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May 22 2011
Unbridled nationalism
Today’s borders are the ‘indefensible’ ones
Haaretz editorial, published 01:16 22.05.11 … Lots of high-sounding words were uttered over the weekend. There was U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech, in which he welcomed the civil revolutions in the Middle East and… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/05/22/unbridled-nationalism/
May 22 2011
Struggle for political survival
Barack Obama has passed the buck on Palestine
By Carlo Strenger, Friday 20 May 2011 15.01 BST … Binyamin Netanyahu is angry, and it is easy to understand why. He is about to be the big loser in the… [more]
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May 22 2011
What we’re working for
Our revolt is not Obama’s
By Ahdaf Soueif, Saturday 21 May 2011 … This wasn’t slipping poison into the honey; it was smearing chemical sweeteners on to toxic pellets. Barack Obama listed what he sees as his country’s “core… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/05/22/what-were-working-for/
May 21 2011
Fit the battle
Which chapter from the Book of Joshua?
By Yitzhak Laor, 01:37 19.05.11 … Between 1949 and 1956, in what Israel calls “retribution operations,” thousands of Palestinians, who did not come to attack, were killed on the borders. Hundreds of… [more]
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May 20 2011
Revelant history
Dear Friends:
A propos President Obama’s Middle East policy speech yesterday, and the vigorous reaction that it provoked from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, I have recalled an Op-Ed of mine that was published in the International Herald Tribune in November… [more]
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May 18 2011
You’ve got to wonder
Evangelicals making tracks in Hot Springs
by Leslie Newell Peacock, May 18, 2011 … Hot Springs is the town where you gamble on the ponies, tread in the steps of gangsters taking the waters, and where a club on… [more]
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