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Student ‘Union’ or Senseless Time Wasting
Submitted by onejerusalem on Fri, 2007-05-18 08:35. :: in the news
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“We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece filled with straw. Alas!Our dried voices, whenWe whisper togetherAre quiet and meaninglessAs wind in dry grassOr rats’ feet over broken glassIn our dry cellar”T.S. Eliot: The Hollow Men – 1925 Is the student strike coming to an end as in T.S. Eliot’s classic poem, The Hollow [...]
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The Fine Line Between Criticizing Israel and Being Called an Anti-Semite
Submitted by onejerusalem on Sun, 2007-05-13 12:19. :: daily israeli | in the news | video log
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President Carter has been called a bigot and anti-Semite for writing the book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” Former General Wesley Clark has also been accused for anti-Semitism for saying that the U.S. is being pushed to war by “New York Money People.” The show host wonders if anyone can criticize Israel without the backlash. Liberal Rabbi [...]
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Moshe Chai Israeli - Our Moral Decay Victim on Video
Submitted by onejerusalem on Tue, 2007-05-08 16:11. :: in the news | video log
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Sometimes things happen that make you realize that we have lost all hope. Moshe Chai-Israeli (62) was killed yesterday while crossing a busy intersection. He was caught between a tow truck and a cement truck and was crushed to death. After his death, caught on video, he was left in the middle of the intersection [...]
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Judgment Day for Olmert?
Submitted by onejerusalem on Thu, 2007-05-03 18:02. :: daily israeli | in the news
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Photo: Gil Yochana Ynet.co.il Despite attempts by embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to remain in office, a mass rally scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday night may decide the fate of the man who has been shouldered with much of the blame for Israel’s failures in last summer’s Lebanon II war. The event, at Kikar Rabin [...]
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Failure Spelled Out: Ehud Olmert, Amir Peretz & Dan Halutz Get Final Grade
Submitted by onejerusalem on Tue, 2007-05-01 14:00. :: in the news | oy vey | political crap
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In the beginning of the Second Lebanon War, early on, Hassan Nasrallah called to our leaders and warned that their inexperience should make them reconsider jumping into a war. In essence that is the conclusion of the Winograd Report handed out yesterday. The report painted a clear, bleak picture of the three men that lead [...]
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Winograd Report: “for whom the bell tolls”
Submitted by onejerusalem on Mon, 2007-04-30 16:24. :: in the news | oy vey
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Will Monday’s publication of the much awaited Winograd Report be reminiscent of Ernest Hemmingway’s classic novel: For Whom the Bell Tolls? The long prepared document prepared by a very distinguished committee headed by former Tel Aviv District Judge Eliahu Wingrad (pictured), is supposed to formally point out the faults of the Israeli government during last [...]
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Happy 59th To Israel
Submitted by onejerusalem on Tue, 2007-04-24 21:44. :: daily israeli | in the news
Happy 59th To Israel
Submitted by onejerusalem on Tue, 2007-04-24 21:44. :: daily israeli | in the news
From Dark to Light: Memorial to Independence Day
Submitted by onejerusalem on Sun, 2007-04-22 23:10. :: daily israeli | in the news
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To someone visiting Israel or even a new comer, these days must seem very strange. As someone who has lived here all his life though, having gone through the emotional rollercoaster every year, there is a certain balance to these two days.
Memorial Day started at 8:00 PM this evening with a siren that caught me [...]
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A Hero and Holocaust Survivor is Brought Home to Rest
Submitted by onejerusalem on Thu, 2007-04-19 18:06. :: in the news | people
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The body of Dr. Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor and lecturer at the Virginia Tech School of Engineering for more than 20 years, was brought back to Israel following his death at the hands of the 23 year old South Korean student who killed not only the 76 year old professor, but 31 others as [...]
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