Archive for the 'Israel' Category
Sunday, August 13th, 2006
“Comment
The land of the free - but free speech is a rare commodity
You can say what you like in the US, just as long as you don’t ask awkward questions about America’s role in the Middle East
Henry Porter
Sunday August 13, 2006
The Observer
It used to be said that academic rows were vicious because the stakes were […]
Posted in Bill of Rights, Education, Middle East, Israel, Hezbollah |
Sunday, August 13th, 2006
“Israeli Leaders Fault Bush on War
Consortium News
By Robert Parry
August 13, 2006
Amid the political and diplomatic fallout from Israel’s faltering invasion of Lebanon, some Israeli officials are privately blaming President George W. Bush for egging Prime Minister Ehud Olmert into the ill-conceived military adventure against the Hezbollah militia in south Lebanon.
Please find the entire piece here. […]
Posted in Bush, Lebanon, Israel, Hezbollah |
Friday, August 4th, 2006
“What’s the Motivation?
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, August 4, 2006; 12:52 PM
President Bush often complains about lack of transparency in places like North Korea or, more recently, Cuba — and contrasts that with the United States.”
Allow me to butt in for a moment. After reading about the tears, any self-respecting agnostic would declare his or […]
Posted in Bush, Religion, Neo-Romanovs, Israel |
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
“Richard Perle (Zuma Press photo) and Elliott Abrams (Reuters photo)
SALON
The neocons’ next war
y secretly providing NSA intelligence to Israel and undermining the hapless Condi Rice, hardliners in the Bush administration are trying to widen the Middle East conflict to Iran and Syria, not stop it.
By Sidney Blumenthal
Aug. 03, 2006 | The National Security Agency is […]
Posted in administration, Military, Middle East, N.S.A., Israel |
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
“‘Others say Mr. Bush cannot help looking at Israel through the prism of his Christian faith. “There is a religiously inspired connection to Israel in which he feels, as president, a responsibility for Israel’s survival,” said Martin S. Indyk, who was President Clinton’s ambassador to Israel and kept that post for several months under President […]
Posted in administration, Bush, State Department, Israel |
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
POPULATION (July,2006)
United States-298,444,215
Iraq————–26,783,383 8.97% of U.S. population: 11.14 multiple; round to 11.
Lebanon———3,874,050 1.29% of U.S. population: 77.03 multiple; round to 70.
Israel————–6,352,117 2.13% of U.S. population: 46.98 multiple; round to 47.
To find the comparative cost in human lives, the wars should be viewed this way.
A death in Iraq is the equivalent […]
Posted in Iraq, Society, USA, Lebanon, Israel, War |
Sunday, July 30th, 2006
“UN Council “strongly deplores” deaths in Lebanon
31 Jul 2006 01:15:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Evelyn Leopold and Irwin Arieff
UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a statement deploring Israel’s deadly attack on the southern Lebanese village of Qana but rejected U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s call for an immediate truce.”
Please find […]
Posted in administration, Lebanon, United Nations, Bolton, Israel, Hezbollah |
Sunday, July 30th, 2006
“July 30, 2006, 4:13AM
Lebanon asks Rice not to visit Lebanon
© 2006 The Associated Press
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Lebanese government asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday to put off a visit to Lebanon after an Israeli airstrike that killed more than 50 people.”
Please find the entire article here.
Thanks to the writers of the Rocky […]
Posted in News Media, State Department, Lebanon, Israel, Hezbollah |
Saturday, July 29th, 2006
Two bad-ass crabs argue over who started the war.
A crab covered in oil struggles towards the sea polluted with heavy fuel oil in Beirut. The Mediterranean is threatened by its worst ever environmental disaster after Israel’s bombing of a power plant in Lebanon sent thousands of tonnes of fuel gushing into the sea, the […]
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Environment, Nature, Movies, Lebanon, Israel, Hezbollah |
Friday, July 28th, 2006
A pro-Hezbollah demonstration in Amman, Jordan reflects popular sentiment throughout the Middle East. Voice of America News.com
“Support for Hezbollah growing in Mideast
By DAVID RISING, Associated Press Writer 33 minutes ago
Rising Arab anger over the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah appears to have pushed conservative rulers in the region to refocus their criticism away from the Shiite […]
Posted in Middle East, State Department, Lebanon, Israel |
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
“Poll: World Doesn’t Respect Bush
NEW YORK, July 26, 2006(CBS) Americans generally approve of President Bush’s handling of the current Mideast crisis, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll, but six in 10 say the president is not respected by foreign leaders.”
Please find the entire article here.
Posted in Iraq, Polls, Middle East, Lebanon, Israel, Iran |
Friday, July 21st, 2006
“Rice Outlines Strategy for Middle East Trip
By DAVID STOUT
WASHINGTON, July 21 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, soon to leave for the turbulent Middle East, said today that the violence in Lebanon must end in a stable and lasting peace, not just a cease-fire.
A simple cease-fire “would be a false promise” and would “guarantee future […]
Posted in administration, Middle East, Lebanon, Israel |
