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August 26, 2014

CEASEFIRE DEAL REACHED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN UNITY GOVERNMENT

Gazan Twitter Reactions to extended ceasefire deal reached between Israel & Palestines Unified Government –

I can breath for the first time. A ceasefire has been declared and my family is safe and unharmed. Endless gratitude to the resistance — 48Refugee (@48Refugee) August 26, 2014

confirmed information, ALL of the Palestinian leadership backs call to join ICC, the ICC themselves want Pal to join. Only exception: Abbas.

— Jalal (@JalalAK_jojo) August 26, 2014

— kholoud Diab (@kholoudEllouh) August 26, 2014

Khaled Mashaal reportedly forced by Hamas’ Gaza leadership to accept Egypt’s ceasefire. Apparently he’s not a happy camper right now.

Key elements of ceasefire deal –

  • Opening of the borders and freedom of movement between Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
  • Extension of fishing waters from six to 12 miles.
  • Start of rebuilding process in Gaza

I wish i could hug every mom who lost her child and cry with her

— Ziad Bakri (@ZiadBGaza) August 26, 2014

@Lamis_Deek @MaxBlumenthal the deal was put on hold by resistance for 1 word: lifting or easing the siege. Today’s deal says: lifting siege — Raja Abdulhaq (@Raja48) August 26, 2014

Big winners: proponents of the status quo ante.

— Jonathan Schanzer (@JSchanzer) August 26, 2014

Live blog: Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the #Gaza Strip to celebrate the start of the #ceasefire http://t.co/bKPI68Esvh — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) August 26, 2014

 

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MiddleEastEye Live Blog reporting – “Senior Israeli cabinet members are opposed to the ceasefire agreement, reports Haaretz correspondent Barak Ravid.” “Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Lieberman and Yitzhak Aharonovitch have said they are opposed to the deal agreed with Hamas – no vote was held on the agreement.”   — Daniel Nisman (@DannyNis) August 26, 2014

Everybody is happy EVERYBODYYY #Gaza — Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) August 26, 2014

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The end of a stupid, cruel, pointless conflict. Thousands dead, tens of thousands maimed, hundreds of thousands homeless. For nothing. — Tom Gara (@tomgara) August 26, 2014

  More than 2133 Palestinians killed, 11K wounded… 51 days of #GazaUnderAttack: The Israeli assault on #Gaza is over, but occupation is NOT. — Rania Zabaneh (@RZabaneh) August 26, 2014

This is pissing me off! STOP THE DAMN FUCKING SPORADIC GUNFIRE IN THE AIR! #Gaza #ceasefire — Omar Ghraieb (@Omar_Gaza) August 26, 2014

“Palestine’s Interior Ministry has warned people not to shoot in the air in celebration, after reports of injuries. The Interior Ministry demands that citizens immediately stop shooting in the air, and find other methods of celebrating out of concern for their lives.”     

Palestinians in #Gaza are now flooding the streets to celebrate the ceasefire after 51 of ongoing carnage and destruction. #Love   — Maha Rezeq – مها رزق (@GazaInAndOut) August 26, 2014

 

Long live Palestine, long live Gaza. pic.twitter.com/Gw7AO31DbQ — Gaza Youth Break Out (@GazaYBO) August 26, 2014

Reminder, Mahmoud Abbas had ZERO EXCUSED not to ratify the Rome Statute, and now he has -1 excuses http://t.co/6BxeVF1eie #ICC4Israel NOW! — Jalal (@JalalAK_jojo) August 26, 2014

Ceasefire is official. Cheers and gunfire erupt throughout Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/h31vbYPc18 — Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) August 26, 2014

Abbas now: supplies will enter & we’ll continue negotiations tosatisy all parties, Qatar has helped with this, Kerry was in regular contact — Lamis Deek لميس ديك (@Lamis_Deek) August 26, 2014

  Abbas now says he wants to avoid “useless negotiations,” says terms must be clear. Has he ever abided by his own guidance? — Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) August 26, 2014

Gag order on discussion of details of three kidnapped Israeli teens supposedly component of vague Israel-Hamas deal http://t.co/W1MQeNxk6N — Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) August 26, 2014

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“Together we will rebuild our free country”, said Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo, right before requesting an Israeli permit to return to Ramallah.

