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    Lebanese think the unthinkable: another civil war
    Since Gemayel's death, the capital has become a montage of scenes of tension. Sunni and Shiite gangs have clashed in the southern suburbs. Rival Chris ... more

    High-Tech Spray-On Condom Coming from Germany
    German sex educators plan spray-on condom From Reuters 10:44 AM PST, November 30, 2006 BERLIN -- German sex educators plan to launch a spray-on condo ... more

    An Arab American producer uses the power of music to narrow the gap between cultures
    A version of the song with an Arabic refrain wasn't released in the U.S. Elder explains why: "It hadn't been long since Condoleezza Rice was warning t ... more

    Mandarin speaks to a growing audience - P1 LATimes - China
    Many come as part of a Chinese government program called Hanban, which is sort of a cross between the Peace Corps and Teach for America, the volunteer ... more

    Amira Hass: The IDF is sending your sons on apartheid missions
    The truth is that even the soldiers' parents should not be interested in these explanations. They should, however, be very worried about their country ... more

    Uri Lubrani of Old Keeps On Plugging Away - before Lebanon, now Iran
    Uri Lubrani at home. "I greatly admire the role of intelligence, but I also have arguments with intelligence people. I don't see intelligence as the b ... more

    Lebanon - Ready to Blow Again


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    Baker-Hamilton and Iraq 2006


    Rice Meets Olmert and Touts his new 'Peace Plan'
    Of course this is all carefully coordainted and choreographed between the US and Israel. And as history has made so clear for so long these are polit ... more

    Olmert's New Spin 'Peace Plan'
    It seems that Olmert collected all the slogans of the "peace camp" and packed them into a single, not-so-clear message, but with wording that is more ... more

    Carter shares insight on peace in Mideast
    Former President Jimmy Carter's new book, "Palestine -- Peace Not Apartheid," reflects a lifetime of contemplation on the Middle East.
    Bush’s Defeated Foe: US Civil Liberty
    George Orwell warned us, but what American would have expected that in the opening years of the 21st century the United States would become a countr ... more

    The Kevin McDonald Story - Scholar of Jewish Sociobiology Faces The Wolves
    The SPLC is paying me attention because it wants to suppress my academic work. I am interested in sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and group be ... more

    Sailor faces spy charges - Another Jewish American Spying For Israel
    It wasn't his alleged desertion of the submarine Albuquerque last July that brought down Ariel J. Weinmann on March 26. Rather, it was the $4,000 cas ... more

    Another American Jew in Navy Caught Spying for Israel
    When Ariel J. Weinmann stepped off an international flight into the Dallas airport on March 26, a federal customs agent was waiting for him. Before t ... more

    Navy Spy for Israel, Jewish American, Quietly Jailed
    Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Another Spy Story Suppressed to Save Israel By Curt Maynard Well guess what reader, the United States government has done it ... more

    Rice seeks to jumpstart Arab-Israeli peace process
    U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will seek on Thursday to resuscitate the Palestinian-Israeli peace process after coming under pressure from m ... more

    To survive Humans must colonize other planets: Hawking
    Humans must colonize planets in other solar systems traveling there using "Star Trek"-style propulsion or face extinction, renowned British cosmologis ... more

    Britons turn off television and put down the paper as they take up broadband
    A third of British internet users watch less television once they have broadband, while 27% read fewer national newspapers and almost a fifth switch ... more

    1 in 32 Americans In Prison, Probation, or Parole
    A record 7 million people _ or one in every 32 American adults _ were behind bars, on probation or on parole by the end of last year, according to t ... more

    Hawking: Man must leave planet Earth
    Mankind will need to venture far beyond planet Earth to ensure the long-term survival of our species, according to the world's best known scientist, P ... more

    UN Sec-Gen Calls for Urgent Action to Ban Nuclear Weapons - 28 Nov 2006
    IN LECTURE AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PROGRESS ON BOTH NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION Following is the text of tod ... more

    Iran letter calls on Americans to change Bush policies
    A U.S. spokesman calls the Iranian leader's letter a "public relations stunt" • Letter says money for Iraq war would be better spent on Katrina victim ... more

    King Abdullah on Sunday Talk Show ABC
    HM KING ABDULLAH: Well, the thing is, as we look at the three potential flash points, before, I believe, the Lebanese war this summer, I would have pu ... more

    King Abdullah Calls for US to Reinvigorate Movement Toward Palestinian State
    Jordan inherited the message of the Great Arab Revolt, and will remain, with God’s help, loyal to this message. It will bear its duty towards the Ar ... more

    Saudi Ambassador: US must take action on the peace process
    Saudi Ambassador: US must take action on the peace process (10/17/2006) Saudi Ambassador to the US Prince Turki Al-Faisal today stressed the need t ... more

    Jordan's King to Push Different Agenda
    "While the king will discuss Iraq and Lebanon with President Bush, the core issue remains the unresolved Palestinian-Israeli crisis," Judeh told The A ... more

    King wants Bush to refocus on Palestinian-Israeli conflict
    ordan's king said he will press President Bush to focus more attention on resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict when the two meet this week. In ... more

    Ahmadinejad's letter to Americans
    I pray to the Almighty to bless the Iranian and American nations and indeed all nations of the world with dignity and success.
    Olmert Offers Concessions to Palestinians
    Hamad said the Palestinians would not abandon the fight for refugees. "The Palestinians cannot give up on the issue of the refugees. It is something ... more

    Video - Where broadcast meets broadband
    Nov. 21 - The Next Gen TV conference in London looks at how television networks are aiming to meet the challenges posed by new technologies The U.S. ... more

    SONY James Bond - The New World of Hyper Advertising


    Palestinian PM pushes 1967 borders proposal
    Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday set the tone for his first foreign tour since taking office by promoting a Palestinian initiati ... more

    Fake Rep. takes on colorful causes
    Rep. Sherri Davis, a Republican from California, has a plucky resume, fabulous fashion sense, and a mission to eradicate yoga mat-borne illnesses. She ... more

    Senator-elect Webb Snubs Bush at Private White House Gathering
    Senator-Elect Webb says he wanted to slug President Bush at private White House gathering: From the article: "At a private reception held at the Whi ... more

    Turns Out "Kramer" isn't even Jewish


    Dems Rebut Carter on Israeli 'Apartheid'
    Perhaps President Carter should send copies of his book to members of Congress who do not grasp the injustice of Israel's long-running oppression of t ... more

    Nancy Pelosi's links to Israel are strong and personal
    The Israel Lobby Hold Over Congress may be more exposed than ever; but it is also stronger than ever. With the Democrats now in charge on Capitol Hil ... more

    Democrats Ignore Fascism to Fight Jimmy Carter
    This Democratic hogwash is symptomatic of the total bankruptcy of the non-debate around American support for Israel. With such adulating Dem-Hawks in ... more

    One State or Two? Rashid Khalidi & Ali Abunimah on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
    We turn now to the latest from Israel and the Occupied Territories. But first, an unusual moment last night on American television. Appearing on CNN's ... more

    Palestinian Journalist Mohammed Omer Wins Recognition for Telling the Story of an Israeli Incursion
    It is far past the time that Western journalists start relating the real truth of what is going on, and how these civilians are being terrorized on a ... more

    One State or Two? Rashid Khalidi & Ali Abunimah on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict


    Excerpt: Carter's 'Palestine Peace Not Apartheid'
    Former President Shares His Plan for Middle East Peace in New Book

    AJC: Chief rabbi attempting to delegitimize US Jews
    American Jewish Committee says in letter to Olmert it is ‘deeply concerned’ over draft bill aimed at rendering Reform conversions invalid for immigrat ... more

    Carter Signs Books - 28 Nov


    Carter on Palestine and Peace and Apartheid


    Farewell to Arms in Gaza


    Does It Matter What You Call It? Genocide or Erasure of Palestinians
    As we debate about and analyze the Palestinian psyche, trying to determine if they have had enough and will surrender or will survive by resisting, it ... more

    Is Olmert peace plan real?
    Regardless of Olmert's true intentions, Palestinians should embrace peace gesture

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    In Ben Gurion's footsteps
    Behind Olmert's olive branch speech to the Palestinians Monday, is the painful assumption that if the IDF will ultimately be called upon to reoccupy t ... more

    Iran’s leader urges ‘exit of occupiers’ in Iraq
    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, told visiting President Jalal Talabani of Iraq yesterday that the first step towards restoring Iraq’s s ... more

    King of Jordan warns of 'three civil wars'
    The Middle East is on the verge of three civil wars - in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories - King Abdullah of Jordan warned Sunday ahead o ... more

    UN appoints Tutu to head Beit Hanoun inquiry
    The South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town will travel to Gaza to "assess the situation of victims, addre ... more

    Gaia scientist Lovelock predicts planetary wipeout
    While the President of the world's greatest superpower keeps making ridiculous statements and simple-minded slogans abound, the real catastrophe of ou ... more

    Carter on Iraq, Bush, Palestine, Israel - CNN Situation Room
    From CNN's Situation Room THIS IS A RUSH FDCH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. BLITZER: Former President Jimmy ... more

    Abbas sees talks with Hamas at "dead end": official
    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told Jordan that talks on a unity government with Hamas have hit a "dead end" and he will pursue other option ... more

    UN council extends U.S.-led force in Iraq one year
    The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously renewed the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq through the end of 2007, granting a r ... more

    Olmert offers 'serious' plan for new state
    Ehud Olmert said that Israel would release prisoners, withdraw from West Bank Jewish settlements and ease checkpoints if Palestinians abandoned violen ... more

    The earth has a fever that could boost temperatures by 8 degrees Celsius making large parts of the surface uninhabitable and threatening billions of peoples' lives, a controversial climate scientist said on Tuesday.
    The earth has a fever that could boost temperatures by 8 degrees Celsius making large parts of the surface uninhabitable and threatening billions of p ... more

    PAKIStan


    Bolton: Future of Lebanon 'may well be decided' in days
    "The future of the Middle East, certainly the future of Lebanon may well be decided in the next several days," U.S. envoy to the United Nations John ... more

    Fisk has cocktails with Sheinbaum and the LA crowd


    Great Majority of Emails SPAM says EU


    Chavez vows to beat the "devil"
    "We are confronting the devil, and we will hit a home run off the devil next Sunday," said Chavez, who ruffled feathers in October by calling Presiden ... more

    Baker Panel Has Little New To Advocate
    While it is unclear what private messages Mr. Bush was preparing for Mr. Maliki, the public message will be an eagerness to turn more operational con ... more

    Israelis and US Try to Quell Palesinians
    Of course this is all being done with the major backdrop of Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, and the seriously deteriorating US position throughout the region. T ... more

    Iran Predicts Collapse of Israel, US and UK in Middle East
    ``The Zionist regime is on a steep downhill towards collapse and disgrace,'' Ahmandinejad told supporters at a rally of Basiji militia forces near Teh ... more

    Under fire, US marines hand off battered Fallujah


    Jordan king warns on Mideast civil wars
    Jordan's King Abdullah said Sunday the problems in the Middle East go beyond the war inIraq and that much of the region soon could become engulfed in ... more

