BREAKING SURPRISE NEWS: By Mohamed Khodr — My Catbird Seat The United States Vetoes a Palestinian Draft Resolution calling Israeli Settlements “Illegal” in the U.N. Security Council.   The Vote was 14 – 1. This is Obama’s first veto, a veto that gives Israel the impunity to further steal Palestinian land for its terroristic settlers. This [...]

Mark Bruzonsky, a Jewish, American Scholar and Journalist, has been a key member behind the scenes of the Israeli Palestinian peace initiative in the 1980s, meeting with Former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and with Palestinian officials. Interview with Scholar and Journalist, Mark Bruzonsky In this exclusive interview with Press TV’s Autograph, Mr. Bruzonsky talks about [...]

Divergent Views From Lebanon, But One Common Goal By Franklin Lamb /  Lebanese opponents of civil rights for Palestinian Refugees often use less objective and more crude wording to define “tawtin” (“settlement”) than is normally employed in civil society discussions. During last summer’s debate in parliament, which failed to enact laws that would allow the [...]

The Day of Liberation for Gaza Coming on March 4th, 2011 On the Move:  Power to the People Coming in Waves of Justice Seeking Humanity There is much talk about who and what is behind the popular revolts in the Arab world and I find such talk as interesting as anyone.  But more than talk [...]

“There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.” –Napoleon Bonaparte By Mohamed Khodr  — My Catbird Seat Freedom!! How sweet its sound, how delicious its taste, how musical its voice, how fresh its air, how aromatic its [...]

Will democracy in Egypt benefit the Palestinians? By Alan Hart – My Catbird Seat For decades, and despite much rhetoric to the contrary, American-led Western policy has been to prefer Arab dictatorship (authoritarianism in various forms) to Arab democracy. This preference was determined by two main assessments. One was that corrupt and repressive Arab regimes [...]

Mubarak the madman? — “I’m ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille!” By Justin Raimondo / Antiwar The much-anticipated speech by Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak, in which he was widely expected to step down, has had the opposite of its intended effect: instead of placating the protesters, it has enraged them. Mubarak had only gotten [...]

You, President Barack Obama, the most powerful man in the world, the leader of the free world, a Gentile, have been transformed from the “yes we can” candidate” to the “no, I can’t without Israel’s approval” President. By Mohamed Khodr / My Catbird Seat Over 300 dead Egyptians , thousands injured, and just today, February [...]