Jan 01 2013
Does Arab progress founder on an ossified language? By Robert Fisk, Monday 31 December 2012 I’ve heard all kinds of reasons for the Arab-Israeli failure to agree on UN Security Council Resolution 242 – because the Arabic text calls upon Israel to withdraw from ‘the lands occupied by Israel in 1967’ (including the West Bank, …
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Dec 30 2012
Israel lobby should not have veto over US president’s cabinet By Michael Brün, 30 Dec 2012 12:19 If you care about the direction of this country but think you don’t have time to pay attention to what the Israel lobby is doing, you may want to think again. This is no conspiracy theory – …
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Dec 29 2012
At Israeli school, anyone can learn to be a prophet By The Associated Press, Dec.29, 2012 7:00 PM Instead of long beards and robes, they wear track suits and T-shirts. Their tablets are electronic, not hewn of stone, and they hold smartphones, not staffs. They may not look the part, but this ragtag group …
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Dec 29 2012
The Jewish people’s ultimate treasure hunt By Ofer Aderet, Dec.28, 2012 9:12 AM “Just imagine a group of blind people who encounter an elephant for the first time in their lives. They place their hands on it and touch it in order to understand what kind of animal it is. But each of them …
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Dec 28 2012
Hagel, the lobby and the limits of power By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, 28 Dec 2012 11:43 You have to do no more than watch this attack ad produced by the neoconservative pressure group the Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) to understand the significance of Chuck Hagel’s possible nomination as US secretary of defence. The …
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Dec 23 2012
A word of advice about the Middle East – we’ve reached the ‘tipping point’ with cliches By Robert Fisk, Sunday 23 December 2012 Remember the days when we thought Egypt’s path to democracy was a done deal? Western-trained Mohamed Morsi had invited the people to come and meet him in Hosni Mubarak’s former presidential palace, the …
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Dec 22 2012
The disproportionate value of Israeli life By Belen Fernandez, 22 Dec 2012 13:03 Following the conclusion of Operation “Pillar of Defence”, Israel’s latest bout of terror in Gaza, Israeli journalist Gideon Levy wrote in Ha’aretz: Since the first Qassam rocket fell on Israel in April 2001, 59 Israelis have been killed – and 4,717 …
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