    Free Services to Inspire Your Cellphone
    Try 800-FREE-411 (800-373-3411) instead. A computer or human being looks up a number for you at no charge, once you’ve listened to a 20-second ad. It’ ... more

    Now It’s Iraq on the Agenda for Mr. Fix-It of the G.O.P.
    The study group, formed in March, operated below radar for months. But the assignment just happened to overlap with Mr. Baker’s October book tour. Mr. ... more

    Gaza CeaseFire Declared
    If an agreement is not reached within that time frame, Mashaal threatened a new confrontation with Israel. "Hamas will become stronger and the resista ... more

    Hamas and Israel Dance to CeaseFire - Hamas Threatens Intifada III in Six Months Unless there is Palestinian State
    Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal said Saturday his group was willing to give peace negotiations six months to reach an agreement for a Palestinia ... more

    Cheney to Meet With Saudi King Ahead of Iraq Summit
    Vice President Cheney will fly to Saudi Arabia tomorrow and hold talks with King Abdullah on Saturday amid a flurry of diplomatic activity over Iraq t ... more

    China Filling Void Left by West in U.N. Peacekeeping


    At Lebanese Funeral, a Show of Force Against Syria
    Allies of a slain Lebanese Christian cabinet minister transformed his funeral into protest, pulpit and show of force Thursday, as tens of thousands su ... more

    Death Toll Rises to More Than 200 in Iraq Attacks
    As the death toll from Thursday's barrage of car bombs, mortars and missiles in Baghdad's Shiite Muslim heartland of Sadr City rose to more than 200 o ... more

    Iraqi Govt Near Collapse - Bush Pushes for Iraqi Civil War
    They also vowed to walk out of Iraq's fragile coalition government if Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attends a scheduled meeting with President Bush ... more

    A Bad Omen in Rumsfeld's Firing
    The last two years of eight-year presidencies are historically difficult, particularly after a loss in the final midterm elections. Eisenhower in 1959 ... more

    Throw the Jew Joke Down the Well - Krauthammer on Borat
    It is very hard to be a Jew today, particularly in Baron Cohen’s Europe, where Jew-baiting is once again becoming acceptable. But it is a sign of the ... more

    Grandmother Suicide Bomber Family Very Proud


    Grandmother Palestinian Suicide Bomber
    "They [Israelis] destroyed her house, they killed her grandson - my son. Another grandson is in a wheelchair with an amputated leg," she said. "She an ... more

    Smiling In China for Olympics 2008


    Former Russian Spy Poisoned Investigating Kremlin link to Journalist Killing


    The World According to Jimmy Carter
    I like Jimmy Carter. I have known him since he began his run for president in early 1976. I worked hard for his election, and I have admired the work ... more

    Islamic fascism?


    What kind of rogue-state dialogue?


    Asian lessons for Bush


    Bush to Amman - Probably For Secret Meetings


    Jordanian: British are enemies of Islam


    More and More Killings and Deaths in Iraq


    Jewish Groups to Host Lieberman of Israel


    Liberal Jewish Groups Hit Up Soros for Big Money
    It's all too little, too late, and definitely the wrong people. But they're after the big bucks George Soros can dish out; and Soros likes to feel 'r ... more

    Senator Joe Throws His Hat a Senator John with a Jewish Zionist Christian front-man -- what an act!
    Looks like Jewish Joe is so full of himself that he's taking on this bigtime very confused Jewish Zionist Christian guru with exceptionally close ties ... more

    Bush Appoints former CIA Director to Pentagon, and Another CIA Director Speaks in the NYTimes


    Tom Hayden on Secret Backdoor Negotiations Over Iraq
    According to credible Iraqi sources in London and Amman, a secret story of America's diplomatic exit strategy from Iraq is rapidly unfolding. The key ... more

    Elder Bush takes on son's Arab critics in UAE
    Another tragic but telling example of what America has come to in the world: From the article: "We do not respect your son. We do not respect what h ... more

    Go Big, Go Long, Go Home, or Go Big but Short While Transitioning to Go Long
    You can’t make this stuff up. So why take credit for it, other than rewriting what the huckleberries at the Pentagon have said?
    No peace, no place for Palestine
    Finally. Someone has noticed what is going on in the Middle East. The UK Telegraph reports that Britain is "furious" with Israel because of the damage ... more

    What Baker Should Tell Bush
    Joe Klein on the memo that the former Secretary of State and co-chair of the Iraq Study Group ought to send to the President

    What Baker Should Tell Bush - Web Exclusive
    It would not be pretty or easy. We would have to find common cause with some very bad actors. I know it would be a bitter pill, Mr. President, but it ... more

    AIPAC, Pelosi, and wheeling/dealing on Capital Hill


    Refugee Conference at AlQuds University


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    Ten Deadly Enemies of Humanity in America - The Military Industrial Complex 2006
    In conclusion, the American people have the sacrosanct duty to bring these ten deadly enemies of humanity in America under control by refusing to manu ... more

    US #1 in world weapons sales: War means major moolah for arms companies
    the United States supplied $8.1 billion worth of weapons to developing countries in 2005 -- 45.8 percent of the total and far more than second-ranked ... more

    US World's Top Arms Supplier
    he United States last year provided nearly half of the weapons sold to militaries in the developing world, as major arms sales to the most unstable re ... more

    Noah Feldman’s Bark Is Worse Than His Bite
    Feldman worked as an advisor in the early days of the Paul Bremer American transition team in Iraq. He was retained supposedly to be the principal ass ... more

    More Iraq Tricks from the White House and the Pentagon
    Pentagon officials conducting a review of Iraq strategy are considering a substantial but temporary increase in American troop levels and the addition ... more

    War Supporters Must Face the Music - Jesse Jackson on the NEOCONS and what they have done
    So the neocons are positioning themselves to blame the mess on those left to clean it up. Soon they will be filling the op-ed pages with cries of bein ... more

    Israel Has A Tight Hold on the U.S. Congress
    ALTHOUGH THE foreign aid vote is the only significant vote relating to Israel, there are also numerous resolutions and other pieces of legislation tha ... more

    Future is Made in China
    While American voters were finally giving President George Bush and his southern-fried Republican Party a richly-deserved, long-overdue drubbing last ... more

    Echoes of Roman Empire in Iraq and Washington
    This morning, I shall go back and look at those burned coins again. But I must ask myself whether the “terrorists” — the Goths, Ostrogoths and Visigot ... more

    The Lind Shtick
    You see, Michael Lind became a little famous in the mid 1990s for declaring, with entirely imagined authority, that the “conservative intellectual m ... more

    Israeli Map Says West Bank Posts Sit on Arab Land
    The data indicate that 40 percent of the land that Israel plans to keep in any future deal with the Palestinians is private.

    The Only Real Option: Leave Iraq Now
    Good lord, if even Henry Kissinger now says that military victory in Iraq is impossible, pretty soon George W. Bush really will be left with just Laur ... more

    Can the Neocons Get Their Groove Back? Joshua Muravchik
    Neoconservatism isn't dead; it can be renovated and returned to prominence, because, even today, it remains unrivaled as a guiding principle for U.S. ... more

    Spy Leaves Egg on US Faces
    Those who want a chilling account of a killer who slipped through the hands of a daft justice system shouldn't bother to read the tripe now being ped ... more

    Rob Satloff, executive director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Interviewed in Haaretz
    Rob Satloff, executive director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, is an expert on Arab and Islamic politics as well as U.S. Middle Eas ... more

    Bush 'Freedom' Center To Be Established in Israel
    Rosner's Blog Posted: November 16, 2006 Bush gives go-ahead for 'Bush Center' in Israel WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush was informed on ... more

    Biden's Plan For Iraq - The Details


    Moshe Arens: Israel's enemies are used to empty threats - Moshe Arens


    New Republic Publisher - Ignore Jim Baker!


    Chief Rabbinate prepares bill to remove converts from Law of Return
    Converts will no longer be recognized as Jews under the Law of Return, according to a bill formulated by the Chief Rabbinate. ... more

    Bush: I would understand if Israel chose to attack Iran
    U.S. President George W. Bush and President Jacques Chirac of France met several weeks ago. Bush told his French counterpart that the possibility that ... more

    Free Barghouti - Future President of Palestine
    The day will come, and it is not far off, when in any case the imprisoned Barghouti will be appointed PA chairman or president of Palestine. And what ... more

    Time to pressure Iran


    40% of settlements built on Arab land, study finds


    Israelis Talk Tongue-In-Cheek About Bringing Back the Gaza Settlements
    Anyone who cares about the fate of those living in the Gaza Strip should wish for the re-establishment of Netzarim and Kfar Darom. If I were a Palesti ... more

    6 Imams Removed From Twin Cities Flight
    Another example of what American has come to. Another example of how in some ways Osama Bin Laden and friends have 'won': "They took us off the pl ... more

    Spielberg and the Clash of Civilizations
    Steven Spielberg's films remain some of the most successful examples of American cinema ever to come out of the factory line of Hollywood. There is no ... more

    John F. Kennedy and the Pigs of War
    On November 18th, 1963, John F. Kennedy predicted that the month of April, 1964, would bring "the longest and strongest peacetime economic expansion i ... more

    Swedish human rights worker viciously attacked by Jewish extremists in Hebron
    The incident was the latest attack by extremist Jews in Hebron. The small group of Khannist settlers in Tel Rumeida regularly attack and harass Palest ... more

    Swedish human rights worker viciously attacked by Jewish extremists in Hebron
    After about thirty seconds of waiting, a small group of very aggressive male Jewish extremists surrounded the international volunteers and began spitt ... more

    Netanyahu and the End Times
    Vintage Zionist bravado was uncorked by Benjamin Netanyahu during his closed-door meeting last month with American contributors to an Israeli military ... more

    Former Attorney General Reno Sues Current Justice Dept and Govt
    Former Attorney General Janet Reno and seven other former Justice Department officials filed court papers Monday arguing that the Bush administration ... more

    U.S. is most unfriendly country to visitors, survey says
    The survey showed that the United States was ranked "the worst" in terms of visas and immigration procedures by twice the percentage of travelers as t ... more

    Historian in free speech row over Jewish article
    A LEADING British historian has sparked a row about free speech in America after an article criticising Israel prompted a backlash from Jewish groups ... more

    Foreign Affairs Magazine: How to Keep the Bomb From Iran
    The ongoing crisis with Tehran is not the first time Washington has had to face a hostile government attempting to develop nuclear weapons. Nor is it ... more

    UN's Louise Arbor Visits Gaza


    The Region: The hijacking of political 'realism'
    The time has come to speak of what "Realism" means in international affairs. Historically, realism has been the core of diplomatic practice. This conc ... more

    Saddam trial 'flawed and unsound'
    The trial of Saddam Hussein was so flawed that its verdict is unsound, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch says. HRW said "serious administrative, ... more

