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331 [lbo-talk] bagels/ethnicity -- rank: 1000

A block from my office in Jerusalem there is a quite decent tasting American style bagel store, but I always feel bad buying bagels from there because it is owned by an extremely nationalist orthodox family, and the place is always full of those Anglophone Zionist Orthodox types that more and more take over Jerusalem and make me happy that I only come to Jerusalem to work. But I keep going to the bagel store, so I guess that I am ideologically weak when it comes to my culinary tastes. On the oth ...

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Date:	Sun Sep 10 13:59:40 PDT 2006

332 [lbo-talk] bagels/ethnicity -- rank: 1000

Funny thing, in Israel a bageleh is more or less a pretzel...often with salt. Though it has changed somewhat in the past years of Americanization of Israel, mostly, the only places to buy American style bagels is in locations with high anglo-saxon populations (especially Jerusalem). Bryan Shane Mage wrote: > Real bagels are always available at Zabar's--the ones I've been eating > for nigh on to 70 years now. No salt on the outside! 40 cents per. > Across the > street at H&H thei ...

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Date:	Sun Sep 10 00:20:45 PDT 2006

333 [lbo-talk] American Rabbi equates gay pride parade with the slaughtering of dogs for consumption -- rank: 1000

Gay march: It s about immodesty, stupid http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3301318,00.html Problem with gay pride parade in Jerusalem is the sexualization of the issue Rabbi Levi Brackman Evergreen Colorado, where I live, is a dog loving town. People spend inordinate amounts of money on their dogs and care for them like they would for a loved one. Imagine the following scenario: A dog slaughtering factory decided to open its doors in downtown Evergreen ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 8 10:18:56 PDT 2006

334 [lbo-talk] Settler Violence Report for August 2006 -- rank: 1000

Settler Violence Report for August 2006 Written by Ahmad Jaradat, Alternative Information Center http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=540&Itemid=88 Hebron Region On 3 August, the Israeli military issued new orders to confiscate 81 dunam on both sides of a new settlement road which was recently built to the west of the town of Dora, west of Hebron. The aim of the confiscation is to construct what the order termed an isolated security-zone for the road ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 7 15:16:03 PDT 2006

335 [lbo-talk] Economy of the Occupation Bulletin 7-8: Breaking the Labor Market The Welfare to Work Plan in Israel Focus on East Jerusalem -- rank: 1000

I may have sent a different version of this bulletin a couple of months ago (a shortened version was used as an article in News from Within), but this is the latest, unexpurgated version of the economic bulletin of the AIC. You can download the PDF version with additional info boxes and charts and such: http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=538&Itemid=70 In July 2005, Israel started the implementation of the Welfare to Work program, a two-year pilot wi ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 15:17:33 PDT 2006

336 [lbo-talk] completely confused? -- rank: 1000

Not to get into what I am sure is a long complicated, contorted, and contentious discussion, but I think there is more continuity in Marx's writing/theoretics than your statements below would suggest. Bryan Charles Brown wrote: > Angelus Novus > > Which Marx are you referring to? The one who > supported Prussia's war against France? The one who > wrote sympathetically about England's subjugation of > India? > > The Marx of the Manifesto? Or the Marx of Capital > (thi ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 12:02:29 PDT 2006

337 [lbo-talk] Dealing with the 'new anti-semitism' -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote: > The idea of "racism" in a seventh-century document is > absurd. Well, that becomes a bit of a gray area when a certain document is considered timeless, contemporary and/or the infallible word of Claude.

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Date:	Sun Sep 3 09:57:45 PDT 2006

338 [lbo-talk] How the IDF blew chance to destroy short-range rockets -- rank: 1000

Today's article in Ha'aretz (see below) by Ze'ev Schiff, "How the IDF blew chance to destroy short-range rockets," reminded me of a controversy that began during the war, regarding some statements that Washington Post military analyst Thomas Ricks made on CNN on 6 August. Appearing on CNN s program "Reliable Sources," Ricks told viewers that Israel had intentionally left some Hezbollah launchers intact to ensure that there would be continued attacks against Israel: Aired Augu ...

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Date:	Sun Sep 3 06:00:41 PDT 2006

339 [lbo-talk] Israeli Übermenschen -- rank: 1000

In my understanding (or misunderstanding), the usage of terms like Nazi and fascist when discussing present situations, is almost always lazy and sloppy; an effort that would be better put critiquing the specificities of a certain regime. More than really pointing to anything other than superficial similarities, they merely act as shorthand for our disgust for a particular leader or regime (If you only knew how often Israeli politicians sling the Nazi slur at one another...). Though there was a ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 2 01:11:00 PDT 2006

340 [lbo-talk] Update on Situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 24-30 August -- rank: 1000

Update on Situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 24-30 August by Ahmad Jaradat, Alternative Information Center http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=534&Itemid=1 In the past week, Israel has intensified its air and land attacks against the Palestinians in Gaza. Attacks and violations by Israeli forces have also continued in the West Bank, including arrests, closures, checkpoints, incursions, assassinations, and limitations on Palestinian movement be ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 2 00:15:57 PDT 2006

341 [lbo-talk] Jerusalem Gay pride opposition war plan -- rank: 1000

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3322182,00.html Gay pride opposition war plan Pouring gas on streets, breaking into police station and setting up war room for legal aid. These are only some of tactics gay pride opposition is planning on using to halt parade Efrat Weiss The gay pride parade in Jerusalem will go off as planned, according to a senior official in the police Tuesday to Ynet. "As of now, we don't have the capability to say that we aren't authorizing the parade," sa ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 31 22:54:41 PST 2006

342 [lbo-talk] Yes to Boycott No to Nationalism! -- rank: 1000

Yes to Boycott No to Nationalism! http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=594&Itemid=1 Juliano Mer Khamis My recent letter regarding the Palestinian filmmakers boycott against Israeli artists and cultural events has been misinterpreted and misused by certain individuals and journalists to justify their own stand against the boycott. I would like to make myself clear. I fully support the boycott, but I want to make a clear distinction between those we sho ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 25 00:40:10 PDT 2006

343 [lbo-talk] The Neo-Barbarians -- rank: 1000

The Neo-Barbarians http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=593&Itemid=1 Written by Michael Warschawski Tuesday, 24 October 2006 Michael Warschawski is an Israeli activist and co-founder and co-chairman of the Alternative Information Center (AIC). >From an ethical point of view, history never stands in the same place: if it doesn t move towards less oppression and more justice, it moves towards less rights and more barbarism. Paraphrasing the German rev ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 02:13:10 PDT 2006

344 [lbo-talk] Settlements growing, despite vow to U.S. -- rank: 1000

Settlements growing, despite vow to U.S. By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/778767.html A secret, two year investigation by the defense establishment shows that there has been rampant illegal construction in dozens of settlements and in many cases involving privately owned Palestinian properties. The information in the study was presented to two defense ministers, Amir Peretz and his predecessor Shaul Mofaz, but was not released in public and a number of peo ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 00:27:27 PDT 2006

345 [lbo-talk] Boycotting Myself? -- rank: 1000

Boycotting Myself? The following letter by Juliano Mer Khamis is in reply to "Elia Suleiman Calls to End the Cultural Boycott of Israel"(Elia is Palestinian Citizen of Israel- a Film Maker): http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/777220.html Written by Juliano Mer Khamis Sunday, 22 October 2006 Juliano Mer Khamis is the son of a Jewish Mother and Palestinian father. He is an actor and theater director living in Haifa. His acting credits include Kedma (2002), Wedding in Galilee (1988), and ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 23 03:40:39 PDT 2006