The Latest News from the US, Israel and Palestine

The Latest News from the US, Israel and Palestine

February 08, 2012

This newsletter provides what the American public needs to learn about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
It follows the Admonitions of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson:
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people" - John Adams - Second US President
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." Thomas Jefferson

What you miss in the daily mainstream media, you will assembled and grouped here for your easy access.

We also invite you to visit www.APPAF.org website, and send us your feedback.

Please don't forget that Palestine is as much of an American problem as it is a Palestinian and an Israeli problem.



• "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."--Thomas Jefferson
• "It doesn't require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires to people's minds."-Samuel Adams
• "There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."- John Adams
• "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." - Winston Churchill
• "The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted." - George Christopher Lichtenberg




From the US

Wash Post: America’s red lines in the sand on Iran. By Richard Cohen. (Zionists are desperate to push America into war)

OpEdNews-Consortium: Rigging American "Democracy" By Robert Parry

DP: Ian Lustick | Who benefited? Just about everyone benefited from this weekend's BDS conference

JPost: Our World: Obama's rhetorical storm. If you take the Obama administration’s statements at face value you are left scratching your head in wonder. By (Radical Zionist) CAROLINE B. GLICK

Arutz Sheva: (Pro-Israel) Giuliani: Obama Has 'No Clue' What Is Going On in Middle East

Arutz Sheva: Netanyahu's Visit to the US: A diplomatic warning? Netanyahu to speak at AIPAC policy conference - a diplomatic warning to Obama with regards to Israel's subsequent actions against Iran

Arutz Sheva: US Prof. Tells Newsweek Israel Must Attack Iran – Now

Arutz Sheva: Obama’s Super Bowl Interview an Indicator of Policy on Iran? With regards to Israel and Iran, is ambiguity the policy in the United States?

Huffpost: Obama Says U.S. and Israel March As One by MJ Rosenberg. (What can you expect from one who mastered the political art of being a chameleon and a panderer to retain the most prestigious office of US Presidency through deceptive public oration)

End The Occupation: Educate & Mobilize Your Community During Apartheid Week 2012!

APN Weekly Update - Migron Encroachment, APN at J Street Conference




From Israel

NYTimes: When Talk of War Transcends Idle Chatter

Arutz Sheva: PM Netanyahu: Only Strength Ensures Survival of Jewish People

Haaretz: World democracies are warming up to Israel. Slowly but surely, it is becoming apparent that the international political climate in Israel is far better than had been predicted, and it seems to be getting better all the time. By Moshe Arens

Haaretz: Israeli warnings on Iran war are more than empty threats. The shortcomings in Netanyahu and the cabinet's functioning put the ministers' collective and personal responsibility into focus. They can't just abandon such a fateful decision to Netanyahu and Barak alone.

***** Haaretz: Jews who are malicious to those who help us. Testimony from Yitzhak Navon and Ariel Sharon was not enough to prompt the state to give back the land it seized from an Arab man who helped Israel in 1948.By Akiva Eldar

Daily Pioneer: When ‘experts’ in US hold forth on Asian affairs by Barry Rubin




From Palestine

EI: Stealing Palestine’s resources is illegal, despite Israeli court ruling (Radical Israeli leadership act on the false totally misunderstood, misinterpreted dogma that God gave the rights for Palestinian land)

EI: 2,600 Bedouins threatened with displacement as Israeli settlements expand by Sophie Crowe

Morning Star: TC group Runs Across Palestine By MARIONETTE KUBICZ

UN News: Senior UN humanitarian official urges end to West Bank home demolitions

UN News: Visiting Gaza, Ban reiterates commitment to plight of Palestinians

UN News: Citing economic toll on Palestinians, Ban calls for end to Israeli occupation

ForImmediateRelese: Palestine sees joining the International Council of Tourism Partners as a new spirit for their tourism industry




Opinions and Commentaries

JPost: Unintended consequences of an Israeli strike on Iran. Encountering Peace: I imagine that int'l pressure would push Israel to reach an agreement on the Palestinian issue.By GERSHON BASKIN

Arutz Sheva: Opinion: The Covert Meaning Behind the Headlines. Undermining Israel, explicitly and implicitly.

Haaretz: Israel can clear Mideast of nukes, it just won't. If Israel accepts an invitation to the conference in Helsinki, it will have an opportunity to move ahead on a deal: comprehensive nuclear disarmament in exchange for comprehensive peace, says researchers' position paper. By Akiva Eldar

JPost: Conversations with Reverend Bill

OpenDemcracy: Israel-Palestine negotiations in an election year




We hope that we have stimulated your interest and curiosity, and that you will continue to read this newsletter

By now, we hope that you have concluded that:

Palestine is as much an American problem, as it is an Israeli and Palestinian problem,

That this problem is made in the USA, and perpetrated and perpetuated by American local politics and foreign policy,

And that its equitable solution lies with the US Administration and through the help of the American people.




Note: Opinions and views expressed by the authors of the articles in this newsletter do not necessarily reflect those of APPAF

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