From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''The UN general assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to open its nuclear programme for inspection.
The resolution, approved by a vote of 174 to six with six
abstentions, calls on Israel to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
(NPT) “without further delay” and open its nuclear facilities to
inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Those voting
against were Israel, the US, Canada, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and
Palau.''
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Showing posts with label israel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label israel. Show all posts
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Steve Lendman: ''Washington and Israel partner in jointly planned imperial wars''
From Steve Lendman Blog
''Walter Pincus reports on national security issues for the Washington
Post. He's been at it many years. In late December he'll turn 80.
On November 28, he headlined "US overseeing mysterious construction project in Israel," saying:
"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to supervise construction of a
five-story underground facility for an Israel Defense Forces complex…."
It's called "Site 911." It'll be built at an Israeli air force base near
Tel Aviv. Construction will take two years or longer. Time frames are
often extended. Cost is expected to be about $100 million. Before
completion, double that amount or more wouldn't surprise.''
Saturday, November 24, 2012
''The US-Israeli Attack on Gaza''
From Global Research
By Professor Michael Chossudovsky
''There is evidence that Operation “Pillar of Cloud” was implemented in close liaison with Washington in the context of the broader process of allied military planning. Senior US military officials were on location in Israel working with their IDF counterparts in the days leading up to the attack.
Operation “Pillar of Cloud” was launched on the 14th of November, exactly one week after the US presidential elections. It was slated to be launched irrespective of the outcome of the US elections. The first action was the targeted assassination of the leader of Hamas’ military wing Ahmed Jabari. The operation has since evolved towards a generalized bombing campaign and ground invasion involving the announced deployment of some 75,000 Israeli troops.''
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By Professor Michael Chossudovsky
''There is evidence that Operation “Pillar of Cloud” was implemented in close liaison with Washington in the context of the broader process of allied military planning. Senior US military officials were on location in Israel working with their IDF counterparts in the days leading up to the attack.
Operation “Pillar of Cloud” was launched on the 14th of November, exactly one week after the US presidential elections. It was slated to be launched irrespective of the outcome of the US elections. The first action was the targeted assassination of the leader of Hamas’ military wing Ahmed Jabari. The operation has since evolved towards a generalized bombing campaign and ground invasion involving the announced deployment of some 75,000 Israeli troops.''
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Pepe Escobar: ''Obama the Pivot''
From Asia Times
''The fabulous reclining Buddha at Wat Pho in Bangkok does not exactly subscribe to drone wars and "targeted assassinations" - not to mention bombing of civilian infrastructure. So the Buddha may have been puzzled - to say the least - when US President Barack Obama, right at the start of his whirlwind "pivoting" tour of Southeast Asia, and referring to Israel and Gaza, came up with this: "There is no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders."
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''The fabulous reclining Buddha at Wat Pho in Bangkok does not exactly subscribe to drone wars and "targeted assassinations" - not to mention bombing of civilian infrastructure. So the Buddha may have been puzzled - to say the least - when US President Barack Obama, right at the start of his whirlwind "pivoting" tour of Southeast Asia, and referring to Israel and Gaza, came up with this: "There is no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders."
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
''Turkish PM condemns UN Security Council, Israel''
From Hurriyet News
''Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he does not trust the United Nations due to its failure in the Syrian crisis, while condemning Israeli attacks on Gaza.
Erdoğan described Israel yesterday as a “terrorist state” for carrying out its bombardment of Gaza, highlighting hostility for Ankara’s former ally since relations between the countries collapsed in 2010, Reuters reported.''
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''Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he does not trust the United Nations due to its failure in the Syrian crisis, while condemning Israeli attacks on Gaza.
Erdoğan described Israel yesterday as a “terrorist state” for carrying out its bombardment of Gaza, highlighting hostility for Ankara’s former ally since relations between the countries collapsed in 2010, Reuters reported.''
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Morsi: ''Egypt won't leave Gaza to face Israeli onslaught ''on its own''
From AhramOnline
''Egypt will not turn its back on the besieged Gaza Strip, which for the last three days has been subject to relentless Israeli bombardment, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi stressed in his Friday sermon delivered at Cairo's Fatema Al-Sharbatli Mosque.''
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''Egypt will not turn its back on the besieged Gaza Strip, which for the last three days has been subject to relentless Israeli bombardment, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi stressed in his Friday sermon delivered at Cairo's Fatema Al-Sharbatli Mosque.''
