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Comment on Guidelines for comments on this site by jaffa

jaffa — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:38:58 +0000

Great blog.

Comment on Just Sayin’… by Netanyahu's New Friends | Souciant

Netanyahu's New Friends | Souciant — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:19:09 +0000

[...] Hamas.” Is there really a choice here? The Israeli government’s intransigence, and its obvious desire to negotiate endlessly while settlements expand doesn’t offer anything for Abbas. Indeed, [...]

Comment on Israel First Means Israel Last by delia ruhe

delia ruhe — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:30:34 +0000

The “Israel firster” debate is just another tactic for distracting journalists and bloggers from the main attraction. Israel and its hasbarites are good at thinking them up. Ever since “antisemitism” became emptied of all meaning, we’ve seen a number of words and phrases invented as possible replacements. “Self-hating Jew” is getting a bit tiresome. “Delegitimizer” still has a few miles in it. “Nazi” and “capo” still deliver a bit of a punch.

I have learnt to ignore those who find antisemitism where there isn’t any. Zionism is in terrible trouble these days, so we can expect a lot more of that.

Comment on A classic example of media distortion by Responses to Planned Parenthood Victory Show Media Bias From the Progressive Side Too « The Third Way: Finding Balance In Mideast Analysis

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:12:32 +0000

[...] 3, 2012 by Mitchell Plitnick A few days ago, I wrote here about an article in the Washington Post that was clearly misleading to its [...]

Comment on Just Sayin’… by Morton Nadler

Morton Nadler — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:56:23 +0000

As a matter of fact, PM Shamir in 1992 said it very clearly: I could have gone on talking for 10 years, and in the meantime we would have another half million settlers.

Comment on More on the RNC Call for One State by Israel First Means Israel Last | Souciant

Israel First Means Israel Last | Souciant — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:14:56 +0000

[...] is, despite the tortured arguments of a handful of apologists, a clear statement of support for permanent Israeli rule over the [...]

Comment on GOP Officially Endorses One-State Solution by Israel First Means Israel Last | Souciant

Israel First Means Israel Last | Souciant — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:13:51 +0000

[...] week, I broke a story about the Republican National Committee endorsing the one-state solution:”Israel in their natural [...]

Comment on More on the RNC Call for One State by 2012 is the year of the Bibi | Mondoweiss

2012 is the year of the Bibi | Mondoweiss — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:31:09 +0000

[...] the Republican National Committee quickly moved to deny its zeal for a "one-state solution" after Mitchell Plitnick called them out on it, it's clear from House resolution after House resolution, speech after speech [...]

Comment on GOP Officially Endorses One-State Solution by Eight Reasons Newt Gingrich is Emerging as the Religious Right’s Anybody-but-Mitt Candidate | Monitoring a Growing Dominionist Movement

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:18:12 +0000

[...] Republican National Committee appears to have abandoned any pretence of supporting a two-state resolution in the Israeli -Palestinian conflict. A unanimously adopted [...]

Comment on Guidelines for comments on this site by Raymond G. Helmick, S.J.

Raymond G. Helmick, S.J. — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:31:26 +0000

With reference to your January 19 th posting on the GOP endorsement of a one-state solution, it’s ell to note the languge of the Isreali Dclration of Independence, which says: it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex