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The Smells of Gaza and New Jersey
by James M. Wall Richard Ford’s latest novel, Let Me Be Frank With You, begins when Frank Bascombe drives into a suburb of Haddam, a New Jersey town recently destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Frank had been a real estate salesman in the community. … Continue reading
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A Circle of Violence: Deir Yassin to Har Nof
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
Posted in Israel, Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, Palestinians, Religious Faith
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Bibi Knows “where the spots formerly were”
by James M. Wall In the Damon Runyon-inspired Guys and Dolls, a movie musical tale of “gangsters, gamblers and dolls”, Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra, left) descends to the sewers of New York with Big Julie, a gambler from Chicago. Big Julie … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu
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From Sykes-Picot to “Degrade and Destroy”
by James M. Wall U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson spoke earlier this week in Ottawa, Canada. At one point in his Tuesday remarks to the Canadian American Business Council, Johnson followed the current fear/hate U.S./Israel script when he said: “ISIL is a stateless … Continue reading
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“Exodus” Now Hurling Real 5,000 Pound Bombs
by James M. Wall Israel still retains absolute mind control over the western world, thanks to the selling of an Israel narrative which was boosted high into the literary lights and onto movie screens with the fictional Israeli narrative written by Leon Uris in … Continue reading
Posted in -Movies and politics, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, Obama, Uncategorized
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Israel Hides Behind its Own Special “Catch 22”
by James M. Wall Following yet another round of failed peace talks, Palestinian leaders have seized the initiative to create their own future. Knowing that Israel has consistently demonstrated no interest in reaching a peace accord, Palestinian leaders defied pressure from … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu
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It Is Time to Bury the “Honest Broker” Deception
A couple of possilble corrections for the 21st column:
Benjamin Netanyahu and his robotic allies in the U.S. congress Congress
The New York Times, which favors same sex marriages almost as much as it favors Israel
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“I Once Was Blind . . . But Now I See”
by James M. Wall In a scene from the 2006 movie, Amazing Grace, set during the lifetime (1759 – 1833) of William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd, right), Wilberforce presents his anti-slave trade bill to the British Parliament. It is a task he performs … Continue reading
“What we got here is failure to communicate”
by James M. Wall John Kerry’s April 29 deadline for a negotiated framework between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, is only a few weeks away. Without waiting for what is still a “flexible” end point for this round of “peace … Continue reading
Posted in John Kerry, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, USA
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“One Day Ramallah Will Rise Up”
by James M. Wall “One Day Ramallah Will Rise Up” is the title of a current column by the provocative Ha’aretz writer, Gideon Levy. During this same week, Uri Avnery, another Israeli provocateur, entitled his Gush Shalom column, “The Human Spring”. … Continue reading
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