joshuapundit.blogspot.com - 10/25/2009
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In the past few months, a brand new organization has come to light called J Street that bills itself as 'pro-Israel, pro Peace.' Later on this month, they're holding their first national conference and the event has attracted some controversy. Who is J Street? And are they really ...
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 11/2/2009
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Obama's Mideast tutor bemoans Hamas' inability to fire
more rockets into Israel Ed Lasky In a front...
page Los Angeles Times article "Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Obama" , a going away party for Rashid Khalidi, a Palestinian academic and activist with a long-record of anti-Israel ...
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Spotlight on terror...
njdc.org - 10/30/2009
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njdc.org —
Ira N. Forman , CEO of the National
Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), published on op-ed on TPMCafe...
about the Republican Jewish Coalition’s (RJC) response to the appointment of former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to President Barack Obama’s National Intelligence Advisory Board. RJC ...
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Forman Weighs in on Hagel “Controversy”
politico.com - 11/2/2009
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Marrakesh, Morocco_ After facing a barrage of press
coverage that the U.S. has effectively sided with Israel...
in downplaying the issue of Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank in an effort to get Israel-Palestinian peace talks ...
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Clinton walks back Israel settlements remarks
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The whiner that roared
Yourish.com —
... own view coincided with more: Martin Peretz or Helena Cobban? He never explicitly makes the choice, but I think you can draw a reasonable conclusion from the interview that he idetifies more with Cobban, the anti-Zionist, Hamas booster, than with the Zionist, Peretz. I do not understand how people could read Eggen’s article or Goldberg’s interview and believe that J-Street could be classified as “pro-Israel.”
For more J-Street reading please check out JoshuaPundit and the Hashmonean.
Crossposted at Soccer Dad.
J-street cleaning
Yourish.com —
... What happens when you try to present yourself as something you’re not, and then events conspire to show your true colors? Well you go to a sympathetic reporter and get him to present your side of the story. It’s very easy, really. ...
Larwyn's Linx: Obama Rolls Dice, Craps Out in New Jersey
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... AP Last night's big loser: the Washington Post : Examiner Peace group" gears up for exciting talk by McClatchy reporter : McClatchy Watch AP Screws The Pooch On Kennedy, Vietnam & Afghanistan : Kesler "V" TV Series Mocks the Kool-Aid Drinkers : GWP Climate & Energy $4,500 to save 1 MPG : Surber Captain Carbon Admits Inconvenient Truth: AGW Is A Religion : Soylent Green Fossil Fuels Weren't Fossils : Surber World J Street - A Particularly Nasty Dead End To Be Avoided : JoshuaPundit Indonesia bans its ...
Last Week's Watcher's Council Winners
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... || November 09, 2009 Last Week's Watcher's Council Winners Winning Council Submissions First place with 1 2/3 points! Joshuapundit - J Street A Particularly Nasty Dead End To Be Avoided Second place with 1 1/3 point Bookworm Room - ...
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