Monthly Archives: May 2015

Iran Is Lying, and We Know It

If the White House doesn’t pull the plug on negotiations, Congress must. The most frustrating part for a rational observer of the P5+1 negotiations with Iran is this: There is little doubt that Iran...

Israel is nothing short of a miracle

Ever since the Israelites made their way out of Egypt, the Jews have tended to complain, and we always will -- but let us take a look at the numbers • Where were we...

Presidential Spokesperson: Israeli Government Must Meet Palestinian Demands to Overcome Peace Impasse

Presidential Spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh stated Thursday, following the formation of new Israeli coalition government, that the latter has to accept the two-state solution, among other demands,  to overcome the current impasse in the...
The writer says former Wits SRC president Mcebo Dlamini was fired for his unseemly conduct and not, as he imagines, because vice-chancellor Adam Habib is weak, and not because of the "Zionist lobby". File picture: Boxer Ngwenya

Blaming Jews won’t solve SA’s ills

When Wits SRC president Mcebo Dlamini was found guilty of misconduct earlier this year, his reaction (echoed by his supporters) was revealing, says Charisse Zeifert. He was, he wrote, being removed as a result of...

Prosor at UNGA: 70th Anniversary of the end of WWII

Seventy-five years ago men, women, and children were rounded up and murdered because of what they believed, where they came from, how they looked, and whom they loved. The same crimes are taking place...

Palestinian human rights activist calls for Gazan spring

Speaking at the Shurat HaDin Towards a New Law of War Conference in Jerusalem, Palestinian human rights activism Bassem Eid speaks out against human rights abuses committed by the Hamas regime and Palestinian Authority,...

Graham: ‘Only a matter of time’ before next ISIS attack

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a potential 2016 presidential contender, says unless the U.S. changes its policies, it's "only a matter of time" before the next attack like the one attempted Sunday at a “Draw...

Activities of the Islamic Bloc in UNRWA schools after Operation Protective Edge

The Islamic Bloc, Hamas student movement, resumed its activities in UNRWA schools after the last military confrontation between Israel and a coalition of Palestinian organizations lead by Hamas (Operation Protective Edge in summer 2014). Here are...

Blaming Bibi, Ignoring Abbas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come in for what the New York Times calls an “unusually forceful and public condemnation” by President Barack Obama for his pre-election statement on March 16 “that there...

EUROPE TO BREAKING THE SILENCE: BRING US AS MANY INCRIMINATING TESTIMONIES AS POSSIBLE

On May 4, 2015, the political advocacy NGO Breaking the Silence (BtS)  published a booklet of testimonies concerning the Summer 2014 Gaza conflict. (As of the morning of May 4, it is only available...