Category Archives: Israel

A “New Sheriff in Town” Is Kicking Up Her Heels

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

by James M. Wall Nikki Haley, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, (right) was greeted as a rock star at this year’s AIPAC Washington Conference. The former governor of South Carolina wowed the crowd of 19,000, in an on-stage interview … Continue reading →

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Israel’s Apartheid Elephant Is Still in the Room

Posted on March 23, 2017 by

ESCWA, for its part, took steps to ensure that the report lived up to scholarly standards, submitting the draft text to three prominent international jurists, who anonymously submitted strong positive appraisals along with some suggestions for revision, which we gratefully incorporated before the final text was released. For government officials and others to dismiss our report as a biased polemic is irresponsible, with respect both to the authority of the UN and to international law. Continue reading →

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Bibi Blocks BDS Backers At Israel’s Borders

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

by James M. Wall On Monday, March 6, the Israeli Knesset passed a travel ban which strongly resembles a U.S. travel ban scheduled to go into effect the middle of next week. The U.S. ban is a second effort by the Trump White … Continue reading →

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The NFL Star Who Refused to Shine For Israel

Posted on March 1, 2017 by

by James M. Wall When I learned of the courageous decision made recently by Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, I remembered my 1973 trip to Israel. Bennett (right) made headlines when he pulled out of an Israeli government-sponsored trip to Israel designed … Continue reading →

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Trump: Stay Strong Israel; 1/20 Coming Fast

Posted on January 8, 2017 by

by James M. Wall As soon as the Congress arrived back to do the nation’s business on January 5, it bowed to Tel Aviv. Politico reports that “the House voted overwhelmingly [342 to 80] to rebuke the United Nations for passing a resolution that … Continue reading →

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Kerry: Settlements Put Two States “in Jeopardy”

Posted on December 28, 2016 by

by James M. Wall In a hard-hitting, long-overdue speech, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday strongly criticized Israel’s government, saying that Israel’s settlements put the two-state solution “in jeopardy”. Barak Ravid, diplomatic correspondent for Haaretz, reported that Kerry said “trends … Continue reading →

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I Have Seen The Future And It Belongs To Israel

Posted on October 5, 2016 by

by James M. Wall On January 20, 2017, Barack Obama will give up his presidency, leaving him fifteen weeks to fuss and fume over his inability to dislodge the Israeli elephant which sits on his back. For evidence of that elephant’s heavy … Continue reading →

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Inside The U.S. $38 Billion 10-Year Gift to Israel

Posted on September 22, 2016 by

by James M. Wall It is no surprise that the guaranteed $38 billion gift from U.S. taxpayers to Israel over the next ten years was not discussed Wednesday when President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu met at New York’s Lotte New … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestinians, United Nations | 15 Comments

Syrian Truce Holds During Islamic Eid al-Adha

Posted on September 14, 2016 by

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Israel Defends Its False Narrative Against BDS

Posted on August 23, 2016 by

by James M. Wall On one of my earliest reporting trips to Israel/Palestine in the early 1980s, I was assaulted by an Israeli government official wielding a wicked instrument called hasbara, Hebrew for propaganda. I had latched on to a … Continue reading →

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