Category: Israel

The ongoing business of slaughtering the other

Imploding the Myth of Israel By Chris Hedges, Nov 4, 2013   Israel has been poisoned by the psychosis of permanent war. It has been morally bankrupted by the sanctification of victimhood, which it uses to justify an occupation that rivals the brutality and racism of apartheid South Africa. Its democracy—which was always exclusively for Jews—has been …

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Iranian nukes, murderous Arabs and assimilation

    Israel as a Totem for Jewish Identity By Lisa Goldman, Oct 24, 2013 6:26 PM EDT   Jews are smarter than everyone else. A Chinese woman who visits a synagogue is surely shopping for a Jewish husband. Pakistan has “managed to produce absolutely nothing” in its entire history [besides nuclear weapons]. A two-state …

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Embracing hysterical paranoia

Rand Paul’s strategic Islamophobia By Alex Pareene, Friday, Oct 11, 2013 12:57 PM CDT   For normal Americans, the annual Values Voters Summit is an opportunity to take a look at the Republican Party and be appalled and amused at how vehemently anti-modernity and hysterically bigoted it remains despite basically all demographic trends. For Republican …

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The end-time transfer of wealth

The Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism By Morgan Guyton, 10/01/2013  9:48 am   On the eve of our government shutdown, I wanted to do some research into the theological roots of Senator Ted Cruz, the standard-bearer of the Tea Party Republicans behind the shutdown. I’m interested in understanding what account of Christianity creates the …

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How have we become so spineless?

On laws that must be broken By Ilana Hammerman, Sep. 24, 2013 6:36 AM   “Legally mandated destruction.” That is how Haaretz’s editorial on Sunday described the destruction of the village of Khirbet Makhoul in the Jordan Valley. “The structures in question are unlawful and were built without construction permits. The structures were demolished in …

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And from every corner choking agony

Two old radios and a clock placed in one of the corners in the main room. (Photo: Marwan Thatah)

  The Memories Museum of Dr. Mohammed al-Khatib By Yazan al-Saadi, Wednesday, August 7, 2013   In the midst of one of the many cramped and crowded alleyways of Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp, close to qa’at al-sha’ab, or the people’s hall, is a brown metal door leading to a ground-floor apartment. On the old door, …

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Before the stupidest Western war in the history of the modern world begins

Iran, not Syria, is the West’s real target By Robert Fisk, Friday 30 August 2013   Before the stupidest Western war in the history of the modern world begins – I am, of course, referring to the attack on Syria that we all yet have to swallow – it might be as well to say that …

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