Yossi Melman, an eternal scourge of Israeli military censorship, has published yet another harsh critique of the IDF censor and its chilling effect on the Israeli media. He begins by noting that before Israeli Navy's Commando Force 13 intercepted and commandeered the Karina A, a ship carrying Iranian arms intended for the Palestinians, it rehearsed for the … [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...]
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...]
