UN should not allow Palestinians a 'pass'
There is a fascinating column in the NY Times by Dennis Ross, the former chief US middle-east negotiator under President Bill regarding the recent move by the PA in asking the UN to consider Palestine...
View ArticleWar Crime charges filed in ICC against Palestinians
War crime charges have been filed in the ICC against persons in the newly recognized Palestine by an Israeli groupSeparately, an Israeli group, Shurat Hadin, filed war crimes complaints against Abbas,...
View ArticlePalestinian Authority on trial in New York
The civil trial against the Palestinian Authority over bombings and shootings in Jerusalem that occurred over a decade ago has now begun with jury selection in New YorkThe case concerns seven shootings...
View ArticlePalestinian in-fighting harms Palestinians
Discord has erupted again between the West Bank authority of the Palestinian Authority and the Gaza terrorist group Hamas. Instead of presenting an unified government to the UN as part of its request...
View ArticleTurkey under Erdogan continues press repression
Turkey, under the rule of its strongman Erdogan, continues to exercise repression of the press with its latest investigation of a newspaper that did nothing more than reprint excerts from Charlie...
View ArticlePalestinian terrorist injures 11 in attack on Tel Aviv bus
The AP is reporting a Palestinian man attacked commuters on a Tel Aviv bus today injuring 11 people.The cowardly attack on civilians in the bus did not end there as the terrorist stabbed a woman in the...
View ArticleTurkey arrests teen for insulting Erdogan
Turkey's coercive regime under its strongman, President Tayyip Erdogan has arrested a 16 year old teenager for a speech given at a school protest.Not content in being considered a corrupt, repressive,...
View ArticleNo Justice - 10 Year Anniversary of Assassination of PM Hariri
It has been 10 years since the accused terrorists from Hezbollah assassinated the Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and to date justice has yet to have been served for the victim and the nation.The...
View Article"10 Hours of Walking in Paris as a Jew"
What is the level of anti-semitism existent in Paris of today? One Jew sought to find out using the "10 hours in...." format and discovered some truly disturbing people.Klein's version takes place in...
View ArticleBibi busted for brazen bogus bills
The state comptroller of Israel has released a report blasting the spending habits of Bibi during his term of office as Prime Minister. Both he and his wife were found to have engaged in lavish...
View ArticlePalestinian Authority must pay damages for terror attacks on Americans
As diaried earlier, the Palestinian Authority has been on trial with a US civil court over bombings and shootings in Jerusalem that occurred over a decade ago.The case involves these specific...
View ArticleJohn Kerry: UN Human Rights Council record on Israel is 'deeply concerning'
United States Secretary of State John Kerry has denounced the UN Human Rights Council's record of obsession with Israel at the detriment to people's lives elsewhere in the world in a speech to the...
View ArticleGaza funds are few so Hamas invests in more rockets
Funds for reconstructing the war torn Gaza Strip have dried up to the point where the UN has already halted its work due to a lack of money.What has happened to the vast sums promised by donor...
View ArticleHamas guilty of war crimes - Amnesty International
In a report detailing evidence certainly to be used against members of Hamas during their future ICC trial, Amnesty International has declared multiple actions taken by the terror group during the...
View ArticleIsrael inscribes Palestinian name on memorial wall
Israel has for the first time inscribed the name of a Palestinian victim of terrorism on its memorial wall dedicated to those that have lost their lives to terror attacks.Israel's defence ministry on...
View ArticleAs in climate change, scientific consensus reached on guns
A scientific consensus has been reached on the effects of guns as outlined in an op-ed column in the LA Times today by David Hemenway, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and a director...
View ArticlePalestinian unity at "rock bottom"
One year has passed since the Palestinian Authority and Hamas signed a breakthrough deal to establish a unity government over both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A year later and the effort at unity...
View ArticlePresident Carter urges Palestinians to hold elections
During his recent visit, former President Carter urged Palestinians to hold elections soon. Its been almost ten years since the last elections were held and therefore no officeholder in Palestine holds...
View ArticleTwo-state Solution would bring $billions$ in economic improvements
It's nice to see data support what you believed to be true.The Business Insider has an article today on a new study published by Rand Corporation detailing the growth of business activity that would be...
View ArticlePalestinian Unity Government to Resign
A little over a year after a signed agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas the unity government that was created to rule over both Gaza and the West Bank is collapsing.According to the...
View ArticlePalestine recalls Ambassador over anti-semitic speech content
The AP reports today that the state of Palestine has summoned its ambassador to Chile over anti-semitic speech content.JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinians have summoned their ambassador to Chile over a...
View ArticleHillary Rodham Clinton as 'warmonger'
I wrote most of below earlier today as a comment but my duty demands I reach for a wider audience!!Hillary Clinton has been labelled as a 'warmonger' by some at this site and this label is one in...
View ArticleUS may seek mitigation of Palestine liability in victims awards
The US Justice Department may be about to enter the case involving Palestine liability in the terror deaths of 33 Israelis in bombings and shooting attacks between 2002-2004.At issue is $218.5 million...
View ArticleHamas and Israel in Direct Negotiations to open Gaza Strip?
At The Huffington Post today there is an article by Daniel Sobelman reporting on possible direct negotiations between Israel and Hamas on establishing a long-term ceasefire and opening the Gaza Strip...
View Article"Why is the left determined to eat its own?"
Why is the left so determined to eat its own? Sometimes it can be explained as the fervor of fighters determined to root out impurities. These keepers of the true flame are convinced that they have the...