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
''Gaza returns deadly rocket fire on Israel''
From Aljazeera
''Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes on Thursday morning, as militants shot around 250 rockets into Israel, killing three Israelis.
The latest violence raised the total number of Gazans killed in 20 hours of Israeli air strikes to 13. At least 120 other residents of the coastal enclave have been injured, according to medics.
In the same period, Gaza rockets killed three Israelis and injured another five in a direct hit on a residential building in the southern town of Kiryat Malahi, said Israeli police.''
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Video from RT.com
''Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes on Thursday morning, as militants shot around 250 rockets into Israel, killing three Israelis.
The latest violence raised the total number of Gazans killed in 20 hours of Israeli air strikes to 13. At least 120 other residents of the coastal enclave have been injured, according to medics.
In the same period, Gaza rockets killed three Israelis and injured another five in a direct hit on a residential building in the southern town of Kiryat Malahi, said Israeli police.''
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
''Brotherhood calls for protests against Israeli action''
From Daily News Egypt
''The Muslim Brotherhood is calling for Friday protests against the most recent assaults by the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip. They are calling for all Egyptians to join them “in announcing their wrath and condemnation of the Israeli attacks.''
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''The Muslim Brotherhood is calling for Friday protests against the most recent assaults by the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip. They are calling for all Egyptians to join them “in announcing their wrath and condemnation of the Israeli attacks.''
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Monday, October 29, 2012
''Are the Saudis Bankrolling Israel’s Mossad?''
From CounterPunch
By Barry Lando
''A friend, with good sources in the Israeli government, claims that the head of Israel’s Mossad has made several trips to deal with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia—one of the results: an agreement that the Saudis would bankroll the series of assassinations of several of Iran’s top nuclear experts that have occurred over the past couple of years. The amount involved, my friend claims, was $1 billion dollars. A sum, he says, the Saudis considered cheap for the damage done to Iran’s nuclear program.
At first blush, the tale sounds preposterous. On the other hand. it makes eminent sense. The murky swamp of Middle East politics has nothing to do with the easy slogans and 30 second sound bites of presidential debates.
After all, nowhere more than in the Middle East does the maxim hold true: the enemy of my enemy is my friend. And both Israel and the Saudis have always detested Iran’s Shiite fundamentalist leaders. The feeling is mutual. Tehran has long been accused of stirring up trouble among Saudi’s restless Shiites.''
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By Barry Lando
''A friend, with good sources in the Israeli government, claims that the head of Israel’s Mossad has made several trips to deal with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia—one of the results: an agreement that the Saudis would bankroll the series of assassinations of several of Iran’s top nuclear experts that have occurred over the past couple of years. The amount involved, my friend claims, was $1 billion dollars. A sum, he says, the Saudis considered cheap for the damage done to Iran’s nuclear program.
At first blush, the tale sounds preposterous. On the other hand. it makes eminent sense. The murky swamp of Middle East politics has nothing to do with the easy slogans and 30 second sound bites of presidential debates.
After all, nowhere more than in the Middle East does the maxim hold true: the enemy of my enemy is my friend. And both Israel and the Saudis have always detested Iran’s Shiite fundamentalist leaders. The feeling is mutual. Tehran has long been accused of stirring up trouble among Saudi’s restless Shiites.''
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Poll: ''Israelis Support Ethnic Cleansing, Annexation and Apartheid State''
From Global Research
''Gideon Levy writes in Haaretz that Israelis (Jews) have largely shed their previous veneer of democratic values and now hold views that can only be described as authoritarian-racist, if not fascist.''
''The majority of the Jewish public, 59 percent, wants preference[s] for Jews over Arabs in…job [appointments] in government ministries. Almost half the Jews, 49 percent, want the state to treat Jewish citizens better than Arab ones; 42 percent don’t want to live in the same building with Arabs and 42 percent don’t want their children in the same class with Arab children.''
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''Gideon Levy writes in Haaretz that Israelis (Jews) have largely shed their previous veneer of democratic values and now hold views that can only be described as authoritarian-racist, if not fascist.''
''The majority of the Jewish public, 59 percent, wants preference[s] for Jews over Arabs in…job [appointments] in government ministries. Almost half the Jews, 49 percent, want the state to treat Jewish citizens better than Arab ones; 42 percent don’t want to live in the same building with Arabs and 42 percent don’t want their children in the same class with Arab children.''
