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Carter said on Monday that Hamas leaders told him they would accept a negotiated peace agreement, if voted for by the Palestinian people. “The problem is that Israel and the United States refuse to meet with someone who must be involved.” There can be no peace there until Palestinians have a place to [...] Israel planning ethnic cleansing in the north of Gaza The televised report cited high-level security sources as saying Barak intends to plan for the removal of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip Terror stalks the Yeshiva Events like this leave one speechless. What can one say? It is [...] Reader Tony Greenstein comments on our previous post about the current anti-Semitic and Holocaust denier stance of IndyMedia UK. (This is an abbreviated version. His entire comment is here, and includes relevant links) Yes, after months of battling to get the Indymedia collective to bar holocaust deniers and anti-Semites from posting articles, we have a [...] “Anyone who violates Egypt’s borders will get his leg broken,” said Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. He blamed Israel for the humanitarian crisis and hardship that Gaza is experiencing, and for “responding to the Palestinian (Hamas) missiles with collective punishment.” He also criticized Hamas for launching those missile attacks, describing the confrontation as a “laughable [...] Subtopia has a detailed report ands lots of photos. An anti-Zionist speaker who is also clearly anti-Semitic has been forced to cancel a speech in Britain after pressure from Left groups. From Another Green World Criticism of Israel is one thing, anti-semitism is quite another. So I am glad to see that Gilad Atzmon who seems to have anti-semitic views is not going [...] From Steve Clemonts of The Washington Note. This is especially notable in that he is a moderate DC policy wonk, and not at all radical. I spent Monday in Los Angeles and met an insightful next generation Arab-American thinker, Sama Adnan, who told me he believed that there was something like a mathematical equation in [...] Two mayors, one in a Palestinian town, the other in an Israeli town, have agreed to a joint venture to clean up the polluted river that runs between them. Israel holds all the power in the water wars there, and can pump water from the aquifers at any time while Palestinians must beg for permission. [...] The new edition [of Israeli textbooks]Â adds the Arab perspective, noting for the first time that many Palestinians were forced from their homes and became refugees after the winners of the war confiscated their land and barred their return. “Forced” is a polite way of putting it. “Terrorized and at gunpoint” would more accurate. But [...] Tony Blair, no longer PM of Great Britian, is now a special Middle East envoy backed by the US, EU, UN, and Russia charged with a mission to “stabilize” Palestine. I’m guessing his idea of stabilization means Palestinians will be allowed to lie on the ground in a prone, quite stable position as Israelis [...] |  | ||||
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