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salon.com - 1/16/2009

A real discussion on TV regarding U.S. policy towards Israel - Glenn Greenwald

— salon.com — (updated below) According to The Jerusalem Post , Israeli President Shimon Peres spoke to an AIPAC mission... in Israel on Wednesday and said that "Israel's aim [in attacking Gaza] was to provide a strong blow to the people of Gaza so that they would ... (more) A real discussion on TV regarding U.S. policy towards ...

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spectator.co.uk - 1/19/2009

The mild-mannered British desire for the annihilation of Israel

— spectator.co.uk — The British sociologist Frank Furedi reports  what he has heard from Britain’s educated classes since the Gaza... crisis began: I am standing in a queue waiting to buy a train ticket from London to Canterbury. A well-dressed lady standing ... (more) The mild-mannered British desire for the annihilation of ...

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israelnationalnews.com - 1/18/2009

Israel Discovers Gas! - Inside Israel - Israel News

— israelnationalnews.com — (IsraelNN.com) The Houston-based Noble Energy company, drilling for Israel’s Delek fuel company, announced that it has discovered... a huge deposit of natural gas under the Mediterranean Sea near Haifa. Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer ... (more) Israel Discovers Gas! - Inside Israel - Israel News

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Arab Parties Back In
Matthew Yglesias — ... Israel’s Supreme Court is doing the right thing and re-instate the right of Israel’s Arab parties to contest the forthcoming Knesset elections. Obviously, I lack expertise in the fine points of Israeli law, so it’s possible that this is being wrongly decided, but it certainly looks to me like a triumph of good sense. ...

Israeli court rejects ban on Arab parties
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Israeli Supreme Court overturns ban on Arab parties
Newshoggers.com — By Cernig It's shameful that the Israeli Supreme Court had to take this step in the first place. As usual, the biggest threats to democracy are politicians with a sense of entitlement ginning up fear of 'the other' for votes. Israel's Supreme court overruled on Wednesday a parliamentary ...

A Momentary Lapse of Reason
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Quick Update: Israeli Supreme Court Overturns Ban On Two Arab Parties
The Moderate Voice — According to Ha’aretz, the decision was unanimous. Obviously, I’m pleased by the decision, but it is not a positive sign for a putatively liberal democracy that it needs to be bailed out by a notoriously aggressive judiciary in cases like this. It never should have come to the court’s attention, because we have the right to expect that the Knesset will behave like a mature, democratic body and not vote to ban parties it doesn’t like. Had the decision by the Central Elections Committee stood, Israeli Arabs were threatening to boycott the upcoming ...