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30 Picket Lieberman's ApartmentAround three dozen people lined Chapel Street in New Haven carrying signs protesting Senator Joseph Lieberman's call for military attack on Iran. Honking and waves from passers-by were frequent. Signs carried included "Lieberman is Lying about Iran", "Joe, Will Iran be Another Cakewalk?", "Joe, Ignore AIPAC Hysteria about Iran", "Attacking Iran Would be War Crime", and "No Attack on Iran, Bring the Troops Home, Now". Stanley Heller talking through a bullhorn compared the Senators worldview to the view of non-whites expressed in the Indiana Jones movies. The fourth movie in ther series is being shot in New Haven. Heller suggested Lieberman wake up and smell the new millenium. There was good press coverage from the New Haven Register and the CT Post. The New Haven Advocate story is not yet published. An AP photographer took photos which were posted on its site. Reportedly Lieberman is moving from New Haven to Stamford. Katzav Cops a PleaSuspended Israeli President Moshe Katzav copped a plea and got rape charges against him dismissed. Attorney General Mazuz says Katzav will serve no jail time even though the charges he will admit to can carry a sentence of seven years in prison. He will plead guilty to "indecent assault" against one woman, "sexual harassment" against another and "harassment" against a witness and pay unspecified compensation. He will resign as Israeli President. Katzav said, "I admitted to hugging and kissing out of affection." A little schoolboy naughtiness, evidently. Reaction from the attacked women was not reported. Arrest Robert McNamaraIn this article published on Counterpunch MECC chairperson Stanley Heller urges that the old war criminal Robert McNamara be arrested for betraying the sailors of the USS Liberty..  Revolting accounts of humiliation and abuse in the new report by "If Americans Knew" about the decades old Israeli practice of strip searching Palestinians and dissidents. They do it to Israeli Palestinians, to American citizens, to children younger than 7. Read here and watch the video by clicking here. June 25 Lieberman Commits War Crime June 1 Rabbi Uses Bible Story to Justify Carpet Bombing May 20 Israelis Shoot Dead Fetus May 2 Whistleblower Vanunu Found Guilty April 8 Sanctions Working: Another Dialysis Death March 31 Six Month Old Killed at Checkpoint March 20 Tanya Reinhart has Died / 80% on Food Aid in Gaza February 27 Nablus Raped Again February 19 - Facing MECCA - Uri Avnery More past headlines |
