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Michael Oren: What Happened to Israel's Reputation?
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:20 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Israel may seem like Goliath vis-à-vis the Palestinians, but in a regional context it is David. Gaza is host to 10,000 rockets, many of which can hit Tel Aviv, and Hezbollah in Lebanon has 50,000 missiles that place all of Israel within range. Throughout the Middle East, …
Media Psychology 101 - What's Wrong With This Metaphor? Israel and the Cycle of Violence
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 2:39 PM EDT (| HonestReporting)
There are many problems with the cycle of violence frame, not the least of which is that it does not actually describe the situation. Scholars who carefully tracked violence during the Second Intifada, for example, “found little evidence to suggest there is a cycle of vio …
The Genocide that Obama Refuses to Prevent
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 9:17 AM EDT ( FrontPage Magazine)
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Obama unveiled an “Atrocities Prevention Board” to, in his own words, “prevent and respond to mass atrocities”.
Obama's Way of War
Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 10:40 AM EDT (Campaign Standard)
The Greater Middle East is in transition. We don’t know where it’s going. We need to pay close attention to the intellectual whirlpools that are developing throughout the region as democratic, Islamic, and other convulsive ideas collide. It’s way too soon to b …
Israeli Government Authorizes Mass Troop Call-Up
Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 5:12 PM EDT (Breitbart.com)
The Israeli Defense Force has called up six reserve battalions in an emergency measure because of the growing danger Israel faces on its Egyptian and Syrian borders. The Knesset has authorized the IDF to call 16 more reserve battalions if it is deemed necessary. Each battalion co …
Remarks by President Obama in Address to the Nation from Afghanistan ['(M)y administration has been in direct discussions with the Taliban']
Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 10:39 AM EDT (Welcome to the White House)
Fourth, we’re pursuing a negotiated peace. In coordination with the Afghan government, my administration has been in direct discussions with the Taliban.
ILO report: Worldwide unemployment over 200 million
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 10:02 PM EDT (World Socialist Web Site)
The International Labor Organization, in its annual report on global labor conditions issued Monday, forecast that more than 200 million workers will be unemployed in 2012. The United Nations agency estimated that 50 million jobs had been wiped out since the 2008 financial c …
Fact Sheet: The U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement | The White House
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 8:12 PM EDT (Welcome to the White House)
In May 2010, in Washington, DC, President Obama and President Karzai committed our two countries to negotiate and conclude a strategic partnership that would provide a framework for our future relationship.
Egypt is taking U.S. money and running -
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 7:33 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
IT’S BEEN FIVE weeks since the Obama administration granted Egypt its full $1.3 billion in annual military aid despite its government’s failure to meet conditions set by Congress for advancing democracy. In granting a waiver on national security grounds, administrat …
US and allies ramp up plans for military intervention in Syria
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:37 PM EDT (World Socialist Web Site)
Accusations that the Syrian government is either wholly or mainly responsible for breaches of the United Nations’ ceasefire are meant to provide a pretext for military intervention by the imperialist powers and their proxies. The US and European media, meanwhile, i …
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