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Mon, 28 May 2012 05:15:09 +0000

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Comment on A Dose of Reason On Iran by The Next Six Day War | Souciant

The Next Six Day War | Souciant — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:41:14 +0000

[...] claims that Firouzabadi was misquoted, as Iran’s belligerent president, Mahmoud Ahmedenijad so famously was years ago, the effects of which we still feel [...]

Comment on A Dose of Reason On Iran by Acknowledge the Nakba | Souciant

Acknowledge the Nakba | Souciant — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:35:23 +0000

[...] won’t get too far into this; an article I wrote about Iran in 2007 still offers a clearer view of the country than Oren ever will. Still, it’s worth [...]

Comment on Unfair to Whom? by The Perils of Unity | Souciant

The Perils of Unity | Souciant — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:06:42 +0000

[...] course, a national unity government can also act boldly to reach agreement with the Palestinians, but to call this unlikely under this government is a massive [...]

Comment on Daily Beast article by Blind Mahmoud Abbas | Souciant

Blind Mahmoud Abbas | Souciant — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:07:01 +0000

[...] Some Israelis do understand that the ongoing occupation is a powder keg. Such was the point made by former Shin Bet head, Yuval Diskin just last week. But a potential danger is never going to motivate an Israeli leader to give up the West Bank, share Jerusalem and find a reasonable compromise on Palestinian refugees. [...]

Comment on Unfair to Whom? by Mitchell Plitnick

Mitchell Plitnick — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:51:47 +0000

Yes, Jeff, there is an article at http://mitchellplitnick.com/2011/03/16/reining-in-rampant-nationalism-the-way-toward-a-realistic-mideast-peace/ which was written a little over a year ago. For the most part, it still reflects my feelings about this question. I’ll just add, that I’m not particularly fond of any of these labels, but non-Zionist seems to fit best to me, and that is somewhat reinforced by the fact that the masses of people who either think I’m a Zionist or an anti-Zionist are about evenly divided. In my view, I’m neither, so I go with non-.

Comment on Unfair to Whom? by Jeff Warner

Jeff Warner — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:56:30 +0000

Mitchell

I follow you on a regular basis. Please explain to me, or point me to somewhere, where you define what you mean by “non-Zionist,” and how you fit into that definition.

Thanks

best jeff

Comment on New Knesset Bill Magnifies the Attack on Democracy in Israel by Delegitimizing Israeli Democracy | Souciant

Delegitimizing Israeli Democracy | Souciant — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:20:56 +0000

[...] leaving aside the exaggeration of the freedoms within Israel that are themselves under assault by Netanyahu’s extremist right-wing government, Israel’s ongoing occupation of the West [...]

Comment on Democracy in Israel Continues to Fade Away by Delegitimizing Israeli Democracy | Souciant

Delegitimizing Israeli Democracy | Souciant — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:02:40 +0000

[...] That he considers it a point of pride that Israel is not as bad as Syria? This is what the “only democracy” is hanging its hat on? By that logic, nothing short of full-scale genocide should bring [...]

Comment on Solidarity With Israel by delia ruhe

delia ruhe — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:04:52 +0000

The translation at PULSE captures the spirit of the poem; the one at Guardian is more literal. There’s an even worse literal translation floating around, but I wouldn’t waste my time looking for it.

I don’t think Germany is about to forget its history; since the sixties, Germans have laboured too hard to reclaim it. Moreover, Germany is so crowded with memorials — in Berlin, you trip over one on every block — that it’s difficult to imagine how anyone there could forget it. Besides, these multiplying memorials attract waves of tourists, and what country in its right economic mind is going to forget its major tourist attraction?

Grass is an old man. He doesn’t want to die with it on his concience that he didn’t speak out against an act of warmongering and propaganda that could lead to unspeakable consequences. Who better to speak out than someone who actually lived through the worst era of warmongering, propaganda, and unspeakable consequences?