Israel Protests British 'Universal Jurisdiction' Law And More

IHR News and Comment A Free Public Service of   INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL REVIEW US Pro-Israel Group Claims Election Victory Foreign Policy http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/11/02/pro_israel_group_claims_election_victory One prominent pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington is already praising the GOP takeover of the House of Representatives as a net benefit for Israel. "While Democrats are likely to keep control of the U.S. Senate, Republicans will take over the U.S. House of Representatives following Tuesday's elections. This is likely to have implications for Israel-related issues such as Israel's relationship with the United States and the push for sanctions against Iran," said an e-mail blasted out by The Israel Project only minutes after news stations called the turnover of House control a certainty. The Phantom Left Chris Hedges http://www.countercurrents.org/hedges021110.htm .. .. The celebrities from Comedy Central and the trash talk show hosts on Fox are in the same business. They are entertainers. They provide the empty, emotionally laden material that propels endless chatter back and forth on supposed left- and right-wing television programs. It is a national Punch and Judy show. But don't be fooled. It is not politics. It is entertainment. It is spectacle. All national debate on the airwaves is driven by the same empty gossip, the same absurd trivia, the same celebrity meltdowns and the same ridiculous posturing. It is presented with a different spin. But none of it is about ideas or truth. None of it is about being informed. It caters to emotions. It makes us confuse how we are made to feel with knowledge. You Want War? Pay For It Eric Margolis http://www.ericmargolis.com/political_commentaries/attn-all-flag-wavers-you-want-war-pay-for-it.aspx .. .. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have been ignored during the election race. After nine years of combat, 5,000 US dead and 35,000 seriously wounded soldiers, and expenditure of over $1 trillion - silence. These longest and second most expensive wars in US history have dropped off the radar. Not even the latest WikiLeaks shocker, which revealed the US condoning death squads, torture and mass human rights violations in Iraq, became a campaign issue .. .. Right-wing Republicans will press for more war, in more places - financed, of course, by the magic of credit. Few stop to think that this manic borrowing it wrecking America. A German Soldier's Photos of the Devastation of Dunkirk Daily Mail (Britain) http://alturl.com/snm8e Rare photos taken by a German soldier of the devastated beaches of Dunkirk after the evacuation have been found 70 years on by the family of a British war veteran. The pictures were taken a few hours after 330,000 Allied soldiers were rescued from the beaches by an armada of little ships having been defeated by the Nazis. The remarkable album was later taken from a German house as a memento by British serviceman Corporal Frank Smith. It includes shots of the Germans surveying the wreckage of downed aircraft and scores of damaged trucks and tanks on the battle-scarred shores of Dunkirk. Hitler's Grand Error at Dunkirk: Why? Virtue magazine http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/hitlers-grand-error-at-dunkirk-why .. .. Why the nonsensical halt order [by Hitler], when the enemy was beaten, and with no chance of stopping the powerful German army? .. .. But on May 24th, 1940, while the campaign was still in progression, Hitler expressed a deeper, more political motive, to members of Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt's staff .. .. "He then astonished us by speaking with admiration of the British Empire, of the necessity for its existence, and of the civilization that Britain had brought into the world .. .. He concluded by saying that his aim was to make peace with Britain on a basis that she would regard as compatible with her honor to accept." An incredible tale, and yet, it fits with the admiration Hitler expressed for Britain in Mein Kampf. Hitler offered peace to the British twice during World War Two .. .. Israel Protests British 'Universal Jurisdiction' Law JTA http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/11/03/2741575/israel-protests-british-universal-jurisdiction-law Israel reportedly postponed a strategic dialogue with Britain to protest a law that allows for the prosecution of Israeli officials for alleged war crimes. Strategic dialogue between Israel and Britain on defense and security issues occurs annually. This year's strategic dialogue meeting, scheduled for last month in Britain, did not take place, the French news agency AFP reported. The British law provides the country's courts with "universal jurisdiction" to issue arrest warrants for alleged war crimes, including to visiting foreign politicians. Honorary Oscar Revives Controversy Over European Filmmaker Godard The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/movies/02godard.html Late last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was still coming to terms with that most deeply confounding of European filmmakers, Jean-Luc Godard. No one had yet signed on to present an honorary Oscar to Mr. Godard, who has said he will not be on hand anyway at the academy's awards banquet in Hollywood a week from Saturday. But there was also the touchy question of how to deal with newly highlighted claims that Mr. Godard, a master of modern film, has long harbored anti-Jewish views that threaten to widen his distance from Hollywood .. .. German Police Swoop on Neo-Nazi Internet Radio Station AFP http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/german-police-swoop-on-neo-nazi-internet-radio-station German police staged dawn raids today against right-wing extremists accused of operating a neo-Nazi Internet radio station to whip up anti-foreigner sentiment among young supporters. Authorities swooped in 10 of Germany's 16 states on 22 homes with alleged links to "Radio Resistance", which features "racist and National Socialist" commentary and music from skinhead bands, the Federal Crime Office (BKA) said. "The 23 suspects aged between 20 and 37 from across the country are believed to have acted as administrators and hosts" of programs on the station, the BKA said in a statement. Anger As Germany Cuts Funding to Orthodox Jews The Telegraph (Britain) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/8101367/Anger-as-Germany-cuts-funding-to-Orthodox-Jews.html The German government has ignited a row with the country's Orthodox Jews after it stopped funding the training of Orthodox rabbis. The authorities have been subsidising the training of rabbis for several years, but the interior ministry recently announced that it would only fund Liberal rabbis from now on. Thomas de Maziere, the interior minister, blamed "the budget situation" for the decision, the Times reports. However, the move has upset the Jewish community .. .. Since the Second World War, Germany has been trying to re-establish a Jewish presence in the country. There are now some 120,000 Jews living in Germany, and many are Orthodox. Dutch Authorities Recall Auto License Plates With `Nazi' Initials The Telegraph (Britain) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/8104855/Dutch-call-back-car-licence-plates-with-Nazi-initials.html The Dutch authorities have urgently recalled "Nazi" number plates issued to drivers after a computer error. Over 100 car owners received licence plates with the letters "NSB" on them, a Dutch equivalent of the word Nazi. NSB is the notorious abbreviation for the Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging, the Dutch fascist party which collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War. Number plates displaying the offending letters were recalled by the Dutch Vehicle Authority on Monday after the first angry complaints by drivers. Jewish Extremists Burn Historic Church in Jerusalem ABNA (Iran) http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=211105 A group of extremist Jewish settlers set a one hundred year old Christian church on fire in Jerusalem on Friday [Oct. 29] causing substantial damage to its first floor. Zakaria Al-Mashriqi, a leader in the church, denounced in a press release the "sinful crime" that targets destabilizing relations among heavenly religions and inciting strife in addition to expelling Palestinians from the holy city through such repeated attacks on citizens and their property. He added that the church was built in Jerusalem in 1897, and housed the Palestinian Bible College until 1948, when parishioners were pushed out by Jewish armed gangs during the violence accompanying the creation of the state of Israel.