Tag Archives: Barry Chamish

pillage in the village

It is customary to say that incidents lead to war.They generate a fear leading to the conclusion that war is inevitable, only a question of time. The question is an open one however; the outbreak of the greatest, most destructive … Continue reading

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annie oakley: happiness is a warm gun?

From a piece in the New York Times on a woman’s account of her experience with religious men in the Israel Defense Forces; its the kind of pieces the NYT specializes in. Demonizing and creating an “other” and then building … Continue reading

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stimulus projects: shovel ready redemption

…Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes part of the ceremony. Kafka, Parables and … Continue reading

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clash of civilizations: school’s out

Eyeless in Gaza; it came from John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes” and the key line is ” Eyeless in Gaza the mill with slaves.” And who are we or they exactly slaving for and the Samson complex to bear pressure on … Continue reading

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those young turks

There is a branch of research under the name of Bible studies that varies from interpretation of the Scriptures to complete analysis through sophisticated software of Bible codes found in the Torah.They say all answers are there. If you can … Continue reading

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a long way from mount sinai

Transfer agreement with the enemy. Blood for goods. Such a strange and bottomless story with Zionism, its origins and its aims, that its almost impossible to untangle. When Hitler came to power in Germany, there was a controversy between left … Continue reading

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uncivil disobedience: anarchy at ammunition hill

Wedge issues. The fine line between free speech and incitement. Deliberate shaping of language as a form of propaganda in a face-off between secular and religious conceptions of power. If President Obama can make a “misspoke” in terming “polish death … Continue reading

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migron: peace for land

The former head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, says religious jews are the main problem in Israel, the head of the Meretz party, Zahava Galon,  uses the terminology “jew-boys” to describe religious supporters of the settler movement, and the head … Continue reading

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free at last: chains across the great divide

Prime Minister Rabin went so far as to call the “loyalist” Jews in the West Bank settlements, “cry babies”. Hagai Amir, accused of conspiracy with his brother Yigal in the assassination of Rabin, has been released and the sixteen plus … Continue reading

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conspiracy queries

Staged or killed in rage… It doesn’t smell good. In fact it kind of stinks. As Israel celebrates its independence day, the irony is that much of its blood soaked existence is indebted to political subterfuge at the highest level, … Continue reading

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