Monthly Archives: January 2009
Loewenstein: Israel should be tried by popular appeal
Antony Loewenstein: Israel must pay for crimes Posted using ShareThis
Filed under general, global issues, middle east, note to future generations
The Onion on Israel
via Vacation To Israel Canceled Due To History Of Israel | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source. Vacation to Israel Canceled due to History of Israel HOBOKEN, NJ—With only three weeks to go before embarking on a much-anticipated vacation … Continue reading
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Palestinians as UN citizens?
During a recent moderated discussion on campus, I had the chance to pose a few questions to Canadian international law expert (and recent federal NDP candidate) Prof. Michael Byers. Interested in what light his expertise may shed on ways forward … Continue reading
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Palestine-Israel: the East Timor model?
As a sort of stop-gap compromise between the two-state solution and a permanent international protectorate, Prof. Dan Jacobson wrote this several months ago in the Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture: …given the fundamental weakness of both the Israeli … Continue reading
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Israel-Palestine and the UN: back to the drawing board.
Two years ago, Brent Scowcroft said the following (via Tony Karon @ The Rootless Cosmopolitan): Hezbollah is not the source of the problem, … It is a derivative of the cause, which is the tragic conflict over Palestine that began … Continue reading
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Miracle Wonk® on an atomized Hamas
Atomized Hamas via Miracle Wonk Most commentary on the Israeli-Palestine conflict presupposes that Hamas is a homogenous actor with clear, top-down leadership. Take Eric Trager’s ham-handed attempt to burst the meme that Israeli’s aggression is weakening prospects for a two-state solution: … Continue reading
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No kidding: Gaza Crisis Imperils 2-State Solution — NYT
As Antony Loewenstein notes, “…the New York Times finally gets the press release…” News Analysis – Gaza Crisis Imperils 2-State Solution – NYTimes.com At the moment, this only makes me more certain of the seemingly-absurd, yet ultimately most sustainable option … Continue reading
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