    Iraq: What Iran and Syria want


    'No proof' of Iran nuclear arms


    The Kid With All the News About the TV News
    But while the executives obsessively checking TVNewser are mostly high powered and highly paid, the person who creates it is not: he is Brian Stelter, ... more




    Sadat's legacy of peace and conflict
    Exactly 25 years ago a group of young soldiers broke away from a military parade in Cairo. They opened fire on the podium where President Anwar Sadat ... more

    Mubarak's quarter of a century


    Stay in Iraq, says Pentagon panel
    Senior defence officials said a review panel appeared to favour an option dubbed "Go Long", the paper reported. Other plans - "Go Big" and "Go Home" ... more

    Egypt arrests another blog critic


    The List: The Next Nuclear States
    With its nuclear weapons test confirmed by U.S. and Russian intelligence, North Korea can now claim to be the ninth nuclear-armed state. That could sp ... more

    'Kramer' Actor Stuns Audience With Racist Outburst


    Tell the truth about peace - JP Editorial
    It is time for Israel to urge the US to call the Arab bluff. If Arab leaders really want peace, they should help the Palestinians out of their suicida ... more

    Iran to Use 100,000 Centrifuges in Nuclear Program
    ``The Israeli regime will presently not attack Iran because it faces many problems'' and is currently ``weak,'' said Ahmadinejad, pronounced ah-ma-de ... more

    Anti-War Activists Plan 'Global Orgasm For Peace'
    "The orgasm gives out an incredible feeling of peace during it and after it," Reffell said Sunday. "Your mind is like a blank. It's like a meditative ... more

    Report: Israeli spies active in Iran
    Iran has developed and tested a trigger device for a nuclear bomb, Israeli agents stationed there have told the White House, according to a report pub ... more

    Iran Urges Summit With Iraq and Syria
    Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the ... more

    Defending against Iran's missiles


    Answering Iran's defiance - More Challenge and Pressure from the Jewish Zionist Neocons
    Mr. Bush told Mr. Olmert that the world must isolate Iran until it "gives up its nuclear ambitions." Mr. Olmert repeated Israel's assessment that Tehr ... more

    * Building bridges across civilizations - top of the list is the Palestinian 'problem'
    To help address the Middle East conflict, we propose development of a White Paper analyzing the Israeli-Palestinian landscape dispassionately and obje ... more

    PM warns of long fight against Taliban


    Asian leaders fail to back Bush's strategy to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions


    America faces a future of managing imperial decline
    Bush's failure to grasp the limits of US global power has led to an adventurism for which his successors will pay a heavy price
    Palestinians use human shield to halt Israeli air strike on militants' homes
    Palestinians yesterday stopped Israel from destroying the home of two militants by surrounding it with a human shield.

    Palestinians are the Priority: an open statement of commitment to the Palestinian Solidarity Cause
    Dear Friends, Those of us who have decided to publish this open letter or to sign the petition have done so with a sense of urgency and responsibility ... more

    Mort Zuckerman: Hatemonger for Racist Israel





    The dark side of the 'Good War'
    But as the two themes of racism and barbarization discussed above suggest, even this quintessential "Good War" proved to be, in the final analysis, a ... more

    Minister: Forget peace, declare war!
    Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman on Saturday said that Israel needs to wake up and declare war on the "Palestinians," who do not truly ... more

    Karen Armstrong on Religion and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Finally, Armstrong said we are "living in such peril...on a knife's edge. The white hot center of the troubles are in Israel-Palestine. We must sort t ... more

    German academics: Stop treating Israel as special
    It's about time German intellectuals, and politicians of course, stop letting the Israelis cower and manipulate them. This may be a start... more

    Afghan desert key to world security, says Blair
    The security of the world will be decided on the desert battlefields of Afghanistan, British Prime Minister Tony Blair told his troops on the frontlin ... more

    U.S. Sets Up a Perch in Dubai to Keep an Eye on Iran
    Finding informants and spies in the cold war with Iran in Dubai.

    From Iraq - With Fear - NYTimes Op Ed
    HISTORY is an idea to you; to us it is our life.

    Breaking News: Can Times Quality Be Preserved Online?
    FOR more than a century, New York Times reporters covering the newsworthy developments of the day typically focused on having the stories ready by the ... more

    The Clinton Battle Plan
    n the past year, he has taken his already-impressive rhetorical game to a new level, offering a thoughtful synthesis of the world's problems and oppor ... more

    Israelis Fan Flames of Arab/Israeli/US War against IRAN
    KUWAIT MULLS WAR WITH IRAN ABU DHABI [MENL] -- For the first time, Kuwait has openly examined the prospect of an Arab war with Iran. Officials said ... more

    Gillerman: UN hijacked by evil forces
    Israel's Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman slammed the proposal, saying that the General Assembly has been hijacked by the evil forces. He added that ... more

    Bolton in extraordinary outburst against United Nations
    The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, launched a scathing attack on the United Nations Friday. Bolton was furious over the adoption by the Gene ... more

    Bolton in extraordinary outburst against United Nations
    11/18/06 Calcutta News" -- -- The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, launched a scathing attack on the United Nations Friday.Bolton was furious o ... more

    Nasrallah to supporters: Prepare to take to streets
    In a speech broadcasted Sunday on the al-Manar television network, Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah called on his followers to “p ... more




    A terrible legacy of hatred and death - IRAQ
    This is the hell we have bequeathed to the Arab peoples of Iraq

    Video - Why We Fight
    Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life?
    Islamic militancy could yield world war-US general
    The top U.S. general in the Middle East said on Friday that if the world does not find a way to stem the rise of Islamic militancy, it will face a thi ... more

    Cheney and Neo-Cons Plotting More Wars
    On Oct. 10, 2006, the web-based magazine World Politics Watch ran a provocative story, echoing the new neo-con scheme, under the headline ``Mideast Re ... more

    Envisioning U.S. Talks With Iran and Syria
    But if the White House chose to talk directly to Iran and Syria, what would those two want, and what possible areas of agreement could there be? more

    Robert Scheer: Gaping Holes in the 9/11 Narrative
    Five years out from the attacks, why do we still know so little about what really happened that day?

    "Bobby": A Moment in History Like Our Own...
    The film captures a moment in history not unlike our own. An unpopular president not running for re-election, a slowly but inexorably escalating forei ... more

    Kissinger Says Victory in Iraq Is Not Possible
    “If you mean, by ‘military victory,’ an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war ... more

    Embittered Insiders Turn Against Bush
    Forty-three months later, the cakewalk looks more like a death march




    US and Israel Continue to Prepare for Bombing Iran
    Bush and Cheney, he added, can try to prevent the C.I.A. assessment from being incorporated into a forthcoming National Intelligence Estimate on Irani ... more

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    Embittered Insiders Turn Against Bush


    Allawi shapes up as Iraq's iron man
    Iyad Allawi, an ally of the United States and Britain who ran the first Iraqi government after the fall of Saddam Hussein, said that elections were no ... more

    Spam Tsunami
    A “spam tsunami” is deluging computers worldwide with nine out of 10 e-mails now comprising junk advertising.

    The Scar of David


    SAUDIS Panicked Over British Pay-off Investigation
    The Saudis royals, and the few Saudi elite at the top who serve them, have been involved in all kinds of things of this kind for quite a long time. B ... more

    DSL Speed - False Marketing Once Again


    Diplomats fear US wants to arm Fatah for 'war on Hamas'
    AMERICAN proposals to strengthen Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian security forces with additional guns and fighters have alarmed other Western nations, who ... more

    U.S. Stays an Unsteady Course to Middle East Peace and Democracy
    Because peace has not been the overriding global message of the Bush administration, Ricciardone had the cards personally vetted - and approved - by S ... more

    Bush Hurries Through Asia; Doesn't Dare Overnight in Indonesia
    President Bush likes speed golf and speed tourism — this is the man who did the treasures of Red Square in less than 20 minutes — but here in the lake ... more

    Foreign Affairs Magazine: How to Keep the Bomb From Iran
    "The reality is that most of us think the Iranians are probably going to get a weapon, or the technology to make one, sooner or later."
    A Shifting Enemy: U.S. Generals Say Civil War, Not Insurgency, Is Greatest Threat
    In the fall of 2005, the generals running the Iraq war told the Senate Armed Services Committee that a gradual withdrawal of American troops from Iraq ... more

    Beauty queen puts down arms to save legs


    Beauty queen puts down arms to save legs


    After Lebanon, Israel Looks for More War
    On the diplomatic front, Israel's ambassador to the UN, Dan Gillerman, rejected out of hand a peace initiative from the Arab League that it hopes to b ... more

    Suddenly, I'm an 'Islamic Fascist'
    One does not need to be a psychologist to understand that those with no legitimate way to vent their rage, even to have it recognized as valid, becom ... more

    Historian in free speech row over Jewish article
    “I’ve been accused of being a self- hating Jew, a conspiracy theorist and an anti-semite,” he said. “It’s absurd but it is an echo of what is said to ... more

    Peace will need more than David Grossman – or Uri Avnery
    In reality, of course, Grossman draws from the same ideological well-spring as Israel's founders and its greatest warriors.

    Bye-Bye, Civil Liberties
    On Sept. 29, the Senate voted 100-0 in favor of the pork-swollen Pentagon budget, which earmarked $70 billion for our ongoing military ventures in Ira ... more

    With Hand on Heart: Pelosi Admits Israel Comes First
    Pelosi's recent speech to the Israel-American lobby AIPAC, the second largest lobby in Washington, was monumental – truly unparalleled in its candor. ... more

    Syria wants Golan in return for helping US
    SYRIA is to demand American help in securing the return of the Golan Heights from Israel as the price of co-operation over Iraq. With the White House ... more

    Israel orders killing of Hamas politicians
    IN A desperate attempt to stop the barrage of rockets fired by Hamas at Israeli villages, Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime minister, has ordered his securi ... more

    Wounded Taliban treated in Pakistan
    PAKISTAN is allowing Taliban fighters wounded in battles with British and other Nato forces in Afghanistan to be treated at safe houses. The Sunday ... more

    Israeli envoy walks out of U.N. session
    Israel's ambassador walked out on the United Nations session that resulted in a strong call to Israel to end its military operations in the Gaza Strip ... more

    Former Russian spy poisoned in London plot
    a suspected plot to assassinate a former Russian spy in Britain by poisoning...

    Rice warns Iraqis of sectarianism
    U.S. Secretary of State Rice said during a visit to Vietnam that Iraqis "have one future and that is a future together. They don't have a future if th ... more

    Yossi Beilin's Latest Big Plans
    Yossi Beilin is at it again. One has to wonder though about a guy who has made so many mistakes and used so many people and accomplished only the opp ... more

    How Condi Convinced Bush About Baker
    Condi's Iraq surprise In a secret end run around Cheney and Rumsfeld, the secretary of state pressed Bush to back the Iraq Study Group -- and change ... more

    War of Aggression Thwarted?
    Several weeks ago, a gaggle of prominent neo-crazies, including Richard Perle, Michael Ledeen, David Frum, Kenneth Adelman and Michael Rubin, railed o ... more

    Hollow Visions of Palestine's Future
    In reality, of course, Grossman draws from the same ideological well-spring as Israel's founders and its greatest warriors. He embodies the same angu ... more

    'Get Your Arab On': Comedians chip away at ethnic fears
    Arab-Americans are using humor to show the futility of vilifying others because of their culture, creed, or color.

