Getting Ready to Take on Iran? Jerusalem Bombing Linked to Iran?

The Israelis are very worried about Iran. And the Israelis are the major force in the U.S. pushing Washington to confront Iran. As was the case with Iraq just a few years ago, partly...

“Most of what I’ve heard from this panel is BULLSHIT.”

There are many reasons the Israeli/Jewish lobby rules in Washington with hardly any effective opposition. One of the main reasons is that the various Arab-American organizations that exist are all controlled, manipulated, and usually paralyzed...

Clinton and the Right of Return

On July 1, 1999, President Clinton stated that American policy was that Palestinians have a right to live "wherever they would like to live". Clinton's policy statement resounded through the Palestinian media and the United...

B’Tselem: Press Release (+IMRA critique) “Even in Time of War Not All Is

of the B'Tselem Human Rights Report Raises Questions about credibility. 1. Reading this press release it would appear that B'Tselem considers the throwing of rocks, steel rods and fire bombs to fall within the...

Understanding Arafat as a Media Strategist

There are many ways to describe Yasser Arafat, but whether one tends to call him a "politician," "statesman" or "terrorist," any fair estimation of Arafat would have to call him an "Egyptian intellectual." Arafat studied...

The Left Should Stop Using the “Settlements” as an Excuse

"I collected my children and I explained to them that if they hear a strong boom, it's mortar shells. They usually land in foursomes and then you have to run into the nearest building,...

“Sending Our Son Off to War”

This week we accompanied our first born son, Noam, to the IDF army recruitment center in Jerusalem, where he was inducted into an IDF combat unit, with three months of basic training lying ahead...

B’tselem spokesman admits that the report in “incomplete”

On October 25, 2001, the 5:00 p.m. Voice of Israel Radio Newsreel announced that the Israel research group Btzelem, financed by the New Israel Fund and European governments through the European Union, has issued...

The Real War has Begun

What we saw up until now was just the preface, with a strong opening chord in Ramallah. This war even has a new name, albeit not officially. "This war should be called the 'war...

Norway’s Real Interest in the Middle East: Oil

Production of oil in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea began on the Ekofisk field in 1971. Now, on the threshold of a new century, Norway holds the position of the world's second...