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Settling for failure in the middle east

January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

By Prof. Stephen M. Walt

(source: The Washington Post)

Like so many of his predecessors, President Obama is quickly discovering that persuading Israel to change course is nearly impossible.

Obama came to office determined to achieve a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians. His opening move was to insist that Israel stop building settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem — a tough line aimed at bolstering Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and persuading key Arab states to make conciliatory gestures toward Israel. These steps would pave the way for the creation of a viable Palestinian state and the normalization of Israel’s relations with its Arab neighbors, and also help rebuild America’s image in the Arab and Muslim world.

Unfortunately, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has no interest in a two-state solution, much less ending settlement expansion. He and his government want a "greater Israel," which means maintaining effective control of the West Bank and Gaza. His response to Obama’s initiative has ranged from foot-dragging to outright defiance, with little pushback from Washington.

Will Isarael fall in five years?

January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

A CIA study casts doubt over the survival of Israel beyond the next two decades.

By Jeff Gates

(source: Palestine Chronicle)

‘The undersigned therefore take this means of publicly presenting a few salient facts concerning Begin and his party; and of urging all concerned not to support this latest manifestation of fascism.’ — Albert Einstein, signatory to Letters to the Editor, New York Times, December 4, 1948.

Online reports of a study by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency cast doubt over the survival of Israel beyond the next two decades. Regardless of the validity of the report, with what is now known about the costs in blood and treasure that the U.S.-Israeli relationship has imposed on the U.S., its key ally, Israel could fall within five years.

For more than six decades, American support for Israel has relied on the ability of pro-Israelis to dominate U.S. media, enabling Tel Aviv to put a positive spin on even its most extreme behavior, including its recent massacre in Gaza. With access to online news coverage, that Zionist bias is becoming apparent and the real facts transparent.

Idf officer in danger of icc prosecution

January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

ICC May Try IDF Officer In Wake Of Goldstone Gaza Report

By Yotam Feldman

(source:Haaretz)

A senior prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said Monday that he is considering opening an investigation into whether Lt. Col. David Benjamin, an Israel Defense Forces reserve officer, allowed war crimes to be committed during the IDF’s three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip this winter.

The officer – a dual citizen of Israel and South Africa, where he was born – served in the Military Advocate General’s international law department, which authorized which targets troops would strike before and during the operation.

Newsweek magazine released an interview Monday with ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Argentina in which he said he is convinced his office has the authority to launch an investigation into Benjamin’s actions.

Israel controls american policy says former congressman

January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

(source: MPAC-UK online)

james traficant

Israel is controlling the American government and that’s why Americans are dying for their war, says former US Congressman James Traficant in a shocking expose on Fox News. He highlights that the influence the Israel lobby wields over American foreign policy has led to America carrying out the expansionary policy of Israel.

The Israeli lobby works around the clock to ensure that public debate on the issue of whether it is in America’s interest to uncritically back Israel is non-existent. Because these debates are effectively silenced, American policy continues to move in a direction that is against its interests.

The former Congressman further expands on this point, saying that "Arabs have exported violence to America and they have, They have no other way to fight." The power imbalance in military, diplomatic and economic force, coupled with the perception that the only reason that Israel can carry out its heinous policies is because of American backing, has meant that America is a target.