“Cotton said any military action against Iran would not be like the Iraq War and would instead be similar to 1999’s Operation Desert Fox, a four-day bombing campaign against Iraq ordered by President Bill Clinton. ‘Several days air and naval bombing against Iraq’s weapons of mass des[...]
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April 8th, 2015 - 9:18 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
A Photographic Response to Steven Salaita’s Claim that Antizionism is not Antisemitism
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April 8th, 2015 - 7:39 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
You Tube Video of Steve Salaita’s Talk at UW Kane Hall
Video of the talk by Steven Salaita at the University of Washington. Professor Salaita speaks about free speech, his own dismissal by the University of Illinois, and the rights of the Palestinians. For comment and background, READMORE ON TA.[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 11:57 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
A Response to a UW Prof: In Support of Free Speech
Michael Goldberg Commenting on a furor avout Steve Salaita speaking next Monday on UW campus The overarching lesson for me about the Salaita case was how little interested those on either side seemed to be about attempting to move towards a vision of two democratic states peacefully co-existing, a v[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 4:49 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Free Speech at the UW: A UW Professor Speaks out AGAINST FREE SPEECH
“I was appalled to learn that the UW-Chapter of the AAUP is sponsoring the visit of Steven Salaita to campus.” TALK: Monday, April 6, 2015 6:00 – 8:30pm Gowen 301 UW Seattle Campus MAP Free and open to the public Michael Rosenthal , Professor, Department of Philosophy Dear Prof[...]
March 29th, 2015 - 9:15 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
PUTIN VS NETANYAHU
Moscow will support the Palestinians in their efforts to build an independent state with a capital in east Jerusalem, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday according to Israel Radio. Speaking at the 26th annual Arab League Summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik over the we[...]
March 27th, 2015 - 1:19 am § in Israel/Palestine, Politics
Is Israel’s PM a Racist?
Playing the race card against Netanyahu (POWERLINE) The West seems to be in the process of switching sides when it comes to Israel and Iran. Negotiations that will lift sanctions on Iran are in the final stages; meanwhile European leaders are discussing the imposition of sanctions on Israel. Moreo[...]
March 24th, 2015 - 4:51 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Some Good News!
Palestinian scientist wins top job at Israeli ministry Tarek Abu-Hamed of East Jerusalem is appointed deputy chief scientist of the government tech bureau timesofisrael.com[...]
March 24th, 2015 - 8:22 am § in Israel/Palestine
IS PALESTINE A RELIGIOUS BELIEF?
The Religious Dogma of Palestinian Statehood Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn of the Religious Zionists of America, Philadelphia, argue in the Algemeiner, a German newspaper, that advocates for a Palestinian state are “religious.” Their argument is ironic because they ignore the idea[...]
Salaita Wants War
SHOULD A WAR HAWK BE A PROFESSOR? Last night I went to hear Steven Salaita’s talk. He was invited to speak after Phyllis Wise, the former UW Provost and now Chancellor of the University of Illinois, overturned an offer by her school to hire Salaita for his expertise in the sociology of the conq[...]