, (“A Different Place”) an Israeli NGO that claims to promote cultural dialogue. What the Bar-Ilan study found is that more than 100,000 Israelis already hold a German passport, and this figure increases by more than 7,000 every year along an accelerating trajectory. According to German officials, more than 70,000 such passports have been granted since 2000. In addition to Germany, there are more than one million Israelis with other foreign passports at the ready in case life in Israel deteriorates. One of the most appealing countries for Israelis contemplating emigration, as well as perhaps the most welcoming, is the United States. Currently more than 500,000 Israelis hold US passports with close to a quarter million pending applications. [...]"  

"Israeli Forces Bulldoze Crops In Northern Gaza During Harvest Period" [06/05/11] "Israeli Occupation Forces have begun bulldozing agricultural crops in the north of the Gaza Strip just shortly before they were due to be harvested by farmers. [...]"  Note: Genocidal behavior. It's all they know. The scourge of Earth.

Commentary: "The U.S.-Israeli Train Wreck" [06/01/11] "Obama hopes to head off a train wreck in September at the U.N. General Assembly. That’s when member nations plan to press for an independent Palestine. The Israel lobby is furious. Critics doubt that the General Assembly has the authority to recognize Palestine. Yet protection of member sovereignty has been a goal of the U.N. since its founding. Thus the priority that Israel placed on U.N. recognition after President Harry Truman acknowledged Israel on May 14, 1948, eleven minutes after the Zionist enclave declared itself a state. [...]"    

Documentary: "Endgame: A Future Scenario For Israel" [06/01/11] [48:49] "Tension in the Middle East is mounting again, as political decisions in both the United States and Iran are now being taken by neoconservatives. Both places have idiots in charge, states colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. And the weapon of mass destruction scenario has been dug up again, this time for Iran. Plans of attack are being made and pre-emptive strikes are being considered. Backlight presents an ominous future view on the Middle East, the Place of Judgment. For Endgame, director Marije Meerman has gathered opinions and attitudes from the US, Israel and Iran concerning Israel’s near future. Could the possible US withdrawal from Iraq herald the destruction of Israel? And will the pro-Israel stances of the presidential candidates affect their chances? How will any rethinking of American foreign policy impact on the region? Backlight spoke to: Martin van Creveld (Israeli military historian), Tony Judt (British historian), Brigitte Gabriel (Christian Lebanese emigre), Lawrence Wilkerson (former chief of staff to Colin Powell), Etgar Keret (Israeli writer), Anoush Ehteshami (British-Iranian political scientist) and Richard Perle (American neoconservative). This episode also features Ahmadinejad, pastor John Hagee and Barack Obama in an attempt to illustrate the frontlines of a possible Third World War. Could the increasing tension regarding the escalation of the conflict lead to a self-fulfilling prophesy? [...]"

Commentary:   "Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress: Racism, War-Mongering and Fabrication" Richard Becker [05/28/11] "Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu delivering an arrogant, racist and warmongering speech before both Houses of Congress, May 24. Composed of roughly equal parts racism, war-mongering, fawning and fabrication, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech before a joint session of the U.S. Congress on May 24 was received with adulation by the assembled Democrats and Republicans alike. The reception was very different in the Middle East. There it was widely understood – including inside Israel itself – as closing the door on negotiations and further isolating the Zionist state. The day after the speech, Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil El-Araby announced that his country’s border with Gaza would be permanently opened on May 28, a significant blow to the blockade of 1.6 million Palestinians that has been exacting a severe toll for more than four years. The ousted Mubarak regime had maintained the blockade in collaboration with Israel, the U.S. and the European Union . [...]"  

Legal Case: "$6.64 Billion Damages Sought over Israeli Government and AIPAC Use of Stolen Classified US Trade Data" [05/28/11]   "Today the Section 301 Committee of the US Trade Representative formally received a petition demanding $6.64 billion in compensation for US exporters. In 1984 US exporters were urged to submit business confidential data about their prices, market share, internal costs and market strategy to the International Trade Commission. The USTR guaranteed confidentiality and compiled the data into a classified report for use in negotiating the US-Israel Free Trade Agreement. The Israeli government obtained the classified USTR report and passed it to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to use in lobbying and public relations. Declassified FBI investigation files in the petition reveal AIPAC's legislative director made illicit duplications before returning the report by order of the USTR. The FBI interviewed Israeli Minister of Economics Dan Halpern who admitted obtaining the classified document and giving it to AIPAC. According to the petition Israel unfairly leveraged the business confidential data stolen from US corporations and industry groups to create new export oriented industries to penetrate the American market. Israel thereby gained an unwarranted systemic advantage. The US-Israel FTA is an anomaly among all bilateral FTAs in that it principally benefits the foreign party, providing a destination for 40% of Israel's exports. The petition claims it is now a private industry funded foreign aid program. In 2010 the US Israel FTA produced an $11.2 billion US deficit in goods trade. Over a decade the US deficit has averaged $7.09 billion per year. The cumulative US-Israel deficit in current dollars since 1985 is $80.9 billion. Analysis of all other US-bilateral FTAs reveals that they do not deliver a systemic advantage to either partner. In 2010, the US had a $31.43 billion total surplus with its other bilateral FTA partners, though in 2006 and 2007 these same agreements produced a narrow US deficit. The petition recommends the $6.64 billion be proportionally divided between nearly 80 US organizations according to their trailing 10 year revenues. If the Israeli government will not pay damages directly, the petition recommends the US implement a five year import duty over all Israeli exports to the United States to generate the compensation.  [...]"  Related: "New FBI Files Alleging AIPAC Theft of Government Property and Israeli Espionage Released" "Declassified files detailing an FBI investigation targeting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee are now available on the Internet. AIPAC was investigated after it acquired and circulated classified government information provided in strict confidence by US industry and worker groups opposed to AIPAC sponsored economic legislation. The 50 pages now available as portable document files (PDF) include: [...]"  Note:   A lot of important evidentiary PDF files.

Explorations: "AIPAC Supporters and Perspectives " [05/26/11] [9:37] Note: A spot interview on the sidewalk outside the 2011 AIPAC meeting.

Propaganda: "Watchdog Finds Evidence That Iran Worked on Nuclear Triggers" [05/26/11]   "The world’s global nuclear inspection agency, frustrated by Iran’s refusal to answer questions, revealed for the first time on Tuesday that it possesses evidence that Tehran has conducted work on a highly sophisticated nuclear triggering technology that experts said could be used for only one purpose: setting off a nuclear weapon.  [...]"  Note: Yes, the New York Times really does think everyone is stupid enough to fall for the same lie twice in a row. Related: Flashback:  Jan 02, 2010: "Iran Nuclear Trigger Document a Forgery, Mossad Suspected" "U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a “neutron initiator” for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency official. Philip Giraldi, who was a CIA counterterrorism official from 1976 to 1992, told IPS that intelligence sources say that the United States had nothing to do with forging the document, and that Israel is the primary suspect. [...]"  "Senators want to tighten sanctions on Iran" "Senators proposed further tightening sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, reflecting fears that companies overseas, particularly in China, are evading U.S. penalties imposed last year for doing business with Iran. The bipartisan group said they want to step up pressure on Tehran to stop its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons, highlighted by data this week from the U.N. nuclear watchdog. The International Atomic Energy Agency revealed in a report fresh evidence that Iran has tried to weaponize its nuclear program. The Senate bill was introduced a day after the Obama administration penalized seven foreign firms, including Venezuela's state-owned oil company, for trading with Iran. The legislation is similar to a measure under consideration in the House of Representatives, making it more likely that some tightening of sanctions will pass in the current session of Congress ending in 2013. [...]"   

"Israel ‘Links’ EU Support For Palestinians To “Anti-Semitism" [05/25/11] "Palestinian diplomats say around 10 European countries, including Greece, Ireland, France, Spain and Sweden, as well as non-EU member Norway, will back the UN bid, which is planned to take place in September. The initiative to create an independent Palestine outside the framework of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks comes amid a long-standing deadlock in the negotiations. [...]" Israeli finance minister Yuval Steinitz has said that select EU countries' support for Palestine's plan to seek full UN membership is linked to "ancient anti-Semitism". [...]"

 Israel: "AID to Israel Issues Reflect US Government Controlled by AIPAC" [05/25/11]   [2:37] Note: More than $1 Trillion per year. Watch the unstable guy bat the camera out of the woman's hand (technically, an assault, and he owes her for a new camera), after claiming (obviously not) that she 'stuck something in his face'. She is more than three feet away. Typical infantile behavior. Related:  Commentary: "Americans react to "His Excellency" Netanyahu speaking to Congress" "Who is more ludicrous? Israeli politicians who shamelessly lie or American politicians who shamelessly applaud the lies? [...]" | "Netanyahu's Heckler In Congress Is Roughed Up, Hospitalized"   "...From the gallery, Abileah shouted “No more occupation, stop Israel[i] war crimes, equal rights for Palestinians, occupation is indefensible.”  Her protest was quickly shut down in a “hey rube” moment by AIPAC attendees in the gallery who assaulted and tackled her before she was hauled away by police, causing injuries to her neck and shoulders requiring hospitalization. At the same time, Members of Congress joined the AIPAC carnie thuggery by shouting down Abileah with boos before quickly resuming to feed out of Netanyahu’s hand. [...]"  

Interview: "Norman Finkelstein: Obama and AIPAC" [05/24/11]   [10:22] " Obama speaking at AIPAC 2011 called America's support of Israel "ironclad." In light of his recent statement that 1967 borders have to be a starting point for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations which angered many in Israel, does President Obama face losing the support of a powerful Israeli lobby in the US? Daniel Pollak of the Zionist Organization of America and political scientist Norman Finkelstein debate this and the possible path for peace in the Middle East. [...]"   

