Saed Bannoura November 21, 2011 A grandson of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, best known for his belief that Arabs should be ethnically cleansed from historic Palestine, is leading a movement to document and boycott all businesses in Israel that employ Palestinians. The plan was discovered when 19-year old Meir Ettinger was [...]
Right-wing Israeli group creates booklet listing businesses that employ Palestinians
by RAINman on 25. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Justin Raimondo: The Armageddon Network
by RAINman on 15. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
How the war party is ginning up war with Iran Antiwar.com November 14, 2011 The War Party is bound and determined to drag us, kicking and screaming, into a military conflict with Iran – and they have constructed a vast network of agents inside both parties, and inside the government, to accomplish exactly [...]
Washington’s Enemy ‘Doesn’t Exist’
by RAINman on 14. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
By Michael Scheuer RT November 11, 2011 Americans are in the crosshairs of terrorists worldwide purely due toWashington’s policy in the Muslim world, not because there is an Islamic enemy whose only aim is to kill Americans for their freedoms and lifestyle, insists a former CIA officer. Historian Michael Scheuer, an author [...]
How racist laws imprison a nation
by RAINman on 11. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
November 3 2011 at 09:55am By Nurit Peled-Elhanan Nurit Peled-Elhanan is a Professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an Israeli peace activist, and one of the founders of the Bereaved Families for Peace. After the death of Elhanan’s 13 year-old daughter in 1997, she became an outspoken critic of the [...]
Judge Delivers Ultimatum to Flotilla Activists: Confess or Face 2 Months Without Trial
by RAINman on 11. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
PNN 09.11.11 – 22:23 Fifteen of the activists from the Freedom Waves toGazaflotilla came before an Israeli court on Tuesday, and were advised they could be held for up to 2 months without charges or a trial. One Australian, one British, two Canadians, and 14 Irish activists remain imprisoned byIsraelafter five days. In [...]
In southern Palestine, villages struggle to get water
by RAINman on 11. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
By ST McNeil Palestine Monitor. November 7, 2011 Within five minutes bulldozers had destroyed two of the village’s cisterns. Soldiers then cracked open two water tanks, spilling their precious fluid, and leveled the outhouse. “These were full of water,” Majid Jabur said, pointing to a hole in one of the white containers [...]
Reporters again turn State Dep’t briefing into moshpit, scorning US ‘impotence’ in the conflict
by RAINman on 04. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
by Philip Weiss Mondoweiss on November 3, 2011 The discourse is changing. Here is yesterday’s daily press briefing at theStateDepartment– and once again you see a group of reporters emboldened to ridicule the Obama administration’s position on Palestinian rights. Notice the scorn for the Obama administration for doing nothing in response to Israeli settlement [...]
Haaretz poll: 80% of Israelis believe Iran strike will lead to war with Hamas, Hezbollah
by RAINman on 04. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
According to a Haaretz-Dialog poll, 59% of respondents say Iran attack would likely cause a regional war, while 20% believe that the probability of war is unlikely or entirely improbable. By Ofir Bar-Zohar Haaretz Thu, November 03, 2011 A large majority of Israeli citizens believe that a military operation inIranwill lead to a [...]
Prof. Joseph Massad: Truths, facts and facts on the ground
by RAINman on 04. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Joseph Massad is Associate Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University. His most recent books are The Persistence of the Palestinian Question and Desiring Arabs. Much of the international support that Israel receives is based on several lies it tells and re-tells as “facts”. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 27 [...]
Israel Navy tracks new Gaza-bound flotilla
by RAINman on 03. Nov, 2011 in General
Two ships leave Turkey carrying between 20 to 30 pro-Palestinian activists; IDF says plans to intercept vessels, offer them to dock at Ashdod or port in Egypt. By Anshel Pfeffer and Natasha Mozgovaya HAARETZ Wed, November 02, 2011 The Israeli Navy is tracking two ships, believed be part of a new flotilla [...]
BDS Victory: Alstom loses Saudi Haramain Railway contract worth $10B
by RAINman on 01. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Palestinian BDS National Committee October 27, 2011 The BDS National Committee (BNC) has declared a long sought-after victory as Alstom lost the bid for the second phase of the Saudi Haramain Railway project, worth $10 billion US dollars, after pressure from the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, including effective campaigning from the [...]
Saudi cleric offers cash for Israel soldier kidnap
by RAINman on 28. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Maan Thursday 27/10/2011, 16:34 (Jerusalem) DUBAI (Reuters) — A prominent Saudi cleric has offered to pay $100,000 to any Palestinian who kidnaps an Israeli soldier, according to his Facebook page. Awad al-Qarni said he had made the offer in response to a similar reward promised by an Israeli family for anyone who catches the [...]
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