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#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli Analyst Explains that the “Special Relationship” Benefits Israel, NOT the US

Islam Times | Aug 18, 2014 By Alison Weir Islam Times – While Israel partisans in the US and some others (often former Israel partisans) sometimes claim that the US-Israel “special relationship” is driven by the US, Israeli writers are more honest. Israeli Analyst Explains that the “Special Relationship” Benefits Israel, NOT the US Most […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | America Giving Israel a Pass on Civilian Deaths

By Gareth Porter | Global Research, August 15, 2014 WASHINGTON – United Nations officials and human rights organisations have characterised Israeli attacks on civilian targets during the IDF war on Gaza as violations of the laws of war. During the war, Israeli bombardment leveled whole urban neighbourhoods, leaving more than 10,000 houses destroyed and 30,000 […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Obama: Coward par excellence

[ PIC 03/08/2014 – 04:18 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh President Obama’s obvious reluctance to condemn the ongoing Israeli holocaust in the Gaza Strip caricatures a weak and dishonest character, who pays more attention to immediate parochial political considerations than to truth and moral honesty. There is no other way to explain this shocking moral […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Who Broke the Ceasefire? Obama Blames Hamas Against All Evidence

In a bid to legitimize Israel’s violence in Gaza, Washington continues a disturbing pattern of baselessly blaming Hamas. Photo Credit: Moigovps/Wikimedia Commons August 1, 2014  | AlterNet / By Max Blumenthal and Allison Deger A beleaguered looking President Barack Obama appeared before the Washington press corps Friday to lash into Hamas for supposedly violating the […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Zionist War On Gaza

Dissident Voice / by William James Martin / August 1st, 2014 It is important to understand the genesis of the present round of violence between Israel and Hamas, really between Israel and the people of Gaza. Both President Obama, Secretary Kerry, and the American news media have consistently described the conflict as Israel justifiably responding […]

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Iran-US ties will further isolate Israel

On September 27, 2013, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (R) and his American counterpart Barack Obama held a telephone conversation. PressTV | Sat Oct 5, 2013 10:33AM GMT On September 27, 2013, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his American counterpart Barack Obama held a telephone conversation. It was the first direct communication between an Iranian and […]

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Will Obama the Bomber protect Israel’s WMD?

PressTV | Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:32AM GMT | by Jim W. Dean If we don’t do this now our children will inherit our government filled with Zionist infiltrators in the mold of Zalman Shapiro and their many gentile helpers. The Syrians have primed the pump for us with the blood of a 100,000 dead., […]

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Nasrallah: Zionist lobby behind US adventurism in Middle East

Chairman of Iran Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi (L) and Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah meet in Beirut on September 3, 2013. PressTV | Tue Sep 3, 2013 5:31PM Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says the “Zionist lobby” is behind the US adventurism in the Middle East. Despite the dominance of […]

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US is not neutral in Israeli-Palestinian talks: Noam Chomsky

Al Ray | July 27, 2013 Renowned American academician Noam Chomsky said “the US cannot act as a mediator in the talks between Israel and Palestine because it is not neutral.” Press TV reported. “The US-brokered resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians likely will not amount to much, but Europe could change that […]

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Kerry’s efforts serve only the occupation’s interests

[ PIC 27/06/2013 – 09:05 PM ] TULKAREM, (PIC)– Second Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Hassan Khreisheh said the efforts of U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and his visits to the region will put more pressures on the Palestinian and Arab side to recognize Israel. He said that Kerry is deceiving the Palestinians […]

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American media distortion on Palestine ~ by Alison Weir

Middle East Monitor | May 1, 2013 Thirteen years ago I knew very little about Israel-Palestine. Like most Americans, this seemed to be a distant, confusing conflict that had little to do with me. I was unaware –again, like most Americans – that American taxpayers give Israel over $8 million per day, more than we […]

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Haneyya: Erdogan’s visit signals the end of American hegemony

[ PIC 23/04/2013 – 09:42 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Gaza premier Ismail Haneyya said that the scheduled visit of Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Gaza had signaled the end of US hegemony in the region. Haneyya welcomed and appreciated, in a terse statement in Doha on Tuesday, Erdogan’s visit to Gaza. He said that […]

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In Their Shoes | Obama’s Empathy Deficit in Palestine ~ by Uri Avnery

by URI AVNERY | Counterpunch | Apr 5, 2013 Obama in Israel: Every word right. Every gesture genuine. Every detail in its place. Perfect. Obama in Palestine: Every word wrong. Every gesture inappropriate. Every single detail misplaced. Perfect. It started from the first moment. The President of the United States came to Ramallah. He visited […]

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VIDEO | O-blah-blah-ma: ‘US offers endless talks’ to kill clock for Israel against Palestine? ~ Feat. @AbirKopty

March 30, 2013 President Obama’s Middle East tour has resulted in mixed feelings both in Israel and Palestine – with no tangible results despite his calls for peace. Palestinians, who greeted the US leader with protests, were disappointed by his show of unwavering allegiance to Israel and lack of pressure over the issue of settlements. […]

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Four More Years of This? Obama’s Peace Antics in Israel ~ by Ramzy Baroud

Dissident Voice | by Ramzy Baroud | March 29th, 2013 At the precise moment US President Barack Obama’s Air Force One touched down at Ben Gurion Airport on March 20, persisting illusions quickly began to shatter. And as he walked on the red carpet, showered with accolades and warm embraces of top Israeli government and […]

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