Posts Tagged ‘israeli lobby’
The Charles Freeman Ordeal and the Decline of American Power
“I do not believe the National Intelligence Council could function effectively while its chair was under constant attack by unscrupulous people with a passionate attachment to the views of a political faction in a foreign country.
“The tactics [...]
Today, February 4 thrown shoes and books on Israeli Ambassador Benny Dagan.
Stockholm University was today invited one of the official spokesmen for the Israeli occupying forces to talk about the upcoming Israeli elections. By doing so legitimized Israel’s Law unconstitutional occupation – corral of Gaza, the continued expansion of settlements in [...]
US Financial Aid to Israel – (Occupation 101 Movie Clip)
John Mearsheimer on US support for Israel
On the last day of the old year in CounterPunch, two Israelis, Jeff Halper who heads the Israeli peace movement ICAHD and Neve Gordon who is chairman of the department of politics and government at Ben-Gurion University, asked, “Where’s the Academic Outrage Over the Bombing of a University in Gaza?”
“Not one of the nearly 450 [...]
US president George Bush’s attempt, at the World Trade Economic Forum in Egypt, to ease Arab anger over his speech to the Knesset is too feeble and too late.
Bush had addressed the Israeli parliament, on Israel’s 60th anniversary three days ago, saying the establishment of Israel had been “the redemption of an ancient promise given [...]
The United States on Saturday blamed Hamas for breaking a cease-fire and attacking Israel. It was “completely unacceptable” for Hamas, which controls Gaza, to launch attacks on Israel after a truce lasting several months, said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council.
“These people are nothing but thugs, so Israel is going to defend [...]
During his November 4 acceptance speech, President-Elect Barack Obama stated that “There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can’t solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when [...]
A new group of prominent U.S. Jews who believe that the so-called “Israel Lobby” has been dominated for too long by neoconservatives and other Likud-oriented hawks has launched a new organization to help fund political candidates who favor a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a stronger U.S. role in achieving it.
Almost two years [...]










