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America and Israel: ‘special relationship’ intact

By Mohammad

“The worst diplomatic crisis in decades.” These were the words used by Israeli ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, recently to describe the perceived rift between Israel and the Obama administration over Israel’s illegal settlement policy in occupied East… »

The US’ choreographed “outrage” at Israel

By Sana

The speeches at AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby group, on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Netanyahu’s subsequent meeting with US President Barack Obama are widely seen as drawing to a close what Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren called the “most severe crisis in US-Israel… »

Same Khara, Different Administration

By Los

It’s no real surprise to anyone with even the smallest insight into the biased U.S.-Israel relationship to witness the Obama administration with all its hype, its drama and its flowery rhetoric (or Haki Fadi, Arabic for ‘Empty Talk,’ depending on who you ask), cave in to the pressure and drop its demands for Israel to… »

AIPAC’s Recycled Congressional Letter

By Will

ShareEarlier this month House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) teamed up to send out a “Dear Colleague” note seeking signatures “to the attached letter to President Obama regarding the Middle East peace process.” The “attached letter” called for the United States to continue to protect Israel, despite all… »

Our tax dollars come with strings attached

By Yaman

ShareJewish-American group Jewish Voice for Peace is launching a campaign aimed at counteracting AIPAC, the lobbying group implicated in a number of scandals involving foreign agents suspected of spying on America for Israel. In a message sent to supporters today, communications director Cecilie Surasky announced that JVP had purchased a truck advertisement circling outside the… »

Tales from the Israel-U.S. Matrix

By Hanitizer

ShareAnother day, another two stories about Israeli/American politicians/activists fiddling around with each other. 1. The Jerusalem ComPost has the following story about a letter from an Israeli politician to Rahm Emanuel imploring him to remmber his roots. Israel’s National Union chairman Ya’acov “Ketzele” Katz sent a don’t-forget-your-roots-bitch note to White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel. The… »

Israel Lobby 1, America 0

By Will

ShareChas Freeman, picked by the Obama administration to lead the National Intelligence Council, has withdrawn his agreement to serve in that position. Freeman, a veteran diplomat who was ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the first Persian Gulf war, came under heavy fire from the pro-Israel lobby. Pro-Israel lobbyists opposed the appointment, and made wild accusations… »

When you’re Black and a politician, you’re probably no longer Black

By QuiQui

ShareAs usual, Black Agenda Report (BAR) continues to prove itself a true leftist voice. Below is a scathing piece on the Congressional Black Caucus’s support for Israel’s genocidal adventures in Gaza. Only two — Maxine Waters and Gwen Moore — of the 39 members of the CBC voted against supporting Israel’s murder and maiming of… »

How the Tail Wags the Dog & Sec. Rice has Shame?

By Will

ShareIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert shared the story of the mysterious American abstention from the UN resolution it led the negotiations on. Last week, as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to vote yes on Security Council resolution 1860, she received a call from President George W. Bush ordering her to abstain. Olmert explained… »

When Do You Know Israel has Gone too Far? When the U.S. Senate Supports it.

By Will

ShareIf these sacks were full of dollars and not flour, the US Senate would be first in line. Any decent observer will ask: if Israel has been permitted to wreak this much havoc in Gaza by the world powers, at what point is the humanitarian disaster too big to let Israel carry-on? When the Red… »

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