Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/beck-j10.shtml

Glenn Beck is a reactionary know-nothing who hosts a commentary program on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel in the US. An unstable individual, with a history of odd jobs in radio, Beck landed on his feet only during the Bush years as one of the new wave of talk-show demagogues.

Link: http://www.alternet.org/world/147169/there_is_a_method_to_israel%27s_madness/

A new Middle East is being born - and there seems to be only one place for Israel: isolation. With that comes an inevitable, somewhat crazed approach to diplomacy. Why would Israeli commandos shoot nine unarmed activists dead with nine millimeter bullets at close range, between the eyes, in the top of the head, in the back of the head, in the chest, in the back, and in the legs - including an American citizen? (The final death toll may be 15, as six activists are still missing; Israeli army radio reported 16 dead early last Monday when the attack took place on the Mavi Marmara, a part of the Free Gaza flotilla.) How could Israel think it would get away with it by censoring video and photos - and then getting away with it all over again by refusing an international, independent commission to investigate the incident and subsequent cover-up? Why, geopolitically, would Israel declare war on the de facto international community - from Muslim nations to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member-countries to global public opinion?

Link: http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=12848

Russia said Thursday that the new U.N. sanctions do not forbid the delivery of S-300 air-defense missiles to Iran. Israel and the U.S. have urged Russia not to supply the missile system, which would substantially increase Iran's defense capability. Russia agreed to sell the missiles in 2007, but has not yet delivered them.

Link: http://www.paltelegraph.com/palestine/west-bank/6356-israel-orders-commandos-unit-to-close-their-facebook-account

IOF soldiers from the special Commando force “13” in the Israeli Marine Corps recieved Israeli decision to close their account on Facebook, after rising fear among the Israeli army and commando forces to reveal their identities after their participation in the operation of attacking the freedom flotilla Ships.

Link: http://original.antiwar.com/deen/2010/06/09/brazil-turkey-defy-us-on-nuke-vote-against-iran/

After several months of closed-door negotiations and shuttle diplomacy, the United States succeeded Wednesday in getting a new Security Council resolution — the fourth in a series — imposing a fresh set of sanctions penalizing Iran for its nuclear program

Link: http://blogs.aljazeera.net/imperium/2010/06/10/israel-shakes-down-china

Veiled threat According to The New York Times, "In February, a high-level Israeli delegation travelled to Beijing to present classified evidence of Iran’s atomic ambitions. Then they unveiled the ostensible purpose of their visit: to explain in sobering detail the economic impact to China from an Israeli strike on Iran — an attack Israel has suggested is all but inevitable should the international community fail to stop Iran from assembling a nuclear weapon.

Link: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/06/201061002534598482.html

By the most conservative estimate, 26 million litres of crude have spilled into the Gulf. BP's share price has plunged to a 14-year low as the US threatens to impose new penalties on the British energy giant. BP depository shares, trading in New York on Wednesday, fell nearly 16 per cent to close at $29.20, the lowest level since August 1996, amid growing concerns over its ability to meet mounting costs of the giant Gulf of Mexico oil spill.