Palestinian Home Demolitions this Week
At 11:30 p.m. on that cold, rainy night, I got a panicky phone call from Salim Shawamreh, a Palestinian man from the West Bank town of Anata whose home has…
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The Middle East, 2012 – All Embers and Kindling
The Middle East is a smouldering mess that could erupt into a regional conflagration this year among Sunni and Shiite Muslims as well as Israelis. That’s the assessment of the…
How the corporate media manipulates public support for international wars
The drums of war with Iran are beating. Once again, the corporate media, on behalf of the ever-hungry military-industrial complex and it’s puppets in position of political power, will force…
“Invented People”
Some may be familiar by now with controversial remarks made to an obscure Jewish cable TV channel last week by current Republican frontrunner Newt Gringrich while desperately trolling for the…
Sanction on Syria!
Since the Arab spring has started it is as if a big chunk of the western world all of a sudden got glasses. They realize that these countries that in…
If you can’t track the guns, you can’t track the criminals
The Brady Law in the States, which is supposed to ensure felons don't have access to guns (they are supposed to be flagged by a background check), has proven to…
The myopic terrorism lens
One of the main failures of western understanding of the Middle East and South Asia, and the subsequent failures of actions taken by the west in these regions, stems from…
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…
Wagging the dog, Mexican style
It's been a little over 24 hours since the United States announced it had arrested an Iranian operative who was picked up in Mexico for wanting to try to assassinate…
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…
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…
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.…
Palestinian State doesn’t Help Peace!
My fellow Blogger friend has put up a post saying that a Palestinian state recognized by the UN is the best way to achieve peace. He states that That's why…
Non-member status for Palestine a non-starter
An interesting suggested compromise to the "Palestinian question" came out during the week past. It would be to recognize the Palestinian state without granting it a seat at the United…
Bad Editorial!!!! (Part 2)
Daoud Kuttab then continues on to say that the reason Israel isn't allowing Palestine to be a state for no good reason. Back in 1947, when the General Assembly voted…
Bad Editorial!!!! (part 1)
I read this terrible opinion on the Palestine situation. This writer has written some facts, but neglects to mention any other facts that contradict him. First he state a quote…
Reopen Swiss Air 111
Yesterday morning's explosive (pardon the expression) allegations by a former Mountie that the Swiss Air 111 crash in 1998 may have been a terrorist act and not an entertainment system…
Reliance on Canadian Tar Sands Threatens U.S. Energy Security
obama energy security.jpg This is a guest post by Glenn Hurowitz, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. It originally appeared on Grist.org, and is reprinted here with permission....
So long, Ka-Taffy!
Looks like the rebels have all but taken control of Tripoli.Adieu, Moammar. About the only good thing you ever did was dismantle your nuclear weapons (the only other country to…
When "Free Trade" ain’t free
In the absence of any long term prospect for a Free Trade Area of the Americas, Canada has decided to go it alone and try for bilateral agreements. This started…