Month: December 2016

Desperate militants continue to target civilians in Mosul.

Did the community organizer from Harvard Law just deliver some personal payback to the IDF commando? So it would seem. By abstaining on that Security Council resolution declaring Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem illegal and invalid, raged Bibi Netanyahu, President Obama "failed to protect Israel in this gang-up at the UN, … Continue reading “Barack Backhands Bibi”

Iraq admitted to the deaths of several soldiers in Mosul.

Najaf, Iraq – A week has passed since my arrival in Iraq. Once again we come desiring to strengthen the bonds of human friendship, bonds which threaten to break as the opportunities to visit each other become less and less possible. A few days prior to my departure, I attended a Veterans for Peace holiday … Continue reading “Signs of Hope in Desperate Times”

Gunmen attacked Christians in Baghdad.

Security forces resumed operations in Mosul on Saturday.

Donald Trump has spat in my face. Not only in my own face, but in the faces of at least half the Israeli population. He has appointed a bankruptcy lawyer named David Friedman to the job of US ambassador in Israel. This sounds like a bad joke. But it is brutal reality. It sets a … Continue reading “Don’t Send David Friedman!”

Authorities revealed that health workers have been targeted by Islamic State militants.

Militants attacked one of the first of Mosul’s neighborhood to be liberated, leaving scores dead or injured.

The British government of Theresa May officially adopted on December 12 a new definition of anti-Semitism that includes legitimate criticism of Israel. The definition was adopted earlier in the year by a pro-Israeli group IHRA, although it was considered but abandoned by the European anti-racism agency in 2005. It is also a rather dangerous move … Continue reading “Stifling the Debate on Israel: For Palestinians, Zionism Only Means One Thing”