UPDATE: In the midst of writing this post, the Shabak (perhaps reading my e mail traffic!) decided to partially lift the gag order on this story. Israeli media may still not report the reason for Buyruk's arrest, which I do below. Further, Israeli media now reports he was expelled from Israel and been put on a plane back to Turkey. An Israeli security … [Read more...]
Israeli-Made Assault Rifle Used to Murder Baton Rouge Police Officers
Many American police forces proudly engage in exchange programs with Israeli police, where they are trained in the tactics Israel uses to suppress the Palestinian population. Israeli police are at war with Palestinians both inside Israel and in the West Bank. This is not community policing, not by a long shot. American police who receive this … [Read more...]
Erdogan to Betray Gaza for Israeli Gas
Israeli and world media have featured screaming headlines over the past few days that Turkey and Israel are about to resume diplomatic relations broken off after Israeli naval commandos murdered 10 Turkish citizens on the Mavi Marmara in 2010 (including one U.S. citizen). The freeze between the two countries cut off Israeli trade and military coöperation … [Read more...]
Washed-Up, Right-Wing Ex-Leader Denounces BDS as Anti-Semitic
Leave it to the Jerusalem Post to keep us up to date on the right-wing ex-leaders who've fallen into line with Israel's extremist government to fulminate against BDS. The list now grows by two. Today, Frederik de Klerk, the last apartheid-era president of South Africa (he left office 21 years ago), joined the chorus, saying: ...Sanctions against South … [Read more...]