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Thursday, August 04, 2011
Nonsense in a book review in WaPo
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Sari Nusseibeh reviews Jeremy Ben-Ami's book in the Washington Post. (Don't bother buying the book. You can read some excerpts at I...
Syria killed 109 more people in Hama today. Syria says all is well.
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From Now Lebanon: CNN said on Thursday that Avaaz, a global activist group, said that at least 109 people died in and around the Syrian cit...
Syria hired PR firm to set up Vogue article on the Assads
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Remember the absurd Vogue article in February that praised Bashir Assad's family and called Asma al-assad " A Rose in the Desert &...
Think the UN is obsessed with Palestine?
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Online you can find the UN's document "Annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixty-si...
The imaginary state (Foreign Policy)
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A very good article in Foreign Policy that demolishes the idea of recognizing a Palestinian Arab state in the desired borders: In a few we...
Administrivia: Advertorials
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Advertorials are advertisements that look like normal editorial content. Newspapers and TV stations have been running advertorials for many ...
UNIFIL confirms that IDF did not cross Lebanese border
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The Daily Star (Lebanon) buries the lede: U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams warned Tuesday that a war could erupt betw...
Al-Qaeda group claims responsibility for two rockets
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From YNet: Two Grad rockets were fired from Gaza late Wednesday evening after a period of relative calm in the south. The first rocket ex...
Israel releasing 200 security prisoners today
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From JPost: Israel on Thursday released some 200 security prisoners due to overcrowding in prisons, Israel Radio reported. Among those f...
The politics of honor/shame: PalArabs unlikely to drop UN bid
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From AFP: THE PALESTINIANS are unlikely to agree to drop their UN membership bid in exchange for new peace talks based on the pre-1967 line...
The cluelessness of Nick Kristof
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From Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times: Next month, Palestinians are expected to seek statehood at the United Nations. It’s a stunt t...
Beautiful new gold coin depicts the Kotel
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From YNet , in what appears to be a press release:: While coins have been issued by the Bank of Israel since the early days of independenc...
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