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...]
Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot
Boy, what a difference a day makes. On Monday, I published an article in Middle East Eye in which I speculated that Jordan was the likely source of the intelligence which Donald Trump relayed to the Russians about an ISIS airplane bomb plot. I wrote then: None of the media stories reveal the name of the foreign nation whose operation Trump exposed. … [Read more...]
Seattle Mosque, Synagogues Faithwash Israel-Palestine
The local Seattle Jewish "lifestyle magazine," Jewish in Seattle, features a story this month promoting a "Jewish -Muslim dialogue group." The group is composed of 20 individuals, who are Muslim members of MAPS, a Redmond-based mosque; and Temple Herzl Ner Tamid and Congregation Kol Ami of Mercer Island. I was struck by the photograph that accompanies … [Read more...]
Palestinian-American Heroine Faces Down JDL Thugs; JDL Canada Infiltrates U.S. Diplomatic Mission
A few days ago, I published an exposé which profiled several key leaders of JDL Canada and their ties both to white supremacist groups in that country and to Kahane Chai. The latter Israeli settler movement is labelled a terror group by the U.S. and Israeli governments. This story is so interesting, I've continued doing research and interviewing witnesses … [Read more...]