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pajamasmedia.com - 10/20/2009

Showdown on J Street

— pajamasmedia.com — As the organization’s major conference approaches, some pointed questions for director Jeremy Ben-Ami.... (more) Showdown on J Street

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Bernstein on Human Rights Watch

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — It’s certainly news that Human Rights Watch’s critics were able to get a former HRW chairman to... slam the organization for having the temerity to hold Israel to the same standards of international humanitarian law to which it holds every ... (more) Bernstein on Human Rights Watch

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Oren rejects J Street conference invite

— jpost.com — Ambassador to the US Michael Oren has decided not to attend next week's J Street conference, the... Israeli Embassy said on Tuesday. Instead, a lower-level member of the embassy staff will be sent to watch and report on the event. "In response to the ... (more) Oren rejects J Street conference invite

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John Bolton on Obama and Goldstone
Israel Matzav — ... In Monday's Wall Street Journal, former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton argues that the Goldstone Report shows that the Obama administration was wrong to join the 'Human Rights Council' and that it ought to correct the mistake by withdrawing (Hat Tip: ...

Can Obama Learn From His Mistakes? Here's an Easy One, and He Can Even Fob It Off on Susan Rice
The New Republic blogs — The point is made in a piece by John Bolton in this morning's Wall Street Journal . No, not the point about fobbing it off on Susan Rice. But the point about how the U.S. joining up with the U.N. Human Rights Council opened us up to diplomatic defeat after diplomatic defeat. There were two disasters in and around the Goldstone Report. The first was the irretrievable conclusion of the Report that countries and their proper armies (that is, armies according to the Geneva Convention) are actually and factually prohibited from fighting terror groups that meld into the ...

Tuesday Goldstone and More
Solomonia — ... John Bolton, rock star: Israel, the U.S. and the Goldstone Report, Joining the U.N. Human Rights Council was a mistake Obama should correct. ...

The Goldstone Report's Cold Logic
The American Spectator — ... was written simply to blacken Israel's name are missing the point. That is and can be done almost daily by directly feeding the media half truths and propaganda to use in articles that reinforce the narrative of Palestinian suffering at the hands of the occupying Israelis. Rather, the purpose for producing the Goldstone Report was to provide a "rationale" for domestic courts around the world that are sympathetic to militant Islam to arrest Israelis -- whether they be political leaders, military officials or ordinary soldiers -- and prosecute them for war crimes under ...