Dec 29 2016
We are not living in a ‘post-truth’ world, we are living the lies of others By Robert Fisk, Thursday 29 December 2016 11:15 BST We do not live in a “post-truth” world, neither in the Middle East nor in the West – nor in Russia, for that matter. We live in a world of …
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Dec 15 2016
It was bizarre to watch Samantha Power at the UN conveniently forget to mention all the massacres done in America’s name By Robert Fisk, Thursday 15 December 2016 10:00 BST So there was Samantha Power doing her “shame” bit in the UN. “Is there no act of barbarism against civilians, no execution of a …
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Nov 19 2016
Some random reflections… First, it was nice to meet many of you for the first time. Your determination to try to make a progressive difference so soon after last week’s regressive election is heartening. I hope I get to know all of you better. I admire your zeal to do something at the …
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Oct 25 2016
It’s Every Israeli’s Right, and Duty, to Speak Up – Including at the UN By Michael Sfard, Oct 24, 2016 8:18 PM Long ago, when I was a high school student in Jerusalem, I had a civics teacher who explained something quite astonishing to my class. The state is a means, he said, 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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