Israel, Please Wake Up!

What has Happened to the Palestinian Students in Gaza Awarded Fulbright Scholarships.

By Citizen Paul

There comes a point where we Americans have got to say Enough!, even if to countries we are closely allied with.

And when we say Enough! we have to do be willing to act both thoughtfully and firmly!

One morning while having breakfast at the historic American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem on my trip to the Middle East we heard that Israel was refusing to let seven young Palestinian Students who had been awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarships leave Gaza and come to the U.S.

They were “security risks” according to the Israelis — once again using that oh-so-convenient catch-all phase!
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The Fading of the Two-State Solution

by: Yacov Ben Efrat

AFTER RETURNING from the Annapolis Conference, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Haaretz(November 28, 2007) that “the State of Israel cannot endure unless a Palestinian state comes into being.” Olmert had made a like pronouncement in December 2003, when he was Deputy Prime Minister to Ariel Sharon. At that time he told Nahum Barnea of Yediot Aharonot: “Israel will soon need to make a strategic recognition… We are nearing the point where more and more Palestinians will say: ‘We’re persuaded. We agree with [right-wing politician Avigdor] Lieberman. There isn’t room for two states between the Jordan and the sea. All we want is the right to vote.’ On the day they reach that point,” said Olmert, “we lose everything. … I quake to think that leading the fight against us will be liberal Jewish groups that led the fight against apartheid in South Africa.”
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OUTRAGEOUS, Outrageous, and Outrageous

June 16, 2008 – This weekend the Israelis again spit in the face of the American Secretary of State…and of the entire world.

Even as Condoleeza Rice was one more time visiting Israel and proclaiming the virtues of “the peace process”, the Israelis shamelessly announced a major expansion of settlements throughout the Jerusalem area, most especially in the areas across “the green line” once thought to be where crucial parts of the Palestinian State would be.
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