An Israeli far-right journalist and an academic teaching at Ariel University have exposed plans proposed by Labor governments after the 1967 War to expel the residents of Gaza to Jordan. They discovered government reports and memos advocating that the best way to deal with Gazans would be to remove them from their homes and transfer them to Jordan. The … [Read more...]
Neocons Continue Promoting Middle East Regime Change
Not satisfied with failed U.S. efforts at regime change in Iraq and Afghanistan which they promoted, U.S. neocons continue to push for the overthrow of governments in the region which they find objectionable or inconvenient. Everyone knows about joint Israeli and U.S. efforts to promote domestic terror, assassinations and military assault against Iran. … [Read more...]
Israel-Jordan Crisis Deepens as Jordan Exposes Identity of Shin Bet Killer, Ziv Moyal
UPDATE: Ben White tweeted that Reuters published a story a week ago naming Moyal. But apparently the IDF censor compelled Reuters to remove the name, which it did. There are a few online sources which continue to display the original version of the story with Moyal's name. Jordanian authorities have published for the first time the name of the Israeli … [Read more...]
Al Aqsa Crisis: Despite Backroom Deals, Palestinians Continue to Resist
Just when Israelis and Jordanians were taking a deep breath at the bullet they both dodged, thinking they'd resolved the al Aqsa crisis, the common Palestinian folk rose up and said: "Not so fast." The fixers in Amman and Jerusalem thought they'd brokered a deal that gave both sides something. But they left out a key factor necessary to make the deal … [Read more...]