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
''Return of the Neocons''
From National Interest
.........................''But in today’s world, the veterans of the George W. Bush administration and the Romney campaign show no such forbearance. Instead of going quietly into the night, these people—who failed to prevent 9/11, invaded Iraq under false pretenses, missed the golden moment in Afghanistan, undermined America’s standing in the world, authorized torture and rendition, and bankrupted the country by going to war without raising taxes and boosting defense spending to levels not seen since World War II—are on the campaign trail and in the media criticizing the Obama administration’s national security policies.''
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.........................''But in today’s world, the veterans of the George W. Bush administration and the Romney campaign show no such forbearance. Instead of going quietly into the night, these people—who failed to prevent 9/11, invaded Iraq under false pretenses, missed the golden moment in Afghanistan, undermined America’s standing in the world, authorized torture and rendition, and bankrupted the country by going to war without raising taxes and boosting defense spending to levels not seen since World War II—are on the campaign trail and in the media criticizing the Obama administration’s national security policies.''
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Monday, October 8, 2012
''NATO Uses Turkey, Who Uses Free Syrian Army, To Self-Authorize NATO Attack On Syria''
From 'There are no Sunglasses'
Intro By Peter Chamberlain
''This Israeli government spokesman is appealing to the world to accept the proposition that any stray bullets or shells coming across the border from Syria are an "attack" upon Turkey, and by extension, an attack upon NATO. This statement is intended to back-up the recent Turkish Parliament authorization for military operations inside Syria. So Turkey is now ready to do what Israel has been afraid to do, go to war against Syria. It would almost seem as though Israel and Turkey had planned all of this from the beginning, were it not for that ugly little incident with the Gaza Flotilla and the IDF attack upon the MV Mavi Marmara aid ship, on May 31 2010. Less than one year later, in March or April 2011. the civil war was beginning inside Syria.''
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Intro By Peter Chamberlain
''This Israeli government spokesman is appealing to the world to accept the proposition that any stray bullets or shells coming across the border from Syria are an "attack" upon Turkey, and by extension, an attack upon NATO. This statement is intended to back-up the recent Turkish Parliament authorization for military operations inside Syria. So Turkey is now ready to do what Israel has been afraid to do, go to war against Syria. It would almost seem as though Israel and Turkey had planned all of this from the beginning, were it not for that ugly little incident with the Gaza Flotilla and the IDF attack upon the MV Mavi Marmara aid ship, on May 31 2010. Less than one year later, in March or April 2011. the civil war was beginning inside Syria.''
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Monday, September 24, 2012
''Siemens and Iran: A checkered past''
From Haaretz
''Siemens has been key to the Iranian regime not just in pursuing its nuclear ambitions. It has also been key in huge infrastructure deals, and its subsidiary Nokia-Siemens Networks has been accused by Iranian human rights activists of supplying the Islamic Republic with the apparatus to spy on opposition members' phone calls and social networking during the Green Revolution. The company tried to deflect these accusations but by the end of 2011, Nokia-Siemens admitted that international sanctions were making"it almost impossible for Nokia Siemens Networks to do business with Iranian customers."
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''Siemens has been key to the Iranian regime not just in pursuing its nuclear ambitions. It has also been key in huge infrastructure deals, and its subsidiary Nokia-Siemens Networks has been accused by Iranian human rights activists of supplying the Islamic Republic with the apparatus to spy on opposition members' phone calls and social networking during the Green Revolution. The company tried to deflect these accusations but by the end of 2011, Nokia-Siemens admitted that international sanctions were making"it almost impossible for Nokia Siemens Networks to do business with Iranian customers."
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Friday, September 21, 2012
''A «Price Tag» October Surprise in September for Obama''
From Strategic Culture
By Wayne Madsen
''Manufacturing twin political crises: one over a controversial American and/or Israeli-made anti-Muslim film that resulted in the siege of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya and the deaths of four personnel, including the U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens, and a very tense Chinese-Japanese crisis over the disputed Diaoyu (as they are known in Chinese) or Senkaku (as they are known in Japanese) uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that could bring the U.S., via its treaty obligations with Japan, into a conflict with China, have rocked the Obama administration’s foreign policy… The appearance that Obama cannot handle dual world crises has played into the hands of Romney and his neo-conservative pro-Israeli advisers.''
