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• The Power of Words
  Jay Livingston, who blogs at MontClair SocioBlog, put up a set of ads for a bank that illustrate a basic sociological insight. The message in the ads is “Different values make the world a richer place” and they each feature the same image triply labeled. Privilege.  Sacrifice.  Role model. Decor.  Souvenir.  Place of prayer. Freedom.  Status symbol.  Poll […]
• Israeli-US crisis worst since Sinai withdrawal
  Dispute over East Jerusalem settlements marks a low point in 35 years of rollercoaster relations between Israel and USIsrael's ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, has said the row over new housing in East Jerusalem has triggered the worst crisis in US-Israeli relations in 35 years, despite attempts by Binyamin Netanyahu to project a sense of "busin […]
• Is this the showdown?
  Someone has leaked to Haaretz "at least four steps the United States expects Netanyahu to carry out to restore confidence in bilateral relations and permit the resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians." The steps were on a list that Secretary of State Clinton read to Prime Minister Netanyahu last Friday. If true – and if the Obama administra […]
• 'Day of rage' in East Jerusalem
  Dozens of Palestinian stone-throwers clash with Israeli police in East Jerusalem on a 'day of rage' declared by Hamas Islamists in protest at Israel's consecration of an ancient synagogue in the city […]
• Mohamed Khodr – Letter to Rachel Corrie's family and Washington State legislators
  Below is a letter I sent to the Corries but more importantly to executive and legislative members in Washington State where Rachel Corrie was a resident.   It includes the Governor, Lt. Governor, Senators and Congressmen in D.C. and senators and members of the general assembly in Washington State as well as the media. March 4, 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Corrie Honor […]
• Israel rejects settlement halt
  Israeli PM defies US calls to halt plans in Jerusalem that have sparked diplomatic row. […]
• Don’t Mess with Texas
  Irony used to be Andrew Jackson on a central bank note. Now, as NYT blogger Justin Wolfers points out, irony might now be “Hayek propped up by government intervention.” As was noted in last Sunday’s NYT, the Texas Board of Education voted to change the state’s school curriculum to include, among other conservative points, Friedrich Hayek in economics courses […]
• Israel closes protest villages
  The Israeli military has ordered two West Bank villages at the centre of protests against the "separation wall" are off-limits. […]
• Israel-US diplomatic tension rises
  Senior Obama adviser describes timing of settlement announcement as an "insult". […]
• Israel extends West Bank closure
  Lockdown extended and access to the al-Aqsa mosque restricted over fears of clashes. […]