Jan 30 2012
Arendt: Born in conflict, Israel will degenerate into Sparta, and American Jews will need to back away By Philip Weiss, January 1, 2012 … For the new year, here are some prophetic excerpts from two essays of Hannah Arendt’s, collected in The Jewish Writings (2007). Please note her predictions of the Nakba, of unending conflict, of …
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Jan 30 2012
Hurrah for Egypt! By Uri Avnery, 28/01/12 … THE IMPOSSIBLE has happened. The Egyptian parliament, democratically elected by a free people, has convened for its first session. For me this is a wonderful, a joyful occasion. For many Israelis, this is a worrisome, a threatening sight. I CANNOT but rejoice when a downtrodden people arises …
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Jan 29 2012
Mitt and the White Horse Prophecy By Sally Denton, Sunday, Jan 29, 2012 8:00 AM 12:18:27 CST … When Mitt Romney received his patriarchal blessing as a Michigan teenager, he was told that the Lord expected great things from him. All young Mormon men — the “worthy males” of the Church of Jesus Christ of …
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Jan 28 2012
Just Don’t Call Her Che By William Moss Wilson, January 28, 2012 … Late last month the British newspaper The Guardian asked readers to vote for its person of the year. The candidates included household names like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Egyptian techno-revolutionary Wael Ghonim and the Burmese pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu …
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Jan 28 2012
Newt Gingrich’s agenda-setting big donor By Arun Kundnani, Saturday 28 January 2012 14.18 ES … By donating $10m to the pro-Newt Gingrich Super Pac campaign, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, one of the richest men in the US, and his physician wife, Dr Miriam Adelson, have kept Gingrich in the Republican primary race, and given him …
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Jan 27 2012
The present stands no chance against the past By Robert Fisk, Saturday 28 January 2012 … The Palestinians are not only, it seems, an “invented people” – courtesy of Newt Gingrich – but the only Arabs on the Mediterranean not to enjoy a Spring or an Awakening or even a Winter. And Benjamin Netanyahu has …
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Jan 27 2012
When a refusal is more noble than an honour By Terence Blacker, Friday 27 January 2012 … Now and then, it is possible to catch a glimpse of how the British establishment works. These moments are rare and fleeting because an unwritten code of confidentiality, of the sort shared by members of the same club, …
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