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Impressions of Israeli Executions in the West Bank
Vijay Raghavan
FIGURE 5
Introduction: Recently, my family and I were in Israel-Palestine. We spent Christmas in Palestine and then drove north to Nablus. There we witnessed the aftermath of the Israeli targeted killing of three Palestinians. We met the affected families and I wrote down my impressions of the Israeli operation in the form of a report (supplemented with photographs). Later I found out that the American government is questioning the Israeli government on the operation, and therefore I have made the report available to Congress and the State Department. However, I really think that the impressions of an ordinary American citizen should be seen by other Americans.
Much planning had gone into our family vacation in Israel-Palestine. We could spare only the last two weeks of 2009, and so had developed an uncompromising itinerary for each day, allowing a mere half-day to recover from jet lag from our trip from California. After devoting most of the first week to visiting holy places in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron and Jericho, we were, in the words of our 17-year-old, quite “churched out.” We are a typical American family in at least one regard: we have two other children (ages five and two), and we are all blessed with limited attention span. Absorbing detailed references to the Old and New Testaments in the places we visited was beyond our capabilities. Our hired tour guide and driver, Issa Habash , had long ago taken notice of our monumental ignorance and had given up on reciting chapter and verse from the Bible.
Image of the Beast
By: Peter Chamberlin
Up until now, the United States has been able to exert control over most of the earth just by controlling the narrative that reflects popular opinion about the war on terror. Whatever government spokesmen or reporters have said happened on a particular day, was what really happened; it was validated by popular consent. The ability to shape people¡¯s thoughts and opinions is a power that every tyrant has dreamed about. Global trust in the good intentions of the people of the United States moves individuals and entire nations to give American leaders the benefit of the doubt, even when common sense cautions against it.
Probation Ends for Baucus 8. Group Vows: “The Fight will continue until every person in our nation has access to quality, affordable health care.”
from: Kevin Zeese
Jan. 8, 2010, Washington, D.C. – Members of the Baucus 8 appeared at the H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse today for their final hearing following 6 months of probation and, for 3 members, 40 hours of community service. The Baucus 8, all of whom are doctors or health advocates, were arrested in the Senate Finance Committee Health Care Roundtable on May 5th for standing up and asking why single payer advocates were not allowed to testify.
Dr. Pat Solomon, a retired pediatrician noted that, “When we looked at the list of 41 people testifying in the 3 days of Roundtables, we saw that not a single witness was an advocate of the principle that healthcare should be a fundamental human right for all in America, nor was there anyone to speak for the majority of the American people who support single payer/Medicare for All.”
Wars "R" Us: Making the World Safe for American Domination
By Emily Spence
In destructive economic systems, there is a feedback loop wherein it becomes self-confirming that greed and aggression lead to gains rather than acts that involve "playing by the rules", sharing profits, cooperating and helping others to prosper. As activities on Wall Street and in transnational corporations confirm, successful players are expected to produce income by any means possible, pay workers as little as required, charge as much as can be obtained for products and always tap into new markets for an enlarged customer base. It, also, requires a perception to be created that some newly devised product is desirable and must replace the older versions for which there is often built-in obsolescence.
"Conspiracy or cock up?" White House reaction to ersatz bomber
The underpants bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is a curious terrorist. He became disillusioned with his privileged life as the son of a bank chairman and member of the Nigerian elite, it would seem. Rather than pursuing his studies in London, he retreated to Yemen to learn the ways of al Qaeda inspired terrorism.
Farouk was so indiscreet that his father reported him to the U.S. Embassy as a potential terrorist in November. A month later, he managed to get on a jumbo jet headed for Detroit to complete a terror mission. Despite his training in engineering at the prestigious London School of Economics, Farouk failed in his mission. He couldn't mix his explosives to achieve the desired effect. He apparently forgot to detonate the explosive device in mid flight, waiting until just before landing in Detroit to start his task. He retrieved and set off the chemicals to create the explosion in full view of passengers.
What kind of terrorist is this? He doesn't know when, how or where to conduct his criminal enterprise.
