What Really Happened with Michael Rivero -- 2012 Dec 03 MO

Originally audio files for Friday's show were posted here in error. I am still trying to figure out exactly how that happened, but links to files for Monday's broadcast are now in place, below.

A good set of "show notes" are at the bottom of this post.

Corrected file links:

http://kiwi6.com/file/64s0laenag
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wmg07m

"Show notes" posted on RBN from WhatReallyHappened.com

Israel feels heat from European allies over settlement announcement

Three European nations summoned their Israeli ambassadors on Monday to denounce Israel's latest settlement construction push, deepening the rift between the Jewish state and European allies that has cracked open over the Palestinians' successful U.N. statehood bid.


Israel to Withhold Tax Transfers to Palestinians Over UN Bid

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ISRAEL
PALESTINE

Israel says it will withhold more than $100 million in taxes and tariff funds it collects on behalf of Palestinians to punish them for their successful bid to win United Nations statehood.

Israel shows the world what a spoiled child they really are. And this will backflash on Israel and the US. Already other nations are sending money into Palestine. Kuwait just sent $50 million. Other nations will likely follow, meaning that Palestine will be more independent of the US and Israel. And given that this is technically Palestinian funds being withheld by Israel, the world will view it as Israel robbing people after having just bombed them into rubble.




Kuwait transfers $50 million to PA

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ISRAEL
MIDDLE EAST
PALESTINE

Kuwait on Thursday transferred $50 million to support the Palestinian Authority's budget, Kuwaiti media reported.

Kuwait's envoy to the Arab League Jamal al-Ghunaim told Kuwait News Agency the financial aid would help the PA face economic pressure from Israel.
Two Palestinians were injured on Saturday by Israeli gunfire near the border fence in eastern Gaza

By: James
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ISRAEL
PALESTINE

Two Palestinians were injured on Saturday by Israeli gunfire near the border fence in eastern Gaza, medics said, as Hamas accused Israel of violating the Egyptian mediated ceasefire.

@harryfear It seems that @RT_com will report the violation of the truce.


Israel: West Bank "Disputed Territory" not "Occupied Territory"

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ISRAEL
PALESTINE

More worrying were a few additional words said by the Vice Prime Minister to Channel 7 in the abovementioned interview. Ya'alon added that the Cabinet (the Government's main ministers, de facto Israel's ruling forum) had adopted the Levy Report on Sunday, December 2, when it decided that Judea and Samaria will no longer be considered "occupied territory," and instead be considered "disputed territory."


Netanyahu's policies put Israel in boiling western waters

The Israeli government's plan to develop a disputed area (E1) near occupied east Jerusalem triggered yesterday the fury of several western countries as well as the United Nations, in a reaction described by Palestinian analysts as "politically stripping Israel naked".

Strongly worded criticism came from the US, Israel's strategic ally, while both Britain and France summoned the Israeli ambassadors in their capitals on Sunday to protest the expansion of colonies.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also strongly criticised the Israeli plan, calling it an "almost fatal blow" to chances of achieving peace with the Palestinians.
PM says Palestinian incitement against Israel reflects root of the conflict

On the heels of PA President Mahmoud Abbas's fiery speech at the UN General Assembly last week, the cabinet on Sunday held a special briefing to highlight and counter "anti-Israeli incitement" in the Palestinian Authority.

This tactic of blaming the victim and screaming "anti-Semite" every time Israel's aggressions attract the notice of the world is long past the "sell by" date. Israel has screamed "anti-Semite" so many times and in so many directions that it has lost all shock value. The world has come to understand that when Israel shouts "anti-Semite" at someone, it doesn't mean that person thus labeled hates Israel, but rather that Israel hates the person thus labeled. We saw the same thing in the United States during the McCarthy hysteria. It was a different word, "Communist", but the intent was the same; to demonize a target to wreck all sympathy for them. Of course, shouting "Communist" at someone no longer has much effect. Wee well aware of the abuses of Senator McCarthy against innocent Americans who opposed the costly cold war agenda, just as we are aware of Israel's aggressions against their neighbors and its apartheid state. And just as "communist" lost all meaning through overuse, so has "anti-Semite.."