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391 [lbo-talk] In complicity with Europe and the United States, Israel Overthrows the Palestinian Authority -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > Was this a surprise? Had the intention to do something like this been > bubbling under the surface for a while? Are most Israelis cheering it on? > > Doug > There has been much talk here in the last months (government ministers, military correspondents, etc on tv and radio) about various possible scenarios in which Israel would increase their military operations in Gaza (there have even been a couple small commando incursions into Gaza for specific targets su ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Thu Jun 29 14:41:44 PDT 2006

392 [lbo-talk] Stop Israeli Attack in Gaza Immediately -- rank: 1000

Stop Israeli Attack in Gaza Immediately A statement by the Alternative Information Center The Alternative Information Center (AIC) strongly condemns the Israeli army s invasion of the Gaza Strip. This invasion is a punishment for the results of the democratic Palestinian elections held in January and is irrelevant to the security of the state of Israel and that of its citizens. Moreover, in the course of this invasion, civilians have been, and will continue to be, killed by Israeli soldiers, Pal ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Thu Jun 29 07:56:20 PDT 2006

393 [lbo-talk] In complicity with Europe and the United States, Israel Overthrows the Palestinian Authority -- rank: 1000

In complicity with Europe and the United States, Israel Overthrows the Palestinian Authority Written by Sergio Yahni Sergio Yahni is the AIC international advocacy coordinator http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=447&Itemid=1 Thursday, 29 June 2006 In an operation carried out throughout the West Bank and the Jerusalem area early on Thursday, Israeli forces kidnapped some 65 Hamas government ministers, parliament members and activists in an effort to ov ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 29 07:21:37 PDT 2006

394 [lbo-talk] The Beef With Aronowitz -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > Stanley's probably afraid of the rage that supporting divestment would > provoke from his companion (I don't think they're married), Ellen > Willis, who is a fearsome zionist. > > Doug Ahhhh....you know, I can actually accept that more than if it was actually his true ideologically positioning.... The potential wrath of a significant other is not something to fool around with...especially if the other happens to be a "fearsome zionist"....probably e ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 25 14:01:15 PDT 2006

395 [lbo-talk] Israeli women's rights organization fires employee...for being pregnant -- rank: 1000

This was just too pathetic and ironic to pass up sending your way.... Here is the Na'amat organization's "Who We Are" http://www.naamat.org Who We Are NA'AMAT, Hebrew acronym for "Movement of Working Women and Volunteers," is an organization & a movement striving to enhance the quality of life for women, children and families in Israel, the U.S. and around the world. Originally named Pioneer Women, it was founded as a sister movement to NA'AMAT Israel. NA'AMAT women act l ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 25 13:55:01 PDT 2006

396 [lbo-talk] The Beef With Aronowitz -- rank: 1000

Auguste Blanqui wrote: >> I think I can understand Miller, but what's your beef with Aronowitz? >> >> (I have an incurable addiction to left gossip and my worse half dreams >> of starting the US Weekly of the left someday.) >> Bryan wrote: I can't speak for Doug's beef with Aronowitz, but one of mine is that he wrote a letter in critique of the US Green Party's call for divestment from Israel. In a particular paragraph, Aronowitz writes: "One important action - ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 25 12:25:18 PDT 2006

397 [lbo-talk] Pink Floyd's Roger Waters urges Israel to 'tear down the wall' (concert live on radio and internet) -- rank: 1000

There has been a diplomatic push to bring big name concerts and also movie stars to Israel of late, to show the world how great Israel is and how there is no boycott etc...most have come without any thought of the political implications or even as an explicit backing of Israel. Captain Kirk, Jim Carrey, mr. fresh prince Will Smith, Sharon Stone, come to mind of recent, and then Black Eyed Peas, Sting, Depeche Mode, 50 Cent...etc... Though I haven't really listened to Pink Floyd since high school ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 22 09:16:10 PDT 2006

398 [lbo-talk] The Question of Sanctions and a Boycott against Israel -- rank: 1000

