Petraeus Reportedly Wanted To Put West Bank, Gaza Under Central Command
Who’s a stronger force in American politics – AIPAC or the U.S. military?
The Petraeus briefing: Biden’s embarrassment is not the whole story
2 years ago
March 18, 2010
Plan-estinian?
A week after Israel ‘warned’ the Palestinian Authority over their request to the UN to recognise the Occupied Territories as an independent state, news leaks that Peres, the US, the PA and other Arab leaders have been discussing listening-to Israel’s plan.
AJE’s Inside Story (watch above) on the plan, with Barghouti:
.. it would include the establishment of a temporary Palestinian state in the West Bank. Eventually that state would cover an area equivalent to that of the West Bank and Gaza before the 1967 war. But is this just an attempt to buy time and draw attention away from the stalled peace process? Should the Palestinians accept the proposal as a step towards their ultimate goal?
One-State, Two-State, Six-State and now Temporary-State. Those goalposts keep moving while one side is playing tennis.
Hasn’t 60-years been all together too much ‘temporary’ already?
2 years ago
November 23, 2009
UN Approves Goldstone Report
After a two-day debate on a report by former war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone, there were 114 votes in favour, 18 opposed and 44 abstentions. — BBC
The report will now be sent to the UN Security Council, Goldstone recommends referring both sides to the International Criminal Court if they fail to conduct credible investigations into alleged abuses during the Gaza conflict. The US and China are likely to veto such a move.
Israel’s military continues to object to the report while holding its own investigations which Israeli Human Rights group B’Tselem have criticised for focusing on “individual soldiers, not unlawful policies”.
Goldstone report: A Jewish view
Rachel Barenblat (aka ‘Velveteen Rabbi’) reports on a rabbinic conference call she took with the Judge Goldstone last month:
“The Israeli government and the American government have done their best to quash the Goldstone report. Many Jewish organizations have joined them. But that’s by no means the only extant opinion in the Jewish community. It’s important to me that the world know that there are Jews who receive the report in a different way.” — Read her essay for AJE…
Earlier in the week, US House of Representatives voted to reject the report [we have to wonder WTF?! it has to do with them]. Goldstone pre-empted this vote with a letter in an attempt to correct the factual errors in H.Res.867.
AJE report, “US House rejects Goldstone report”
Nov 5 — AJE’s Riz Khan show “The Goldstone report dispute”:
Part 1 above, watch part 2 here…
South African blowback
Following Judge Goldstone’s report, South African lawyers are looking into claims that South African citizens joined the Israeli army and were fighting in Gaza. Photographic evidence has been found on social networking sites like Facebook. They could be prosecuted for war crimes and under South African law which “bars any citizen from fighting for a foreign force without express government permission.” — read more…
2 years ago
November 8, 2009
Trade of the Tools
or, tools of the trade…
The US is looking to charter a ship to deliver 325 containers with some 3-million kg of weaponry. This shipment was originally canceled due to protests, but now has just been delayed. The US ship will go to Astakos in Greece then transfer containers to the chartered commercial vessel: Unusually Large U.S. Weapons Shipment to Israel:
Are the US and Israel Planning a Broader Middle East War?
There’s a call to the Greeks to protest at Astakos: http://www.rosevillept.com/detail/103096.html
In December 900+ containers were shipped “carrying 5.8 million pounds (2.6 million kg) of net explosive weight” direct to Ashdod, IL.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L9736369.htm
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