Washington’s Mideast Talks Friday, September 03, 2010 :: Staff infoZine “By failing to insist on guiding principles and a timeline, the Obama administration sets itself up for another failed round of talks.” Washington, D.C. – infoZine – Amb. Edward Peck ( peckfsi@verizon.net) was chief of mission in Iraq and Mauritania and deputy director of the […]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 Josh Ruebner on Israeli and Palestinian Talks in DC Talk Nation Radio for September 3, 2010 Josh Ruebner on Israeli and Palestinian Talks in DC He is national advocacy director for the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation And Marine Biologist Dr. Samantha Joye, Journalist Dahr Jamail, chemical dispersants breaking up oil […]
The Hill Speaking before State Department personnel on his third day in office, President Obama stated it would be his administration’s policy to “actively and aggressively seek a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as Israel and its Arab neighbors.” During his first eight months in office, Obama pursued this goal by […]
Huffington Post On August 20, the Obama Administration announced that it will reconvene under its auspices direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations beginning on September 2. While a just and lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace is in everyone’s interest, there are profound reasons to be skeptical about the likelihood of success for the following reasons (not necessarily listed in […]
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, August 2010, Pages 32-33 Special Report Breaking the Siege on Capitol Hill By Susan Kerin Sen. Charles Schumer (l), the New York Democrat who is running for re-election this year, schmoozes (“to converse casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection”) with Israeli Prime […]
Talk Nation Radio Josh Ruebner on the Decline in Israel’s International Standing Suddenly Israel seems unable to control the debate. Josh Ruebner calls the recent behavior of Israeli leaders, “erratic”. Is there a policy shift on the horizon? TRT: 29:29 Produced by Dori Smith, Storrs, CT Download at Pacifica’s Audioport here or at Radio4all.net and Archive.org Josh Ruebner, […]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruebner/justice-for-all-a-tale-of_b_601067.html In October 1985, four Palestinian gunmen from the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) stormed an Italian cruise ship on the Mediterranean, holding its approximately 700 vacationers hostage while demanding the release of their comrades-in-arms from Israeli prison. The hijacking of the Achille Lauro, during which the hijackers killed an elderly, wheelchair-bound Jewish-American man–Leon Klinghoffer–and then […]
http://muftah.org/?p=144 The Israeli government’s planned construction of 1,600 new housing units in a settlement in Occupied East Jerusalem, which was announced during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s March visit to Israel, could not have come at a more opportune time for the more than 150 grassroots activists who participated in the March 8th Capitol Hill […]
