Goldstone challenges US over Gaza report

“The United States has criticised the Goldstone report into Israel’s war on Gaza, calling it one-sided. In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi, Justice Richard Goldstone challenged the US government to justify its claims that his findings are flawed and biased.  Goldstone said the attacks on him have become personal and he believes most [...]

Peace Prize Laureate Obama Humbly Takes his Place Next to Terrorists (Begin) and War Criminals (Kissinger)

by Scott Creighton
For only the third time in history, a seated U.S. President has won the Nobel Peace Prize.  Barack Obama has been named the recipient of this years award.  According to the chairman of the Nobel committee, President Obama was given the award not so much for what he has done, but for what [...]

I am Israel

(H/T Kenny’s Side Show)

Viva Palestina US Crosses Into Gaza through Rafah – Short Speech By George Galloway

Galloway, McKinney, and 200 other human rights activists cross into Gaza with aid convoy.

The “Spirit of Humanity

by Paul Craig Roberts, ICH
As President Obama has called for humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza, and as the International Red Cross has damned the inhumanity of Israel’s blockade of Gaza, the question that immediately comes to mind is why did not the United States send sufficient US Navy escort to see the “Spirit [...]

Israel Illegally Captures 21 in International Waters (4 of whom are U.S. citizens)

A Noble laureate and former U.S. presidential candidate along with 19 other humanitarians have been illegally seized by Israeli forces in international waters off the coast of Gaza.  At last report, they are being detained by Israeli officials and towed to Israel and the supplies they were attempting to take into Gaza (medicine, toys, olive [...]

George Galloway on The Hour

“The very idea that I can be seriously discussed as a terrorist, when I’m sitting under Big Ben in the British Parliament, and touring the United States… doesn’t that strike people in Canada as just crazy?” – George Galloway.

Palestinian brothers: Israel used us as human shields in Gaza war

by Clancy Chassay,  Guardian
Israel has been accused of using Palestinian human shields during its invasion of Gaza, a breach of the Geneva conventions that prohibit intentionally putting civilian lives at risk.The Guardian has interviewed three Gazan brothers who described how they were taken from their home at gunpoint, made to kneel in front of [...]

Hillary Clinton reprises “peace process” fraud

by Bill Van Auken, WSWS
In her first trip to the Middle East as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state, Hillary Clinton insisted that the new US administration is determined to press for a “two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
Decades of US and Israeli policies, however, have made it abundantly clear that the two-state solution will [...]

No Hope for Peace: Israel’s Settlement Escalation Will Kill Any Peace Plan

Peace Now: Israel planning 73,300 new homes in West Bank
by Sarah Miller, from Haaretz
A report by the Israeli left-wing NGO Peace Now released Monday says that the government is planning to build more than 73,300 new housing units in the West Bank.
Peace Now estimates that if all of the units are built, it would [...]