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286 [lbo-talk] Caution: War is on the Way -- rank: 1000

Bryan Atinsky wrote: > Caution: War is on the Way > > Written by Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center (AIC) > > Yet, this is obviously a cheap form of propaganda. In the last months, > Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad has publicly approached the Israeli > government with several requests to open peace negotiations, without any > preconditions. Moreover, Israeli intelligence has confirmed on several > occasions that Assad is indeed sincere in his stateme ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 16 01:04:11 PST 2007

287 [lbo-talk] Caution: War is on the Way -- rank: 1000

Caution: War is on the Way Written by Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center (AIC) Immediately following the Lebanese fiasco last summer, I wrote: The question is not whether there will be a second round, but only when will it be. The 2007 Strategic Situation Evaluation of the Israeli military prepares the ground for the next Israeli military venture, stating: The risk of an explosion on the Syrian-Lebanese front will increase this year. This leaves one question open, however: f ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 15 09:22:44 PST 2007

288 [lbo-talk] House demolition in al-Azariya prevented earlier today -- rank: 1000

House demolition in al-Azariya prevented earlier today By: Gilad Mayshar, Social and Political Forum Coordinator for the Alternative Information Center (AIC) --- Construction of the Separation Wall in al-Azariya continues daily, progressively cutting the village off in all directions, except for a narrow passage to its south. Today, the bulldozers, oblivious to justice and history, reached from the outskirts of al-Azariya to the Jahalin Bedouin neighborhood of Ras al-Baba. The few shacks at the ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 15 07:23:24 PST 2007

289 [lbo-talk] Settler Violence Report for December 2006 -- rank: 1000

AIC Settler Violence Report for December 2006 Written by Ahmad Jaradat, Alternative Information Center (AIC) http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=712&Itemid=104 Hebron Region 3 December Six-year-old Mohammed Faras el-Atrash sustained injuries to his neck and shoulder when a Jewish settler opened fire on him at 9:00 am. Mohammed was walking with his father near Bypass Road 60, in an area called Qalqas, south of Hebron, when the settler, who was driving ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 15 00:00:45 PST 2007

290 [lbo-talk] Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War -- rank: 1000

http://galluppoll.com/content/Default.aspx?ci=26677 February 23, 2007 Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War Opposition goes beyond Jewish Americans' political affiliations by Jeffrey M. Jones GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- An analysis of Gallup Poll data collected since the beginning of 2005 finds that among the major religious groups in the United States, Jewish Americans are the most strongly opposed to the Iraq war. Catholics and Protestants are more or less ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Sun Feb 25 04:35:41 PST 2007

291 [lbo-talk] In Demographic war with Bedouins, Israel to build 'training camp' town in Negev -- rank: 1000

IDF begins mobilizing on 'training camp' town in Negev By Tzafrir Rinat, Haaretz Correspondent The Israel Defense Forces has begun planning a town in the Negev that will accommodate several army training camps currently located in the center of Israel, Haaretz has learned. The town will be erected in the northern Negev, some ten kilometers south of the Ramat Hovav industrial zone. IDF planners received the go-ahead after the Ministry of the Environment and Ramat Hovav factories reached a settlem ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 20 00:28:09 PST 2007

292 [lbo-talk] Saudi prince to build hotel in Tel Aviv -- rank: 1000

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3365430,00.html Saudi prince to build hotel in Tel Aviv Prince Bin Talal to build 150-room hotel on Tel Aviv's coastline by Ofer Petersburg Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is in negotiations to build a hotel on Tel Aviv's coastline. Two architects have already started working on the project. The one is Bin Talal's private architect, who had worked with him on oriental hotels across the world, Basel al-Beiti. The other is former Tel Aviv Chief City Engine ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Thu Feb 15 11:32:06 PST 2007

293 [lbo-talk] Sushi -- rank: 1000

Before wasting lots of money on sushi bars (not that it isn't worth it to go sometimes to one), you can learn to 'roll your own', save a lot of money, and with a little practice, it can get quite close to the sushi bar versions...if you live in a decent urban area you can find a store that will have all the ingredients, you can probably buy sushi quality fresh fish (that is the tricky part finding fish you can trust to eat without cooking), sushi rice, nori, wasabi, vinegar, the rest of the acco ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 14 01:38:33 PST 2007

