Monthly Archives: November 2014

“Dahiya” Author Eisenkott Named Next IDF Chief

Posted on November 30, 2014 by

by James M. Wall Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this week that on February 15, 2015, Major General Gadi Eisenkott (right) will be sworn in as Chief of Staff of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). General Eisenkott is well-known in Israel … Continue reading →

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A Circle of Violence: Deir Yassin to Har Nof

Posted on November 22, 2014 by

By James M. Wall Early Tuesday, November 18, two young Palestinians broke into a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of West Jerusalem’s Har Nof. Armed with a gun, knives and axes, the assailants killed three rabbis and a fourth worshipper. The New … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Updating JFK In Berlin: “Ich Bin Ein Palestinian”

Posted on November 16, 2014 by

by James M. Wall When President John F. Kennedy told the world on June 26, 1963. “Ich bin ein Berliner”, he was asserting his solidarity with Berliners separated by a wall.  Thomas Putnam, director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library … Continue reading →

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“The Genius of Israeli Evil: It Poses as Concern”

Posted on November 9, 2014 by

by James M. Wall Amira Hass is a Jewish journalist who has worked since 1993 as Ha’aretz’ correspondent in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. Born in Jerusalem in 1956, Hass has been with Haaretz since 1989. She has lived in the West Bank city of Ramallah since … Continue reading →

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What Happens In Gaza After The U.S. Elections?

Posted on November 2, 2014 by

By James M. Wall National U.S. congressional elections come around every two years. The latest arrives Tuesday, November 4. The election will relieve U.S. television viewers of a steady diet of noxious attack ads funded, in an alarming  measure, by the … Continue reading →

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