Who knows if Obama will eventually order an attack on Iran? Since Obama has become the presumptive nominee for the Democrat party, he has moderated his positions on several issues, and perhaps Iran will be one of them. We can only hope that we are not in for another Dukakis moment: Obama running around in a tank.

Today on Salon.Com, Glenn Greenwald published this article about Iran, right wing Republican politics, dual loyalty, and the Jewish vote (reprinted by way of Common Dreams): The Right's Game-Playing With `Dual Loyalty" and `Anti-Semitism' Accusations.

It contains interesting material about the games right wing Neocons like Joe Lieberman and Abe Foxman (of the ADL) play for political advantage or what they believe is in the best interest of Israel. One day after his presumptive nomination was sealed, Obama bent over backwards to assuage AIPAC of any concern that he is not a true blue supporter of Israel. He repeatedly mentioned the "threat" of Iran and intentionally avoided words like, "Palestinian" or "military occupation," concepts that are totally alien to right wing Likud bent Neocons.

Where will American foreign policy in the Middle East go after Bush's proposal for a Palestinian state was essentially rejected by Israel? Understanding the basis for this rejection is what this article is all about. It gives some insight in Israel's designs on America in its quest for a pure Jewish state in all of historical Palestine.

Jonathan Cook is a writer and journalist based in Nazareth, Israel and, needless to say, an expert in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and current Israeli politics. His latest books are Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East (Pluto, 2008), and Disappearing Palestine (Zed, forthcoming), both of which discuss America's role in the Zionist quest.

On June 21, 2008, Jonathan Cook delivered a talk at the Conference for the Right of Return and the Secular Democratic State, held in Haifa. Its content is summarized in this article, which later appeared in The Electronic Intifada (reproduced here by permission). Anyone who reads it and comes away with the belief that it is just more Israel bashing is either a supporter of Israeli apartheid or of some of the other severe forms of ethnic cleansing that Israel has imposed on the Palestinian people over the past 60 years.

For the future, what the article essentially says is that there are no political factions of importance in Israel today that support a genuine two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And don't let anyone tell you differently. Read on to find out why. Also read about Cook's view as to why Zionism cannot succeed.

....in new book.

Graffiti critical of Veolia, a European company building a tram on illegally possessed Palestinian land in East Jerusalem.

This story was reported on Huffington Post about an article that recently appeared in Think Progress. It reminds one of the old adage: psychopaths never give up, in this case referring to the Neocon cabal that pushed Cheney-Bush to invade Iraq and now wishes a final gesture: the bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities.

Click on to find out why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0x xU

Around 100 activists in Dublin, mostly dressed in black to mourn the fate of the Palestinian people (then and now), assembled outside the hotel and chanted at those attending the celebration of ethnic cleansing, dispossession, and continued oppression carried out by the Israeli state.