This video clip is worth it for the last exchange between Stephen Colbert and Israeli ambassador Michael Orin alone. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Formidable Opponent – Michael Oren www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News And, while we’re on the subject, new footage would seem to indicate that […]
Tag Archives: Palestinians
“The Palestinians should go back to where they came from.”
Posted in Media, Other, Politics Also tagged Gaza, Hamas, Helen Thomas, IDF, Israel, Michael Orin, Stephen Colbert 5 Comments
What in the hell is Israel thinking?
The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Washington, DC, it was widely reported that he was snubbed by President Obama. I can’t recall the specifics, but I think it had to do with the fact that Netanyahu had announced, right before heading into peace talks, that Israel would be greatly expanding its roundly […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics Also tagged al Qaeda, Amos Harel, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Binyamin Netanyahu, east Jerusalem, Egypt, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, humanitarian aid, IDF, international relations, intifada, Israel, Israeli Defense Forces, Jewish settlements, Jordan, Juan Cole, Memorial Day, Muqtada al-Sadr, Obama, Palestine, Taliban, Turkey 20 Comments
The Settlements
A few days ago, I came across this provocative quote from Jewish author Norm Finkelstein, and thought about sharing it here: “Every single member of my family on both sides were exterminated… I consider nothing more dispicable than to use their suffering and their martyrdom to try to justify the torture, the brutalization, the demolition […]
Posted in Other, Religious Extremism Also tagged assassination, BBC, holocaust, Israel, Jewish settlements, lethal injection, Norm Finkelstein, occupied territories, Palestine, Panorama 15 Comments