Daily Archives: 9. August 2014


09.08.2014 - 17:07 [ Da’am Arbeiterpartei (Israel) ]

Operation “Protective Edge” and the Left’s beautiful friendship with Netanyahu

US policy is based on cooperation with the Muslim Brotherhood. This explains US support for the Palestinian unity government against which Netanyahu has been waging an all-out battle. But Netanyahu has no alternative to Hamas or a Palestinian unity government. He himself fears Hamas’ total collapse, because ISIS, from the House of Saud, is likely to fill the vacuum; he therefore seeks a way out which will not compel him to make far-reaching concessions.

Thus those who want to strengthen Abu Mazen at Hamas’ expense, on the basis of the Egyptian initiative, find themselves in the same camp as Netanyahu. Only the Palestinian people can strengthen Abu Mazen, but the more that Israel and the Zionist Left embrace him, the more the Palestinian people reject him. At the same time, all those who want to strengthen Sisi at the expense of the Muslim Brotherhood, like many of the secular liberals in Egypt, are joining up with a murderous dictator.

09.08.2014 - 16:25 [ Business Recorder ]

Nagasaki marks 69th anniversary of US atomic bombing

In a speech at the ceremony, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue called for a nuclear-free world and underlined concerns about the government‘s decision last month to allow its military to go into battle in defence of allies.

09.08.2014 - 16:09 [ Al Jazeera ]

Gaza Live Blog

Anglican bishop Desmund Tutu condemned Israel‘s „unjust policies“ in the occupied Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank.

„The pursuit of the people of Palestine for freedom, for freedom from humiliation, from persecution, from the unjust policies of Israel – that is something that is unstoppable, because it is a righteous cause. It is God‘s own cause. For God created us for freedom.“

09.08.2014 - 14:24 [ New York Times ]

While Offering Support, Obama Warns That U.S. Won’t Be ‘Iraqi Air Force’

“In some ways Bibi’s too strong, in some ways Abbas is too weak to bring them together and make the kind of bold decisions that a Sadat or a Begin or a Rabin were willing to make,” Mr. Obama said, referring to Anwar el-Sadat, the former president of Egypt, and Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Rabin, two previous Israeli prime ministers.

09.08.2014 - 14:23 [ Ynet ]

Obama: Netanyahu will compromise only if pressured

However, President Obama also noted that the high percentage of support for Prime Minister Netanyahu among the Israeli public proves to be a weak point for him. „If he doesn’t feel some internal pressure, then it’s hard to see him being able to make some very difficult compromises, including taking on the settler movement. That’s a tough thing to do.“