James Petras, Ph.D. - War Crimes In Gaza and the Zionist Fifth C. By James Petras Ph.D.
James Petras is a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He is the author of 64 books published in 29 languages, and over 560 articles in professional journals, including the American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Social Research, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and Journal of Peasant Studies. He has published over 2000 articles in nonprofessional journals such as the New York Times, the Guardian, the Nation, Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy, New Left Review, Partisan Review, Temps Moderne, Le Monde Diplomatique, and his commentary is widely carried on the internet.
Palin: Obama Selling Out Israel. NORFOLK, Va. — Sarah Palin on Sunday painted President Barack Obama's administration as a cowering giant intent on surrendering the nation's mantle as a superpower and willing to sell out its allies.
The former John McCain running mate addressed a paying audience of several hundred people in Norfolk and accused Obama of selling out ally Israel in over its naval blockade of Gaza and treating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shabbily. On May 31, Israeli naval commandos killed nine pro-Palestinian activists in clashes aboard a Turkish ship headed for Gaza, setting off a world outcry and forcing Israel to ease its three-year-old blockade. Amnesty reports US, Europe shielding Israel over Gaza war crimes. Amnesty International complained in its annual report released Thursday that the U.S. and members of the European Union had obstructed international justice by using their positions on the UN Security Council to shield Israel from accountability for war crimes allegedly committed during last year’s Gaza war.
The rights group also accused Israel of continually violating human rights in the Gaza Strip. It cited Israel’s ongoing economic blockade as violating international law, leaving Gaza residents without adequate food or water supplies In its report, Amnesty lauded a United Nations commissioned report released last year by South African justice Richard Goldstone for highlighting Israeli violations during the war in Gaza. Goldstone’s findings found both Israel and Hamas guilty of war crimes during the conflict. WEST BANK: The finger-pointing over who's leaving Gaza in the da. The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza- ECESG. LEBANON: Alleged Israeli spy had access to 'most significant seg. An alleged Israeli spy arrested by Lebanese Army Intelligence last week had access to the "most significant segment" of one of the only two mobile networks in Lebanon, an industry expert told Babylon & Beyond.
Lawmakers ask for Afghanistan exit strategy. Rep.
Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, joined other House members in calling for President Obama to provide Congress with "a clear commitment and plan to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan" before a vote expected later this week that would provide $58 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lieberman Slams Netanyahu Over Secret Turkey Meeting. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman openly blasted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, following reports that a top Netanyahu aide was dispatched on a secret diplomatic mission to Turkey without consulting with him.
Episode Transcript. Turkey shuts its airspace to Israeli military flights BBC Arabic, UK Presenter, Female #1 Ankara decided to close its airspace to Israeli military planes, and said that requests for Israeli flights to enter Turkey will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, that Turkey has imposed a ban on Israeli military aircrafts from using Turkish airspace. Reporter, Male #1 The Turkish-Israeli military relations had proceeded for decades without any tension between the two countries. Turkey-Israel Talks Yield No Results. TURKEY’S RISING POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST « The Race for Iran. From Safe Republic to Unsafe Empire McChrystal: In Afghanistan, doubts grow and weariness deepens - KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Long before he'd ever heard of Rolling Stone magazine, Abdul Baqi harbored deep doubts about the U.S. -led war effort in Afghanistan. "The Americans are here for their own reasons, for their own benefit," the cleanshaven 23-year-old university student said, shaking his head. "If they really wanted to bring peace to Afghanistan, they could have done so already, whoever was in charge.
" For many Afghans, U.S. Army Gen. McChrystal, the West's top military commander in Afghanistan, was summoned to the White House on Wednesday to give an accounting of withering comments by him and senior aides about key members of President Obama's national security team. Reconciliation efforts with Afghan militants face major obstacle. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Kabul, — Prospects for an effort by Pakistan to broker a reconciliation between the government of neighboring Afghanistan and a violent wing of the Afghan Taliban depend on overcoming a major obstacle: severing long-standing relations between the militant group and Al Qaeda.
U.S. officials acknowledge that Pakistan has begun trying to seed a rapprochement between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Haqqani network, a branch of the Afghan Taliban that uses Pakistan to launch attacks on U.S., NATO and Afghan forces. Dennis Kucinich: Afghanistan, the Environment and Corporate Cont. Eric Holder In Afghanistan: Attorney General In Kabul For Talks. Is Gen. David Petraeus too big to fail? - Ben Smith and Laura Ro. President Barack Obama’s new Afghanistan commander was confirmed on a 99 to 0 vote Wednesday, a rare moment of bipartisan unanimity in the Senate — and a reminder of what a formidable partner Obama has brought into his most sensitive area of foreign policy.
It’s an old adage of management and politics that you shouldn’t hire anyone you can’t fire, but Obama did just that, bringing in Gen. David Petraeus, America’s most acclaimed and best-connected officer, to lead a war effort to which the White House has grown increasingly committed. Afghanistan deaths: Record casualties for Western troops - latim. Afghan National Army soldiers and U.S.
Army personnel carry a wounded soldier… (Justin Sullivan / Getty…) Arianna Huffington: The Afghanistan Paradox: When the War's Defe. Well, President Obama has succeeded in bringing at least one soldier home from Afghanistan -- welcome back, Gen.
McChrystal. Now if he can just hold true to his plan to begin bringing the other 100,000 or so home next year. Before the president fired McChrystal, many wondered if he would be bold enough, decisive enough, and tough enough to go through with it. We now know the answer, but the real test of his toughness will come as we approach July 2011, when he has said he will begin to bring the troops home. Robert Naiman: Eighteen Senators Back Timetable for Afghanistan. Today eighteen Senators voted for Senator Feingold's amendment to the war supplemental requiring the President to establish a timetable for the redeployment of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan. This could be a turning point in U.S. policy on the war in Afghanistan. WarIsACrime.org. The Military Industrial Complex at 50 Maine Campaign to Bring Our War $$ Home.
House Panel Halts Afghan Aid. U.S. warned to prepare for longer war in Afghanistan. John Pilger: There Is a War on Journalism. The Iranian Threat by Noam Chomsky. The dire threat of Iran is widely recognized to be the most serious foreign policy crisis facing the Obama administration. Congress has just strengthened the sanctions against Iran, with even more severe penalties against foreign companies. GEORGE W. BUSH, WAR CRIMINAL? U.S. Troops Are Technically War Criminals, Fearing Hostile VA :
IRAQ: Hundreds displaced by Iranian, Turkish bombardments of Kur. Hundreds of Kurdish civilians in the far north of Iraq have fled their homes because of the recent bombardments by both Turkey and Iran against Kurdish rebels based in the remote Qandil mountain area. Iraqis buying tons of U.S. military surplus items - Los Angeles. Munir Ibrahim Ismail and his family live on the outskirts of Fallouja, in… (Liz Sly / Los Angeles Times )