| What really happened during the Israeli attacks?by Lawrence Wright New Yorker http://bit.ly/3rheiR 5 days ago |
| At least 400 Gazans were killed over the next months incl. 88 children. The Israelis had lost 6 soldiers & 4 civilians: http://bit.ly/3rheiR 23 days ago |
| what Israel does to the Palestinian people is really fucked up: http://tinyurl.com/y9jboco 23 days ago |
Endgame
Matthew Yglesias —
Well the bum is talkin’ battle to the first man that he sees:
— Lawrence Wright on Gaza.
— Can you make Afghanistan work while ignoring national governance issues? Survey says no you can’t.
— Jeffrey Goldberg is dodging the substance of the issue with regard to these attacks on NIAC.
— Obama is accomplish more than people generally realize.
— Afghanistan is very different from France.
— Scozzofava doing robocalls for Owens.
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Living Conditions in Gaza
Matthew Yglesias —
... It’s probably just the well-known anti-Israeli bias of the Condé Nast corporation at work, but I certainly found Lawrence Wright’s description of living conditions in the Gaza Strip to be pretty affecting. It seems to me that a lot of the huffing and puffing you hear about this person’s bias or that person’s moral equivalence is about trying to distract people from looking clearly at what’s going on: ...
What We Missed.
Feministing —
Tracy Clark-Flory with more details on the right-wing "coming out" of Abby Johnson from Planned Parenthood.
And to add to that a post from the community site from Shelly Blair, co-host, Fair and Feminist on KEOS 89.1 who has interviewed Johnson before.
The New Yorker on what really happened during the Israeli attacks in Gaza.
Amanda debunks the "what if you were aborted," argument anti-choicers love to throw around.
One of the new owners of the Chicago Cubs is also the first openly gay owner of any sports team. ...
Shabbat Reading 11/20
NJDC Blog —
Here are some interesting articles from the past week. These links are designed to be printed out and enjoyed over a restful Shabbat. Feel free to join the conversation by following and contributing at #shabbatreading every Friday on Twitter.
New Yorker: Captives
Vogue: Her Brilliant Career
Atlantic: How Einstein Divided America’s Jews
NYMag: The Obama Diaspora
NYMag: Will Somebody Please ...


