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136 [lbo-talk] The Institute for Counter-Terrorism replies to B'Tselem report .... -- rank: 1000

Hi all, Not sure if anyone is reading this thread, as there was no discussion around it, but since my friend (who is a professor of international law in Europe and works in International and human rights law) made some comments on what Don Radlauer of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism was arguing in the other emails in this thread, I thought to offer it up to those who are interested. Bryan --------------------- In general, you have raised pretty much of the relevant issues, so I just want to ...

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Date:	Mon Sep 21 12:54:05 PDT 2009

137 [lbo-talk] The Institute for Counter-Terrorism replies to B'Tselem report on Palestinian casualties during Operation Cast Lead: Any military age Palestinian man is a legitimate target during ongoing military operations... -- rank: 1000

Interestingly, Don Radlauer, the head researcher at the The Institute for Counter-Terrorism that I commented on, somehow came upon my lbo-talk email and answered me, so in all fairness I attach his reply below (and then after it, my reply to his reply...which he hasn't answered yet). Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Bryan - Your note ( ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 11 09:02:17 PDT 2009

138 [lbo-talk] The Institute for Counter-Terrorism replies to B'Tselem report on Palestinian casualties during Operation Cast Lead: Any military age Palestinian man is a legitimate target during ongoing military operations... -- rank: 1000

B'Tselem came out today with a new study of the list of Palestinian fatalities during Operation Cast Lead. http://www.alternativenews.org/english/2145-btselem-most-palestinians-killed-in-gaza-war-were-civilians.html Ynet had an article about it http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3774217,00.html , and in the last section of the article, they quoted from a counter study of the fatalities done by The Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center I quote from this a ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 9 21:47:02 PDT 2009

139 [lbo-talk] let's argue about the cause of mental illness -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: > Somebody Somebody wrote: >> Suicide rates in the U.S. have been on a slight uptick in recent >> years (5% over ten years ago), but they're still much lower than they >> were up until the 90's... when antidepressants began to be widely >> prescribed. I doubt this is a coincidence. The rise in acceptance of >> both talk therapy and prescriptions for mental illness has been a >> progressive historical development. > The antidepressant ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 27 08:48:53 PDT 2009

140 [lbo-talk] vacating; therefore, in need of fiction -- rank: 1000

But what would definitely be a worthy read is Blindsight by Peter Watts, or anything by him, and while I would say go ahead and purchase the book, if you would like to check it out, Peter has been so kind as to put it up online, along with all his other books (including his quite good Rifters 'trilogy' ) at: http://www.rifters.com/real/shorts.htm

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141 [lbo-talk] vacating; therefore, in need of fiction -- rank: 1000

Yah, I am in the midst of reading "Terror"... happened upon it by chance when I found it in hardcover at a garage sale for a buck a few weeks ago... Good read so far. Remind me not to ever try to find the Northwest Passage...or eat from canned foods soldered with lead...or get scurvy... Bryan Chris Doss wrote: > Dan Simmons, Ilium. Dan Simmons, Terror. Dan Simmons, Hyperion. Hell anything by Dan Simmons. > > --- On Sun, 8/23/09, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> ...

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Date:	Sun Aug 23 18:17:01 PDT 2009

142 [lbo-talk] Zizek: Quiet slicing of the West Bank makes abstract prayers for peace obscene -- rank: 1000

Hey all, I checked and didn't notice that anyone had linked this latest from Zizek on Israel/Palestine... so sorry if I somehow repeat posted: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/18/west-bank-israel-settlers-palestinians Bryan On 2 August 2009, after cordoning off part of the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem, Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families (more than 50 people) from their homes; Jewish settlers immediately moved into the emptied houses. Although ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 20 07:05:49 PDT 2009

143 [lbo-talk] A Letter From the Nebraska Republi..er..Democratic Party -- rank: 1000

From: http://www.thedarkstuff.com/2009/08/letter-from-nebraska.html The message was sent to all registered Dems in the state, and it was sent at the direction of Senator Ben Nelson. The friendly note essentially tells liberals to back off attacking Nelson over his obstruction of health care reform, and to continue to support Nelson. Here are some choice sections (emphasis mine): "It's true that Sen. Nelson is not a lockstep Democrat, which makes perfect sense because Nebraska is not a locks ...

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Date:	Sat Aug 15 07:14:00 PDT 2009

144 [lbo-talk] News from Within Podcast: Fifth Anniversary of the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories -- rank: 1000

On Monday, 29 July 2009, I spoke with Andreas Th. Müller about the fifth anniversary of the International Court of Justice s advisory opinion regarding the "Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." Andreas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of European Law and Public International Law at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Currently, he is doing an LL.M. at the Yale University Law School, and is working on his PhD thesis on the ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 30 08:58:17 PDT 2009

145 [lbo-talk] Palestinian do scientific research on the accuracy of the Israeli Cellcom advert -- rank: 1000

Palestinians did a test to see if this Cellcom ad was realistic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH02uc1vB4k Here is the result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et8VGyCDt10 Yoffi toffi, achla bachla!!!! Bryan

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Date:	Wed Jul 22 06:45:16 PDT 2009

146 [lbo-talk] Feeling the Hate in Tel Aviv -- rank: 1000

Yah, there are private Christian schools in Israel, run by churches (interestingly, in many of them, a good percentage to majority are Muslim students), and I know of at least one Muslim school in the north for sure, and I would surmise that there are more. Chris Doss wrote: > Are there Christian or Muslim religious schools? > > > --- On Tue, 7/14/09, Bryan Atinsky <bryan at alt-info.org> wrote: > And from what I > >> understand, for the "legal" foreign wo ...

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147 [lbo-talk] Feeling the Hate in Tel Aviv -- rank: 1000

Itamar Shtull-Trauring wrote: > On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 20:11 -0700, Chris Doss wrote: > > >> What do they do for people who are neither Arabs nor Jews? >> > > I have no idea... Now I'm wondering what kind of schools e.g. the Druze > have. > > Why would Druze schools be any different? They have local schooling in their towns and villages. And from what I understand, for the "legal" foreign worker and small refugee (usually sudanese) community, they are ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 14 05:47:34 PDT 2009

148 [lbo-talk] Feeling the Hate in Tel Aviv -- rank: 1000

Just watched the video. Definitely rang true as an accurate sampling of what Israelis say...heard these statements and arguments 1001 times. Bryan Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > Linked to is Max Blumenthal's new video, sorry for not making that more > clear. > ___________________________________ >

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149 [lbo-talk] Arab MK urges ban on ad showing IDF troops playing soccer at West Bank fence -- rank: 1000

To see the commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210H8wavqbc&feature=player_embedded Arab MK urges ban on ad showing IDF troops playing soccer at West Bank fence By Amitai Ziv, TheMarker correspondent Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi on Monday joined calls to scrap a television commercial depicting Israeli soldiers playing soccer at the West Bank separation fence, which many have found offensive. Tibi sent Israel's largest cell phone operator, Cellcom, a letter protesting the commercial, whic ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 13 08:34:47 PDT 2009

150 [lbo-talk] Arad residents don't want African refugees: 'The future is black, ' one resident says -- rank: 1000

Arad residents don't want refugees http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3745675,00.html Funny, these Russian *Southern city's hospitality replaced by fear, aversion and loathing towards African infiltrators, with residents setting up committee to thin out their presence in area. 'The future is black,' one resident says * Ilana Curiel Published: 07.13.09, 12:05 / Israel News <http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3082,00.html> Some will see it as pure racism, while others will refer to ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 13 07:48:12 PDT 2009