tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/13/2009
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One night in the 1960s, drunken teenagers in Palmer, Massachusetts, decided to spook kids at a Jewish, Hebrew-speaking summer camp. They hurled bottles and catcalls, terrifying 12-year olds in their beds. Two Israeli camp counselors raced into the woods, intending to give the townies more than ...
Can There Be Politics in Tragedy? Or in Gaza?
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/5/2009 — I'm immersed in long-range writing and leave tomorrow for six months in Berlin, but the Gaza war provokes me to share a brilliant essay by Darry Li, a doctoral student in anthropology and Middle East Studies at Harvard and a student at Yale Law ...
In Israel
michaeltotten.com 1/19/2009 — I'm in Israel now and have been here since Saturday afternoon. I have one more day with a packed schedule and then I should be able to squeeze in some time to write. Stay tuned for several short analysis pieces and a long dispatch from the border with ...
Today in The Nation: Gaza Attacks
thenation.com 1/9/2009 — Katrina vanden Heuvel UN Human Rights Rapporteur Richard Falk condemns Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and calls for a new approach to provide real protection for the Palestinian people.
Israel
balloon-juice.com 12/7/2008 — In a must-read post on settler violence, Hilzoy uttered the necessary mantra against trolls.
Obligatory disclaimer for Israel/Palestinian threads: No one should draw any conclusions from this post about my general views on the Israeli/Palestinian ...
Enough Stupid Arguments About Israel
balloon-juice.com 12/31/2008 — Often simply naming something makes it easier to see and understand the next time. Take the argument that pressing crisis X demands some sort of immediate response is sufficient by itself to endorse reaction Y. This is plainly ridiculous. The ways ...
Israel Alone
pajamasmedia.com 1/5/2009 — I am writing this moments after the announcement of the Israel Defense Force that they have invaded Gaza . The first thing that struck me is that, for now at least, it is not Mark Steyn’s prescient America Alone . It is Israel Alone!
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Israel's Only Way Out
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/3/2009 —
Everyone who has followed the Gaza war should read M.J.'s brave and necessary post, just below this one. I'm less hopeful than he that American news media are focusing on the suffering in Gaza, which requires (and delivers) little more political ...
Israel, War Crimes, and Shame...
atlargely.com 1/10/2009 — More on Israel:
"Israel's current assault on the Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes. Senior Israeli political and military leaders may bear personal ...
The Evil and the Foolish
themoderatevoice.com 12/30/2008 — Though my own posts haven’t been bad, I think the folks over at Lawyers, Guns, and Money have probably the best package of coverage regarding Israel’s latest operation in Gaza. One of the things I think they’ve done effectively is ...
My? Israel
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/9/2009 — My? Israel As some of you know my wife and I have been seriously considering aliyah. We spent several weeks in November in Israel exploring some of the details involved in such a move. We were somewhat optimistic at...
Meet Joe The Reporter —
Wash Post Federal Page 1/13/2009
Samuel Wurzelbacher , best known as Joe the Plumber, is reporting from Israel these days as part of his new gig for a conservative Web site, Pajamas TV ( http://www.pjtv.com ).