President Obama leaves for the Middle East on Wednesday, and his agenda will be full of intractable crises in the region that impacts Israel but does not have much of a direct influence on America. Still, as the world’s cop, the president of the United States is asked to intercede to in the name of [...]
Netanyahu Expected to Win Re-election as Economy Rules The Day in Israel
January 22, 2013 | Posted by
The world will be watching the outcome of today’s Israeli election to see what course the nation may take on such matters as Iran’s possible nuclear proliferation and the Palestinian question. But ironically, the election campaign within Israel was about more domestic matters, with little debate over issues that obsess much of the rest of [...]
How Far Will U.S. Go In Its Unyielding Devotion to Israel?
December 5, 2012 | Posted by
How far will the U.S. and President Obama go in the slavish devotion to Israel? Turning our backs on a treaty and conference pushing a ban on nuclear weapons in the Middle East—a conference that our arch-enemy Iran has pledged to attend—because Israel doesn’t want to talk about giving up its nukes? Allowing Israel to [...]
Israel Moves to Build More Illegal Settlements in Palestine
December 4, 2012 | Posted by
A week after the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to make Palestine an “observer” state in the United Nation, Israel appears to be aggressively acting out—going ahead with the construction of more settlements in Palestine territory and refusing to join the rest of the world in a treaty to ban nuclear weapons in the Middle [...]
Palestine Becomes an Observer State Despite U.S Objections
November 30, 2012 | Posted by
In a stinging rebuke of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of the United Nations members voted to make Palestine an “observer” state in the U.N., a huge victory for the Palestinian people that further isolates the U.S. and Israel from the rest of the world. The vote by the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly symbolically was [...]
Efforts Intensify for Gaza Ceasefire as More Palestinians Die
November 18, 2012 | Posted by
The stakes have risen for both sides in the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Palestine, as Israel threatens to overrun Palestinians with a ground force waiting near the border—as the international community scurries to prevent an escalation into full-out war, but with Hamas showing no signs of stopping its rocket attacks on Israel. For [...]
Kim Kardashian Blasted for Israel Tweet, After Accompanying Marine to Ball
November 16, 2012 | Posted by
Though she is about as far from a political activist as a celebrity can get, reality star Kim Kardashian got thoroughly blasted throughout the day after she posted a tweet that many interpreted as being sympathetic to Israel in the growing conflict occurring in the Middle Eastern nation. On Friday morning, Kardashian sent out a [...]
Russia Steps into Israel Conflict as Putin Calls for ‘Restraint’
November 15, 2012 | Posted by
With the continuing violence in Israel and Gaza bringing the two sides to the brink of an all-out war, Russia stepped into the breach today after a conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who later said that the two sides need to “exercise restraint.” The escalating violence in Gaza [...]
Palestinians to Defy U.S., Israel by Pushing for Upgrade in U.N. Status
November 13, 2012 | Posted by
In a clever move, Palestine is pushing for a Nov. 29 vote in the United Nations to become an “observer” U.N. state. Palestine is currently considered an observer “entity,” but not an official state. To be upgraded to statehood would be a monumental move because it would grant the Palestinians access to bodies like the [...]
Israel Kills 5 Palestinians and Fires at Syria in Response to Attacks
November 11, 2012 | Posted by
The historic tensions between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip boiled over into violence and death yesterday when five Palestinians were killed and four Israeli soldier were wounded as the two sides traded fire. Israeli tank fire hit a building east of Gaza City, killing four and wounding 20 as hundreds of mourners were [...]
