Israeli Navy commandos from Shayetet 13, the unit which murdered nine passengers on the Mavi Marmara, attached a bomb to the hull of Gaza's Ark, a ship hoping to participate in a Freedom Flotilla project to dramatize Israel's siege against Gaza. The ship was sunk last night in Gaza harbor. My Israeli source confirms this act of state terror was performed … [Read more...]
Israeli Security Services Arrest Israeli Palestinian Journalist, Activist; Israeli Media Under Gag
I received an urgent message from Jamil Dakwar of the ACLU that Palestinian journalist and political activist, Majd Kayyal, age 22, was arrested on his return to Israel from a trip to Lebanon and Jordan. I’ve checked with an Israeli source who tells me he was arrested as a national security suspect. The combination of his trip to Lebanon, where he attended … [Read more...]
Maariv’s Ben Dror Yemini: The Beat, and the Lies, Go On
Over the past few days, Maariv's far-right columnist, Ben Dror Yemini has been lying up a storm in a desperate effort to show that John Kerry hates Israel and loves Islamists like Hamas and Iran. The evidence he's offered is a sack of lies, as I've shown in this post. Yesterday, Yemini secured a statement (Hebrew) from the State Department which … [Read more...]
Israel Lobby Smears Kerry as Anti-Israel, Pro-Hamas; Questions His Conduct of Iran Talks
An indication of just how low the Israel Lobby can go in its efforts to smear U.S. government officials who defy their wishes can be seen in today's Maariv. It features an article by Israel's leading smear-monger rightist reporter, Ben Dror Yemini, calling John Kerry a supporter of "radical ultra-leftists" and "Israel-haters" like Jodie Evans (a co-founder … [Read more...]
