Whether or not Iran is developing nuclear weapons, it appears that Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak appreciates why they would. In an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose, when he was asked if he would want a nuclear weapon were he a member of Iran’s government, he replied, “Probably, probably. I know,
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Progressive Proselytizing: Quebec and Israel’s changing political narrative
When there is a single issue which dominates the politics of a jurisdiction for decades, it is often the case that progress on other issues is inhibited by the myopic focus on the one dominating issue. Such is the case in both Quebec and Israel dominated by the separatist issue
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Benjamin Netanyahu is Just a Politician. Get Over It.
Headlines today reflect comments made by President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in a private conversation at the G-20.Sarkozy called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “a liar”, while Obama expressed frustration with hav…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Edging Closer to a Nuclear Nightmare
When I think of a nuclear nightmare I think of the ghost towns of Chernobyl. Twenty-five years after the reactor exploded…I think of the deformed children, the cancers, and the poisoned earth.Or I think about the continuing horror of Fukushima.W…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: So Many Flotilla’s to Gaza!
Just Friday another flotilla to Gaza was stopped. The protesters don’t like the idea of a blockade and the so called “human right violations” of Israel being done in Gaza. My question is why do these protesters expand there horizon?
T…
Continue readingDid former Israeli security chiefs rat out Netanyahu?
Meir Dagan, former head of Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence service, is no admirer of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He has accused Netanyahu of being "irresponsible and reckless" and feels that Israel’s security is being mismanaged by the prime minister and Ehud Barak, the defence minister.
According to a story in the Guardian, Netanyahu is now said to believe that Dagan and
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: US, Israel and Canada’s response to Palestine’s UNESCO membership
When Palestine overwhelmingly got approved to be a member state in UNESCO, a long standing congressional trigger was activated which entirely defunds the US contribution to UNESCO (about a fifth of its total contributions). This comes on the back of f…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Are Israel and the U.S. About to Attack Iran?
The Guardian seems to think so.The Ministry of Defence believes the US may decide to fast-forward plans for targeted missile strikes at some key Iranian facilities. British officials say that if Washington presses ahead it will seek, and receive, UK mi…
Continue readingCongratulations to the Palestinians … and UNESCO
Allow me to add my cheer to those that went up at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 36th General Conference after delegates approved Palestinian membership. The move was particularly courageous considering th…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Gilat Shalit is Out!
Hamas the terrorist organization in Gaza has for many years taken a prisoner of war named Gilat Shalit. He has been captured and never released until now. Currently there is a deal in which Hamas will give Gilat back in exchange for…
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Video: Israeli privilege is unsustainable – Amira Hass
“Inhuman, immoral and unsustainable” are the words used by Amira Hass to describe what she terms “the State of Israel and the privileges it endows to Jews only, at the expense of Palestinians.” Hass was at the University of Winnipeg Sept. 30, to provide a unique perspective on the Palestinian struggle, that of an Israeli […]
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The US Congress’s punitive actions against Palestine
In response to the Palestinian bid for statehood, the US House, against the wishes of the White House, has frozen some $200 million dollars worth aid to Palestine. The funds were targeted towards food aid, healthcare and infrastructure devel…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Aid blackmail in Palestine
Aid blackmail in Palestine – Opinion – Al Jazeera EnglishExcerpt:Once again, Palestinians are being punished for daring to exercise a choice.It happened before in 2006, when they took part in what was deemed to be the wrong kind of democracy and picked…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Refuting my Fellow Blogger
My blogger friend Doggy and Owner talked about how I said that the Israeli settlements was for defense. I never said that or rather wrote that all. All I said was that Israel said that the settlements are legal. My blogger friend says:
“Yet, …
The Happy Wanderer: Survival of Israel is Dependent on Palestine
Firstly, I would like to thank my co-blogger, Vanillaman for having reposted the Avaaz video. This will help us bring our message of hope to the world. I will now proceed to criticize a few parts of vanillaman’s post.
In his post, he mentions t…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Middle East Peace The True Story (part 2)
In this post I will continue to criticize the video below.
1) The wall was stated in the video as this thing that squeezes Palestinians into a small areas, and separates people. The video again doesn’t state why there is a wall in the first pla…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Middle East Peace the True story
My co-blogger Doggy and Owner has put a video on the website. This video is the one below. Now this video is filled with things that are completely not true. So let’s go at it
1) The first minute or so was relatively objective, but when they started…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Nobody Says "F*** You" Like Israel
As vile and racist as the regime is, you have to give them points for sheer chutzpah. Having denounced the Palestinians at the UN for not being serious about peace, Israeli PM Netanyahu has agreed two days later to build another 1,100 illegal buildings…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Iran’s overstated military capacities
Iranian Missile Test
With the main thrust of the Libyan intervention dieing down – and with it the need to justify it by villainizing Qaddafi – Iran has firmly regained its place as public enemy number one. Ahmadenijad makes it easy to draw attention…
RedBedHead: Baird’s UN Rant Is A Museum Piece
Baird was the attack dog for the Harper government at the UN yesterday with his meandering rant that read like it was written by the Israeli ministry of international propaganda. Claiming people and nations who didn’t support Israel were akin to appeas…
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