haaretz.com - 24 days ago
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A joint French-British UN initiative would call on Israel and the Palestinians to hold immediate, independent investigations into war crimes allegations stemming from the war in Gaza, as part of a bid to send the Goldstone report back to Geneva and out of the hands of the Security Council or ...
powerlineblog.com - 26 days ago
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powerlineblog.com —
Hillary Clinton continued her farcical visit to Pakistan
today by blaming Obama's failure to make any progress...
with respect to Israeli-Palestinian relations on George W. Bush. Clinton told a group of Pakistani journalists I think that, look, we ...
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No class, bad memory
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 28 days ago
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jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com —
I'm telling people who are worried about the
hijinks at the unofficial J Street bloggers' panel not...
to become overly bothered by it; it was a clownish event, and the people on the panel were marginal figures except in the rather circumscribed ...
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'Israel's Self
themoderatevoice.com - 25 days ago
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themoderatevoice.com —
There are a few strong voices in Israel’s
media who are willing to call out Israel’s intransigence...
on issues related to the peace process for what it is — the self-destructive behavior of an arrogant spoiled bully convinced that consequences are for someone else. How did ...
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Gideon Levy: Stop Giving Israel Everything for Nothing
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The EU tries to step up to the plate
Israel Matzav —
... With American leadership in foreign affairs lacking, the European Union is trying to step up to the plate on the Goldstone Report in the UN General Assembly. Unfortunately, their plan is not very effective . The initiative is a list of "red lines" which was adopted by the 27 members of the European Union. Its main points: 1. A resolution brought for the approval of the General Assembly will not include operational steps, like taking the matter to the Security Council or the International Court of Justice. 2. The resolution would call on Israel and the Palestinians to embark ...
French hypocrisy on war crimes
Yourish.com —
... The U.K. and France are the latest countries to jump on the bandwagon to force Israel to investigate the accusations in the Goldstone report. Let us review ...
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