Blogs - Canadians for Palestine

Obama grants Israel billions of dollars in aid

US President Barack Obama has signed the foreign aid budget law for 2010 which includes the granting of $2.775 billion in security aid to Israel. The Israeli Ynet news website reported that the budget signed by Obama, for the first time, also grants $500 million to the Palestinian Authority.… Continue

Added by mick on December 19, 2009 at 1:04pm — No Comments

"If no crippling sanctions are introduced by Christmas(on Iran), Israel will strike,"

Israel says threat of attack on Iran, no bluff.

Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon Following years of persistent threats by Israel to attack Iran, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister rejects speculations that the warnings are just a bluff, insisting they are very real.… Continue

Added by mick on November 8, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Connecting the "October Surprise" ,Teheran,Israel,George H.W. Bush,Ronald Reagan ,"52 hostages from the staff of the U.S. Embassy in Teheran" and 911

Connecting the "October Surprise" ,"Iran-Contra",9/11 Commission,Iraq Study Group,R[obert] Gates,Teheran,Israel,George H.W. Bush,Ronald Reagan ,"52 hostages from the staff of the U.S. Embassy in Teheran" and 911 The Crazy October Surprise Debunking By Robert Parry (A Special Report) November 6, 2009 Patently absurd reasoning in someone’s argument can often tell you about the strength of the underlying facts. If an argument is deceptive on its face, you might suspect the supporting… Continue

Added by mick on November 8, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Israeli Confessions (Never Before Campaign)

If one wants to know why and how the conflict started in Palestine more than 60 years ago, the "confessions" of Israeli and Zionist leaders should make it very clear. 700,000 Palestinians (more than half of the Palestinian population at the time) were expelled in 1948. More than 600 towns and villages were ethnically cleansed. Thousands were killed and maimed. ... the crimes continue to this date, and so does the unjustified condoning attitude of "civilized" governments.

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Added by mick on November 7, 2009 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Israel Depressed: Arms Shipment ‘Story’ Ineffective!

07Nov09 Once again, the Zionist entity seemed to be “depressed” after another attempt to hit the Lebanese and Palestinian Resistance was found to be useless. On Wednesday, Israeli Navy commando force, that reached the deep sea in small boats, boarded the Francop, a cargo ship owned by charter company UFS traveling under an Antiguan flag. According to Israeli media, the crew of sailors did not resist the commando and said that they did not know what was in the large container on board. The comm… Continue

Added by mick on November 7, 2009 at 1:47pm — No Comments

Israel is forcing Palestinians to demolish their homes with their hands

Israeli authorities force Palestinians to demolish their own homesPosted by Iqbal Tamimi on November 4, 2009 at 9:30am Send Message Add as Friend View Iqbal Tamimi's blog By Iqbal Tamimi We are used to seeing the Israeli authorities demolish Palestinian homes, but what you do not know that Palestinians are forced to demolish their own homes by their own hands. How cruel can that be? I have witnessed that myself years ago in the town of Halhul near my home town Alkhaleel (Hebron), but this cr… Continue

Added by mohamad yousef on November 4, 2009 at 11:25pm — No Comments

A Salute to Erdogan , a salute to Turkey

A salute to Erdogan, a salute to Turkey Posted: 16 Oct 2009 06:32 AM PDT Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine The recent Turkish decision to exclude Israel from an aerial military exercise over Turkish territory is another indication that Turkey will not allow itself to be blackmailed by criminal international Zionism. Following the decision, Zionist officials and media sought to mitigate its impact on the increasingly trou… Continue

Added by mohamad yousef on October 16, 2009 at 6:35pm — No Comments

Israel's nukes and Iran Beneath the hype Pt.3: US intelligence experts Ray McGovern & Greg Thielmann

Beneath the hype Pt.3: US intelligence experts Ray McGovern & Greg Thielmann weigh-in on the consequences of US silence regarding Israel's nuclear weapons Continue

Added by mick on October 11, 2009 at 2:47am — No Comments

Justice This Time Around: Will Goldstone's Report Deliver?

By Ramzy Baroud • Sep 24th, 2009 at 13:16 • WRITTEN BY Ramzy Baroud 'We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the era of impunity,' Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for Palestine Studies, was quoted by IPS in response to the findings of a 574-page report by a four-member United Nations Fact finding mission. The mission, led by internationally-renowned former South African supreme court justice and chief prosecutor in the international tribunals for Rwanda… Continue

Added by Ayah/Crystal on September 24, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Why Not Crippling Sanctions for Israel and the US?

