Daily Archives: 08/06/2008

Tig’s final day

I wrote a lot about Tig while he was dying (as well as tons while he was alive and healthy), but I couldn’t bring myself to write much about his last day. Not when it happened, not shortly afterward, not … Continue reading

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The NGO problem

Yesterday I blogged about a Physicians for Human Rights report that accused Israel of pressuring Palestinians seeking medical treatment in Israel into becoming informers. Honest Reporting provided a link to Gerald Steinberg who questions the claims: Similarly, in this publication, … Continue reading

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Egyptians kill another Sudanese; world yawns

How many Sudanese have been killed by Egyptian border guards? Fifty? One hundred? Two hundred? I have no idea. It’s a body count that the AP isn’t interested in keeping. The wire services barely acknowledge that not a week goes … Continue reading

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Fulbright sequel

Two months ago the State Department embarrassed Israel into allowing a number of students from Gaza travel abroad as Fullbright scholars. At the time the NYT reported: The American State Department has withdrawn all Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in … Continue reading

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