    Israel's 'Autumn Clouds' campaign darkens Gaza border
    The stepped-up effort to protect Israelis from rocket attacks has killed some 50 Palestinians.




    Al-Jazeera and the Truth
    So you don't need an electronic bug in the offices of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee to know that AIPAC and the Bush administration ar ... more

    A role for Iran in an Iraq exit strategy


    Iraq must not become Bush's Vietnam, says anti-war hero McGovern
    In an interview with The Daily Telegraph in Washington, Senator George McGovern, whose anti-war presidential campaign led to a landslide rejection at ... more

    Who's Targeting Iran – and Why?
    And why does Bush feel he needs to effect regime change in Iran? Because of pressure by the Likudniks, here and abroad. "Israel has drawn a red line ... more

    PNAC on Iraq and the Middle East


    PNAC Remembered - Project For The New American Century
    Even at the high-water mark of the Clinton -era, even during the roaring 90s and with the 'Oslo Peace Process' still moving ahead, the cabal of Jewish ... more

    Take back Gaza, Israeli official says
    Israel should ignore moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, wipe out the Hamas leadership and walk away from the U.S.-backed "road map" peace ... more

    Iran offers not to undermine Gulf states if Sunni leaders end security ties with U.S.
    "Signing a collective defense and security treaty among the Persian Gulf states will guarantee peace and security in the region,” Iranian Defense Mini ... more

    Saudis see new 'special relationship with Washington' on security as Iran threat looms
    "The United States has assured the Saudis that they will have a special relationship with Washington that would supersede anything in the Gulf and the ... more

    Wikipedia unblocked in China after year-long ban
    The main page of the Chinese-language version of Wikipedia (zh.wikipedia.org) could be displayed and searches for apolitical terms turned up results, ... more

    Is the Next Congress For Sale?
    The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Olmert’s remarks had created a "furor" among Democrat members of the next Congress. Maybe they won’t be so ... more

    Lebanese leader rejects UN court
    Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud says he opposes his government's approval of UN plans to try suspects in the killing of former PM Rafik Hariri. more

    Tears and blame amid Gaza's dead
    The 17 members of a Palestinian family killed by Israeli shell fire in Gaza were buried a week ago. But for the survivors of the carnage in the town ... more

    Israel dismisses new peace plan
    Israel has dismissed a Middle East peace plan put forward by Spain, France and Italy. The plan calls for a ceasefire and increased international inte ... more

    U.N. calls for end to Israel's Gaza ops
    The U.N. General Assembly called for an end to Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip on Friday, overwhelmingly passing a resolution in an emer ... more

    So rich you just want to slap them!
    One banker’s wife says: "To the outside world, we might look like hugely enviable parasites, but that would be to misunderstand the tremendous amount ... more

    The barbaric deaths meant to spread fear
    As Tony Blair warms to Iran, Tehran's hard-line Islamic regime is preparing to hoist 11 Iranian Arabs from cranes and slowly strangle them to death in ... more

    Blair's 'baffling' Middle East plan
    With the situation in Iraq spiralling out of control following another day of mass slaughter, Mr Blair's talk of a new plan for the Middle East was me ... more

    Amazon Realities


    Opposition takes aim at strategic Iran sites in coordination with U.S.
    Iran's opposition has been directed to strike oil facilities that finance the Teheran regime. Arab intelligence sources said Britain and the United St ... more

    Israel sees need for high-tech fence along entire border with Egypt
    The threat is particularly acute with Egypt, which over the past 25 years has built an air force comprised of F-16s and AH-64 Apache helicopters. The ... more

    HAMAS LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST FATAH CHIEF


    Iraq is a 'disaster' admits Blair
    Call it more of the Al-Jazeera influence if you like. Seems politicians just can't resist a chance to play to their audience; even when it doesn't go ... more

    Terror war seen shifting to covert tactics under Gates
    Terror war seen shifting to covert tactics under Gates Robert Gates with former President George Bush at a recent Texas A&M game. The key architect ... more

    Muslims ousted from military units in Spain, India
    Muslims ousted from military units in Spain, India Spain’s military has ousted three Muslim soldiers from its forces because of their radical views ... more

    The Gorilla in the Room is US Support for Israel
    We were tragically attacked at the World Trade Center in 1993 and on 9/11 because of US support of Israel which resulted in the 'War on Terror' that h ... more

    Articles from Christopher Bollyn


    The neocons' last stand
    They scurried off Bush's sinking ship, but are still trying to stop a reversal of his Middle East policy

    Rahm Emanuel's Dirty Secret
    Really, I am not making this up, the chief power-broker of the Democrat Party, the 5-and-a-half foot foul-mouthed Israeli named Rahm, is the son of te ... more

    Rahm Emanuel's Dirty Secret
    The new "golden boy" of the Democrat Party, the Israeli-American congressman Rahm Emanuel, is the son of a terrorist.

    Foxman on Carter's PEACE OR APARTHEID
    Now what would one expect from one of the leading Jewish Zionist Neocons, Abraham Foxman.

    A Shift in Iran Policy? Stephen Zunes interviewed by Foaad Khosmood
    The more extreme hawks of the neoconservative tradition have definitely suffered a setback in the election by the defeat of some of their key allies. ... more

    Another Jewish assault on the critics of Israel and 'The Lobby' - IL
    Asaf Romirowsky is the manager of Israel & Middle East Affairs for the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

    Carter's PALESTINE: PEACE NOT APARTHEID Jewishly Reviewed
    In some ways, Carter’s book reminds me of the outlandish paper on "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, tho ... more

    Qatar criticises West over Hamas
    In the first speech by the head of a Gulf state to the parliament, he said: "Instead of rewarding the Palestinian people for practicing democracy, som ... more

    Pentagon Website Trumpets Rumsfeld's "Accomplishments"


    CNN's Beck to first-ever Muslim congressman: "[W]hat I feel like saying is, 'Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies' "
    enemies' " On the November 14 edition of his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck interviewed Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN), who became the first ... more

    Situation in the Middle East/the Palestinian question
    Speech by France's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Security Council

    Blair to be interviewed by veteran broadcaster Frost for Al-Jazeera
    "So I deliberately checked out, with Whitehall and with Washington, that there were no links with Al Qaida, for instance, that sort of thing," he said ... more

    Top Indian artist bemoans "exile" over nude painting
    "I have become an international gypsy. It is no secret that I am wandering around the world with only my art for company." His paintings fetch tens o ... more

    Bush Compares U.S. Wars in Vietnam, Iraq
    "My first reaction is history has a long march to it, and societies change and relationships can constantly be altered to the good," Bush said after ... more

    Rice: U.S. Concerned About Rising China
    "There are concerns about China's military buildup," Rice told a television interviewer. "It's sometimes seemed outsized for China's regional role." ... more

    Sitting ducks on the bench
    The entire Supreme Court was almost poisoned to death.

    Dutch to ban wearing of Muslim burqa in public
    The Dutch government agreed on Friday a total ban on the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public, justifying the move on security grou ... more

    Israel developing anti-militant "bionic hornet"
    This little glimpse into the not too distant future if something isn't done to deescalate warfare and the 'Clash of Civilizations'.
    Israel developing anti-militant "bionic hornet"


    The Rumsfeld Feith Knew
    Now we need someone to write about the Feith They Knew.... But preferably not one of his neocon buddies...

    Ken Pollack - Prominent Mideast analyst associated with AIPAC espionage


    A Clean Break:
    A New Strategy for Securing the Realm

    A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm Following is a report prepared by The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies’ " ... more

    Israel makes Gaza prison for Palestinians, says UN envoy
    "Gaza is a prison; and Israel seems to have thrown away the key, " John Dugard, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian terr ... more

    HISTORY OF PALESTINE


    Prince Charles Vies to Be 'Green Prince'
    Prince Charles has told some of his staff to use bicycles in the fight against global warming. He is even prepared to travel to London by commuter tra ... more

    IRAN Sanctions blocked by Russia and China in Security Council
    After three weeks of talks, the United States and key European countries remain locked in fundamental disagreement with Russia about the scope of U.N. ... more

    Pakistan's test new 800-mile nuclear-capable missile
    Pakistan said it successfully test-fired a new version of its nuclear- capable medium-range missile Thursday _ a show of power a day after peace tal ... more

    Dear World: From the Children of Palestine
    Dear World:From here…from across the oceans…from Palestine…..the land of open wounds, from our hearts and souls……..we talk to you.Every day, when the ... more

    Tears in Cairo
    Tears in Cairo By: Dr. Eyad El Sarraj 21 September 2006 Over the last three months in Cairo I found myself part of a small group of Palestinians, a ... more

    Postscript to Tony Klug's essay
    On their part, the Palestinians likewise did not set out to damage anyone. They merely wanted for themselves what – with considerable justification – ... more

    Hillel Schenker on Rabin


    On Free Speech, Israel and Tony Judt
    An accomplished European historian at New York University and director of its Remarque Institute — ... [Prof. Tony] Judt, who once lived in Israel..., ... more

    Jewish Group "Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Now!"
    With Jewish politicians worried about the recent elections and what the fallout will be for U.S. commitments in the Middle East, Marcia Freedman, Form ... more

    Australia and US 'Bonnie and Clyde' of global warming: Gore
    Former United States vice-president Al Gore described the US and Australia as the "Bonnie and Clyde" of the global climate crisis for failing to ratif ... more

    Climate change is as serious as WMD: Annan
    N chief Kofi Annan demanded that world leaders give climate change the same priority as they did to wars and to curbing the spread of weapons of mass ... more




    Slick al-Jazeera aims to surprise
    Slick and polished, with familiar faces from British TV news bulletins, it carried reports from across the globe, including many places rarely seen on ... more

    Hezbollah Demands Influence in Lebanon
    Three months after its war against Israel, Hezbollah is demanding more influence for Shiites in Lebanon. The organization's attempt to seize power i ... more

    Women debate wearing Islamic head scarf
    Shereen Ali is beautiful, young and outgoing. She loves hanging out at Beirut's hip cafes and, like other women in her crowd, she's a stickler for the ... more

    Turkey warns against Iraq breaking apart
    ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey warned Tuesday that allowing Iraq to split apart would force its neighbors to act and would usher in "an unbelievable new er ... more

    Race Horse Totally Cloned for First Time


    Experts Speak: No Good Military Options in Iran
    ThinkProgress has created a graphic database featuring quotes from prominent analysts and officials who believe there are no good military options in ... more

    ISRAELI SPY RING PROBE WIDENS - INVESTIGATION FOCUSES ON RANKING CONGRESSWOMAN - IL
    According to a recent report in a mainstream magazine, the alleged deal was that, in the event Democrats took control of Congress, AIPAC would lobby ... more

    IRAN IN NEO-CON CROSSHAIRS
    What would happen if Israeli warhawks launched an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities? This week, American Free Press takes a look at a new study by a ... more

    THE FATE OF THE JEWS - Book Review by Mark Bruzonsky


    ISRAEL LOBBY SAYS PENTAGON ‘INFILTRATED’
    Aleading voice of the pro-Israel lobby is pushing for an old-style “witchhunt”—under the guise of “homeland security”—to identify (and expel) individu ... more

    Newsdesk from THE GUARDIAN


    Larry King Admits He’s Never Used The Internet: ‘Do You Punch Little Buttons and Things?’
    KING: The wife loves it. I wouldn’t love it. What do you punch little buttons and things?

