Apr 16 2013
At 65, modern Israel is falling short of Zionism’s most basic goal By Matt Hill, Tuesday 16 April 2013 Soon after the founding of Israel in 1948, a lady newly arrived from Poland was standing outside a cinema in Haifa. When she saw a young soldier walking up to the ticket booth, she froze. …
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Apr 16 2013
Boston explosions: ‘Please don’t be Arabs or Muslims’ By Khaled A Beydoun, 16 Apr 2013 09:25 I texted my friend at 7:47am EST, extending well wishes for a “successful and prosperous race”. Like the 23,181 runners who left Hopkinton dreaming about breaking the ribbon 26.2 miles away, my friend signed up for the 117th …
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Apr 16 2013
Can the Boston Bombings increase our Sympathy for Iraq and Syria, for all such Victims? By Juan Cole, 04/16/2013 The horrific bombings of the Boston Marathon produced inspiring images of a spirited, brave Boston refusing to be cowed. Some spectators surged forward toward the danger to apply tourniquets, offer first aid, share blankets, and …
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Apr 13 2013
A tall tale, by Monsieur d’Nalgar, inspired by reading this rubbish: https://levantium.com/2013/04/10/admonitions-of-sol-alinsky/ Everyone agreed afterwards that it was likely the strangest prayer meeting what ever done was. It happened during one cold winter evening at the First Tally-ho Taliban Church of Self-righteous Regurgitants, not long after they had locked and bolted the big pine doors, …
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Apr 07 2013
The following images and text were copied from a Powerpoint attachment to an email forwarded by Ray Close on4/6/2013. Enjoy this glimpse of a magical Beirut that is no more…
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Apr 05 2013
True costs of Iraq War whitewashed by fuzzy maths By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, Apr 5, 2013 ‘So many’, wrote TS Eliot, reflecting on the waste land left by the First World War. “I had not thought death had undone so many.” This notion is unlikely to cross the minds of those surveying the devastation …
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Apr 02 2013
Israeli cruelty reached a point of no return in the 2008-09 Gaza war By Gideon Levy, Mar.31, 2013 She was standing there screaming, the veins in her neck seeming about to burst. “What’s happened to you − have all of you gone crazy? Who knows what he had in his house, maybe there were …
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