Citizens International

December 2017

Donald Trump the Visionary of the (Single) State

Now that he’s ripped the mask off the farce of a two-state solution, perhaps the U.S. president can help establish the first genuine democracy in the Middle East By Gideon Levy December 11, 2017 “Information Clearing House” -Theodor Trump, the visionary of the single state. Without Herzl’s beard or Basel, the site of the First […]

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U.S. made secret deal with ISIS to let thousands of fighters flee Raqqa to battle ASSAD in Syria.

Newsweek 12 December 2017   News of a covert agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces and ISIS was first leaked last month after a BBC News investigation. The U.S.-led coalition denied being a party to any agreements, telling Newsweek it does not “make deals with terrorists,” but acknowledging that its partner had let convoys depart the

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Saudi Arabia in the grip of Saturday night fever

By M.K. Bhadrakumar  December 16, 2017 Western discourses largely caricature Saudi Arabia as a geopolitical sex-bomb, carousing slyly with Israel after dusk falls. Much of the gossip is of Israeli origin, which has an interest in projecting the narrative that Saudi Arabia is conspiring with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to attack Iran. Doomsday

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Leaked report highlights Israel lobby’s failures

Electronic Intifada 28April 2017   Key Israel lobby groups have conceded that they have failed to counter the Palestine solidarity movement, despite vastly increasing their spending. The admission is contained in a secret report that The Electronic Intifada has obtained. The report, published here in full for the first time, outlines Israel’s failure to stem

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How Israeli control over Jerusalem destroyed its holiest sites

Middle East Eye 15 December 2017   Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last week was a diplomatic coup of unprecedented proportions for the Israeli government. For decades, Israeli officials have argued that “only a free and democratic Israel will protect the holy sites of all the great faiths in Jerusalem”, and thus

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Man murdered a Muslim Worker, Burned his body and filmed it to raise money and become a ‘Hindu Hero’

Newsweek 12 December 2017   A Hindu man got his 12-year-old nephew to film him killing a Muslim laborer in India, in an attempt to raise funds for his anti-Islam camapign, according to police in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. The suspect, Shambulal Regar, shared his bank account details along with videos of the

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P is for Palestine: The children’s ABC book pro-Israel bullies tried to ban

Middle East Eye, 15 December 2017 A few lucky children will receive the wonderful new book, P is for Palestine: A Palestine Alphabet Book, this holiday season. Those whose parents have snoozed on placing their order will need to wait till spring of 2018, as the initial print run of 2,000 copies sold out within

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Four killed, dozens injured in clashes as Palestinians protest against Trump

Middle East Eye 15 December 2017   JERUSALEM – Four Palestinians were killed with dozens reported injured during clashes between protesters and Israeli soldiers in the second Friday of protests against Trump’s move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed in a statement that Yasser Sokhar, 31 and Ibrahim Abu Thuraya,

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