How Important Would Rejection of the Palestinian UN Application This Week Be?
Would it be the end of everything for the Palestinians? ... a huge problem for the US? ... a victory for the current Israeli government? ... etc, etc, etc, ........ A lot of politicians and people in...
View ArticleWrestling with our Angels - The Question of Palestinian Statehood
Cross posted at The Progressive Zionist The history of the Jewish people has been a history fraught with hard decisions. In biblical times, Jacob has ist name changed after an all night wresting match...
View ArticleIsraeli Human Rights Group: 'Myths and Facts' on the Gaza Siege
A couple of weeks ago the UN Secretary General's office published the findings of an inquiry, headed up by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer and former Colombian President Alvaro...
View ArticleHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Palestinian State
I'm a big Israel fan; not only by dint of being Jewish but also because I lived there for four years, and loved it. I'm also an admirer of Arab & Muslim history, and a follower of political events...
View ArticleWhy are we against Palestinian Statehood?
I'm honestly a bit confused on this one. Weren't we all backing the two state solution? Somehow they say supporting a Palestinian seat in the UN is akin to standing against Israel? Why? Why exactly...
View ArticlePerry, Israel and the GOP's Faith-Based Foreign Policy
Americans are increasingly aware that most of the 2012 Republican White House hopefuls claim God called them to seek the presidency. But only now are voters learning from the GOP field that He has...
View ArticleTomgram: Sandy Tolan, The Occupation That Time Forgot
This story originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. I’m reminded of how Chinese premier Zhou EnLai supposedly answered a question in...
View ArticleIran Clears the room
By way of updating the community, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad started with a full house. By the end few were left. A fascinating speech containing many of the observations, accusations and CT one would...
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The Rachel Maddow Show 9/22/11 Substitute Edition
Note: This may be a short diary depending on what's covered and how tired I am. Wishing Coach the best at the Zen retreat she's heading this weekend!
View ArticleThe State of Palestine and the United Nations
The State of Palestine’s application for Member State status in the United Nations will be submitted to the Secretary-General of the UN today. In the first step of the admission approval process, the...
View ArticleIsrael/Palestine News
Mahmoud Abbas made a speech today on Palestine asking for statehood from the UN.
View ArticleIsrael/Palestine News
The Real News gives an overview of the speeches of Abbas & Netanyahu.
View ArticleI Got Another Call Today
I don't know why I'm getting all these calls from different republican front groups lately but today's call was a robo call from the NRA. No one in our household owns a gun or has over owned or shot...
View ArticlePalestine Wins Initial Vote In Bid To Join UNESCO
In addition to their application for full membership to the UN to the UN Security Council, the Palestinians have also applied for membership in the Unesco, the United Nations Educational, Scientific,...
View ArticleSee Explicit Interactive Maps of Possible Israel - Palestine Land Swaps...
Ever wonder about what the "mutually agreeable swaps" adjusting the 1967 borders of Israel and Palestine might look like? David Makovsky, of the New York Times Online, offers an interactive scenario...
View ArticleWell, That Was Fun-- A Conversation with the NRA
"Hello. This is Wayne LaPierre, and I'm calling you to..." At this point I stopped listening. If you've had these calls, you know what I'm talking about- the NRA's new and uniquely-hollow conspiracy...
View ArticleeCOP: Building US Leadership from the Inside
In 2009, President Obama made a bet. He told the crowd assembled at COP15 in Copenhagen that the US would be "cutting our emissions in the range of 17 percent by 2020, and by more than 80 percent by...
View ArticleIP: Update on Egads! Hamas and Fatah-PA agreeing on a form of merger, and...
It's getting scary reading the Israeli newspapers. Change of some sort is definitely on the way. Today's edition of coffee unsettling news is of two kinds. Sorry about all the links to articles, but I...
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