    Kucinich Calls for Cutting Off Iraq War Funds
    Congressman Kucinich called Wednesday for cutting off funding of the Iraq war, as the surest way out of Iraq. His statements were made in an interview ... more

    First Muslim Congressman Snubs Bush
    While his fellow incoming freshman were attending a private White House reception with President Bush Monday night, Rep.-elect Keith Ellison had what ... more

    Al-Jazeera Launches in English
    This approach was, however, emblematic of al-Jazeera English's general attempt to change the climate of television journalism. The emphasis is quite ... more

    US plans last big push in Iraq
    President George Bush has told senior advisers that the US and its allies must make "a last big push" to win the war in Iraq and that instead of beg ... more

    Lieberman: Target Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders
    "We need to target them personally and to destroy every building and area which is identified with terror groups,

    .Iranian paper: Great war to wipe out Israel coming
    Iranian newspapers Kehyan and and Resalat have urged Muslims around the world to prepare for a 'great war' to destroy the State of Israel. The n ... more

    Rice snub for Iran and Syria
    Rice said: "Right now, it [Syria] appears to have aligned itself with the forces of extremism. "I will talk to anybody, anywhere, any time, under the ... more

    Israel Lobby says Pentagon "Infiltrated": Hostility to Zionism seen as "Major Threat"
    A leading voice of the pro-Israel lobby is pushing for an old-style “witchhunt”—under the guise of “homeland security”—to identify (and expel) individ ... more

    JEWISH CRITICISM OF ZIONISM
    The Palestinian uprising or intifada and the Israeli campaign to suppress it have caused considerable anguish for many Jews around the world. A large ... more

    Israel's Panic Barometer is up to 10
    The speech was summed up well in three words by the chair of the afternoon session, Kathy Manning of the United Jewish Communities of America (UJC). I ... more

    Israel's spy, caught in Egypt, Azzam Azzam, now suing in Israel


    THE ISRAEL LOBBY IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY - AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE


    Musings about The Israel Lobby - IL


    Tony Judt's cancellations


    Dar Al Hayat: Neo-cons seek "partnership" with Iran!


    Al-Jazeera at 10 years and now in English


    Man fined for saying four-letter-word on flight
    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A 65-year-old Australian man was fined S$10,000 ($6,423) by a Singapore court for uttering the word "bomb" on a flight to Indone ... more

    Iran vows to pursue atomic plans "until the end"
    Iran's president said on Wednesday his country would press on with its nuclear program "until the end" and would not be stopped by the West, which fea ... more

    Neocon Timmerman Writes of Iran Plan for Nuclear Showdown with US


    Netanyahu: Iran Preparing Another Holocaust
    "It’s 1938, and Iran is Germany,” Netanyahu said, "and Iran is racing to arm itself with atomic bombs.” Haaretz newspaper reports that Netanyahu repea ... more

    Larry Franklin Case: AIPAC Ensnared


    Moshe Arens on Gaza and Israel


    Gaza Prepares for More Invasion, Death, Destruction
    Twenty-five houses also disappeared from the media. They were destroyed completely, while another 400 were damaged, some of them so badly they have to ... more

    'New Era' in TV - Al-Jazeera English
    Last update - 14:20 15/11/2006 Al-Jazeera's English news channel hits airwaves By The Associated Press DUBAI - Ten years after it started broad ... more

    Listening is key to peace - Stanford Daily 2003
    During the past six weeks, The Daily has received several guest columns and many letters concerning the Israel-Palestine conflict. These submissions ... more

    Bush Stops To See Putin and....


    The New America - 20 Years for Snuggling on an Aircraft
    On a second warning from the flight attendant, Persing snapped back threatening the flight attendant with "serious consequences" if he did not leave ... more

    Big Reorganization at the Washington Post


    Elton John Says Religion Encourages Hatred


    Audio - AJC David Harris on IRAN on Radio


    IRAN In Its Own Words - from the American Jewish Committee
    Of course this is part of a massive orchestrated campaign to get the US into war with IRAN compliments of the extended Jewish/Israeli Lobby. Don't di ... more

    AJCommittee on IRAN
    Iran Can't Have its Yellow Cake David A. Harris Executive Director, American Jewish Committee Week of November 6, 2006 Listen to radio message > Tha ... more

    Reporters on the Job: The Jews of DC
    I just spent two interesting days in Washington meeting representatives of the UJC and other prominent Jews in the DC area. First, a few observations ... more

    American Jewish Assembly 2006 in LA - Jerusalem Post Coverage
    This year's GA to heavily focus on Israel

    Olmert Tries to Leave 'Moderate Arabs' Against Iran - Rallies American Jews
    In a speech at the UJC General Assembly Tuesday night Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called on moderate Arab states to create a coalition to tackle the Ir ... more

    Palestinians Attack from Gaa
    One of the rockets landed near the home of Defense Minister Amir Peretz. A 24-year-old security guard assigned to his residence had his legs severed f ... more

    'We won't recognize Israel, but coalition can'
    Moussa Abu Marzouk, deputy to the Damascus-based Hamas political bureau leader Khaled Mashaal, said Monday night that the planned Palestinian unity go ... more

    Dark Side of Dubai's Boomtown


    Abramoff Keeps On Giving Up Washington Corruption...but
    Sources close to the investigation say Abramoff has provided information on his dealings with and campaign contributions and gifts to "dozens of membe ... more

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    If ever a state
    Talking to three influential figures in Fatah, Hamas and Jihad, Dina Ezzat is presented with visions for the resurrection of Palestine
    Ramsey Clark on George Bush and True Patrotism
    This interview was conducted a few days before the court looking into the Dujail case reached its verdict passing the death sentence on former Iraqi ... more

    Arab League official slams Quartet for ME failures


    War and Conflict in the New Century - Reuters Special


    AlJazeera Yanked by Yanks
    Al-Jazeera Intl. has all but conceded defeat in its effort to gain U.S. distribution in time for its worldwide launch Wednesday.
    Our World: The second-worst option
    Relating this wisdom to Iran earlier this year, Senator John McCain said, "There is only one thing worse than the United States exercising a military ... more

    The House that Rahm Built - Chicago Tribune Special
    Rahm Emanuel, Chicago's profane, ruthless, savvy operative, remade the Democrats in his image--and helped the party overcome 12 years of humiliation < ... more

    Israel’s Barrier to Peace
    Israel’s security wall has ripped a mortal gash in the lives of Palestinians living in its shadow, and argues that there can be no hope for peace in t ... more

    Chris Hedges: Mutually Assured Destruction in the Middle East
    “collective necrophilia.”

    Bush: I Can Hold Immigrants Forever, Without Trial
    Immigrants arrested in the United States may be held indefinitely on suspicion of terrorism and may not challenge their imprisonment in civilian court ... more

    The House that Rahm Built
    Ruthless, savvy and profane, DCCC chair Rahm Emanuel played perhaps the largest single role in orchestrating 28 House victories for the Democrats last ... more

    Reuters - STATE OF THE WORLD Pictures


    Vatican cardinal says U.S.-Mexico fence "inhuman"
    A senior Vatican cardinal on Tuesday condemned the building of walls between countries to keep out immigrants and said Washington's plan to build a fe ... more


    International lawyers file suit against Rumsfeld in Germany

    An international grouping of lawyers has filed a lawsuit calling on German prosecutors to investigate outgoing US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ... more

    New Crisis in LEBANON - Robert Fisk
    or it could be a most dangerous moment in the history of this tragic country.

    Blair - we must work with 'Axis of Evil' states
    The first cracks in the united front over Iraq between Tony Blair and President Bush appeared last night as the Prime Minister offered Iran and Syria ... more

    Our new friends in the Middle East - 2003 - 2006
    Iran and Syria were demonised to justify the invasion of Iraq. Now Britain and the US want their help sorting out the mess ...
    Plutonian Found in IRAN
    International Atomic Energy experts have found unexplained plutonium and highly enriched uranium traces in a nuclear waste facility in Iran and have a ... more

    Druge Whips Up Hysteria About IRAN
    Leave it to Matt Drudge to be out there whipping things up as a kind of closet neocon when it comes to IRAN

    Iraqi artist paints Rumsfeld gloating over ruins of Iraq
    Rumsfeld is depicted leaning back reading papers, with combat-boot-clad feet propped up on a ruined building. Beside him is a weathered image of the ... more

    Iran plotting to groom bin Laden's successor
    # Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qa'eda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden, The Daily Teleg ... more

    Let's hear it for the Haiders
    The prevalent comparison between Avigdor Lieberman and Joerg Haider does an injustice to the Austrian nationalist whose party joined the government in ... more

    The Gorilla in the Room is US Support for Israel
    We were tragically attacked at the World Trade Center in 1993 and on 9/11 because of US support of Israel which resulted in the 'War on Terror' that h ... more

    Beleaguered Premier Warns U.S. to Stop Interfering in Iraq's Politics
    It was earlier this year that the former Iraqi PM told the Americans to stop it! Instead, at the time, they stopped him, and orchestrated a new PM wit ... more

    In New Middle East, Tests for an Old Friendship - Part 1 of 2 - IL
    Even before the American elections, a certain wariness had crept into the intimate friendship between Israel and the United States.
    For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is ‘God’s Foreign Policy - Part 2 of 2 - IL
    He called the conflict “a battle between good and evil” and said support for Israel was “God’s foreign policy.”The next day he took the same message t ... more

    Islam, Terror and the Second Nuclear Age
    October 29, 2006 Islam, Terror and the Second Nuclear Age By NOAH FELDMAN I. For nearly 50 years, worries about a nuclear Middle East centered on Is ... more

    After the Crusade
    Set in the mid-12th century, in the years following the disastrous Second Crusade, this ambitious, meticulously researched novel is ostensibly meant t ... more

    World Leaders Release Plan for Resolving East-West Rift
    Leaders from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds on Monday announced a United Nations initiative to resolve the conflict between the West ... more

    UN Meeting Promotes Alliance of Civilizations - Nov 2005
    "We must stop up the springs of extremism, win the battle of ideas and principles, feed peace-seeking minds, strengthen the instinct of cooperation ... more

    Wake Up America! Your Government is Hijacked by Zionism
    War Without End The global war against terror from a British perspective

    Top Israelis Come to Tell American Jews It's 1938 - Stop The Holocaust This Time!
    This is the big scare the Israelis have decided to use on American Jews and on the USA in order to get their way in the Middle East - US military act ... more

    German deported from U.S. goes on trial for Holocaust denial


    Ahmadinejad: Hope to celebrate full nuclearization this year
    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday said Iran would soon celebrate completion of its controversial nuclear fuel program. "With the wisdo ... more

    Nasrallah tells crowd not to shy away from civil war
    Another Lebanon Civil War?

