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 11 2011
Jimmy Carter: ‘We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. We never went to war’ By Carole Cadwalladr, Sunday 11 September 2011 … Where does Jimmy Carter live? Well, close your eyes and imagine the kind of house an ex-president of the United States might live in. The sort of residence befitting the …
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Sep 07 2011
9/11 and its great transformations By Cliff Schecter, 07 Sep 2011 15:07 … On September 11th, 2001, on what was a perfect morning-right up until the very moment a Boeing 767-223-ER slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre, I stood on the corner of Delancey and Ridge Streets in downtown Manhattan. I …
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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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