Category: Israel

66 years ago today

Remembering Deir Yassin   On April 9 1948, fighters from the Irgun Zevai Leumi and Lohamei Herut Israel Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, a Palestinian village of roughly 600 people.  Around 107 villagers were killed during and afte…r the battle for the village, including women and children — some were shot, while …

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The power to fashion their fate

Despite the cruelties heaped on them, Palestinian refugees’ spirit has not broken By Karma Nabulsi, Friday 21 March 2014 14.17 EDT   The only thing heard nowadays about the majority of the Palestinian people – those made refugees in the Nakba of 1948 – is that they must consider themselves and their fate entirely forfeited. …

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Well, blow me down!

Were it not for the French, Hezbollah would all be Syrians fighting on their own government’s side inside their own country By Robert Fisk, Sunday 2 March 2014   Borders are becoming a bit odd in the Middle East. They always have been, of course. Ever since Mark Sykes and François Georges Picot – the …

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The premise that the Jews deserve more

Say a big ‘thank you’ to Martin Schulz By Avraham Burg, Feb. 14, 2014 7:25 PM   A bit of disclosure: First, to me, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett (Habayit Hayehudi) is one of the shallowest people I’ve ever encountered here in recent years. Give me Moshe Feiglin, give me Uri Elitzur, give me Shlomo Ben-Zvi, …

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Verisimilitudinous

The Old Testament’s made-up camels are a problem for Zionism By Andrew Brown, Thursday 13 February 2014 08.59 EST   There are 21 references to camels in the first books of the Bible, and now we know they are all made up. Some of them are quite startlingly verisimilitudinous, such as the story of Abraham’s …

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Their first institutional reflex

A clue as to why the Shin Bet might hack me By Jonathan Cook, 7 February 2014   I have been pondering – probably more than is wise – what happened yesterday, when I lost control of my computer for an hour shortly after I had contacted the Israeli prime minister’s spokesman for a comment …

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The genitals

Read Genesis carefully   Dear editor: Re. Everette West, Daron McClain and whoever else believes in an eternal hell, there is no such place. The scriptures teach that hell was created for the devil and his angels and anything that was created has an end. And there is life after we leave here. And all …

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