Category: History

Because Israel permanently occupies

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwOpDuLEVXU[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwOpDuLEVXU Rethinking Zionism By Peter Beinart, Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 3:30 PM 19:26:27 CDT … I remember walking back with my grandmother one night from synagogue, past the loquat trees of Sea Point, South Africa, the most beautiful Jewish ghetto in the world. I was a kid, and boasting about the United States, the …

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A newfound “philozionism”

Don’t be fooled. Europe’s far-right racists are not discerning By Anne Karpf, Tuesday 27 March 2012 14.30 EDT … On Saturday, in the Danish city of Aarhus, a Europe-wide rally organised by the English Defence League will try to set up a European anti-Muslim movement. For Europe’s far-right parties the rally, coming so soon after …

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No reward for ending terror

Jailed Palestinian leader calls for new civil revolt against Israel By Catrina Stewart, Wednesday 28 March 2012 … Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian leader seen as a favoured successor to President Mahmoud Abbas, has declared the death of the peace process and called for a civil revolt and a severing of all ties with Israel. …

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Myths can be dangerous

“Patriotic Gore is Not Really Much Like Any Other Book by Anyone” By David Blight, March 22, 2012, at 7:02 AM ET … Fifty years ago this spring, the great literary critic Edmund Wilson, author of classic intellectual histories of Marxism, French symbolism, English literature of all kinds, and many other subjects, published one of the …

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God gave us barley

What Would Jesus Brew? Lots, beer makers say By Amanda Greene, March 23 … All this talk of beer was making the former seminarian thirsty. “Cheers,” said assistant brewer Christopher McGarvey, taking a sip from his pint of golden ale. Then he continued his lecture on the history of beer in ancient Samaria to a crowd …

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Vicious and exclusionary rhetoric

The War On Religion Does Not Exist By Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, 03/23/2012  6:40 pm … Apparently, attempts are underway to open a new front in the supposed “war on religion” in my home state of Louisiana as it takes center stage in the presidential primary season. Truth be told, from what I have …

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So sensationally unfunny

War on Iran? It is too soon to reminisce about Iraq, let alone have a repeat By Marina Hyde, Friday 23 March 2012 16.30 EDT … The thing about a supertanker is that at least you can turn it round. It takes a while, by all accounts, but you have to think any such vessel …

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