http://www.goalsforamericans.org Liberty Enlightening the World Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:56:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Citizen Paul 23 October 2008 -- The Palestine quagmire began at the United Nations more than 60 years ago. That's when under considerable American pressure the U.N. General Assembly voted to "partition" Palestine between a Jewish State and a Palestinian Arab State. The entire Arab world voted against it. ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/10/30/palestine-at-the-un-today/ Watch it here and now (click play arrow below) Americans are demanding answers to this question from Washington policy-makers about the endangered economy. The same demand should be made from the same policy-makers about what has happened in the critical Middle East region. [caption id="attachment_970" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Robert Fisk"][/caption] Robert Fisk is in ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/10/21/how-did-this-happen-the-single-most-important-hour-about-the-middle-east-imbroglio/ By Citizen Paul Oct. 9, 2008 -- If you’re still looking for the smoking gun that helps explain why our current financial crisis was allowed to happen, one of the most critical answers can be found in a little-publicized Securities and Exchange Commission ruling made in April of 2004. With the ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/10/14/where-the-economic-crisis-began/ By Citizen Paul "Jerusalem-born Shaul was so horrified by what he witnessed and the kind of person he felt he was turning into that he decided to do something about it." 7 October: The Israeli Army -- along with the Shinbet and Mossad and Border Police -- are the institutions ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/10/08/breaking-the-silence-challenges-the-israeli-army/ By Citizen Paul 09/30/08 Our current financial-industry crisis started brewing years ago because of political and ideological extremism. The antiregulation zealots have systematically eroded and eliminated the essential safeguards that have kept the industry honest and accountable, and these actions, over time, allowed and encouraged unbridled greed to run amuck on Wall ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/09/30/just-say-no-to-the-wall-street-bailout/ [caption id="attachment_895" align="alignright" width="183" caption="Mordechai Vanunu"][/caption]Still Trying to Prevent Nuclear War in Middle East Mordechai Vanunu is a former Israeli and a former Jew. As a man of great courage and integrity, Vanunu decided years ago that he could not tolerate Israel’s many and repeated violations of international law and that ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/09/29/a-chance-meeting-with-mordechai-vanunu/ By Citizen Paul [caption id="attachment_831" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Professor Richard Falk"][/caption] The United Nations in March of this year appointed Professor Richard Falk as the key person to report to the international community about what the Israelis have done and are doing to the Palestinian People. Falk is one of our ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/09/19/palestinians-and-also-americans-betrayed/ One Arm of the Lobby's: "Grand Strategy for America and the Middle East" Click the arrow to play the video below Whether it's Obama/Biden or McCain/Palin in the White House in January, the Israeli Lobby is in high-gear and getting ready. Both parties and both campaigns have been infiltrated and pretty ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/09/15/israel-lobby-prepares-for-us-election/ [caption id="attachment_703" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Paul with Israeli General Benzy Gruber at his home in the occupied West Bank"][/caption] I have great admiration for the Israeli people and for the Jewish people as a whole. Their accomplishments are many, their talents abundant, their past suffering truly horrible beyond description. And yet the policies ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/09/12/a-golden-opportunity-turning-bitter-fruit-into-gold/ [caption id="attachment_675" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Citizen Paul and Yahav on balcony over-looking Israeli settlement"][/caption]During our trip, we met Yahav Zohar, an Israeli who has worked as a journalist and translator but also commits at least one day a week to volunteering his time to work toward a just peace –– to ... http://www.goalsforamericans.org/2008/09/09/yahav-zohar/