Morton Nadler's Blog
Morton Nadler
- Location
- Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- Birthday
- June 23
- Bio
- I have been a lifelong opponent of Zionism. Don't tell me about anti-Semitism. I got plenty of that as a kid! I am very sad that after all the harm that our knee jerk support of Israel has caused us, we persist. Why? Oh why do we intend to veto the Palestinian request to be recognized as a state?
We insist on "negotiations." But states don't negotiate with committees, they negotiate with states. Remember. Israeli PM Shamir, on leaving office said, I could talk for 10 years and in the meantime we would have half a million more settlers.
If you're curious you can see my autobiography at
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/tampsa/
I strongly recommend this site: http://www.israeli-occupation.org/
MY RECENT POSTS
- CIS-JORDANIA: BETWEEN THE
RIVER AND THE SEA
January 22, 2012 03:48PM - The two levels of being
Israeli
December 25, 2011 07:35PM - Shariah, anyone?
December 01, 2011 02:37PM - Voices for Justice in
Palestine
December 01, 2011 02:28PM - Even Handed?
November 25, 2011 12:40PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Frank ABisa, oops, APisa
maybe you can be excused
for
confusing the explosive b
f…”
October 28, 2011 09:31AM - “It was 1929. I was in
3rd grade. My peers couldn't
stand that
I was a bright
kid…”
October 25, 2011 07:36PM - “I don't have room here
to present a history lesson to
refute
these Zionist
myths.…”
February 16, 2011 07:12PM - “No, Amy, they don't need
that link. There are
enough
volunteers in the army
of kn…”
December 11, 2010 01:15PM - “No, Amy, they don't need
that link. There are
enough
volunteers in the army
of kn…”
December 11, 2010 01:15PM
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CIS-JORDANIA: BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEA
History Shows The Way For the Land Between the River and the Sea
For years the Palestinians and Israelis have been caught in a struggle over their “homeland.” Both peoples consider it their ancient homeland. More and more the two-state solution shows no sign… Read full post »
The two levels of being Israeli
I have obtained a c opy of "The Impossible Dilemma: Who is a Jew in the State of Israel," by Oscar Kraines, 1976. Already on the second page Kraines calls it how it is. The question is not, "Who is a Jew," but rather, "Who is to determine who is a… Read full post »
Shariah, anyone?
The state of Israel does not have a written constitution. One explanation for this is that the Orthox Rabbinat considers the Torah adequate to resolve all legal questions that may arise.
Voices for Justice in Palestine
Editor’s Note: This is a story that is not new to advocates and activists for Palestine, but despite all the efforts by Australian lawyer Gerard Horton du… Read full post »
Even Handed?
Haaretz reports a new agreement between Fatah and Hamas, reached in Cairo. Haaretz also reports that Israel and the “Quartet” are unhappy with the agreement. It appears that Hamas explicitly contradicts a basic tenet of Netanyahu’s Likud party.
Haaretz on Hamas:
Why can’t Israel acknowledge the Palestinian State?
1. Because of the almost even split between conservative (Likud) and liberal (Kadima), it is necessary for a coalition government to be formed. In order to form a center-right cabinet representing a majority of the Knesset (Israeli parliament), it was necessary to/… Read full post »
In France Too
Film Depicts How Paris Mosque Sheltered Jews During WWIIes"
A newly
released film in France depicts for the first time how the Paris
Mosque saved Jews and Muslim resistance fighters during World War
II.
Troves of books, movies and articles have been released over the
years in France describing/… Read full post »
What's round, hangs on the wall and whistles
If you Google Likud platform Knesset you will be brought to the very official Knesset website where you will see:
1. Israel will never recognize an Arab state west of the Jordan River
2. Israel will only negotiate on this with the Kingdom of Jordan, not with Palestinian nobodies
3. The… Read full post »
Negotiations are a sham; tell our naive president
The storm around Abbas’ UN statehood request.
1. What is Israel afraid of?
a. An independent Palestinian state could theoretically bring suits against Israel in international courts, but the Security Council, with US ag… Read full post »
Picky Tomatoes
Guvnuh Bentley,
Where, oh where, are the American tomato and olive pickers, whose jobs the "illegals" were taking away?
I'd come and help you out, suh, but I'm afraid,at 90, I'm too old.
