Archive for March, 2010
by James M. Wall Sumoud? Sumoud is an Arabic word meaning “steadfastness”. The occupied Palestinian people who live in Jerusalem this Holy Week, 2010, face check points, home demolitions, and the depressing news that the Congress of the United States sings the praises of a visiting Israeli prime minister who tells the world that ALL […]
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By James M. Wall Bibi Netanyahu came to Washington and received a cool reception from President Obama. But the Congress embraced him with its usual enthusiasm. Did it matter that Bibi was still issuing “build, baby, build” orders for East Jerusalem? These two leaders of Congress, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) […]
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by James M. Wall Christopher Dickey currently serves as Newsweek’s Paris bureau chief and Middle East regional editor. In a recent Newsweek online column, Dickey recalled a story from 1996. “Back when Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu was elected Israel’s prime minister for the first time, in 1996, a Jordanian political scientist with a grim sense of […]
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By James M. Wall Wish I could take credit for the quote in the above title. Can’t do it. Credit belongs to “Rick’s” response to Paul Woodward’sWar in Contextreaction to the treatment Vice President Joe Biden received from the Israeli government. On the day the Vice President began his peace-making trip in Israel, his host […]
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by James M. Wall The smartest thing the Motion Picture Academy did in its 82nd annual Academy Awards voting this year was to return to a practice it last used in 1943. That was the year the Academy named Casablanca as best picture from a list of ten feature films. For 2009, the Academy ended […]
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by James M. Wall Jane Adas has written an essay for Link magazine on the hasbara strategy Israel used to spin a favorable image of its 23-day military assault on Gaza’s civilian population. The Goldstone Report saw through the Israeli spin. The US Congress bought the spin and attacked Goldstone. For a sample of […]
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