With obvious American approval and encouragement,  the Palestinian Authority (PA) regime in Ramallah is seriously  persecuting the very people it is supposed to protect and whose interests it claims to safeguard.

“They are worse than the Israeli occupiers,” an old shopkeeper from the Hebron region whispered to  this writer a few days ago after local security agents arrested his neighbor for selling Islamic paraphernalia.

Some observers in Occupied Palestine have begun using  terms such as “reign of terror,” “fascists,” “gangs,”  and “terrorist regime” to describe the way  the American-backed regime is treating Palestinians.

This week, a leading Palestinian human rights group, described the status of human rights and civil liberties under the PA regime as “dismal and appalling.”

With every cruel and unusual punishment meted out against West Bank villagers, Israel is fomenting more and more hate against its own people

"When Israel was first created, I had a lot of admiration and respect for the Jews; now I want to throw them all into the sea." The choice of phraseology was no accident on the part of the speaker, who wanted to make crystal clear the effects that more than 40 years of Israeli occupation have had on him and his family.

“The American people realize this election represents a turning point. In two months they will decide the future direction of our nation. It's a decision to follow one path or another.”  Rudy Giuliani

The choice we face in November is very clear.  It is a choice to continue to support the US terror war, or to turn away from this path of unlimited destruction.  This lie-based war is all about terrorism – whether America actually fights terrorism or promotes its use.  To find the answer to this conundrum all we have to do is turn our gaze to Pakistan.

Interview with Ralph Nader