The Economy of the Occupation, Part Six The Question of Sanctions and a Boycott against Israel by Shir Hever http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=441&Itemid=70 Download PDF (3.93 MB) http://alternativenews.org/images/stories/stories/documents/EconomyofOccupation_b6.pdf It is in fact astonishing that the divestment campaign should have generated so much controversy, given that its primary demand is simply that a country that is showered with official an ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Tue Jun 20 01:32:27 PDT 2006

399 [lbo-talk] World Record Reading Marathon for Burma -- rank: 1000

My real close childhood friend Michael Bootzin is in the midst of an official attempt to break the world record for reading for the most consecutive hours. The record to this date is held by some Brit who read Shakespeare at a Shakespeare festival for 110 hours or something (reading the whole of Shakespeare's works). Michael is doing this for charity towards the U.S. Campaign for Burma. Mike is a music teacher by day (classical and jazz guitar and piano)...He has been going more than 67 hours by ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Mon Jun 19 12:56:00 PDT 2006

400 [lbo-talk] Israeli Military disallowed from using human shields, shifts tactics to bringing down house on suspect's head along with their family -- rank: 1000

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/727296.html Huge rise recorded in number of houses IDF razes in arrest raids By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent A Haaretz inquiry reveals that the Israel Defense Forces has increased its use of home demolitions during West Bank arrest raids since a ban on the forced entry of Palestinian civilians into homes of barricaded fugitives. When the High Court of Justice banned the "neighbor procedure" eight months ago, senior Israel Defense Forces officers ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 15 13:14:11 PDT 2006

401 [lbo-talk] violent crime up -- rank: 1000

jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com wrote: > > Why do you say 'probably' ...? Most murder in the US happens during the comission of a violent crime. By violent criminals. People make the mistake of hearing that many murderers know their victim and think it must be two drunk idiots -- one of which would be alive today, the other of which wouldn't be in prison today -- if there just wasn't a gun in the house. > > Well, I don't know a lot about 'interesting sociological questions' but I know ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 14 02:52:43 PDT 2006

402 [lbo-talk] Welfare to Work in Israel Policy of Disempowerment -- rank: 1000

Related to the recently released poverty numbers in Israel, this is a piece on the "Wisconsin Plan" (Welfare to Work) in Israel, and its relation to the wider move towards privitization in Israel. Bryan http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=436&Itemid=70#Adut Welfare to Work in Israel Policy of Disempowerment News from Within Vol. XXII, No. 5, May 2006 by Rami Adut and Shir Hever. Rami Adut is an international advocacy researcher for the AIC. ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 12 09:57:15 PDT 2006

403 [lbo-talk] Number of poor in Israel highest in West -- rank: 1000

We're Number One!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!! Number of poor in Israel highest in West http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3261403,00.html New report reveals number of poor families in Israel increased dramatically in last three years, since Bibi's first cutback plan Ynet The number of poor families in Israel constituted 17.9 percent of the population in 2004, exceeding figures in any other Western country in the world, a report compiled by a Caesarea Forum team revealed Sunday. Dr. Momi Dahan of The ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 11 13:06:04 PDT 2006

404 [lbo-talk] The Occupation Doesn't Stop at the Checkpoint -- rank: 1000

http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=436&Itemid=70#Shenhav This piece from the latest issue I think is of interest. I think there are parallels with Daniel Gutwein's (Professor in the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa) article "Some Comments on the Class Foundations of the Occupation" from the april issue (http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=434&Itemid=70#Danny%20Gutwein) THE ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Sun Jun 11 06:53:48 PDT 2006

405 [lbo-talk] Articles from "News from Within" online -- rank: 1000

Thought I would pass this your way... After months of issues with our server and website, we are beginning to actually have some content online. Finally, we have gotten the March and April issues up of News from Within...May will be in the coming days. All articles are online for the March issue and for the April there are three. Hopefully next week the photos will be up, and pdf version options (like the hardcopy versions). April: http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 8 10:39:20 PDT 2006