World Politics: "Palestinians: Netanyahu Peace Outline Unacceptable" [05/24/11] "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's parameters for a peace deal, outlined in a speech to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, fell far short of what is needed to resume negotiations, Palestinian officials said. Nabil Shaath, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Netanyahu's insistence on keeping key parts of the territories the Palestinians want for their state is a "declaration of war against the Palestinians." [...]"   

US Politics: "Israel Rejects Obama Peace Plan, Palestinians Cagey" [05/21/11] " Israel on Thursday rejected President Barack Obama's call for a peace deal based the 1967 borders, as the Palestinians said their leadership would hold a meeting to discuss the US leader's policy speech. Obama's address, billed as an announcement of reoriented US policy in the Middle East after a slew of regional uprisings, focused heavily on the stalled talks between Israel and the Palestinians. [...]"  

Propaganda: "9/11 Lawsuit Reveals Iran's Direct Involvement in 9/11 Plot" [05/19/11]   "Attorneys representing "families of 9/11 victims today" are informing a federal court in Manhattan that they are " filing comprehensive evidence that Iran played a key role in planning and facilitating the 9/11 attacks" and called on the U.S. Government to " declassify documents detailing what the U.S. intelligence community knew about Iran's relationship to al Qaeda prior to September 11, 2001." [...]"  Note:  So transparently a fabrication, it's not even silly, over and above the fact that the Iran reference connects this whole fiasco with the Mossad and Israel, who would love for the US to attack Iran for them. With the next AIPAC meeting on May 29th, the timing is auspicious, too.

"Multinational Companies Mining Occupied Palestinian Land" [05/19/11] "HeidelbergCement and Cemex, two building materials industries from Germany and Mexico, respectively, are involved in the operation of quarries in the occupied West Bank. The Electronic Intifada has obtained documentation showing loaded trucks leaving the illegal quarries and traveling into Israel. International law prohibits Israel’s exploitation of natural resources in the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and Syrian Golan Heights for its own benefit. [...]"   

"Israel-Palestinian Violence Erupts On Three Borders" [05/15/11] "Israeli troops shot Palestinian protesters who surged towards its frontiers with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, killing up to 13 people on the day Palestinians mourn the creation of Israel. Israeli forces opened fire in three separate locations to prevent crowds of demonstrators from crossing frontier lines, in the deadliest such confrontation in years. Israel blamed the incidents on provocation inspired by Iran, intended to exploit Palestinian nationalist feeling fuelled by the popular revolts of the "Arab Spring", and to draw attention from major internal unrest in Syria, Iran's ally. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped the confrontations would not escalate. "We hope the calm and quiet will quickly return. But let nobody be misled: we are determined to defend our borders and sovereignty," Netanyahu said. [...]" 

Explorations: "What Goes On Behind The Walls Of Israel's Institute For Biological Research?" [05/15/11] "What the 300 scientists, technicians, plant and maintenance workers do behind the walls of this institute, surrounded by orchards, is one of the best kept secrets in Israel, tightly guarded by the military censor. It's an institution that very rarely finds itself in the news, and when it does, it's usually because of some controversy or other. According to Israeli sources, the institute develops pharmaceuticals, vaccinations, treatments and antibodies to protect Israelis from chemical (gas ) or biological weapons. That's along with its civilian research projects. According to foreign reports, it also develops chemical and biological weapons. One of these reports said institute scientists had developed the poison that was meant to have eliminated Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal in the botched Mossad attack against him in Amman in 1996. [...]"  

Film Clip Trailer: "Tears Of Gaza" [05/13/11] [2:31] Note: People are known for what they do, and no one can change the reality of that. The film also depicts the ability of women and children to handle their everyday life after a dramatic war experience. Many of them live in tents or in ruins without walls or roofs. They are all in need of money, food, water and electricity. Others have lost family members, or are left with seriously injured children. Can war solve conflicts or create peace? The film follows three children through the war and the period after the ceasefire. Related: Documentary: "Children of Gaza" [10:01]  Part 2 [10:00]| Part 3 [4:00]| Part 4 [10:01]| Part 5 [10:00] | Part 6 [3:54]  "This documentary focuses on the lives of a few of the children living in that small strip of Palestinian land whose lives were devastated when Israel launched its military attack on their homes, killing many of their parents and relatives, and shattering their already fragile existences. It shows how they have bravely tried to deal with their losses and bereavements and have tried to move on with their lives, and simultaneously how Israel has ensured that this is well near impossible as a result of the childrens literal incarceration in Gaza due to Israels illegal and ongoing siege. The documentary focuses on how they have been struggling to deal with the fallout of their physical injuries as well as their psychological scars which, in all probability, they will never fully recover from. For once, this documentary is an opportunity for the children of Gaza themselves to speak out and to tell their own stories instead of it being told on their behalf by propagandists with a vested interest in how these children are portrayed. [...]"  Note:  We hear from the people themselves, and examine the social dynamic.

MSM: "Israeli Forces, Tanks Cross Into Gaza" [05/11/11]   "Israeli soldiers apparently entered the Palestinian territory from Karni crossing on Wednesday and advanced hundreds of meters toward the east of Gaza City. According to Press TV's correspondent in Gaza, Israeli soldiers dug a series of holes in the area and filled them with explosives. Israeli soldiers then blew up the explosives, causing loud explosions in the area, our correspondent added. Israeli officials claim that the troops were searching and destroying "possible tunnels" in the area that could be used by Palestinian resistance fighters to enter Israeli posts and capture Israeli soldiers. But analysts believe the Israeli attack aimed at provoking Palestinian fighters into firing on Israeli troops, which could have escalated the situation. [...]"   

Israel: "Contaminated Fuel Discovered In Three Planes Prepping For Takeoff" [05/11/11]   "Although most departures from Israel Ben-Gurion Airport have taken off on schedule, contamination leads to delay of several flights. The fuel contamination crisis continued to delay outgoing flights at Ben-Gurion International Airport Tuesday, with the discovery of contaminated fuel in three planes preparing for takeoff to Belgium, Germany and Spain. [...]"   

World Politics:  "Israel Blasts Fmr. Spy Chief Over Iran" [05/09/11] "Israeli officials have criticized ex-Mossad chief Meir Dagan for calling a possible attack on Iran "a stupid idea," saying he should not share his personal views with others.  [...]"  Related: "Israel Does Not Rule Out Strike On Iran" "After the former Mossad chief described striking Iran as a “foolish idea,” an Israeli security official says there is no solution but to attack Tehran if other options fail. [...]" "Ex-Mossad Chief: Attack On Iran Foolish" 

MSM: "Hamas To Honor Israeli Truce In New Government" [05/04/11]   [0:00] "Hamas officials said Tuesday that the Islamic militant group would honor an unofficial truce with Israel after forming a new government with Palestinian rivals from the West Bank. Gaza's Hamas rulers and Fatah, which dominates the West Bank, are to sign a reconciliation agreement on Wednesday to end their four-year rift. A joint caretaker government is planned ahead of elections next year. [...]"   Related:   "English Translation of Agreement" "Text of the Agreement between Fatah and Hamas. Translated by Al Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative, this document is currently in the process of being signed by all of Palestine’s factions and parties. [...]"  

Commentary: "Israel: The Rich Parasite State" [04/30/11]   "A few months ago, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) irked the Zionist Lobby, when he told CNN’s Jewish talk-show host Wolf Blitzer that under crushing economic picture in the US, Washington needs to stop its billions of dollars of annual aid to Israel. Since its creation by the western powers, Israel has successfully sucked over US$3 trillion from the US taxpayers. Barack Obama in late 2009 approved an additional $2.77 billion for Israeli foreign aid in 2010, and another $30 billion over the next decade. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), the highest ranking Jewish member of Congress, has played down any talk of cutting foreign aid payments to Israel. Most Americans believe that European Jewish settlers need their hard-earned money to makes two-ends meals in a place surrounded by anti-Semite, anti-American 300 million Arabs. But the fact is, while Israeli Jews receive 46% of total foreign USAID – they have the highest standard of living among its Arab neighbors. In 2010 – the Zionist entity reported the highest numbers of billionaires (10) and millionaires (5900) in the Middle East. The 2011 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) proves once again that while the US economy is in the drain due to US-Israeli wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya – the Israel’s economy is booming. [...]"   

Commentary:   "Israel's Latest Psychosis: Peaceophobia" [04/30/11] "The mere thought of Hamas and Fatah finally burying the hatchet has caused sleepless nights for the zioright in Israel. The possibility of a unified Palestine, leading to an end to the Occupation has been their biggest nightmare since the creation of the state of Israel. Fear of Peace … or is it the fear of losing the 3.5 BILLION Dollar$ a year which the American taxpayer unwillingly GIVES to Israel is great cause for alarm. What if there no longer is an ‘enemy’? What if a United Palestine achieves the Statehood they have been waiting for since 1948? For sure, unity will lead to statehood, statehood will lead to the end of the occupation, BOTH will lead to Peace. Can Israel live with these results? The zio press seems to think otherwise; An Editorial in Today’s Jerusalem Post raises many invalid points regarding these matters… [...]" 

