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Category: Eileen Fleming

 AIPAC, Congress, and The Benjamin’s

Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on  AIPAC, Congress, and The Benjamin’s
 AIPAC, Congress, and The Benjamin’s

In referring to a tweet by Rep. Ilhan Omar, Benjamin Netanyahu opined, “Take it from this Benjamin: It’s not about the Benjamins.” “Benjamins” is slang for a $100 bill and refers to Benjamin Franklin’s image on that bill. By Eileen Fleming The article “What Happens When Americans Vote for Legislators Who Refuse to Represent Them?” by…

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Trump, Golan Heights, This American, USS Liberty and Mordechai Vanunu

Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Trump, Golan Heights, This American, USS Liberty and Mordechai Vanunu
Trump, Golan Heights, This American, USS Liberty and Mordechai Vanunu

On Thursday at Twitter President Trump overturned decades of US policy when he declared that America should recognize Israel’s authority over the occupied Golan Heights. By Eileen Fleming This American’s trip to the Golan Heights excerpted from the screenplay “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu Mordechai” concludes this article. Trump’s Golan Heights tweet is…

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Ilhan Omar and The Progressives

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Ilhan Omar and The Progressives

The New York Times opinion piece by Bret Stephens headline proclaimed, “Ilhan Omar Knows Exactly What She Is Doing”. Because Bret Stephens got so much wrong he inspired this fact-filled opinion piece by a ‘self-described progressive’. By Eileen Fleming Bret Stephens is a former editor in chief of The Jerusalem Post and an Opinion columnist…

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Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Rescue Dogs, Prayers and Love

Posted on March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Rescue Dogs, Prayers and Love
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Rescue Dogs, Prayers and Love

An overwhelming response to Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s performance of “Shallow” at the Academy Awards was the assumption that the two were in love and lust.  “The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love unconditionally as a dog.”-​ M.K. Clinton By Eileen Fleming In a post Academy Awards…

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President USS Liberty Veterans Association and Professor Joan Mellen Join Forces

Posted on February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on President USS Liberty Veterans Association and Professor Joan Mellen Join Forces
President USS Liberty Veterans Association and Professor Joan Mellen Join Forces

“Blood in the Water: How the U.S. and Israel conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty” opens with the scene at the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, on the top floor presided over by the CIA chief of station John Hadden… By Eileen Fleming On Sunday in Orlando Professor Joan Mellen joined forces with Ernest Gallo,…

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Martyred Valentines and Evolutionary Love  

Posted on February 13, 2019February 14, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Martyred Valentines and Evolutionary Love  
Martyred Valentines and Evolutionary Love  

Ancient Romans may be responsible for Valentines Day for history records Emperor Claudius II executing two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 during the 3rd century A.D. Modern times Valentines Day and love go together like hand in glove; but what is love? By Eileen Fleming In one woodcut portrait of Valentine, the text claims…

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What Americans Need to Know about Mordechai Vanunu: UPDATED

Posted on February 9, 2019March 3, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on What Americans Need to Know about Mordechai Vanunu: UPDATED

Over 4,000 movie producers, reps, and managers have received hard copies and thousands more PDF copies of InkTip’s February edition, which includes the following logline for “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu” on page 10: “TRUE Story of this middle aged American who realized her childhood dream of being a reporter after a…

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WHY Jerry Fawell Jr. can’t imagine Trump ‘doing anything that’s not good for the country’

Posted on January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on WHY Jerry Fawell Jr. can’t imagine Trump ‘doing anything that’s not good for the country’
WHY Jerry Fawell Jr. can’t imagine Trump ‘doing anything that’s not good for the country’

“Where there is no vision, the people perish”-Proverbs 29:18 Jerry Fawell Jr. expresses the Antichrist ideology of Fundamentalist Christians in The Washington Post’s Magazine feature titled “Jerry Falwell Jr. can’t imagine Trump ‘doing anything that’s not good for the country’”, which inspired this post. By Eileen Fleming Over two thousand comments have been posted in…

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Mission from God Regarding Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

Posted on December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Mission from God Regarding Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu
Mission from God Regarding Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

In 2005 while this American was in Jerusalem, I vowed to God before I told Mordechai Vanunu, that I would tell [as in write] the Vanunu saga UNTIL Israel allowed its nuclear whistle blower the right to leave the state. Despite Vanunu’s 2015 wedding and being granted asylum to Norway, Israel has continued to renew…

