Bibi Coalition Echoes Groucho’s “Duck Soup”
by James M. Wall The Times of Israel, Israel’s leading right wing newspaper, can usually be counted on to lead the cheers for any Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli government. Not this time. After his recent...
View ArticleAdelson’s Anti-BDS Event Links Money To Action
by James M Wall Stanford University professor David Palumbo-Liu alerted his Salon readers to a “secret” meeting held last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada: If you did not know that this weekend some of the...
View ArticleUnited Church of Christ (UCC) Votes 80% to Divest from Israel
United Church of Christ Votes to Divest from Israel UCC Says No to (Israel) Occupation by James M Wall The United Church of Christ (UCC) General Synod has voted overwhelmingly in favor of resolutions...
View ArticleThirteen Senators Who Could Make History
by James M Wall Most U.S. media attention is focused this summer on Donald Trump and the latest outbreak of domestic violence in movie theaters. But look carefully at the internet and you will find...
View ArticleIran Political Fulmination Versus Diplomatic Deal
by James M. Wall Blessings upon New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof for pointing out that “fulmination” is the right word to describe opposition to the diplomatic deal President Obama and...
View ArticleHouse Members In Israel for Obama-Bashing
by James M Wall On Wednesday, August 5, President Obama spoke for an hour at American University, the site of the 1963 speech by President John Kennedy, when Kennedy outlined his vision for peace with...
View ArticleJimmy Carter Has Cancer
by James M Wall The news came from NPR: A loved one has cancer. Former President Jimmy Carter made the announcement from the Carter Center in Atlanta. He did not mince words. He has cancer and it has...
View ArticleObama Defeats Netanyahu In Iran Accord Battle
by James M Wall Benjamin Netanyahu’s AIPAC-controlled U.S. minions lost their battle to destroy President Obama’s nuclear accord with Iran and the P1-5 world powers. A final, crucial vote was announced...
View ArticleBigoted U.S. Governors Display Ignorance
by James M. Wall It did not take long for a group of opportunistic U.S. Governors to respond to the horrors of the Paris bombings. They did so with racist, religiously bigoted responses against...
View ArticleUnited Methodists Target Guilty Banks, Not Israel
by James M Wall The $20.9-billion Pension and Health Benefits Fund of the United Methodist Church has placed Israel’s five largest banks off limits for investment, placing them on what The New York...
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