Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with israel www.salem-news.com 2010 As many visitors to Lebanon can attest, some Lebanese have the rather charming habit of asking them, “Do you love Lebanon?” One assumes they actually mean to inquire if the visitor likes Lebanon and is enjoying their visit. http://salem-news.com/articles/may232012/lebanon-racism-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may232012/lebanon-racism-fl.php Wed, 23 May 2012 00:08:00 PDT Eileen Fleming, author, reporter and now a candidate for US House of Representatives from Florida, began documenting the ongoing saga of Mordechai Vanunu, Israel's Nuclear Whistle Blower, in June 2005. In 1987, Vanunu was convicted of espionage and treason. Fleming contends he was only guilty of revealing Israel's nuclear Facility at Dimona. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/mordechai-vanunu.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/mordechai-vanunu.php Tue, 22 May 2012 23:12:00 PDT According to Israeli military records, there are 2,700 deserters and 1,780 draft dodgers in Israel. In the last week alone, the IDF has arrested 474 of them as part of its largest-ever operation to apprehend them. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/idf-draft-hunt.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/idf-draft-hunt.php Tue, 22 May 2012 17:38:00 PDT Key Iranian and American officials arrived in Lebanon last week to assess the strength of their local allies in the fast approaching and crucial legislative elections. The Lebanese public and media heard plenty of policy nuances and even similar and seemingly repeated statements by the two well-listened to guests. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/bullying-hez-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/bullying-hez-fl.php Tue, 22 May 2012 02:13:00 PDT On Sunday 60 Minutes did a rather disgraceful segment to please Zionists. I was sufficiently disgusted to send the following hasty response via their web site. Tonight’s segment on Israel (May 20, 2012) gave a totally distorted picture of the Middle East conflict. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/sixty-minutes-rd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/sixty-minutes-rd.php Tue, 22 May 2012 00:02:00 PDT My beloved husband, Ziad Jilani, was executed by Israeli Border Policeman, Maxim Vinogradov on June 11, 2010. There is undeniable evidence that my husband was lying unarmed and wounded on the ground, posing no threat when Israeli Border Policeman Maxim Vinogradov shot him point blank in the head. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/gaza-death.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/gaza-death.php Mon, 21 May 2012 22:58:00 PDT Apocalyptic fever is running high. A friend in the Bible Belt, who recently became “born again,” called me excitedly to tell me she was leaving me her house. “In case I suddenly vanish,” she confided. Of course. She would be raptured up and I, a hard core “One God” believer, would be left behind. How sweet of her to make preparations for the damned. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/real-2012-jp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/real-2012-jp.php Mon, 21 May 2012 19:42:00 PDT On the face of it, Baron Cohen’s The Dictator is a horrid film. It is vulgar, it isn’t funny and if it has five good jokes in it, they appear in the two minute official trailer. In short, save your time and money – unless of course, you are interested in Jewish identity politics and neurosis. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/baron-cohen-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/baron-cohen-ga.php Mon, 21 May 2012 05:41:00 PDT It’s well-worth following what Roberts has to say. He's one of the most informed thinkers and writers in America. Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during President Reagan’s first term. He authored eight books and was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/mindless-masses-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/mindless-masses-pb.php Sun, 20 May 2012 00:43:00 PDT For the global community, there is nothing more consequential than the catastrophic failure after World War II to learn the correct lessons. Instead, the world continued with the business of war as usual (and war is business). One of the most destabilizing forces in the world was created and sustained for 100 years before the USA took on nurturing it after WWII. I am of course speaking of Zionism. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/nakba-actions-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/nakba-actions-mq.php Sun, 20 May 2012 00:26:00 PDT Postcolonial, feminist and gay studies share many similarities to the extent that some academics regard these fields as theoretically and ideologically complementary. These fields of study are primarily concerned with politics, the structure of hegemony, the oppressed and the mechanism that brings about injustice. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/whiteness-palestine-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/whiteness-palestine-ga.php Fri, 18 May 2012 17:10:00 PDT Israeli Police kidnapped Amro Naffa’, 18, the son of Arab Member of Israeli Knesset, Sa’id Naffa’, after he refused to go for compulsory military service, rejecting any part of a military that occupies and oppresses the Palestinian people. Naffa’ is from Beit Jin in the occupied Galilee; Israel will be sending him to court and will likely impose a prison term against him. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/armo-naffa-arrest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/armo-naffa-arrest.php Fri, 18 May 2012 16:43:00 PDT Neve Gordon, a 47-year-old Israeli-born professor and author, greeted this year’s 64th anniversary of the Nakba with an essay for CounterPunch that included this revealing confession: "I first heard about the Nakba in the late 1980s, while I was an undergraduate student of philosophy at Hebrew University. This, I believe, is a revealing fact, particularly since, as a teenager, I was a member of Peace Now and was raised in a liberal home..." http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/neve-gordon-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/neve-gordon-jw.php Fri, 18 May 2012 13:21:00 PDT The Canadian Boat to Gaza, in cooperation, with international initiatives in the US, Australia and other countries, is launching a new initiative to challenge the illegal and inhumane Israeli blockade of Gaza. This new initiative: Gaza's Ark, will build a boat in Gaza, using existing resources. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/gaza-ark.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/gaza-ark.php Fri, 18 May 2012 01:25:00 PDT Last night the House began consideration of HR FY13 National Defense Authorization Act. Americans for Peace Now (APN) has serious concerns that Part C of the bill could be interpreted as an authorization of use of force against Iran. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/iran-naming.