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“Blood in the Water” by Joan Mellen Ends the USS LIBERTY Cover-Up

Posted on December 11, 2018December 11, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on “Blood in the Water” by Joan Mellen Ends the USS LIBERTY Cover-Up
“Blood in the Water” by Joan Mellen Ends the USS LIBERTY Cover-Up

“Blood in the Water: How the US and Israel Conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty” details the USA-Israeli collusion of the attack on the USS LIBERTY during the Six-Day War and is the definitive work to end the over fifty-year long cover-up. By Eileen Fleming In the Synopsis of  “Blood in the Water: How the US…

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Brett Favre and those Anti-Semitic USS Liberty ‘Supporters’

Posted on December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Brett Favre and those Anti-Semitic USS Liberty ‘Supporters’
Brett Favre and those Anti-Semitic USS Liberty ‘Supporters’

An online white supremacy group duped Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre and other celebrities into recording YouTube videos that used coded alt-right language to promote anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.   ANTISEMITISM IS EXPRESSED AS HOSTILITY TOWARD OR DISCRIMINATION OF JEWS AS A RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, OR RACIAL GROUP. By Eileen Fleming In 2018 Brett…

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Censorship of Mordechai Vanunu Inspires American Author, Reporter, Screenplay Activist

Posted on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Censorship of Mordechai Vanunu Inspires American Author, Reporter, Screenplay Activist

Censorship is the suppression or prohibition of books, films, news, etc. that are considered politically incorrect according to governments or private institutions, such as Media outlets. On Wednesday the Middle East Monitor/MEMO joined the long list of media outlets to censor Mordechai Vanunu. By Eileen Fleming The opinion piece “Israel’s open secret” by Dr Mohammad…

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Worst Cover-Ups Ever: Jamal Khashoggi and the USS LIBERTY

Posted on October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Worst Cover-Ups Ever: Jamal Khashoggi and the USS LIBERTY
Worst Cover-Ups Ever: Jamal Khashoggi and the USS LIBERTY

On Tuesday President Trump condemned Saudi Arabia’s account of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as “the worst cover-up ever,” and warned for the first time that human rights sanctions will be imposed on some of those who took part in the plot. Trump may not know about the USA Government Cover-Up of Israel’s 1967…

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Screenplay “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu” Dedicated to Jamal Khashoggi

Posted on October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Screenplay “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu” Dedicated to Jamal Khashoggi

“This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu” is the TRUE Story of this middle aged American who realized her childhood dream of being a reporter after a serendipitous encounter in Jerusalem with Israel’s nuclear whistle blower who had been freed from 18 years behind bars under draconian restrictions including he not speak to foreigners….

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Responding to New York Times “We Need to Talk About God”

Posted on October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Responding to New York Times “We Need to Talk About God”
Responding to New York Times “We Need to Talk About God”

The weekend’s New York Times featured the opinion piece by author Jonathan Merritt,“We Need to Talk About God” noting some “real-world consequences” when we don’t. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. warned,“the church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Open Letter to Mordechai Vanunu, Fans, and Detractors

Posted on October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Open Letter to Mordechai Vanunu, Fans, and Detractors
Open Letter to Mordechai Vanunu, Fans, and Detractors

On the 32ndanniversary of his kidnapping, Israel’s nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu tweeted the image of his inked palm, which led to exposing the Mossad agent who facilitated Vanunu’s kidnapping.   The Center for Israel Education’s “This week in Israeli history” spun Vanunu’s kidnapping as a “return.” By Eileen Fleming On the way to his…

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Open Letter to Congress in Response to Senator Marco Rubio

Posted on September 15, 2018August 20, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Open Letter to Congress in Response to Senator Marco Rubio

Senator Marco Rubio’s email response arrived on Saturday to this American’s concerns regarding Mr. Trump’s agenda in Israel, which negates Palestinian human rights. Senator Rubio’s email reply negates –as in denies the existence or truth of- the USA enabled Israeli Occupation of Palestine. By Eileen Fleming This American who votes in Florida wrote Senators Rubio…

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FEAR, September 11, TREASON, Media, and Mordechai Vanunu

Posted on September 6, 2018October 30, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on FEAR, September 11, TREASON, Media, and Mordechai Vanunu

On September 11, “Fear: Trump in the White House” will be released to the public who can already read many damning and depressing details at The Washington Post and New York Times. One of POTUS Trump’s many twitter responses was but one word: “Treason?”  By Eileen Fleming Treason is a betrayal of trust or “the…

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