Culture & Religion

Image: ‘When I am far from Israel, I see my street corner in Tel Aviv and look forward to the moment I can return to it’ … Shlomo Sand. Photograph: Gali Tibbon/Graphic
 
 

Israeli prime minister targets Palestinian leaders in Israel as his ‘Mr Security’ image takes a beating

by Jonathan Cook

Unrest grows among Palestinian citizens of Israel, outraged by restrictions on access to al-Aqsa and causalities in the occupied territories

 
by Jonathan Cook 
(Al-Jazeera ) – The violence rocking the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and now Gaza is on the verge of spilling into Israel, Palestinian leaders in Israel warned.

 
by Jamal Kanj*
Tension in Jerusalem has escalated to dangerous levels in response to deliberate Israeli provocation at Haram Al Sharif or the Noble Sanctuary. This fragile situation was further worsened by new Israeli government decrees to blow up Palestinian homes and grant its army a free rein to deal with protesters.

by David Price – Roberto J. González
Counterpunch
 

Palmyra in early May 2015 before the arrival of Da’ish (ISIS). As of early October 2015 it is not known precisely what has been spared. (Photo: fplamb)

Image:Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and killed a 13-year-old Palestinian boy in Bethlehem afternoon Monday.
UDPATE: About twelve hours ago, a third Palestinian youth was murdered by Occupation forces.  This new killing happened near Tulkarm.  Ronnie Barkan reported to me there were a total of seven attempts to lynch Palestinians in the past 24 hours.

 
 
By Jamal Kanj
Lagging in the polls, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump came from behind ranting Mexican migrants. Trump exploited a real topical complex issue to mobilise the White Republican base and rode to the top of the ticket deriding Mexicans.
Ben Carson was however more inventive. He created a fictitious candidate to rally the same delusional crowd. Carson declared that the Muslim faith could disqualify a person from being a US president.

In the first part of a series, Brandon Martinez of Non-Aligned Media unravels the murky origins of ISIS and unveils how the group’s meteoric rise in Iraq and Syria is a continuation of US psychological warfare designed to facilitate the Zionist-Neocon agenda of toppling seven sovereign Middle Eastern and North African States.
 
The ISIS Conspiracy: Origins (Part 1)

 
by Bishop Donald  Corder
Israeli warfare upon the global citizenry climaxed with a frontal assault against the US government, its president and the will of the people. Misguided political calculations emanating from out of the Israeli worldview was justified in the heart of Benjamin Netanyahu’s, the Zionist Jewry leader. Where, fears real, imagined and fabricated energized the Zionist “power of the purse”. Giving provision necessary to pour massive millions of dollars in their campaign to dismiss the global efforts of the Iranian P+5 nuclear agreement.