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cool down the warm up act

At the core is a concern for life and security. The Oslo and Hebron agreements, the Gush Katif expulsion were heralded as signs of Israel’s willingness to bypass its concern for land and focus on making peace.However the very reason … Continue reading

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it was just a piece of paper

Like a good neighbor? And so ends the peace process. Hey, it was only a scrap of paper ad worth about as much. This could get very ugly. In fact, the entire land for peace charade was a scandal from … Continue reading

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the silly season: rambam in gaza

It is the crazy summer season. The season of festivals. The Missile and retaliation festival. One of the side features of the Oslo tailgate party. UNESCO at the urging of Islamic state members has just finished rebranding Jewish sage Rambam, … Continue reading

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have horse will trample

Stampede in a one horse town. Wild horses could not drag them away…An unwashed mob, scheming to steal the ruling class’s public prestige, the social capital of “neutrality” ; making them look bad. “And after all we’ve done for them!” … Continue reading

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just find a good tree

All’s quiet on the Leftern Front. How can the left massage the data, strain some liberal secular humanism out of the issue of attempted lynching of Sudanese refugees/illegals in the Moslem Israel village of Kfar Manda. Here, they don’t have … Continue reading

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marduk chronicles

A society in transition. There are post-modern trends in Israeli society, but where they will lead and how one will arrive is an exercise in reading the grains of sand in the Negev for clues. At heart is can there … Continue reading

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in the blink of an eye

As the first rays of the morning sun. Like Howard Zinn made a career out of destroying or at least exposing America’s founding myths as being blatant lies founded on a contrived aegis of moral rectitude, wisdom and a few … Continue reading

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talking your son off the roof

Israel Independence Day. A mixed blessing to be sure. “Never Again!” is what you hear. But does that also mean never again to get screwed by your own elected officials? Zionism has proven itself to be perfectly adept at bald … Continue reading

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radical heroes for a radical culture

The game started in 1948 with the establishment of the state. Someone has to continue playing the role of the donkey. A rage against the machine. To fight for home, wife and children. The citizen is the donkey tied to … Continue reading

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the last train in vain

from Zinn Education Project: On April 19, 1943, the eve of Passover, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began when Nazi forces attempted to clear out the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, to send them to concentration camps. The Germans were met … Continue reading

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