By Ramzy Baroud | Palestine Chronicle | September 12, 2018 Yossi Beilin is back. This unrepentant Israeli ‘peacemaker’ is like the mythical phoenix, continually resurrecting from its ashes. In a recent article in Al-Monitor, Beilin wrote in support of the idea of a confederation between Israel and Palestine. A confederation “could prevent the need to evacuate settlers […]
Palestine soaps, corpse flowers and Blockbuster beers + this day in history w/the end of The Smiths and our song of the day by the Watson Twins on your Morning Monarchy for September 12, 2018.
If Americans Knew | September 12, 2018 Israel partisans are sneaking through 2 Congressional bills today! Voters need to phone Congress about them now! The largest aid package in U.S. history. A bill for a special envoy who will monitor criticism of Israel world wide. Phone the Congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your Congressional […]
By Thomas L. Knapp | William Lloyd Garrison Center | September 11, 2018 In a September 10 speech to the Federalist Society, National Security Advisor John Bolton offered “a major announcement on US policy toward the International Criminal Court.” The US government, per Bolton, considers the court “fundamentally illegitimate. … We will not cooperate with the […]
OCCUPIED PALESTINE — (Analysis) This article is not written to support one Palestinian group and/or to criticize another. The writer does not condone Palestinian partisanship and factionalism. The writer strongly believes that this is the time for true open-mindedness and objectivity. The problem at hand is bigger and greater than all Palestinian groups when dealt with separately: the new calm agreement under discussion impacts the Palestinian problem and threatens the Palestinian people in their entirety.
By continuing to punish the Palestinian people for being Palestinian and unfortunately in the way of the American/Zionist juggernaut of power and supremacy Mr Trump and his team of right wing ultra Zionists have done us all a favour. The final fig leaf has just dropped revealing the true nature of the American ‘honest broker’ for the so-called Deal Of[Read More...]
By Jonathon Cook | The National | September 11, 2018 From the offputting concrete edifice that confronts a visitor to Abu Dis, the significance of this West Bank town – past and present – is not immediately obvious. The eight metre-high grey slabs of Israel’s separation wall silently attest to a divided land and a […]
Decoding the Pipes/Trump/Kushner ‘Deal of the Century”
The US on Monday announced the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Washington diplomatic mission as the Donald Trump administration prepares to roll out its Middle East peace plan, Anadolu reports.
The State Department announced the decision, saying “the PLO office in Washington will close at this point.” The office had served as Palestine’s de facto embassy in Washington.
IMAGE: Office of the General Delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (Facebook)
The US Department of State announced in a statement today the closure of the office of the General Delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in Washington, D.C., located at 1732 Wisconsin Ave NW.
