May 25 2011
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 matters. Suffice it to note that they were two or three more than the 26 …
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May 25 2011
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 come of Netanyahu any more. Even the snake oil peddlers who proffered masses of expectations in …
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May 25 2011
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 delivered a speech to Congress that essentially was a series of insults to Palestinians and every insult …
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May 23 2011
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 I am wearing my Obama T-shirt, his face on my chest as I wheeze and …
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May 23 2011
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
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May 23 2011
Netanyahu and the one-state solution By Neve Gordon, 23 May 2011 14:43 … Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address US legislators on Tuesday. He will, no doubt, tell members of Congress that he supports a two-state solution, but his support will be predicated on four negative principles: no to Israel’s full withdrawal to the 1967 …
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May 23 2011
A perspective on Obama’s speech on Thursday, from a Norwegian friend in Beirut… – Monsieur d’Nalgar Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Obama’s speech Dear friends, This comes to you from the noisy-as-ever Beirut. After days of dull, miserably hot weather, with the skies full of the dust of Gaddafi’s desert (occasionally …
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