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The Israeli Raid on the Flotilla.

06-Jun-10

The aid flotilla to Gaza that Israel intercepted is one of the most promising things I have seen out of the Middle East in my memory.  It indicates an entirely new way of fighting the battle, a way that has some chance of success.  Israel’s policies are dependent on the idea that Israelis are morally [...]

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The Impossible.

07-Jan-10

I don’t know if he said this, but if he did, this might make me like a guy like Rahm Emanuel:
According to reports, Emanuel told Dayan the U.S. is sick of the Israelis, who adopt suitable ideas months too late, when they are no longer effective.
The U.S. is also sick of the Palestinians who never [...]

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Bloggers on the Bombing in Gaza.

02-Jan-09

A marvellous collection of excerpts from bloggers of various stripes collected here.

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The Israelis and the Palestinians.

02-Jan-09

            Not that long ago I came across a few sheets of the New York Post from the 1980s which had been used as wrapping paper on some objects which had been stored in my mother’s attic.  Intrigued for a bit of old news, I read that there was an “outbreak” of “increasing violence” in [...]

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