Tag Archive: israel

on January 12, 2014 in World News

Butcher of Beirut: Ariel Sharon’s Criminal Legacy

Butcher of Beirut: Ariel Sharon’s Criminal Legacy Gilad Sharon chronicled his father’s life. He wrote his biography. It’s titled “Sharon: The Life of a Leader.” It discusses his history from soldier to general to political leader. According to Gilad, his father “was a much better prime minister” than Netanyahu. He was Sharon’s finance minister. He claimed he “gave and gave and gave.” “Palestinians got and got and got, and my question is, what did we get? Nothing and nothing and nothing.” “What the public wants to know is when will it get a prime minister who stops putting wind in… View Article

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on September 26, 2013 in World News

Israeli Soldiers Throw Sound Grenades at EU Diplomats

                Israeli Soldiers Throw Sound Grenades at EU Diplomats Bringing Aid to Displaced Palestinian Families A Palestinian village home to 120 people had its houses, kindergarten and shepherding stables demolished this week by Israeli authorities. This came after the Supreme Court ruled its inhabitants – some of whom have lived on the land for generations – didn’t have proper building permits. The Palestinian Bedouin village of Khirbet Al-Makhul, located in the occupied territories, is the third such village to be demolished by Israel since August. After it was destroyed on Monday, the International… View Article

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on August 31, 2013 in World News

Chemical Hallucinations

Chemical Hallucinations By William Bowles I think it’s true to say that the days of creating ‘dodgy dossiers‘(pdf)[1] are now over, at least if the latest ‘dodgy report’ is anything to go by. Put out by the UK’s Joint Intelligence Committee, it purports to offer proof that Assad gassed his own people. But aside from the fact that it offers not a shred of proof, it’s also amateurish and clearly put together in a panic. We…have a limited but growing body of intelligence which supports the judgement that the regime was responsible for the attacks and that they were conducted… View Article

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