    What was Olmert thinking when he talked about Iraq? !
    "We in the Middle East have followed the American policy in Iraq for a long time, and we are very much impressed and encouraged by the stability which ... more

    I voted for a war criminal - From Israel
    A few months before that March election, at a huge memorial in Tel Aviv marking 10 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, I listened to the n ... more

    Jewish Agency Head Tell American Jews they Have No American Future
    "one day the penny will drop for American Jews and they will realize they have no future as Jews in the US due to assimilation and intermarriage." more




    A real lack of deterrence
    There is an unbridgeable gap between the threatening declarations the government is making toward Iran and the weakness the IDF is transmitting. more

    Lieberman - Showing His True Maroon Colors
    "I'm not ruling it out," he said, "but I hope I don't get to that point. And, I must say, and with all respect to the Republicans who supported me in ... more

    The Gaza tinderbox
    But as has long been the case, the US alone has sufficient power and influence to rein in Israel, bring the Palestinians to the table, defuse the Leba ... more

    Mubarak warns of bloodshed if Saddam hangs
    "Carrying out this verdict will explode violence like waterfalls in Iraq," Mr Mubarak was quoted as saying by state-run Egyptian daily newspapers. more

    And finally . . . here is the late news in English from al-Jazeera
    AL-JAZEERA, the broadcaster once denounced as propaganda by Donald Rumsfeld, will launch its long-awaited English-language channel on Wednesday in the ... more

    Olmert hardens stance on Iran


    This way to Damascus – let's hope you're good at haggling
    THERE have been some legendary conversions on the road to Damascus, but never has the well-worn path to the Syrian capital witnessed such an illustrio ... more

    Commission improbable
    What chance Baker's Iraq Study Group coming up with something original? Don't hold your breath

    Blair urges White House to shift focus to Israel-Palestine conflict
    · Palestinian peace process 'central to Iraq solution' · Syria and Iran also have a role to play, says PM

    Blair - we must work with 'Axis of Evil' states
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    UN says politics lies behind rift between west and Muslims
    Politics - not religion - lies at the root of a growing divide between Muslim and western societies, according to a report presented to the UN secreta ... more

    Iranians outraged as Google redraws map
    Google has provoked the wrath of Iran's notoriously suspicious authorities by appearing to question the country's sovereignty over the province of Az ... more

    Ahmadinejad: Israel’s destruction near
    According to the Iranian media Monday, Iranian President Mahoud Ahmadinejad declared that Israel was destined to ‘disappearance and destruction’ at a ... more

    Fury in U.S. over Olmert's comments on war in Iraq


    Olmert draws fire from Dems in U.S. over praise of Iraq war
    Politicians from the Democratic Party said they wanted to speak to Olmert about his comments on the Iraq war before responding publicly, but said they ... more

    Whose War? Patrick Buchanon on the Iraq War in the Beginning
    A neoconservative clique seeks to ensnare our country in a series of wars that are not in America’s interest.

    How Neoconservatives Conquered Washington – and Launched a War
    America's allies and enemies alike are baffled. What is going on in the United States? Who is making foreign policy?

    VIDEO - Israel Lobby Professors Walt and Mearsheimer on CSpan
    Israel Lobby Paper Authors

    VIDEO - The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy - Michael Massing about Walt and Mearsheimer on Democracy Now - IL
    The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

    VIDEO - Ostrovsky on ADL and 'labeling' people
    Ostrovsky on ADL and "labeling" people




    Video - AIPAC and NeoCon Policy - Walter Pincus, Wash Post, on CSpan


    Video - Scott Ritter on Israel and the Neocons and US Foreign Policy
    Israel's influence of US policy & the Israeli lobby

    China’s own document standard: A clear message to US IT vendors?


    The Neocons as a Jewish Movement
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    The Neocons, Israel, and the Counter Pressure from the 'Realists'
    No cakewalk in the park? By Arnaud de Borchgrave THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published November 13, 2006 "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" began in 1918 as a ... more

    Jewish JINSA/PNAC Neocons Want Iran to be Bombed Next
    The neocons' ideas for a walk in the Iranian park are still very much alive in Israel , whose very existence has been threatened by the mullahocracy. ... more

    Israelis worry about preparing for the next war
    The Israelis are worried, and rightly so. What they have a hard time admitting is that the situation they face now is because of their intrasigence a ... more

    IDF plans to reopen guerilla training center in wake of Lebanon war
    The Israel Defense Forces intends to reopen the guerrilla warfare training facility as a result of the Lebanon war.

    Israelis Now Want 'International Force' to Control Gaza
    With one international force on its northern border to control Hezbollah, some establishment Israelis are now calling for an international force for t ... more

    Bush and Olmert Diplomatically Threaten Iran Again
    "Iran's nuclear ambitions are not in the world's interest," Bush said. "If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it will be incredibly destabilizing and obviousl ... more

    UN rights body to hold special session on IDF attack on Beit Hanun
    The United Nations' top human rights body will hold a special session on Wednesday to consider a call by Arab and Muslim states for action against the ... more

    Judy Miller Testifies for Govt... No Torture She Says
    CHICAGO Testifying Monday in the federal trial of an American citizen accused of helping finance the Palestinian militant group Hamas, former New York ... more

    Send the Baker Commission
    Democrats are already looking ahead to 2009, when they may return to the White House. If they do, they’re going to need a Middle East policy that is ... more

    Donald Rumsfeld: The War Crimes Case
    And the war criminals must be brought to justice - beginning with Donald Rumsfeld. On November 14, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National ... more

    US to attack Iran in early 2007? -- See Krauthammer and Podhoretz
    Like John Podhoretz before him, Charles Krauthammer in his column today announces that he now understands the President's words to mean that war with ... more

    Cockburn and Bleier on the real reasons for the Iraq War
    Patrick Cockburn has done some of the best Iraq reporting, and he's of course correct to point to the outcome of the war as the dissolution of the Ira ... more

    Top Dems Try Hard To Mute Anti-War and Pro-Peace
    Cockburn/St.Clair's review of the gains and losses of pro war Democrats is an opportunity to emphasize that Rahm Emmanuel did his best to eliminate an ... more

    Samuel Huttington - 'The Clash of Civilizations' - on his 10-year anniversary
    Samuel P. Huntington, a Harvard professor, is famous for his 1996 book "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order." He was interview ... more

    Two Jewish Israeli supporters battle for head of House Foreign Affairs Committee
    Both Lantos and Berman are longtime Jewish legislators with strong records on Israel.

    Israeli Left, led by Daniel Levy, now targets Washington and the Dems
    Back on the diplomatic front, it begins to seem absurd to demand that the Palestinian ministers respect previous agreements just at the moment when ... more

    CNI and the anti-Israel Lobby
    The DVD, which will sell for $14.95 on Amazon.com, features a lively debate held September 28 at New York’s Cooper Union that pitted, among others, J ... more

    Dan Rather Joins Hands and Applauds the AJCommittee
    “Few agencies have used radio and television broadcasting as effectively as AJC,” Rather said as he introduced the “Dear Adolf” radio series, in which ... more

    Top 50 Influential American Jews - The Forward 2006 - IL
    This year's Forward 50 includes 51 entries, to make room for an individual whose accidental discovery of his own Jewish identity rattled the political ... more

    Dems: Aipac Needs To Mend Fences - IL
    As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, they are quietly saying that the pro-Israel lobby needs to “do some work” to improve relations with ... more

    ‘The O.C.’ Mystique
    A year later I was on a flight to Los Angeles for a meeting at Creative Artists Agency, the world’s biggest talent agency, to pitch my “O.C.” episode. ... more

    David Grossman speaking in Tel Aviv at the Rabin Memorial - in The Forward
    Certainly, not all depends on our actions. There are major powers active in our region and in the world. Some, like Iran, like radical Islam, seek our ... more




    Iran, Israel, and US Dancing while Preparing for Battle
    As the American President and the Israeli Prime Minister huddle at the White House, primarily about what to do about Iran, and as political turmoil in ... more

    Arab League holds emergency session
    Nov. 12 - Arab League foreign ministers have met in Egypt to call for a fresh international peace conference to resolve the Arab-Israeli dispute. The ... more

    The Daniel Pearl Movie Proceeds with Jolie in Mombai (hmmm...not quite Pakistan)
    Jolie plays the wife of Daniel Pearl, an American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002, in the film "A Mighty Heart". Futterm ... more

    Lebanese Crisis Escalates as US and Israel Keep Pushing
    It's the most dangerous situation for the Lebanese since the days of their civil war. The US and Israel have their agenda; the now more naked Christi ... more

    US and Chinese Military Shadow and Challenge Each Other
    A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missi ... more

    Israel Detonated a Radioactive Bunker Buster Bomb in Lebanon
    What kind of weapon leaves traces of radiation & produces such lethal & circumscribed consequences?

    Rumsfeld, His War Crimes, and new American Law
    Because the recently passed Military Commissions Act (aka: The Torture Act) included immunity for all administration officials from war crimes prosecu ... more

    Bill Clinton's Top Ten 60th Birthday Plans List


    In case of military confrontation with Israel, would Syria adopt Egypt’s model in Yom Kippur War in 1973?
    In case of war with Syria, Israel would bomb not just the country’s military infrastructure, but also government buildings, headquarters, power plants ... more

    “Pipelines to 9/11”: The Struggle to control oil on the east side of the Caspian Sea
    This article is about backgrounds of the U.S. war against Afghanistan. It is about oil, gas and pipelines around the Caspian Sea. To transport oil and ... more

    Israeli-U.S.-backed provocateurs’ aim is to bring about the downfall of Abbas and Hamas!
    Within the context of a U.S.-Israeli determined campaign to remove the elected Islamic Resistance Movement from power, the best of the Palestinian mai ... more

    Neoconservative ideas to transform the U.S. into a Asian oil power
    The Afghan pipelines are only one step in U.S. political moves to take over the influence in the oil and gas rich former Soviet republics. Consuming 2 ... more

    How 6 million People Were killed in CIA secret wars against third world countries
    As Robert Gates, former head of the CIA during the reign of Bush the First, prepares to take over the Pentagon from Donald Rumsfeld, this history of t ... more

    Good Cop Tony Blair To Help Give Americans Excuse They Need
    Blair will give to an independent bipartisan panel in Washington headed by James Baker, evidence, which experts say will guide Mr. Bush to key changes ... more




    U.S. midterm elections: An Iraqi perspective
    This is an interview Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman had with Raed Jarrar, a half-Iraqi, half-Palestinian blogger, activist and architect, who heads the I ... more

    Arabs must not get deceived by U.S. anti-Iran diplomacy
    The war drums are beating, as the U.S., backed by Israel and the European Union, steps up its anti-Iran rhetoric.

