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Invoking the Holocaust to Defend the Occuption
For American readers, the great virtue of Avraham Burg's important new book is that he says things about Israel and the Jewish people that are hardly ever heard in mainstream discourse in the United States. It is hard to believe how stunted and biased the coverage of Israel is in the ...
Obama's atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike if Iran nukes Israel - Haaretz - Israel ...
haaretz.com — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration will offer Israel a "nuclear umbrella" against the threat of a nuclear attack by Iran, a well-placed American source said earlier this week. The source, who is close to the new administration, said ... (more) Obama's atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike ...
Who Originated the 'Nuclear Umbrella for Israel' P...
campaignspot.nationalreview.com — Presume, for a moment, that this report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz is accurate: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration will offer Is... . . . (more) Who Originated the 'Nuclear Umbrella for Israel' P...
Bush and the Jews
pajamasmedia.com — On Monday night, my wife and I attended President George W. Bush’s annual Chanukah party at the White House. Although other Presidents have held menorah lighting ceremonies, President Bush and his wife were the first to hold a party to ... (more) Bush and the Jews
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Obama: Reboot Image in Middle East; Nobelist Calls on Obama to Plunge into Mideast Peace-Making
Informed Comment — ... of the book, to which John Mearsheimer, co-author of The Israel Lobby, has contributed an important essay. Mearsheimer analyzes and supports the position that the Israeli obsession with the Holocaust is provoked by the guilt of occupying the Palestinians. ...

Invoking the Holocaust to Defend the Occupation
The Hollywood Liberal — Invoking the Holocaust to Defend the Occupation For American readers, the great virtue of Avraham Burg’s important new book is that he says things about Israel and the Jewish people that are hardly ever heard in mainstream discourse in the United States. It is hard to… This entry was posted on Thursday, December 11th, 2008 at 5:35 am and is filed under Main Blog (All Posts) . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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