Submitted by Robin Messing on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 9:12pm
It is indeed a privilege to be able to address the people of the Great Islamic Republic of Iran tonight. I want to start by commending Ayatollah Khamenei for saying that you "are not seeking nuclear weapons because the Islamic Republic of Iran considers possession of nuclear weapons a sin." Your Supreme Leader went on to say that he "believes that holding such weapons is useless, harmful and dangerous." We appreciate these sentiments but we in America do not believe they go far enough. It is not enough for Iran to avoid developing nuclear weapons.
Submitted by Robin Messing on Sun, 12/09/2012 - 10:21pm
Peter Beinart and Alan M. Dershowitz have a brilliant suggestion for jumpstarting the peace process between the Israel and the Palestinian authority. Read the whole article, but pay particular attention to the partial settlement freeze they propose:
Submitted by Robin Messing on Mon, 11/26/2012 - 12:43pm
Here are two articles that I highly recommend. First, James Zogby discusses Israel's true agenda behind Operation Pillar of Defense. In the second article, Former Knesset member, Rabbi Michael Melchior claims that he has spoke with religious leaders amongst Islamic extremists and they are willing to live with Israel. I'm not sure what to make of the second article. Melchior doesn't mention any names and it is impossible to know exactly what these extremists told him. Were they leading him on and deceiving him into believing that a final and permanent peace is possible when, in fact, they really only intended a hudna,
Submitted by Robin Messing on Sun, 08/19/2012 - 7:34pm
Israeli historian Benny Morris wants to see a war with Iran. He is frothing at the mouth and screaming "Attack! Attack!, Attack! Kill! Kill! Kill!" Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a little. OK, so maybe it's more than a little. But he certainly seems to support Israel taking military action against Iran within the next few weeks if Obama doesn't give Israel an iron-clad guarantee that the U.S. will attack Iran by March 1, 2013 if Iran does not abandon its nuclear weapons program. Read his column NOW before proceeding with my rebuttal.
Submitted by Robin Messing on Sat, 07/28/2012 - 1:44am
In his July 26, 2012 New York Times OpEd piece, Israeli settler leader Dani Dayan states that Israeli settlement expansion on the West Bank is an "irreversible fact". Whether the Palestinians (or, if you prefer, West Bank Arabs) like it or not, whether Muslims around the world like it or not, whether we in the West like it or not, Dayan in essence is telling us all to "Deal with it!" He states that since the Palestinians have refused to negotiate a two state solution:
Submitted by Robin Messing on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 2:35am
Larry Derfner, a former columnist for the Jerusalem Post, points out that for the first time, Israel is likely to drag the United States into a war it doesn't want. This is likely to lead to a backlash against Israel and a rise of anti-Semitism in the U.S. if the war with Iran goes badly. Derfner writes:
