Los Angeles Times: Supporters of Israel rallied in front of the country’s consulate in Los Angeles on Sunday as the Jewish state continued to defend itself against an international outcry over a deadly raid on a pro-Palestinian aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip last week. “Today we call all the world to wake up,” [...]
Haaretz: Senior White House Press Corps member Helen Thomas may have apologized for her recent on-camera remarks calling on Jews to “get the hell out of Palestine” and go home to Europe, but her reputation seems beyond repair amid the abounding calls for her resignation. In the wake of the incident, Thomas’ agent Nine Speaker [...]
Agencie France Presse: The welcome sign to this sugar-white sand beach resort Sunday signaled the unwelcome arrival of the Gulf’s oil spill eastern front: “Do not pick up oil balls, let the clean-up crew do it.” Despite the caution, Illinois tourists Taggert and Tammy Schakelford couldn’t help themselves from strolling the water’s edge, picking up [...]
Agencie France Presse: Israel moved swiftly on Sunday to expel the latest group of activists trying to break its naval blockade on Gaza, as it resisted pressure for an international probe of a raid that killed nine Turks. Israel’s powerful inner forum of seven ministers was to meet behind closed doors to seek ways to [...]
Times Online: The British way of life will have to change, David Cameron will warn today
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s prime minister claimed that the Turkish activists who battled Israeli naval commandos in a deadly clash last week prepared for the fight ahead of time, before boarding the ship in a different city from the rest of the passengers. Benjamin Netanyahu’s charges highlight Israel’s frantic efforts to portray the activists as [...]
Hojjatoleslam Ali Shirazi The Guardian: Iran has warned that it could send Revolutionary Guard naval units to escort humanitarian aid convoys seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza – a move that would certainly be challenged by Israel. Any such Iranian involvement, raised today by an aide to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, [...]
