Assange Blames a Jewish Conspiracy Against Him
Laura: It should not come as a surprise that Julian Assange is an anti-Semite. That is a typical characteristic of those who desire to bring down America and western civilization.
By RAVI SOMAIYA
LONDON — A report published by a British magazine on Tuesday said the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, suggested that British journalists, including the editor of The Guardian, were engaged in a Jewish-led conspiracy to smear his organization.
His remarks appeared in the magazine Private Eye, in an article by its editor, Ian Hislop, who outlined a rambling phone call that Mr. Assange made on Feb. 16 to complain about the coverage of WikiLeaks.
He was especially angry about a Private Eye report that Israel Shamir, an Assange associate in Russia, was a Holocaust denier. Mr. Assange complained that the article was part of a campaign by Jewish reporters in London to smear WikiLeaks.
A lawyer for Mr. Assange could not immediately be...
Israel is at risk of losing major settlement blocs
Obama prefers the ’67 lines as the borders but says an agreement has to be negotiated. To me this is a contradiction. What he is really saying is that Israel must negotiate the path to the ’67 lines. Since there is an acceptance of swaps of land, this is the only basis that will allow Israel to retain the blocs. But it is doubtful that that would include both Ariel and Maaleh Adumin or even any of the two. Israel is caving in on all fronts. That is why the Knesset almost unanimously refused to extend Israeli law to the settlements and that is why Israel has greatly curbed construction east of the fence. I for one don’t think that Israel can withstand the pressure or defy the international community. The Golan will go the way of J&S. T. Belman
Netanyahu Says Nationalists ‘Do Not Live in This World’
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, far from apologizing for police brutality, made a far-reaching statement which implies a possible stop to...
Poll: Where do PA Arabs See Themselves in the Mideast Turmoil?
Palestinian Authority Arabs are pessimistic regarding their situation, and most would support a non-violent way to reunite Fatah and Hamas and form a state. However, when asked if they expect a youth revolution in the West Bank similar to those that occurred in Tunisia and Egypt, only 22.8% said yes,31.3% said no, with the rest undecided, and 27.2% explained that they felt that Palestinian conditions are different from those in the Arab countries.
Researchers questioned 1,360 PA adults, 860 of them from Judea and Samaria and the remaining 500 from Gaza. The poll was conducted on February 24-26.
The majority of respondents were pessimistic regarding the future, with 54.1% expressing concern regarding the state of the PA economy and 61.8% saying they fear for their lives, their family and their property under the PA..
Of those surveyed, 80.1% said they support the protest movement in the Arab...
Optimism or Pessimism on the “Arab Revolt”?
By Barry Rubin
There is a very simple answer to an apparent contradiction about evaluating the current “Arab revolt.” If we look at the situation as a whole, there are reasons to think that many events of the last two months have been positive. Clearly, the resurgence of active opposition in Iran is a good thing. There are real chances for the Tunisia democratization effort to succeed.
In Libya, we know little about the opposition but–and I hope I don’t regret having written this–it is hard to see the overthrow of Muammar Qadhafi leading to something worse (though a radical Islamist state allied to the Iran-led bloc would be worse for the region). Yemen is, as always, complex. Bahrain is worrisome but it appears that a compromise will be worked out that will combine reform with stability.
So if we look at the totality of events there is much positive, including the hope that various factors have led to the birth of an important Arab democracy...
Obama Follows European Lead on Libya in Maneuvering at UN
UNITED NATIONS – Struggling to develop a coherent strategy on Libya, Washington is attempting instead to rehabilitate the image of international institutions, including the Security Council and, amazingly, one of the United Nations’ most odious organs, the Human Rights Council.
Today’s suspension of Muammar Gadhafi’s Libya from the Geneva-based 47-member human rights body was hailed by our ambassador here, Susan Rice, as an act in the “noblest traditions of the United Nations.” But the U.N. has traditionally acted as fig leaf for inaction, and its record on human rights is suspect at best. The case of Libya is no exception.
In a hearing at the House foreign relations committee today, Secretary of State Clinton indicated that the administration’s policies of international cooperation have pushed the Security Council to adopt quickly sanctions on Mr. Gadhafi. But if it decided to use more robust means than sanctions, America would need to...
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Ted Belman
Jerusalem, Israel
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