It was Zionism itself that Israel buried this week. Let it go. By Bradley Burston, Jul.03, 2012 1:36 PM It’s time to take a lesson from the successful. It’s time to begin thinking like Yitzhak Shamir. When he died this week, the first several people I spoke with, knowledgeable people who closely follow politics …
Category: The Middle East
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Jun 29 2012
A terrifying possibility
Why Is Sheldon Adelson Donating Millions to Romney? NYT: “His Disgust for a Two-state Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” By David Harris-Gershon, June 25th, 2012 During the height of Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign, the Sheldon-Adelson-backed Republican candidate caused waves when he called the Palestinians an “invented people” and declared that the Palestinian Authority was …
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Jun 29 2012
We cannot escape history
George W. Bush: Still the worst By Robert Merry, Friday, Jun 29, 2012 06:30 AM CDT In 2003, President Bush, then two years into his tenure, was asked by journalist Bob Woodward about his place in history. “History,” he replied. “We don’t know. We’ll all be dead.” This is a remarkable statement from any …
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Jun 29 2012
‘Ahlan wa sahlan fikoum!
From: Børre Ludvigsen Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 5:31 AM Subject: Emine, Fatimah and Umm Ahmad – ‘ahlan wa sahlan fikoum! It appears that the Arab “Spring” (it means to move or jump suddenly or rapidly upward or forward, no?) has also taken it upon itself to address the soft underbelly of the …
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Jun 28 2012
Citizen pilgrim
On Human Identity By Richard Falk, 20:23 06/27/2012 Early in my blog life I wrote about Jewish identity. It was partly an exercise in self-discovery, and partly a response to those who alleged that I was a self-hating Jew, or worse, an anti-Semite. These attacks on my characterwere hurtful even as I felt their …
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Jun 28 2012
In law or in practice
Children in Military Custody – new report by leading UK lawyers By Defence for Children International-Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine), 28 Jun 2012 On 26 June a new report on children held in Israeli military detention was published in London. The report – Children in military custody – was produced by a delegation of UK lawyers …
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Jun 26 2012
Modern-day version of maktab thani
Free the refugees of Nahr al-Bared By Marcy Newman, 26 Jun 2012 22:06 Last week at a candlelight vigil in Baddawi refugee camp for the camp’s dead and injured, signs posted on the school wall asked why, after five years, was Nahr al-Bared still a closed military zone? For the past five years, all …
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