Tag Archives: Oslo accords

garcon, there’s a yid in my coffee

The argument, to many, is not Land for Peace, but Land is Peace. Although the nature of warfare has changed, strategic depth is still critical. That is, the final determinant is what happens on the ground. Hence, maintaining possession of … Continue reading

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souvenirs: glory days?

remember when….Is reality that the peace agreement with Egypt is an on-going fraud, “cold” peace or not. Some in Israel claim that it died before it was born and the semblance of peace is an illusion foisted on the Israeli … Continue reading

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lost in the supermarket

It seemed like a good idea; drop into the market on the way home, grab some snacks and a few beers.Settlers without borders? Anarchists without frontiers? ..You have to think that tactics like the ISM is using is only going … Continue reading

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buy and sell: homecomings and goings

Jesse Livermore was a well known Wall Street stock broker in his time who made fortunes and lost them on a recurrent, even casual basis. His exploits were best documented in Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, from Edwin Lefevre, which … 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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corridors of power

They needed the labor. So, the arrangement was to create this fictitious identity called religious Zionism , an oxymoron and make them believe they held real power. It a stretch to imagine it, but Netanyahu’s grandfather was a rabbi and … Continue reading

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ties that cement

Power is essentially centralized within a very limited circle in Israel and the Palestinian authority and they are both jealously guard it and maintain it. In fact, there is a certain complicity, a conjunction of interests, some readily apparent in … 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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orientalism: still swingin’ the sword

So, when the sword of Constantine began a swingin’, you could say that all the alternative visions, the heretical variations of Christianity, the Gnostics, Desert Hermits etc. all got the boot and we got the Church. At the other end, … Continue reading

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