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Israel Introduces Apartheid Kindergartens

Let’s hope that civilized society will respond to this new apartheid in the same way that it responded to apartheid of old: boycott, divestment, sanctions.

(LONDON Redress) - First came the apartheid hitchhiking and now there’s the apartheid kindergartens. No, we’re not talking about South Africa of yesteryear.

We’re talking about Israel in the year 2013. More precisely, we’re talking about Israel’s most liberal city, Tel Aviv.

The Art of Deception

Israel has mastered the stolen Arabic carpet under which they sweep all intimidating truths.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Quite often I start to write an article about the travesty of injustices heaped on the Palestinians by Israel.

Almost as often, I stop at a point where I mumble to myself that I've said it all before, and others have said it better.

Middle East Interfaith Peace Activist, Dr. Romano, to Jerusalem

Storm Over Morocco is a true story about the challenges of Dr. Romano's work organizing interfaith events including dialogues with Christians, Jews, Muslims and people of all faiths in Israel and the West Bank.

(WASHINGTON DC) - “Storm Over Morocco,” & “Love & Terror in the Middle East” by Dr. Frank Romano, author event:

Wed., Sept. 11, 6:30 pm, Tmol Shilshom Bookstore Café, 5 Yoel Salomon St., Jerusalem.

Will Palestine Retain Its Natural Gas Fields?

Secretary Kerry, acting as something less than an “honest broker”, could be devising a token economic and freedom bucket list of promises that would be nothing less than a “carthaginian peace” imposed by the U.S. and Israel on Palestine, a “peace” which conquering armies impose on a defeated population.

(CHICAGO) - For the moment, all is quiet on the Israeli-Palestinian peace front. Is it “too quiet”, as they once asked in movie westerns?

That depends entirely on what kind of peace is being discussed. Does danger lurk, or does a just peace lie ahead?

The Divine Right of Kings and Generals

Revolutions succeed, flourish and prosper by persuasion not coercion, compulsion or demonization.

(LONDON) - Ever since religion as we know it was brought unto man, kings, queens and generals assumed divine power as being the representative of God on this earth.

They waged wars in the name of God, they dispersed largesse in the name of God and they meted out injustices and untold horrors in the name of the same God.

Targeting Hezbollah in Beirut

Israel and Al Qaeda Top Suspects List in Second Bombing Attack in Five Weeks

(Makfouz Rouweiss store, Dahiyeh) - This observer was sitting with my friend Zuhair on my balcony in south Beirut, when at 6:20 pm on 8/15/13 erupted a huge blast that seemed to shake our 12 story concrete building even more so than the one just down the street did on July 9.

We both leaned over the railing at the same time. I commented that I did not see any smoke, while he spoke only two words: “Bir Abed.”

Lebanon Offers Palestinians Syria Ramadan Greetings

'Eid Mubarak, Dear brothers and sisters! Yalla! Go back where you came from!'

( MASNAA, Syria/Lebanon border) - On 8/5/13 this observer decided, quite on the spur of the moment, to take a three day break from Damascus the next morning and make a quick trip to Beirut to do some errands because offices would be closed starting at dawn for Eid al Fitr celebrations (a day later for Shia Muslims).

The annual Eid al-Fitr, being the festival of the breaking of the month long Ramadan fast, which observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

Seven of Syria`s Thirteen Palestinian Camps Now Controlled by Salafi- Jihadists

“Syria’s Palestinian camps have become theaters of war,” - UNWRA Commissioner Filippo Grandi.

(HOMS Palestinian Refugee Camp, Syria) - Jihadists are entering Syria at an accelerating pace, according to Syrian, UNWRA, and Palestinian officials as well as residents in the refugee camps here.

For the now-estimated 7000 imported foreign fighters, Palestinian camps are seen as optimal locales for setting up bases across Syria.

Secret`s Out Now

Are Ethiopian women being deceived into using birth control?

(ST. AUGUSTINE, FL) - My readers send me Israeli outrages, I assume, to expose them and create a fairer society after. Fine, here is the latest scandal:

Ethiopian Aliyah Flash 90 - Since a television expose accusing Israeli officials of putting Ethiopian immigrant women on birth control without their knowledge, MK Orly Levi-Abekasis (Likud Beytenu) has fought for an investigation.

Walk away, Palestinians!

Choose new leaders and fight for justice under fair and decent procedural rules...

(LONDON) - A fanfare of trumpets announced the resumption of so-called peace talks between Israel and the trampled Palestinians, to be held under the watchful eye of America’s Zionist ‘facilitators’.

The Israelis were awarding special priority grants and other government funding to a number of their outlying West Bank “settlements”.