https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/29/theresa-may-john-kerry-comments-israel-palestine-un-resolution Theresa May has distanced the UK from Washington over John Kerry’s condemnation of Israel . I am not a fan of John Kerry, or of any American administration or "Secretary" which over the years, has given unqualified support and diplomatic protection to the state of Israel. However, after the United States refused to exercise its veto on the question of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories of Palestine, and Kerry's subsequent speech defending the Obama administration’s decision to allow the UN Security Council to declare Israeli settlements illegal, I was inclined to believe that America was now moving towards accepting that the building of settlements is a major obstacle to peace in the region and the creation of a "Two State" solution. Kerry condemns gr...
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/24/israel-rejects-shameful-un-resolution-amid-criticism-of-netanyahu Israel rejects 'shameful' UN resolution In a fit of furious outrage and pique, Benjamin Netanyahu throws his toys from the pram and immediately recalls Israel’s ambassadors to New Zealand and Senegal in addition to stopping all current aid to Senegal. Settlement in Jerusalem The building of settlements on Palestinian lands occupied by Israel after the 1967 war, has for many years been condemned by the "International Community" and the United Nations as bein g illegal, but Israel has been supported in its defiance of international opinion by successive American administrations. United States abstains Now with no veto from the United States, Netanyahu is absolutely furious today. For probably the first time, the USA has (even if by default) been critical of Israel.They should have gone ...
http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/david-s-harp/.premium-1.680378?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook Haaretz says: If the wave of violence we’re seeing now morphs into a full-fledged Third Intifada, blame it on Facebook. No. Blame this "intifada",on the continuing occupation of Palestine by a barbaric and increasingly vicious Israeli occupation force. Blame this "intifada" on the illegal and inhuman blockade of Gaza by Israel from land and sea and daily airstrikes against the people trapped in the Gaza strip. Blame this "intifada" on the occupation and blockade of Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Israeli check points every few hundred yards around Palestinian neighbourhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. Blame this "intifada" on the evil Israeli "settlers" on the West Bank and the other occupied areas who build their illegal settlements destroying, infrastructure, crops and homes, and mur...
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php/national/9396-female-6-year-old-stoned-by-israeli-settlers Israeli "settlers" stone 6 year old girl. "Settlers" stoning child in Hebron Why should we have any sympathy or express any support for Israeli "settlers" who occupy Palestinian land and attack Palestinian children? The Israeli armed forces killed 2140 of which 513 were children, during operation "Protective Edge" in Gaza last July, adding to the thousands of children killed in Palestine during "Cast Lead" and other Israeli aggressions over recent years. It seems that the Israeli "settlers" in Hebron, are following the example set by the IDF.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/20/inyamin-netanyahu-israel-election Netanyahu sank into the moral gutter – and there will be consequences Last week, the Prime Minister of Israel said that "there will be no Palestinian state if he wins the election". The voice and face of evil, at last confirming what everyone has known for years. His racist fascist ideology, has murdered thousands of Palestinian men, women and children in the occupied territories of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. The face of evil He won the election on Tuesday this week, and yesterday (Thursday), he says that he "wants a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution". Netanyahu the cynic, liar and threat to the whole region. The occupation of the West Bank, Jerusalem and the blockade of Gaza continues almost 12 months since the ceasefire, which ended (for now) "Operation Protective Edge", when it was agreed that the siege would end and ...
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/08/tesco-chief-unveils-dramatic-shake-up-troubled-supermarket Almost 100 stores to close What a sick and nasty world the speculators create and live in. On the announcement that nearly 100 Tesco stores will be closed, Head Office will be "relocated" , the employee pension scheme will be axed and that thousands of people will loose their jobs, the share price increases by 15%. The financial "markets" make "loads a money" at the expense of peoples lives. I have little sympathy for Tesco. My criticism is of the speculators making money from the share price increase as a result of people losing their jobs. As usual it is the employees who pay the price of management ineptitude and in the case of Tesco, boardroom practices which probably verge on illegality. Personally, I never shop in Tesco for three main reasons. The price of their produce is too high. The quality of their goods is in many cases ...
