Politics

A chief Israeli Rabbi has called for the mass executions of all Palestinians, calling on Tel Aviv to commit the mass-genocide instead of arresting them and “leave no one alive” in order to establish safety in occupied Palestinian territories.  Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu posted a message on his Facebook page, saying that the “Israeli army has to stop arresting Palestinians … but, it must execute them and leave no one alive“. Presstv.ir reports: As chief rabbi of the city of Safed, Eliyahu is known for his racist behavior and remarks about Arabs and Muslims.

Exclusive: The 2008 Wall Street crash resulted from a combination of unrestrained greed and political contempt for government regulators who might have prevented the devastation. In The Big Short, the tale is told from the perspective of a few players who saw the inevitable and made money on the crash, writes James DiEugenio. By James…

Two British women soldiers of the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) fighting alongside the Special Air Service (SAS) of the British Army against ISIS in Iraq, were involved in a shoot-out with terrorists. The women in their 20s were recently “compromised” at a checkpoint while engaged in clandestine operations with anti-ISIS sympathizers. The pair of elite women soldiers of the SRR are fluent in Arabic and specialize in surveillance and intelligence gathering operations alongside the special forces.

A group of German lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Chancellor Angela Merkel, for what they say are her illegal immigration policies.  The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe will look into claims that Angela Merkel has repeatedly defied the German constitution by opening Germany’s borders to refugees.

Official Washington influences the opinions of the American people about world affairs by demonizing certain foreign leaders, making them objects of both revulsion and ridicule, thus justifying “regime change” strategies, a particularly dangerous game when played against nuclear-armed Russia, as John Ivens explains. By John Ivens On the morning of Jan. 16 at Hillary Clinton’s campaign…