The Olive Branch

UK Government Cabinet minutes 22nd February 1979. "5. THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY said that the most important consequence of the change of government in Iran was likely to be the eventual effect on the whole of the Middle East problem . Because of its internal preoccupations the ne...

A very Happy Birthday for one of my favourite Israelis
Many more of them to come

UK Government Cabinet minutes 22nd February 1979. "5. THE F O R E I G N A N D C O M M O N W E A L T H S E C R E T A R Y s a i d that t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t consequence of t h e change of g o v e r n m e n t i n I r an was l i k e l y t o be t h e e v e n t u a l effect o n t h e w h o ...

Your comments on the other hand were worthy of rebuke and regardless of where you place yourself on a political map they have no place either on a forum or in our army. Even in jest. Sorry 'davebt' but I don't understand which part of 'sabashimon's' posts you refer to. Is it wrong in response to a ...

:lol: As accurate a statemen as the one that God either gave women beauty or brains, but never both. Which means, if it is true, that Dr. Lynn you will soon be a Professor. :twisted: Hmm... First housework, then tea, then sports, then driving capabilities, and now outward appearance. Do you really ...

What's the difference between a million, a billion, a trillion? A million seconds is 11.57 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.Western civilisation has not been around a trillion seconds. One trillion seconds ago - 31,688 years was well before the peak of the las...

If so, you don't need to worry about being shown up by the fairer sex. Therefore, I hardly see the need for compensating for small genital size with outdated assumptions of prowess behind the wheel. :lol: As accurate a statemen as the one that God either gave women beauty or brains, but never both....

Below is the letter sent by the Director of Information of the Celtic League to the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man about reported attempts by Iran to register their vessels on the Island. The Isle of Man is one of the Celtic Nations. NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE MANN: QUERY ABOUT IRANIAN SHIPPING ...

Jacob Blues wrote:Be careful what you wish for Gerald, that hot tea could come flying at you leaving a nasty bump on the head and some modest scalding (physics and cell damage studies?)

Jacob nothing to worry about.
Dr. Lynn is a woman, therefore her aim is like her reverse parking Bloody Awful!!

And Gerald, you could most definitely do a PhD in housework, and it would be fascinating. Cleaning agents use surfactants which are essentially molecules which are partly hydrophobic (dissolve in fatty/oily substances and are characterized by carbon-hydrogen bonds) and partly hydrophilic (dissolve ...

Many Congratulations Dr. Lynn

By the way, how did you get a PhD in Housework?

We often read and see on TV the antics of the 'BDS' movement. What we see and read about less often are the thriving trade and contacts with Israel that are increasing. For example in the last couple of months ECI an Israel based company has won a contract from BT (formerly British Telecom the state...

Saeb Erekat is already laying down pre-conditions before the talks start.
If I were cynical I might wonder if this sudden and magical appearance of peace talks had more to do with mid-term elections in the USA than a genuine prospect for meaningful peace talks about the Middle East.

Maybe,....but it would show Europe that Israel is willing to follow a Marshall Plan Deluxe.....it breathed life into Europe. Peter while it is true that without the Marshall Plan Europe would not have recovered the way it did after WWII, the major difference is that the Nazi Regime and Axis powers ...

Published on EurActiv (http://www.euractiv.com) Source URL: http://www.euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/israel-palestine-talks-open-2-september-news-497004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Israel-Palestine talks to open on 2 September Published: 20 Augu...

We can present things in such a way that the Arabs have to make decisions and choices. Peter isn't that the moment when problems start? As one who most certainly does not believe that 'what has happened is irrelevant', look at the history of dealing with Arabs. Arabs are happy when the day they hav...

Ah, I see the confusion. The only confusion is that caused by your inability to maintain a consistent, coherent, cogent line in your posts. When challenged or asked to explain you shift and twist in the wind and change your position, a thought has struck me. Are you Walid's 'love-child' ? He uses, ...

Western World solely. And is Singapore, independent since 1965, also in the West? Honestly, I don't remember who made said argument. I just know that I've seen it quite a bit. Usually by people that sound like they're 15 year olds. Which is a reason why I wouldn't remember who made such an argument...

But the idea of the nation-state has not flourished in the period since the establishment of Israel. On the contrary, it has pretty much collapsed. For the nations to arm themselves, and to determine for themselves when to use these arms, was now seen as barbarism and a brutish debasement of humani...