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/immense-cruelty-ariel-sharon?utm_source=EI+readers&utm_campaign=5193c4c032-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e802a7602d-5193c4c032-290661941 The immense cruelty of Ariel Sharon Aeriel Sharon Ariel Sharon lies in the Sheba hospital near Tel Aviv. where he has been in a coma since 2006. As his condition deteriorates further, Doctors are saying that his life is in danger, and we should expect an announcement of his death at any time. When that happens, there will be the usual outpourings of grief, tributes from many world leaders and the endless reviews of his life and times in the media and on television. It should also be remembered what role Sharon played, as Israeli Defense Minister in the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, the withdrawing of Israeli settlers from Gaza in 2005 whilst maintaining Israeli still control of Gaza’s air and sea borders, paving the way for a siege and the ong...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/09/uk-government-warns-over-business-israeli-settlements UK government issues warning over doing business with Israeli settlements Palestinian laborers work on a construction site Our government issues "guidelines" to British businesses over the risks involved with their support and trading activities with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories of Palestine. More words and empty rhetoric when what is so clearly required is a complete prohibition of trade with Israel.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/26/palestinians-call-off-peace-talks_n_3816358.html?utm_hp_ref=world Palestinians Call Off Peace Talks After West Bank Clash Men carry the body of a Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops during his funeral at Qalandiya Refugee Camp As predicted, the Israeli's will find a way of torpedoing the "peace talks" and (try to) dupe the world into accepting the proposition that it was all the Palestinians fault. As it happens, these latest killings in the Qalandia refugee camp, come within hours of the announcement a further construction of 1600 housing units and the infrastructure needed to develop the planned Jewish community, in Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem. Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem. How can the Israeli's expect the world to accept the assurance that their intentions in seeking an agreement with Palestine are genuine, and at the same time continue their provocative actions? As I ...
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.541149 Israel gives final go ahead for 800 more homes in East Jerusalem Israel approves settlements in East Jerusalem After yesterday's announcement of 1200 new settler homes in the occupied West bank and Jerusalem, comes this news of an additional 890 homes in East Jerusalem. These announcements, coming as the Palestinian/Israeli talks are scheduled to co mmence tomorrow, Wednesday, clearly demonstrate the determination of Israel to scupper any prospect of an agreement with Palestine. Israel is determined to torpedo any opportunity of a Middle East peace and will seek to shift blame for any breakdown onto the Palestinians. How can any right thinking person believe that the duplicitous Israeli government are acting in good faith with their constant hypocritical references to seeking a solution, whilst at the same time continuing and expanding their construction ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/11/israel-settlements-palest_n_3740390.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Israel Approves 1,200 New Settler Homes In Palestinian Prisoner Swap Deal Illegal Israeli settlement construction It has always been abundantly clear that Israel has no interest in, or intention of, making any agreement with Palestine. This Huffington Post article implies that the Palestinians agreed to the continued building of Israeli settlements in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners. This is far from true. In fact the Jewish Home Party leader Naftali Bennett (who also boasts that he has killed lots of Arabs during his life) would not support the Israeli coalition government of which his JHP is a part, in continuing with or even attending the Kerry inspired "peace" initiative, or the prisoner release, unless Netanyahu and the rest of the coalition agreed to the announcement of and continuation with the construction of 1,200 more settlem...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israels-cabinet-approves-new-national-priorities-plan-8745489.html Israel's cabinet approves new national priorities plan Tzipi Livni, the Israeli justice minister Another nail in the coffin of the "Israeli Palestinian talks". It has always been abundantly clear that Israel has no interest or intention of making any agreement with Palestine and this further announcement is just another provocation to the Palestinians.
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/israel-builds-settlements-pa-guards-them-by-khalid-amayreh/ Israel builds settlements, PA guards them. PLO official Nabil Shaath threw a bombshell this week when he told Israeli reporters in Ramallah that the Palestinian Authority (PA) spends a large portion of its meager budget on guarding Israeli colonies against possible attacks by Palestinian resistance fighters. Why on earth should the PA spend even one penny on guarding illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine? The "settlers" destroy irrigation systems and other infrastructure, they uproot crops and olive groves, they attack Palestinians in their own homes and they burn villages, all the while protected by the occupying thugs of the Israeli defence Force. Their whole campaign of violenc...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/16/israel-unauthorised-settler-outposts-west-bank The Israeli government is to legalise four unauthorised more settler outposts in the West Bank West Bank settler outpost of Givat Asaf, near Ramallah. Confirmation, if more were needed, that Israel has no intention of reaching any settlement with Palestine. The two state solution is dead. Israel continues to expand and develop more settlements in occupied land in defiance of the United Nations and a growing body of world opinion. Construction The building of more settlements in Palestine and the continuing occupation of Palestinian lands are indicative of a nation driven by the objective of the creation of a "Greater Israel" using ethnic cleansing, apartheid and State terrorism as tools to achieve that end.