"In Shift, Egypt Warms To Iran And Hamas" [04/30/11] " Egypt is charting a new course in its foreign policy that has already begun shaking up the established order in the Middle East, planning to open the blockaded border with Gaza and normalizing relations with two of Israel and the West’s Islamist foes, Hamas and Iran. Egyptian officials, emboldened by the revolution and with an eye on coming elections, say that they are moving toward policies that more accurately reflect public opinion. In the process they are seeking to reclaim the influence over the region that waned as their country became a predictable ally of Washington and the Israelis in the years since the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. [...]"  Related: "Fatah, Hamas End Feud, Agree To Interim Government" "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group inked a deal on Wednesday with bitter rival Hamas to end their long-running feud and form an interim government ahead of elections within a year. Israel said the accord, which was brokered in secrecy by Egypt, would not secure peace in the Middle East and urged Abbas to carry on shunning the Islamist movement, which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007 after ousting Fatah in a civil war. Forging Palestinian unity is regarded as crucial to reviving any prospect for an independent Palestinian state, but Western powers have always refused to deal with Hamas because of its refusal to recognize Israel and renounce violence. "We have agreed to form a government composed of independent figures that would start preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections," said Azzam al-Ahmad, the head of Fatah's negotiating team in Cairo. "Elections would be held in about eight months from now," he said, adding the Arab League would oversee the implementation of the agreement. [...]"  

Explorations: "The Final Solution to Adolph Hitler" [04/29/11]    "Early in 1935, a passenger ship bound for Haifa in Palestine left the German port of Bremerhaven. Its stern bore the Hebrew letters for its name, 'Tel Aviv,' while a swastika banner fluttered from the mast. And although the ship was Zionist-owned, its captain was a NAZI -- a National Socialist Party member. Many years later a traveler aboard the ship recalled this symbolic combination as a 'metaphysical absurdity.' Absurd or not, this is but one vignette from a little-known chapter of history: The wide-ranging collaboration between Zionism and Hitler's Third Reich.  [...]" 

"Israel’s Racist Rabbis Say Ethnic Cleansing Working, Call For More" [04/27/11] "In recent months, Israeli religious and political leaders have become more and more open about their anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism. [...]"  

Exploration: "American Radical: The Trials of Normal Finkelstein" [04/27/11] 2 clips Autoplay [90:04] "American Radical is the probing, definitive documentary about Jewish-American political scientist Norman Finkelstein. A devoted son of holocaust survivors, an ardent critic of Israel and US Middle East policy, Finkelstein has been steadfast at the centre of many intractable controversies, including his denial of tenure at DePaul University. Called a lunatic and self-hating Jew by some and an inspirational street-fighting revolutionary by others, Finkelstein is a deeply polarising figure. From Beirut to Kyoto, the filmmakers follow Finkelstein around the world as he attempts to negotiate a voice among both supporters and critics. [...]"  Note: Very well done, I thought. 

Israeli News: "West is at Mercy of Stuxnet, German Analyst Hints " [04/27/11] "German cyber-security expert Ralph Langner, who helped unravel the Stuxnet virus, told a global audience in March that the worm could be used as a weapon of mass destruction against targets in the West. At the end of his presentation on the subject, Langner arguably seemed to hint at the possibility that Israel is part of the danger, although in correspondence a few months ago he named an unspecific "hacker underground" as the possible threat. "When we started our research on Stuxnet six months ago, it was completely unknown what the purpose of this thing was," he said. "We started to work on this around the clock because I thought, well, we don't know what the target is, it could be, let's say for example, a U.S. power plant or a chemical plant in Germany. So we better find out what the target is soon." [...] So unfortunately, the biggest number of targets for such attacks are not in the Middle East. They are in the United States, in Europe and in Japan.  [...] "  

World Politics: "Israel Prize Winners Call For Palestinian State On 1967 Borders" [04/25/11] "A group of 17 winners of the prestigious Israel Prize are calling for the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, according to a copy of a petition on Wednesday. The laureates plan to sign the petition, also inked by several dozen other Israeli artists and intellectuals, on Thursday, in a symbolic ceremony in front of the building where the state of Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948. Among the petition's prominent signatories are Menachem Yaari, the former president of Israel Academy of Sciences, Shulamit Aloni, the founder of the leftist Meretz party and Danny Karavan, a painter and sculptor. The petition comes as Palestinian officials say they are increasingly determined to seek United Nations recognition for a state within the borders that existed before the start of the 1967 Six Day War, to include the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. [...]"  

Commentary: "10 Big Lies Spread By Western Media In Order To Justify The Existence And Actions Of Israel" [04/19/11]   "Michel Collon, a Belgian journalist and author, in his book "Israel, let's talk about it," has slammed European media over decades of "lying" to people in order to support Israel. Collon, in his book, has recounted "10 big lies" spread by Western media in order to "justify the existence and actions of Israel", which are concisely presented below: [...]"   

"Avigdor Lieberman To Be Indicted" [04/13/11]   "He represents the worst of Israel's lunatic fringe, sort of a combination Dick Cheney/John McCain/Joe Lieberman, too extremist to be entrusted with power, but he's got it. Robert Fisk once said he "out-Sharons even Ariel Sharon. (He's) talked of drowning Palestinians in the Dead Sea or executing Israeli Palestinians who talked to Hamas. (His) incendiary language (promotes) executions....drownings....hell and loyalty oaths," perfect for the role he assumed, allied with Israel's most extremist ever Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who also out-Sharons Sharon, no easy feat by any means. Israel under Netanyahu/ Lieberman institutionalized racism in its worst form - potential expulsion or extermination. Gideon Levy called him a "nightmare (who's) here and now. (Extremist Rabbi Meir) Kahane is alive and kicking - is he ever - in the person of his thuggish successor."  He promotes "hatred for Arabs, hatred of democracy and the rule of law, and the stink of nationalism, racism and bloodthirstiness. (He's) the voice of the mob, and the mob craves hatred, vengeance and bloodshed." He's a malignancy on the body politic, a "cancerous growth (throughout) society, (a dangerous, embarrassing) abomination," one step removed from being Prime Minister. An unnamed Meretz party member once said "If you liked Mussolini, if you were missing Stalin, you'll love Lieberman." Others call him offensive to basic ethics and morality, and a threat to the rule of law and democratic freedoms. In a word, he's bad news for Israel, Palestinians, the region, humanity, and Judaic values he defiles with impunity. [...]"  Related: "Avigdor Lieberman: A Profile in Ultranationalist Extremism "  

"Israelis Try and Use Wikileaks Concept As "Prognosticator of the Future" To Suit Their Own Political Agenda" [04/13/11] "Israel expects next war against Hezbollah to be much more painful, leaked cables reveal, with 24,000 to 36,000 rockets and missiles expected to be launched at Israel. [...]"  Note:  Bullshit. It's so transparently a useless ploy .... to justify the already-planned genocidal activities in Gaza.

"Israel To Turkey: Help Us Thwart Upcoming Gaza Flotilla" [04/13/11] "Israel's ambassador to Turkey reiterates Jerusalem's opposition to the naval 'provocation,' says Israel would allow the pass of humanitarian aid through other channels. Israel contacted Turkey concerning a Gaza aid flotilla planned for May of this year, an Israeli official said on Tuesday, reiterating Israel's objection to a breaking of Gaza's naval blockade and its willingness to transfer aid to the Strip via legal channels. [...]"  Note: Yeah, right. The Israelis cannot be trusted under any circumstances.

Commentary: "Alexander Mashkevich Looks To Create Around-The-Clock Zionist News Channel" [04/12/11]   "Alexander Mashkevich, an Israeli tycoon from Central Asia, announced his intention to launch by 2012 an around-the-clock world satellite news channel offering a Zionist take on current events. He plans to submit his project to President Shimon Peres in the near future. One would be tempted to remark that there is already an oversupply of such channels, but Mr. Mashkevich is especially keen on conveying the official Israeli point of view. Alexander Mashkevich, together with pals Patokh Chodiev and Alijan Ibragimov, made a fortune with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Known as the \"Kazach trio\", they exploited Kazahkstan's key mineral resources through the London-based Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC). They gradually extended their empire to Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Russia and Kosovo. Mr. Mashkevich currently serves as President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), one of the five regional branches of World Jewish Congress.  [...]"  

World Political Theatre: "Israel Attacks Gaza: Operation Scorching Summer" [04/09/11] "Israeli apache helicopters open fire at Palestinian houses in the heavily populated neighbourhood of Shuja’eya east of Gaza. There are also reports of Israeli military boats firing at houses. Palestinian sources say that an ambulance was hit in one of the strikes. Five people have been killed, one a man of 50 by an Israel tank shell and the latest victim is Saleh Tarabin (38). Some 30-40 people have been wounded.  Israeli warplanes are opening fire on Khan Younis city, south of Gaza, but so far no casualties have been reported.  Heavy shelling in Rafah and tunnels being targeted. Bo,bs falling on the border between Gaza and Egypt. F-16s over Gaza City now.  Israeli airstrikes have targeted two high voltage electricity converters in Khan Younis and Gaza City causing power outages. All hospitals in Gaza have now declared a state of emergency. UN staff have been evacuated from Gaza.  [...]"  More  Related: "Israel Kills Hamas Commander In Gaza Strike" | "ElBaradei: If Israel Attacks Gaza, Egypt Will Strike Back" "Egyptian presidential candidate and former International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei has said that, if elected, he would fight back against an Israeli offensive in Gaza, Ynet News reports. In an interview with an Arab newspaper Monday, ElBaradei emphasized his determination to protect Palestinians in Gaza, stating that any Israeli military attacks would result in a declaration of war from Egypt. [...]" | "Egyptian protesters march on Israeli Embassy" "Several thousand Egyptians have marched to the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, protesting Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. Around 2,000 protesters broke away from a mass demonstration Friday in central Tahrir Square — which was demanding ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family be put on trial for alleged corruption — to march on the embassy on the other side of the Nile River. Chanting slogans against Israel, they have been stopped at a military checkpoint that kept them away from the embassy entrance. Earlier Friday, Israeli aircraft and ground forces struck Gaza, killing four Hamas militants and five civilians in retaliation for a Palestinian rocket attack on an Israeli school bus the day before. [...]"  "US Wants Gaza War Crimes Report To "Disappear" "Susan Rice, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, said on Wednesday she wanted a war crimes report on Israel's 2008-09 Gaza offensive to "disappear". [...]"   

