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Jack A. Smith : Will Israel Bomb Iran?
Will Israel strike? Image from Gestetner Updates.Bombing Iran:Will they or won’t they? Iran insists it is not producing or about to produce nuclear weapons… Israel is known to possess at least 200 nuclear weapons and delivery systems. By Jack A. … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran Attack, Israel, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Marc Estrin : Light Unto the Nations
Israeli “Agronomic (sic) flashlight grip (T-GRIP).” (Get ’em while they’re hot. Image from IsraelMilitary.comLight unto the nations By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 11, 2011 What is it? It doesn’t seem to be a bird. Definitely not … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Marc Estrin, Military, Palestinian Occupation, Weaponry, West Bank
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Marc Estrin : Ian McEwan Speaks Half-Truths to Power
Image from webshots.Ian McEwan:Speaking half-truths to power By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / February 23, 2011 The action In the midst of cries for freedom in the Middle East and Africa, Ian McEwan claimed the Jerusalem Prize for … Continue reading
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Tagged Hamas, Ian McEwan, Israel, Literature, Marc Estrin, Middle East, Palestinian Occupation, War Crimes
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Paul Beckett : Mahmoud Abbas and the Ubiquitous Pen
Does Hillary Clinton carry with her an elegant Montblanc pen?Mahmoud Abbas:‘Is This A Pen I See Before Me?’ What a minefield Abbas must now traverse… How can he be the one now to legitimize more than 40 years of oppression … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary Clinton, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Palestine, Paul Beckett
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Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni and Rob Prince : The Looming Specter of a Strike on Iran
U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft in Afghanistan.Looming specter:Strike on Iran an increasing possiblity By Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni and Rob Prince / The Rag Blog / August 19, 2010 Reading the signs Signs — coming from a number of … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Ibrahim Kazerooni, Iran Attack, Israel, Rob Prince, U.S. Military
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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 4
The two wild cards. Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani shown with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2009. Photo by Amir Kholoosi / ISNA.Part 4: Two wild cards, Turkey and IranIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By Jack A. … Continue reading
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Tagged Freedom Flotilla, Iran, Israel, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Palestinian Occupation, Turkey
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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 3
Then Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, left, meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on March 19, 2006 in Gaza City. Haniya continues to function as Prime Minister, despite having been dismissed by Abbas the next year. Photo from … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Israel, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Palestinian Blockade
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla : Participants Speak Out
Gaza Freedom Flotilla participants Ann Wright and Joe Meadors spoke in Austin about their experiences. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Col. Ann Wright and Joe Meadors:What really happened on the Freedom Flotilla By Alice Embree / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Ann Wright, Austin, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Israel, Palestinian Blockade, Peace Movement, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 2
A graffiti artist paints the face of a Palestinian child on a wall in Beirut, Lebanon. Image from EPA.Part 2: Breaking the blockadeIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Israel, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Palestinian Blockade
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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 1
President Barack Obama walkd with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Oval Office at the White House Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP.Part 1: Change is in the windIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Israel, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Palestinian Occupation, Peace Movement
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John Ross : The Long Night of San Juan Copala
Justicia en San Juan Copola. Photo from Su Propina es mi Sueldo.Mexico’s Gaza:The long night of San Juan Copala Much as the Israeli government had warned the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla not to set sail for Gaza, the Governor … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, John Ross, Mexican History, Mexico, Palestinian Blockade, Social Justice
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Gaza Flotilla as Exodus ’47 Revisited
SS Exodus 1947 after British takever. Banner says “HAGANAH Ship EXODUS 1947.” Image from Wikimedia Commons.Is the Gaza flotilla story‘Exodus ’47’ with roles reversed? By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / June 8, 2010 See ‘Kill a Turk … Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Social Protest, Tel Aviv, Turkey, Uri Avnery
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