May 30 2012
No charges on ‘racist’ King’s Torah text By Donald Macintyre, Wednesday 30 May 2012 … Israel’s Attorney General has decided not to prosecute two rabbis who wrote a controversial religious text proposing circumstances in which it is permissible to kill non-Jews even if they pose no direct physical threat of violence. Yehuda Weinstein said remarks …
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May 29 2012
The West is horrified by children’s slaughter now. Soon we’ll forget By Robert Fisk, Tuesday 29 May 2012 … Bashar al-Assad will get away with it. He got away with Deraa. He got away with Homs. And he’ll get away with Houla. So will the armed opposition to the regime, along with al-Qa’ida and any …
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May 21 2012
US war veterans tossing medals back at Nato was a heroic act By Bernard Harcourt, Monday 21 May 2012 04.35 EDT … “No amount of medals, ribbons, or flags can cover the amount of human suffering caused by this war.” “I have only one word, and it is shame.” “This is for the people of …
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May 20 2012
A Victory for All of Us By Chris Hedges, May 18, 2012 … In January, attorneys Carl Mayer and Bruce Afran asked me to be the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that challenged the harsh provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We filed the …
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May 16 2012
Must we stand idly by while world leaders spout this codswallop? By Robert Fisk, Monday 14 May 2012 … Funny how the news agenda gets tired. Like the quotes. Only a couple of months ago, we were all bracing for Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear installations. And for serious pressure on Bashar al-Assad to end …
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May 06 2012
Zionist history: A short quiz By Neve Gordon, 06 May 2012 13:37 … Not long after Israel celebrated its 64th Independence Day on April 26, a friend prepared a quiz of sorts. She read out loud political quotes to about ten guests who were having dinner at my house, and asked us to identify the …
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Apr 29 2012
Christopher Hitchens made a cogent case for war – but he was still wrong By Patrick Cockburn, Sunday 29 April 2012 … There was a telling omission from the range of topics mentioned at the memorial for Christopher Hitchens at the Cooper Union in New York on 20 April. The 30 people who spoke, mostly …
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