View ArticleBernie disappoints - wouldn't state support for gun bans
I still plan to vote for him in our Presidential primary but I must state my disappointment on Bernie Sanders refusal, when given a prime opportunity, to come out forcefully for sensible gun laws...
View ArticlePope Francis: Failure to recognize Israel's right to exist is anti-semitic
Pope Francis has been quoted as saying:“Whoever does not recognize the Jewish people and the State of Israel is guilty of anti-Semitism.” in an interview with a Portuguese journalist.And on Wednesday...
View ArticlePalestinians in Lebanon fleeing for Turkey
A major movement of Palestinians is underway from various Lebanese refugee camps to Turkey and into Europe in an effort, some say, to escape dire living conditions"Everyone is leaving; the streets are...
View ArticleArab League designates Hezbollah as terror group
The Arab League, comprised of 22 members (Syria has been suspended) and meeting in Cairo on Friday has declared the Lebanese group Hezbollah to be a ‘terrorist' organization. Nearly all 22 Arab League...
View ArticleSenator Sanders agrees there is a connection with the BDS movement and...
Yesterday on Chris Hayes show on MSNBC he interviewed Senator Sanders on a range of topics including BDS where I was pleased to hear that the Senator agrees there is a connection with the BDS movement...
View ArticleThank you, Senator Sanders, for validating my primary election vote
I will vote in California’s June primary for Senator Sanders for President. I made my mind up several months ago based on a closer affiliation between my policy views and his positions.I hope he wins...
View ArticleRegents: Anti-semitism has 'no place' at University of California schools
The regents of the University of California of schools have unamiously approved a report on intolerance that decries anti-semitism that occurs in it’s campus system. While I do agree with their...
View ArticleWash Post: 3 Pinocchios to Senator Sanders on HRC being unqualified
As a supporter of Senator Sanders I am disheartened by his attack on Secretary Clinton and agree with the label of 3 Pinocchios from Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post. The Pinocchio TestSanders is...
View ArticleWhat it feels like (to me) to be with Bernie
The correlation I am drawing between anarchy and social democracy is only to the extent that both political philosophies have been considered as outside the realm of mainstream political discourse.I am...
View ArticleTrump must write himself check for $500 million to be 'competitive'
It is understood that the Democratic general election campaign will likely generate $1 billion in resources for 2016.Fred Malek, who was John McCain’s National Finance Chairman and a major fundraiser...
View ArticleWhy the smile, Bernie?
It was not that long ago when Bernie’s campaign stated (to everyone’s relief) that hewill do everything — he will work seven days a week, night and day, to make sure Donald Trump is not president So...
View ArticleTrump has slim lead over Clinton in LA Times tracking poll
Released today by the LA Times As the presidential race moves into a key two-week period, with the announcement of running mates and the party conventions, Donald Trump has taken an apparent slim lead...
View ArticleThe REAL Ghostbusters controversy!
We have all heard of the moronic and misogynistic argument against the new Ghostbusters movie (which I’ve seen and think is terrific) but few have heard of the true controversy that is brewing over the...
View ArticleRedState has abandoned its version of the DKos rule against advocacy of other...
For the duration of Trump it seems that RedState has abandoned its previous policy of banning comments/users that advocate for a Democratic candidate or another third party candidate.They have been...
View ArticleWhat's up with LA Times polling?
I am astonished at the LA Times closed tracking poll current results showing Trump ahead at 44.2 to HRC’s 43.6 I have to believe they have done a poor job in selecting the respondents as representative...
View ArticleLA Times admits tracking poll is Trump's "best case" for election
The paper details today the best path forward for a Trump victory in November is by bringing non-voters in the 2012 general election to the ballot box in 2016. The existence of a bloc of disaffected...
View ArticlePalestine delays democracy yet again
The LA Times reports today that the Palestinian Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed municipal elections scheduled for October in another sign of democracy delayed for the Palestinian people. The...
View ArticleHamas agrees to 1967 borders....until Palestine liberated from "the river to...
The LA Times reports today that the terrorist group Hamas has modified it’s original charter adding an amendment stating an interim goal of establishing a Palestinian state comprised of Gaza and the...
View ArticleWhy can't Dems today be more willing to fight back like Huey Long did?
We need more Democratic officeholders to stand up and fight back against the insanity of the Republican Party and its officeholders.Stop standing idly by while Republicans in office target the poorest...
View ArticleBibi will be frog-walking soon!
And it can’t come soon enough for me.The LA Times reports today he could soon be charged with multiple counts of fraud, bribery and breech of trust. Then bombshell news broke: the prime minister’s Los...
View ArticleHey 45! "Just Don't Be a Dick"
I believe this great song is as relevant for today as it was a couple of years ago when I published a diary on it when we were going through our tranquil nomination process. Perhaps more so given our...
View Article"Winning" in the Middle East
The completely expected outcome of the moronic move to unilaterally declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has produced results none that support peace can define as ‘winning’. The Washington Post...
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LA and CA: A tale of two states in two screenshots
The two states of California and Louisiana couldn’t be further apart in terms of their state government budget and services for their respective citizens. Two recent news articles paint it brilliantly....
View ArticleMight Get Up Slow.....but I get up!
Another year come and gone and with each passing year it seems things that were once simple and easy to do become less and less so.But since we can’t lay around in bed all the time when you do get up,...
View ArticleHonoring our essential workers - TEACHERS!
No Small Children a great band from Los Angeles who are “rockin’ chicks by night and schoolteachers by day” have released a new song and video honoring their profession and the professionals in it....
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