Sep 15 2011
Israel’s missed opportunities By Anwar Ibrahim, 15 Sep 2011 18:45 … In the prologue to The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem, the author Josephus tells us that works written earlier by others “were marred by inaccuracies and prejudice” and that he “hopes to comfort the conquered and to deter others from attempting innovations”. Josephus’ …
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Sep 14 2011
West Bank villagers’ daily battle with Israel over water By David Hearst, Wednesday 14 September 2011 12.51 EDT … The South Hebron Hills, sweltering in 34C heat and in its second consecutive year of drought, is a landscape of brutal contrasts. There is enough water here to support lush greenhouses, big cattle sheds, even ornamental …
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Sep 13 2011
Ten reasons Palestine is right to bring its case to the UN By Bradley Burston, 19:23 13.09.11 … There’s a certain implied danger in the idea of playing darts in the dark. Particularly when there are numerous players in a crowded room, and not one has a well-defined target. For Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestine, for Benjamin …
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Sep 12 2011
Turkey’s stance on Israel will reverberate in Washington By Mohammed Ayoob, Monday 12 September 2011 21.30 BST … Turkey’s expulsion of the Israeli ambassador, the downgrading of its diplomatic relations with Israel, and the Erdogan government’s increasingly firm position on the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara signify more than a temporary hiccup in Turkish-Israeli …
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Sep 03 2011
Calling all ultimate missionaries to Israel By Belén Fernández, September 2, 2011 at 12:31 pm … I first learned of an intriguing excursion known as “The Ultimate Mission to Israel” in 2009 while perusing an article on the website of the Jerusalem Post. The article, which outlined Israel’s sudden concern for the fate of UNIFIL …
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Sep 02 2011
For 10 years, we’ve lied to ourselves to avoid asking the one real question By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 3 September 2011 … By their books, ye shall know them. I’m talking about the volumes, the libraries – nay, the very halls of literature – which the international crimes against humanity of 11 September 2001 have …
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Aug 31 2011
Polish-Jewish sociologist compares West Bank separation fence to Warsaw Ghetto walls By Roman Frister, 01:05 01.09.11 … Sygmunt Bauman, the Jewish sociologist and one of the greatest philosophers of our time, castigated Israel harshly this week, saying it did not want peace and was afraid of it. Bauman said Israel was “taking advantage of the …
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