Another pointless US initiative in the Middle East
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Richard Silverstein can’t conceal his contempt at the hypocrisy of yet another US policy initiative on the Middle East, and at US and Israeli reporting on the recent clashes which have left so many Palestinians injured or dead
As the right consolidates its hold on Israeli politics, the new imperative has become to assert the “right” of Jews to access Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount to pray for the rebuilding of the Temple, deliberately inciting Muslim worshippers in the process.
Israel’s provocative incursions into the al-Aqsa mosque are justified in the name of enforcing “freedom of worship” and restoring order…
As Weiss writes about Secretary of State Blinken’s homilies: “It isn’t important to ‘end the cycle of violence by refraining from actions that escalate tensions.’ It’s important to resolve the deep underlying issues of Israeli rejectionism and Palestinian subjugation. It’s important to offer the same national and political rights enjoyed by Israelis…”
This article was originally published by Tikun Olam on Tue 19 Apr 2022. Read the original here.
Biden Sends US Diplomats to Israel on Fool’s Errand Oh the nostrums and bromides on which US Middle East policy relies
Oh the nostrums and bromides on which US Middle East policy relies
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One memory of Jerusalem I shall never forget is of the sound of singing emanating from inside the Old City one spring evening. Investigating, I discovered a group of about fifty Israelis mournfully singing outside a gate that leads to Al Aqsa, begging God to bring it crashing down. A sinister and disturbing vison in the gloomy and otherwise near-deserted Old City.
As a resident of Silwan once told me, Jerusalem is a shard of glass in Israel’s throat.
Right wing oligarchs in USA & GB are ‘sanitising’ MSM & eliminating any form of ‘Socialism’ from News & Current Affairs. In GB, RT has been silenced & replaced by even more Murdoch owned TV stations as public opinion is manipulated & controlled to endorse preferred ideologies & BBC journalism perpetually references Murdoch Media Organisations. We live in a one Party State with no Opposition; No Protest & No Debate. Israel bombing Gaza? Not newsworthy.
Belief can be the most terrible thing, “messianic” is the opposite of reason.