The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment By Peter Beinart, June 10, 2010 … In 2003, several prominent Jewish philanthropists hired Republican pollster Frank Luntz to explain why American Jewish college students were not more vigorously rebutting campus criticism of Israel. In response, he unwittingly produced the most damning indictment of the organized American Jewish …
Category: The Middle East
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May 26 2011
It was all rather disgusting
Bibi and the Yo-Yos By Uri Avnery, May 26, 2011 … It was all rather disgusting. There they were, the members of the highest legislative bodies of the world’s only superpower, flying up and down like so many yo-yos, applauding wildly, every few minutes or seconds, the most outrageous lies and distortions of Binyamin Netanyahu. …
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May 25 2011
Alf leila w leila
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8-SPLP18k[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8-SPLP18k Concert of “Maurizio Lazzaro Cairo Jazz Quartet” at Sawy Culturewheel, Cairo 3 Dicember 2010 [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auqaJmi_zYc[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auqaJmi_zYc a Thelonious Monk composition. Concert at El Sawy Culturwheel, Cairo 6 January 2010. Maurizio Lazzaro (oud) [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CHTmzoTig[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CHTmzoTig concert at Sawy CultureWheel Cairo 06/01/2010 with Maurizio Lazzaro – guitar, Mohammed Sami – violin, Ahmad Hany – bass …
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May 25 2011
29 standing ovations
Why the US applauds Israeli defiance By Rupert Cornwell, Thursday, 26 May 2011 … Accounts vary on whether Benjamin Netanyahu received 28 or 29 standing ovations during his address to the US Congress on Tuesday. But the exact figure scarcely matters. Suffice it to note that they were two or three more than the 26 …
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May 25 2011
His predecessors wallowed
Shalom, Netanyahu By Gideon Levy, 02:51 26.05.11 … The “speech of his life” must now quickly become the speech of Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political demise. The hour is pressing, there is no time and nothing is going to come of Netanyahu any more. Even the snake oil peddlers who proffered masses of expectations in …
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May 25 2011
Sold to the highest bidder
Congress to Palestinians: Drop dead By MJ Rosenberg, 25 May 2011 15:42 … If anyone had any doubt about whether the Palestinians would declare a state in September, they can’t have them now. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered a speech to Congress that essentially was a series of insults to Palestinians and every insult …
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May 23 2011
An iron wall high enough
Time for Netanyahu to ditch his do-nothing policy By Richard Cohen, Monday, May 23, 6:39 PM … Every man has a father, and Binyamin Netanyahu’s is worth knowing. He is Benzion Netanyahu, born 101 years ago in what was soon to become Poland and living now in what has become Israel. He is a historian …
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