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466 [lbo-talk] RE: Dov Weisglass on the Palestinians: "We have to make them much thinner, but not enough to die'" -- rank: 1000

> Michael Givel wrote: >> While economic boycotts and cutting off of aid impact primarily >> civilians and are a severe human rights abuse, the notion that Hamas >> will not have significant influence in the next Palestinian government >> seems very slim. The message is clear for all to see, a large plurality >> of the Palestinian people voted for a party that is anti-Semitic, >> anti-gay, anti woman, and theocratic. The question for the left is do we >& ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 17 10:10:51 PST 2006

467 [lbo-talk] Dov Weisglass on the Palestinians: "We have to make them much thinner, but not enough to die'" -- rank: 1000

Dov Weisglass, was Sharon's friend and top advisor, and apparently acts as Olmert's also, said something very interesting, published today in Ha'aretz, on Israel's intention in cutting funds to the PA. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/683458.html "'It's like a meeting with a dietician. We have to make them much thinner, but not enough to die,' said the prime minister's adviser Dov Weissglas." also related is this: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/684030.html Sorry if sometimes I ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 17 01:44:40 PST 2006

468 [lbo-talk] In Ze'evi's footsteps: Towards annexation of the Jordan Valley -- rank: 1000

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/682885.html In Ze'evi's footsteps By Amira Hass Someone who apparently had an especially sarcastic sense of humor decided to officially name the Jordan Valley Road, Route 90, the "Gandhi Road." The reference is not to Mahatma Gandhi, but to Rehavam Ze'evi, who advocated "transfer" - the expulsion of the Palestinians from their land. Perhaps he understood that this was indeed the appropriate name for the eastern road. For not only on this ro ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 15 02:31:59 PST 2006

469 [lbo-talk] Rabbi Michael Lerner using the Antisemitism card against the US Green Party -- rank: 1000

I would suspect that this may actually have something to do with the prominence of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as a 'left issue.' Growing up in a Jewish household, in a Jewish community, perhaps especially as a post-'67 era, it is near inevitable that the issue of Israel and Zionism was a regular topic of conversation in some fashion, be it in the home, the synagogue, youth groups, summer camps, BBYO, AZA/USY, Hebrew school, etc. Leftist, progressive Jews, who grow up in this milieu and beg ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 11 23:37:38 PST 2006

470 [lbo-talk] Rabbi Michael Lerner using the Antisemitism card against the US Green Party -- rank: 1000

If you don't know, the US Green Party has called for divestment from Israel. For the Green Party press release: http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_11_28.shtml The Green Party has been under attack from many sides since their statement. (for instance: http://www.jewishchronicle.org/issues/current/oped_opinions.htm ) Last week Pe'er Visner, Chairman of the Israeli Greens, little more than a one man party with little connection to the environmental movement in Israel, wrote a hysterical letter in crit ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 11 01:29:35 PST 2006

471 [lbo-talk] The US and the Palestinian Legislative Elections: Shocking Results, Same Policy -- rank: 1000

This will be published (next week) in the upcoming issue of News from Within...But we thought it was worth to send it around now, so...here... http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=381&Itemid=1&lang=ISO-8859-1 From: News from Within, Vol. XXII, No. 2 February 2006 The US and the Palestinian Legislative Elections: Shocking Results, Same Policy By: Josh Friedman In the wake of the recent Palestinian Legislative elections, analysts in the US began ta ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 7 13:20:31 PST 2006

472 [lbo-talk] Aftermath of the Hamas Tsunami -- rank: 1000

This is an interesting analysis of the PLC elections and Hamas victory, from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=17975&prog=zgp&proj=zdrl,zme Aftermath of the Hamas Tsunami By Nathan Brown PDFFull Text (PDF) http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/BrownHamasWebCommentary.pdf The shock of the landslide victory of Hamas in the January 25 Palestinian parliamentary elections has confronted all interested parti ...

