Arab-Israeli couple deemed "socially incompatible" by Galilee community

clipped from www.ynetnews.com Arab-Israeli couple deemed "socially incompatible" by Galilee community The Zubedat's applied to be accepted as community members in Rakefet, part of the northern Misgav Regional Council, but were rejected on grounds of "social incompatibly". As part of the screening process in Rakefet the couple underwent a psychoanalytical test Fatna was found to be "too much of an individualist" and Ahmed "lacked personal sophistication". a clear case of discrimination due to social standing, ethnic affiliation and skin color, the very nature of Israel as a Jewish State depended on authorities upholding the equal opportunities act and that therefore any residential discrimination against non-Jews is illegal.

French President a MOSSAD Asset--worked for Israeli Intel

The French president is a Bush and neocon ally lately quoted for being willing to act against Iran militarily. France usually is against imperialistic actions and dictatorships. Now we know why, he is a MOSSAD Israeli asset thus a friend to the neoconservatives who have hijacked America's government.

clipped from weekly.ahram.org.eg As if his marital challenges were not enough cause for concern, "Sarco the Sayan" has suddenly emerged as the most infamous accolade of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The influential French daily Le Figaro last week revealed that the French leader once worked for -- and perhaps still does, it hinted -- Israeli intelligence as a sayan (Hebrew for helper), one of the thousands of Jewish citizens of countries other than Israel who cooperate with the katsas (Mossad case-officers). A letter dispatched to French police officials late last winter -- long before the presidential election but somehow kept secret -- revealed that Sarkozy was recruited as an Israeli spy. The French police is currently investigating documents concerning Sarkozy's alleged espionage activities on behalf of Mossad, which Le Figaro claims dated as far back as 1983. According to the author of the message, in 1978, Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin ordered the infiltration of the French ruling Gaullist Party

Seven Bad Assumptions We Make About Iran

Continuation:

1. Iran is ripe for regime change.
Not true. [...]
2. Iran is irrational and cannot be deterred.
Not true. [...]
3. Iran is inherently anti-American.
Not quite. [...]
4. Enrichment equals a nuclear bomb.
Not necessarily. [...]
5. Iran seeks Israel's destruction.
False. [...]
6. The pressure on Iran is working.
Questionable. [...]
7. Stability in the Middle East can be achieved only through Iran's isolation.
Quite the contrary. [...]

Iran poses a complicated challenge to America, but not an irresolvable one. Despite the tremendous distrust between the two countries, history shows that negotiations can work. In 2001 Tehran and Washington worked closely together to defeat the Taliban and install a new government in Afghanistan. Without Iranian help, the new Constitution of Afghanistan would not have been achieved, according to U.S. diplomats involved in the effort.

clipped from www.alternet.org The Bush Administration's policy (insistence on zero enrichment of uranium, regime change and isolation of Iran) and the policy of the radicals around President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (unlimited civilian nuclear capability, selective inspections and replacing the United States as the region's dominant power) have set the two countries on a collision course. Yet the mere retirement of George W. Bush's neocons or Ahmadinejad's radicals may not be sufficient to avoid the disaster of war. The ill-informed foreign policy debate on Iran contributes to a paradigm of enmity between the United States and Iran, which limits the foreign policy options of future U.S. administrations to various forms of confrontation while excluding more constructive approaches. A successful policy on Iran must begin by reassessing some basic assumptions:

Palestine-Israel: One State Solution

clipped from electronicintifada.net Leading Palestinian and Israeli scholars and activists will be among the speakers at an unprecendented conference to explore a one-state solution, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London on 17-18 November. Organized by the London One State Group and the SOAS Palestine Society, the conference, "Challenging the Boundaries: A Single State in Israel/Palestine," will explore new models for a just peace including binationalism, secular democracy, a 'state of all its citizens' and federalism. Over the past several years the failure of the two-state approach has led to a resurgence of interest in a one-state solution and the London conference brings together many who have written or spoken in favor of it. Edward Said, the idea and practice of citizenship, not of ethnic or racial community, as the main vehicle of coexistence."

Israel-Palestine Peace & the language of violence

While the majority of Israelis and Palestinians, and most of the people of the earth want peace in the region, this wish is counter to the actions of specific sectors, and the polarised language of violence and hatred is the voice that is the loudest.

clipped from www.dissidentvoice.org The “cycle of violence” embraces a sense of hopelessness that Israeli leadership wants to perpetuate so they can achieve their narrow (territorial) objectives. These are not the goals of the Palestinians or the Israeli people, but of a small minority trying to impose their will on the majority. The language is intended to manipulate public perceptions and, thus, increase support for unpopular policies. It’s up to all of us to see through smokescreen state-sponsored deception so the obstacles to negotiation can be removed and peace can finally be realized February 2005 poll that “shows that 80% of Israelis now want negotiations with the Palestinian Authority and almost two-thirds now believe that a real comprehensive peace is possible.” These numbers show that the vast majority of Israelis still want peace and are willing to work with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. The language of Violence The falsehoods fueling the Middle East crisis are implicit in the language of the debate

Iranian Women: some pictures

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk The Western perception of Iranian women is that they live difficult, oppressed lives. Yet these pictures taken by the British photographer Olivia Arthur show Teheran's young women to be independent, party-loving, and leading surprisingly liberal lives. Fatima is 11 years old and lives in a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Teheran with her mother and three aunts. Her father was a drug addict and left the family. The poster on the wall is of Fatima’s uncle, a local wedding DJ who plays ‘cheesy Iranian pop music’ Edyanita lives in Teheran and is Christian. She is a graphic design student The Christian community in Iran has a special legal status – Christians are permitted to drink alcohol and dance so long as they are not in the company of Muslims. many young Iranians are under-going plastic surgery; there are an estimated 3,000 plastic surgeons operating in Teheran.

How big a role did disgraced CIA officer have?

And these idiots want more power?

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com Andrea Mitchell Chief foreign affairs correspondent • Profile There’s new information about the young Lebanese woman who pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges she lied about her background to get jobs at the FBI and CIA. Current and former intelligence officials tell NBC News that Nada Nadim Prouty had a much bigger role than officials at the FBI and CIA first acknowledged. In fact, Prouty was assigned to the CIA’s most sensitive post, Baghdad, and participated in the debriefings of high-ranking al- Qaida detainees. “Early on, she was an active agent in the debriefings,” said one former intelligence official.  “It was more than translation.” Moreover, as she was moving between agencies in 2003, Prouty accessed the FBI’s Automated Case Support system and obtained information on investigations into Hezbollah being conducted by the FBI’s Detroit Field Office.