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Why the Israeli case against boycott is so weak
May 16, 2010Regarding the discussion we had here on Gil-Scott Heron’s decision to cancel his show in Tel Aviv, here are some wise words from Gidon Levy. The real boycott, argues Levy, is the one that Israel is leading against the Palestinians and their supporters: … entry into Israel and the West Bank is being affected by [...]
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Deconstructing Rightwing arguments (I): The Palestinian Charter
May 5, 2010Every now and than you get to hear Israelis argue that we cannot have peace with the Palestinians or even withdraw from the West Bank because Hamas is still opposing the idea of a Jewish state, and more important, because the Palestinian National Charter, which the PLO’s binding document, still states that the Palestinians have [...]
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Founder of Israel's Rabbis for Human Rights dies
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The litmus test for Israel’s intentions
May 4, 2010Every now and then I get to hear the argument that Israel never claimed the West Bank for itself (therefore it’s not Apartheid nor occupation, etc.). After all, Barak offered almost the entire West Bank to the Palestinians in Camp David, and in 2008 Ehud Olmert had gone even further, so basically it’s the Palestinians [...]
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Hussein Ibish: Mearsheimer is the Kevorkian of Palestine
May 4, 2010Hussein makes a number of crucial points about the impact of Mearsheimer’s recommendations on the people he ostensibly wants to help, although I don’t think he understands Mearsheimer’s true motivation (more on that in a second): Insofar as they are aimed at Palestinians, (Mearsheimer’s) conclusions are absolutely pernicious. They play into their most traditional and [...]
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Former Israeli Attorney General Backs IDF: Targeted Killings Were Lawfu
April 14, 2010In Operation Twin Towers, the Shin Bet directed the IDF to arrest several wanted Palestinians in Jenin. Gen. Yair Naveh gave his men the orders that they could shoot to kill if necessary (even if civilians would be harmed) despite the fact that the Israeli Supreme Court had specifically excluded such targeted killings. The Palestinians [...]
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A New Palestinian War (nee, “intifadah”) is Starting and We Can Thank Obama
March 21, 2010Whenever peace talks are close at hand, the Palestinians ratchet up the pressure by launching a wave of violence. The goal is to improve negotiating position and to ensure that after Israel gives up something new, that the talks will be torpedoed anyway. This helps the Palestinians immensely because they always demand that the new [...]
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As predicted, Palestinians blame Israel, US blames Israel, Israel blames Israel and everybody begs the Palestinians for forgiveness
March 12, 2010So I called the Israeli government amateurish and blamed them for recent debacles relating to Israel, especially the announcement of 1600 new units in Ramat Shlomo, Jerusalem, on the eve of new peace talks with the Palestinians while US VP Biden was on a “let’s get everybody on the same page” tour of the Holy [...]
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Peres Speaks at the Herzliya Conference
February 3, 2010Speaking, last night, at the Herzliya Conference, Israeli President Shimon Peres spoke about many different topics. Speaking briefly of the Palestinians, Peres discussed the Palestinians’ state-building enterprises, and the efforts they are making to build a state and achieve peace. Peres emphasized that the enemy of the Palestinians is Hamas; not Israel. Discussing the topic [...]
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Over-Exaggeration at the Station
February 2, 2010Former Senior officials of the IDF stress that despite the gravity of incidents of abuse against Palestinians, they are few and far between. This claim came as a defense after a report of female soldiers’ testimonies of abuse of Palestinians. Former IDF chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak said, “Cases in which IDF soldiers abuse civilian [...]
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Breaking the Silence exposes humiliation of Palestinians, violence and theft by IDF soldiers
January 29, 2010Anti occupation group Breaking the Silence published a new set of testimonies, this time from female soldiers who served in recent years in the Palestinians territories. These include stories of humiliation, systematic violence, cruelty and theft by IDF soldiers. The Palestinians who were harmed by those acts were innocent civilians, or in the worse cases [...]