Aug 03 2014
AP bias Why is the Associated Press so biased against Israel? Over the past few weeks, as the conflict instigated by Hamas raged, AP has shown numerous photos of the damage in Gaza. Remember the people of Gaza choose Hamas as their government! When you couple this with the considerable verbiage describing the number …
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Jul 30 2014
Gaza myths and facts: what American Jewish leaders won’t tell you By Peter Beinart, Jul. 30, 2014 1:44 PM If you’ve been anywhere near the American Jewish community over the past few weeks, you’ve heard the following morality tale: Israel left the Gaza Strip in 2005, hoping the newly independent country would become the …
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Jul 25 2014
The United States Wants the World to Forget These Prisoners By Molly Crabapple, July 21, 2014 Andy Stepanian is one of the kindest humans I’ve ever met. An activist publicist, Andy draws attention to Americans imprisoned for their beliefs. He is straitlaced and gentle, and the only time he ever declined to buy me …
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Jul 25 2014
Israel-Gaza conflict: ‘There’s nothing new about conflating criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism’ By Mira Bar-Hillel, Friday 25 July 2014 I have arrived! On Tuesday morning at 7.55am, live on Radio 4, I said something so horrible that the usually mild-mannered husband of a fellow hack stood up and left his breakfast table in disgust. …
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Jul 25 2014
Eight hundred dead Palestinians. But Israel has impunity By Robert Fisk, Friday 25 July 2014 Impunity is the word that comes to mind. Eight hundred dead Palestinians. Eight hundred. That’s infinitely more than twice the total dead of flight MH17 over Ukraine. And if you refer only to the “innocent” dead – ie no …
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Jul 24 2014
Images from Gaza should trouble every Israeli By Gideon Levy, Jul. 24, 2014 8:50 AM That’s the number, as of Wednesday: 155 children. On Wednesday morning, another three were killed. Ten children per day, on average. According to the UN, it’s more than the number of Hamas combatants that were killed. The Al Mezan …
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Jul 21 2014
Reaping what we have sown in Gaza By Amira Hass, Jul. 21, 2014 5:42 AM I’ve already raised the white flag. I’ve stopped searching the dictionary for the word to describe half of a boy’s missing head while his father screams “Wake up, wake up, I bought you a toy!” How did Angela Merkel, …
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