Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Shekel Strength: Israel Is Rich, So Why Do We Give Them $8 Million A Day? | Common Dreams

Shekel Strength: Israel Is Rich, So Why Do We Give Them $8 Million A Day? | Common Dreams
"srael's economy is booming as never before, with newly discovered natural gas riches, almost full water independence, and a new Bloomberg study showing the shekel with the strongest rating of 31 major currencies tracked over the last six months."

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Barbara Boxer, AIPAC Seek to Codify Israel's Right to Discriminate Against Americans | Common Dreams

Barbara Boxer, AIPAC Seek to Codify Israel's Right to Discriminate Against Americans | Common Dreams
"Aipac and its supporters have long expressed righteous outrage at suggestions that they prioritize Israeli interests over US interests and those of American citizens. Yet it is hard to imagine a clearer or purer example of exactly that behavior than this pernicious bill. If you're a US politician finding yourself working to allow a foreign government to discriminate against your own fellow citizens - by vesting that foreign country with a right that no other country (including your own) has - then you're essentially broadcasting to the world that the interests of that foreign government take precedence over your own and over the equal rights of your own fellow citizens."

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Ten Years on I Want Answers for my Daughter Rachel Corrie | Common Dreams

Ten Years on I Want Answers for my Daughter Rachel Corrie | Common Dreams
"On March 16, 2003, my daughter Rachel Corrie was crushed to death under a bulldozer driven by an Israel Defense Forces soldier. The bulldozer was manufactured in the United States by Caterpillar, Inc. and paid for by U.S. foreign military financing aid."

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

McCain no substitute for basic competence on foreign policy

Rachel Maddow reviews John McCain's record of bad advice and wrong facts on foreign policy and recommends the Republican Party, desperate for a foreign policy identity, look to someone else for leadership.

Monday, November 19, 2012

5 Ways America Enables Israel's Atrocities | Alternet

5 Ways America Enables Israel's Atrocities | Alternet
"Israel’s assault on the besieged Gaza Strip has entered its sixth day . At least 58 civilians have killed , and the toll is likely to rise. Hundreds of Palestinians, the majority of them civilians, have been injured as well.
And if you’re an American, it’s your money that is being used to pay for these atrocities."

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

The US and Israel, Not Iran, Threaten Peace | Common Dreams

The US and Israel, Not Iran, Threaten Peace | Common Dreams
"It is not easy to escape from one’s skin, to see the world differently from the way it is presented to us day after day. But it is useful to try. Let’s take a few examples."