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One of the more interesting results of the Israel-Hezbollah War has been the sidelining of the global jihadi movement and the broader Salafi currents that sustain it. Despite all its rhetoric of a global jihad against the enemies of Islam, al-Qaeda and the broader Salafi-jihadi movement were reduced to mere spectators as Hezbollah, once again, dealt a serious blow to Israeli prestige.

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Two scholars who created a controversy earlier this year when they wrote that the pro-"Israel" lobby exerted too much influence over U.S. foreign policy said Monday that the recent "Israel"-Hezbollah war in Lebanon was yet another example of what they view as a dangerous tendency.
John Mearsheimer, a University of Chicago political science professor, and Stephen Walt, a professor of internat..

Many adults in Lebanon question the role of an international peacekeeping force in their country, according to a poll by the Beirut Center for Research and Information. 77.3 per cent of respondents think the soldiers will be unable to act as a deterrence force against a possible "Israeli" attack.
On Jul. 12, Hizbullah militants based in Lebanon killed eight "Israeli" soldiers and captured tw..

"Israeli" Apartheid: Segregation, Control and the Creation of Bantustans in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) 

The question of "Israel" as an apartheid state has received increasing attention over the last years as "Israel" has continued colonial expansion in the West Bank while simultaneously attempting to diverge itself from the Palestinians. The purpose of this art..

Italian foreign minister Massimo D’ Alema has said that groups such as Hizbullah and Hamas must be included in the political process in their countries.

In a statement to the Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera", D’ Alema refused calls that these groups must be sidelined or described as terrorist organizations as the USA and some Europeans do.

D’ Alema did not deny th..

After their weak performance in the battle against the Palestinian and Lebanese resistances in Gaza Strip and south Lebanon, the Israeli occupation government decided to halt producing more Mirkava tanks.

Commander of the ground troops in the Israeli occupation army was quoted as saying, "Next battles will need less use of those tanks that prompt us to halt manufacturing more of them".<..

A Palestinian farmer in the village of Yatta, Al-Khalil district, has called his new born baby boy "Chavez" after the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez out of admiration for his daring stands in support of Palestinian and Arab rights.

The man, Isaac Ismail Jabr Hoshiya, said that Chavez was more supportive of Arab questions than the Arab rulers when he decided to recall his ambassador fr..

A year ago, Mamdouh Marei, head of Egypt’s Presidential Election Commission, dismissed ballot-box stuffing and control of polling stations by members of the ruling party as election-day ``enthusiasm.’’

On Aug. 27, President Hosni Mubarak, who ran and won in those elections, appointed Marei his justice minister. The appointment of Marei, who had refused to investigate the election alleg..

Duwaik to PA employees: We are united with you against those blocking entry of money

From his solitary detention cell in the Israeli Kfar Yona prison, the kidnapped PLC speaker Dr. Aziz Duwaik sent Tuesday a message to his people and the PA employees affirming that the PA government and the PLC are united with them against forces impeding money to come into the Palestinian lands.

I support the call by Palestinian film-makers, artists and others to boycott state sponsored Israeli cultural institutions and urge others to join their campaign.

Palestinians are driven to call for this boycott after forty years of the occupation of their land, destruction of their homes and the kidnapping and murder of their civilians.

They have no immediate hope that this opp..

 Finland which holds the current European Union Presidency is to urge EU foreign ministers Friday to renew contacts with the Hamas-led Palestinian government.

EU foreign ministers begin a 2-day informal meeting in Lappeenranta, Finland, Friday.

Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, who is chairing the talks in Lappeenranta, said discussions with all key Middle East pla..

The Vatican’s envoy in the Holy Land and bishops from three other churches have launched a rare joint attack on the Christian Zionist movement, accusing it of promoting "racial exclusivity and perpetual war."
Christian Zionists form a growing part of the pro-"Israel" lobby in the United States, the Jewish (Zionist) state’s main ally. They believe the return of Jews to the Holy Land and estab..

Ten Palestinians and foreign sympathizers were wounded on Friday including a cameraman when IOF troops used new weapons to disperse a peaceful anti-wall demonstration in the village of Bil’in to the west of Ramallah city.

Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the anti-wall committee in the village, said that the IOF soldiers sealed off the entire western areas of the village where they had..

In a state established on a founding myth - that the native Palestinian population left of their own accord rather than being ethnically cleansed - and one that seeks its legitimacy through a host of other lies, such as that the occupation of the West Bank is benign and that Gaza’s has ended, deception becomes a political way of life.
And so it is in the "relative calm" that has followed "I..

How can we have a real discussion about Mideast peace if speaking honestly about "Israel" is out of bounds?

Publish something sharply critical of "Israeli" government policies and you’ll find out. If you’re lucky, you’ll merely discover that you’ve been uninvited to some dinner parties. If you’re less lucky, you’ll be the subject of an all-out attack by neocons..

All the national, state and local Jewish organizations have launched a $300 million fundraising and propaganda campaign in support of the 21 settlers and 116 soldiers killed during the "Israeli" invasion of Lebanon (but not the 18 "Israeli" Arabs who were excluded from Jews-only bomb shelters). As adjuncts of the "Israeli" foreign office not a single one of the 52 organizations which make up Th..

 "Israeli" Defense (War) Minister Amir Peretz broke today with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert by calling for an independent probe into their government’s handling of the recent war in Lebanon - their first serious disagreement since becoming coalition partners four months ago.
Olmert and Peretz have come under intense public criticism for the less-than-decisive outcome of the conflict, whic..

Lebanon is firmly en route to becoming the third nation in the Middle East after Iraq and the Palestinian territories to experience a devastating Washington-backed war and a massive influx of new illegitimate debt to cover reconstruction expenses, anti-debt activists say.
A conference held Thursday in Stockholm for donors raised more than $940 million in pledges of new money to reconstruct ..