Month: February 2012

The Israeli “price tag” campaign of desecration of holy places spreads beyond mosques as “‘death to Christians’ and other Hebrew-language graffiti has been scrawled on a Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem”: Police Say Jerusalem Monastery Desecrated (AP / abc News) Shortly after release of his “Worldwide Threat Assessment”, James Clapper, “the director of national intelligence, said…

Exiled Iranian dissident Amir Abbas Fakhravar warns Israelis that a drect attack on Iran would “be the worst scenario. It will be a gift from God for Ahmadinejad,” allowing the regime to “act as a victim, go around the world, and get support and legitimacy from other little countries”: Israeli Defense Minister Implies a Strike…

“A secret police document shows that the NYPD recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Muslims and their mosques based solely on their religion”: Muslim Groups Plan Rally After NYPD Intel Report (AP / abc News) As America gives a mixed response to Israel sabre-rattling … Iran Working on Missile that Could Reach the US, Warns…

Despite Ban’s call for Israel to comply with International Law on settlements, Palestinians prohibited from visiting relatives held in Israeli prisons protest: UN Chief Urges Israel to Halt Settlements (AP / Times-Leader) Angry Palestinians in Gaza Hurl Slippers at Vehicle Carrying UN Chief (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)  The recent terrorist act in Norway performed…

“It takes a lot to get K Street to distance itself from a regime. Egypt’s ruling military junta has manged the feat by investigating a group of American NGO workers for criminal prosecution”: With Americans Holed Up in Cairo Embassy, Egypt’s Lobbyists in DC Quit (Christian Science Monitor) “My 14-year-old son once asked if what…