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Isn't This Conclusion Obvious?
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*Circumcising men who already have HIV does not protect their female
partners from the virus, a study in Uganda has found.*
Circumcision is known to ...
Israeli Muslims Raise Money to 'Fight Occupation'
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Talk about a two-state solution.
(IsraelNN.com) Thousands of Arab Muslim children from Israel traveled to
Jerusalem Saturday for a celebration on the Templ...
Lands of the Unfree
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Freedom House has published its report about freedom in the world, 2008.
They find 42 countries and 9 territories to be Not Free, the report I've
linked to...
Israeli soldiers speak out on what happened in Gaza
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On Friday, I posted about Breaking the Silence, the organization that has once again obtained anonymous 'confessions' filled with hearsay from IDF soldiers w...
Onion: Mexico Builds Border Wall
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Onion International reports on a new wall being constructed on the US-Mexico
border, to address a serious problem related to immigration policy.
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The Day In Israel: Sat July 18th, 2009
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*Click refresh to see new updates during the day*
*Shavua tov*, my dear readers. Here’s the main news from the past day or so:
- Residents of the sout...
A year of Oy Va Goy!
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This blog was launched last summer (originally under a different name). So,
as we’re a year on*, I thought I’d thank some of the wonderful people who
have ...
Will Obama flip-flop and make Mitchell a liar?
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A few months ago Israel radio reported that Obama would announce a big Peace
Initiative in July.
That was confirmed by Obama special envoy Mitchell just a ...
A Buzzable President
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Reviews of President Obama’s visit to Russia July 6-8 have been mixed in the
U.S. Media-watchers report that coverage in Russia, particularly TV
coverage, ...
Airplane
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Authors notes: Kind of choppy-I need to come back and polish this.
Johnny looked out the window and watched nothing in particular. In the
background he cou...
MPAC-UK: Murdoch helps Muslims find Mizrach
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See, not all "staunch supporters of the apartheid state of Israel" are
bad!Dear Mr Murdoch, I thought I should write a short letter to thank you.
You being...
Mental Health and the Stupidity of Bureaucracies
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Scott Johnson has a post at Powerline that is suggestive of the stupidity of the bureaucracy when it comes to mental health issues. A valued Foreign Service ...
Israeli Settlements: Olmert vs. Obama
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Back in June, in response to White House denial of a US-Israel understanding
on the settlements, Elliot Abrams (former member of the National Security
Coun...
Friday Flickers: Bombshell
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Bombshell, (1933) starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Una Merkel and Franchot Tone. Harlow plays Harlow. That's what this film is all about. Jean ...
Borderline Caption Blunder
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What's wrong with this Reuters caption? The Rafah crossing, where this
protest took place, is along Gaza's border with Egypt, which sealed the
border due t...
Another Miscalculation by Hillary Clinton
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Hillary Clinton's entire, long-planned presidential campaign was obsolete
before it began. That's why she lost. And now it seems that her compensation
is a...
Obama Meets the Jews
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[image: Obama Meets the Jews, but snubs the ZOA and CAMERA : Dry Bones
cartoon.]
This week Barack Obama met with leaders of American Jewish Organizations. I...
The case against Obama
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Prior to the election, many traditional Jewish supporters of the Democratic
Party were apprehensive of Barack Obama's initially negative attitude to
Israel...
Fuzzy Moral Accounting Redux
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[The following is a heavily edited version of a post I wrote a few years ago. Based on a few of the comments on yesterday's post... actually one in particula...
Musical Monday #100!
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Welcome to the *100th* edition of Musical Monday, the weekly quiz that Soccer
Dad and I alternate hosting. Our usual challenge is for you to identify the
t...
aguna and ogen
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In our last post, we discussed the possible connection between almana(widow) and the root אלם - "to bind". Steinberg wrote that one meaning of
the root is "...
It's Dead, Jim
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PA official: Peace process dead Senior official close to Abbas says given expected Israeli government, no serious progress can be made toward agreement on tw...
Top Pakistani cleric: Democracy is kufr (infidelity)
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"Just say no to democracy" He was originally jailed in Pakistan for sending
thousands of jihadis to battle the Americans in Afghanistan. Maybe if the
Pakis...
BEIT LAHIYA, -: A Palestinian masked and armed militant stands near graffiti art sprayed on a wall during fire fighting with Israeli soldiers in a part of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, 06 July 2006.
What are the odds that he wants the kid to run away to a safe place?
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