They often talk about "smoking guns" regarding complicated crimes which are hard to solve. They don't necessarily have the bullets that killed the victim. But they have a smoking gun. And with other evidence they piece together a murder case and win a conviction. That's what Robert Mueller is working on now. I don't know if he's ever going to find the … [Read more...]
BREAKING THE GAG: Secret Israeli Supreme Court Ruling Approves Massive Arms Sale to Genocidal Burmese Junta
בג"ץ אישר בהחלטה חשאית את המשך יצוא הנשק מישראל למשטר בבורמה, המואשם בפשעים נגד האנושות المحكمة العليا الاسرائيلية تصادق سرا على مواصلة تصدير الاسلحة الى ميانمار If you're alert, you're probably asking yourself: how can you report what the court decision was if it's secret? For the answer, read on. Earlier this week, the Israeli Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Nakba and Jim Crow: Mirror Images
I was just reading an informative history of white-on-black violence in America published in The Atlantic, when one particular method of such violence struck me. Here's the passage: Consider the little-known history of racial cleansing in America. Across the South and Midwest...hundreds of counties...experienced sharp and abrupt drop-offs of their black … [Read more...]
Haaretz Fires Shavit After New Victim Comes Forward
After a second woman came forward alleging sexual harassment against veteran Haaretz columnist, Ari Shavit, he resigned from the paper and from his weekly appearance on a Channel 10 news of the week show. The second victim, who refused to permit herself to be named, told the Jewish Forward that Shavit had molested her when she was a J Street staff member, … [Read more...]
