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Category Archives: Israel and West Asia
Happy 62nd Birthday, Israel! (Yom HaAtzmaut/Independence Day, 2010)
“If You Will It, It is No Dream”–Theodore (Binyamin Ze’ev) Herzl Via Ynet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a special statement for the occasion, saying, “On this Independence Day we mark two of the Jewish nation’s miracles: The miracle of … Continue reading
Long War Journal: Hezbollah Brigades propaganda specialist captured in Baghdad
[H/t Long War Journal] Bill Rogio writes: Coalition special forces teams, likely the terrorist hunter-killer teams of Task Force 88, have captured a Hezbollah Brigades propaganda specialist during a raid in New Baghdad. The propaganda specialist was positively identified by … Continue reading
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Lebanese Army Kills Abssi, Claims Victory
[Hat tip to Right-Wing Nuthouse] It took 106 days and nearly 160 fatalities for the Lebanese Army to clear out the nest of terrorists who had infested the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp but they finally finished the job yesterday, … Continue reading
Understanding the U.S.-Israel Alliance: An Israeli Response to the Walt-Mearsheimer Claim
[Hat tip to Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs] Understanding the U.S.-Israel Alliance: An Israeli Response to the Walt-Mearsheimer Claim Dore Gold Contrary to the assertions of Professors Stephen Walt of Harvard University and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, … Continue reading
India and Israel, Hindus and Jews: Increasing Connections
Israel has made, let’s face it, some unsavory alliances and business deals over the years. For example, during the Cold War, Israel sold military products to a variety of right-wing authoritarian states. In discussions with my loony radical lefty friends, … Continue reading
Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Community*
Image from iWitness, The Armenian Genocide Project [Hat tip Normblog and Contentious Centrist] Norman Geras brings attention to an article on the Armenian genocide by Leonard Fine in the Forward. Fine contends that: It is doubtful that many people are … Continue reading
Hezbollah Celebrates ‘Victory’ on Ceasefire Anniversary
[article from The Middle East Times, August 14, 2007] BEIRUT – Thousands of people gathered Tuesday in a Beirut suburb to listen to a “victory” speech by Hezbollah’s leader marking the one-year anniversary of the ceasefire that ended the war … Continue reading
Schoenfeld: “Blowback” in Lebanon?
[Hat tip to Contentions] “Blowback” in Lebanon? by Gabriel Schoenfeld The State Department has designated Fatah al-Islam, a self-declared al-Qaeda affiliate of Sunni Muslim extremists based in northern Lebanon, a “terrorist” group. Back in March, the investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, … Continue reading
Israeli and Palestinian Transport Unions Forge Cooperation
Israeli and Palestinian transport unions have forged a groundbreaking cooperation agreement at a special meeting held under the auspices of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). Around 20 Israeli and Palestinian transport union representatives met together in Limassol, Cyprus on … Continue reading
