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Israel sinking into religious-fundamentalist swamp

The intention of the proposed new Basic Law that would define Israel as ‘the national home for the Jewish people’ is to deny the natural rights of Israel’s Arab citizens.  By Salman Masalha   Haaretz            Wed, August 10, 2011   MK Avi Dichter (Kadima) sponsored, along with 40 other MKs from various parties, a [...]

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The Likud Connection — Europe’s Right-Wing Populists Find Allies in Israel

By Charles Hawley   Islamophobic parties in Europe have established a tight network, stretching from Italy to Finland. But recently, they have extended their feelers to Israeli conservatives, enjoying a warm reception from members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. Some in Israel believe that the populists are Europe’s future.   SPIEGEL ONLINE    Sunday, July [...]

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Where Politics Are Complex, Simple Joys at the Beach

By ETHAN BRONNER  The New York Times     Published: July 26, 2011   photo:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/world/middleeast/27swim.html    TEL AVIV — Skittish at first, then wide-eyed with delight, the women and girls entered the sea, smiling, splashing and then joining hands, getting knocked over by the waves, throwing back their heads and ultimately laughing with joy.   Most [...]

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Weiner’s Exit Sets Off a Race to Be Israel’s Better Friend

By ASHLEY PARKER The New York Times     Published: July 26, 2011    Assemblyman David I. Weprin, the Democratic candidate to replace former Representative Anthony D. Weiner in a special election on Sept. 13, is a Modern Orthodox Jew who keeps kosher, observes the Sabbath and has been toIsraelat least eight times. So it comes as [...]

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Professor Ilan Pappe: The grumpy diplomats of the rogue state

Ilan Pappe is Professor of History and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. His most recent book is Out of the Frame: The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel (Pluto Press, 2010). The Electronic Intifada    22 July 2011 The Israeli ambassador to Spain, Raphael Schutz, has just finished [...]

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The Jewish-Muslim sisterhood of the veil

Muslim and Jewish women who embrace orthodoxy have a sense of ethnic-moral supremacy, and feel that they are leading a revolution that will change society.  By Avirama Golan Haaretz     Wed, July 20, 2011 A few weeks ago a rather slim book was published in French that is already causing a firestorm, as would be expected [...]

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Contested Israeli settlements welcome evangelical Christian tourists

By Kevin Flower, CNN    July 8th, 2011 West Bank (CNN) – Boarding a bulletproof bus to travel through one of the Middle East’s perennial hot spots may not be most people’s idea of a fun vacation activity, but for a growing number of Christians visiting West Bank settlements, it’s becoming an obligatory part of their [...]

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Pam Geller compares Obama’s Jewish supporters to Nazi victims

Pam Geller compares Obama’s Jewish supporters to Nazi victims By Eric W. Dolan Raw  Story      Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 – Conservative activist and BigGovernment blogger Pam Geller compared Jewish supporters of President Barack Obama to Nazi-era Jewish Council leaders, which helped implement Nazi orders and regulations, on her website Friday. “Like a pig sniffing for [...]

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Obama tells Jewish donors that U.S.-Israel disagreements are only ‘tactical’

Obama tells Jewish donors that U.S.-Israel disagreements are only ‘tactical’ U.S. President reaffirms his country’s bond with Israel is ‘unbreakable.’  By Natasha Mozgovaya Haaretz   Tue, June 21, 2011 U.S. President Obama told a group of his Jewish supporters in Washington on Monday night that “there may be tactical disagreements” in terms of how to resolve [...]

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French flotilla ship won’t sail

French flotilla ship won’t sail Members of Jewish community in France band together, send 500 letters of protest against Gaza flotilla, effectively preventing ship bought by organizers for €530,000 from docking in Marseille. ‘Many battles left until September,’ says one Ronen Medzini  Ynetnews    Published:  06.15.11, 21:08 One of the ships slated to participate in the [...]

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Can equality exist in the Jewish state?

Can equality exist in the Jewish state? As right-wingers dominate the Knesset, Arab citizens of Israel say institutional discrimination is getting worse. Kieron Monks Kieron Monks is content manager of This Week in Palestine magazine. His freelance articles have appeared in The Guardian, Observer, New Statesman, Tribune, Ma’an News and many others. Al Jazeera           Last [...]

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Prof. Joseph Massad: Are Palestinian children less worthy?

Prof. Joseph Massad: Are Palestinian children less worthy? Although Palestinian children endure lives of suffering, Obama’s love for their Israeli counterparts knows no limit. Joseph Massad is Associate Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University. He is author of The Persistence of the Palestinian Question (Routledge, 2006).    Al Jazeera     30 [...]

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