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Nov 27 2007
Omelettes into Eggs
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By Uri Avnery   

I was awakened from deep sleep by the noise. There was a commotion outside, which was getting louder by the minute. The shout of excited people. An eruption of joy.

I stuck my nose outside the door of my Haifa hotel room. I was told enthusiastically that the United Nations General Assembly had just decided to partition the country.

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Nov 18 2007
How to Get Out?
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By Uri Avnery   

The Annapolis conference is a joke. Though not in the least funny.

Like quite a lot of political initiatives, this one too, according to all the indications, started more or less by accident. George Bush was due to make a speech. He was looking for a theme that would give it some substance. Something that would divert attention away from his fiascos in Iraq and Afghanistan. Something simple, optimistic, easy to swallow.

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Nov 11 2007
The Last Refuge
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By Uri Avnery   

ISRAEL is an island in the global sea. We live in a bubble. This week I was sharply reminded of this.

I was returning home from Germany. On the eve of the flight, all TV networks, from CNN and BBC to the German channels, were reporting on the events in Pakistan. In the airplane, I opened Israel's largest circulation tabloid, Yedioth Aharonoth, in order to read about the Pakistani mess. I did not find any mention of it on page 1. Nor on page 2. I found a small item on page 27. The first pages were devoted to something much more important: the shouts of protest by right-wing football hooligans when they were requested to stand up in memory of Yitzhak Rabin.

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Tags:  Uri Avnery Yedioth Israeli Yitzhak Rabin Pervez Musharaf George W. Bush Hillary Clinton
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Nov 08 2007
Flatterer – a Congressman
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By William Cook   

Servileness:  One of Slavish Spirit, Parasitic, a Fawning, Sniveling, Groveling

Shakespeare’s Caesar caustically commented, “Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once.” Curious how our lawmakers huddle behind their sophistries, their voice votes, their parliamentary play acting to avoid the daring feat that would force them to confront the moral consequences of their obsequious pandering to the lobbyists who pad their pin striped suits with the means to stay in office, all the while selling their souls to their executioners.

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Tags:  William A. Cook AIPAC Flatterer Congressman William Cook
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Nov 02 2007
Say it with Flowers
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By Uri Avnery   

REJOICE, REJOICE: the Foreign Minister has decided to set up a special team for dealing with the "core issues" of peace with the Palestinians.

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Tags:  Uri Avnery Henry Kissinger Yitzhak Rabin
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Nov 01 2007
Senate Should Reject Mukasey Nomination
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By MWC NEWS   

Refusal to Denounce Waterboarding Shows Him Unfit for Attorney General

The United States Senate should reject Michael Mukasey’s appointment as attorney general because of his unwillingness to state that “waterboarding” and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment is illegal.

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Oct 30 2007
Israel’s Fuel and Power Cuts of Gaza
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By MWC NEWS   

Violation of international laws of war

 Israel’s decision to limit fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip in retaliation for unlawful rocket attacks by armed groups amounts to collective punishment against the civilian population of Gaza, in violation of international law, and will worsen the humanitarian crisis there.

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Oct 27 2007
A Warning to Tony Blair
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By Uri Avnery   

Last week, James Wolfensohn gave a long interview to Haaretz. He poured out his heart and summed up, with amazing openness, his months as special envoy of the US, Russia, the EU and the UN (the "Quartet") in this country - the same job entrusted now to Tony Blair. The interview could have been entitled "A Warning to Tony".

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Tags:  Uri Avnery James Wolfensohn Tony Blair Paul Wolfowitz Gaza Strip Condoleezza Rice Neo-cons
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Oct 16 2007
Rescue Party: 2008
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By Rosemarie Jackowski   

MZ: It’s been nearly two months since I announced the formation of the Rescue Party and my subsequent run for the White House. The response has been…well, there hasn’t exactly been a response. So, in the name of shameless self-promotion, I started this e-mail conversation with my running mate, Rosemarie "RMJ" Jackowski:

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Oct 13 2007
The Mother of all Pretexts
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By Uri Avnery   

WHEN I hear mention of the "Clash of Civilizations" I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.

To laugh, because it is such a silly notion.

To cry, because it is liable to cause untold disasters.

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