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241 [lbo-talk] Hebrew University: Herod's tomb and grave found at Herodium -- rank: 1000

Wow...If it was undisturbed, that is one of the most significant archaeological discoveries that I have heard of in a very long time.... ------------------- Hebrew University: Herod's tomb and grave found at Herodium http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/856784.html By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Staff The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced Monday night that it has uncovered the grave and tomb of King Herod, who ruled Judea for the Roman empire from circa 74 BCE. Accord ...

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Date:	Mon May 7 14:34:46 PDT 2007

242 [lbo-talk] In Israel, we are all brothers....yah right -- rank: 1000

Check out the video...it is pathetic... For all the nationalist rhetoric in Israel and nonsense about the 'unity of the people of Israel', Israelis, especially on the road, are aggressive, self-interested, competitive and uncaring. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3396678,00.html Moshe Hai Yisraeli, a 62-year-old driving instructor, was killed Monday in an accident when he tried to bypass a truck. This accident could have become no more than another figure in the gloomy road-accident st ...

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Date:	Mon May 7 13:41:35 PDT 2007

243 [lbo-talk] Israeli spends night in Iran after emergency landing -- rank: 1000

Israeli spends night in Iran after emergency landing By Barak Ravid in Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/855899.html An Israeli citizen ended up spending 24 hours in Tehran yesterday after his flight from Istanbul to India had to make an emergency landing there. After finally landing in Mumbai, the passenger, identified only as "Beni," said he had been treated exceptionally well and had even received a small souvenir from the Islamic Republic. The Turkish Airlines Airbus airc ...

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Date:	Sun May 6 06:46:04 PDT 2007

244 [lbo-talk] Enough confusion -- rank: 1000

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/855913.html Enough confusion By Gideon Levy The pretzel man was offering three for 10 shekels. On his crate there was an "Elections Now" sign, and apparently he thought this would promote sales. The peddler's protest was no different from that of the tens of thousands of Israelis who finally left their homes and indifference and came out to the square. Under the lowest common denominator in town - "Olmert, go home" - they expressed confusio ...

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Date:	Sun May 6 00:58:12 PDT 2007

245 [lbo-talk] Help me decide my summer vacation destination -- rank: 1000

Well, you know my answer... Chris Doss wrote: (I gotta admit... since those women photographed were > unbelievably gorgeous. Go Israel!!!!) Yah, it is something in the hummous... Bryan

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Date:	Sat May 5 15:53:56 PDT 2007

246 [lbo-talk] New Podcast: Israeli Economic Policies towards the Palestinians between 1967 and Today -- rank: 1000

News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israeli Economic Policies towards the Palestinians between 1967 and Today Lecture by Shir Hever, Alternative Information Center (AIC) The economic policies that Israel enforces, control the lives of Palestinians in the territories occupied since 1967. However, the power structure and the decision-making processes within Israel have changed drastically in recent years. The policies Israel implemented in the OPT have shifted between centralization and d ...

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Date:	Fri May 4 10:40:53 PDT 2007

247 [lbo-talk] Israeli ultra-Right MK Avigdor Lieberman proposes Israeli passports for noted Russians -- rank: 1000

Lieberman proposes Israeli passports for noted Russians By Lily Galil, Haaretz Correspondent http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=841464&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1 Minister Avigdor Lieberman proposes granting Israeli citizenship and passports to Russians who can make considerable contributions to Israel. He suggests setting special conditions to enable certain people - mainly Russian and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) tycoons - to receive Israeli citize ...

