As I’ve noted many times my blood starts to boil when so-called progressives start talking about how we need to return to being “a nation of laws.” As we see in the video, Israel has scrupulously followed the law in perpetrating this crime against innocents: Tweet
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Nearly a year ago I wrote this post on the topic. I actually began the part 2, but let it lie for a while. Given the dramatic events in Iran and the pseudo-debate in the US about how Obama should react, I find it apt to finish up the topic now. Tweet
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While I am glad for Roxana Saberi and her parents that she was released from Iranian prison, Glen Greenwald hits the nail on the wall: Right now — as the American press corps celebrates itself for demanding Saberi’s release in Iran — the U.S. continues to imprison Ibrahim Jassam, a freelance photographer for Reuters, even [...]
With the world economy continuing its nosedive and what with torture memos and pirates, Israel doesn’t seem to be in the news much these days. But it couldn’t last too long. CQ broke this story yesterday, and it even hit the New York Times today! What makes this story particularly interesting is the revelation that [...]
In the NY Times for the past few days, there have been articles about a play that may come to New York soon. The first article had this headline “Workshop May Present Play Critical of Israel” which made me blink several times. Is that really newsworthy? Well apparently it is because the Times followed it [...]
When I was a high school student, the poem by Robert Southey, After Blenheim, was a standard part of the English curriculum. Now that a cease fire has come into effect in Gaza, little Wilhemene’s comment and little Peterkin’s question seem quite relevant: They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies [...]
Yesterday’s New York Times had an article about how the current Gaza war has overwhelming support in Israel. I have no doubt that is true. But, except for serving as a vehicle to get the “Israeli viewpoint” across, this article is not newsworthy. Tweet
Despite all the evidence out there that the Israeli army consistently resorts to lies and disinformation to justify its actions (cf. the Shehada story), many US media outlets continue to quote Israeli army spokespeople as if they are Moses conveying God’s own truth. However, for anyone with the slightest bit of objectivity, the Israeli army MO is [...]
I admit that my fascination with the Madoff scandal is related to the fact that I personally know people and institutions affected by his scheme, particularly through dealings with Ezra Merkin, whose family I knew in my childhood. But Madoff seems to be a popular metaphor with others, as in this article by Frank Rich. Tweet
Glenn Greenwald comments on Israel’s massive bombing of Gaza, and the American political reaction: Not a word of condemnation of the Israeli blockade — which has caused extreme suffering and deprivation in Gaza — or of the massively disproportionate response or the ongoing and ever-expanding Israeli occupation. It is all one-sided support for whatever Israel does [...]
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