Posted in America, Palestinians, Peace on May 16th, 2012
And, this is a deal that we could all get behind. Really.
It’s even deliciously ironic. The phrase, “Hoist with his own petard” comes to mind – a phrase that began with Shakespeare and essentially means ‘blown up by your own bomb’. (A Petard is a bomb used to breach gates, etc.)
Well, it seems that America might be soon be hoist by her own petard, because the UN may soon be asking the US to return land to Native Americans.
Maybe we should call it land for peace?
And, this is a deal that we could all get behind. Really.
It’s even deliciously ironic. The phrase, “Hoist with his own petard” comes to mind – a phrase that began with Shakespeare and essentially means ‘blown up by your own bomb’. (A Petard is a bomb used to breach gates, etc.)
Well, it seems that America might be soon be hoist by her own petard, because the UN may soon be asking the US to return land to Native Americans.
Maybe we should call it land for peace?
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If you can prove that there is a city in the Middle East outside of Israel with more freedom than Jerusalem, you’ll get $50,000.
From Aaron Klein.
So, can you name one?
No?
C’mon. Think hard. There’s fifty big ones in it for you.
Here, let me help.
Let’s take freedom of assembly. There’s GOT to be a city in the Middle East with more freedom than…
Okay, so maybe not.
How about freedom of… religion?
Nooooo.
Gay rights?
If you can prove that there is a city in the Middle East outside of Israel with more freedom than Jerusalem, you’ll get $50,000.
From Aaron Klein.
So, can you name one?
No?
C’mon. Think hard. There’s fifty big ones in it for you.
Here, let me help.
Let’s take freedom of assembly. There’s GOT to be a city in the Middle East with more freedom than…
Okay, so maybe not.
How about freedom of… religion?
Nooooo.
Gay rights?
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Posted in Palestinians, Peace, Society on Feb 14th, 2012
On Wednesday, I mentioned that most Israeli Arabs are Proud to be Israeli.
How about Palestinian Arabs? What do THEY feel about Israel?
Well, I’ve got bad news, really bad news and the tiniest bit of good news.
Let’s start with the good news. Among Palestinians:
- 75% support teaching children about peace
- 30% support a permanent, two-state solution
- 57% believe that the Nakba protests “hurt or made no difference to the Palestinian cause”
- 83% are more interested in job creation than conflict with Israel
- 59% said that it was wrong to fire rockets at Israeli cities and Israeli citizens
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Read the full post (1184 words, 19 images, estimated 4:44 mins reading time)On Wednesday, I mentioned that most Israeli Arabs are Proud to be Israeli.
How about Palestinian Arabs? What do THEY feel about Israel?
Well, I’ve got bad news, really bad news and the tiniest bit of good news.
Let’s start with the good news. Among Palestinians:
- 75% support teaching children about peace
- 30% support a permanent, two-state solution
- 57% believe that the Nakba protests “hurt or made no difference to the Palestinian cause”
- 83% are more interested in job creation than conflict with Israel
- 59% said that it was wrong to fire rockets at Israeli cities and Israeli citizens
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This is a preview of
60 Percent of Palestinians Against Two State Solution
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Posted in Democracy, Peace, Society on Feb 8th, 2012
I love hearing news like this.
No. That’s not good enough, so let me say it again.
I ABSOLUTELY and COMPLETELY love hearing news like this.
Yeah. That’s better.
Do you have any idea what this means?
This is saying that Israel is a COMPLETELY awesome country. It means that Israel really has bent over backwards to welcome Arabs as a part of Israeli society. It means that Arabs PREFER Israel over other Arab countries. It means that Israel has been able to find a way to make Arabs feel accepted – a truly monumental task when your biggest enemies are also Arab.
I love hearing news like this.
No. That’s not good enough, so let me say it again.
I ABSOLUTELY and COMPLETELY love hearing news like this.
Yeah. That’s better.
Do you have any idea what this means?
This is saying that Israel is a COMPLETELY awesome country. It means that Israel really has bent over backwards to welcome Arabs as a part of Israeli society. It means that Arabs PREFER Israel over other Arab countries. It means that Israel has been able to find a way to make Arabs feel accepted – a truly monumental task when your biggest enemies are also Arab.
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Posted in Egypt, Peace on Jan 6th, 2012
If (like me) you always wondered when it would happen, or even if… well, you may be able to stop wondering because it appears that war is inevitable unless something drastic happens. And this time, the Egyptian army will be armed with the latest weapon systems from the US, including the M-1 Abrams – a tank that has never been destroyed in battle.
And to think that it was our own Jimmy Carter that set us up for this debacle.
However, I suspect that civil war will happen before war with Israel.
We’ll see.
If (like me) you always wondered when it would happen, or even if… well, you may be able to stop wondering because it appears that war is inevitable unless something drastic happens. And this time, the Egyptian army will be armed with the latest weapon systems from the US, including the M-1 Abrams – a tank that has never been destroyed in battle.
And to think that it was our own Jimmy Carter that set us up for this debacle.
However, I suspect that civil war will happen before war with Israel.
We’ll see.
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