Sep 28 2016
Shimon Peres was no peacemaker. I’ll never forget the sight of pouring blood and burning bodies at Qana By Robert Fisk, Wednesday 28 September 2016 11:00 BST When the world heard that Shimon Peres had died, it shouted “Peacemaker!” But when I heard that Peres was dead, I thought of blood and fire and …
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Sep 21 2016
“Some People Push Back”: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens By Ward Churchill, September 12, 2001 When queried by reporters concerning his views on the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, Malcolm X famously – and quite charitably, all things considered – replied that it was merely a case of “chickens coming …
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Sep 14 2016
What Ari Shavit Doesn’t Understand About Palestinian Children and Jews By Ziona Ziyona Snir , Sep 14, 2016 9:56 AM Dear Ari Shavit, Despite my bemusement at your demand to recognize Israel as a Jewish state 68 years after it was recognized as such by the whole world, I don’t mean to get into …
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Aug 08 2016
Judaism is not a major player in the history of humankind By Yuval Noah Harari, Jul 31, 2016 Though many Israelis are convinced that the history of the human race revolves around Judaism and the Jewish people, in truth, Judaism has played a relatively minor role in the annals of our species. Unlike such …
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Jul 23 2016
Democrats mirror Communist Party Dear editor: One of the speakers at the Republican Convention Monday evening was a popular young Hollywood actor named Antonio Sabato Jr., a very strong supporter of Donald Trump as well as the Republican Party. He moved here in 1985 from Rome, Italy, as a legal immigrant. Antonio is …
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Jun 03 2016
After the Chilcot report, we’ll hear the New Testament – the gospel according to Saint Tony By Robert Fisk, Friday 3 June 2016 08:25 BST So, Sir John Chilcot’s report is going to be “four times as long as War and Peace”, is it? My weariness comes not with the cliché, credited to the …
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Mar 01 2016
Why the Arabs Don’t Want Us in Syria By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., February 22, 2016 In part because my father was murdered by an Arab, I’ve made an effort to understand the impact of U.S. policy in the Mideast and particularly the factors that sometimes motivate bloodthirsty responses from the Islamic world against …
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