    Saddam's Trial - Victor's 'Justice'
    Saddam’s trials were staged to buy the U.S. and British leaders as well as the rulers of their new Iraq some time for political survival. < ... more

    Israel steps up threatening rhetoric against Iran
    Israel must be prepared to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capability “at all costs”, even if this means a pre-emptive strike against Tehran’s ato ... more

    “No-one is safe in Gaza”
    “No-one is safe. This morning little five and six-year old children, wounded in a missile attack, were brought to our hospital. They were shaking and ... more




    “150,000 Iraqis killed by rebels since invasion”
    Over 150,000 Iraqis have been killed in rebel attacks since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion, a top Iraqi official said on Thursday, according to The ... more

    Continuous crimes in Palestine- Will anyone dare punish Israel?
    Thousands of mourners massed in Gaza streets from the mosque where prayers were said for the 18 victims killed last week in one of the most brutal mas ... more

    Treacherous road to Oslo begins here
    Attempts to coerce Palestinians into submission have not always manifested themselves in the crude form of a tank, a bullet, the withholding of aid, o ... more

    Democrats Call for Formal Investigation of Bush Political Appointees Blocking Legit Science Research on Dangers of Global Warming
    In light of reports Bush Administration political appointees blocked the publication of scientific research regarding global warming and its relations ... more

    Iraq war backers desert campaigning Bush - Yahoo! News


    No Peace Without Justice - Gaza Bloodbath +
    Whenever Mossad carries out these false-flag operations they produce a videotape or a recording from an “unnamed source” that is “close to al-Qaeda.” ... more

    Israeli Snipers Killing U.S. Troops in Iraq?
    Richard Wilson’s hypothesis: Israeli soldiers and/or Mossad agents are killing our soldiers in Iraq in order to enrage American troops so that the sla ... more

    Iraq will not be like Vietnam
    Iraq, on the other hand, is addicted to petrodollars. The population is accustomed to a heavily subsidized life; before the war the state was Iraq's l ... more

    Israelis Expand Their Walls And Their Barriers To Real Peace
    Creep by creep, step by step, Israel's walls, fences, checkpoints, and of course settlements have made an Apartheid hodge-podge out of the occupied te ... more

    Hidden History Of the Arabs
    Here we go again. Another example of the power and reach of the Israel Lobby, one of who's long-timers wrote this for NEWSWEEK:Even for the most empa ... more




    Olmert Interviewed in Newsweek
    Nov. 20, 2006 issue - This week Ehud Olmert makes his second visit to see President Bush in Washington.

    Neocons, Conservatism, on the Ropes in America
    The category 4 political hurricane of 2006 was more than a referendum on an unpopular war and president: it signals the end of the conservative tide t ... more

    Saddam’s general wants US to stay
    THE Iraqi general leant back and laughed so hard that his belly shook. General Jamal Ahmed was recounting Saddam Hussein’s visit to his war room, when ... more

    Bush v Bush: an oedipal battle between men of rigid beliefs
    Intense rivalry between father and his wayward son has given way to mutual concern about the family legacy

    Schumer is in a Neocon frontgroup.
    It's a neocon frontgroup not much in the news: "The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies"

    Analysis / A meeting in handcuffs for Ehud Olmert, George Bush
    Various Israeli sources believe the State Department, headed by Condoleezza Rice, will try to revive Israeli-Palestinian talks and initiate measures ... more

    Outrage at London sting by US spies
    Undercover American agents are staging secret 'sting' operations in Britain against criminal and terrorist suspects they want to extradite to the US. ... more

    New Street Civil War Looms in Lebanon


    Iranians Condemn UN for Inaction on Palestine


    David Saperstein on the US Election of 2006


    Five ministers in L.A. for United Jewish Communities GA event
    A total of five cabinet ministers headed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will lead an unprecedented Israeli delegation to the General Assembly (GA) of t ... more

    Israel Generals Resigning and Accusing
    IDF Galilee Division Commander Brigadier General Gal Hirsch, resigning Sunday in the wake of criticism of his performance prior to and during the rece ... more

    Israel and Iran Go To Verbal War as Olmert Arrives in US
    "If Israel takes such a stupid step and attacks, the answer of Iran and its Revolutionary Guard will be rapid, firm and destructive and it will be giv ... more

    It's Time Bush Lead a Convincing Peace Effort - Haaretz Editorial


    Iran's Outed Paris Hilton
    She has been dubbed Iran's Paris Hilton after appearing in a sex video on the internet.

    Hatred of US and Musharraf Growing in Pakistan
    "America is the enemy of all Muslims, but they will never defeat us, because we are all becoming al-Qaeda now, even me."

    White House calls Iran, Hezbollah a `global nexus of terrorism`
    The White House branded Iran and Hezbollah on Saturday as a "global nexus of terrorism" and applauded an Argentine court for seeking the arrest of for ... more

    Dubai Swats Pests Ogling Beach Beauties


    Iran complains to UN Security Council over Sneh comments
    Iran filed a complaint Saturday to the UN Security Council over remarks by Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh that Israel must be ready to prevent ... more

    Hamas: U.S. veto of UN draft resolution backs further 'massacres'
    The Hamas-led Palestinian government said on Saturday that the United States' veto of a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Israel Defense F ... more

    Anti-American All Over The World


    The Clash of Civilizations / Differing interests - or conflict of interest - Yossi Beilin
    The difference in interests has turned into a conflict of interests between the U.S. and Israel, but in its weakness, the Olmert government finds itse ... more

    Borat film 'tricked' poor village actors


    US Veto Another UN Resolution Condemning Israel
    It was the second U.S. veto this year of a Security Council draft resolution concerning Israeli military operations in Gaza. The U.S. blocked action o ... more

    Iran Must Be Stopped! Israeli PM
    Ahead of flight to Washington, prime minister tells Newsweek: Iran will pay dearly if it fails to cooperate with international demands. Olmert calls L ... more

    Iran TV broadcasts 'US ship spy plane footage'
    "A source in the Revolutionary Guard said the drone carried out its mission without US fighter pilots reaching it," the television said. It said the ... more

    Israel to order 100 Jets for $5 billion
    FORT WORTH, Texas- Israel Air Force is considering ordering 100 of Lockheed Martins' F-35 fighter jets at a cost of some 5 billion dollars to be deliv ... more

    Grossman's 'Spiderweb' Speech


    No Excuse for Gaza - Haaretz
    The cannons must be replaced with calls for dialogue, the economic boycott must be replaced with an opening of the taps, and the cruel siege of Gaza m ... more

    PM: Understandings reached on changing system of government


    Resolved to defeat Islamic extremism - Abe Foxman - IL
    In the 1930s the West failed to act in time to protect its own interests. It paid a terrible price, but the Jews paid even more. This time around, we ... more

    Israelis Call On US For Real and Convincing 'Peace Effort'
    Bush has a chance to exhibit greater initiative and involvement and make demands on both sides, as Israel and the Palestinians are sinking deeper into ... more

    Olmert warns against hasty U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
    For the first time yesterday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addressed in public the possibility that the United States may withdraw its forces from Iraq ... more

    My 'Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'
    I'm a Muslim Kazakh woman who arrived in the United States two months ago to work on my master's in public administration. Almost every time I meet pe ... more

    Arafat 'Stealth Assassination' - 2 Year Anniversary
    President Mahmoud Abbas asserted Saturday that the path of the late President Yasser Arafat is the way of freedom and independence. In a speech in a ... more

    Olmert to Focus on Iran in Visit to U.S.
    History down the road may record that the Israeli PM's visit to Washington in November 2006 was a council of war for what the U.S. and Israel are plan ... more

    Netanyahu Beats Drum for U.S. War with Iran
    On the early evening of September 6, 2006, Benjamin Netanyahu, ex-Israeli Prime Minister (1996-99), and presently the Likud Party boss and a member of ... more

    More Talk Once Again About Palestinian State
    President George W. Bush will have an early opportunity to reveal signs of a post-election shift in his troubled Middle East policy when he meets wit ... more

    Syria Ready for Peace Talks With Israel
    Syria's foreign minister said Monday his country was ready to resume peace talks with Israel and he urged the Jewish state's government to heed call ... more

    UN Security Council delays vote on criticism of Israel's Gaza attack
    The resolution has already been greatly watered down to 'suit' the Western countries and especially the U.S. But even so the U.S. is expected to once ... more

    Pope urges 'firm, humble' dialogue with Muslims
    Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics to engage in "firm and humble" dialogue with Muslims, in an address to bishops from Germany, which has a sizable M ... more

    Venezuela Questions 9/11 and Condemns Bush
    Venezuela's president continued his criticism of President Bush after the pro-Chávez legislature declared that the 9/11 attacks were `self-inflicted.' ... more

    Nancy Pelosi and Israel
    I think it is finally time we stood up and thanked Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the darling Democrat from the Bay Area who leads her party in the House. Pelosi' ... more

    German neo-Nazis attack Jewish memorial
    German neo-Nazis, some shouting "Sieg Heil", rampaged in the eastern city of Frankfurt on Oder and destroyed wreaths placed to mark the anniversary of ... more

    Torture after CIA kidnapping from Italy to Egypt
    Electric shocks, beatings, rape threats and genital abuse are among the types of torture alleged by an Egyptian prisoner at the center of Europe's bi ... more

    Britain facing 30 terrorism plots, says spy chief
    Muslim extremists are plotting at least 30 major terrorist attacks in Britain and the threats may involve chemical and nuclear devices, the head of Br ... more

    Dumped by text? Britney's ex joins growing club
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    Howard Dean to Jon Stewart: We Won't Impeach Bush
    Appearing on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" tonight, Democratic Party chief Howard Dean told host Jon Stewart, "I know half your audience wants us ... more

    Thousands join funeral procession for 18 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing
    Tens of thousands of Palestinians marched through Gaza in funeral processions for 18 people killed by Israeli shelling on what one militant faction ca ... more

    30 Neocons Did It! Can president, new Congress really get along? IL
    "Broken" is a perfectly good word, but I prefer "disconnected" to talk about America today. This is why 30 men, mostly those now-retreating neocons, ... more

    Blair warns of 'long, deep struggle' against terrorism
    Tony Blair warned today of the "long and deep struggle" against terrorism as the head of MI5 issued a stark assessment of the danger posed by al Qaida ... more

    'Aliens could attack at any time' warns former MoD chief
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    Students at Calif. College ban Pledge of Allegiance
    Student leaders at a California college have touched off a furor by banning the Pledge of Allegiance at their meetings, saying they see no reason to p ... more

    Iranian Film-maker Looks to CIA Overthrow for film with both historical and modern-day messages
    Iranian artist Shirin Neshat plans to shoot a film about the United States overthrowing a democratically-elected government inIran to gain control of ... more

    Pressures Mounting for New Iraq Policies
    Pressure is mounting on George Bush to order a rapid change of course in Iraq as the world waits to see whether the Republicans' devastating electoral ... more

