israelmatzav.blogspot.com - 10/26/2009
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In an interview with Newsweek's Lally Weymouth that was published in Saturday's Washington Post, Prime Minister Netanyahu seemed to back an Israeli probe of Operation Cast Lead (Hat Tip: Memeorandum). Q. What did you think of the Goldstone report?A. I thought there were limits to hypocrisy but I ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/27/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
I was debating with Jon Chait at a
J Street panel this morning on the subject of...
“what does it mean to be pro-Israel?” As expected, we disagreed on a number of points, most of which I was right on and he was wrong on. But one thing he ...
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Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace
weeklystandard.com - 10/27/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
I made my way over to the J
Street conference today to see for myself just how...
"pro-peace, pro-Israel" the organization really is, and there can be no doubt, J Street is pro-peace. But while the leadership of J Street may be pro-Israel, the ...
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The Space Between Pro-Israel and Anti-Israel
jpost.com - 10/27/2009
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jpost.com —
J Street's university arm has dropped the "pro-Israel"
part of the left-wing US lobby's "pro-Israel, pro-peace" slogan...
to avoid alienating students. That decision was part of the message conveyed to young activists who attended a special weekend ...
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J Street's campus branch drops pro-Israel ...
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Weymouth interviews Netanyahu
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... where Goldstone blurred the law to support his foregone conclusions.) This presumption of guilt is a good reason for Israel not to launch any investigations of its own based on Goldstone’s report. ...
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