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	<title>Aron's Israel Peace Weblog</title>
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	<description>Personal Perspectives on War and Peace</description>
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		<title>Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions &#8211; Gaza Flotilla Edition</title>
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Sixth in a series. Sadly this probably won&#8217;t be the last.

Question 1: Israel, like every other country has the right to self defense. The flotilla was an attack on Israeli sovereignty! Imagine if they had tried to land on the coast of Florida, how would the US react?
Answer: Surely Israel has the right to self [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://israelblog.com/snappy-answers-to-stupid-questions-gaza-flotilla-edition/</link>
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		<title>Feature: His Master&#8217;s Voice &#8211; Part I</title>
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When we moved to Israel in 1983, my first job was at Israel&#8217;s largest (at the time) software consultancy. One of my colleagues was a modern Orthodox (&#8220;dati&#8221;) man. I was far less to the &#8220;left&#8221; then, and since this man actually lived in a Tel Aviv suburb, not the settlements, I assumed he was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://israelblog.com/feature-his-masters-voice-part-i/</link>
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		<title>The Barbarians are Not Yet at the Gate&#8230;</title>
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Chris Hedges is a writer and thinker whom I greatly admire. In the past I have written about his book War is Force that Gives us Meaning. Recently I came across an article he wrote at Truthdig, Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction, which is both insightful and depressing. About a year ago I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://israelblog.com/the-barbarians-are-not-yet-at-the-gate/</link>
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		<title>The Story of &#8216;Cruel and Unusual&#8217; with Colin Dayan</title>
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I have cited Colin Dayan&#8217;s book Cruel and Unusual several times. Here is a lecture by the author herself:

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		<link>http://israelblog.com/the-story-of-cruel-and-unusual-with-colin-dayan/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;A Game Changer&#8221;</title>
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Real News Network does a good job presenting the significance of the possible prisoner exchange:

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		<link>http://israelblog.com/a-game-changer/</link>
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		<title>Tony Judt&#8217;s Message to the Left</title>
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Professor Tony Judt at NYU, whose writings have often appeared on this site, recently gave  a lecture at NYU. As always, it is well worth reading. In fact I would argue it is mandatory reading for anyone who considers themself &#8220;leftist&#8221; or &#8220;progressive.&#8221; Judt provides the historical background for the political debates of today. He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://israelblog.com/tony-judts-message-to-the-left/</link>
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		<title>Portraits of Power</title>
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Photographer Platon photographs dozens of the world&#8217;s leaders at the recent General Assembly meeting. Be sure to listen to his commentary on each of the photos. Listen to the audio interview with him first, by clicking on the last icon of the thumbnails.
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		<link>http://israelblog.com/portraits-of-power/</link>
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		<title>November Roundup</title>
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November was a very busy month for me so I haven&#8217;t had time to write extended commentaries. Meanwhile I am posting links and short comments on articles that interest me on Twitter. If you don&#8217;t use Twitter, you can follow along in the widget on the lower right hand side of this page. One article [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://israelblog.com/november-roundup/</link>
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		<title>The Law is the Cudgel of the Powerful</title>
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As I&#8217;ve noted many times my blood starts to boil when so-called progressives start talking about how we need to return to being &#8220;a nation of laws.&#8221; As we see in the video, Israel has scrupulously followed the law in perpetrating this crime against innocents:

Israel&#8217;s use of the law to expropriate Palestinian land is quite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://israelblog.com/the-law-is-the-cudgel-of-the-powerful/</link>
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		<title>An Interview with Judge Goldstone</title>
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The attacks against Judge Goldstone&#8217;s report on the Gaza war fall into three categories: personal attacks against him, attacks on the accuracy and veracity of the findings and attacks against the UN body that commissioned the report. In this recent interview with Bill Moyers, Judge Goldstone responds to all these attacks and others as well. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://israelblog.com/an-interview-with-judge-goldstone/</link>
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