An American veto of Palestine statehood would be a tragedy By Henry Porter, Saturday 17 September 2011 … Beneath the slogan: “Be on our side – we are on the side of peace and justice”, a couple of nice-looking young men, a Palestinian designer and an Israeli social worker, plus their children, gaze out of …
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Sep 18 2011
Solitude and absurdity
All alone on Israel island By Yousef Munayyer, 18 Sep 2011 14:21 … Solitude and Absurdity. Perhaps no two other words better described the scene at the United Nations earlier this year when US Ambassador Susan Rice raised her hand with a reluctant expression on her face to veto a Security Council resolution condemning Israeli …
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Sep 18 2011
Straightforward common sense
Monsieur d’Nalgar: Ray Close just forwarded the following letter, with this short introduction: A friend of mine, a retired U.S. ambassador, sent this excellent letter to President Obama yesterday. Straightforward common sense. Ray … Dear Mr. President: Just think for a minute—what would happen if the United States abstained when the Palestinian question comes before the …
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Sep 16 2011
Authentic religious pluralism
Religious Tolerance: Karma, Christ, Whatever? By Christian Smith, 9/16/11 01:17 PM ET … There was a time in American culture, only a few generations ago, when religious differences were major. Baptists were not Methodists, and both were definitely not Presbyterians. Catholics were absolutely not Protestant, and Protestants doubted that Catholics were even Christians. Jews and …
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Sep 16 2011
Death Thou Art Dead
Duane Buck And Celebrating The Interruption Of Death By Shane Claiborne, 9/16/11 01:52 PM ET … Last night death was interrupted. Duane Buck was set for execution. His execution would have been the second this week and the eleventh this year in Texas alone… and two more executions are scheduled for next week. When Presidential …
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Sep 16 2011
So basic, so banal
Israel does not want a Palestinian state. Period. By Gideon Levy, 03:06 15.09.11 … What will we tell the world next week, at the UN? What could we say? Whether in the General Assembly or the Security Council, we will be exposed in all our nakedness: Israel does not want a Palestinian state. Period. And …
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Sep 16 2011
The panic was on
The anthrax scare: not a germ of truth By Nicolaus Mills, Thursday 15 September 2011 12.00 EDT … We forget that less than a month after 9/11, Americans felt themselves under siege again. This time, the danger came from powdered anthrax sent through the mail in small, but deadly, amounts. The toll from the anthrax …
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