"Israeli Official Admits to 5 April Missile Attack on Sudan" [04/09/11] "An unnamed senior military official in Israel has confirmed Wednesday that a Tuesday attack on Sudan was carried out by the Israeli military. The confirmation came after a “no comment” response from the military itself. “It’s not our first time there,” the official insisted. [...]" 

"Goldstone Refutes UN Report Retraction" [04/06/11] "Head of the UN probe into the Gaza war Richard Goldstone has rejected claims by the Israeli interior minister that he intends to reconsider his final report on the 2008-2009 Gaza war. Goldstone, who held Israel accountable for war crimes against Palestinian civilians, says he has not been planning to retract the report. In an interview with AP, Goldstone rejected Eli Yishai's claim that he is reconsidering the charges against Tel Aviv. The South African judge said Yishai had called to thank him for his Washington Post op-ed piece and had never discussed the report. Earlier on Friday, reports began circulating about Goldstone's plan to retract his findings on Israeli war crimes in the three-week long Gaza war. In April 2009, Goldstone led an independent fact-finding mission mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate reports of the international human rights and humanitarian law violations during the December 2008-2009 offensive, which left more than 1,400 Palestinians -- mostly civilians -- dead. The 2009 report, which concluded that Israeli forces had intentionally fired at Palestinian civilians, triggered outrage in Israel against Goldstone, who himself is Jewish. The report alleged that the Israeli operations "were carefully planned in all their phases as a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian population." It also recommended that the case should be handed over to an international tribunal if Israel fails to investigate the war crimes committed by its soldiers. The Israeli interior minister confirmed telling Goldstone to review the key findings of his report and to officially retract it. Yishai, however, did not disclose whether Goldstone had agreed to do so.  [...]"  Related: "UK Reaffirms Support To UN Gaza Report" [04/06/11] "Britain has pledged its support for the UN Goldstone Report, which accuses the Israeli regime of committing war crimes in the 2008- 2009 Gaza war.  The UK government's pledge of support comes as the US daily Washington Post reported on Friday that South African judge Richard Goldstone has retracted his findings about the Israelis deliberate act in targeting civilians during the 22-day war on the Gaza Strip. Goldstone, himself, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the Washington Post op-ed piece was not his work, denying the report altogether. South African judge also denied the Israeli regime Interior Minister Eli Yishai's claim that he had planned to work to nullify his report on the Israeli regime's atrocities during the 2009 invasion of Gaza. Meanwhile, the UK Foreign Office reaffirmed its continued support for investigations into the invasion, saying that it did not want to see the withdrawal of the Goldstone Report from the United Nations. "Justice Goldstone has not made such a call, and he has not elaborated on his views surrounding the various other allegations contained in the report, allegations which we firmly believe require serious follow-up by the parties to the conflict," a Foreign Office spokesman said.  [...]"  Note: Israel couldn't propagandize their way out of taking responsibility for their actions, this time. This will be one of the key factors to set off Israel, because of the psychopathic state of the people in charge, who are stellar control freaks who wish to limit the experience of others in order to feel 'normal'.

Interviews: "The Despised State Of Israel Cannot Survive For Long: Christopher Bollyn" [04/05/11] "Christopher Bollyn is an American journalist and researcher. He is widely known for his extensive researches on the September 11, 2001 attacks which disclosed that Israel has been complicit in planning and carrying out the terrorist attacks that cost the lives of 2,976 victims and left more than 6,000 injured. The U.S. government under ex-President Bush introduced the paramilitary group Al-Qaida the main culprit of the attacks and adopted an aggressive policy towards the Muslim nations thereafter. It also enacted the USA PATRIOT Act that enabled the U.S. administration to monitor and investigate the telephone and email communications of the U.S. citizens under the pretext of discovering and mapping out the possible threats to the U.S. national security. Bollyn has written on the U.S. – Israel relations comprehensively and believes that a powerful corporate cartel of Zionists control and mastermind the large-scale U.S. foreign policy. What follows is the full text of an in-depth interview with Christopher Bollyn in which we’ve discussed the post 9-11 “War on Terrorism” project devised by the Bush administration, the complicity of the state of Israel in the 9-11 attacks, the fate of Israeli regime in the wake of its growing isolation, the stance of United States administration towards Iran’s nuclear dossier and the double standards it exercises with regards to the Israel’s military nuclear program. [...]"   Related: "5.8 Million Israelis Get 100 Billion In US Tax Dollars While American States Are Falling Apart" [2:55] | "Friends of Israel — Enemies Inside the Gates" [14:58] 

"The Rise Of Fascism In Israel" [04/05/11] " .... Israeli officials act in a manner as if nothing has happened in the Arab world and even as if the unfolding events have been in their favor. What is the reason for this? The answer can be found in the growing fascist tendencies that are not allowing them to practice self-restraint. Zeev Sternhell wrote in the Ha'aretz daily newspaper wrote, "The legislation that passed in the Knesset that dark night last week, which makes ethnic inequality a legal norm, has no parallel in democratic countries because it contradicts the very essence of democracy." "Unlike Europe, where the right has significantly grown but is still not in power, in this country the racists, the extreme and clerical right is the government, with only a vacuum opposing it." Recent studies in Israel suggest that the youth is embracing fascism much more than the past and the supporters of peace are diminishing. The success of the likes of Avigdor Lieberman in gaining more power has become a nightmare for those who consider Israel the bridge between the East and the West.  [...]"  

"UN Still Standing By Controversial Israel Report After Author Backtracks " [04/04/11] "The U.N.'s top human rights body that commissioned an investigation of Israel's 2009 incursion into Gaza will continue to treat it as a legitimate working document, even though the lead author has backtracked from some of the report's most damning allegations against Israel. Israel has called for the report to be withdrawn after Richard Goldstone, a former South African judge and U.N. war crimes prosecutor, said in an op-ed piece that he was reconsidering the conclusion that Israel deliberately targeted civilians during the three-week offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas. A spokesman for the U.N. Human Rights Council said for the report to be withdrawn Goldstone would have to submit a formal request to the Geneva-based body, which he has not done. "U.N. reports are not canceled on the basis of an op-ed in a newspaper," spokesman Cedric Sapey told The Associated Press. Various resolutions passed by the Geneva-based council and the U.N. General Assembly in New York would also have to be repealed by those bodies, he said. Last month, a majority of the Human Rights Council's 47 members voted to pass the report up to the General Assembly, recommending that it ask the powerful U.N. Security Council to submit it to prosecutors at the International Criminal Court. Such a move is unlikely to pass the Security Council, where Israel's strongest ally, the United States, has a veto. But the mere suggestion of bringing war crimes charges against Israel has angered the government there. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet that Goldstone's article, published in The Washington Post over the weekend, was a rare instance "in which those who disseminate libels retract their libel." "This leads us to call for the immediate cancellation of the Goldstone report," Netanyahu said. [...]"  Note: Netanyahu is a delusional psychopath.

Commentary: "Gilad Atzmon: Goldstone’s U-Turn" [04/04/11]   "For some peculiar reason, Goldstone allows Israel to reduce its institutional responsibility for a colossal war crime, into a chain of local errors, made by a few low rank officers who may, or may not, face criminal charges. One should remind Goldstone that the decision to use artillery and carpet bombardment in Gaza wasn’t taken by ‘some’ military commanders on the ground: these decisions were taken by a democratically elected Israeli cabinet. Furthermore, these decisions were supported at the time by 94% of the Israeli Jewish population.?? The decision to rain barrages of white phosphorous over the most populated place on this planet was a strategic decision, and it was taken by Israeli military high command. The fact that Israel (may) sacrifice the military career of one Moishe’le or two Yank’le doesn’t change the validity of Goldstone original report at all; it only proves that Israel fails to take responsibility for its actions. [...]"  

Commentary: "Goldstone’s Forced Redaction Does Not Clear Israeli War Crimes" [04/04/11] "Judge Richard Goldstone’s op-ed in The Washington Post is a direct result of tremendous and fierce pressure practiced by the Israeli and the Zionist lobby against him, his family and his friends in a frenzied campaign to force him to retreat from his report, an objective yet strong international condemnation against war crimes committed by Israel during its aggression against the Gaza Strip two years ago. Goldstone’s personal revision – done under duress – does not change anything related to the report. While carrying his name, it was not developed or written solely by him, but by a Commission he headed. The report remains a document adopted by the Human Rights Council and UN bodies.[...]"   

"Goldstone Report Author 'Rethinks Findings' On Israel And War Crimes" [04/03/11] "The head of a U.N.-appointed expert panel that investigated the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas in the winter of 2008-2009 said in a newspaper article that new accounts by Israel's military indicate that it did not deliberately target civilians, his report's central and most inflammatory accusation. Israel's prime minister said the military was vindicated by Richard Goldstone's acknowledgment in an op-ed piece published Friday by The Washington Post that his conclusion appeared to have been wrong. The Goldstone Report's findings, released in September 2009, triggered outrage in Israel, which refused to cooperate with the investigation on the grounds that the panel he led was biased. "We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war," Goldstone wrote. "If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document." The Goldstone Report concluded both sides committed potential war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. It accused Israel of using disproportionate force, deliberately targeting civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure, and using people as human shields. It also accused Hamas of deliberately targeting civilians and trying to spread terror through its rocket attacks. [...]"  Related:  Commentary: "Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and war crimes" Richard Goldstone    Note:  "Did Israel threaten his family? Threaten him? His bank account? What did the Mossad dig up on this guy to make him write: "The allegations of intentionality by Israel were based on the deaths of and injuries to civilians in situations where our fact-finding mission had no evidence on which to draw any other reasonable conclusion. While the investigations published by the Israeli military and recognized in the U.N. committee’s report have established the validity of some incidents that we investigated in cases involving individual soldiers, they also indicate that civilians were not intentionally targeted as a matter of policy." [...]" "Lieberman lauds new Goldstone conclusions about Gaza war"   

"Israel Passes Law Against Mourning Its Existence" [03/24/11] "Israel's parliament passed a measure on Tuesday enabling the denial of state funding to institutions that question the country's existence as a Jewish state, in a move criticized as targeting an Arab minority. The so-called Nakba Law, using the Arabic word for "catastrophe" which is how many Palestinians regard the founding of Israel, passed by a vote of 37 to 25 after an angry debate among right and left-wing lawmakers. Civil rights groups have denounced the measure as an effort to restrict freedom of expression to Arabs, who make up about a fifth of Israel's predominantly Jewish population. [...]"  