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/iran-naming.php Fri, 18 May 2012 00:45:00 PDT After having gone silent on Facebook and Twitter on May 1st, [ Vanunu's Final Message to Facebook] Vanunu went public again today: "All the restrictions now have been renewed, no changes. The 9th year- with all the restrictions continue. The court hearing is June 6th." http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/vanunu-hearing-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/vanunu-hearing-ef.php Thu, 17 May 2012 23:48:00 PDT Ha'aretz reported yesterday that, “Israel, Iran, Pakistan and North Korea were ranked most negatively by 24,000 people surveyed in an annual BBC poll.” It would appear that in spite of the extensive Hasbara campaign and the Jewish lobby buying every morally lax living politician, people of the world increasingly see Israel for what it is. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/israel-popularity-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/israel-popularity-ga.php Thu, 17 May 2012 16:34:00 PDT This is the final call to attend and register for the Munich Conference to launch the International Movement for One Democratic State in Palestine/Israel. It will be held in Munich Germany on June 30 - July 1, 2012. If you did not register, please take the time to do so and to read the information below. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/ods-conferencega.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/ods-conferencega.php Wed, 16 May 2012 17:51:00 PDT On this 64th anniversary of the Nakba we mourn the ethnic cleansing that began in 1948 and that continues today with silent transfer, home demolitions, land confiscation and more. But we also celebrate an amazing resilience and success of the Palestinian endogenous people against incredible odds: http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/nakba-anniversary-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/nakba-anniversary-mq.php Tue, 15 May 2012 21:49:00 PDT To Iranians, Persian Gulf is not simply a name referring to a geographical region on the world map. To Iranians, the name of Persian Gulf is interwoven with a sense of national dignity and honor which makes them a united and powerful troupe against the relentless attacks of the enemy. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/persian-gulf-kz.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/persian-gulf-kz.php Tue, 15 May 2012 14:36:00 PDT After nearly a full month of fasting, 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners ended their mass hunger strike, reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service to attain certain core demands, according to Addameer. Supporters laud the achievements of the prisoners’ movement and can only hope that Israel will implement any policy changes in good faith. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/palestinian-hunger-strike.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/palestinian-hunger-strike.php Tue, 15 May 2012 12:49:00 PDT It is the dawn of yet another sad anniversary. Today, every Palestinian around the globe remembers the day we were all made homeless. When will it ever end? Much has been said and written about the so-called “Arab Spring.” Some of it welcoming, some hopeful and others down right hostile. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/2012-nakba.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/2012-nakba.php Tue, 15 May 2012 08:58:00 PDT Reading Groundviews during the recent past, one sees that most contributions in fact rose serious concerns over the core issue of governance as it is in Sri Lanka. Articles examine the regime’s ideology in finding adequate answers for socio economic ills, the system itself carries as endemic. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/left-option-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/left-option-kp.php Mon, 14 May 2012 22:06:00 PDT It might require a semanticist with Noam Chomsky’s erudition to explain to some of us more obtuse the meanings, context and policy nuances of two similar and repeated phases heard in Lebanon earlier this month by two well listened to guests. During over-lapping visits of top US and Iranian officials to Lebanon; one warned and threatened Lebanon, while the second praised Lebanon’s “achievements”. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/envoys-lenabon-changes-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/envoys-lenabon-changes-fl.php Mon, 14 May 2012 21:23:00 PDT A few days ago, Ma'an News reported on the family protests in front of the Presidential headquarters in Ramallah. Ma'an News was one of only a few outlets that bothered to report. Here, in the US, it took over 2 months before any mainstream media outlet mentioned the hunger strike among prisoners in Israel. Still, such mention is but a whisper. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/dying-succession-mdp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/dying-succession-mdp.php Mon, 14 May 2012 14:01:00 PDT Some called it a climax of a long story. It is a turning point. Some called it a full-stop. It is a comma. Many call it a tragedy. Of Epic proportions in the history of the Tamils. Tragedies are often best expressed in verse. I found the best description of what happened in Mullivaikaal in the verses of Pablo Neruda. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/remember-mullivaikal-krm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/remember-mullivaikal-krm.php Sun, 13 May 2012 17:54:00 PDT Mass demonstrations in support of 2500 Palestinian hunger strikers swept through the West Bank this weekend. Marchers moved through the streets of Hebron, Kafr Qaddoum, Nablus, Nabi Saleh, Ni’lin, Ramallah, al-Walaja and outside of Ofer prison. The picture at right was taken in Hebron. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/us-money-israel-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/us-money-israel-jw.php Sun, 13 May 2012 16:36:00 PDT America has always been a bully. Americans are convinced that they have a God-given right, or destiny, to expand the country’s borders from “sea to shining sea”. “The land of the free and the home of the brave” was conquered with complete disregard for the rights of America’s original inhabitants. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/american-bully-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/american-bully-pb.php Sat, 12 May 2012 20:58:00 PDT Victors’ celebrations harbor shadows that lurk in the soul as revelers dance in remembrance. They bury in laughter the suffering screams of those displaced and destroyed, furiously hiding forgotten faces framed in fear from mocking the glorious dance should they be awakened once more by the reverie. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/sins-fathers-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/sins-fathers-bc.php Sat, 12 May 2012 20:31:00 PDT Not often is the power of ONE able to make a damn bit of a difference in our Orwellian World, but a few mothers who did, were Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, who organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community. Fifteen years later, Julia Ward Howe organized a day encouraging mothers to rally for peace. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/peres-mothers-day-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/peres-mothers-day-ef.php Sat, 12 May 2012 18:51:00 PDT