20 F-35’s purchased by Israel will be ‘entirely funded’ by the U.S. military.
Posts Tagged ‘Ehud Barak’
Report: $2.75bn U.S. Fighter Jet Welfare to Israel Approved While One in Seven Americans Live in Poverty
Posted: 16 September 2010 by Sayyid in National News, Palestine-IsraelTags: Barak Ravid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, IAF, Israel, Middle East, military aid, military industrial complex, Obama Administration, poverty, US
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Daily Briefing—1st Sept 2010
Posted: 1 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, Andy Worthington, Benjamin Netanyahu, Chicago Police, David Samel, Dell, DR Congo, drones, economic crisis, economic sanctions, Ehud Barak, extrajudicial assassination, FOREX, gay marriage, gold, GPS tracking, Guantanamo Bay, Hamas, illegal immigration, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq withdrawal, Jody Weis, Joseph Palermo, Kabul Bank, Lebanon, Likud, lobbying, Mary Theroux, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, Muhammad Yunus, New York, NY Times, Obama, Obama Administration, Omar Khadr, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Pakistan, Razza al-Saiedi, Russia, settlement expansion, Sheldon Richman, silver, Somalia, Stephen Walt, Texas, Uganda, UN, unemployment, US, USDJPY, Warfare and Conflict, West Bank
Evening Briefing—22nd June 2010
Posted: 22 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Andy Worthington, Apple, Bagram Air Base, Barry Eisler, blood diamonds, Chicago, Chuck Mertz, Ehud Barak, failed states index, gold, Guantanamo Bay, Hamid Karzai, iPhone, Iran, Israel, Kashmir, Lashkar-e-Taiba, LeT, Lockheed MArtin, military industrial complex, military suicides, Mullah Omar, Netherlands, piracy, Quetta Shura, renminbi, Richard Daley, settlements, silver, Somalia, Spain, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, torture, UN, Wal-Mart, War on Terror, West Bank, Wikileaks, yuan, Zimbabwe
Evening Briefing—17th June 2010
Posted: 17 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Andy Worthington, banking, Bashar Assad, Big Brother, Birmingham, border fence, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Chicago Police, China, Darian Worden, DHS, domestic surveillance, drones, Egypt, Ehud Barak, eminent domain, EU, Federal Reserve, G20, Gaza, Gaza blockade, global bank tax, gold, Guantanamo Bay, Hamas, Hinde Capital, human rights, ICC, Illinois, immigration, Israel, Jacob Hornberger, Joe Barton, Jon Burge, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, Lebanon, Lockheed MArtin, Marc Lynch, media, Mexico, Middle East, military industrial complex, Obama Administration, police brutality, property rights, propganda, Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, secret prisons, settlements, Somali refugees, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Taliban, TARP, Tony Hayward, torutre, UK, UN, UN Secret Detention Report, unemployment, USD, Uzbek refugees, war crimes, Washington's Blog, West Bank
Israel’s Public Relations Strategy: Be the Only Voice (Video)
Posted: 2 June 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, National News, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Al Jazeera, Amira Hass, BBC, Chris Guiness, Chris Matthews, Danny Schechter, Ehud Barak, Eliot Spitzer, fascism, FOX News, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza blockade, George Birnbaum, Glenn Greenwald, Goldstone Report, Hanin Zoabi, Hasan Nowarah, Helen Thomas, human rights, IDF, international law, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Israel lobby, Janine Zacharia, John McCain, Khaled Meshaal, Mark Regev, Mavi Marmara, media, Middle East, Mitchell Barak, MSM, MSNBC, MV Rachel Corrie, Nisreen el-Shamayla, Norman Finkelstein, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, Palestinian Authority, Peter LaVelle, propaganda, Rachel Corrie, Richard Goldstone, Russia Today, Ruth Wedgwood, Sean Hannity, Stephen Webster, UNRWA, Washington Post, West Bank, Zionism