"Gaza Strip: Israel Launches Air Strikes" [03/24/11] "Last night Israel launched air strikes on six targets in Gaza, wounding at least 19 people, including seven children and two women. According to Washington Report Gaza correspondent Mohammed Omer, the Israeli army was calling families in Khan Younis telling them to flee their homes and tanks and bulldozers were gathering around Zaytoun, east of Gaza City. [...]"  Related: "Shalom: Situation Reminiscent Of Run-Up To Cast Lead" "Vice Premier Silvan Shalom on Wednesday said the situation in Gaza was reminiscent of the run-up Operation Cast Lead in 2009. Three Grad rockets, several Kassam rockets and dozens of mortar shells have been fired into Israeli territory in recent days. "We may have to consider a return to that operation," Shalom told Israel Radio. "I say this despite the fact that I know such a thing would, of course, bring the region to a far more combustible situation." [...]"  "Netanyahu: Israel Will Continue To Operate Against Terrorists In Gaza"   "Speaking after a day of heavy tension along the Gaza border, in which the Israel Air Force retaliated for mortar and rocket fire by attacking launching squads inside the coastal territory, Netanyahu said: "It could take the form of exchanges of fire, it could continue for a particular length of time, but we are very determined to reach every terror element and to prevent them from having the capability of harming our citizens." [...]"  

Commentary:  "Israel: The Ace of Spades of Evil" [03/24/11]   "Israel is planning to kill a whole lot of Palestinians real soon. That’s what it means when they start launching bottle rockets into stolen lands and causing serious damage, like some Israeli broke a nail. They know the hour is getting late but they don’t quite grasp what’s coming. They are about to become pariahs the world over. Everything they’ve been up to is going to be exposed. They are the primary target of The Apocalypse. [...]"   

"Israel's Former President Sentenced To 7 Years In Jail" [03/23/11] "With tears and cries, Israel's former President Moshe Katsav watched the Judge pronounce a seven-year jail sentence against him for rape and other sexual offenses. The Tel Aviv district court on Tuesday ruled that Katsav must also serve two years of probation and pay a fine, equivalent to $35,000. In their decision the Judges said that "The crime of rape damages and destroys a person's soul…and Due to the severity of the crime, the punishment must be clear and precise," .  [...]"   

"Israeli Expert Warns: Nuclear Calamity In Japan" [03/16/11]   "An Israeli nuclear expert has accused Japan of downplaying the danger of a nuclear calamity in the region of its quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant.  'If there is fallout of plutonium oxide, a most toxic substance that they use in the reactor that exploded, no one will be able to set foot on the site for thousands of years,' said Uzi Even, one of Israel's most prominent nuclear scientists, who worked at the country's Dimona reactor in the southern Negev desert. 'The Japanese aren't telling the truth because of shame,' he told the Ma'ariv daily.  The Israeli chemistry professor believed the Japanese government was hiding facts. 'In my assessment, the damage is liable to be far more extensive in scope than is being reported and for a very long period of time,' Even said. Even said he doubted that the core of one of the Fukushima Daiichi plant's reactors which exploded twice could have remained intact, as he said had been reported by the Japanese. 'Those reactors are old. The core of a reactor that has been operated for 40 years is full of cracks, fissures and rust. The fact that the Japanese have been unable for four days to lower the high temperatures in the reactors is telling,' he said. Even charged Japan had also failed to report a switch to using highly toxic plutonium oxide last September.  The former Israeli lawmaker of the left-liberal Meretz party urged the Israeli government also to take into account the ramifications of the incident in Japan. 'The reactor in Dimona is old, it is almost 50, and its soft underbelly is its cooling system. I've been warning for years about the need to close it and to build a new one,' he said. 'While there isn't any fear of a tsunami here, we do have to take external sabotage into account.'  [...]"   

"Israeli Planes Violate Lebanon Airspace" [03/15/11] "Four Israeli fighter jets have penetrated Lebanon's airspace and flown over parts of the country in violation of a UN Security Council resolution. [...]"    

Propaganda: "Israel Seizes German Egypt-Bound Ship In International Waters Using 'Weapons For Gaza' Excuse" [03/15/11]    "Israeli commandos have intercepted an Egypt-bound ship Israel says was "carrying arms for militant groups in the Gaza Strip". The German-owned vessel - the Victoria - was on its way from Turkey to the Egyptian port of Alexandria, it said. It was seized some 200 miles (320km) from the shore in international waters. Israeli forces did not meet resistance from the crew and the vessel was being taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod, security sources told the BBC. "On the boat we discovered many weapons destined for terror groups in the heart of Gaza," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "The source of the weapons was Iran which is trying to arm the Strip." The Liberian-flagged vessel was chartered by a French company, the military said. It departed from Lattakia port in Syria to Mersin port in Turkey, from where it set off bound for Alexandria, it said. It stressed that Turkey was not involved in the alleged weapons shipment. Relations between the two countries have been strained since Israeli commandos raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last May, killing nine Turkish activists on board. [...]"  Note:  No astute individual would believe the Israelis ... who fail to say how 'munitions' magically appeared on the ship without docking in Iran ....

"Israel Okays More Settlements In WB" [03/14/11]   "Tel Aviv has moved to approve a plan to construct hundreds more illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. [...] 

"Revealed story of Israeli troops told to 'cleanse' Gaza " [03/12/11] [13:28]  "Israeli soldiers tell Channel 4 News they were ordered to "cleanse" Palestinian neighbourhoods, as filmmaker Nurit Kedar says "the atmosphere was that nobody should talk about this war". Nurit Kedar's film, Concrete, hears from Israeli soldiers who blame their military leaders for encouraging a "disproportionate" response to Hamas's rockets. They claim their commanders used to "psych up" soldiers before an operation so they were ready to shoot indiscriminately. This is the first time Israeli soldiers have come forward publicly with claims which counter those of their bosses. In a report first aired on Channel 4 News on Wednesday, 24-year-old tank commander Ohad remembers being told the night before the operation that the entry into Gaza was to be "disproportionate". Once into Gaza, he says his orders were unambiguous: "We needed to cleanse the neighbourhoods, the buildings, the area. It sounds really terrible to say "cleanse", but those were the orders....I don't want to make a mistake with the words." The IDF [Israel Defence Forces] has said its operational orders during the war emphasised "proportionality" and "humanity". [...]"  

"Intelligence Report Links PKK To Israel" [03/09/11]   "A new classified intelligence report has disclosed links between Israel and the Kurdish militant group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). According to the report presented at Turkey's National Security Council (MGK ) meeting on February 24, the PKK has been forging new ties with Israel, and Kurdish militants are receiving training from Mossad officials, Today's Zaman newspaper reported on Tuesday. The MGK also stated that it has footage from an interview in which PKK leader Murat Karayilan says his group collaborated with Tel Aviv to facilitate the attack launched by Israeli forces on a Turkish aid ship bound for the besieged Gaza Strip. [...]"   

"Israeli Military Not Able to Crush West Bank Uprising" [03/09/11]   "Top commanders in the Israeli military are warning that the military is completely incapable of crushing an Egypt-style popular uprising in the West Bank, assuming one actually begins. “There is nothing for it,” one of the commanders noted, and while the Israeli military apparently developed a major program last year to plan a response for mass public protests amongst the Palestinians, it seems the conclusion is that they simply can’t win. [...]"  

Commentary:  "Israel Flies To The Rescue Of Tyrant Khadafi, Reaping Millions" [03/08/11]    "Meanwhile, the United States has demanded the UN Security Council (UNSC) to remove the provisions of charging mercenaries with war crimes in the killing of Libyan civilians. Netanyahu’s cabinet asked Israeli company Global CST to bail out Colonel Khadafi’s friendly regime. [...]"    Related:  Video clip   [0:48] included. Note: Israel is no friend to the current civilization ... which is drawing to a close as an experience. "Israel Sends 50,000 Mercenaries to Defend Gaddahfi Regime Against 'Rebels' - and Bills the Libyan Government $200 for each Mercenary" [03/07/11]  [0:48]    Note: Israel wishes to maintain the 'status quo' on which it has based its national security scheme. Related: "Britain Seizes Shipment Of Libyan Dinars"     Note:  Was this the money that was supposed to go to the Israelis?  

"Don't Worry U S A, Israel's Behind You" " [03/08/11] [2:03] [ or "Delusional Sequentials and their Minions Complain About Truth Expressed in Local Artwork"] Here we see the result, sociologically, of both Pluto in Capricorn and the approach of Uranus going into Aries on 11 March 2011.

