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Oh, she wanted it. She wanted it bad.
I watched President Obama's May 19th speech on the Middle East (most quotes from the speech are taken from the full text) while working out at the gym. I have always found it easier to listen to politicians while I'm busy doing something else. That way, if they say something silly or ignorant, I can distract myself.
In the face of the geopolitical reality and democratic promise of the Arab spring, there is global restiveness concerning the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the continuing, uncertain, social, economic, cultural and political future of the Palestinian people.
Western media has no good word about any of the Arab revolutions including that of Egypt. But Arab revolutions are all success stories. Even those who have involved violence are far less bloody than that of the French Revolution.
A New Egypt, Dr. Mohamed Elmasry, with an eyewitness DVD
(Damascus) It seems that the Syrian authorities still believe that a security based solution offers the best chance of ending the wave of protests that has hit the country over the past two months, becoming apparent when tanks raided other Syrian towns and cities besides Daraa in the south, which throughout has been the cradle of the protests.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, a master of Zionist double-speak and deception, is about to undertake the most important assignment of his life.
At least 300,000 essentially defenseless Palestinians were evicted from their homes and properties by Jewish forces and forced to abandon their other assets and personal possessions during the just over five months between passage of the UN General Assembly's Partition Plan (Resolution 181, 29 November 1947) and the declaration of the state of Israel on 14 May 1948, effective May 15. (Charles D. Smith, Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1988, p. 145) This was accomplished through force of arms, intimidation and acts of terror, including rape and several massacres.
It probably won't surprise you to hear that the leaders of Israel's security establishment, the people who’ve led the fight against the state's enemies for decades, are more frightened now than they've been in a long time. You might be shocked, though, to hear what's got them in a panic.
"We are going to impose an agenda on coverage by dealing with issues and subjects that we choose to deal with," said Richard M. Cohn, ex-senior producer of CBS political news. This is the sad reality of the Canadian media today. What can we Canadians do about it?
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