By James J. Zogby | The Jordan Times | December 28, 2021 The Christmas story as it is told in the West contains timeless elements that have shaped our culture in significant ways. As we tell it, year in and year out, the story conveys to those who listen powerful themes evoking deep feelings. It […]
By Alison Weir | If Americans Knew | December 23, 2022 Unlike U.S. media, Israeli media announce that the new spending bill contains many millions of dollars for Israel, which is a tiny foreign country known for its human rights abuses and spying on the U.S. Israel National News reports that the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act signed into law … … Continue reading →
If Americans Knew All the clips in this video took place in Bethlehem (see the sources below). Bethlehem is in the Palestinian West Bank, which has been under Israeli occupation since 1967. It is encircled by a wall erected by Israel in 2002. All entrances and exits are controlled by armed Israeli soldiers. Israeli forces […]
BY PHILIP GIRALDI • UNZ REVIEW • DECEMBER 20, 2022 It seems that if there is one thing that those at the top of the United States government and the national media really want for the holidays it is to be able to accuse someone new of being an antisemite. Since the Kanye West story […]
By Ramona Wadi | MEMO | December 15, 2022 The Times of Israel ran a lengthy article this week pinpointing the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s criticisms of Israel, notably her use of the term “Jewish lobby” – a reference from 2014, years prior to her appointment by the UN. Yet, what stands out in […]
MEMO | December 15, 2022 The Israeli occupation army destroyed the main water pipelines in the village of Al-Auja, in the north-east of Jericho, reported Wafa news agency. The destruction is seen as being part of the apartheid state’s efforts to control all water sources in the occupied Palestinian territories. Local residents said that occupation soldiers forced […]
The cover-up of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians during the Nakba continues BY PHILIP GIRALDI • UNZ REVIEW • DECEMBER 13, 2022 Israel’s new government is planning to give de facto operational control of the national police and heavily armed border police to Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of a party of right wing, racist extremists. It can perhaps […]
By Robert Inlakesh | RT | December 13, 2022 As Algiers continues to play a more prominent role in Middle Eastern and African affairs, will it face US pressure and even regime change attempts for its foreign policy stances that do not align with those of the West? In September, US Congress members evoked the 2017 […]
By Kathryn Shihadah | Israel-Palestine News | December 12, 2022 For years, social media have been making it difficult for Palestinian and their allies’ voices to be heard – even as Israel’s stranglehold on Palestinians has grown stronger, and as increasing amounts of US tax money have been sent to Israel and to various countries for Israel’s […]
Jana Zakarneh, 16, was killed by Israeli forces in Jenin. (Photo: via WAFA) MEMO | December 12, 2022 The Palestinian Health Ministry said a girl child was killed by an Israeli sniper last night in Jenin City, north of the Occupied West Bank, The Palestinian Information Centre reports. According to local sources, 16-year-old Jana Zakarnah […]