"Israeli Air Force Bombs Gaza Targets" [03/06/11]    "Amid continued Qassam fire directed at Israel, the IDF on Saturday attacked targets across the Gaza Strip.
Eye witnesses said some of the posts were completely destroyed. No injuries were reported.  The IDF said that IAF aircrafts attacked two terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip center and a smuggling tunnel in the northern Strip. "The terror tunnel served terrorists infiltrating into Israel who carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers," it was stated. Palestinian sources reported that IAF jets bombed targets in the neighborhood of Zeitoun, east of Gaza city, near the Musab bin Umar mosque. Later on Saturday, sources reported that IAF jets also attacked targets in Deir al-Balah, located at the center of the Strip. An Izz al-Din al-Qassam post in Khan Younis was reportedly bombed as well. Although no rocket landings have been reported inside Israel, Ofakim resident Ariel Mimran told Ynet that "you can feel the blast waves of the explosion. We heard no alarm here – it's strange – we never hear one." On Friday, Palestinian militants fired two Qassam rockets at Israel. One exploded within the bounds of the Sdot Negev Regional Council and the other likely landed in Palestinian territory. No injuries or damage were reported. Last Monday, the IDF launched two attacks on the Gaza Strip. At least one Palestinian was injured when IDF artillery fire targeted a terror cell near the defunct airport located east of Rafah. The army said the cell had launched terror attacks against Israeli targets in the past, but the Palestinians said one of those injured in the strike was a construction worker who was collecting gravel.  [...]" 

Discussion: "The Zionist Agenda" [03/04/11] [48:43] "David Halpin gives a presentation on 'The Zionist agenda, Dr. David Kelly, The propaganda of the BBC'. He talks about the roots of Zionism, the injustices forced upon the peoples of Palestine, the assassination of Dr. David Kelly and the propaganda arm of the government, the BBC. [...]"  

"Hamas: A Pale Image of the Jewish Irgun And Lehi Gangs" [03/04/11] "The reality is that when faced with a superior military force, such as Britain possessed in 1947 and Israel does today against the Palestinians, terror is the underdog’s only viable weapon. Once a state has been established and legitimized, however, as in the cases of Israel and South Africa, the former “terrorists” tend to gain a veil of legitimacy as well. But legitimacy is now being denied Hamas. Even though Palestinians elected a Hamas-led government in free and fair elections, Israel denies it legitimacy on the grounds that Hamas is a terrorist organization. Sixty years ago, however, at the time of the British Mandate, it was Jews in Palestine who mainly waged terrorism against the Palestinians. As Jewish leader David Ben-Gurion recorded in his personal history of Israel: “From 1946 to 1947 there were scarcely any Arab attacks on the Yishuv [the Jewish community in Palestine].” The same could not be said for the Zionists. Jewish terrorists waged an intense and bloody campaign against the Palestinians, British, and even some Jews who opposed them leading up to the establishment of Israel. [...]"    

Commentary: "The Beacon That Is Israel — Self-Serving by Delay and Denial" [03/04/11]    "Far too often, issues involving Israel and its actions are addressed in a sophisticated and complex manner, often with little or no linkage among them. This is fine for professionals who are well versed in the subject matter, and can infer detail and linkages where none is explicitly given or made. But it is NOT so for a general public, most of whom are not even aware that these issues exist, and have been exposed to a steady diet of pro-Israel propaganda throughout most if not all of their lives. [...] 

"Israel to Sue Bedouin Residents of Demolished Village for Demolition Costs" [03/04/11]    "Israel’s State Attorney’s Office is currently preparing a legal petition for more than NIS 1 million against the residents of El Araqib, a Bedouin village in the Negev Desert under increasing attack. The State’s Attorney’s Office is demanding that residents cover the costs incurred to evict them and demolish their village, which to date Israel has done 18 times. According to the right-wing affiliated news source Arutz 7, the State Attorney’s Office is currently gathering information on the costs related to evicting the Bedouin-Palestinian residents of El Araqib in order to calculate an exact sum for the petition. Expenses to be reviewed include working hours of police officers who evicted the El Araqib residents, costs of helicopters and/or airplanes and the trucks employed in hauling away the demolished village. [...]"  Note: When will they invoke the Samson Option and torch off all their domestic nukes in a suicidal conflagration? 

"'Kind' Netanyahu Condemns Gathafi 'For Firing Blindly On Civilians'" [02/26/11] "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday condemned the "appalling" violence in Libya, where protesters are trying to topple Moamer Gathafi.  "It's appalling what's happening in Libya, where a regime's army is firing blindly and intentionally on its own people," Netanyahu told a press conference with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk. "It requires a strong and clear condemnation from the civilised world and even more so from the democratic world," Netanyahu said. [...]"  Note: Right. He seems to have forgotten the genocidal actions of Israel in Gaza, or the fact that German Ashkenazi Jews were responsible for the deaths of millions of Eastern European Jews ... a genetic culling ... blamed on "Germany" ... afterward ... so killing their own people is apparently a way of life for certain groups. 

Documentary:  "Dead in the Water - The Attack on the USS Liberty" BBC [02/21/11] [10:00] "A clear documented evidence that Israel was involved in killings of US Navy but no actions from US government. America has been fooling its people as well as the whole world but still they cannot see. It is affecting you, your friends, your family and everyone you know. Sooner or later its your turn. Do something now or get ready for the punishment. [...]"  Part 2 [10:00]| Part 3 [10:00]| Part 4 [10:00]| Part 5 [10:00] | Part 6 [10:00]  Part 7 [8:33] 

Documentary: "Israel's Secret Weapons Of Mass Destruction" BBC [02/21/11] [10:08] Part 2 [10:03]| Part 3 [9:53]| Part 4 [10:04]| Part 5 [4:41]  

"Israel Ready To Charge Lieberman" [02/19/11] "Israel's controversial Foreign Minister [and former nightclub bouncer] , Avigdor Lieberman, will be charged within two weeks with money-laundering and other offences, the Israeli media reported yesterday. Mr Lieberman has said he will step down if charged, but insists he has not broken any law and says he will return to politics once that is made clear in the courts. Mr Lieberman's departure from the government, even temporarily, could lead to far-reaching changes in Israeli politics. Some analysts believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will see it as an opportunity to replace Mr Lieberman's right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party in the ruling coalition with the moderate Kadima Party, headed by Tzipi Livni. Kadima, with 28 of the 120 Knesset seats, is the largest parliamentary bloc. Mr Netanyahu has often suggested his room for manoeuvre on peace negotiations is constrained by his right-wing coalition partners, although sceptics believe he is only shielding his own hardline views and unwillingness to make any territorial concessions to the Palestinians. Mr Netanyahu has often been in confrontation with Mr Lieberman, who sees himself as the future leader of Israel's right wing and openly defies the Prime Minister on issues from the appointment of ambassadors to declarations about sensitive international matters. The charges against Mr Lieberman date back to his early years as a Knesset member when he allegedly received large sums from foreign businessmen, particularly from the former Soviet Union. Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein was planning to charge Mr Lieberman with fraud, breach of trust, money-laundering and obstruction of justice, the reports said. However, Mr Weinstein has reportedly decided not to indict him on charges of bribery. The investigation into Mr Lieberman's affairs has been going on since 2006. [...]"  Note: Yay! What a schmuck. No, he's a putz ... well, he's a schmutz, then.

Propaganda: " Israel Warns It Might Act on Iranian Warships Passing Through Suez Canal" [02/16/11] FOX News "Israel is monitoring two Iranian warships about to pass through the Suez Canal for Syria and warn they might act. Israeli's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says that "Israel cannot ignore these provocations," according to ynetnews.com. "Unfortunately, the international community is not ready to deal with Iran's repeated provocations," Lieberman said, according to the Jerusalem Post. [...]"  Note: Lieberman, a former nightclub bouncer, believes he speaks for the planet ... delusional psychopath .... no one except a few hawks in Israel care whether Iranian ships transit the Suez canal now, any more than they did a year ago. It's only the 6% of the population who are bullies, sociopaths and psychopaths, who care, because it is a means for them to co-opt other peoples experience.

Commentary: "Israel Staggered By Egypt Protests, Social Tensions At Home" Jean Shaoul [02/11/11] "The right-wing Israeli government of Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has been staggered by the massive demonstrations and strike wave engulfing Egypt, its critical Arab ally in the region, and the simultaneous emergence of social opposition in Israel itself. In recent weeks, there have been several demonstrations in Israel’s predominantly Arab towns in support of the Egypt protests, including a small one in Tel Aviv of Palestinian and Jewish Israelis. In addition, Israel’s newspapers have noted in passing expressions of public sympathy for the mass protests in Egypt calling for an end to the Mubarak regime. Not so the Israeli government. In speech after speech, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has warned that should the Mubarak dictatorship fall, chaos will prevail. Though the Muslim Brotherhood do not have majority support and have made very clear their intention not to lead protests against Mubarak, Netanyahu constantly raises the spectre of the Islamic revolution in Iran: the Islamists, meaning the Muslim Brotherhood, will take control in Egypt, abrogate the 1978-9 peace deal at Camp David, and march on Israel. By implication, Netanyahu is suggesting that the fall of the Mubarak dictatorship is an event Israel might oppose by force. The Israeli ruling class’s fear over the events in Egypt is two-fold. In the first place, Egypt—with its large economy, population of nearly 80 million, and control of the Suez Canal—is Israel’s key ally in the region. It has played the crucial role in strangling resistance to the dispossession of the Palestinians. [...]"  

"Document Released Proves Israeli Government Lied To Justify Operation Cast Lead Against Gaza In 2008" [02/11/11] "Back at the end of 2008 when the Israeli government launched its war against Hamas-controlled Gaza, it insisted that it had no choice: Hamas had not maintained the cease-fire with Israel and the IDF had no choice but to respond. But a WikiLeak cable released yesterday indicates the cease-fire was working well, perhaps too well from the point of view of Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak. A secret cable, sent by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to the State Department reports that Barak had told Egyptian officials that the cease-fire (it is referred to by the Arabic term, tahdiya) was working fine. [...]"     

