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Goodwill?

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:07:34 +0000

The Defense Ministry has recommended a partial lifting of the embargo on the Gaza Strip as a goodwill gesture toward the Palestinians to spur talks to free a long-held captive soldier, Israeli media reported Friday. (more…)

If only I could laugh. Israel mulls loosening its death grip on Gaza and they dare to refer to it as a goodwill gesture? I cannot even begin to comment on the staggering arrogance of this notion. Disgusting.

Zionists Are Scared

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:07:04 +0000

“There is a war being waged against us in the legal sphere. Its aim is to delegitimize Israel and to create deterrence against a possible use of force in Gaza and Lebanon again,” a senior defense official told The Jerusalem Post. (more…)

Zionism is a Failed Ideology

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:06:50 +0000

Housing Minister Ariel Atias on Thursday warned against the spread of Arab population into various parts of Israel, saying that preventing this phenomenon was no less than a national responsibility. (more…)

Obama’s Position

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:06:21 +0000

“Still, administration officials said that they did not expect that the military would go so far as to carry out a coup. “There was talk of how they might remove the president from office, how he could be arrested, on whose authority they could do that,” the administration official said. But the official said that the speculation had focused on legal maneuvers to remove the president, not a coup.” (more…)

The Western Press Justifies the Overthrow of Democracy

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:06:03 +0000

They removed him over fears that he was trying to undermine the Constitution and extend his tenure. (more…)

This is “Change”

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:05:35 +0000

The government will agree to preserve the secret overseas sites where a defendant in a terror case was once held and, his lawyers say, subjected to harsh interrogation techniques after his capture in 2004, a prosecutor indicated in court in New York on Thursday. (more…)

Illegal Detention

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:05:18 +0000

Nineteen foreign activists of the pro-Palestinian Free Gaza Movement were being held in Israel awaiting deportation on Thursday, two days after the Israeli Navy seized control of their boat off Gaza. (more…)

(Baseless) Statements from the NYT

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:05:05 +0000

He made no mention of American troops in a nationally televised speech, even though nearly 130,000 remain in the country; most had already pulled back from Iraq’s cities before Tuesday’s deadline. The excitement, however, has rung hollow for many Iraqis, who fear that their country’s security forces are not ready to stand alone and who see the government’s claims of independence as overblown. (more…)

The Iraqis really want the U.S. occupiers to stay? Yeah, only if every poll in existence is wrong about the overwhelming desire that the U.S. get out now.

Why Obama Will Do Nothing

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:04:41 +0000

When Manuel Zelaya was elected president on November 27, 2005 in a close victory, he became president of one of the poorest nations in the region, with approximately 70% of its population of 7.5 million living under the poverty line. Though siding himself with the region’s left in recent years as a new member of the leftist trade bloc, Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), Zelaya did sign the Central American Free Trade Agreement in 2004. However, Zelaya has been criticizing and taking on the sweatshop and corporate media industry in his country, and increased the minimum wage by 60%. He said the increase, which angered the country’s elite but expanded his support among unions, would “force the business oligarchy to start paying what is fair.” (more…)

This is Zionism

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:04:23 +0000

After ransacking three homes Israeli forces blasted into a fourth through the back door. They threw rocks at the door and windows, report witnesses. A 16 year old high school student had begun a summer job with his father as an apprentice carpenter. Israeli soldiers took the teen from his bed: no shoes and in his underpants. The boy’s parents pleaded with the Israeli soldiers that their child be allowed to dress. Soldiers claimed they were only taking the 16 year old for a “minute or two.” His family has not seen him since, reports the International Women’s Peace Service, a humanitarian mission based in the West Bank’s Salfit. (more…)

Guess How Much Slaughtered Palestinians Get in Compensation

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:03:34 +0000

Israel has pledged to pay compensation for material damage it caused by shelling UN property during its Gaza offensive more than six months ago, a UN official said on Friday. (more…)

This is “Change”

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:03:22 +0000

And, yes, this was a military coup. It does not matter that there is no military junta, or that the arrest of the president was allegedly approved by other state institutions (Supreme Court and congress). I heard a news item today that the US government has not officially branded the act a military coup, because to do so would force the cutoff of aid. If that is true, shame on the Obama administration. If it is actually governed by a democratic administration, the US must cut off military aid and diplomatic relations until the coup is reversed and the proper constitutional order is restored in Honduras. This must not be allowed to stand, and mere words of condemnation are not enough. The military needs to feel some economic pain for its actions. Update: See Two Weeks Notice on the question of aid and military coups. Which is, of course, what this coup was, except in the Obama administration’s hairsplitting terminology. How very Clintonian of the US government. (more…)

This is “Change”

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:02:54 +0000

The promotion of Middle East adviser Dennis Ross to a senior White House position may open the door to a more positive tone by the United States toward the Israeli government, experts believe. (more…)

The Western Press Justifies the Overthrow of Democracy

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:02:32 +0000

Mr. Zelaya, who took office in 2006, has moved steadily to the left during his presidency, railing increasingly against the country’s elite, who he says have opposed his politics of inclusion. Critics accuse Mr. Zelaya, who comes from a well-off family of landowners, of blatant populism and of doling out cash to try to solidify a shaky political base. (more…)

This is Zionism

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:02:14 +0000

“They told us ‘go west or we will shoot you,’” says Ashraf Sadallah. “Initially, we refused, so they began shooting very close all around our boat.” (more…)

Israeli Demands

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:00:08 +0000

Those steps would probably include permitting Israeli airplanes to fly in Arab airspace and establishing limited ties. (more…)

Of course, as the New York Times well knows… controlling Palestinian air space is hardly a new idea. The Israeli terrorist military has controlled Palestinian skies since before 1967. What I’m sure the Times intended to report was that Israel wants to continue its mechanisms of control… And don’t even discuss the near daily illegal flights over Lebanese and Syrian airspace. Regional bully?

Blight Unto the Nations

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:59:50 +0000

“Such a pattern of continuing blockade under these conditions amounts to such a serious violation of the Geneva Conventions as to constitute a continuing crime against humanity,” Falk said in a statement released in Geneva. (more…)

Good

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:59:30 +0000

Unwavering support for Israeli policy has eroded dramatically both on American college campuses and within the United States as a whole, according to a group of American university professors who on Sunday concluded an academic exchange program here, sponsored by the Yitzhak Rabin Center. (more…)

This is Zionism

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:59:16 +0000

Gaza Civilians Killed by Israeli Drone-Launched Missiles

The Science of Oppression

Kris Petersen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:59:03 +0000

The security company also dictates the quantity of items allowed: Five pitas, one container of hummus and canned tuna, one small bottle or can of beverage, one or two slices of cheese, a few spoonfuls of sugar, and 5 to 10 olives. Workers are also not allowed to carry cooking utensils and work tools. (more…)