Dec 28 2008

Gaza primer

 Here’s a good overview of what’s going on in Gaza: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/27/israelandthepalestinians-terrorism  My only beef with the article is that it doesn’t discuss the inside-Israel, wag-the-dog political dimensions of this latest round of US-sanctioned death and misery for Palestinians.  Is this…  [more]

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Dec 28 2008

RE: Does anyone remember Guernica?

 A dear Palestinian friend (ooh, he has Palestinian friends?!) responded with this: —–Original Message—– Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 10:19 AM Subject: RE: Does anyone remember Guernica? The Palestinian conflict under Bush is like two bookends: It started out with…  [more]

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Dec 27 2008

Does anyone remember Guernica?

 If anyone is wondering how much damage a lame-duck administration can manage on its way to historical infamy (or at best, oblivion), here’s what our Secretary of State had to say in response to the IAF attacks on Gaza (reminiscent,…  [more]

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Dec 24 2008

Merry Christmas, everyone!

 Folksinger John McCutcheon’s “Christmas in the Trenches” — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9coPzDx6tA  The following is from Jim Wallis’ (www.sojo.net) weekly email:  Silent Night, by Stanley Weintraub, is the story of Christmas Eve, 1914, on the World War I battlefield in…  [more]

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Dec 23 2008

Israel & Palestine: a response to avaaz.org

 In reading about your various campaigns, I noted the following:  “Israeli and Palestinian Avaaz members, like other Avaaz members and the general public around the world, firmly support a peaceful, just, two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and respect for…  [more]

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Dec 23 2008

Lebanese-ness and Phoenician genetic markers

 There is an important section in Friedman’s “From Beirut to Jerusalem” that talks about the Phoenician-descent myth that Lebanese Christians invented for themselves, and how the Israelis bought into it hook-line-and-sinker as they were preparing for their first Lebanese invasion…  [more]

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Nov 13 2008

Think race wasn’t an issue?

 http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/11/12/politics/horserace/entry4596620.shtml?source=search_story 16% of the people who voted for McCain said they would have voted for Hillary had she been in the race.  21% of those admitted race was a factor, but 96% of that 16% were either white or Hispanic,…  [more]

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