Category: Culture

Stars of David. Everywhere.

Being a Jew in Palestine By Beth Miller, April 20, 2012 … The first people I told were Safa and Imad. Good friends, they lived near me  in the Aida Refugee Camp and invited me for lunch every Friday. I knew they were  religious Muslims. Imad had told me that Israeli soldiers had killed his …

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To kick at the darkness

Speaking Out Is Complicated (And So Is Staying Silent) By Brian D. McLaren, 04/14/2012  6:40 am … For 24 years of my life, I was a church planter and pastor. At the beginning of those years, I would have gladly called myself an Evangelical. But those years coincided with the rise of the Religious Right, …

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He has been warned

When Mormons were socialists By Troy Williams, Sunday, Apr 15, 2012 1:00 PM 15:54:47 CDT … “You are cursed because of your riches!” It was a bummer message that nobody wanted to hear. Samuel the Lamanite stood alone atop the great wall of the city of Zarahemla to warn the inhabitants of their pending destruction. …

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A man of the people

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuJ_1QPl9I[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuJ_1QPl9I Announcing Our Newest Hire: A Current Fox News Channel Employee By the Fox Mole, Apr 10, 2012  3:11 PM … What follows is the inaugural column of a person we are calling The Fox Mole—a long-standing, current employee of Fox News Channel who will be providing Gawker with regular dispatches from inside the …

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Gruesome binational reality

Two-state solution loses its champion By Hugh Naylor, Apr 13, 2012 … The spines of the books that bear Sari Nusseibeh’s name are testimony to the cause he once championed. There is Palestine: A State is Born, published in 1990. A year later, it was No Trumpets, No Drums: A Two-State Solution of the Israeli-Palestinian …

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When the ground is burning

Israel is paranoid about pro-Palestinian activists By Gideon Levy, 01:43 12.04.12 … And with what shall we frighten the Israeli public in advance of the seventh day of Passover? How will we provide the dose of fear to which it has long since become addicted? After a week of a quiet and safe vacation, we …

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We need independence

Palestinians need freedom in Jerusalem, not Israeli permits By Hanan Ashrawi, 23:04 11.04.12 … It is Easter in Jerusalem. Newspaper pictures show scenes of Christians from all over the world celebrating and commemorating this holy occasion, with processions, special services and prayers. While most come freely with passports and tourist visas, the indigenous Christian population, …

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