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Says One Israeli General: 'Everybody Thinks We're Bananas'
June 2, 2010Sorry about the intermittent blogging, I’m actually in Israel on a reporting trip, not a blogging trip (I don’t think The Atlantic would send me overseas to blog, though maybe that’s the next big thing). And what am I reporting on, you ask? Well, you’ll have to subscribe to find out. But: I happen to [...]
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Exodus, Gaza-Style
June 2, 2010…The Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and horsemen. And when Moses had stretched forth his hand towards the sea, it returned…and as the Egyptians were fleeing away, the waters came upon them, and the Lord shut [...] [...]
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Israel to Release All Gaza Flotilla Activists
June 2, 2010In growing recognition of the public relations disaster it faces on the world stage for its massacre aboard the Turkish aid ship attempting the break the Gaza blockade, Israel’s prime minister announced that all 700 would be immediately released. It appears that continuing to detain them made Israel’s predicament even more untenable than it would [...]
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French Jews 'regret' deaths in Navy raid
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Eyewitness Accounts Contradict Israeli Version of Gaza Flotilla Massacre, Turkey Issues Stern Warning to Israel
June 1, 2010Even the N.Y. Times, whose preference is usually to believe Israel’s accounts of events, has begun to acknowledge there are competing valid claims by survivors about what happened: More than 600 activists arrested after Monday’
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U.S. Officials Dismayed at Gaza Flotilla Attack
June 1, 2010Right now, they’ll only admit it hiding behind anonymity: While the administration’
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Facebook Group Calls for End of Gaza Siege, International Investigation of Flotilla Massacre
May 31, 2010I have just created a new Facebook group protesting the Gaza flotilla massacre. I hope you will consider joining and circulate word to everyone you know to ask that they do so. We must rally to demand justice and accountability for the events of last night. Here are the demands I’ve included as part of [...]
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Demand International Investigation of Gaza Flotilla Massacre
May 31, 2010I’m hoping to join together with other peace activists and groups like Jewish Voice for Peace to create an international campaign that will have the following demands: 1. A Goldstone-like investigation of the massacre which would investigate culpability of the commander of the Israeli navy and defense minister for this incident (and charges of attacks [...]
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The morons who run Israel
May 31, 2010It’s incomprehensible. Earlier yesterday, before the Propaganda Flotilla floated across the Mediterranean toward Gaza, yells of “Khaybar Khaybar al Yahud” could be heard from the boats. This chant essentially implies violence and death to the Jews. The key purpose of this Propaganda Flotilla was to injure Israel in the media. Whatever they were carrying [...]