Morton Nadler
Blacksbug VA
Why Israel So Adamantly Refuses Palestinian Statehood
Israel will not accept a Palestinian State ever. Just Google Likud platform Knesset to go to a very official site. There you'll see that Likud claims all the land between the Jordan and the Mediterranean.
Statehood will prevent this illegal annexation.
19 Years Ago PM Shamir worried about a Palestinian State
PM Shamir need not have worried. He’s got his half million settlers, the Palestinians still haven’t got their state, and his opponents were right. He did want to “negotiate” as a way to prevent any change; so they followed his example. The Israeli government having finally run… Read full post »
Negotiate! Negotiate! Negotiate! No Comment-MN
From the New York Times,
June 27, 1992!
Shamir Is Said to Admit Plan To Stall Talks 'for 10 Years'
By CLYDE HABERMAN
Published: June 27, 1992
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was quoted in a published interview
today as saying he wanted to drag out peace talks with the
Palestinians for a… Read full post »
Why DID They Do It?
Do we ever ask ourselves, "why did they do it?" These young men, literate, technically savvy enough to drive a plane into a chosen target, did they do it for the stock answer: the promise of 77 or however many virgins in Allah's heaven?
They were members of Al Qaida. For… Read full post »
Well, Well, Well! We in U.S. Know Glenn Beck Well
From Haaretz: Published 00:56 24.08.11
Latest update 00:56 24.08.11
U.S. Jews warn Israel not to get too cozy with Glenn Beck
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, says Beck is very extreme and controversial even among right-wing groups in the Un…With Friends like Glenn Beck ...
Published 03:26 23.08.11
With friends like Glenn Beck...
Glenn Beck has used his media platforms to promote secular anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists and evangelical end-times prophets. What these two groups have in common is an obsession with Jew… Read full post »
The NY Times Jerusalem Analyst Struggles
In the NY Times today Ethan Bronner writes a “News Analysis” where he succeeds in saying at the same time, “A not B but anyhow B.” Here’s a quote from his analysis:
"The Israeli position defies a brutal truth: last year’s flotilla made a big difference… Read full post »
Why Netanyahu Digs in His Heels
Subject: Nobody seems to have noticed the official Likud program
Here are excerpts from the current platform of Likud, Israel’s governing party. It states that the state of Israel consists of all the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. How about that…?… Read full post »
Likud Duplicity Revealed by Own Words!
Hamas has stated it will recognize the 1967 “Green Line” if the PLA reaches a peace greement with Israel on that basis. Israel refuses to discuss anything with the PLA if Hamas is in the Palestinian authority because Hamas “will not recognize Israel’s existence.
Here are excer… Read full post »
1956-2011: The Lessons of 55 Years
In October, 1956, the Freedom Fighters of Budapest overturned the Soviet backed dictatorship and forced the Red Army to withdraw. Observing the events from Prague and reading between the lines of statements at Communist party meetings, I was convinced that Moscow had written Hungary off! All
… Read full post »Now that "we got him" we need to talk with Hamas
Latest from Haaretz, Israel’s “NY Times”
(May 12)
Why we need to talk with Hamas!
Turkey's Erdogan: Hamas is a political party, not a terrorist group
Speaking to Charlie Rose on the burgeoning unity cabinet, Turkish PM says Palestinian reconciliation is a necessary step en route… Read full post »
Mystery?
The pundits are wondering how bin Laden could live in a heavily fortified villa within hearing distance of a military establishment a short distance from the capital without Pakistani official complicity.
On the other hand, I am wondering how three choppers could travel across an expanse of Pakistani… Read full post »
A Key Paragraph from Chapter V
What defines Palestine? First of all it is defined by the colonial domination of the West; by persistent injustice under permanent violation of international law; and by double standards, imposed by governments, backed by the United Nations, and theorized by a good number of western intellectu/… Read full post »
Defining Palestine
It is with great pleasure that I bring you the concluding chapter of a remarkable new book on “The Conflict.” Alain Gresh is Deputy Director of Le Monde Diplomatique, and author of the blog Nouvelles d'Orient [News of the East].
M. Gresh brings a fresh perspective to our ongoing discussi… Read full post »
Knee Jerk Attacks on Scholarly Study of Israeli Apartheid
A master's thesis at University of Toronto has drawn unusual attention. The subject is white privilege in Israel and exploitation of the holocaust to play perpetual victimhood by the most powerful rulling class in the Middle East. If you Google Jennifer Peto you will not only get a link to her… Read full post »
Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
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