294 [lbo-talk] News from Within Podcast: International Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations -- rank: 1000

http://www.alternativenews.org/podcasts/news-from-within-podcast-international-legal-solutions-for-war-crimes-and-human-rights-viola-3.html On Feb 6 2007, the Alternative Information Center (AIC) and the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), jointly hosted a lecture by Judge Juan Guzman at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem. Judge Guzman is a retired Chilean judge who became internationally famous for being the first judge to prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 11 13:01:03 PST 2007

295 [lbo-talk] Ilan Pappe in Amsterdam -- rank: 1000

Colin Brace wrote: > As some of > you may know (Bryan?) he is a very engaging speaker and extremely > critical of Israel. Ah, yah, he said he was going on a speaking tour in Europe. I am glad that you got to see him. He is going to start writing a periodic column again for the AIC once he gets back too, so that should be good... And yes, he is quite engaging as a speaker, has a strong and reasoned political approach and he's quite able to lecture well in English when needed (as an added ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 8 12:25:48 PST 2007

296 [lbo-talk] "Occupation and Aid" AIC paper presented at the UN Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, Doha 5-6 Feb. 2007 -- rank: 1000

Occupation and Aid By Shir Hever, Alternative Information Center (AIC) For the whole paper, including graphs, go here: http://www.alternativenews.org/english/occupation-and-aid.html This paper was presented by AIC economist Shir Hever, at the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, held in Doha on 5-6 February 2007 There is no need to go into details, once again, about the extensive damage caused to the Palestinians by the Israeli occupation forces. We have heard much alr ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 6 13:25:53 PST 2007

297 [lbo-talk] Lecture: The Israeli Economy on the Brink -- rank: 1000

The Israeli Economy on the Brink On 11 December 2007, Shir Hever gave a lecture at the AICafé, located in the offices of the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in Beit Sahour. Shir, an economist, is author of the Economy of the Occupation series of the AIC. His lecture, titled The Israeli Economy on the Brink, highlights the disparity between the way that the Israeli economy is generally depicted in the local and international media, and the economic reality. In recent years, Israel s econom ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 27 12:56:17 PST 2007

298 [lbo-talk] Police evacuate residents of Kfar Shalem in south Tel Aviv to make way for private-sector development -- rank: 1000

Police evacuate residents of Kfar Shalem in south Tel Aviv http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/938179.html By Meron Rapoport, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service Tags: Kfar Shalem <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/tags/index.jhtml?tag=Kfar+Shalem>, Amidar <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/tags/index.jhtml?tag=Amidar> Police on Tuesday morning began evacuating some 30 families from the southern Tel Aviv neighborhood of Kfar Shalem, after a long legal dispute over land slated ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 25 01:49:30 PST 2007

299 [lbo-talk] Best Buy profits rise 52% thanks to Black Friday -- rank: 1000

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35374/118/ Best Buy profits rise 52% thanks to Black Friday Business and Law By Humphrey Cheung Thursday, December 20, 2007 14:17 *Minneapolis (MN) Electronics retailer Best Buy has announced a massive 52% increase in third-quarter profits thanks in most part to Black Friday sales and an increase in GPS sales. The company reported that net income rose from $150 million last year to $228 million for this year s third quarter. Revenue increased a healthy 17 pe ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 23 04:20:05 PST 2007

300 [lbo-talk] The AIC Denounces Continued Intervention in Forum for a Just Peace in the Middle East -- rank: 1000

The Alternative Information Center (AIC) denounces in the strongest possible manner the continuing undemocratic intervention of the Spanish Foreign Ministry in the Madrid Forum for a Just Peace in the Middle East. The AIC particularly denounces last night s threats aimed at AIC Program Director Sergio Yahni, member of the Forum s International Organising Committee, by representatives of the Ministry. In complete violation of previous assurances it had given to Forum organizers, the Spanish Forei ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 15 09:13:38 PST 2007