AronT on August 22nd, 2009

Exactly seven years ago I wrote an article about Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon and his references to the army applying “chemotherapy” to the Palestinian “cancer” in the West Bank and Gaza. As I noted then, the language he used is the language of fascism. Along with Lieberman (who also shows all signs of being a fascist) [...]

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AronT on August 17th, 2009

It’s hard to believe four years passed since Sharon declared a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. Nehamia Shtrasler does an excellent job at summing up the disastrous consequences: The evacuation could have been handled differently. It could have been used to enhance the status of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but Sharon didn’t agree to speak with [...]

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AronT on August 12th, 2009

A clear and clever presentation of how we must deal with global warming using game theory. Worth the watch:

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AronT on August 6th, 2009

One of the saddest aspects of Israel’s occupation and militarization has to do with the the huge role arm sales now play in the Israeli economy. It wasn’t always this way, and someday I hope to write a longer piece on the topic and my own peripheral involvement in this area. Besides the morally despicable [...]

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AronT on August 2nd, 2009

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