Posts Tagged ‘rightwing’

Watch How People React To Being Called Beautiful

Every day new social experiments seem to be taking place all over the world. While the intention behind some is to poke fun and others to test our humanity, more and more continue to surface that end up offering some very inspirational results. The most recent one that I happened to come across was conducted […]

Anti-Shiite coalition demands parliament seat to reveal ‘Iran’s agents’

TCP : An anti-Shiite coalition called on President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to appoint one of its members in the parliament to “reveal Iran’s agents and the Shiite lobby,” Youm7 reported Friday. President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi Inks His Finger After Voting In The Run-Off Phase Of Second Round In The 2015 Parliamentary Elections At Heliopolis Mode […]

Dramatic Footage Of Paris Attack Released, Shows Gunman Opening Fire On Pizzeria

In the immediate aftermath of the ISIS attacks that left 130 people dead in Paris last Friday, video footage emerged from inside the Bataclan concert hall where dozens were gunned down before police could storm and secure the building.  The videos generally show the band playing and near the end, automatic gunfire is […]

Academics both ‘pleased and concerned’ with Salaita settlement with University of Illinois

Yesterday a settlement was announced in Professor Steven Salaita’s lawsuit against the University of Illinois for violating his academic freedom and right to free speech when it rescinded a position at the University following Salaita’s criticism of Israel on social media. In the settlement Salaita will drop his lawsuits against the school and receive $875,000 while […]

Only way to save Israel is for US to get out of peace process — Friedman of Peace Now

I keep track of the burgeoning crisis experienced by some liberal Zionists. The Rabin assassination anniversary has caused them to despair that the two-state-solution is dead; the Netanyahu government’s obduracy and slickness has caused them to despair of Israeli leadership. Here are a few signs of this crisis. First, Lara Friedman of Peace Now has […]

Only way to save Israel is for US to get out of peace process — Friedman of Peace Now

I keep track of the burgeoning crisis experienced by some liberal Zionists. The Rabin assassination anniversary has caused them to despair that the two-state-solution is dead; the Netanyahu government’s obduracy and slickness has caused them to despair of Israeli leadership. Here are a few signs of this crisis. First, Lara Friedman of Peace Now has […]

First They Jailed the Bankers, Now Every Icelander to Get Paid in Bank Sale

Source: Claire Bernish Iceland — First, Iceland jailed its crooked bankers for their direct involvement in the financial crisis of 2008. Now, every Icelander will receive a payout for the sale of one of its three largest banks, Íslandsbanki. If Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has his way — and he likely will — Icelanders will be […]

‘Most-read’ article at Washington Post calls Israel ‘savage, unrepairable society’

You quote this: “The cumulative effect of this recent mindless violence is hugely disturbing. We seem to be in a fast and alarming downward swirl into a savage, unrepairable society. There is only one way to respond to what’s happening in Israel today: We must stop the occupation.” And you left this critical bit out: […]

Whose violence?

The stabbings that have recently become a daily reality in Israel/Palestine have been widely framed by the international media as an escalation of violence in the region. Before using such charged terms to describe desperate resistance by an occupied people, however, it would be prudent to examine these acts in their context. That is to […]

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