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Posted on June 24 2008 : 10:53 AMAs this article clearly points out! In another measure Iraq is number one in the world (just turn the list upside down). Fortunately, Israel improved this year and went from number 3 to number 5! USA isn't doing too bad either. Read More... 
Posted on June 14 2008 : 11:53 PMFor once, a NY TImes article that actually interviews Palestinians. Read More... 
Posted on June 10 2008 : 01:02 PMThis article sounds just like something I would write. Read More...
Posted on June 06 2008 : 06:44 PMRemember when Bush & Co used to claim they have no interest in permanently staying in Iraq? Remember when right after the invasion, Bush addressed the Iraqi people and said the US will leave as soon as possible? Stack that up on the high pile of all the other lies of Bush & Co. OIL is forever. Read More... 
Posted on June 02 2008 : 01:53 PMThe Hagee story keeps getting worse. No surprises here. I am very reluctant to trot out the "anti-semite" label, but Hagee is a classic case. The fact that Lieberman continues to defend the man, is a reflection of his utter moral bankruptcy. On other fronts, some good news. Bad press on the Fulbright scholarship fiasco seems to have helped. Read More...
Posted on May 30 2008 : 09:46 AMDetails in this article. Just to get some facts straight: it was Fatah that attempted a coup d'etat (with US aid) against Hamas, not the other way around. In other news, the US and Israel (along with other luminaries such as China, Russia, India and Pakistan) are among the handful of countries not signing a treaty banning cluster bombs. Read More...
Posted on May 24 2008 : 11:38 PMIn the Jewish Bible, idolaters are often referred to as worshippers of wood and rock. This is a way to mock the beliefs of pagans, since no intelligent person can actually believe a piece of wood or rock shaped by the hands of man, is in fact a god. Such a belief would have an inherent logical contradiction - it would mean a man could create a god, so how is the god more powerful? More sophisticated pagans obviously don't actually think of the stone or wood idol as a god, but as a manifestation on which to focus their worship. No doubt less sophisticated pagans do believe the idol is the god itself, which made idol worship an easy target for the authors of the Bible. More than just an object of ridicule, idol worship is considered one of the most morally reprehensible sins in Judaism, one which Jews are enjoined to die rather than commit this sin. I have often referred to the Orthodox right wing settlers as idol worshipers - they worship the wood of the Shulkhan Arukh (literally the Set Table, the authoritative anthology of Orthodox Jewish law and practice) and the stone of the land of Israel. To see their idol worship in action, one need only read this article from the Washington Post, describing these fools defending Hagee's words. Read More... ( 11046 bytes in body)
Posted on May 23 2008 : 05:33 PMUnlike many who opposed the Iraq war, I don't blame the neo-cons for the war on Iraq. Nor do I believe that the U.S. foreign policy is dictated by Israel, as many others contend. These opinions are mostly found in socialist left wing and libertarian circles. If you read the comments sections on various political news sites and blogs these positions are loudly vented. Usually, as on libertarian-leaning sites like Digg, they are given thumbs up by the "audience." [One reason I don't allow comments on this blog is to avoid the infantile verbiage such sections usually contain]. There is often an undertone of anti-Jewish feelings in the many diatribes which espouse these positions. Basically, the underlying argument goes: the Jews rule the world to the detriment of others. McCain is often seen as another tool of the neo-cons. His close relation to Joe Lieberman gives this argument credence. My opinon on all this is obviously quite different. Read More... ( 10243 bytes in body)
Posted on May 21 2008 : 09:20 PMRehavam Ze'evi was the last person to get up in front of the Israeli Knesset and compare those who negotiate with "terrorists," as being equivalent to Neville Chamberlain's appeasing Hitler. Ze'evi was part of Israel's radical right and led a party that advocated the "transfer" of Arabs out of Israel, as the solution for ending the Israel/Palestine conflict. He also was famous for saying on the floor of the Knesset "every Jew is worth a thousand Arabs." Of course, in his reference to appeasement, Ze'evi was referring to Rabin and his negotiations with Arafat and the PLO. In Ze'evi's eyes, the fact that Bush advocates a two state solution and see's Arafat successor Abbas, as a "partner" in peace, would make Bush another Nazi-lover. Read More... ( 7407 bytes in body)
Posted on May 11 2008 : 12:02 AMPilpul [which probably derives from the Hebrew word pilpel-- pepper] refers to a technique of Talmudical study. To find out what pilpul has to do with Obama, we need to go on a bit of a side track. More beneath the fold. Read More... ( 7670 bytes in body) |
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