Some Congressional scholars, historians, and longtime observers of Congress are expressing dismay over what seems to have dramatically diminished the claimed, “World’s greatest deliberative body” — by Franklin Lamb

Indeed, U.S. foreign policy has only sustained Israel’s ability not to resolve the conflict.
Israel is not so much a small nation as a military giant. Obama knows that because it is the U.S. that has done the most to make Israel flagrantly oversized in this regard. In doing so Washington allowed Israel to become the bully that dominates the neighborhood.

Mubarak knew of ‘every bullet fired’, says former spy chief.
Mubarak will face trial with his two sons, who are in a Cairo prison. The date and location has not yet been decided. An official inquiry found that at least 846 people were killed during the revolt that ousted Mubarak on February 11, many of them from gunshot wounds.

Egypts’ foreign minister and the Arab League new secretary Dr. Nabil el-Araby, couldn’t have picked a better time to announce the official opening of the Egyptian border with Gaza, especially after Bibi Netanyahu had just bombarded the White House with new round of Isarel’s Grapes of wrath

After 44 years of occupation, every day is Nakba Day for Palestinians, what political posturing won’t change, especially because Washington and Israel won’t tolerate it by Stephen Lendman / My Catbird Seat   Perhaps one way to view Obama’s speech is saying you can please all the people some of the time, some of them [...]

The good thing is that now Egypt is playing an active role in trying to resolve the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict. The Turks have pretty much the same attitude, as well as Europe – which wants the end of the conflict by Al-Masry Al-Youm Norman Finkelstein, an American political scientist who specializes in the Holocaust and the [...]

“Norman Finkelstein joined some Egyptian youth activists in their most daring and adventurous attempt to breach the heavy security cordon around the Israeli embassy in Cairo, break into the embassy and take down the Israeli flag” “Some argue that Egypt has other priorities at the moment than to get into trouble with the restless Zionists [...]

NOTE: Our earlier report (filed at 12.30am) following initial communication with the ship shortly after midnight (March 16) pointed to cooperation between the Israeli navy and their Egyptian counterparts. The initial report pertaining to the role of the Egyptian navy was incorrect. While there was “cooperation”, it should be emphasised that the Egyptian navy played a supportive role, [...]