Tag Archives: israel

International

Emergency meetings, Israel will escalate attacks, the Arab League will respond

“The Arab League received a request from the Palestinian state … and after negotiations it decided to host an urgent meeting on the level of the permanent representatives at 12 PM [Sunday].”-Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Arab League spokesman

The Arab League is holding an emergency meeting concerning the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza. This is in response to reports that Israel will increase attacks. The Arab League has 22 member countries.

The Israeli media is reporting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an emergency meeting, to discuss plans for escalating Israel’s attacks on Palestinians.

Egypt has already demanded Israel stop its aggression.  The people of Egypt are demanding military action against Israel.

The Israelis say they must escalate attacks after one Israeli was killed in the early morning of August 21.  This after Israel killed dozens of Palestinians and several Egyptians (and that doesn’t count people Israel killed in recent weeks, before this latest violence).  I’ve said this before “Cry me a river Israel!!!”

International, U.S.

Israel violates 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Egypt demands Israel stop bombing Gaza

International observers, tasked with the job of observing compliance with the 1979 peace treaty, between Israel and Egypt, say Israel has violated that treaty.

The 1979 peace treaty was mediated by the United States, and requires that Egypt and Israel do not attack each other.  So far, after all these decades, Egypt has kept its promise.  But now MFO (Multinational Force and Observer) officials say Israel broke the treaty.

MFO officials say not only did Israel attack Egyptian forces, but Israeli forces crossed into Egypt and fired on Egyptian forces from within Egyptian territory.

In related breaking news Egypt just issued a demand that Israel stop bombing the Palestinian territory know as Gaza:  “Egypt denounces the use of force against civilians in any circumstance and strongly advises Israel to immediately stop its military operations against Gaza.”


International

Egypt recalls Ambassador to Israel, demands apology, Egyptians continue protesting Israeli Embassy

“Egypt has decided to withdraw its ambassador to Israel until there is an official apology.”-Egyptian government statement

Egyptian officials say Israel killed at least five of their military personnel, who patrol the Israeli/Egypt border on a regular bases.

Egyptians are still protesting outside the Israeli Embassy in Cairo: “This protest will not end as long as the Israeli embassy still has a place in Egypt.  We will not leave here until they do, and if that fails, we will go back to Tahrir.”-protester

Egyptians also said they wanted relations with Israel ended, permanently.  One protestor said Israel has killed Egyptian border troops before, and that the former Mubarak government always looked the other way.  The protestors say they will no longer look the other way when Israel goes on the war path.

International, Opinion

U.S. Media never reported the weeks of Israeli attacks on Gaza, West Bank, and Lebanon, now Israel kills Egyptian soldiers, cry me a river Israel!

For several weeks Israeli air forces have been bombing Gaza and West Bank, the U.S. media ignored it.  Israeli ground forces have conducted several raids into Lebanon, the U.S. media ignored it.

Then Israel say eight Israelis were killed in an attack on a bus, carrying Israeli soldiers and civilians, north of the Red Sea resort of Eilat. They use that attack to justify their current escalation of attacks against Gaza.  They claim it was Hamas who attacked the tour bus.  The U.S. media was all over it.

Here’s the problem, Gaza is nowhere near the resort of Eliat.  Secondly, those who were attacked say the attackers were Egyptian soldiers, not Palestinians.

U.S. media went along with Israeli claims that the attackers were from Gaza.  Again, an Israeli media interview with the driver of the tour bus, said that the attackers definitely came from an Egyptian border post, and were wearing Egyptian army uniforms.

Israel killed dozens of Palestinians in their attacks prior to the August 18th attack on the tour bus, and Israel has killed dozens more since they launched their “retaliatory” attacks on Gaza.  Many of those killed by Israel are women and children.

The latest reports say that Israel has also attacked Egyptian troops, killing three.  The report was made by the Egyptian government.

Of course Palestinians are now responding with their own rocket attacks against Israel.  International journalists in the area say it looks like it could escalate into a full blown war.  Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak is vowing a “full force” attack against Palestinians.

Just last week, I posted that Israeli officials stated they were going to go to war in September, to stop Palestine from becoming a recognized member of the United Nations, and to attack Syria.

When you look at the casualties that Israel has suffered, compared to the casualties Israel has caused, you’ll know who the real terrorist is.  Cry me a river U.S. media, cry me a river Israel!!!

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Israel preparing to let go of United States, finds new supporter: China

Israeli military industries have long had cooperative relationships with Chinese military industries.  Now the Israeli government is making big moves towards wooing the Chinese government.

On August 14, General Chen Bingde, of China’s People’s Liberation Army, met with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in Tel Aviv.  Barak visited China two months ago.

The Israelis are trying to win increased support from the Chinese.  Possibly they realize the United States government is flat broke, and can’t continue to give Israel billions of the U.S. taxpayers’ money.

A Jewish commentator, Eran Shayshon, stated, on the same day that General Chen showed up in Israel, that Israel must adopt an “open tent” policy towards the BRIC economies.  BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China.  They’re the only countries with good economies.

This is the first time a Chinese military official has visited Israel.  General Chen will be there for the next three days.


International

Global Class War: 100,000 Israelis protest their government, again

For weeks now lower class Israelis have been protesting the bad economic situation in Israel.  Now, August 13/14, there are hundreds of thousands of protestors in 18 Israeli cites.

Recently eleven Israeli soldiers went awol (absent with out leave) because they were starving.  Military service in Israeli is mandatory, and you must pay for certain supplies, like food, yourself.  The soldiers are from poor families, and instead of getting help from soldiers who’re better off, they were ridiculed.

The current protests are taking place in Tel Aviv, al Quds (Jerusalem), Be’er Sheba, Haifa and several others in what’s called the “periphery” (which means any place outside Tel Aviv and al Quds).

Police are out in force.  Some Israeli protestors are demanding the current Israeli government be replaced.  One arrogant, pro Zionist reporter asked one protestor: “Aren’t you asking for too many things? Don’t you think you need focus? What can you achieve like this?”

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

What Economic Recovery? Israel to stock up on used U.S. military equipment, U.S. can’t afford to ship it all home from Iraq

Israeli media reporting that the Israeli government plans to expand their military equipment inventories by buying used U.S. equipment now in Iraq.

The report says the Israel purchase of U.S. military gear will help out the U.S. Department of Defense, because apparently the U.S. can’t afford to ship all that equipment back home from Iraq.

The equipment includes everything from vehicles to ammo.

It’s not just Israel that the U.S. will sell to, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are customers as well.  This is just another sign the United States is hurting for cash.