11th January, 2009
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked to speak with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Olmert just before the start of Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Olmert avoided Erdogan because he did not want to tell the Turkish premier about the coming attack. He did not want to be in Menachem Begin’s situation when Begin spoke to Egyptian president Anwar Sadat one time in 1981 and did not tell him Israel was about to attack Iraq’s nuclear reactor. As a result, Erdogan was enraged and insulted. Turkish sources say Erdogan’s campaign of insults against Israel in recent weeks is a reaction to this.
Where have our friends gone?
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
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War on Gaza – Timeline
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
5th January, 2009
The following is a timeline of events leading to the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip that began on December 27 with Israel’s aerial bombardment of Hamas-linked compounds in the coastal sliver:
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Hamas rockets hit five Israeli cities
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
Palestinian fighters have fired more rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on the 16th day of Israeli incursion into the besieged region.
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How Many Divisions?
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
Uri Avnery
10th January, 2009
NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS ago, in the course of World War II, a heinous crime was committed in the city of Leningrad. For more than a thousand days, a gang of extremists called – the Red Army – held the millions of the town – s inhabitants hostage and provoked retaliation from the German Wehrmacht from inside the population centers. The Germans had no alternative but to bomb and shell the population and to impose a total blockade, which caused the death of hundreds of thousands.
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Ross, Shapiro slated for Obama administration
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
8th January, 2009
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Dennis Ross and Dan Shapiro are slated for jobs in the Barack Obama administration.
An official close to the transition team told JTA on Thursday that Shapiro, a former senior U.S. Senate staffer and the Obama official who handled outreach to the Jewish community, and Ross, President Clinton’s top Middle East envoy, are “likely to have jobs with the administration.”
The official commented after JTA called to confirm reports that Ross was slated to be the chief Middle East adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama’s secretary of state-designate, and that Shapiro would head the Middle East desk at the National Security Council. The official could not confirm those reports.
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where Ross is currently a senior fellow, on Wednesday sent to the Washington Post a premature news release congratulating him on his appointment advising the secretary of state, and indicating that Ross’ new appointment would outrank his previous government role. In his new capacity, Ross would supervise Obama’s Middle East envoy.
The Washington Institute on Thursday refused comment on the release.
Both appointments would be welcomed in the pro-Israel community. Ross has suggested coupling Obama’s pledge for outreach to Iran with tough sanctions. Shapiro was a lead in drafting the 2003 Syria Accountability Act, which imposed sanctions on Syria in part for its sponsorship of anti-Israel terrorist groups.
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Tens Of Thousands March In DC Against Israel
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
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Russia, EU sign gas transit control protocol-2
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
MOSCOW REGION, January 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and the European Union have signed a protocol to set up an international commission to control the transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine.
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Bush reportedly rejected Israeli plea to raid Iran
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
11th January, 2009
WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush rejected a plea fromIsrael last year to help it raid Iran‘s main nuclear complex, opting instead to authorize a new U.S. covert action aimed at sabotaging Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program, The New York Timesreported.
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People of the world unite for Palestine
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
10th january, 2009
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World leaders continue to ignore the suffering of the people of Gaza. But their peoples, the millions who took to the streets in cities worldwide in the past few days to protest the Gaza massacres, are not. They speak for the world conscience and cannot be silenced by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or the Israeli propaganda machine. The demonstrations tell it like it is. War crimes are taking place in Gaza under the nose of the spineless UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his useless United Nations. And Israel has to be held accountable for those crimes. |
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Ten thousands march against Israel in France
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
Supporting the Palestinian cause
10th January, 2009
French protesters march through Paris, other French cities to denounce Israeli’s offensive in Gaza.
PARIS – Tens of thousands of protesters marched through central Paris and other French cities Saturday to denounce Israeli’s offensive in Gaza and express support for the Palestinian cause.
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Peter Schiff Predictions
Posted by smeddum on January 10, 2009
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In These New Times 