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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: We called, but no one answered

Counterpoint to: Call White House, Ask for Barack …it's time for us to dust off James Baker's line: 'When you're serious [about peace], give us a call: 202-456-1414. Ask for Barack. Otherwise, stay out of our lives. We have our own count...

The Warped Mirror: Eliminationism

In the mid-1990s, political scientist Daniel Jonah Goldhagen caused a heated controversy with the publication of a book arguing that the Holocaust was possible because ordinary Germans served as "willing executioners [...] who believed that e...

Window on Israel: Gilo isn't a barrier to negotiations

Barack Obama was six years old when the Jordanian army opened fire on Jerusalem in the 1967 war. Shortly after the fighting, Israel expanded the city's boundaries. Four years later it began construction the Gilo neighborhood. Gilo made headli...

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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