The Golda wars

Gideon Levy in the liberal news- paper Ha’aretz (15.10.2009).
Those who are to blame for everything have been found: the “Goldstoners.” Not the occupation, the settlements, Israeli aggressiveness or brutality; just Goldstone. According to Ari Shavit (Haaretz, October 8), the spirit of Judge Richard Goldstone will bring the next war upon us, and it will be called [...]

Jewish voice for a JUST PEACE in the Middle East

We address all people, regardless of their religious beliefs and political opinions, who desire a just peace in the Middle East.
Everyone is welcome to join us. We have learned a lesson from the Holocaust: not to keep silent in the face of injustice and crime. We have joined forces because of this belief and because of the concern [...]

Al-Qaida: eight years after 9/11

Al-Qaida: Tales from Bin Laden’s volunteers - Eight years after the attack on New York, intelligence reports from captured western recruits suggest the terror network is weakening. > more.
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Two Tribes (VIDEO) – Netanyahu vs. Ahmadinejad

When watching this video have in mind the growing Israel-Iran-Crisis. Let’s hope the politicians are clever enough not to start something that gets out of control.
Announcer:
The air attack warning sounds like
This is the sound.

When you hear the air attack warningYou and your family must take coverLet’s goWhen two tribes go to warA point is [...]

We Didn’t Start The Fire (VIDEO)

Harry Truman, Doris DayRed China, Johnnie Ray”South Pacific”, Walter WinchellJoe DiMaggioJoe McCarthy, Richard NixonStudebaker, televisionNorth Korea, South KoreaMarilyn Monroe

Livni: Give up half of ‘Land of Israel’

“JERUSALEM (AP) — Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says Israel must give up considerable territory in exchange for peace with the Palestinians.
She told U.S. Jewish leaders, “we need to give up half of the Land of Israel.” That’s a term that refers to the biblical borders, including today’s Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.” > more.
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How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe

“Oxford professor of international relations Avi Shlaim served in the Israeli army and has never questioned the state’s legitimacy. But its merciless assault on Gaza has led him to devastating conclusions. - The only way to make sense of Israel’s senseless war in Gaza is through understanding the historical context. Establishing the state of Israel in May 1948 [...]

Film: “To Die In Jerusalem”

“When a Palestinian teen girl killed an Israeli teen girl in a suicide bombing, Jewish filmmaker Hilla Medalia told the story—and tried to get the surviving mothers together.Ayat Al-Akhras was an 18-year-old living in a Palestinian refugee camp. She was beautiful, an A student, and already engaged to be married. Rachel Levy was a 17-year-old Israeli [...]

Talking, not force, is the only solution in Gaza

The near certainty that Israeli aggression against Hamas will end in failure is surely a compelling reason for negotiation. -
Covering just 365 square kilometres and home to 1.5 million people, Gaza is one of the most densely populated regions in the world. So it is unlikely that Israel would be able to launch a military [...]

Mumbai’s night of terror

“MUMBAI – The unprecedented night of horror in India’s financial capital began at about 9.30 pm for two Germans, Rita and Thomas, part of a Lufthansa in-flight crew finishing dinner at Leopold Cafe in Colaba in south Mumbai. Barely five hours earlier, Asia Times Online published an article (Closing time for India’s Iranian cafes) mentioning the [...]

India: Terror Has No Religion

India. “The aggressive defence by the Shiv Sena of the terrorist activities of people acting in the name of Hindutva, combined with the BJP’s refusal to condemn these activities, represent a danger mark in the political response to the rising tide of bomb attacks and violence against innocents. Any effort to give terrorism a communal [...]