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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Israel would expect that the Obama administration will not carry out a shift in policy and will not promote or support a United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian issue during the period following the U.S. presidential election until Obama leaves office, Haaretz reported Monday. According to the newspaper, Netanyahu made the comments in a telephone conversation with Kerry on Saturday night in which he explained to Kerry about the relocation plan for the community of Amona. The election is to be held on November 8 while...

The ever so predictable UN - dictated by the Islamo Areab mafia - has become a joke, no wonder Ever wondered why Iran, N. Korea, previously Saddam and others, couldn't care less about UN "resolutions" and "condemnations"? The UN, especially under Kofi Annan, cares about anything? Would it really not be effective in stopping the largest genocide today, the Arab militias' slavery and mass murder in the Sudan? How about no one sees the UN but a political tool. Take for example the "traditional" anti Israel "resolutions/condemnations", dicated by the most powerful active LOBBY - MAFIA, the Arab Muslim one...

There are two, regular participants on Fox News who are so predictable and strident in public lying to push their political issues that the instant they appear I now hit the channel change button. I won’t name them. I’m sure all readers have their own list of talking heads on TV who are so dishonest, so obnoxious, you have the same reaction to them – turn them off immediately. Last weekend saw “Spamalot!” on Broadway. Thinking about it afterward, I realized that lyrics from one of the greatest musicals ever, explained what is happening among the talking heads recruited from...

Some “ Don’t Worry !” Resolutions After much thought, and long hours of agonizing soul-searching – (Oh, all right !) After roughly 30 milliseconds of meditation, I have decided there are at least seven things I am NOT going to worry about in 2006. 1. UFOs and /or the threat of invasion by Wiolawa’s (Don’t ask !) Lizard People. 2. Whether the reunited lovers of Brokeback Mountain will find true happiness – or experience commitment issues. 3. The looming shadow of Zionist world domination . 4. Whether Janet Jackson will get the opportunity to have another “wardrobe mishap”. 5. Whether...

So... here we are again, at the same familiar crossroads. Once again, we face a fascist dictator in the Middle East known to support terror, manufacture weapons of mass destruction and trample on the civil rights of his people. Once again, the United Nations has wasted years and lives issuing demands with which that dictator has no intention of complying, and which the UN seems to have no intention of enforcing. We’ve been here before. Only the names and the countries have changed. This time, Syrian dictator Bashar Assad makes the choice to become our enemy. You would think he’d...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iraq's foreign minister faces a U.N. Security Council today divided over how much authority Baghdad should have over U.S. troops when an interim Iraqi government takes office on June 30. France, Russia and China say an amended draft of a U.S.-British resolution on Iraq's future is still too vague over what sovereignty means after the U.S.-led occupation officially ends. Russia in particular wants to see the reaction of Iraqis to the new government before a vote on the measure. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said he intended to help shape the resolution when he addresses the...

We are in danger of losing something much more important than just the war in Iraq. We are in danger of losing America as an instrument of moral authority and inspiration in the world. I have never known a time in my life when America and its president were more hated around the world than today. I was just in Japan, and even young Japanese dislike us. It's no wonder that so many Americans are obsessed with the finale of the sitcom Friends right now. They're the only friends we have, and even they're leaving. This administration needs to undertake...

Israel, which has seen hundreds of UN resolutions passed against its policies over the years, circulated its first resolution ever to the General Assembly as part of a new effort to engage the United Nations and to test whether the organization is capable of taking a balanced approach to the Mideast. The Israeli resolution, a copy of which was given to The Associated Press on Monday, calls for the protection of Israeli children victimized by Palestinian terrorism. It closely mirrors a similar draft submitted by Egypt last week highlighting the plight of Palestinian children affected by more than three years...

Insanity, goes a popular saying, is doing the same thing over and over yet expecting a different result. By that nonclinical definition, the U.N. Security Council — and anyone who believes it can, in its current form, offer a meaningful solution to the Iraqi crisis — is certifiably nuts. The Security Council has passed 17 resolutions related to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, to which President Bush now feels compelled to add an 18th "final opportunity" for Iraq to comply fully with its international obligations. Here, then, is an abbreviated version of President Bush's "rush to war," which has, in...

US Marines had a near miss when one of several Iraqi missiles fired at Kuwait landed near their camp in the Gulf Arab state's northern desert. "An unidentified missile struck outside Camp Commando at approximately 10.28 (0728 GMT) this morning," a statement by the US Marine Corps First Marine Expeditionary Force said."Initial reports cited that soldiers from the UK and (US) Marines sighted a grey missile land just outside the compound."Iraq retaliated after US missiles rained down on Baghdad - by firing four missiles on targets in Kuwait.Washington insisted the missiles were scuds but Baghdad insisted it did not...

DISPUTED TERRITORIES: Forgotten Facts About the West Bank and Gaza Strip February 2003 Introduction In 1967, Israel fought a desperate war of self-defense and despite dire odds, won. As a result, the Jewish State not only survived, it also came into possession of additional lands, including territory that is of vital importance to its security. The Six Day War and its consequences still affect the Middle East today. A clear understanding of how and why the territories came into Israel’s possession in 1967 and an awareness of Israel's connection to these areas are essential components of any fair and balanced...

Iraq fires at coalition planes U.S. considers act a breach of U.N. Security Council resolution 11/16/2002 Associated Press WASHINGTON - Iraq fired on U.S. and British warplanes patrolling a no-fly zone Friday, an act the United States considers a breach of a U.N. Security Council resolution, officials said. Coalition warplanes bombed an Iraqi air defense site in retaliation for the firing, a Pentagon statement said. It was the first coalition strike on Iraq since Saddam Hussein's government accepted the Security Council resolution demanding that he disarm and allow inspectors to search for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. Also Online...

The official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida chose the anniversary of the Moslem 9/11 attacks on the United States to print two political cartoons ridiculing the U.S. The first cartoon shows the date “September 11” attached to a pair of legs chasing Uncle Sam as he runs away in fright. The second one depicts the US response to 9/11 as immoral by portraying the Twin Towers over a mass of dead bodies - supposed “victims of American imperialism.” The famous date is shown by the word “September” and the towers in the form of number 11. One of the towers...

Foreign ministers of the U.N. Security Council's permanent five nations said Friday that Iraq's refusal to obey U.N. resolutions ``is a serious matter and that Iraq must comply.'' President Bush said he doubted increased pressure would make Saddam Hussein give up his weapons. The foreign ministers' statement came after Bush pressed the Security Council for action. Read by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, the statement said the ministers had begun consultations on how the Security Council could ``ensure implementation of its resolutions.'' Earlier Friday, Bush said it was ``highly doubtful'' that Saddam would give up on developing weapons of mass...