Daily Briefing—13th May 2010
Posted: 13 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, al-Quds, Bagram Air Base, Bank of America, Big Brother, BP, California, Carol Rosenberg, China, CIA, Citigroup, COIN, counterinsurgency, credit rating agencies, deficit spending, DOJ, East Jerusalem, Ehud Barak, EU, eurozone, Fannie Mae, financial reform, FinReg, foreclosures, Freddie Mac, Gaza Massacre, Gitmo, Goldman Sachs, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hamid Karzai, Human Rights Watch, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jeremy Scahill, Jonathan Weil, JP Morgan Chase, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstan, Maher Arar, miranda rights, New York, Noah Shachtman, Noam Chomsky, Obama, Obama Administration, Pentagon, PIIGS, Red Shirts, renminbi, Russia, Scott Horton, settlements, Syria, Thai protests, Thailand, Transocean, universal jurisdiction, West Bank, yuan
Daily Briefing—10th May 2010
Posted: 10 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, Anwar al-Awlaki, bailout, Bill Quigley, BP, Death Penalty, drones, drug war, East Jerusalem, Ehud Barak, Elena Kagan, extrajudicial assassination, Faisal Shahzad, Fannie Mae, Gaza, GOA Israel, Greece bailout, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, human rights, IAEA, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Jeff Stein, Jerusalem, journalism, Justin Raimondo, KBR, media, military industrial complex, miranda rights, NPT, Obama Administration, Pakistan, prison system, suicide bombings, Times Square bomb
Daily Briefing—19th April 2010
Posted: 19 April 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Australia, criminal justice, discrimination, East Jerusalem, Ehud Barak, FATA, Goldman Sachs, intellectual property, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, ISAF, Jim Lobe, Jonathan Turley, Kandahar, Lockheed MArtin, Manas Air Base, Mexico, military industrial complex, NATO, Noam Chomsky, Nouri al-Maliki, NPT, nuclear weapons, Oklahoma City bombing, police brutality, Scott Horton, secret prisons, Sikorsky, Spain, Stanley McChrystal, Tahiland, Taliban, tea party movement, torture
Israel Approves New Unlawful Settlement Construction in Occupied West Bank
Posted: 1 December 2009 by Editors in Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: al-Quds, Bush Administration, East Jerusalem, Ehud Barak, EU, European Union, fascism, Fatah, George Bush, human rights, international law, Israel, Keidar, law, Mahmoud Abbas, Netanyahu, PA, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, Palestinian Authority, peace process, Russia, settlements, UN, UN Security Council, US, West Bank, Zionism
Despite international law, basic morality and international wink-wink rhetoric to the contrary, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has approved the construction of 25 new housing units in an Israeli occupied West Bank settlement.
Israel’s U.S.-Aided Missile ‘Defense’ System Manufactures Threats and Targets Civilians
Posted: 20 September 2009 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Alan Dershowitz, CNN, David Harris, David Landau, Dmitry Medvedev, Eastern Europe, Ehud Barak, Fareed Zakaria, fascism, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, Gordon Prather, Hamas, Howard Schneider, human rights, IAEA, international law, Iran, Israel, Juniper Cobra, Likudniks, Middle East, missile defense, neoconservatives, Netanyahu, Newspeak, NPT, Obama, Palestine, Qassam rockets, Richard Goldstone, Russia, Sderot, Shimon Peres, terrorism, UN, UN Security Council, US, War, Zionism
The Obama Administration’s intentions to relocate plans for “missile defense systems” from along the Russian border in Eastern Europe in order to aid Israel’s systems in intimidating Iran comes as an influential “bipartisan report” from Likudniks recommends an aggressive U.S.-Israel strike on Iran and secret U.S. intelligence reports to the White House say there are ‘no nukes in Iran’.
