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Archive for December, 2016
It’s The Settlements Stupid
Americans for Peace Now Barak Ravid: “The U.S. warned Netanyahu for eight years that his policy would have a price, but he didn’t listen. He preferred pacifying the settler lobby instead of making a plan of action. He has only himself to blame . . . There are many precedents for American pre[...]
Weimar Republic
“Brüning was replaced as Chancellor by a man few Germans had heard of, Franz von Papen. Though he was a member of the Catholic Centre Party, his political experience had been largely confined to the Prussian Landtag. Far from being a typical Weimar deputy, he was a wealthy aristocrat and reti[...]
Fourth Night of Hanukkah
ANTISEMITISM, the Gift that Defines Hanukkah[...]
The biggest loser under the recent UN Resolution on Israeli settlements, aside from the settler movement itself, is the BDS Movement.
This is precisely what the BDS Movement does NOT want. Consider Section 5 of Resolution 2334, which calls upon all states “to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.” This is precisely what the BDS Mov[...]
Michael Hood A real Haitian Christmas feast
I was surprised one day as I sat in the courtyard, moping over my text, to see my friend Juana come tentatively into the yard bearing a little covered stainless pot, the kind you might see on a hospital tray. Juana was my cook last year and though she spoke zero English, and I no […][...]