    Whither the architects of war? THE INDEPENDENT on 10 Nov 06
    One by one, they are falling victim to conflict they engineered. Bush and Blair remain - for now Published: 10 November 2006 Richard Armitage Colin ... more

    Why water is gravest challenge facing humanity
    Tomorrow, a UN report highlights the need to provide the most vital resource of all. By Paul Vallely







    Condi and the Mystery of America
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    Shirin Neshat - TIME Europe
    Shirin Neshat doesn't quite know where to call home. The 43-year-old artist was born and raised in Iran but moved to the U.S. after high school to stu ... more




    Enemies cannot stop our nuclear work: Iran
    Just hours after the deputy Israeli Defense Minister said Israel might be forced to attack Iran, this from the Iranians: "Iranian President Mahmoud A ... more

    Israeli: Strike on Iran a possibility
    "I am not advocating an Israeli pre-emptive military action against Iran and I am aware of its possible repercussions," Deputy Defense Minister Ephrai ... more

    British Leader: Iraq at Critical Point
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    Gay Republicans - Big Ones
    During the live broadcast of CNN's Larry King Live, Bill Maher suggested to Larry King that Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman is gay. ... more

    Breaking Up? Not So Hard to Do
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    US was warned of Iraq chaos, says ex-diplomat
    A former diplomat has revealed that the British mission to the United Nations opposed the policy of regime change in Iraq but was ordered by London to ... more

    Iraq Politics Background from The Economist


    Iraq - How much worse can it get?
    Three years of civil strife, anarchy, and sectarian bloodshed have so transformed Iraqi politics that the demise of a symbol of the former regime may ... more

    Mubarak warns against hanging Saddam
    Egypt's president came out strongly against hanging Saddam Hussein, saying in remarks published Thursday that it could make Iraq explode into more vio ... more

    Italy to US: Press Israel over Palestine
    Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema calls on US to refocus foreign policy, make resolving Palestinian conflict top priority
    America has had Enough of Bush's Disastrous Course in Iraq
    Yesterday I heard the same old rhetorical garbage in the President's press conference. America remains a nation at war, but the enemy that attacked us ... more

    The Neo-Barbarians


    Israel's scandalous siege of Gaza
    Israel has killed 2,300 Gazans over the past six years, including 300 in the four months since an Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit, was captured ... more

    MK Tibi: Beit Hanoun broke my heart
    United Arab List-Ta'al head MK Ahmad Tibi tours Beit Hanoun with MKs and hear testimonies from residents

    Kahane supporters praise Gaza killings as 'holy'
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    David Geffen's Changes For LA Times...


    US Prepares to Veto Another Security Council Resolution Chastising Israel


    Pelosi aims to block Democratic hawks from key posts
    The sources said the 61-year-old Ms. Harman, regarded as the best informed House Democrat on intelligence and technology issues, angered the liberal M ... more

    French troops almost fired at Israel jets: minister


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    87 percent of Jews vote Democrat
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    Our favorite self-hating Jew dislikes Borat
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    Jews take root in Capitol Hill
    Democrats may have conquered both houses of Congress, and so have Jewish politicians. Number of Jewish senators rises from 11 t o13 and number of Jewi ... more




    Norman Finkelstein & Former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami Debate: Complete Transcript
    We turn now to one of the longest running and most bitter conflicts in modern history: Israel and the Palestinians. Well over a decade has passed sinc ... more

    Israelis severely restricting access to Gaza Prison - Democracy Now
    What is significant, however, is that this group of people around Abbas has no popular support. In fact, their support has dropped even further, even ... more

    US and Israel Choking on Their Own Power
    There seems to be a moment when any strong country, not to mention a world power, begins to choke on its own might. It is so strong, so armed to the t ... more

    Bloodbath in Gaza
    A bloodbath is taking place in Beit Hanun, the Israel Defense Forces runs rampant and kills at least 37 people in four days - and Israeli public opini ... more

    Israel Must Defend Itself
    The obvious purpose of the confrontation between the women and the soldiers was to create Palestinian propaganda that could be used to discredit Israe ... more

    Davos, CEOs Get Creative
    Top execs know they need to attract people who can develop market-altering products and services. Learning how to do that was a hot topic < ... more

    Google Entering Radio and Radio Ads Business


    Dems' Wins in U.S. Races Concern Israel
    Israelis are worried the Democratic power swing in Washington curbing President Bush's power will lead to less decisive action on Iran's nuclear amb ... more

    George Packer, New Yorker, On IRAQ
    If there are no more Wise Men in Washington, can there at least be wisdom?

    Syrian FM Walid Mualem threatens to start “countdown to war” with Israel failing progress on peace track
    Israel's DebkaFile has long been associated with Israeli intelligence and propaganda.

    Israel's Deputy Knesset Speaker 'Hints' At How Arafat Was Poisoned and Assassinated
    Ahmed Tibi, 48, of the Ra'am-Ta'al party, was Yasser Arafat's close adviser for six years and is deputy speaker of the present Knesset.
    David Saperstein on misconceptions of Jewish influence in Congress
    Rabbi David Saperstein is the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism - an organization which "not only advocates on a broad range o ... more

    The Clinton-Bush factor: You just can't get better than these two
    "Love of Israel" or "The Israel Lobby"? The first question we asked the panel this month is based on an assumption that's empirically hard to pro ... more

    Nuclear confusion in Israel
    Now that Avigdor Lieberman has been appointed minister of strategic threats, it is fitting to examine who in the government's upper echelon is address ... more

    'There was only one Arafat'
    During the interview with MK Ahmed Tibi, his mobile telephone rang. Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign minister, was on the line. Tibi spent ... more

    Senior U.S. official: We don't expect Israel to strike Iran
    A senior American official expressed doubts that Israel will attack Iran, during a meeting with Israeli reporters yesterday. "I do not think that Isr ... more

    Bush Campaigning on November 6, 2006


    America and Israel - Atlantic Magazine Poll


    A meeting of leaders under siege
    When Bush and Olmert meet this week in Jerusalem, the two maligned leaders are sure to find a great deal to talk about.

    Iraq Profile


    Olmert to Washington



    President Bush's Opening Gambit for Surviving Divided Government

    Despite his dramatically weakened political position, the President plans to stand up to Democrats and challenge them to work with him on issues he ha ... more

    Minn sends first Muslim to Congress
    Voters elected a black Democrat as the first Muslim in Congress on Tuesday after a race in which he advocated quick U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and mad ... more

    Plotter of Attacks on U.S. Financial Targets Wanted to Kill Thousands
    The terror mastermind who had planned to attack financial targets in the U.S. will be sentenced in London tomorrow for plotting to kill thousands of p ... more

    Massacre in Gaza
    According to witnesses, all those killed in the neighborhood north of the town of Beit Hanoun were women and children. Khaled Radi, a health ministry ... more

    Hamas Urges Attacks on U.S. Targets
    This is just what the hard-line Israelis adn the Zionist Jewish Neocons in the US have been trying hard to provoke for some time...no matter how many ... more

    Iranian Ayatollah Stands Firm on Nukes
    Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday his country would continue to acquire nuclear technology and challenge what he called "Wes ... more

    Payback Time: Who the Democrats Will Target
    Halliburton, the CIA and big tobacco companies are among the early targets identified by top Democratic staff to ABC News as likely targets for invest ... more

    Hamas Chief: Truce With Israel Is Over
    Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal said Wednesday that a truce with Israel is finished and his group's militants can resume fighting following an Israeli tank ... more

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    Empire Falls - Vanity Fair, Oct 2006
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    Kissinger Declassified - Hitchens on Kissinger in Vanity Fair
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    Your daily entertainment scout. Whatever is happening out there, you'll find the best writing about it in here.

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    Botha, the face of apartheid, is dead

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    Iran to start military maneuvers days after Western-led drills in Gulf





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    Haaretz

    Christian Zionists rally in San Antonio - Speakers say Islam is the enemy and advocate attacking Iran
    The Israelis, including Netanyahu and Peres, ane whipping up the Christian Evanglicals whose numbers, money, and power are major. And of course the J ... more

    Facing Down Ahmadinejad - Amnon Rubinstein - New York Sun


    The ‘Blatant Bias Corporation’ –or, Who controls the News? Jews - IL


    U.K. minister: Iranians 'hell- bent' on getting nuclear weapons


    Rabin, his legacy, and his 'to be pardoned' assassin
    Although the assassin was apprehended and sent to prison, because he was the one who fired the three bullets, those who drew a bull's-eye on Rabin's ... more

    U.S. preparing Abbas guard to take on Hamas
    As in so many other places in the Middle East U.S. policy, usually quite in tandem with the Israelis, is to foment divisions and civil conflict. It's ... more

    Iran - Lets Talk About It
    "We don't see any logic to suspending uranium enrichment. Enrichment of uranium by Iran is a legal action derived from its membership rights in the Nu ... more




    Iran to offer cash incentives for US visitors


    Bush The Cheerleader
    Bush The Cheerleader By Ray McGovern 10/31/06 -- When President George W. Bush was asked at his news conference last Wednesday whether we are winning ... more

    Robert Fisk: We've all been veiled from the truth
    Robert Fisk: We've all been veiled from the truth The wretched fiction of Iraq's 'success' is Blair's attempt to make us wear the veil By Robert Fis ... more

    Robert Fisk: Mystery of Israel's secret uranium bomb
    Did Israel use a secret new uranium-based weapon in southern Lebanon this summer?

    Lieberman Steps Out of the Shadows - Israel's Minister of Strategic Threats
    At the top of Lieberman's list of demands before agreeing to enter Olmert's coalition are major changes to Israel's constitution, including the introd ... more

    Defender of the Jewish State; Denier of Palestinian Misery - Wiesel for President (of Israel)


    How Israel is Engineering the "Clash of Civilizations"
    Israel, and its collection of lobbyists and semi-controlled organizations in the US, plays the 'anti-semitism' cards often...maybe too often for its o ... more

    Crisis Upon Us - Is the Bush Administration Itching to Nuke Iran?
    Neocons claim that tactical nuclear weapons are necessary to destroy Iran's underground facilities. However, the real reason for using nukes against I ... more

    STOP THE IRAN WAR NOW!


    THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY - IL


    Audio - Salman Rushdie
    What: Rushdie explored the reasons why westerners and secular liberals have, in many instances, failed to respond effectively to the threat to human r ... more

    Golan Heights Land, Lifestyle Lure Settlers - Page 1 Wash Post


    Atheist Evangelist - Sam Harris Devoutly Believes That Religion Is the Root of All Evil


    Blog - The Allen Report


    Blog - Andrew Sullivan


    George, Meagan, and Bill - Playing the Game of International Diplomacy


    U.S. and Sadr's Army Look Set to Clash


    Audio - Who Planned and Who Killed JFK - NY Ethical Society


    Audio - Galloway and Hitchens Debate the Iraq War


    Audio - An Evening with Robert Fisk - April 2006


    Audio - TARGET IRAN - Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh - 16 Oct 06

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