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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 conflict. In particular, no one should infer ...
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...
Geert Wilders in Jerusalem “The Jihad against Israel is the Jihad against the West.”
andrewbostom.org — Video excerpt December 14, 2008 Thank you very much. It’s a privilege for me to be here in this beautiful city Jerusalem, the capitol of the only democracy in the entire Middle East. When I was a teenager I lived some years here in this city and ... (more) Geert Wilders in Jerusalem “The Jihad against Israel ...
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Around the Blogroll and Elsewhere: Mandatory Reading edition
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... Revolutionary Road, Defiance, and The Wrestler. Perhaps this is how, when we get together for our annual holiday movie afternoon (which is about all I can spare these days), we end up at movies like Happy Feet and Enchanted. Matt Taibbi eviscerates Mavericky McMaverick. (No, not the one in the $180,000 wardrobe with the $110,000 makeup and hair styling.) Tim F. has had quite enough of "You Must Hate Israel" trolls. Here's a goody from the "Holy shit!" ...

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