Day: May 17, 2018

Gaza Massacre: This Alliance of Israeli and American Extremism will Spark Cycle of Revenge

May 17, 2018 Opinion

Words are almost impossible to describe the surrealism of Monday's developments in Jerusalem and Gaza. On the one hand, US President Donald Trump, speaking by video from the White House, his daughter …

Kill and Kill and Kill

May 17, 2018 Opinion

Two spectacles unfolded in Palestine on Monday. In Gaza, Israeli army snipers shot and killed 58 Palestinians—including six children—and injured almost three thousand others amid scenes of smoke, fire…

Here’s Why Those 30 Countries Attended the US Embassy Opening in Jerusalem

May 17, 2018 Opinion

Al Jazeera informatively identified and even mapped out the 30 other countries that joined the US’ embassy-opening celebration in Jerusalem, but most people are at a loss for words in explaining why t…

How American Media is Whitewashing Israel’s Massacre in Gaza

May 17, 2018 Opinion

Typical of the mindset of corporate media reporting on what happened in Gaza on Monday as Israeli soldiers killed more than 50 protesting Palestinians, is this tweet from CNN. It says: “Death toll ris…

Washington and NATO Are Escalating to Conflict

May 17, 2018 Opinion

The Trump Administration in Washington is ramping up confrontation and preparing for war all over the globe, from the South China Sea to the Baltic via the Persian Gulf. The countries of the US-NATO m…

Get Ready for the New Middle East Battlefield: The Golan

May 17, 2018 Opinion

The exchange of missiles last week on the Syrian-Israeli border was anything but normal. This firefight established new rules of engagement in the Levant, and made the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights a…

Saudi Arabia Will Use Trump to Gain Leverage over the War in Syria

May 17, 2018 Opinion

As President Trump muses periodically about a prompt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, he confronts warnings, including from his own foreign-policy advisers, that such a move would risk the onset …

Netanyahu Using Smoke and Mirrors Like a Wizard

May 17, 2018 Opinion

Every time I think of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu I cannot help visualizing a famous scene from the classic film “The Wizard of Oz.” You know the one where Dorothy’s little dog Toto runs…