Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Member Profile

Total number of comments: 4 (since 2014-05-18 05:49:28)

readysf

Showing comments 4 - 1
Page: 1

  • 'We're on edge of large war in MidEast' - Daniel Ellsberg
    • readysf 09/20/2014 at 8:13 am

      The Israeli government advised Kerry and Indyk that it has no intention of allowing a Palestinian state. It responded to their willingness to talk with a unity Palestinian government by attacking Gaza and stepping up West Bank colonization.

      What's the US to do, in order to follow Israel's direction? Start a new war, which provides cover for Israel to step up the pace of its "slow genocide" of Palestinians (term used by many Israelis).

      The option of disagreeing with Israel and pursuing an independent policy does not exist, for the US. That continues to be the real story: that the US is effectively a colony of Israel when it comes to Mideast matters.

  • Gaza's Children Trapped by Israeli Airstrikes, Naval Bombardment, over 20 Dead
    • readysf 07/12/2014 at 9:25 am

      Israel’s siege of Gaza and its bombardment of civilians from the air with US support is shocking. Just calling Palestinians “Hamas” is a rotten reason to kill civilians and destroy their property. This is an obvious attempt by Israel to prevent Palestinians from unifying to demand their own state and stop continued Israeli colonization of the West Bank.

      As racism grows in Israel and it becomes an apartheid state, its lobbyists continue to control Congress. Both the House (HR 657) and Senate (SR 498) have passed resolutions “supporting Israel”. What does this mean? Are they supporting Israel’s self-destructive behavior? Isn’t the old routine now anti-Israel?

      "Liberal" Barbara Boxer sponsored SR 498. Call and write her and tell her that she is WRONG.

      Both John Kerry and Netanyahu have talked about the BDS movement, in which we can all participate, by publicly shunning the current Israeli government and rejecting its policies. Stop buying Israeli products; this is the most pro-Israel thing to do. Send a message that Israel’s behavior is unacceptable.

  • Israeli Rhetoric Hides War Crimes against Gaza
    • readysf 07/10/2014 at 11:02 pm

      This is quite insane, Alice in Wonderland. Jets bombing civilians, and getting away with it by calling them "Hamas".

      It would like Palestinians attacking Israeli Jews and calling them "Likud".

      So why are we supporting Israels moral self-destruction? Is this supposed to be pro Israel?

  • 5 Reasons India's new BJP ("Tea Party") Government may not be so Great for Business
    • readysf 05/17/2014 at 5:28 pm

      Modi is India's Ariel Sharon moment.

      Sharon allowed the killing of Palestinians, and Modi allowed the killing of Muslims. Sharon signaled the decline of Israel as a liberal state, and Modi will do the same for India.

      The three countries with repressed ethno-traditions....Israel (Jews), India (Hindus) and China (Han Chinese) will make the world a miserable place for Western liberal traditions.

      This is what the decline of the West and the rise of Asia really means.

Showing comments 4 - 1
Page: 1

Tweet
Share
Reddit
Email

Primary Sidebar

Support Independent Journalism

Click here to donate via PayPal.

Personal checks should be made out to Juan Cole and sent to me at:

Juan Cole
P. O. Box 4218,
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2548
USA
(Remember, make the checks out to “Juan Cole” or they can’t be cashed)

STAY INFORMED

Join our newsletter to have sharp analysis delivered to your inbox every day.
Warning! Social media will not reliably deliver Informed Comment to you. They are shadowbanning news sites, especially if "controversial."
To see new IC posts, please sign up for our email Newsletter.

Social Media

Bluesky | Instagram

Popular

  • Albanese Sanctions: Marco Rubio now Acting just Like Putin, Charging Human Rights Officials
  • War Criminal Netanyahu nominates Felon Trump for the Nobel Prize
  • Why Faith Leaders are standing up to the Largest pro-Israel Christian Lobby
  • Plans to Concentrate Gaza Palestinians in Rafah Camp a Crime against Humanity
  • Grok's MechaHitler Antisemitic Rant shows how Generative AI can be Weaponized

Gaza Yet Stands


Juan Cole's New Ebook at Amazon. Click Here to Buy
__________________________

Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires



Click here to Buy Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam


Click here to Buy The Rubaiyat.
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved