Iran is not an 'existential' threat to Israel - no matter what Netanyahu claims

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.670097

***** SPDF Day 31: Netanyahu’s never-ending excuse for opposing a two-state solution His argument has been the same for over 20 years: you can’t trust the Palestinians to act peacefully.

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.650057

***** SPDF Day 18: profoundly discouraging article. From the Obama administration...

***** SPDF Day 18: profoundly discouraging article. From the Obama administration we may expect more of the same. Looks like they expect, and will allow, the next Israeli extermination of Palestinians. And the next. And the next. And the next.   " Enraged by Netanyahu's rhetoric, White House officials believe Israeli-U.S. relations fundamentally changed "..... This was Pr. Obama's opening to impose a near-immediate UN resoution(s).  Instead, he and his staff are looking at his 'legacy,' setting the stage for some future president, to maybe, sometime, bring productive 'talks.'  There are no 'talks' between the gang rape mob and the girl... until force shows up and enforces law.  There are no 'talks' until the world community, and the US, FORCES Israel to obey the law. This article speaks a simple continuance of the last 68 years of genocidal US policy.  I am now almost certain that either I've misjudged Pr. Obama all along, or that finally, somehow, they've either literally cloned him into an evil twin, to scared the living sh*t out of him to do their (the world financial elites) will.  I can't explain his drone program, criminalizing Venezuella, criminalizing Ed Snowden, and now this cowardly, criminally missed opportunity re Palestine.  The author of this article is a brilliant, good young man, Peter Beinart.  I'll watch to see if he is wrong on this one, tho unless he is deliberately misleading, that is unlikely.  Today is now darker than even the day before yesterday.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.647859

With Netanyahu's reelection, the peace process is over and the pressure process must begin

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.647682

Why the Shutdown is a Republican Victory. www.thedailybeast.com

Why the Shutdown is a Republican Victory

www.thedailybeast.com

Republicans may be losing public support, they are increasing their

influence in Washington, argues Peter Beinart.