For some more on this issue, check out the article on Muzzlewatch… On June 20, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered a sharp rebuke to the United Nations Human Rights Council for “picking on Israel.” In this, he joined the US, Canada and the European Union. The Human Rights Council made Israel the only nation [...]
Archive for June, 2007
UN Sec. General Makes a Statement for Fairness
Posted in United Nations on June 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Fall of Gaza: Can Disaster Be Avoided?
Posted in Arab League, Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, United States, West Bank, Yasir Arafat on June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Back in 2005, Jewish Voice for Peace took to the streets in San Francisco to protest the just-commencing Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. More than a few people were puzzled by this action; here was a Jewish peace group apparently echoing the stance of some of the most hard-line so-called “pro-Israel” groups who opposed [...]
40 Years of Deepening Mistrust
Posted in Peace Plans on June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I write these words, it is about to turn to June 10, the date which, in 1967, was the last of six days of war that would be the primary landmark for the course of the next 40 years in the Middle East, and with reverberations that have continued to ripple through world events. [...]