Dear Friends: Below is the full text of an excellent (make that superior) speech delivered last week in Washington by Kathleen Christison to the annual meeting of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) on the subject of current U.S. policy toward the Israel-Palestine problem. Most of you will recall that Kathy is a retired …
Category: Palestine
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Oct 13 2010
Sowing evil
People who cultivate the land and produce food for their fellow men share a special bond with all other “sons of the soil” who practice the same life’s work. In all cultures and traditions, the farmer enjoys is a unique place in society, accorded a particular kind of dignity and considered worthy of a special …
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Oct 07 2010
Bravo, Brandon Davis
This was sent to me today by Ilene Cohen, Executive Editor of World Politics, journal of Princeton’s Institute for International and Regional Studies. October 7, 2010 Here I am sitting in an office at Princeton University and I missed this incredible opinion column (following). Thanks to my friend Asli, sitting in her office at UCLA, …
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Sep 12 2010
More civilized?
Why does the US government think burning Qurans is less civilised than drone attacks on civilian populations?
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Sep 05 2010
Rape of Dulcinea
Note: The following piece by Israel Shamir, a contemporary Israeli intellectual, was resurrected April 18, 2010 after Wiesel’s open letter appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, and New York Times… +++ Elie Wiesel wrote a letter to President Obama demanding hands off Jewish hold on Jerusalem. He recycled his own …
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Aug 11 2010
Smoke & fire
The prior entry (about the “Wonderful” poster at Maxine’s) elicited this prompt response from my also-gracious Norwegian friend Børre after I instroduced it with, “Here is a reminder that [even in the middle of Arkansas] the world’s best propaganda apparatus cannot block out every glimmer of truth:” [Jacques], I don’t disagree with your interpretation of “a glimmer of …
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Aug 10 2010
Come tumble down
The first Friday of every month is Gallery Walk in Hot Springs, when the downtown art galleries stay open late. We were strolling along Central Avenue when this poster in the window of Maxine’s caught my eye. I went back tonight and Agnes, the Polish proprietress graciously offered this copy… http://www.myspace.com/thewonderfulpeople
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