Syria rejects Spanish peace plan, Turkey threatening Assad

Syria sent a special envoy to Syria last month to try to convince Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to accept a peace plan. The plan would have included a grant of asylum for Assad and his family in Spain. Assad turned it down. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero sent Bernardino Leon, who was at the time one of his senior aides, to Damascus in July "to propose a transition plan for

Evidence points toward Iran?

It's apparently only in the German version (I can't find it in the English), but Der Spiegel is reporting that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is looking into connections between Iran and the four Hezbullah members STL has accused of murdering former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. The four men named in the indictment issued by the STL are members of Hizbullah and the tribunal is

Security Council issues statement condemning Syria

This story talks about it as a draft (as of now), but Israel Radio reports that the Security Council has condemned Syria. But it's only a 'statement' and not a resolution.The draft, obtained by Reuters, would "condemn widespread violations of human rights and the use of force against civilians by the Syrian authorities" and urges Damascus to comply with its obligations under international law.It

'Palestinian refugees' - Human rights denied

Here's a video about 'Palestinian refugees' that you won't want to miss.Let's go to the videotape.

When an IDF soldier points a gun at you

Last Thursday night, the New York Times Lede blog posted a video that had been put up on YouTube by B'Tzelem, an Israeli human rights organization. I'm going to flip the order and give you the description of the video first, and then the video itself. Then I have a comment to make after the video. Updated | Friday | 2:44 p.m. A video uploaded to YouTube by an Israeli human rights group on

Kurdistan: Is it only a matter of time?

The Jerusalem Post published an editorial on Sunday calling for a Kurdish state. According to prevalent mythology, the international community deems self-determination the natural and inalienable right of each nationality. That, at least, is the pretext for the worldwide clamor for a Palestinian state.Swept aside are reservations about the rather recent origin of claims to a separate Palestinian