Category: The Middle East

Holier than all the martyrs

A racist, messianic rabbi is the ruler of Israel By Sefi Rachlevsky, 02:11 01.07.11 … When King Lior parted from the evildoers, who had detained him for an hour of questioning, he turned to Mercaz Harav Yeshiva, where he was borne on the shoulders of those celebrating his messianic kingdom. Once again, he began to …

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Sound familiar?

The invasion of Australia By John Pilger, Friday 1 July 2011 21.15 BST … The City of Sydney council has voted to replace the words “European arrival” in the official record with “invasion”. The deputy lord mayor, Marcelle Hoff, says it is intellectually dishonest to use any other word to describe how Aboriginal Australia was …

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Well, well

From one of the Arab world’s most insightful and eloquent political spokesmen — perhaps his best ever!  Rami Khouri highlights a (potentially) very significant and promising new direction being taken by some influential elements of the Palestinian national movement —  one that all of us have been hoping for a very long time would eventually emerge to establish once and …

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Realm of demonization

The Anti-Muslim Inner Circle By Robert Steinback, Intelligence Report, Summer 2011, Issue Number: 142 Illustrations by Bri Hermanson … The apparent recent surge in popular anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States has been driven by a surprisingly small and, for the most part, closely knit cadre of activists. Their influence extends far beyond their limited …

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No one will know

When the Messiah comes, Israel will deport him By Bradley Burston, 11:22 06.01.11 … When the Messiah comes, he will be without papers. When the Messiah comes, he will be taken into a small room, off-white and chilled, with one gray metal chair at each side of a gray metal desk. When the Messiah comes, …

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Your tax dollars at work

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Awash with rumours

Lies, damn lies, and reports of battlefield atrocities By Patrick Cockburn, Sunday, 19 June 2011 … In war, accounts of atrocities need to be treated with scepticism. Surveying a battlefield where he had once fought, the great Confederate general Stonewall Jackson turned to an aide and asked: “Did you ever think, sir, what an opportunity …

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