November 2012
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Israel-Palestine
Palestine at the UN
11.30.12 | Permalink | 3,166 Comments(from The Telegraph) The UN vote to recognise Palestine as a “non-member state” looks like a second defeat in just over a week for Israel, after many observers judged that Hamas won the recent war in Gaza on points. When it became clear Israel’s attempt to turn the vote into a crisis had failed, it [...]
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Israel-Palestine
There’s nothing ‘insoluble’ about the Israel-Palestine conflict
11.26.12 | Permalink | 3,496 Comments(from The Telegraph) The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza appears to be holding for now. But it simply marks the latest pause in an endless conflict between mortal enemies whose irreconcilable goals make compromise, let alone a solution, virtually unimaginable. At least, that’s what many in politics and the media would have you [...]
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Israel-Palestine
Who really started the fighting in Gaza?
11.20.12 | Permalink | 3,971 Comments(from The Telegraph) Partisans of the Israel-Palestine conflict – and it often seems everyone’s a partisan of one side or the other – know exactly who to blame for the fighting now in its sixth day. The other guy, of course. But the bombs dropping on Gaza and southern Israel haven’t fallen out of a [...]
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Don’t be fooled: Netanyahu and Hamas are on the same side
11.16.12 | Permalink | 3,314 Comments(From The Telegraph) We’ve all known them: couples who seem to do nothing except fight but can’t live without each other. Their surface dysfunction hides a deeper codependence, and conflict fulfils some essential common need. Without each other they’d be lost, violence and all. Keep this in mind as fighting in Gaza continues over the [...]