— Jareer Kassis (@JareerKassis) August 26, 2014

October 17, 2013

Israel's New Racism: The Persecution of African Migrants in the Holy Land

The Nation is reporting “about 60,000 African migrants have arrived in Israel since 2006, fleeing unrest in their home countries. But upon arrival in the ostensibly democratic country, the migrants have faced intense persecution and have been branded as “infiltrators” by right-wing politicians and activists.”

Documentarist and journalist David Sheen and Max Blumenthal,  author of “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Israel” teamed up to produce the short documentary below, which clearly shows the orchestrated efforts by Israel’s leadership, religious and political, to foment a dangerous public backlash against African migrants and refugees. To witness such hatred by America’s number one ally is well, extremely troubling –

And this from Israel’s Haaretz news –

Prisons service opposes state plan for open detention centers [Read more…]

October 5, 2013

Max Blumenthal on "Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel"

Read a key chapter “How to Kill Goyim and influence People” from “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel” by clicking HERE. [Read more…]

June 21, 2012

Right Wing Billionaires Push Israel Agenda in Democratic Party

Real News reports “despite GOP attacks on Obama’s Israel positions, his record of appeasing both Netanyahu’s Likud government and the Israel lobby has earned him the support of most American Zionists, and a few key friends in high places.” [Read more…]

April 30, 2012

Inside Story: Is Netanyahu misleading Israelis over Iran?

Israeli security and military commanders have criticised Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, accusing him of misleading the Israeli people on important policy issues. [Read more…]

March 9, 2012

Jon Stewart of the Daily Show talks w/Author Dr. Trita Parsi about the Iran Crisis

Dr. Trita Parsi, author of A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran, was interviewed by Jon Stewart of the Daily Show this week detailing how the Bush Preemptive War Doctrine and then the Obama Administrations missed diplomatic opportunities w/Iran resulting in the untenable situation the nation finds itself in. [Read more…]

November 14, 2011

Arab League Suspends Syria: What's Next?

Why is the Arab League suspending Syria? Russia’s foreign minister suggests Western countries aka the United States are trying to stir up opposition in Syria so as to topple President Bashar al-Assad. This strategy appears to be Clinton’s State Departments modus operandi, that is using Soros funded infiltrators to stir up opposition that leads to the overthrow of those who apparently are not kowtowing to the Council on Foreign Relations and Tri-Lateral Commissions “New World Order” goal. [Read more…]

November 3, 2011

"Human Rights" Groups and the Pretext for War in Syria

In this RT interview independent journalist, James Corbett, details the fact that on Monday, November 1, 2011 the Arab League brokered a deal with Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s President “easing the country’s long-running political crisis.” As Corbett reports “the agreement urges Damascus to immediately withdraw security forces from the streets, release jailed demonstrators, and start dialogue with the opposition. Syria also agreed to allow rights groups and Arab League watchdogs into the country. But the U.S. still says it wants to see President Assad resign” and suggests Syria’s geographical location as strategic to the US to launch an offensive into Iran. [Read more…]

September 15, 2011

Inside Story – Saudi warns US over Palestine

Inside Story discusses with PJ Crowley, former US State Dept Spokesman, Jamal Khashoggi, Gen. Manager of Al Arab News Channel, and Salmon Shaikh, Director, Brookings Institute Doha about the upcoming vote at the UN Security Council on Palestinian statehood based on the 1967 border agreement. The US has stated it will exercise it’s Veto power if 9 out of the 15 member’s vote in favor of statehood.

