Category: Israel

Rebuilding the house of Isber Shadid

Anthony Shadid yearned for home By Jefferson Morley, Friday, Feb 17, 2012 5:42 PM 12:45:46 CST … Anthony’s Shadid’s now unbearably poignant book, “House of Stone,” opens with a scene of carnage that will be familiar to anyone who read his coverage of the wars of  the Middle East. As a reporter for the Washington …

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Intimidate and paralyse, choke and divert

False accusations of antisemitism desensitise us to the real thing By Rachel Shabi, Friday 17 February 2012 09.11 EST … She hasn’t yet filled the post or filed a single line of copy, but the incoming New York Times correspondent for Jerusalem has already been judged. And it’s damning. Apparently, soon-to-be bureau chief Jodi Rudoren …

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My heart is still young

Letters raise fears for last Briton in Guantanamo By Paul Calahan, Monday 13 February 2012 … On the day he marks 10 years locked inside the world’s most notorious prison without having been charged with an offence, the last UK resident in Guantanamo Bay pleads with his captors: “Please torture me in the old way …

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A brilliant repression

Mount Hermon’s pure snow can’t hide Israel’s dark past By Gideon Levy, 04:42 12.02.12 … These are wonderful days at Jabal al-Shaykh. It’s high season, ideal conditions and the visibility is excellent. Thousands of Israelis spent their weekend there, and the weather forecast for the next few days is promising. It’s just the name, Jabal …

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Who will fight the war Netanyahu wants?

Will AIPAC and Bibi get their war? By MJ Rosenberg, 12 Feb 2012 12:07 … These are strange times for those of us who follow the debate about a possible war with Iran. It is clear that the Israeli government and its neoconservative camp followers here in the United States are increasing pressure on President …

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When sponsorship of a terrorist group is acceptable

Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups By Glenn Greenwald, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:59 AM 17:56:22 CST … One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization under …

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Clean, calibrated conflict is a mirage

The neocons’ big Iran lie By Matt Duss, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:00 AM 17:10:12 CST … In February 2003, less than a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Gen. Eric Shinseki told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that “Something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers” would be required …

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