Monday, 11 October 2010

Israel's Other "Peace" Plan

Israel's Other "Peace" Plan Arm-Twisting Obama By JONATHAN COOK October 11, 2010A ghost haunted the meeting of the Arab League in Libya at the weekend, as its foreign ministers decided to give a little more time to the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.That ghost was the Camp David talks of summer 2000, when US President Bill Clinton publicly held Yasser Arafat, the then-Palestinian leader, responsible for the breakdown of the negotiations, despite an earlier promise to blame neither side if they failed.Mr Clinton's finger-pointing...

Why the U.S. has Launched a New Financial World War

A CounterPunch Special Report "Who Needs an Army When You Can Obtain the Usual Objective (Monetary Wealth and Asset Appropriation) Simply by Financial Means?" Why the U.S. has Launched a New Financial World War -- And How the Rest of the World Will Fight Back By MICHAEL HUDSON October 11, 2010 “Coming events cast their shadows forward.” – Goethe What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $1 trillion, $10 trillion or even $50 trillion on their computer keyboards to buy up all the bonds and stocks in the world, along with all the...