Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 12/11/2011 – 13:16 After declaring that Palestinians are an “invented people,”USpresidential hopeful and former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, has said that he would instruct the CIA to hunt down Palestinian prisoners released last October in an exchange negotiated byIsraeland Hamas, presumably to kill them. Gingrich [...]
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Saturday Night Frights
by Dr. Brian Phillips, Antiwar November 14, 2011 Saturday’s GOP presidential debate focused on foreign policy, and it was a disgrace — not simply because of the moderators’ blatant disregard for Rep. Ron Paul (the only candidate from either political party advocating peace was given 89 seconds to speak in the first hour), [...]
Ali Abunimah: Bill in Congress seeks to investigate US Boat to Gaza for “terrorist” ties
The Electronic Intifada November 11, 2011 A bill introduced in the United States Congress last month would require the State Department to investigate “The sources of any logistical, technical, or financial support for the Gaza flotilla ships, including the Audacity of Hope, that were set to set sail from Greece on July 1, 2011.” [...]
Stephen M. Walt: Romney flunks foreign policy … again
FOREIGN POLICY Tuesday, November 1, 2011 – 11:54 AM In a remarkable statement of foreign policy myopia and domestic political pandering, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced last week that the United Statesshould largely subordinate its Middle East policy-making to Israel. In response to a reporter’s question about moving the U.S.embassy to Jerusalem, Romney said [...]
Guantanamo court can’t free bomb suspect, U.S. says
By Jane Sutton Trust.org 02 Nov 2011 19:51 MIAMI, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. war crimes tribunal that will try the alleged planner of a deadly attack on a U.S. warship has no power to free him if he is acquitted, military prosecutors said in court documents made public on Wednesday. Defense [...]
The Zionist lobby’s First Lady in US Congress
By Alan Hart Information Clearing House November 02, 2011 After UNESCO voted to give the Palestinians full membership, the words of State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland contained a hint that the Obama administration at the highest levels is quite seriously concerned about the possible consequences forAmericaof cutting off funds to the UN [...]
Amira Hass: Palestinians must say no to negotiations with Israel
Diplomatic moves in the United Nations, no matter how refreshingly daring, are not enough. HAARETZ Wed, November 02, 2011 Now thatPalestinehas been recognized by the United Nations’ cultural organization, UNESCO, it will be no more of a non-state and no less occupied than it was before. Its citizens will be no less unfree [...]
Kyrgyz president-elect wants U.S. air base closed
By Robin Paxton Reuters Tue Nov 1, 6:10 am ET BISHKEK (Reuters) –Kyrgyzstan’s president-elect said on Tuesday theUnited Statesshould leave its military air base in the Central Asian republic when its lease expires in 2014, the same year NATO-led combat troops are due back fromAfghanistan. Almazbek Atambayev, the pro-Russian prime minister who claimed victory [...]
