Entries Tagged as 'Israel'

Bipartisanship

April 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Except, as Attaturk notes, this isn’t what we were talking about…
1. Congressman Jane Harman (D - CA) told a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobby.
2. This is known because of an NSA Wiretap.
3. The suspected Israeli agent […]

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Tags: Corruption · Israel · Warrantless wiretapping

No criticism allowed

January 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Been accused of antisemitism twice already over this past weekend’s print edition, in which we took pains to point out that Israeli kids die from Palestinian bombs too, and that’s equally as abhorrent.
But far as some folks seem to be concerned, any criticism of Israel whatsoever is antisemetic.

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Word power

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Via Sullivan, Nir Rosen puts the Gaza fighting - and the word “terrorism” itself - in perspective:
Terrorism is a normative term and not a descriptive concept. An empty word that means everything and nothing, it is used to describe what the Other does, not what we do. The powerful – whether Israel, America, Russia or […]

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Tags: Israel · Middle East · Terrorism