Sunday, February 23, 2014

Where’s the BBC reporting on PA funding of convicted terrorists?

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...The potential impact of such a ‘cottage industry’ should surely be of interest to any Middle East journalist worth his or her salt, but o...

Fantasy, Reality and Wishing Iran and Israel Put Aside “Differences”

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...This idea about “mutual hostility” and both sides needing to set aside “political differences” chimes well with the kindergarten teaching...

Surprise! On Israel, Washington Post ignores the elephants in the room

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...Booth and Gearan are invested in Kerry's wishful peacemaking initiative, blinding themselves to Abbas's intransigence. Contrary ...

When the Secretary of State is Oblivious to the Demise of the Palestinian Authority

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...Marie Harf – Deputy State Department Spokesman – in her daily press briefing on 19 February –still thought Kerry was meeting with the Pal...

Jewish institutions are obligated to host virulent foes of Israel? Why?

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...Judith Butler, John Judis, Roger Waters, and Alice Walker can say whatever they want about Israel in a thousand other, often more promine...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Abbas’ impudence; American silence

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...Secretary Kerry has had nothing to say about Palestinian political culture that remains violent, anti-democratic, and wedded to historica...
Friday, February 21, 2014

The mirage that has come to be known as "foreign peacekeepers"

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..."When you are the one defending yourself, you are also the one who determined what is more important and what is less important for ...
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Knowing who true friends are would be a good place to start

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...Those who have abandoned my people in our time of need, and especially those who have sided with our oppressors, have no business whatsoe...

PA figurehead Abbas has this week assured us that happy days are (almost) here again

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...If Israel only improves its act, and conducts its affairs as per Abbas’s directives, peace and bliss will surely be ours. Sarah Honig...

Please spare me the Jewish connection, Mr. Kerry

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...Because at the end of the day we and our children and our children's children are the ones who are going to bear the consequences of ...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Out of sight, out of mind, 116 stories the BBC chose not to tell

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...This is clearly information which is crucial to the BBC’s mission to form “a global understanding of international issues” and to enable ...
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How Do You Go About Solving a Problem Like J Street?

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What The J Street Challenge certainly exposes is the concerning way in which the J Street message risks having real traction with students....

Hamas, Sandra Korn and academic totalitarianism

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...I began by mentioning Hamas, and I should apologize to Ms Korn for comparing her to them, even in respect to their honesty. I’m sure she ...

UNHRC, Falk and a six-year waste of time and resources

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...Falk is a twisted circus clown who should never be hosted by respectable institutions and should be put in his place for the disservice h...

The Facade of a Process and the Rising Cost of Kerry’s Peace Charade

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...With Abbas having contributed nothing useful to the conversation, it seems that the State Department is now trying to bribe him into rema...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

How to “Cleanse” Context From a Gaza Story

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...By omitting the relevant context – Hamas and Palestinian terror – and downplaying the medical treatment that Palestinians receive from Is...

The elephant in the room and what primary sources tell us about Lydda 1948

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...Operation Dani, which precipitated the mass exodus of the Arabs from Lydda and Ramla, was the first in a series of three initiatives, the...

Welcome to the Wild, Wild West Bank. And the Millions Poured Into The PA?

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...He asked this correspondent why the international community would allow innocent Palestinians to be deprived of a living wage while suppo...

An Unpopular Proposal and Its Illuminating Reactions

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"...Of course, one has the right to say: “I am a Palestinian whose Israeli ID card was forced on him, and I prefer to be subject to an ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

A conflict that keeps being continually punctuated by Arab fiction on Arab fiction

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...Whitbeck’s confirmation of the demise of the “Palestinian Authority” with the newly declared “State of Palestine” should surely have sign...