Higher Criticism

Why I love Bibi and Lieberman

sheila — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:02:50 +0000

How many times have we heard Bibi or some other right-wing flunky declare, in a passionate voice, that the bond between Israel and the US is unbreakable. Bibi sounds like a broken record here, and this is not the first time he has peppered his speech with the cute catchphrase: “…our bond with the US [...]

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Netanyahu the desperate harbinger of peace

sheila — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:14:11 +0000

BBC: Israel sets terms for Palestinian state Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he will back a Palestinian state – but only if it is completely demilitarised. He said a Palestinian state must have no army, no control of its air space and no way of smuggling in weapons. I’ve been wanting to write more about [...]

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Israel is controlled by religious fanaticism

sheila — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:33:48 +0000

Haaretz: Israel is controlled by religious fanaticism Not very long ago, during Rabbi Meir Kahane’s racist rantings, the late writer and journalist Amos Elon gave me a copy of a letter Lord Rothschild sent to Herzl in August 1902. In the letter, Rothschild explains why he refuses to support the establishment of a Jewish state in [...]

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Poem on Repentance and Returning to God

sheila — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:09:23 +0000

The time has come for me to see after the darkness of ignorance. My old age is a morning that calls me to its dawning rays. The night of youth is short, so proceed deliberately. The morning is the end of the road for the night traveler. How have I been deceived by the world and its adornment, building my [...]

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The Rabbi and Imam Shamsi Ali

sheila — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:01:39 +0000

Haaretz: New York rabbi, imam denounce violence after bomb plot exposed New York-area religious leaders, Muslim cleric Shamsi Ali and Orthodox Rabbi Marc Schneier held a press conference Thursday, issuing a joint condemnation of the recently uncovered plot to bomb New York Jewish centers. Two New York-area religious leaders, Muslim cleric Shamsi Ali and Orthodox Rabbi Marc [...]

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Obama- Best friend Israel ever had

sheila — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:36:51 +0000

Haaretz: A friend of Israel It’s already clear: the U.S. president is a great friend of Israel. If Barack Obama continues what he started this week, he might prove to be the friendliest president to Israel ever. Richard Nixon saved Israel from the Arab states in 1973, and Obama is about to save Israel from itself. [...]

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Review of Wahhabi Islam (Natana DeLong-Bas)

sheila — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:07:46 +0000

Natana DeLong Bas’ Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad is not a bad book, but it is not a particularly helpful book either. One of its strong points is how adroitly DeLong-Bas eases the reader into topics. This is no small feat since the protagonist is Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab (d. 1792) [...]

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Peace is bad business in Israel

sheila — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:14:16 +0000

Haaretz: Israel knows that peace just doesn’t pay Successive Israeli governments since 1993 certainly must have known what they were doing, being in no hurry to make peace with the Palestinians. As representatives of Israeli society, these governments understood that peace would involve serious damage to national interests. Besides the collapse of the arms industry, I think [...]

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Most Palestinian prisoners held unfairly

sheila — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:17:23 +0000

80% of prisoners in Palestinian jails being held without trial About 18 months ago, a European Union delegation arrived in the Palestinian Authority to evaluate the condition of prisoners in Palestinian prisons. The delegation, which was attached to the European Union Police Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (Eupol Copps) – a group of European security [...]

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Room of the Last Supper resembles mosque

sheila — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:40:34 +0000

Can the Pope solve riddle of the Last Supper? It is said by the Vatican to be the site of a seminal moment in human and divine history, when Jesus shared his last meal with his 12 Apostles, instituted the Eucharist and revealed that one of the Apostles would betray him. Today it requires a good [...]

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