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Feb 12 2012

A brilliant repression

Mount Hermon’s pure snow can’t hide Israel’s dark past

By Gideon Levy, 04:42 12.02.12 … These are wonderful days at Jabal al-Shaykh. It’s high season, ideal conditions and the visibility is excellent. Thousands of Israelis spent their weekend there,…  [more]

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Feb 12 2012

Who will fight the war Netanyahu wants?

Will AIPAC and Bibi get their war?

By MJ Rosenberg, 12 Feb 2012 12:07 … These are strange times for those of us who follow the debate about a possible war with Iran. It is clear that the Israeli…  [more]

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Feb 11 2012

Something luminous and divine

Jesus, the Dead Dog and Recognizing the Presence of God Everywhere

By , 02/10/2012  9:31 am … There are many tales about the life of Christ that circulated orally in the ancient Near East and never made it…  [more]

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Feb 11 2012

When sponsorship of a terrorist group is acceptable

Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups

By Glenn Greenwald, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:59 AM 17:56:22 CST … One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American…  [more]

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Feb 11 2012

Clean, calibrated conflict is a mirage

The neocons’ big Iran lie

By Matt Duss, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:00 AM 17:10:12 CST … In February 2003, less than a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Gen. Eric Shinseki told a hearing of the Senate…  [more]

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Feb 11 2012

Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and of Felixstowe

John McCarthy knows the value of history

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 11 February 2012 … How come people like historical memory holes? I’m moved to ask this question by the Lebanese Minister of Culture, Gaby Layoun, who said last week…  [more]

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Feb 10 2012

Alarmist and deeply hateful

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s War

By Anthony Alessandrini, Feb 09 2012 … For a couple of centuries now, we have had to make due with Samuel Johnson’s famous phrase: “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Thanks to Ayaan…  [more]

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