From 'The Economist' Crime in Venezuela Shooting gallery The government blames the media for crime Aug 19th 2010 | Caracas The horror Chávez wants to hide. THE chance of being shot in Caracas may be higher than just about anywhere else in the world, outside war zones. Cheuk Woon Yee Sinne, a basebal...

odp1 wrote:It's an interesting argument. Not sure how much of it I buy, but I think it has some validity.

Which parts of the article have any validity?
And why?

Yes Iva it shows that when the apologists for Islamist terrorism are telling us that "if it wasn't for the Israel-Palestine conflict there wouldn't be so many Islamist terrorists" it is a load of crap! The Mufti and his ilk were creating trouble in Europe, the Balkans and the Far East as w...

This is an extract from a British Secret Intelligence Report of 1929 which deals with a "Boycott Committee" More openly terrorist than the current BDS campaign. Secret Intelligence Reports. (1.) A secret intelligence report dated the 13th November from a source in close touch Avith Palesti...

The second Thirty Years' War, which ended in 1945, convinced European elites that the continent's nearly fatal disease was nationalism, the cure for which must be the steady attenuation of nationalities. Hence the high value placed on "pooling" sovereignty, never mind the cost in diminish...

Yes, it is being built next to the Saudi Institute for Women's Rights and across the road from the LGBT Rights Centre.

Brilliant JB, thanks for posting the link.
Some of those cartoons as well as being very funny also make their point very well.

Since posting the above from Ernest Bevin the then UK Foreign Secretary and a man who openly demonstrated his grudge against and opposition to the Zionist movement. I have delved further into the UK Archives and found that there was a proposal to try the Mufti as a war criminal but it was from the Y...

From an Israeli point of view...i'd rather see Assad running Lebanon as HIS country than using it as a dangler. I agree with you Peter with a small amendment. That is that the border with Israel should be the River Litani, as was envisaged originally before the French wanted a haven for their Maron...

The queen is welcome to come to Israel as long as she and her entourage undergo security checks. I seriously doubt that The Queen will be visiting Israel in the near future. Her visits to other countries as Head of State are at the recommendation of the Government of the day. The new Con-Dem coalit...

There was a time when the Government of Lebanon sought military assistance against a foreign invader. This is an extract from the minutes of a meeting of the British Cabinet on 14th July 1958; "President Chamoun of the Lebanon had, however, indicated that he would call upon the United States an...

iva wrote:I think what Gerald means is that Prince of Wales is a wanker

You are right, as always, Iva.

And of course, for the benefit of the 'historically challenged', the last Prince of Wales was Owain Glyndwr 600 years ago.

Jacob Blues wrote:Hey Gerald,

confused about the Prince of Wales comment? No I'm not, are you?
Could you elucidate further? Yes I could
Thanks. My pleasure.

Her Majesty the Queen has been on the throne for 57 years and in that time has undertaken 250 official visits to 129 countries, yet has not yet set foot in Israel. She has visited 14 Arab countries, so it cannot have been that she wasn't in the region. I agree it is wrong that the Queen as Head of ...

Happy Birthday President Obama.

All together now,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday Mr. President,
Happy Birthday to you.

But in reality, it wouldn't get that close. Jews don't account for a large part of the US military, so its more likely that a Pentagon desk jockey takes the personel files and shuffles them so that a Jewish soldier doesn't get anywhere near the West Bank for a patrol. To be honest Jacob I don't kno...

Apart from the completely unacceptable racism in the statement it also demonstrates how disconnected from reality he is. If the U.K. was asked to provide troops for such a mission and the MoD started removing anyone because they are Jewish, the serviceman/woman who was discriminated against for bein...

From the 'Harry's Place' blog http://www.hurryupharry.org Cameron on Turkey, Gaza, Israel Alan A, July 27th 2010, 10:32 am So, here is Cameron: “Turkey’s relationships in the [Middle East] region, both with Israel and with the Arab world, are of incalculable value. No other country has the same pote...

These reports are used by desk officers in the Pentagon and troops in the field when they make operational plans and prepare briefings on the situation in the war zone. Most of the reports are routine, even mundane, but many add insights, texture and context to a war that has been waged for nearly ...

Hey Gerald, This isn't the fist time we've heard about the start of changing British law. Any idea about the if and when such changes should be codified? Jacob you are correct that the previous Government had indicated that they would amend the law which means that the Civil Servants will have alre...

I am happy to say that at last the procedure under which arrest warrants against alleged 'war criminals' is to be corrected. This is the press statement yesterday from the UK's Ministry of Justice. New rules on universal jurisdiction 22 July 2010 The Government is proposing new rules about how court...

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