Temple Mount, a Christian Holy Place

EU UNESCO draft disregards Jewish connection to Temple Mount Itamar Eichner, YNet News, 15.07.2016 The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem is fuming over a draft decision distributed on Thursday by representatives of the European Union at meetings of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in Istanbul on the subject of the Israeli capital’s Old City that completely ignores

The Vatican & the Pharisees

Vatican recognizes ‘Palestinian state’ Press TV, 13-5-2015 The Vatican has officially recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty. According to the treaty the Holy See switched its diplomatic relations from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to the state of Palestine. On November 29, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly voted to upgrade Palestine’s

Why Syrians support Bashar al Assad

Why Syrians support Bashar al Assad By Tim Anderson, Pravda 30.09.2014 The sudden reversion of Washington to a ‘war on terror’ pretext for intervention in Syria has confused western audiences. For three years they watched ‘humanitarian intervention’ stories, which poured contempt on the Syrian President’s assertion that he was fighting foreign backed terrorists. Now the

De-Baathification in Iraq

A Bitter Legacy: Lessons of De-Baathification in Iraq Miranda Sissons and Abdulrazzaq Al-Saiedi ICTJ – Justice, Truth, Dignity Iraq’s de-Baathification process is the most current example of large-scale, politically based dismissals. Yet factual information about de-Baathifi cation is scarce and for good reason. From its inception in 2003, de-Baathifi cation was a deeply flawed process.

American Jews & Race Purity

American jews & the purity of the jewish race YNet News, 13-11-2013 “So now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according

Miracles Not Allowed

Syria militants spreading Islamophobia Press TV, Friday Nov 1, 2013 A senior Iranian Sunni cleric says foreign-backed Takfiri militants operating inside Syria are spreading Islamophobia across the world, Press TV reports. In an interview with Press TV on Thursday, Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi described the militants fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as

The hero of the Libyan revolution

Female teachers must cover face says Grand Mufti By Aimen Eljali, Libya Herald 13-10-2013 LIBYA: The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani, has issued a fatwa saying that female teachers in schools and colleges must cover their faces if they are teaching males who have reached puberty. He made the ruling following a request for advice

Vladimir Putin: “God created us equal”

Putin  chooses to play the peacemaker. And why not? By William Pfaff, Truthdig 11-9-2013 Barack Obama should be thanking Vladimir Putin for getting him out of a dilemma that would have ruined his presidency. His attack on Syria, as it was (and is) programmed,  would have been or will be no “shot across the bow.”

A Crook, a Zionist and an Old Spy

Washington Is Pursuing Risky Regime Change in Syria By Ted Galen Carpenter, CATO 6-9-2013 In the days before President Obama retreated from his arrogant, unconstitutional stance that he could order missile strikes on Syria without congressional passage of even a vague resolution of approval, much less the required declaration of war, administration officials insisted that

Revolution or a Total Mess?

A Total Mess What is a Revolution? by Tariq Ali, CounterPunch 4-9-2013 Ever since the beginning of the Arab Spring there has been much talk of  revolutions. Not from me. I’ve argued against the position that mass uprisings on their own constitute a revolution, i.e., a transfer of power from one social class (or even