Intifada Palestine

Dr. Lawrence Davidson
In its summer 2010 issue, the Journal of Palestine Studies published an article by Professor Lawrence Davidson on
President Harry Truman and the establishment of Israel .
I’m Cléa Thouin, assistant editor for the Journal of Palestine Studies. Here with me today to talk about his article is Lawrence Davidson, professor of Middle East history at West Chester University.

Jeff Gates
On August 26th, a leaked memo from the Central Intelligence Agency cited American Jews as exporters of terrorism. Then came the news on August 30th from Sephardi chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef who urged that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas “vanish from our world” and that “God strike (Palestinians) down with a plague.”

By: Jeff Gates
“I want to tell you something very clear, don’t worry about American pressure on Israel, we, the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it.” [October 3, 2001]

Jeff Gates
Israeli news service Haaretz published a next-day headline that read, “Israel won’t attack Iran without coordinating with the U.S.” That caption implies that Obama gave the blessing of the U.S. for an Israeli attack, ensuring that Americans can once again be portrayed as…guilty by association.

by Jeff Gates
If Israel has an extensive arsenal of nuclear weapons, why does the U.S not insist on inspections?
By law isn’t the U.S. obliged to support U.N. sanctions for Israel?