Jul

27

Christians United for Israel Tour

July 27, 2007 | 1 Comment

Boing Boing brought to my attention this post which discusses CUFI marching for Israel. The author says,
I have covered the Christian right intensely for over four years. During this time, I attended dozens of Christian right conferences, regularly monitored movement publications and radio shows, and interviewed scores of its key leaders. I have never witnessed [...]

Jun

10

UK Academics: F*** YOU!!!

June 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

A Step Toward a Living, Learning Memory Chip: Scientific American
Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel have demonstrated that neurons cultured outside the brain can be imprinted with multiple rudimentary memories that persist for days without interfering with or wiping out others.
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Jun

3

Bibi does his thang…

June 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Upon reflection, I don’t think that Netanyahu is the one to run our government (I can’t think of anyone else, but so what?). I think that he should be Foreign Minister, no matter who is Prime Minister. On the other hand, no matter how many people hear these types of messages, people hear what they [...]

May

4

Daily Show: Eerie Similarities Between Israeli PM Olmert and Bush

May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

From Crooks and Liars:
On Monday, the Commission charged with investigating Israel’s military campaign against Lebanon last summer issued its scathing report to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Last night on “The Daily Show,” Jon broke down the contents of the report and noticed some staggering parallels between the conduct of Olmert and Bush.
I just thought this [...]

May

4

Mass rally calls on Olmert to resign

May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The article says that 100,000 people showed up at Rabin square in Tel Aviv to protest, not far from where I used to live. Last night I felt that I should be there too. Then I remembered how many people showed up to protest the forced evacuation of Gaza.
I hope for a better future.
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Apr

28

Real Future History

April 28, 2007 | 2 Comments

In this article from this past Friday’s Jerusalem post In Jerusalem section, you can read about the planned light rail system which is intended to reinvigorate Jerusalem’s city center by, among other things, connecting some of Jerusalem’s outlying areas directly to the center of town.
What struck me about this article and the compaints of [...]

Apr

18

Desperate Times

April 18, 2007 | 1 Comment

In an article on the Jerusalem Post’s website, we find the following information about Tim Gopsill, public relations director for the National Union of Journalists in the UK:
[Gopsill said]“Who can condemn the NUJ’s boycott when the EU and USA are boycotting the Palestinians and leading to worse economic situations for those in the [PA] territories? [...]

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