In an upcoming Newsweek magazine, they write that Obama pushed the sale of bunker busting bombs to Israel, despite Pentagon officials pointing out that Israel’s military has moved closer to cooperation with China.
The sale was originally planned under President Bush jr, but it was Obama that made the final push.
On top of ordering the sale of huge bunker busting bombs, Obama also ordered the Pentagon to boost military cooperation, despite Pentagon advice against it.
September 23, resurrected Palestinian Liberation Organization (formerly Palestinian Authority) President Mahmud Abbas gave a long explanation of compromises and sacrifices by Palestinians, going back decades, and example after example of Israeli broken promises.
He then stated that the decades of traditional peace negotiation process has failed Palestinians. It is time for a different approach!
Abbas stated that recognition of Palestine by the United Nations would be a “moment of truth” for the World. It is time for Palestinians to have freedom and independence!
Palestinians now have only one goal: “To be!” He then officially asked for the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a member of the UN, a standing ovation followed.
September 23, Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas has officially submitted a request for Palestine’s recognition by the United Nations. It’s the middle of the night in West Bank, but still, tens of thousands of Palestinians are crowding the streets in anticipation.
Israel has deployed 22,000 troops in al Quds (Jerusalem). Already this week Israel has launched ground raids into West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Today Israeli troops killed a Palestinian after illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians. About 200 armed Israeli settlers from the Esh Kodesh outpost attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra on September 23, smashing the windows of several houses, throwing stones and burning and uprooting trees.
The Iraqi government is officially demanding that Israel get off Palestinian territory.
Also, Newsweek magazine is reporting that warmonger President Barack Obama authorized the sale of 55 bunker busting bombs to Israel.
“As you know, Israel attacked three ships, one of which carried over 400 people from 33 countries, in international waters from sea and air. Such an attack in international waters is against international law.”-Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister
In an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose, Erdogan was asked if he saw the Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla that killed nine Turkish nationals as a cause of war his answer was “We will do that too if it becomes necessary.”
Erdogan also restated “Israel is West’s spoiled child.”
“I know many of you are frustrated by the lack of progress. I assure you, so am I…. There is no short cut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. Peace is hard work.”-Barack Obama, President of the United States
No “short cut”!?! What an ass hole!!! U.S. President Barack Obama gave the Palestinians a big middle finger the other day at the United Nations!
Let see, how long have the U.S. backed Libyan rebels been fighting for their bull shit ‘liberation’? Six friggin’ months, and already Obama, and the whole world through the United Nations has officially recognized the rebel NTC as the official government of Libya! Bull shit!!!
Palestinians have been fighting Israeli oppression since the creation of Israel in 1948!!! On top of that they’ve been fighting the invasion of European Zionism since the end of World War 1!!!
World War 1 ended in 1918, for those of you who’re lacking in the history department. It was then that the British took over Palestine and began shipping English Zionist Jews from Great Britain to Palestine. By the way, it’s not just Palestinian Muslims who’re being oppressed by the Israelis, Palestinian Christians, and Palestinian Jews are being oppressed as well!
So you’re talking almost a hundred years of fighting oppression, and fighting for recognition within the international community! And the President of the United States tells the Palestinians they can’t take short cuts?!? What an ass hole!!!
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is calling on the Obama administration not to veto a UN Security Council vote for Palestinian statehood.
“If I were president, I’d be very glad to see the Palestinians have a nation recognized by the United Nations.”-Jimmy Carter, NPR interview
Carter does believe that if President Obama did not veto Palestinian statehood, then the powerful Israeli lobby in the U.S. would punish Obama. The United Nations begins a new session on September 20. The Palestinians will push for recognition this week.
September 19, Turkey blocks a bid by Israel to set up an office in NATO’s Belgium headquarters. Turkey is a member of NATO.
Turkish officials suggest the move to bring Israel into U.S. led NATO was kept secret: “Israel recently made an attempt to open an office at NATO in Brussels. We said we would veto this attempt and the issue was not even put on the agenda.”-Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Foreign Minister
Also, Turkey has vowed to take action at the International Court of Justice in the Hague to challenge Tel Aviv’s four-year siege of Gaza, Palestine.
September 17, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Israeli banks, for helping wealthy U.S. citizens avoid paying their fair share in taxes.
At least three of Israel’s largest banks, Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi le-Israel BM and Mizrahi-Tefahot, are being investigated. The have accounts in Switzerland.
It’s estimated that thousands of wealthy U.S. citizens are using such accounts to hide their incomes from the Internal Revenue Service.
In a 2009 settlement, UBS, paid a U.S.$780 million fine, after admitting to helping U.S. tax evaders.
“The moment has not yet come to give details of what will happen. What I can say with the greatest confidence is that from the moment they pass a unilateral decision there will be harsh and grave consequences.”-Avigdor Lieberman, Foreign Minister of Israel
For the second time, Israel has officially hinted at major confrontations if Palestine is recognized by the United Nations.
Back in August, Israeli officials threatened war with Syria, if Palestine became a UN member. Now they are directly threatening the Palestinians.
Unconfirmed report that the Arabic language website Syria Steps says hackers (known as Syrian Cyber Army) found documents that show that France and Britain have grand ambitions of retaking their former mandates of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel/Palestine. I wonder if this has anything to do with the new oil and gas fields discovered off the Lebanese coast?
Apparently the French have offered Turkey guaranteed membership in the European Union, and ensure that Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, remains in power for along time. In exchange Turkey will help topple the Syrian government.
The documents go on to detail how the region would be split up between France, United Kingdom and United States. Basically France and the U.K. would regain control of their old post World War 1 mandates, and the U.S. would get bases in the eastern area of Syria known as Deir ez-Zor.
The report also claims that Turkey will allow Israel to do what it wants. This makes the report suspicious given the current relations between Turkey and Israel. However, if the report is true it suggests that Turkey is putting on a big front acting like it’s ready to go to war with Israel, which could be a red herring operation.