Tag Archives: Peter Beinart

status conscious: c’mon give them a pass

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Dave

The moral relativity game. Couch in the grand majesterial gesures of the European Liberal enlightenment. Apply a generous dose of moral relativity, bake until the “other” acts as a colonialized and parasitic caricature, then preach from the perch of moral … Continue reading →

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all eyes on zion…

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Dave

…The Israeli Foreign Ministry maintains that the very fact that Anwar Sadat recognized Israel’s right to exist was a major breakthrough. But aside from the question of whether he was sincere or not, that very concept is worthy of question. … Continue reading →

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power of the pulpit

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Dave

Religion 2.0. As long as they can see the light. It seems like a paradox, a type of oxymoron: religious Zionism. A nativist approach to the land, nation building, combined with the traditional diaspora values of power that are exclusive … Continue reading →

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throw them an olive tree

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Dave

Why tender them an olive branch when you can throw them a whole tree, in fact an entire logging camp of peace offerings… In looking at settler violence against Arabs, it has to be understood that these religious Jews, for … Continue reading →

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read their lips: talkin’ shop at solomon’s stables

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Dave

…“Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.” (Statement to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., 1957) ….“When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for … Continue reading →

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romney care: lamentations on the ill-timed pursuit

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Dave

Face it, people like to complain. Give them a mic, a keyboard or a public forum and the discontent pours out; a lamentation worthy of the Western Wall magnitude. Add to that the Jewish holidayof Tisha B’Av which remembers the … Continue reading →

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