Category Archives: Writings

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/162387-the-two-speeches-of-barack-obama By Josh Ruebner – 05/20/11 10:10 AM ET During his speech today at the State Department, President Obama rightfully noted the “hypocrisy of the Iranian regime, which says it stands for the rights of protesters abroad, yet suppresses its people … Continue reading →

http://original.antiwar.com/josh-ruebner/2011/04/22/us-weapons-to-israel-are-disincentives-to-peace/ by Josh Ruebner, April 23, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Israel may be forgiven for failing to realize the current fiscal woes of the United States.  After all, U.S. military aid to Israel not only sailed unscathed through … Continue reading →

http://mondoweiss.net/2011/04/new-database-reveals-weapons-to-israel-impact-on-palestinians.html by Josh Ruebner on April 20, 2011 Last week, Congress finally got around to finalizing the 2011 budget, which included a record-breaking appropriation of $3 billion in military aid to Israel (not including an additional $415 million in Pentagon funding for … Continue reading →

http://blog.endtheoccupation.org/2011/04/austere-challenge-for-sure.html Don’t you just love these names the Pentagon invents for its military operations? From the makers of Operation Odyssey Dawn, coming in May 2012, it’s Austere Challenge! If you thought U.S.-Israeli military cooperation was already tight, it’s about to get … Continue reading →

Blowback   Good riddance, ‘peace process’ Don’t lament the end of negotiations that put Israeli demands, backed almost unconditionally by the U.S. and at the expense of basic Palestinian rights, first and foremost. January 28, 2011|By Josh Ruebner Aaron David … Continue reading →

Less Lethal? Ask the Abu Rahmah Family Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank village of Bil’in had no cause to ring in the New Year as tragedy struck the Abu Rahmah family for the fourth time in three years. After … Continue reading →

Nor has the United States actively supported Palestinian human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To the contrary, its diplomatic and military support-as well official U.S. policy statements-make the United States complicit in Israel’s systematic human rights … Continue reading →

The Organization That Cries Wolf My late grandfather was a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp. Many other members of my extended family were not so fortunate and perished in the Holocaust. Organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), established … Continue reading →

Obama’s Misplaced Missive As the clock ticks closer toward an ignominious end to the Obama Administration’s ill-conceived gambit to reconvene direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, President Obama appears desperate to keep the talks alive, as revealed on Wednesday in accounts of a … Continue reading →

On Israeli ‘moratorium,’ U.S. has taken sides Updated 9/24/2010 11:21 AM |  Comments 31 |  Recommend 27 E-mail | Save | Print | Enlarge Pool photo by Alex Brandon, AFP/Getty Images Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Middle East envoy … Continue reading →