13 month ago
nelson : Gaza kidnap ordeal - First person account from BBC journalist
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15 month ago
deusx : Just How Far Did They Go, Those Words Against Israel? - New York Times - "Ahmadinejad did not say he was going to wipe Israel off the map because no such idiom exists in Persian"
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15 month ago
plasticbag : Gideon Lichfield—foreign correspondent for the Economist in Jerusalem—and someone I've known a very very long time has started a blog about the situation called 'Fugitive Peace' - It's fascinating to be able to see what's going on at ground level in Palestine and Israel and it makes it all the more real to me that I've known the commentator for almost half my life.
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19 month ago
nelson : The Vela incident - 1979 explosion in the South Atlantic; presumed to be a nuclear bomb test, but no one is sure
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28 month ago
kellan : Israel Asks U.S. to Ship Rockets With Wide Blast - New York Times - "Israel has asked the Bush administration to speed delivery of short-range antipersonnel rockets armed with cluster munitions" - the perfect sort of weapon to use in crowded, urban settings to maximize civilian deaths. #
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deusx : Stop using this lame evasion, Condi. By Fred Kaplan - "Scholars who enter the chambers of power should use their training as a tool to help them make decisions. Condi Rice is using hers as a chant to wish away the consequences."
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wearehugh : ongoing · Unending War - "It's depressingly easy to get young men to go out and kill and die for reasons that turn out later to have been really crappy."
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34 month ago
Rod Begbie : Israely Anti-Semitic Cartoons Contest - Yes! The whole "offensive cartoon" thing has turned into a gigantic international "Free Speech"-off, as everyone races to see who can out-satirize the ridiculous situation of bombing over (not-particularly-amusing) cartoons. [via] #
deusx : Israely Anti-Semitic Cartoons Contest - "We'll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published!"
Eric Meyer : Israely Anti-Semitic Cartoons Contest - Iranian newspaper announces Holocaust catroon contest; Israeli cartoonist announces anti-Semitic cartoon contest-- by Jews, for Jews. Everybody kvell!
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35 month ago
deusx : WorldWatch - August 21, 2005 - Gaza and the Israeli Settlers - The Ornery American - 'Sharon is willing to risk ending his own career for real and important benefits to Israel over the long term. That's how I define "Statesman."'
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47 month ago
cameron : Strange McDonalds McShoarma Israeli ad campaign - They don't say please in Isreal?
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