It hasn’t received all that much coverage, but the Netherlands passed a bill on Tuesday barring all contact with Hamas. The issue here is not whether or not engagement with Hamas is the proper course. The politics behind this bill, however, are most interesting. The bill was introduced in the Dutch parliament by the Party [...]
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With Friends Like These…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dueling Demagogues At Durban 2
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Virtually everything that emerged from the Durban II conference in Geneva was overwhelmed by the vile words of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Though some intrepid folks, like the amazing Cecilie Surasky of Muzzlewatch, tried to get the word out about everything that was going on at the conference, most of the attention remained on the issue of [...]
Another Day, Another Empty Report
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged B'Tselem, Gaza, Hamas, human rights, international law, Israel, Operation Cast Lead, Palestinians on April 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Once again, the IDF has issued a report exonerating itself of any wrongdoing in Operation Cast Lead. Interestingly, the very next day, government spokesman Mark Regev bemoaned the unfortunate name of the attack on Gaza, saying that in translation it loses the positive image the name has in Hebrew. Leaving aside whether Regev is even [...]
Stupidity Runs Rampant
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ahmedenijad, Ahmedinejad, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Durban, Durban 2, human rights, Israel, NGO, WCAR, World Conference Against Racism on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad fulfilled all the promise he brought with him to Geneva for the Durban II conference. He rambled about Israeli racism (whilst one wonders what a Baha’i observer might have been thinking) and said that the “pretext of Jewish suffering” was used to cover Israeli crimes. He firmly re-established his bona fides as an [...]
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