May 2011 archive

29 standing ovations

Why the US applauds Israeli defiance

By Rupert Cornwell, Thursday, 26 May 2011 Accounts vary on whether Benjamin Netanyahu received 28 or 29 standing ovations during his address to the US Congress on Tuesday. But the exact figure scarcely…  [more]

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His predecessors wallowed

Shalom, Netanyahu

By Gideon Levy, 02:51 26.05.11 The “speech of his life” must now quickly become the speech of Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political demise. The hour is pressing, there is no time and nothing is going to…  [more]

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Sold to the highest bidder

Congress to Palestinians: Drop dead

By MJ Rosenberg, 25 May 2011 15:42 If anyone had any doubt about whether the Palestinians would declare a state in September, they can’t have them now. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu…  [more]

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An iron wall high enough

Time for Netanyahu to ditch his do-nothing policy

By Richard Cohen, Monday, May 23, 6:39 PM Every man has a father, and Binyamin Netanyahu’s is worth knowing. He is Benzion Netanyahu, born 101 years ago in what was…  [more]

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Predictable confession

Is this President still worthy of the hope we pinned on him?

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Monday, 23 May 2011 President Obama arrives for a state visit to Britain this week, and there is much excitement at my gym where…  [more]

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Summer is on its way

Nakba day: we waited 63 years for this

By Karma Nabulsi, Thursday 19 May 2011 It was the moment for which we had all been holding our breath for decades – for 63 years to be precise. Palestinians…  [more]

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No such thing

From the lying lips of Mike Huckabee (a likeable liar), a man who has known Palestinians, who has children who were educated by a Palestinian:  “There’s no such thing as a Palestinian.”  Haram… – Monsieur d’Nalgar [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DYB5YGTFRg[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DYB5YGTFRg [more]

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