Daily Archives: 05/06/2008

This week’s Shire Network News

This week’s Shire Network News is out. The feature interview is with Barry Rubin of The GLORIA Center. My piece is on Israel’s 60th birthday, and is available on my site as well.

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Palestinians cry “canton”

One aspect of Israeli negotiations with the Palestinians that’s constant is that whatever Israel offers will be dismissed as an insult or some other epithet. Now that negotiations are coming down to nitty-gritty details like borders, the cries start anew. … Continue reading

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It’s unwinnable if you don’t fight to win

In War of the rockets, Jackson Diehl writes: For months now, Israel has been mired in an unwinnable war against Hamas and allied militias in Gaza, who fire missiles at civilians in Israel and then hide among their own women … Continue reading

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Honoring survival

In Honoring Survival, and Gifts to a Nation Isabel Kershner writes about a new exhibit at Yad Vashem devoted to the Holocaust survivors who escaped to Israel. The gray walls of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial here, have long documented … Continue reading

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Entebbe audio

Israel has released some audio of the Entebbe raid. Ynet provides the audio and a transcript. The missing passenger was Dora Bloch who had been taken to the hospital. After the rescue she was killed. (h/t Jack’s Shack) Crossposted on … Continue reading

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