Daily Archives: 10/10/2007

There’s a new blogger in town

By the way, if you haven’t noticed, Elder of Ziyon has joined us. He’s kindly offered to help keep things going here while I”m studying trope. I do believe I’m beginning to get the hang of it.

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The disastrous idea of “land swap”

Palestinian Arab negotiators are flocking to wire service reporters to float ideas, and today another one came up – the idea of a “land swap” where Arabs get the same number of square kilometers from Israel that Israel keeps from … Continue reading

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The lessons of “no-man’s land”

There was a telling detail in the reports of Abbas demanding everything from Israel: According to Palestinian negotiating documents obtained by The Associated Press, the Palestinian demands include all of the Gaza Strip, West Bank, east Jerusalem and small areas … Continue reading

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Palestinians prove the irridentism is in full bloom

Mahmoud Abbas has dropped the other shoe. He says the Palestinians want Israel to accede to all of their demands. And then maybe—maybe—the Palestinians might do something in return. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday laid out his most specific … Continue reading

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The fog of turf wars

I had previously been skeptical of claims that Israel struck a nuclear facility in Syria. Now apparently the reason everyone was assuming that it was a nuclear facility is because the word “nuclear” was floating around the halls of power. … Continue reading

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A UC-Davis student speaks

From the comments: I am a UC Davis student and have been doing some research into the strong anti-semitic problem at this campus. In 2001 the UC Davis Hillel was SET ON FIRE. There is a history of strong anti-semitic … Continue reading

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