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Date:	Mon Feb 6 00:14:35 PST 2006

473 [lbo-talk] Wolfie the World Bank chief backs Palestine aid -- rank: 1000

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18006222%255E23109,00.html World Bank chief backs Palestine aid From correspondents in London THE Palestinian Government should continue to receive international aid despite concerns over last week's election victory by Islamic militant group Hamas, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said in an interview today Speaking to the Financial Times, Mr Wolfowitz urged Russia, the European Union, the US and the United Nations to allow the bank t ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 1 04:56:49 PST 2006

474 [lbo-talk] Investigate Israeli Nuclear Capacity Now (English/Espaņol) -- rank: 1000

http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=655&Itemid=1 PLEASE FORWARD!!!! To Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Following comments and remarks during the week of December 10th 2006 by designated US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert concerning the fact that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, we demand that the IAEA commence an immediate and comprehensive investigati ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 13 06:42:36 PST 2006

475 [lbo-talk] Israel Education Minister Tamir directive to put Green Line in schoolbooks criticized -- rank: 1000

For Israel, the proposal by Education Yuli Tamir is more radical than it may superficially seem. Almost every map (road map, wall map, educational map) you can buy in this country has no demarcation of the Green Line. In our car road map, we had to use a map from B'Tselem as a reference to mark out with pen on our map where the line is. However, a map with no Green Line is considered completely normal and beyond question to most Israelis. Yet, if/when Palestinian maps show a Palestine without t ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 5 03:57:47 PST 2006

476 [lbo-talk] Update on Situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 17-22 August -- rank: 1000

A bit late, but.... Bryan --------- http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=526&Itemid=1 Update on Situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 17-22 August Written by Ahmad Jaradat, Alternative Information Center (AIC) Monday, 28 August 2006 Attacks by the Israeli Air Force and tank units are occurring on a daily basis in the Gaza Strip. During the last week, around 35 Palestinians from the West Bank were arrested, most of them from the Hebron District ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 28 08:15:28 PDT 2006

477 [lbo-talk] Borat's greatest country hits.... -- rank: 1000

Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) gets the natives hootin' and a hollerin' with his country hit. "Throw Jew Down the Well" Scary thing is how much the audience seems to be getting into it. http://www.borat.tv/reportings3.php#

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Date:	Thu Aug 24 05:35:10 PDT 2006

478 [lbo-talk] The War on Lebanon: A United States War by Proxy -- rank: 1000

The War on Lebanon: A United States War by Proxy Written by Nassar Ibrahim, Alternative Information Center Wednesday, 23 August 2006 http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=521&Itemid=1 This was originally published in News from Within Vol. XXII, No. 7, August Special Issue, 2006. Nassar Ibrahim is a Palestinian writer and journalist. He is also the editor of the Arabic quarterly journal Rouy'ya Ukhra, published by the AIC. Bush orders and Israel implemen ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 23 12:53:40 PDT 2006

479 [lbo-talk] Israel Military Industries seeks IDF restocking order -- rank: 1000

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3293712,00.html Israel Military Industries seeks IDF restocking order Israel Military Industries Ltd. vying for its share of expected IDF orders to restock its artillery shell reserve after some 140,000 shells fired during recent war in Lebanon Aryeh Egozi Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI) is vying for its share of expected IDF orders to restock its artillery shell reserve, this after some 140,000 shells were fired during the recent war in Lebanon. D ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 21 01:39:28 PDT 2006

480 [lbo-talk] Haaretz -- rank: 1000

Ha'aretz was Chris Doss wrote: > A question about Haaretz for the Israelis (or anybody > else) on the list. > > I've been on chatting a bit over the net with an > Israeli reservist who just got back from fighting in > Lebanon. He's actually a very nice guy. Anyway he told > me that Haaretz is actually a fringe publication with > only about 60,000 readers in Israel, mostly in Tel > Aviv Of the three major Hebrew Israeli dailies, Ha'aretz has the smallest readership, aft ...

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