Intifada Palestine

by Maidhc Ó Cathail
Richard Perle-led study group suggested that Israel could “shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria.”

by Philip Giraldi
The first time in recorded history that a small nation with less than eight million citizens has subjugated a much larger country with a population of more than 310 million.

By Barak Ravid/Haaretz
Israel has started mobilizing its embassies for the battle against UN recognition of a Palestinian state in September, ordering its diplomats to convey that this would delegitimize Israel and foil any chance for future peace talks.

Sami Moubayed
Strangely, in the original report, Goldstone clearly says that the Israeli system was unfit to “deal with allegations of serious wrongdoings by armed personnel” according to international principles. It also says that Operation Cast Lead could not be viewed “in isolation” from Israel’s general approach towards the Palestinians, many of which are “violations of international law”.

Akiva Eldar
According to a June 2010 fact sheet on the USAID Internet site, last year American taxpayers funded the paving of 63 kilometers of asphalt roads in the West Bank. It also says completion of a road in the southern part of the West Bank dramatically increased the amount of trade between Dahriya and Beer Sheva.