Daily Briefing — 4th-5th August 2009
Posted: 4 August 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Big Pharma, Bill Clinton, Blackwater, China, Ehud Barak, Erik Prince, Euna Lee, Gareth Porter, George Bush, healthcare reform, immigration, Iran, Israel, Jeremy Scahill, Kurdistan, Laura Ling, North Korea, Obama, Pakistan, Palestine, peace process, Ray Odierno, sanctions, SCOTUS, state secrets privilege, Sudan, Taliban, terrorism, Timothy Reese, Uighurs, US, War on Terror
U.S. assisting Pak military aid to Taliban; Obama Admin argued to Court ‘state secrets is Constitutional’; Blackwater founder implicated by former employee and marine in murder; Big Pharma ‘at the table’ writing healthcare reform bill; Immigration crackdown under Obama mirror Bush; U.S. journalists kidnapped by N. Korea released; and more… (more…)
Daily Briefing — 27th-28th July 2009
Posted: 27 July 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, David Miliband, Desmind Tutu, Ehud Barak, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, international law, Iran, Iraq, ISAF, Israel, Justin Raimondo, Kurdistan, Lanny Davis, Leonard Peltier, Manuel Zelaya, Middle East, NATO, Netanyahu, Newspeak, Oscar Arias, Palestine, Robert Gates, UK, UN, US, War, Washington Post, Zionism
WaPo wants high-level Bush officials not investigated for torture; Third party emerges strong in Kurdish election; U.S. is continuing and will continue to supply Israel with advanced weapons, unconditionally; Afghanistan wants a “new contract” with the U.S. occupation; Leonard Peltier parole hearing Tuesday; Denver cop demands faster McDonald’s service at gunpoint; and more… (more…)
Amnesty Int’l Report: U.S.-Israel Gaza Massacre — 22 Days of Death and Destruction
Posted: 3 July 2009 by Editors in Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Amnesty International, civilians, drones, Ehud Barak, fascism, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, Hamas, Human Rights Watch, human shields, IDF, international law, Israel, Livni, Middle East, Olmert, Operation Cast lead, terrorism, UN, UN Security Council, US, War, war crimes, Zionism
Amnesty International (AI) released 117-page report on the U.S.-backed ‘Operation Cast Lead’ initiated by Israel on the Gaza Strip — which killed around 1,200 Gazan civilians (including police officers and nearly 300 children) in 22 days — finds evidence of the ‘Israel Occupation Forces’ using Gazan children as human shields and wanton destruction of Gazans’ property. (more…)
Daily Briefing — 1st-2nd July 2009
Posted: 1 July 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Amnesty International, Bagram Air Base, bailout, banking, blockade, Bob Herbert, Bombay Jost, BP, cap and trade, civil liberties, climate change, CNPC, corporatism, Cynthia McKinney, Daniel Luban, depression, drones, economy, Ehud Barak, espionage, fascism, Federal Reserve, gay rights, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, George Bush, George Mitchell, Glenn Greenwald, Goldman Sachs, Haji Wazir, Hamas, Helen Thomas, Honduras, human rights, humanitarian aid, India, international law, Iran, Iran election, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Jane Harman, Jeremy Scahill, Jim Lobe, Jundullah, Justin Raimondo, law, Lebanon, libertarian, liberty, Mairead Maguire, Manuel Zelaya, MEK, Middle East, Mohammed Jawad, National Sovereignty Day, neoconservatism, Netanyahu, Newspeak, Nouri al-Maliki, Obama, oil, Pakistan, Palestine, recession, regime change, Robert Gibbs, Roberto Micheletti, Ron Paul, settlements, state secrets, Taibbi, tariffs, terrorism, torture, UK, UN, US, War, West Bank, Zionism
Over 100 tortured to death in U.S. custody; A Nobel laureate and former U.S. Congresswoman kidnapped by Israel; Glenn Greenwald on the Washington Establishment recognizing Obama mimicking Bush on civil liberties; The history of Honduras leading to the military coup; and more… (more…)
Daily Briefing — 29th-30th June 2009
Posted: 30 June 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 9/11, Ahmadinejad, Alan Bock, anarchism, bailout, banking, Bernie Madoff, corporatism, economy, Ehud Barak, fascism, foreign aid, gay rights, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, General Electric, Honduras, indefinite detention, India, international law, Iran, Iran election, Iran Guardian Council, Israel, Jeremy Scahill, Justin Raimondo, law, libertarian, liberty, Manuel Zelaya, Middle East, military coup, Mohammed Omer, Newspeak, nuclear weapons, Obama, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, ponzi scheme, preventative detention, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Saudi royal family, SCOTUS, settlements, subsidies, US, Velvet Revolution, War, West Bank
More on Obama’s plans to declare an executive order allowing him to detain anyone indefinitely; Bernie Madoff and GE robbery; Israel’s nuclear weapons; Israel erecting more settlements in the West Bank; Ahmadinejad declared the official winner of Iran’s highly disputed presidential election; SCOTUS rejects 9/11 survivors’ claim against the Saudis for funneling money to al-Qa’ida. (more…)
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