Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett said yesterday that he would impose a “shoot to kill” policy in Gaza, including against Palestinian children. Bennett made the comment on Israel’s Army Radio after he was asked what he would do differently if he were the defence minister. Bennett replied: Everything. I would not allow terrorists to cross […]
Archives for October 2018
Israel Continues Unlawful Imprisonment of American Student for her BDS (Boycott) Links
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel prevented the entry of a 22-year-old American student, who has Palestinian grandfather, earlier this month, and despite her being recently granted a valid visa, she is still detained by Israeli authorities. Twenty-two-year-old student Lara al-Qassem was granted an A/2 Student Visa for her master’s degree at the Hebrew University by the […]
How a Map of Palestine Drove the American Neocolonial Elite Mad
Golden Oldie. I mirrored a map of modern Palestinian history that has the virtue of showing graphically what has happened to the Palestinians politically and territorially in the past century. Andrew Sullivan then mirrored the map from my site, which set off a lot of thunder and noise among anti-Palestinian writers like Jeffrey Goldberg of […]
Taylor Swift to GOP & Kanye: I’ma Let you Finish but First I’m Registering 65K New Dem Voters
Washington (AFP) – The bad blood between Taylor Swift and Kanye West goes way back. At the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards, he famously interrupted an acceptance speech by the then 19-year-old Swift for Best Female Video to say that Beyonce deserved the honor. “Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’mma let you finish, but […]
Top 5 Reasons for Americans to Admire the Prophet Muhammad
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In his presidential campaign, Donald Trump notoriously said, “I think Islam hates us.” As is usual with this erratic, fact-free president, the assertion is not true. If we take Muslim-Americans, who at about 3.4 million persons constitute some 1.1 percent of Americans, over 90% say they are proud to be […]
Trump Claims America owes Kavanaugh an Apology after Senate Sexual Assault Testimony
by Sebastian Smith | – Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump said Monday he was apologizing on behalf of the whole country to his new conservative Supreme Court justice after one of the most contentious confirmation processes in US history. At a White House swearing-in ceremony, Trump stood next to Justice Brett Kavanaugh and said […]
Trump Official Sought Help of Israeli Tech Firm to Disrupt Rival Campaigns: Report
Washington (AFP) – A top official in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign requested proposals from an Israeli company to help defeat Republican primary opponents and Trump’s challenger Hillary Clinton with online manipulation, The New York Times reported Monday. The Times said there was no evidence that the Trump campaign followed through on the proposals to […]
UN Scientists on our Climate Emergency: We need Immediate ‘Transformational’ Change!
By Mark Howden and Rebecca Colvin | – A landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, commissioned at the breakthrough 2015 summit that brokered the Paris climate agreement, outlines what’s at stake in the world’s bid to limit global temperature rise to 1.5℃. The report, released today, sets out the key practical differences […]
Israel Imprisoning Canary-Blackballed American Student at Airport despite Valid Visa
An American student has become the latest victim of Israel’s law targeting supporters of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Lara Alqasem, 22, has been held since last Tuesday at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. Alqasem is a graduate of the University of Florida and a US citizen whose grandparents are Palestinian She tried […]
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