"Israel's Barak In US For Top-Level Talks" [02/09/11] "Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak is to hold a series of top-level talks in Washington later on Wednesday which Israeli media say will centre on the unfolding crisis in Egypt. Barak left Israel on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Washington and New York, and is expected to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defence Secretary Robert Gates and National Security chief Tom Donilon, his office said. He is to brief Congress on Wednesday and later meet with senior White House adviser Dennis Ross alongside a number of other top defence and intelligence officials, his office said, without saying what would be on the agenda. Media reports said he will also meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York. The English-language Jerusalem Post and the Ynet news website both said Barak's visit will focus on the Egyptian unrest and its impact on Israel and the strategic balance in the region. With the Mubarak regime under threat of collapse, Israel fears a power vacuum could be exploited by Islamist elements determined to rescind the 1979 peace treaty between the two countries. [...]"  Note:  Creepy terrorist putz.

"Israeli Historian Says Massacre Of Egyptian Protestors Is Desirable" [02/09/11] "A “Holocaust” historian and former Israeli kibbutznik, "Professor David Cesarani, floated the idea of there being a Tiananmen Square-style massacre in Egypt as a way of quelling potential post-Mubarak anarchy. "And there has been no outrage. No Twitterstorm, no blog-based apoplexy, no heated radio phone-ins. Perhaps talking about the massacre of Egyptians is normal these days. "Professor Cesarani was asked by Michael Portillo about the 'moral dilemma' of how to deal with what comes after Mubarak. What if it’s worse than Mubarak? Should it be crushed? "Professor Cesarani said that if one takes the 'wholly pragmatic view,’ then 'the outcome of a Tiananmen Square-style crackdown is desirable and is predictable.' Because, he said, 'if you allow this popular democratic movement to run on unchecked, you cannot predict what’s going to happen. But you can predict probably that after a short, sharp, massive clampdown at huge human cost, there will be a sullen stability.' [...]"   

"Cables say Israel favours Suleiman"  "Omar Suleiman, Egypt's recently appointed vice-president, has long long seen by Israel as the favoured successor to Hosni Mubarak, the current president, according to a leaked diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks, the whistleblower website, and published by the UK daily, The Telegraph. The August 2008 cable said David Hacham, a senior adviser at the Israeli ministry of defence (MoD), told US officials the Israelis expected Suleiman, spelt Soliman in some cables, to take over. [...]"  

 Israel: "General Strike Threatened Over Basic Goods Price Hikes" [02/08/11] "As citizens in neighboring countries continued their protests this week over the increasing costs of basic goods such as fuel, bread and water, an agreement between the largest workers union, the Histadrut, the Manufacturers Association of Israel and the Union of Local Authorities (ULA) could paralyze the country with a massive general strike in less than two weeks, the three organizations jointly announced Monday. In a statement released by the three, Histadrut chairman Ofer Eini, ULA chairman Shlomo Buhbuht and Manufacturers Association head Shraga Brosh said that this was a “historic partnership” and the first time that we have taken joint action against such price increases. [...]"   

"Pipeline Blast Worries Israel" [02/07/11] "Israel has expressed concern about its energy security after an explosion ripped though an Egyptian gas terminal on the Sinai Peninsula. It was unclear if the blast, which set off a massive fire, , was related to the ongoing protests, but Israel gets about half of its natural gas from Egypt and has been on alert for any disruptions to its supply. Israel, in an emergency measure, voluntarily turned off the flow of gas from Egypt, which supplies roughly half of the country's natural gas, after Saturday's blast at the facility in the northern Sinai Peninsula. [...]"  

"Jimmy Carter Sued for $5 Million for Criticism of Israel" [02/07/11] "In a move that calls back to the attempt by Texas cattlemen to sue Oprah Winfrey for “defamation of beef.” an Israeli lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against former President Jimmy Carter, seeking $5 million in damages because his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” allegedly defamed Israel. Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner insisted that Carter’s book violated New York State’s Consumer Protection Laws by asserting things, largely that Israel was not inherently reasonable and Syria was not inherently unreasonable, that “even a child” knows is untrue. The suit went on to condemn Carter, saying he had an “agenda of anti-Israel propaganda” and condemned publisher Simon and Shuster for advertising the book as a work on non-fiction. The legal complaint insists Carter has the right to publish a book “to put forward his virulent anti-Israel bias” but insisted that such a book could only be sold as a work of fiction. Lawsuits against authors alleging “defamation” of the government or a key ally, though common in some Mideast dictatorships, have never been particularly common nor successful in the United States. Likewise, it does not appear that New York’s Consumer Protection Law explicitly forbids criticism of Israel in a work of non-fiction, though if true this would surely make for an interesting Constitutional challenge to such a law. Simon and Schuster spokesman Adam Rothberg condemned the lawsuit as a “chillling attack on free speech” and promised that the company would oppose it in court. Former President Carter has yet to comment. [...]"  Note: This frivolous action has no merit or veracity.

"Israeli Spy Arrest in Egypt Points to High Stakes for Washington and Tel Aviv" [02/05/11] "An amateur video showing the arrest in Egypt of an alleged spy belonging to the Israeli General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, the Sayeret Matkal, indicates how worried Tel Aviv is by the turmoil engulfing the Mubarak regime and suggests that attempts are underway by outside forces to destabilise the popular revolution. Meanwhile, sabotage of a major Egyptian-Israeli gas pipeline early this morning (Saturday) by unknown bombers in the Northern Sinai town of El Arish could be the beginning of a campaign to destabilise Egypt and legitimate further foreign intervention in that country – intervention that would advantage US/Israeli attempts to salvage the regime that has so loyally served their interests, but which is now slipping from its control. [...]" 

Commentary: "The Real Rogue Nuclear State" David Duke [02/05/11] [16:05]  

MSM: "Michael Scheuer: Israel Is Such a Large Detriment to the United States" [02/03/11] [1:05] "Security expert Michael Scheuer,  argued today on Glenn Beck's program that Israel was an enormous detriment to the United States. "Israel is such an enormous detriment to the United States. Our relationship with the Israelis. That it's going to become clear to the Americans that this is just going to cost us blood and lives the longer we pursue this relationship with the Israelis." [...]"  Note: That "wildcards" like this are happening .... a harbinger of things to come?

"Israeli Troops Swarm Lebanon Border"  Press TV [02/02/11] "The developments came following the January 12 collapse of outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri's cabinet and amid efforts by new Lebanese Premier-designate Najib Mikati aimed at forming a new government. Tel Aviv has launched several wars on Lebanon, killing around 1,200 Lebanese -- mostly civilians -- in the most recent round of offensives in 2006. The Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah, which parried Israel's 33-day war against southern Lebanon in 2006, has vowed to respond to any new Israeli incursion. [...]"   

Israel: "Could US Abandon Israel Too?" [02/02/11] "American response to uprising in Egypt shows Washington has no qualms about 'dropping' long time ally. Is Israel in danger of receiving similar treatment? Experts say 'possibility always exists,' recommend strengthening relations with India, China. According to Prof. Gilboa, Barack Obama stabbed Mubarak in the back and has already turned his back on Israel once, and therefore we must "take a good look into the future. We must develop our foreign relations with the rising powers – India, with whom we already have military cooperation, and China. However, we must also focus on improving our complex relations with Europe," he added. However, Prof. Gilboa stressed that there is also some room for optimism. "We have a democracy, and our stocks may even rise in Washington because Israel is stable, and the only one that can be trusted in the Middle East. "In addition, the American public opinion is on our side – some two thirds of the public supports Israel, and in the congress the biggest agreement is over issues revolving Israel," he concluded.  [...]"  Note: Absolutely ... especially after the 911 job ... Israel is now a liability. Gilboa is delusional to think that 66% of the US supports Israel. It's more like 5%, who are also delusional. Of course, this article is Israeli propaganda for Israelis to read.

"Israel Slams US For Throwing Mubarak 'To The Dogs'" [02/02/11] "Amid efforts by the Israeli government to consciously refrain from siding with embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the US administration has been flayed here for "turning its back" on one of its most trusted allies in the Middle East and "throwing him to the dogs".  [...]"  

"Israel 'Fears' Post-Mubarak Era" [02/02/11] "Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has said that he was following events in Egypt with "vigilance and worry". At a news conference alongside Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, on Monday in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said Egypt could wind up with a radical Islamic regime as in Iran. If Egypt resumes its conflict with Israel, Israelis fear, it will put a powerful Western-armed military on the side of Israel's enemies while also weakening pro-Western states like Jordan and Saudi Arabia. [...]"    

"Rights NGO Claims That Israeli Planes Carrying Crowd Dispersal Weapons Have Arrived In Egypt" [02/01/11] "The International Network for Rights and Development has claimed that Israeli logistical support has been sent to Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to help his regime confront demonstrations demanding that he steps down as head of state. According to reports by the non-governmental organisation, three Israeli planes landed at Cairo's Mina International Airport on Saturday carrying hazardous equipment for use in dispersing and suppressing large crowds. In the statement circulated by the International Network, it was disclosed that Egyptian security forces received the complete cargoes on three Israeli planes which were, it is claimed, carrying an abundant supply of internationally proscribed gas to disperse unwanted crowds. If the reports are accurate, this suggests that the Egyptian regime is preparing for the worse in defence of its position, despite the country sinking into chaos. [...]"  Note: The Israeli control freaks are at it, again, trying to hold sway over other people by force, trying desperately to maintain the status quo ...