- Israel and the US sooo richly "deserve" some crippling sanctions! A/C------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why not crippling sanctions for Israel and the US? By Paul Craig Roberts Online Journal Contributing Writer In Israel, a country stolen from the Palestinians, fanatics control the government. One of the fanatics is the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week Netanyahu called for “crippling sanctions” against Iran. The k… Continue

Added by Ayah/Crystal on September 19, 2009 at 12:08am — No Comments

Shortly After 1:30AM, Israeli Forces Invaded Bilin Again

WRITTEN BY HAITHAM AL KATIB Shortly after 1:30 am, Israeli forces invaded Bil'in again. They raided the house of Abdullah Mahmoud Aburahma in an attempt to arrest him. However, he was not home at the time. Palestinian and international activists intervened by jumping over the wall into… Continue

Added by Ayah/Crystal on September 17, 2009 at 11:50am — No Comments

The Israeli Occupation of America: How Israel Gained Control of American Foreign Policy and Public Opinion

By Hesham Tillawi, PhD ”Israel need not apologize for the assassination or destruction of those who seek to destroy it. The first order of business for any country is the protection of its people.”Washington Jewish Week, October 9, 1997 I came from a country occupied militarily by Israel to the land of “the free and the brave” only to find out it too was occupied politically by Israel. The Palestinian people, holding on to whatever shred of hope they can, are counting on the day Americans see… Continue

Added by Ayah/Crystal on September 14, 2009 at 2:41pm — No Comments

"There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo -

Palestine: It's Time (Never Before Campaign) Continue

Added by mick on September 1, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Donald Bostrom Swedish Journalist on Israeli organ harvesting

Palestinian Mothers interview of the Swedish Journalist Donald Bostrom about the Israeli organ harvesting, threats on his life, and ethics of journalism and democracy Could you please cool it on the comments? It is possible to say a lot without saying a lot. If they are all anti semitic - I'll have to censor or something. Continue

Added by mick on August 27, 2009 at 3:31am — 2 Comments

Determining U.S. political leaders -- from Israel

By Wayne Madsen Online Journal Contributing Writer Aug 24, 2009, 00:18 A high-level Democratic congressional source has told WMR that in 2004 the Democratic National Committee outsourced a contract to an Israeli-linked firm to count the votes in the critical Iowa caucus. The caucus, in which John Kerry placed first, John Edwards finished second, and Howard Dean came in third, effectively spelled the end of the Dean campaign. Journalist Christopher Bollyn first reported the Iowa Democratic Pa… Continue

Added by mick on August 25, 2009 at 3:45am — No Comments

Guardian investigation uncovers evidence of alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza Part 1

Part 1 of 3 deals with the human shield allegations Palestinians claim children were used as human shields and hospitals targeted during 23-day conflict The Guardian has compiled detailed evidence of alleged war crimes committed by Israel during the 23-day offensive against Gaza earlier this year, involving the use of Palestinian children as human shields, the targeting of medics and hospita More..ls, and drone aircraft firing on civilians. Three Guardian films based on a mon… Continue

Added by mick on August 23, 2009 at 6:46pm — No Comments

Guardian investigation uncovers evidence of alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza Part 2

Part 2 deals with the targetting of medics and medical facilities Palestinians claim children were used as human shields and hospitals targeted during 23-day conflict Medics and ambulance drivers said they were targeted when they tried to tend to the wounded. Sixteen of them were killed. According to the World Health Organisation, more than half of Gaza's 27 hospitals and 44 clinics were da More..maged by Israeli bombs. Two clinics were destroyed. In one incident, paramedics w… Continue

Added by mick on August 23, 2009 at 6:42pm — No Comments

Guardian investigation uncovers evidence of alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza Part 3

Part 3 of 3 deals with the drones targeting civilians Palestinians claim children were used as human shields and hospitals targeted during 23-day conflict The Guardian gathered testimony of missile attacks by Israeli drones on clearly distinguishable civilian targets. In one case a family of six was killed when a missile hit the courtyard of their house. Israel has not admitted to the use of More.. drones but military experts say their optical equipment is good enough to clear… Continue

Added by mick on August 23, 2009 at 6:34pm — No Comments

Losing Patience With Israel

More than democracy, Washington wants stability in the Middle East. That means leaning against the interests of the Jewish state. by Robert D. Kaplan Losing Patience with Israel Not since the days of Henry Kissinger’s Mid-East shuttle diplomacy in the 1970s has America’s foreign policy toward Israel been characterized by such an attitude of unsentimental realism. After eight years of fighting, the stalemate in Afghanistan and the loss of 4,000 American troops in Iraq – not to mention the deat… Continue

Added by Ayah/Crystal on August 8, 2009 at 12:08am — No Comments

"Operation in Afghanistan is rooted in Israel"

The real reason why the U.S. continues its presence in Afghanistan is Iran the country which is an annoyance for Israel, said Karen Kwiatkowski, a writer and former U.S. Air Force officer.