Yesterday brought not one outrage du jour, but two from Israel. Defense minister Avigdor Lieberman denied 8 year-old Ahmed Dawabshe's application for the official compensation offered all Israeli Jewish terror victims. The little boy's father, mother and baby brother were all burned to death by Jewish settler terrorists. The attackers haven't even been … [Read more...]
Hamas to Rewrite Charter, Accept Palestinian State in 1967 Borders, Leading to Egyptian Rapprochement
CORRECTION: I mistakenly read the linked article to state that the Hamas proposal accepts an Israeli state in 1967 borders, when it actually accepts a Palestinian state in 1967 borders. Pan-Arab media has reported that Hamas has been rewriting its Charter. Purported changes would accept a Palestinian state within 1967 border. They would also eliminate … [Read more...]
Divide and Conquer: Israel Learns from the ‘Best’
The concept of divide and conquer has been used successfully by colonial power for centuries, perhaps even millennia. The British Empire would pick a minority tribe in one of their colonies. The Crown officials would shower the minority with favors. It would train and educate them to rule over their countrymen and women. It purposely chose a non-majority … [Read more...]
Robert Frost on Walls, Trump and Bibi
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down." --Mending Wall by Robert Frost Apparently, Bibi Netanyahu and Donald Trump haven't read any Frost. More's the pity. They could each save themselves billions to … [Read more...]