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Republic of Splintered Cedars: “The People Want To Bring Down the Regime”
February 27, 2011Good for Lebanon. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Beirut on Sunday to protest their country’s sectarian political system. Copping a sentiment ubiquitous now throughout the Middle East, protesters chanted, “the people want to bring down the regime!” According to Reuters: “Lebanon is governed by a delicate power-sharing system to maintain the balance between the country’s [...]
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Beck Commends Orthodox Judaism
February 25, 2011On his February 22 radio show, Mormon-convert, ex-drug-addict and media mogul, Glenn Beck, compared Reform Judaism to “radical Islam,” saying that both were more about ‘politics’; that is changing what is outside of oneself, rather than actually being about ‘religion’, changing what is inside of oneself. Beck’s comments came one month after 400 rabbis, many [...]
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David Horovitz Wants Democracy
February 20, 2011Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post, David Horovitz, gave a 100 second video monologue on Thursday on the JPost website, emphasizing that “Israel wants to be joined in this region by democracies’
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Dershowitz to Defend Assange
February 17, 2011Harvard Law School Professor and much-listened-to, publicized, mild, spokesperson for Zionism, Alan M. Dershowitz, will be joining Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’
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Kadima Calls Budget Cuts “Political Cowardice”
February 15, 2011Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is introducing across-the-board budget cuts. This includes the reduction of water costs, the reduction of public transportation prices and the cancellation of the latest tax hike on gasoline. Furthermore, the minimum monthly wages will be raised by NIS 450 ($122). As for the gas price in Israel, it will be slashed [...]
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Trumah and Truth
February 10, 2011In 2010, American philanthropists donated approximately $3.3 billion to charity ‘
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Just Say No to the Ebb and Flow
February 9, 2011Last December, the High Court of Justice rejected appeals made by Yigal Amir to alter the terms of his imprisonment. The high court ruled that Amir is to be held in solitary confinement for six more months. Amir, who, if you were unaware, is in year 15 of serving a life sentence for assassinating Yitzhak [...]
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More From Egypt and Elsewhere
February 5, 2011As mayhem continues throughout the Middle East, journalists are in danger, and consequently, so is revelation of truth. In Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, has been accused by the Committee to Protect Journalists for “an unprecedented and systematic attack” on international reporters. The committee’s executive director, Joel Simon, said: “This is a dark day for Egypt and [...]
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Tohu Bohu in the Middle East
February 2, 2011Who’s up for a game of Middle East Twister? Monday night, residents of Gaza shot a volley of powerful mortar shells and Grad rockets at the western Negev. One rocket hit Ofakim and one landed in Netivot, almost hitting a Jewish wedding celebration, where a “Color Red” rocket alert system sounded. Four were treated for [...]
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Desert Thunder: Ding Dong Democracy?
January 31, 2011As much-needed rain began to pour down on poor old Israel, rumbling thunder sent vibrations through the desert ‘
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Agassi Says: Let It Ride
January 30, 2011Before 2020, says Israel’s entrepreneurial sweetheart, electric cars will be flying off the showroom floor faster than gasoline-powered automobiles. “It doesn’t mean that oil is not necessary, but we’re starting the way out’
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The Republic of Splintered Cedars Part II: Why Saad Said He Is Sad and Meet Miqati
January 26, 2011Muslims in the Middle East can’t win for trying. Former Lebanese prime minister, Najib Miqati, after being the candidate of Syrian/Iranian proxy, Hezbollah’s choice, will undertake the daunting task of reforming the Republic of Splintered Cedars. With the forces of terror on his side he should succeed. Senor Miqati, the billionaire businessman, won 68 seats [...]
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Friendship & Kabbalah The Ever Growing Tradition
January 23, 2011Two weeks ago, the New York Times had an article about Kabbalistic dancers, it was a reminder of the ubiquity and diversity of the various forms of this ancient mysticism; today, Kabbalah is not just a red-string on the left wrist of Ashton Kutcher, it connects to various aspects of our lives in ways that [...]