IDF and Hizbollah, sitting in a tree…

Israeli writer Etgar Keret has a way with words: Perhaps this is the time to mention that the title of “most moral army in the world” is, to my ears, akin to being lauded as “man with least facial hair in the Hezbollah leadership.” Because, after all, an army’s purpose is not to feed the…

Israel refuses to embrace the Arab world

What more evidence do you need that it simply isn’t happening? The Egyptian revolution has kicked open the door to a vast Arab population that, for the first time, is poised to influence the course of its country’s policies directly. For Israel’s supporters, this could mean a new frontier for public diplomacy and a chance…

Memo to Washington; Israel will bring your downfall

Marwan Bishara, senior political analyst at Al Jazeera English and host and editor of the television program Empire, talks to Democracy Now! about the desperate need for America to see the world in a way other than through a Zionist frame: Everyone was caught in the headlights—What is going on? Who are these people?—not realizing…

Mubarak should soon be forgotten

Nice: A hospital in Gaza named after Egypt’s deposed president has been renamed, officials said Wednesday. The Hosni Mubarak Children’s Hospital in Khan Younis will now be known as Tahrir Hospital, the health minister in Gaza said. Yousef Al-Mudalal said that “the change was delivered to all relevant departments. Through their revolution, Hosni Mubarak was…

Finland wants to kill Muslims to get far with UN

Thank you, Wikileaks: According to Wikileaks cables acquired by YLE, Finland has made deals to exchange votes with other countries in an effort to get a place on the United Nations Security Council. If Israel votes for Finland to join the Security Council in 2013, then Finland will vote for Israel to join in 2019.…

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