Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
Biased and Incomplete Reporting »
Alan SteinDuring the last two days, The Hartford Courant, New Haven Register, Waterbury Republican-American and likely other Connecticut newspapers have published "news" stories which are effectively biased, are infused with opinion inappropriate to a news article and present a very incomplete picture. The publication of these articles help [...]
French Jews sous pression »
Isi LeiblerMarch 11, 2010http://wordfromjerusalem.com/?p=2109Over the past decade the status of the 500,000-600,000 French Jews, who constitute the third largest Diaspora community, has continued to deteriorate.This can be attributed to a combination of the dramatic increase in the numbers and power of Islamic extremists, the revival of indigenous [...]
Netanyahu and the Blind Side »
David MakovskyNYTimes.comThe New York Times convened an online panel of seven Middle East experts to discuss Israel's intention to expand housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem -- an announcement made during U.S. vice president Joe Biden's visit to that country. The following is a contribution by Washington Institute Ziegler distinguished fellow [...]
Exclusive: Fox Becomes a Hen? ‘CAIR’ and »
Paul Williams, PhDFormer prominent guests on Fox News, including Walid Shoebat, contend that the News Corporation has surrendered its “fair and balanced” coverage of Islam and events in the Middle East for a fistful of Saudi cash. Their contention is based on a series of recent developments within the media giant.The first development was the [...]
Biden Conspires With Israel To Bomb Iran Back To The »
Joe Biden went to Israel not for the sake of peace or even to admonish the country for its plan to build 1,600 illegal settlement homes in East Jerusalem. Biden went there to talk about bombing Iran back to the Stone Age. Gabriela Shalev, Israel’s U.N. ambassador, told the Associated Press earlier in the week that Biden’s visit to Israel and [...]
US government steals the money from social security »
BEGIN EXCERPT U.S. SENATOR ERNEST F. HOLLINGS (D-SC): Well, the truth is...ah, shoot, well, we all know there's Washington's math problem. Alan Sloan in this past week's Newsweek says he spends 150%. What we've been doing, Mr. Chairman, in all reality, is taken a hundred billion out of the Social Security Trust Fund, transferring it over to the [...]
Sharp Elbows, Cold Shoulders Mark Biden Trip to Israel »
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/11/bidens-middle-east-tour-plagued-snubs-mishaps/Updated March 11, 2010FOXNews.comVice President Biden's trip to the Middle East -- meant to pave the way for a new round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks -- is coming to a close, leaving in its wake a trail of stinging snubs, cringe-worthy blunders and [...]
Jews Displaced From Arab Lands Finally Recognized »
Nathan JeffayPublished March 10, 2010 for the March 19, 2010 paper editionJerusalem - For the first time since they came to Israel, all 10 Jewish communities displaced from Arab countries have agreed on a course of action to address their grievances--and triumphed in the political arena.The plight of the estimated 856,000 Jews who were forced to [...]
Israel must shift the battlefield from its security to »
Ted Belman - November 16, 2003 (first posted)(This article may just as well have been written yesterday)It is very clear to students of the Middle East, that the Quartet has decided that the Saudi Peace Plan is the object of all processes put forward. This plan provides for pre ‘67 borders (armistice lines) with negotiated trades of some land [...]
Announcing Construction of East Jerusalem Apartments: »
Barry Rubin*March 11, 2010http://www.gloria-center.org/blog/2010/03/announcing-constructionThere's been a lot of nonsense written about an Israeli government announcement that 1600 apartments will be built in east Jerusalem. The timing was stupid, of course, since Vice-President Joe Biden was in town and didn't like the idea. Moreover, to have [...]
