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At Durban II: YouTube Video of NY protest of Durban II

Following my call for a protest in NYC  to denounce the charade at the Durban II conference, students gathered in front of the UN building to protest its silence of human rights abuses around the world.
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Green-Lined: 'The Jewish Terrorist'

Here's just the first paragraph of the Reuters story  on Jack Teitel: A self-confessed killer dubbed 'The Jewish Terrorist' has shown how far settlers may go to stop Israel trading land for peace with Palestinians and the risks even lone atta...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Israel's construction un-bust

The headlines have been screaming that the Israeli economy is in recession -- as if anyone needed to be told that. The reason why this is a news item is because the data for GDP growth in the first quarter of 2009 (published on 17/5) showed, to no-one's sur...

Point / Counterpoint: What happened to Israel's legendary ingenuity?

Counterpoint to: Settlement by stealth belies promises of restraint [This] was the latest in an accelerating series of highly charged and organised moves by settlers into the city's Arab sector [of Jerusalem]. Armed with a court order saying they...

The Warped Mirror: Claiming credit for Goldstone

Al Jazeera is currently marking the 40 year anniversary of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) with a special program and reports. One of the featured articles in this series is entitled " OIC initiated Goldstone inquiry ." The articl...

Window on Israel: On the value of realism

What does the future hold? Who knows? In Jewish tradition, Malachi was the last prophet, i.e., the last person to hear the word of God. He died  2,500 years ago. All else is speculation, whether colored by ideology, what the speculator would ...

Ramallah for Real: Last year in Palestine

Last year in Palestine. Sort of. It's 2007. I have all but packed. Well, sort of. It's a tough place to be at, sometimes. Even harder to leave. Although the food's delicious, for many, it's becoming increasingly difficult by the day to get fat, ...

The Sephardi Perspective: In defense of Shas

Recently, the coalition negotiations with Kadima have brought up some very ugly epithets about Shas and its leadership. The political discourse has become rather unsightly. Regular readers of this column are aware that I am no great fan of Shas. Altho...

Investing in Israel: The importance of first impressions

"A first impression makes a lasting impression." As with most clichés, there's more than a kernel of truth in that statement. I happened upon this thought during a recent business trip to Israel.  In the general chit-chat before our meet...

Burning Issues: Burning Issues

"A first impression makes a lasting impression." As with most clichés, there's more than a kernel of truth in that statement. I happened upon this thought during a recent business trip to Israel.  In the general chit-chat before our meet...
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