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Date:	Sun Mar 25 01:48:31 PDT 2007

248 [lbo-talk] Israel Responsible for over One Billion Dollars in Damage to East Jerusalem Palestinians -- rank: 1000

News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israel Responsible for over One Billion Dollars in Damage to East Jerusalem Palestinians In a press conference, held on 14 March 2007, Shir Hever, economist and researcher for the Alternative Information Center (AIC), presented findings from his recently published Economy of the Occupation bulletin titled "The Separation Wall in East Jerusalem-Economic Consequences." He discussed the damage that the Wall has and continues to produce for the ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 22 04:05:27 PDT 2007

249 [lbo-talk] Israel recalls 'naked ambassador' found on street in bondage gear -- rank: 1000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6441461.stm Israel is replacing its ambassador in El Salvador after the current envoy was found in a street, drunk, wearing only bondage gear, officials said. "Our ambassador has been recalled immediately," a foreign ministry official told AFP news agency. San Salvador was Tzuriel Refael's first post as ambassador, after promotion in 2006 from a foreign ministry position. The official said that, although diplomats may have caused embarrassment in ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 12 05:34:03 PDT 2007

250 [lbo-talk] Olmert 'planned Lebanon war before soldiers' kidnap' -- rank: 1000

Olmert 'planned Lebanon war before soldiers' kidnap' http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2341366.ece By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem Published: 09 March 2007 Ehud Olmert's decision to go to war in Lebanon in response to abductions of soldiers was taken as early as March 2006, according to a leak of his evidence to the commission investigating the war. The report means that the military strategy was decided more than three months before it was triggered by Hizbollah's abductio ...

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Date:	Sun Mar 11 05:36:18 PDT 2007

251 [lbo-talk] Charges of Mossad Kidnapping of Iranian Official -- rank: 1000

If allegations of the kidnapping turn out to be true, does that mean that Iran has the right to carpet bomb Israel and invade? After all, Israel was given a green light to invade and bomb Lebanon for the Hizbollah capture of two Israeli reserve soldiers. Maybe he did defect (it is interesting that the word defect is only used in cases like the USSR, Cuba, Iran or North Korea, if someone moves from the US to Canada, did they defect from the the US?), I am sure things of that sort happen, but if n ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 5 23:29:12 PST 2007

252 [lbo-talk] Israeli Arab Group Proposes New "Multi-cultural" Constitution -- rank: 1000

You can see the whole proposed constitution here (Adalah has it on their website in pdf only): http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/the-democratic-constitution-a-proposal-of-adalah-legal-center-for-arab-minority-rights-in-israel-20070228.html > <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/831400.html> > Last update - 09:21 28/02/2007 > Israeli Arab group proposes new 'multi-cultural' constitution > By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent > > A proposed constitution written by ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 2 00:47:25 PST 2007

253 [lbo-talk] Israel s Continuing Legal Responsibilities in the Gaza Strip -- rank: 1000

Israel s Continuing Legal Responsibilities in the Gaza Strip Written by Andreas Th. Müller for The Alternative Information Center (AIC) Andreas Th. Müller, Department of European Law and Public International Law, University of Innsbruck (Austria) In the wake of Hamas takeover of Gaza, Israeli National Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer was reported to have declared: I am stopping everything until I understand what is happening over there. We simply have to increase the isolation of G ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 21 05:05:18 PDT 2007

254 [lbo-talk] New Audio Podcast: Binational Currents in Israel and Palestine on the Anniversary of 40 Years of Occupation -- rank: 1000

News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Binational Currents in Israel and Palestine on the Anniversary of 40 Years of Occupation Written by Benjamin Fribley, Michael Warschawski and Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC) On 12 June, the Alternative Information Center (AIC) spoke with Michael Warschawski, longtime Israeli political observer and analyst, as well as co-founder of the AIC, about understanding binationalism in both an Israeli and Palestinian context, against the bac ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 19 07:52:20 PDT 2007

255 [lbo-talk] NY Sun: CIA-Fatah link exposed -- rank: 1000

Well, if I remember correctly, in the Oslo period and on to Wye River, etc., the CIA had a quite explicit role in training what was the Fatah dominated Palestinian security services. And, a few days ago on the news here, they showed the footage from Gaza of Hamas pointing out the license plates and other documents and such to the camera. Doug Henwood wrote: > [who knows if this is true? it's from a hyperzionist source] > > New York Sun - June 15, 2007 > <http://www.nysun.com/artic ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 18 12:48:11 PDT 2007