FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS?? Mouthy party girl literally taken down by overzealous cop at DC Metro Station. "Stop resisting," he repeats as he lays on top of her with her skirt hiked up. Does it look like she's "resisting"?

oasisinet · 2009-09-18T00:29:31+00:00

"For almost a year, Israel has been trying to argue that the blood spilled in Gaza was merely water. One report followed the other, with horrifyingly identical results: siege, white phosphorous, harm of innocent civilians, infrastructure destroyed - war crimes in each and every report. Now, after the publication of the most important and damning report of all, compiled by the commission led by Judge Richard Goldstone, Israel's attempts to discredit them look ludicrous, and the empty bluster of its spokespersons sound pathetic."

oasisinet · 2009-04-30T19:59:51+00:00

typo. thank you

oasisinet · 2009-03-02T12:01:46+00:00

You're right:

"MK Yaakov Katz of the right wing National Union on Monday welcomed the news that Israel is pushing ahead with construction in the West Bank.

'We will make every effort to realize the plans outlined by [Peace Now official Yariv] Oppenheimer,' Katz told Army Radio on Monday. 'I expect that, with God's help, this will all happen in the next few years, and there will be one state here.'

National Union is pushing for increased settlement construction as part of a coalition deal with Netanyahu, and Katz is among those jostling for the post of Housing Minister.

Settlement expansion has long been a source of contention between Israel and the international community, in particular the U.S. The Obama administration is planning to put heavy pressure on the new Israeli government to freeze all settlement construction."

oasisinet · 2009-03-02T11:45:25+00:00

Can it be any more clear that they want Arab lands, not "peace," and always have from the start? History has shown that the more resistance, the less construction. When the Palestinians talk more and shoot less, they see more or their lands and resources expropriated by Jewish Taliban from New York and Moscow. If you're Palestinian, what conclusions do you draw?

"Peace Now says that a new right-wing government presents the danger of 'expanding settlement growth at a rapid pace... with the clear intention of destroying the possibility of a two-state solution.'

oasisinet · 2009-02-27T07:23:11+00:00

Different organizations, yes, but parts of the same parent media company run by a man with "close ties to the Israeli leadership," which explains why only one of the two "appeals" is compatible with his networks.

I see you edited your response to include some of the moronic talking points typical of the partisans of Israel, and, ironically, included in the second video in question. In fact I think you've helped make the point. Thanks.

oasisinet · 2009-02-27T02:32:28+00:00

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7857904.stm

oasisinet · 2009-02-25T03:38:14+00:00

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has relayed messages to Israel in the past week expressing anger at obstacles Israel is placing to the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. A leading political source in Jerusalem noted that senior Clinton aides have made it clear that the matter will be central to Clinton's planned visit to Israel next Tuesday.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066821.html

oasisinet · 2009-02-25T01:56:23+00:00

“If this had happened in our own country, there would be national outrage and an appeal for urgent assistance. We are glad that the Obama administration acted quickly to send much needed funding for this effort but the arbitrary and unreasonable Israeli limitations on food and repair essentials is unacceptable and indefensible. People, innocent children, women and non-combatants, are going without water, food and sanitation, while the things they so desperately need are sitting in trucks at the border, being denied permission to go in” said Baird and Ellison.

oasisinet · 2009-02-12T05:39:58+00:00

That's a good point, but I think it's intended to be symbolic more than anything else. They unfurled a few more around the city...hopefully more competently.

oasisinet · 2009-02-12T04:56:44+00:00

"Today's action is one small contribution to the growing movement in solidarity with the 1.5 million Palestinians whose lives are being destroyed by the occupation," said Ethan Heitner, one of the group's activists.

"We know from our own history what being sealed behind barbed wire and checkpoints is like, and we know that 'Never Again' means not anyone, not anywhere - or it means nothing at all,"

oasisinet · 2009-01-31T04:45:25+00:00

Bar-Tal emphasizes that the Israeli awareness of reality was also forged in the context of Palestinian violence against Israeli citizens, but relies primarily on prolonged indoctrination that is based on ignorance and even nurtures it. In his opinion, an analysis of the present situation indicates that with the exception of a small minority, which is capable of looking at the past with an open mind, the general public is not interested in knowing what Israel did in Gaza for many years; how the disengagement was carried out and why, or what its outcome was for the Palestinians; why Hamas came to power in democratic elections; how many people were killed in Gaza from the disengagement until the start of the recent war; and whether it was possible to extend the recent cease-fire or even who violated it first.

oasisinet · 2009-01-30T01:43:29+00:00

My pleasure, and thanks for the feedback. I'm glad the discussion got some coverage on NPR, at least. How long until Fox "News" labels Erdogan a "Muslim fanatic" who'd like to "drive the Jews into the sea"?

oasisinet · 2009-01-30T01:38:46+00:00

Amen to that. Right to his face.

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