Here is James Corbett’s ‘Eye Opener’ Report this week interviewing Pepe Escobar, Asia Times, and Joe Lauria, WSJ, discussing the UN vote The EyeOpener- USrael vs. Palestine: A Two-Faced Rejection of a Two-State Solution

February 4, 2011

SPECIAL REPORT. Obama's gambit: Holding Egypt for Holder

Editor’s Note: For eleven days now, citizens of Egypt have taken to the streets demanding the removal of their repressive dictator Hosni Mubarak. Today, they are protesting in front of the Presidential Palace. The people of Egypt want this man gone and who can blame them after living under such oppressive tyranny for nearly 30 years. By all accounts from reputable journalists, not the propaganda talking heads, the United States appartchik has played a rather significant role in training, mobilizing and funding the youth of Egypt to rise up and demand Mubarak’s immediate departure (see Archives of Daily Specials to read the numerous articles detailing the US involvement). Yet, when the protests heated up the US started playing footsie with these citizens lives, 300 dead and counting,  rather than taking a principled position and practicing what they preach ad nauseum – “We are committed to building democracies around the globe thereby giving the people their rights and freedom.”

So why the footsie game? Could the US appatchik be stalling the removal of their puppet Mubarak for other nefarious reasons?  Many “real” journalists are avid students of the history of US relations with Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen to name a few, and are offering thoughtful insights. However, few appear to be connecting the US apparatchiks torture and rendition policies, beginning in the nineties, to the current US double talk. Following are two reports:  first is a recent report produced by Global Reports detailing “Obama’s block on the US Torture Probe” and, the second, a “Special Report-Obama’s gambit: Holding Egypt for Holder” by investigative journalist Wayne Madsen of Wayne Madsen Reports. Maybe these two well founded and documented reports will shed some light on the very real reasons for the US Appartchik’s current double talk.


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February 3, 2011
Wayne Madsen Reports

by Wayne Madsen

WMR has learned from a well-informed political insider that President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have waffled on support for Egypt’s pro-democracy revolution in order to safeguard a covert U.S.-Egyptian rendition and torture program that dates back to the Clinton administration. In fact, Clinton’s Deputy Attorney General, Eric Holder, now Obama’s Attorney General, was the first Department of Justice official to write a legal brief authorizing the rendition of alleged terrorists from third countries by the CIA to Egypt for purposes of interrogation and torture. [Read more…]

December 2, 2010

Posted w/permission, Wayne Madsen Reports: December 2, 2010 — U.S. intelligence retaliates against Israel's role in Wikileaks's disclosures

December 2, 2010 — U.S. intelligence retaliates against Israel’s role in Wikileaks’s disclosures

With Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, continuing their gloating over the disclosure by Wikileaks of classified U.S. State Department cables, the U.S. intelligence community is taking off its gloves and is releasing some embarrassing information about Netanyahu and a Mossad attempt to use a divorce involving the President of Yemen’s family to penetrate the president’s family’s inner circle in a possible blackmail attempt.

Wikileaks’s founder, Julian Assange, singled out Netanyahu for praise as a world leader who believes the embarrassing leaks will aid “global diplomacy.” In an interview with Time magazine, Assange said “Netanyahu believes that the result of this publication, which makes the sentiments of many privately held beliefs public, are promising a pretty good . . . . [and] will lead to some kind of increase in the peace process in the Middle East and particularly in relation to Iran.” Assange, who is believed to be in the United Kingdom, is the subject of an INTERPOL arrest warrant for alleged “sex crimes” in Sweden. [Read more…]

August 5, 2010

My Catbird's Seat: PHILIP GIRALDI and RAY MCGOVERN CALL ON PRESIDENT TO PREEMPT ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93YVO12Cvl0

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: War With Iran

We write to alert you to the likelihood that Israel will attack Iran as early as this month. This would likely lead to a wider war. Israel’s leaders would calculate that once the battle is joined, it will be politically untenable for you to give anything less than unstinting support to Israel, no matter how the war started, and that U.S. troops and weaponry would flow freely. Wider war could eventually result in destruction of the state of Israel. This can be stopped, but only if you move quickly to preempt an Israeli attack by publicly condemning such a move before it happens. [Read more…]