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Mescaline CatechismOver on The American Conservative, Philip Giraldi talks of Israel encircling Iran, this time via Georgia and Azerbaijan. I responded: Israel has been in Iraqi Kurdistan for at least a decade. As for Georgia and Azerbaijan, Iran may have made some counter-moves: if I remember, it sought cooperation with them recently. Both Israel and Iran [...]
Browsing Posts in Palestine/Israel
Israel Here, Israel There, Israel Everywhere
Saturday 31 March 2012
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The Crisis of Peter Beinart
Tuesday 27 March 2012
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The American Conservative is carrying a great article by Scott McConnell on Peter Beinart’s much vaunted new book, The Crisis of Zionism. Among other things, McConnell argues that other actors than American Jews have to step-in in order to solve the problems arising from Israel/Palestine. Here is the comment I posted there, opening with a [...]
Race, in the Issue of Israel/Palestine
Friday 16 March 2012
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Watching Chris Hayes’ very daring (by American standards) Up show, on Israel/Palestine, I have come to realize that, at this point, race is now inescapably at the core of the issue. The Israeli general, Shlomo Gazit, wants a state where Jews form an overwhelming majority. The question will increasingly have to be addressed: Are Jews [...]
Saban’s Rule, and the Fate of Colonists
Monday 12 March 2012
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Haim Saban–the uber-funder of the US Democratic Party, a Brookings Institution’s wing, and various other tentacles–once said that there are three ways to be influential in American politics: make donations to political parties, establish think tanks, and control media outlets. Mission accomplished. Jon Stewart points out that over-representation is not the same thing as control. [...]
Solar Iran: The Dragon in the Land of Zarathustra
Sunday 11 March 2012
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Here’s a slightly edited version of my post to Juan Cole’s blog, in an article by Thomas J. Buonomo on a proposed solar solution to the threats against Iran. He argues that the West and China should help bring about environmentally-friendly solutions to Iran’s energy needs. Here’s hoping! I’d like to add two points, though. [...]
Iran War: The Utter Failure of the Left
Thursday 8 March 2012
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The following was written on 3 March 2012, before Obama’s AIPAC speech. I’ve finally watched the Al Jazeera Listening Post segment on the media war on Iran. After their pitiful segment on RT (Russia TV, or Russia Today, or whatever it is called), and with the general propagandistic nature of Al Jazeera’s live coverage, I have [...]
Israel: A Glimpse Inside Prussian Society
Sunday 4 March 2012
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I don’t know where I got this from. (Was it a tweet from MJ Rosenberg or Mondoweiss?) An Israeli soldier provides a fascinating glimpse into Israeli society. It’s very long; his segment starts at the 16th minute, but the whole thing is very good. It’s very ballsy of him to take such a humanist stance. [...]
Bibi’s Bitch. Is Israel a Rational Actor?
Saturday 3 March 2012
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Posted to Lobe Log, on the coming, AIPACed, meet between the President of the White House, Obama, and the ruler of the Congress and the media, Bibi Netanyahu. The suggestion was that Obama will furnish some sound-bites which Bibi can then take to Israel to appease his supporters. As if! Netanyahu is not politicking! The [...]
Millions of Dead Iranians
Friday 2 March 2012
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How does the above title make one feel? I am willing to bet that, for an alarming number of people, the above is at least a touch retributive! Certainly so in North America, if not much of the West. On Lobe Log, Marsha B. Cohen tackles the devastation of an Israeli war on Iran. She [...]
Is Israel a Rational Actor?
Monday 27 February 2012
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I posted this to Jim Lobe’s blog post about the distinction between AIPAC and the neo-cons in the war on Iran: Yesterday, Chris Hayes said, “Sometimes I think this can’t _possibly_ be happening!” It _can_ if you did not understand why the first one (Iraq) happened. The left, and assorted in-print literati, characteristically miss the [...]
