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A word about comments on this site

Posted in Uncategorized on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I was just forced to delete a comment on this site, an act I really find unfortunate and distasteful. However, let me be very clear that personal attacks are not tolerated on this site. The conversation where the deleted comment appeared had veered close at one point to my having to step in, but I [...]

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Barak’s Vision Offers Scant Hope

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Some interesting things happening in the background of the launch of the direct talks today… JTA is reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to recognize the Palestinian claim to the land alongside the Jewish one. That’s JTA’s headline, anyway. The article itself indicates something rather different. It cites Bibi’s speech today, where he said “…we [...]

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Addendum: The Point is All Innocents Are Equal, Mr. President

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I very much appreciate President Obama condemning yesterday’s murders of four settlers in the South Hebron Hills. But that condemnation would be an awful lot more meaningful, to myself and to many others I’m sure, if we saw similar outrage in Washington when Israel killed over 700 Palestinian non-combatants in Operation Cast Lead. Or when a border [...]

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Some Hope in DC For Mideast Peace Talks?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In my latest piece for examiner.com, I try to find some hope in what still looks like a pretty hopeless new round of direct talks. I’ll be posting later on some statements from the same guy that have the opposite effect.

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Call It What It Is: Murder

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 31, 2010 | 35 Comments »

I am not usually inclined to use this space for what others might call a “rant.” But this day, I feel there are some points that need to be made. Today, Hamas claimed responsibility for the murders of four Israeli settlers along a West Bank road. One good friend of mine questioned why I use [...]

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