America's relationship with Israel is difficult to discuss openly in
the United States. In March, we published an article in the London
Review of Books titled "The Israel Lobby," based on a working paper
which we posted on the faculty Web site at Harvard's John F. Kennedy
School of Government. Our goal was to break the taboo and to generate a
candid discussion of U.S. support for Israel, because it has
far-reaching consequences for Americans and others around the world.
What followed was a barrage of responses--some constructive, some not.

Morning came and we found that 90 of the nation's best men were captured by Israel from their homes in the night. Our mayor, who was released from four years in prison just a month ago. Someone for whom I have the utmost respect and admiration, as do his people here, political allies and opponents alike. And our vice mayor, too. The last time I talked with him, earlier this week, he was struggling a lot with chronic back pain. I wonder where they are now. If they have been fed today, or tortured. If they will sleep on beds tonight, or not at all. If they will be home tomorrow. If we will never see some of them again alive.

An Israeli air raid has targeted Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's office in the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli military spokeswoman has confirmed the Air Force targeted Mr Haniyeh's office.

 

Israel says US will attack Iraq in May Israel Says War on Iraq Would Benefit the Region Attack Iraq soon, Sharon aide says Israel Urges US to Attack Iraq: "Sooner, Rather than Later" Israel To U.S.: Don't Delay Iraq Attack Cheney Admits US will attack Iraq 'for Israel's sake' AIPAC is pushing for the USA to attack Iran for Israel AIPAC spurring Congress to pass sanctions bill against Iran Israel says Iran close to having a nuclear bomb Israel warns on Iranian "nightmare" Iran the next nuclear threat Sharon stirs up conflict with Syria and Iran Iran, Libya, Syria are next? Israel instructs America to attack Iran and Syria ISRAEL DEMANDS IRAN BE ATTACKED NEXT AFTER IRAQ Syria's Next US Assures Israel That Syria And Iran Are Next War is not in U.S. interest Sharon Recruits US Mercenaries Against Syria Sharon Wants U.S. Action Against Syria Iraqi WMD 'possibly in Syria' Sharon Says US Should Also Disarm Iran, Libya and Syria Israel urges harder int'l line towards Iran Israeli foreign minister calls for international action against Iran in light of elections Israelis urge U.S. to stop Iran's nuke goals It would be a “catastrophe” for the United States to pull out of Iraq, a leading Israeli legislator warned. 'Israel will take out Iran's nuke facilities if US does not' According to al-Watan, Israel made it clear that it would only be able to wait until a certain date next year and would strike at Iran if no progress is made by that time. Israel says Syria regime change in world's interest Israeli officials call for changes in Syrian rule Israeli leaders call for regime change in Syria after assassination report Sharon blasts Syria-Iran 'axis of evil' Israeli Says Rockets Shipped to Hezbollah Israeli Says Iran Nuclear Race Reaches Point of No Return Sharon: Israel will not accept nuclear Iran Sharon: Iran nukes may require military response IDF chief: Diplomatic pressure on Iran unlikely to succeed Israel expands war arsenal to deal with Iranian nuclear threat Israeli Aides Warn U.S. Not To Drop Ball on Iran Zionists pressures Bush Administration to attack Iran's nuclear facilities MK: Iran to have nuclear capability within 2 years Israel Wants West to Deal More Urgently With Iran Iran must be stopped before it develops nuclear weapons Israel tries to make Russia approve sanctions against Iran ISRAEL: Iran is world's most serious threat since WWII ISRAEL: US not doing enough to stop Iran Israel Says US Should Take Lead in Dealing With Iran's Nuclear Program Kevin Zeese: “Hawkish Israeli Lobby Wants War with Iran!”

 

 

Amnesty International on Friday accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza and the Palestinian militias of violation of fundamental principles of international law by kidnapping Corporal Gilad Shalit and killing settler Eliyahu Asheri, urging the international community to act.

 "It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten with time. The first of these is that there is no Zionism, colonialization, or Jewish State without the eviction of the Arabs and the expropriation of their lands."

 -- Ariel Sharon, Agence France Presse, November 15, 1998.

 "What is driving the conflict is the radical inequality between the Jewish minority, that rules all of the territory between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and the disenfranchised Palestinian majority, who are paying the price for the luxury that Israel lives in…But what pays for that normality for Israelis is the total dispossession of the majority population. And Israel believes that it can hide them behind walls, in ghettos, as was done to Jews in Europe in the 1930s and '40s".

 -- Ali Abunimah "Electronic Intifada"

Israel's  Appalling Bombing in Gaza

On the excuse of rescuing one kidnapped soldier, Israeli is now bombing the Gaza Strip and is poised to re-invade. It has also arrested a third of the Palestinian parliament, wrecking even its fragile illusion of capacity and reducing the already-empty vessel of the Palestinian Authority into broken shards.

As the Palestinian factions prepare for peace, the Israeli military has continued to commit grave breaches of international law and inflict further suffering against the civilian population of the OPT.

The British Media And The Invasion Of Gaza

Few readers of a British newspaper would have noticed the story. In the Observer of 25 June, it merited a mere paragraph hidden in the “World in brief” section, revealing that the previous day a team of Israeli commandos had entered the Gaza Strip to “detain” two Palestinians Israel claims are members of Hamas.

One of the justifications given for the attack on Iraq was that Iraq was in defiance of UN Resolutions. In hindsight, it turned out that Iraq was not defying the UN; they had indeed disposed of their banned weapons of mass destruction.
Israel, on the other hand, routinely ignores and defies UN Resolutions, some of which are listed here.