Israeli election 2013 Latest poll predicts: LIKUD: Benjamin Netanyahu. 34 members. YISRAEL BEITEINU: Avigdor Lieberman. (running in joint list with Likud) HABAYIT HAYEHUDI: Naftali Bennett. 14 members. A predicted total of 48 out of a Knesset of 120 members. It would only require a further 13 members to form a coalition for government (61 members required). The UNITED TORAH JUDAISM and SHAS are predicted to have 17 members between them. The current state of these parties is: LIKUD: 27 seats. YISRAEL BEITEINU: 15 seats. HABAYIT HAYEHUDI: (originally formed by a merger of the Jewish Home, National Religious Party, Moledet and Tkuma in November 2008.) 3 seats. UNITED TORAH JUDAISM and SHAS: 16 seats. Avigdor Lieberman Benjamin Netanyahu ...
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=295553 Israel to withhold NIS 1.6b. of PA tax revenue Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman “They can forget about seeing a single agora for the next four months,” Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman: Tel Aviv Tuesday. Liberman, terrorist, bigot, war criminal and now thief. Stealing money to punish Palestine for obtaining status at the United Nations, and retaliating against Palestine and Europe's criticism of Israel for announcing planning for homes in E1 in Ma’aleh Adumin, and other new construction plans beyond the Green Line. The Jerusalem Post of course seems to endorse this theft and probably considers that Liberman's activities will contribute to finding a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian problem. the Jerusalem Post is as warped as he is.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/for-first-time-britain-france-may-recall-ambassadors-in-protest-at-israel-s-settlement-construction.premium-1.481963 Moves against Israel will be made in next the few days following Netanyahu’s decision to move ahead and build 3,000 housing units in the settlement blocs, and in East Jerusalem Israel plans to build 3,000 new housing units for Jewish settlers A source in the Prime Minister’s Bureau said Israel was planning more steps against the Palestinian Authority. “The Palestinians will soon realize they made a mistake" Are nations finally beginning to realise that Israel has no interest in any form of peace process or in the "Two state solution"? Israeli governments have historically been interested, only in the expansion of "Greater Israel" by force and ethnic cleansing. Nothing has changed with the Netanyahu government or is there any likelihood of any change in the attitude of the ...
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/bring-israel-into-nato.premium-1.461868 Yehuda Lukacs suggests admitting Israel as a member of NATO, protected by the "one-for-all, all-for-one" policy of the 28-member alliance. This is the most obscene proposal that I have ever heard . Bringing in a blood soaked nation, conceived in the terrorist acts of the Haganah, Irgun, Stern Gang and others, guilty of the most atrocious crimes against humanity in their policies of ethnic cleansing and apartheid against the Palestinians. A country guilty of the most evil acts of aggression against Lebanon, Gaza and other neighbours and the use of munitions, banned under international treaty. Israel, in occupation of Palestinian lands since 1967, continues to build settlement in defiance of all international opinion and destroys Palestinian homes, farms and what little infrastructure still remains. Israel is the nuclear armed menace in the Middle East and deserves no place in any civi...
http://rememberrachel.tumblr.com/ On August 28, 2012 at 9:00AM, the verdict in the civil suit filed against the State of Israel by the Corrie family is set to be announced. As the verdict approaches, we want to use this moment to reflect on Rachel’s life and work and want to encourage you to act in remembrance of her. On March 16, 2003, an IDF operation in the land between the Rafah refugee camp and the border with Egypt was engaged in clearing brush, which the IDF says is necessary to destroy hideouts and tunnels Corrie was part of a group of seven ISM activists (three British and four US) attempting to disrupt the actions of Israeli bulldozers. Corrie, who had positioned herself in the path of a Caterpillar D9R armored bulldozer , was fatally injured. She was transported to a Palestinian hospital. Accounts vary as to whether she died at the scene, in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, or at the hospital.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/after-a-day-meeting-israel-s-leaders-romney-gives-speech-in-jerusalem-1.454386 After a day meeting Israel's leaders, Romney gives speech in Jerusalem Romney's staff picked the 150 guests carefully. Religious American immigrants dominated the crowd; secular Jews and native-born Israelis were few and far between. Those present included Jewish-American millionaires, settler leaders like the former chairman of the Yesha Council of settlements Israel Harel, and former Netanyahu aides such as Dore Gold, Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked and Yoaz Hendel. This was not a speech. It was a crass and blatant pitch for the Jewish American vote at the November election, in exchange for the promise of American support for Israel actions against Iran, Palestine and its people and anyone else who criticises or opposes Israeli aggression and barbarism. In other words, Romney said that Israel can do whatever it likes to anyone...