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  • It takes an earthquake

    ''argues that they had a good dose of that premonitory or seismic intuition that some Jews are held to possess.'' There was some talk last year of Ashkenazi Jews having a special gene for intelligence. I don't know if that's true, but I'm convinced that we must have a complacency gene somewhere in our genome.
    Posted to Fighting Words by mlr on June 1, 2009

  • Re: A permanent solution?

    The two state ''solution'' does not seem viable to me. This is due to how much Palestinian land has been absorbed into Israel, to the point that the West Bank and Gaza are divided by a big gulf of Israeli land. I cannot foresee the Israeli public agreeing to return to 1967 borders. Furthermore, sharing Jerusalem would be very difficult; it would ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by ishmaeldaro on February 24, 2009

  • Does Iran Counter-balancing Israel bring Stability?

    I suppose being an Israeli nowadays is quite bleak. Warmongers dominate all politics in Israel, apparently, and normal relations with allies who are distant neighbors can be destructive for them - Georgia being such an example. I suppose it seems like increasing Israeli military actions throughout the region is the only solution to protecting ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by Usama3 on February 19, 2009

  • Hamas 'Hijacked' Palestine

    The dear author has taken the view, that Hamas has somehow effected a coup within Palestine, when in fact they were democratically elected in 2006. Unfortunately this also is a meme widely proffered by the talking heads of the Israeli PR machine. How else to deal with the Palestinians? - we cannot talk to Hamas they are ... <insert fearsome ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by kentis on January 12, 2009

  • Odious

    I don't usually agree with Hitchens but I think this response, asserting that Hitchens has Join[ed] the chilling chorus that blithely wishes for the destruction of Israel. Is an outrageous and wilfull misreading of what Hitchens said. There is a tremendous difference between doubting whether the initial creation of Israel, over 60 years ...
    Posted to XX Factor by sjalterego on January 7, 2009

  • Zionist Propaganda for The "Shire" of East Europe?

    All the hoopla about saving Georgia from the terrible Russian juggernaut, like Georgia is Tolkien's ''Shire'' and its folksy way of life is in jeopardy- where is it coming from? Here on Slate and at the Washington Post, the commentary called for American action to protect Georgia from Russia. Anne Applebaum, Neo Con, American Enterprise ...
    Posted to Foreigners by Usama2 on August 17, 2008