When I visited Israel in March, one of the more interesting dinner discussions I had was with former Mossad Director Danny Yatom, now a Labor Party member of the Knesset. As head of the Mossad, Yatom gave orders to have the head of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, assassinated by poison.
(Sam Seder and Janeane Garofalo of Air America’s “Majority Report“) Tonight, 8:30 p.m. — Juan Cole and I will both be on with Sam and Janeane talking about the big mess in the Middle East up til 9:00 p.m.
This evening on “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer“, my new colleague at the New America Foundation and former staff member of the CIA, State Department and White House National Security Council, Flynt Leverett, will be sharing his knowledge base about Hezbollah.
ABC News is reporting that Palestinian Gunmen have blown a hole through an Egypt border wall and a flood of people crossed into Gaza. One can only speculate why anyone would rush into Gaza unless preparing to fight the Israeli incursion. My own speculation is that this may be a bunch of Muslim Brotherhood empathizers….
Headlines throughout the American media read: MAJOR ESCALATION as Israel has intensified its bombing campaign of the Beirut Airport and highways. 45 Lebanese civilians are reported dead.
(Air America Radio “Majority Report” hosts Janeane Garafalo and Sam Seder) I’ll be on with comedian, author, and ‘pundit with a conscience’ Sam Seder on Air America’s Majority Report this evening. 8:30 p.m. I think we will be discussing the way to get to peace in the Middle East by Labor Day.
If you have loose change around, here is something to consider. You choose whom you want to support: Valerie Plame Wilson & Joe Wilson or Scooter Libby With the Washington establishment heavyweights propping up Libby. . .well, you know which side I think needs to be supported. More later.
It ain’t anywhere near over folks. Legal depositions under oath — public ones — can be so interesting. Valerie Plame Wilson, Ambassador Joseph Wilson and Their Counsel to Hold News Conference Announcing Lawsuit against I.
Here is a direct transcription from Shepard Smith‘s commentary today on the escalating mess in the Middle East and Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Daniel Ayalon‘s statement at the National Press Club today that “Israel is at war.” Shepard Smith on FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:45 p.m.
(Remember when. . .?) The price of a barrel of oil just hit $76.70. The price of the average gallon of gas in the U.S. is now $3.10 and rising. This doesn’t even figure in the cost to taxpayers of huge financial aid packages to Israel, Egypt and the Palestinians.
