Havens Are Few, if Not Far, for Palestinians in Gaza Strip By ANNE BARNARD

The original article link http://nyti.ms/1lkkICX GAZA CITY — As civilian casualties mounted on Monday in the Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, Israel’s military reminded the world that it had warned people living in targeted areas to leave. The response fromPalestinians here was unanimous: Where should we go? United Nations shelters are already brimming, and some Palestinians fear they are…

How Netanyahu turned a police matter into a War By Matthew Duss

The original article can be read in this link http://theweek.com/article/index/264800/how-netanyahu-turned-a-police-matter-into-a-war?utm_source=links&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=twitter When three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped in the West Bank on June 12, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a choice. He could have simply ordered Israel’s security forces to find the boys and bring the perpetrators to justice. Instead, Netanyahu made a different choice. He…

Gaza and Israel: The Road to War, Paved by the West By NATHAN THRALL

The Original article can be read on the New York Times online edition. Here is the link http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/opinion/gaza-and-israel-the-road-to-war-paved-by-the-west.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0 JERUSALEM — AS Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities and Israel follows up its extensive airstrikes with a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the most immediate cause of this latest war has been ignored: Israel and much of the international community…

Kerry on Israel-Palestine Peace

Secretary of State John Kerry’s comment about Israel being an apartheid state is spot on. With the piece process in dire straits because of grandstanding and dismissive policies of a state that has the reminiscent nature of the past colonial nations. His comment is anything but fact. What Kerry has done is nothing more than say openly…

US Foreign Policy

US foreign policy does not reflect the popular phrase ‘a barking dog does not bite’. It has been a barking dog for years and it has a nasty bite. The so called world leader has a rather hypocritical foreign policy where it funds dictators in return for their oil and when these dictators won’t listen…

The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium O’Rielly vs Stewart

The Rumble 2012 was everything it was billed out to be and more. It was everything the Presidential Debate wasn’t  It was fact based sparing with a funny twist. It was the kind of debate where neither of the debaters would go back and flip flop on earlier statements. They debated to their convictions and ideologies….