Jun 16 2012

Washington will be pleased

Assad will breathe a sigh of relief at death of Arab Spring

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 16 June 2012   The end of the Egyptian Revolution? I suppose we could have seen it coming; the marginalisation of the original rebels…  [more]

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Jun 16 2012

Pushing Obama toward war

44 Senators, including many Democrats, sign AIPAC letter to Obama against Iran negotiations

By , June 16, 2012   Obama Letter P5+1 Final   A terrifying letter, signed by nearly half the Senate, Democrats and Republicans, pushing…  [more]

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Jun 16 2012

Inspired and planned by the institutions of racism

Nurit Peled-Elhanan’s moving reflections on the occupation’s 45th birthday

By , June 15, 2012 … Nurit Peled-Elhanan, daughter of a prominent Israeli general and mother of a suicide bombing victim, and her brother Miko Peled have long been…  [more]

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Jun 14 2012

It wasn’t even argued about

Quotes from the Early Church Writers on Military Service

By Tad Delay, June 10 2012 … I recently finished a paper on the teaching of the early church fathers regarding military service.  This list used to be one of…  [more]

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Jun 14 2012

To be great is to be misunderstood

The Apostle Paul Was Not a Misogynist Homophobe

By , 06/12/2012  7:00 am … Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “To be great is to be misunderstood.” If Emerson was right, then the Apostle Paul might be one of the…  [more]

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Jun 12 2012

As natural as the way we think

Why Shakespeare is … Palestinian

By Amir Nizar Zuabi, Monday 11 June 2012 10.10 EDT … It is a well-known fact that Shakespeare is a Palestinian. And when I say “is” I do mean “is”, not “was”. The man might…  [more]

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Jun 12 2012

Among informed and honest observers

Should we call it apartheid?

By , June 11, 2012 … Among informed and honest observers, there is no dispute that Israel is imposing a separate and grossly unequal system of ethnic discrimination on the Palestinians, most blatantly…  [more]

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