US Politics: "Huckabee Arriving in Israel Sunday, Tops Two Primary Polls" [02/01/11] "Unofficial Republican party presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a solid supporter of Israel, is en route for his 15th visit. He has said he probably will wait until summer before announcing whether or not he will run for president in 2012. "Headed to Israel with family and friends. Looking forward to my 15th trip there," Huckabee's tweet read on Saturday, as results show him topping the polls in West Virginia and North Carolina. Huckabee often has said that if the Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza want a state, they can choose from among several Arab nations and that Jews, who are indigenous to the area, should be able to build wherever they wish to in their country. [...]"  Note: This man wouldn't know a sensible reality if he fell into it.  Related: "Mike Huckabee speaks “very Zionistically” in Israeli Knesset, condemns Egyptian uprising"  "Mike Huckabee was in Jerusalem today on an important junket related to his likely presidential campaign. He used his speech before the Knesset to denounce the Egyptian uprising as a threat to all humankind, warning that “the situation could threaten the world and all those who seek peace and security. The real threat to Israelis is not the bomb but the people behind it, not weapons but the madmen behind them.” [...]"  Note: What a useless putz. 

"Israel Shaken as Turbulence Rocks an Ally" [01/31/11] "The street revolt in Egypt has thrown the Israeli government and military into turmoil, with top officials closeted in round-the-clock strategy sessions aimed at rethinking their most significant regional relationship. Israel’s military planning relies on peace with Egypt; nearly half the natural gas it uses is imported from Egypt; and the principle of trading conquered land for diplomatic ties began with its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt more than with any other foreign leader, except President Obama. If Mr. Mubarak were driven from power, the effect on Israel could be profound.  [...]" 

"Al Jazeera Reports Mubarak’s planning exile to Tel Aviv" [01/30/11] "Al Jazeera reports Mubarak’s planning exile to Tel Aviv. According to sources in the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel is making preparations to welcome Hosni Mubarak into exile after Saudi Arabia rejected overtures. [...]"  Note: My first impression at seeing this, is "WTF?" Now Mubarak is seen by the whole Arab world as a turncoat, a traitor ... this can't end well for the Middle East. 

Commentary: "Mossad Ran 9/11 Arab "Hijacker" Terrorist Operation"  Wayne Madsen [01/30/11]  "British intelligence reported in February 2002 that the Israeli Mossad ran the Arab hijacker cells that were later blamed by the U.S. government's 9/11 Commission for carrying out the aerial attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. WMR has received details of the British intelligence report which was suppressed by the government of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair. A Mossad unit consisting of six Egyptian- and Yemeni-born Jews infiltrated "Al Qaeda" cells in Hamburg (the Atta-Mamoun Darkanzali cell), south Florida, and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates in the months before 9/11. The Mossad not only infiltrated cells but began to run them and give them specific orders that would eventually culminate in their being on board four regularly-scheduled flights originating in Boston, Washington Dulles, and Newark, New Jersey on 9/11. [...]"  

"Palestinians preventing Middle East peace deal, says Israeli deputy PM" [01/29/11] "An agreement to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not happen in the next "one or two years", Israel's deputy prime minister said today, blaming the Palestinians for the lack of progress. "We're fed up with giving and giving and giving, and not getting any real substance [in return]," said Moshe Ya'alon, the minister of strategic affairs, after this week's leak of secret documents on the peace talks. He dismissed the extensive concessions offered by Palestinian negotiators, revealed in the documents, saying they were insignificant compared to the "core of the conflict – our right to exist". [...]"  Note: Other people have a right to exist, too.

"U.S. Police Chiefs on ADL Mission to Israel" [01/25/11] "Senior law enforcement personnel from across America recently traveled to Israel with ADL. They met with their Israeli counterparts and learned how to better predict, prevent and respond to terrorism. The Terrorism Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), comprising sixteen police chiefs and FBI terrorism task force representatives, participated in the trip, which is sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League. They were accompanied by ADL Director of Security Robert Martin and ADL Washington D.C. Regional Director David Friedman. ADL is the leading provider of anti-bias, extremism, hate crime and counter-terrorism training for federal, state and local law enforcement agencies across the United States. [...]"  Note: No, it's not. ADL is transparently counterproductive and has no legitimate reason to exist; it's a parasitic organization that aids and abets the fabricated 'war on terror'. The US chiefs ought to be arrested for consorting with an agent of an foreign power hostile to the US.

"If Americans Knew What Israel Is Doing" [01/22/11] [3:10]  Note: A previously 'censored' video clip. Related:  "Silencing the Media in America"   

"Israel will work to disconnect Gaza from power grid" [01/21/11] "... Lieberman said Israel would not sit back and perpetually absorb Palestinian “criticism and insults.”  ... Netanyahu told Alliot-Marie, who is scheduled to visit Gaza on Friday, that Israel would work toward “disengaging” from Gaza’s infrastructure, starting with removing the area from Israel’s water and electricity grids. This plan was first brought up by Lieberman in the summer, with the idea being that the EU would be asked to help build a power plant, water desalination plant and sewage treatment plant in Gaza to make it self sufficient. [...]"  

"Palestinian Oil: 60% of the deposits lie in the waters and territory belonging to Gaza- Israel Lays Claim" [01/19/11] "For years, various companies have been exploring the hydrocarbon deposits in the Levantine Basin, but only a handful of political and economic leaders were privy to the size of the prize. On 29 December 2010, the Israeli authorities gave Noble Energy Inc. the green light to release the news. The communication, announcing that exploitation was taking off after a political freeze, has been coupled with a diplomatic campaign to allow Tel Aviv to siphon off all the reserves to the detriment of the other coastline states. [...]"  Note:  See Map. It explains the WHY of the Gaza Genocide. Informative article. Related: "Israel Targets Free Gaza Movement with Repulsive Propaganda" | "Israeli Banks Finance Newspaper calling for Genocide" 

"Israel's right-wing future" [01/17/11] "Lawrence Davidson analyses the growth of fascism in Israel, arguing that this process "did not begin ... with 1967 and the taking of the occupied territories. It did not even begin in 1917 and the Balfour Declaration. It began with the very inception of Zionism." [...]"  

Historical Analysis: "Israel's Terrorist History"  British Documentary Clip [01/17/11] [8:56]  

"Israel’s Orthodox Rabbis: ‘Palestinians to the Ovens!’" [01/16/11] "a shocking passage in an Israeli Orthodox "family magazine," Fountains of Salvation, which suggests that Israel will create death camps for Palestinians in order to wipe them out like Amalek. The article attacks Israeli rabbis who dispute the letter recently circulated from pro-settler extremist rabbis which urged that no Israeli Jew rent apartments or homes to Israeli Palestinians. It chided them for being "politically correct" and refusing to do their jobs and educate the populace in the true path of Torah (which is presumably to hate Palestinians). The last paragraph (page 4 of the original) though is the whopper:  " It will be interesting to see whether they leave the assembly of the Amalekites [Palestinians] in extermination camps to others, or whether they will declare that wiping out Amalek is no longer [historically] relevant. Only time will tell" ....  Finally, since I know people of all ideological stripes may read into this story what they wish, I want to make clear that this is not Judaism. These wicked men may be Jews and rabbis, but they don’t represent normative Judaism any more than Osama bin Laden represents normative Islam. Do not make the mistake of conflating this idiocy with all of Israel or all of Judaism. Yes, these men are dangerous, they are hateful, and they must be challenged. But there is another face of Judaism and another face of Israel (though that is becoming increasingly difficult to see I concede)"   

"Goyish Sperm Leads to Criminality, Barbarism" [01/14/11] "One of Israeli Orthodoxy’s leading rabbinic lights, Rabbi Dov Lior, chief rabbi of that idyllic Jewish town of Hebron, told a conference at an Israeli fertility conference that Jewish couples must not use the sperm of non-Jewish men for artificial insemination because the traits of the goy will pass on to the child. [...]"  Note: The pot calling the kettle black ... such racist sequential crap. 

Commentary:  "Mossad Said To Be Behind Egyptian Church Blast" [01/07/11] "The explosion at a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which left 21 people killed and another 80 Muslims and Christians wounded, raises one question: Who was behind the blast? Although, at first glance, the finger is pointed at extremist Wahabi or Salafi groups, it goes without saying that no Muslim, whatever their political leanings may be, will ever commit such an inhumane act. Attacks on churches in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Tunisia can be analyzed in the context of a Zionist scenario aimed at driving a wedge between muslims and arab christians.  [...]"  

Exposé: "Massive Israel spy base exposed" [01/03/11] "A French periodical has revealed the location of a secret Israeli espionage center, which ranks among the world’s largest and most significant.  The base, which intercepts information for the Israeli Spy Agency (Mossad) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), is placed near Kibbutz Urim not far from Beersheba, the largest city in the Negev desert, which is in the south of Israel, Israeli website Ynetnews said on Sunday, detailing the report by the monthly newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique. The French publication said the Israel Army’s intelligence Unit 8200, which is accommodated in the base, cracks into email boxes and taps the phone conversations of “governments, international organizations, foreign companies, political groups and individuals” in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe.  Israeli daily Ha’aretz said the unit had intercepted a call between Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and King Hussein of Jordan during the first day of the 1967 Six-Day War. Israel captured vast expanses of Arab lands including the Palestinian territories during the war. The expository account was the work of Nick Hager, New Zealand investigative reporter and writer on issues involving intelligence networks, environmental matters and politics, Ha’aretz wrote. [...]"   

"Israel ex-president Katsav convicted of rape" [01/01/11] "Israeli former president Moshe Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape on Thursday, capping a four-year scandal that shocked the Jewish state and leaves him facing at least eight years in prison. As a Tel Aviv court handed down the verdict,  [...]"  Note: More psychopathic degenerates. 

   

 

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