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By Wayne Madsen
''Manufacturing twin political crises: one over a controversial American and/or Israeli-made anti-Muslim film that resulted in the siege of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya and the deaths of four personnel, including the U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens, and a very tense Chinese-Japanese crisis over the disputed Diaoyu (as they are known in Chinese) or Senkaku (as they are known in Japanese) uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that could bring the U.S., via its treaty obligations with Japan, into a conflict with China, have rocked the Obama administration’s foreign policy… The appearance that Obama cannot handle dual world crises has played into the hands of Romney and his neo-conservative pro-Israeli advisers.''
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Monday, September 17, 2012
''Armada of international naval power massing in the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike''
From The Telegraph
''Cruisers, aircraft carriers and minesweepers from 25 nations are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war.''
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
''The Man Behind Israel's Press Crisis''
From Al-Monitor
''The Israeli press is struggling. This crisis is partly due to mismanagement and technological advancement, but that's not the only reason, writes Nahum Barnea. The free daily Israel Hayom, owned by the billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is slowly killing all its competitors and enabling the prime minister to gain control over the media.''
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''The Israeli press is struggling. This crisis is partly due to mismanagement and technological advancement, but that's not the only reason, writes Nahum Barnea. The free daily Israel Hayom, owned by the billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is slowly killing all its competitors and enabling the prime minister to gain control over the media.''
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''Embassy Killings in Libya, the Stench of CIA/Mossad ''False Flag''
From Veterans Today
By Gordon Duff
''First of all as to the “film” or whatever. As news managed to get past the “controllers,” it became obvious that the “Israeli” director never existed and the film had been financed by a group out of Las Vegas in the casino business tied directly to the Romney campaign.
This we know. You will see no reporting of this although the security around those funding the film and the quick “pounce” Romney made on Obama are enough to spark curiosity, if such a thing existed.''
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By Gordon Duff
''First of all as to the “film” or whatever. As news managed to get past the “controllers,” it became obvious that the “Israeli” director never existed and the film had been financed by a group out of Las Vegas in the casino business tied directly to the Romney campaign.
This we know. You will see no reporting of this although the security around those funding the film and the quick “pounce” Romney made on Obama are enough to spark curiosity, if such a thing existed.''
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''Israel denies blocking Jordan nuclear programme''
From Ahram Online
''Israel, the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear power, is not a signatory to the international Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which regulates nuclear activity.
Jordan's king levelled the accusations at Israel earlier on Wednesday in an exclusive interview with AFP.
"Strong opposition to Jordan's nuclear energy programme is coming from Israel," he said.
"A Jordanian delegation would approach a potential partner, and one week later an Israeli delegation would be there, asking our interlocutors not to support Jordan's nuclear energy bid," Abdullah said during the interview at his palace.''
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''Israel, the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear power, is not a signatory to the international Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which regulates nuclear activity.
Jordan's king levelled the accusations at Israel earlier on Wednesday in an exclusive interview with AFP.
"Strong opposition to Jordan's nuclear energy programme is coming from Israel," he said.
"A Jordanian delegation would approach a potential partner, and one week later an Israeli delegation would be there, asking our interlocutors not to support Jordan's nuclear energy bid," Abdullah said during the interview at his palace.''
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
''Iran says it treats Israeli military threats as American''
From The Star
''Iran makes no distinction between U.S. and Israeli interests and will retaliate against both countries if attacked, an Iranian military commander said on Wednesday.
The comments came after the White House denied an Israeli news report that it was negotiating with Tehran to keep out of a future Israel-Iran war and as U.S. President Barack Obama fends off accusations from his election rival that he is too soft on Tehran.''
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''Iran makes no distinction between U.S. and Israeli interests and will retaliate against both countries if attacked, an Iranian military commander said on Wednesday.
The comments came after the White House denied an Israeli news report that it was negotiating with Tehran to keep out of a future Israel-Iran war and as U.S. President Barack Obama fends off accusations from his election rival that he is too soft on Tehran.''
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
''France Warns Israel Against Iran Attack''
From Eurasia Review
''French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius, said Monday that any Israeli strike against Iran would “turn against Israel” and called for stronger sanctions to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
“I am absolutely opposed to the idea that Iran would gain nuclear weapons, but I think if there was an Israeli attack, unfortunately it would turn against Israel and [would put] Iran as the victim,” said Fabius.''
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''French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius, said Monday that any Israeli strike against Iran would “turn against Israel” and called for stronger sanctions to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
“I am absolutely opposed to the idea that Iran would gain nuclear weapons, but I think if there was an Israeli attack, unfortunately it would turn against Israel and [would put] Iran as the victim,” said Fabius.''
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