Flaming Cavalry Gunboat "Democracy" Gallops to rescue
Excerpts, editing, notes and comment by Carolyn Bennett
U.S. Government and Corporations continue pouring across Southwest/Central Asian borders now into Yemen. The Persian threat persists. We're going to save these suckers for "democracy" even if we don't practice democracy ourselves and even if we have to kill every one of them to achieve our ends. Feigning "democracy" as justification for war, Barack Obama pushes the Bushes-Clinton-Reagan precedent galloping across Persia, the Middle East/Southwest Asia in killing sprees. Taking out everything in their path - children, men and women, destroying lives and livelihoods, culture and art over and over again in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, as well as in African countries, incessant threats against Iran and other countries whose citizens practice Islam - on the pretext of transporting "democracy" and "saving the poor beggars."
Israeli Theft of Palestinian Property
by Stephen Lendman
aning justice in Arabic, is the legal center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel advocating through Israeli Supreme Court petitions; lawsuits and appeals to the District, Magistrate and Labor Courts; pre-petitions to the Attorney General; and various other ways to serve its constituency in a nation where only Jews have rights.
It also prepares publications and reports on vital issues of concern to Palestinians, including two recent ones on the theft of their property, an ongoing international law violation since Israel's "War of Independence" - a six-month atrocity that expelled about 800,000 people, massacred many others, destroyed 531 villages, 11 urban neighborhoods in cities like Tel-Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem, and stole 78% of historic Palestine as the first step toward seizing it all for exclusive Jewish use.
IN THE END WE HAVE A KIND OF APARTHEID BETWEEN THE UPPER CLASS AND THE WORKING CLASS
James Petras
Petras: IN THE END WE HAVE A KIND OF APARTHEID BETWEEN THE UPPER CLASS AND THE WORKING CLASS, BECAUSE THE WORKER DOSN'T WEAR A SHIRT AND TIE HE IS SUSPECT. THAT IS A TYPE OF APARTHEID CLASSIST.
Comments for CX36 Radio Centenario of American sociologist, Prof. James Petras from States. Monday 4 January 2010. "We also have some events in Uruguay that are somewhat unusual as this to control who can go to Punta del Este, which is a bit what happens in the United States. This to control identity exists in many cities and wealthy suburbs in the U.S. with security systems and any person who walks, who has no identification, cast them as criminals confirmed, especially if they are people of color"
Reagan’s ghost: Starwars stops START
Eric Walberg
Hopes are fading that the historical treaty between the US and the Soviet Union will be renewed, observes Eric Walberg
Russian confidence that US President Barack Obama might represent a fundamental change in the direction of US foreign policy is fast eroding. Even pro-Western analyst Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Centre reflects, “The people who see Russia as a problem are still at the Pentagon,” and he predicts that even if Obama lasts another seven years, the Russians are coming to the conclusion that “he may not be able to withstand the pressures on him.”
Blocking Freedom Marcher/Viva Palestina Aid to Gaza
by Stephen Lendman
Since Israel isolated Gaza under siege in mid-2007, it's blocked essential humanitarian aid from entering, including:
-- on December 1, 2008, when its warships stopped a Libyan cargo vessel several kilometers from Gaza, ordering it back to El-Arish, Egypt or be attacked; it was carrying 1,200 tons of rice, 750 tons of milk, 500 tons of oil, 500 tons of flour, and 100 tons of medicines;
-- on December 15, 2008 when the Spirit of Humanity carrying five tons of aid and 21 passengers, including three volunteer surgeons, was intercepted at sea, 100 miles from Gaza, and warned to turn back to Larnaca, Cyprus or be assaulted; and
-- on June 30, 2009, the Free Gaza Movement's Spirit of Humanity was intercepted and boarded 23 miles off Gaza's coast; its aid cargo and 21 human rights activists were seized, including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire and former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney; they were threatened and forcibly taken to Israel's southern port of Ashdod, held incommunicado under horrific conditions one passenger described as a "horror movie....in a warehouse, where we slept on a cockroach-infested cement floor as armed soldiers" stood guard; all their personal possessions were confiscated, and a day later two of them were taken to Ashdod's central bus station with no money or belongings; the others were arrested and treated like criminals.
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