A young girl in Asmara celebrates. She will get to grow up only knowing #Eritrea & #Ethiopia as two independent countries at peace w each other. May she know her history and never see the loss, fighting, suffering & trauma of war so many of us grew up with. She is our future. pic.twitter.com/QbeF7aEYDb — Semhar (@Semhar) July 8, 2018 Over the past … [Read more...]
Thinking He’s Off-Mike, Bibi Disses EU and Obama, Concedes “Dozens” of Israeli Attacks on Syria
NOTE: Middle East Eye has just published my latest article, Unprecedented and combustible: Why the boycott of Al-Aqsa matters. It deals with last week's attack on the Haram al Sharif and the Muslim boycott of the holy sites. It hasn't been a good week for Bibi Netanyahu. A few days ago he left for Europe under a foreboding cloud of scandal … [Read more...]
Global Peace Index 2017: Israel Ranked 144 Out of 163
The 2017 Global Peace Index has just been published by the Institute for Economics and Peace. Israel has the misfortune of being ranked 144 out of 163 countries ranked. It fell one place from the 2016 report due to continuing failure to make progress in the peace process. Among the most alarming findings were that Israel's "militarization index" was … [Read more...]
New PressTV Interview on Israeli “Peace” Rally and Mint Press Article on Kerry Al Aqsa “Deal”
Last weekend, I did an interview with PressTV about the Israeli "peace rally" in Tel Aviv. 3,000-6,000 Israeli liberal Zionists rallied for peace talks of some sort with Palestinians of some sort. They made clear they really, really don't like Bibi Netanyahu. Oooohhh, Bibi's runnin' scared from these political titans. His rule hangs in the balance. This, … [Read more...]
