One year ago UNICEF–the United Nations International Children’s Fund–released a pretty damning report on the treatment of Palestinian children while in Israeli military detention. The report found that, among other things, homes were typically raided in the middle of the night, that children were tied up or shackled and blindfolded, physically abused, insulted, and forced to sign statements in Hebrew, a language which, in many cases, they did not understand.
A number of media outlets today, including mainstream media in the US, are reporting on the possibility of a deal under which convicted spy Jonathan Pollard would be released in an effort to revive stalled peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
By Ron Paul | Ron Paul Institute
Last week Congress overwhelmingly passed a bill approving a billion dollars in aid to Ukraine and more sanctions on Russia. The bill will likely receive the president’s signature within days. If you think this is the last time US citizens will have their money sent to Ukraine, you should think again. This is only the beginning.
In the above video you see a press conference held by Bashar Ja’afari, the Syrian ambassador to the UN, regarding the recent incursion into Syria’s northern coastal area by terrorist insurgents who crossed over the border with Turkey and who apparently received support from the Turkish military.
I’d say the plaintiff has a pretty good case. How much good that will do him in a US court, or whether it will end his incarceration I don’t know.
I remember some years back when an Israeli adviser said the idea “is to put the Palestinians on a diet” without actually making them die of starvation.
Then a few years after that we heard about the Israeli army blocking a shipment of pasta from entering Gaza.
Then a couple of more years went by and came the news of the so-called “red lines document,” in which it was revealed that Israelis had established a “minimum caloric intake” necessary for Palestinian survival.
Apparently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has blown his chance at having casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson fund his 2016 run for the White House.
Not only does Christie have trouble keeping his bridge lanes open, but it seems he forgot that the Occupied Territories aren’t really occupied, they’re only “disputed.” And of course every dimwitted, hack politician in America knows the proper name is “Judea and Samaria,” but I guess Christie forgot that part too.
